While the dumplings were steaming, Pei Yuezhi prepared a simple dipping sauce: hot oil poured over chili powder, along with minced garlic, aged vinegar, and soy sauce.
Finally, it was time to eat. Everyone was starving. Pei Yuezhi put a dumpling on everyone's plate and watched them eat expectantly.
It's like eating a savory pancake; once you've eaten it, you stop talking. What's wrong with that?
But this time, before Pei Yuezhi could even ask, Liu Yuanyuan ate the large dumpling in a few bites.
"Yueyue! These dumplings taste just like I remember them. They're so fragrant and delicious! The wrappers are soft yet chewy, and the generous amount of pickled cabbage makes them not greasy at all. Plus, the crispy fried pork cracklings make them so oily and delicious!"
"Mom, these dumplings are even better than those for Chinese New Year every year. They're juicy inside, so fragrant!" Fan Mu enthusiastically ate them.
Pei Yuezhi turned her gaze to Fan Chao, who put down his chopsticks and said with a serious expression, "Mother, I have never eaten such delicious dumplings before. I think these steamed dumplings can be sold."
“Aunt Pei, I think so too. These steamed dumplings are so delicious,” Li Nian’an echoed.
Selling new products? It's not that I haven't thought about it, it's just that I don't know what to do right now. Maybe these steamed dumplings would be a good new product.
Pei Yuezhi nodded, picked up a dumpling, and took a bite. The scalded dough was soft and chewy, the filling was fresh and juicy, and the sauerkraut stems were slightly crunchy. Delicious!
After dinner, Pei Yuezhi pulled Liu Yuanyuan aside to discuss the new products.
"Yuanyuan, I think the kids are right. These dumplings taste good, and we can't just sell one kind of pancake, right?"
Liu Yuanyuan agreed: "Your products must sell very well. I think it's worth a try. But where did you get this pickled cabbage? It's already summer."
Pei Yuezhi suddenly remembered something, got up and went to the door, looked into the children's room, and saw the three children behaving themselves.
They closed all the doors and windows.
Then, in the open space inside the house, he took out the things he had bought from the discount mall and showed them to Liu Yuanyuan.
Looking at the hundred pounds of flour, a pile of pork, and, uh, two sauerkrauts that appeared out of nowhere?
Liu Yuanyuan was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
Pei Yuezhi reached out and lifted Liu Yuanyuan's shocked chin, explaining to her, "These are special offers from the system shop. I spent over four hundred on these items, and I only have ninety coins left."
"So much stuff for only four hundred coins, what a steal! So much noodles, so much meat, we're making a killing!" Liu Yuanyuan grabbed Pei Yuezhi's hand and stomped her feet with joy.
Pei Yuezhi quickly put the items back into her spatial storage. Seeing Liu Yuanyuan's happy expression, she couldn't help but smile as well.
"Oh right, right right, look at my memory! I brought you some money. Most of my family's money is with my mother-in-law. This is the pocket money that the original owner saved up." Liu Yuanyuan said, taking out a small purse from her sleeve.
“I counted, she’s saved quite a bit, six hundred coins.” Liu Yuanyuan presented it to Pei Yuezhi like a treasure.
Pei Yuezhi was a little touched; Liu Yuanyuan herself didn't have any money to spend, yet she still remembered to give her money.
"Don't refuse! You still have to buy me delicious food and cook for me. When you've earned enough money, you have to build me a big house." Liu Yuanyuan was afraid that she wouldn't accept it, so she kept stuffing it into her arms.
After stuffing the food in, he turned and ran away without a word of protest, shouting as he ran, "My son is coming home, my son is coming home."
Li Nian'an didn't know what was going on either, and simply did what she didn't understand.
Pei Yuezhi couldn't help but laugh out loud; Yuanyuan was still so adorable.
Fine, I'll keep these six hundred coins to buy her some good food.
"The system opens the online store and searches for pork cracklings."
"Pork cracklings, twelve coins per pound," the system replied quickly.
This system is really smart and thoughtful. She usually keeps the money in her space, and it will automatically deduct it when she buys something.
A pound of pork cracklings may not sound like much, but a pound of pork fat only yields about an ounce of cracklings. Pork fat with some lean meat will yield more cracklings, about two ounces.
Pork cracklings are light, but a pound of them is quite substantial.
Looking at the picture, the pork cracklings in the store are the kind with some lean meat. They're made from rendered fat, so they're crispier and less greasy.
It sounds cheap at twelve coins a pound, but nobody buys pork cracklings only; they mainly use them to render lard. So it's not expensive to sell outside, and this price is normal.
"Give me fifteen coins' worth of pork cracklings."
With a little over a pound of pork cracklings, two sauerkrauts, scallions, and a bunch of other seasonings, you could easily make a filling weighing close to six pounds.
Enough to make forty large steamed dumplings. They're quite big, with thin skins and generous fillings, and they smell of meat. They can't compare to buns that are all dough on the outside, but they're not meat-filled. The price is three coins each, or five coins for two.
I don't have much to do today, so I'll just make these and put them on my social media. I'll make fewer savory pancakes tomorrow so I can sleep in a little longer.
Pei Yuezhi quickly kneaded the dough and prepared the filling.
The two children didn't know what their mother was busy with in the kitchen, but since the door was closed, they didn't disturb her. They quietly cleaned Pei Yuezhi's room, made the bed, and then obediently went back to their room.
The next morning, Pei Yuezhi slept in a little longer and felt refreshed.
Today I prepared forty large steamed dumplings and fifteen servings of savory pancakes. This time I brought two large baskets, one in each hand.
It was covered with a cotton cloth, and no one knew whether there was anything inside. Pei Yuezhi seemed to be carrying a heavy object, but in fact, most of the object was in the space.
As soon as I arrived at the stall, I found that there were already four or five people waiting, including the man who hadn't gotten a pancake yesterday.
"Oh, you've finally arrived! I finished work early today, didn't I? I've been so busy this morning. Oh, two baskets today."
The kind man came over to help take the basket, and thankfully I had put the things back when I got off the oxcart.
"Today I made something different: large steamed dumplings with sauerkraut and pork crackling filling. They have thin skins and lots of filling. They cost three coins each and five coins for two."
As Pei Yuezhi spoke, she opened the cotton cloth, revealing large, slightly transparent dumplings.
Because they were placed inside the space, they were still steaming hot, and the plump dumplings looked so tempting that you'd want to have a few.
"These dumplings are huge, they're no smaller than steamed buns! They're wrapped so nicely, are the skins really thin and the filling generous? Give me two!" Ordinary families rarely eat dumplings except during the Lunar New Year, and the older brother was also craving some.
In this era, there was sauerkraut, and in the cold winter, sauerkraut was a good way to store cabbage.
So the filling isn't really strange; it's just that not many people would make it this way, and I'd really like to try it.
The older brother took the dumpling and couldn't wait to take a bite.
He swallowed the first bite and then quickly devoured a dumpling in no time.
Seeing him wolfing down his food, the person next to him asked anxiously, "How is it?"
"Is it delicious?"
"Delicious! These dumplings are so good! The skin is thin and the filling is generous. The skin is chewy but not hard. Give me two more!" The man ate with great satisfaction and highly recommended them.
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