Chapter 55,
The breakfast was simple, and after a short rest, Su Guoer saw that they were very busy, so she went to the kitchen and dug out some mutton for making pot stickers, paired it with thinly pressed wonton wrappers, and wrapped it with mutton dumplings, which to put it simply were mutton wontons, also called dumplings.
It can be served dry with sauce, or it can be served with thick soup to make soup wontons which are sold everywhere.
Su Guoer made simple scallion wontons. She put the wontons with thin skin and thick filling into clear water one by one, boiled them, took them out, poured a bowl of clear soup with some scallions and pepper, and it became a top-notch delicacy.
Afraid that there wouldn’t be enough to eat, Su Guoer also grabbed a few scallion pancakes.
Chop the green onion into small pieces and mix them with the dough. When the pan is heated, add oil and stick the pancakes on the pan one by one. Simmer them over high heat. However, pay attention to the heat during the steaming process, otherwise they will easily get burnt.
Pang Ya had nothing to do, so she stayed in the kitchen to light the fire for her. On weekdays, she didn't have to do anything except moving heavy objects, or helping out in the kitchen when there were too many people, such as washing vegetables.
If she can avoid doing things outside, Su Guoer will not let her do them.
What she announced to the public was that Pang Ya was her sister, her biological sister.
Therefore, they would not deliberately order her around.
The aroma of scallion pancakes wafted out before the lid of the pot was even opened, filling the entire kitchen with the aroma of scallions. Pang Ya kept sniffing and staring at the pot while burning the fire, waiting for the pancakes to be taken out so that she could be the first to eat them.
"Sister, are you hungry? I have some candy in my pocket. Do you want to eat it?"
Yunniang's son was also in the kitchen at this moment, watching Pang Ya making the fire. Seeing her licking her mouth, he thought she was hungry, so he reached into his pocket and took out a piece of candy and asked her if she wanted to eat it.
Su Guoer saw that Pang Ya was puzzled for a moment. After taking the candy, she did not put it into her mouth directly. Instead, she broke it open with force, splitting it into two. She returned one to Yuan'er and put the other into her own mouth.
Lian Yuaner opened his mouth wide: "Wow, sister is so awesome, she can even break candy." His eyes were full of admiration.
Su Guoer also laughed after seeing this. Pang Ya's strength was indeed extraordinary. She could even break such a small and hard piece of candy with brute force. She was actually quite good at kneading dough.
The wontons were already bubbling in the pot. Su Guoer scooped them into bowls one by one with a spoon. The one given to Pang Ya was a special bowl for her. There were so many wontons in that bowl that one bowl was equivalent to three bowls of wontons for them.
As for Lian Yuaner, he had a small bowl the size of a palm. Seeing that he was too young to eat much, Su Guoer found a small bowl for rice for him.
Lian Yuaner shook his head: "Sister, I don't want to eat. Mother bought me food when I came here this morning. I have already finished my breakfast." He had indeed finished eating. He had eaten a sesame seed bun. And his mother had also reminded him when he came here that he should not be too greedy for Sister Su's food when he came here.
It’s not good to always take other people’s things.
Su Guoer: "But these are wontons with mutton in them. They are mutton wontons that will drip oil when you bite them. There are also scallion pancakes, fragrant scallion pancakes with eggs in them. Are you sure you don't want to eat them?" Su Guoer tempted him, and held the small bowl for him to see the crystal clear wontons in the bowl.
The skin is thin and the filling is thick. Through the thin skin, you can still see the color of the cooked meat filling inside, which is pink.
It smells so good.
Lian Yuaner had a struggle in his heart. This thing was much more delicious than sesame cakes.
He smelled the wontons and looked at the scallion pancakes that had just come out of the oven. Two voices were fighting in his heart: one was his mother's voice, the other was Su Guoer's voice.
The sound didn't disappear until his mother came in.
"Yuan'er, what did I teach you? You are not allowed to eat Sister Su's food!"
Lian Yuaner looked up at his mother who was rushing towards him and said, "Mom, I don't have any."
Su Guoer: "A child can't eat much, Yunniang, please don't be polite, let him eat with us."
"Besides, the child is still growing, so he needs to eat something good so he can grow taller. Don't stop him. We can't let him sit at the table with us while we eat, right? Why don't you let him eat with us?"
Finally, after Su Guoer's persuasion, Yunniang agreed. After expressing her gratitude again and again, she took the bowl of wontons for Lian Yuaner and went out.
Su Guoer always felt that the mother and daughter were a little too polite. Perhaps it was because of their personalities? She didn't delve into it too deeply, but she knew Yunniang had a good heart, as she could raise such a well-behaved child.
While Su Guoer was talking to Yunniang, Pang Ya had already picked up a scallion pancake and started eating it. Her hands and mouth were covered in oil, but she was unwilling to stop, so Su Guoer just let her go.
However, this pot of scallion pancakes might not be enough, so she quickly made another pot.
After they were baked, several people gathered around the table and started to eat breakfast. The scallion pancakes were crispy and had a floury aroma. The wontons were filled with lots of meat or mutton and tasted very satisfying. There was also a plate of braised meat on the table.
While feeding Lian Yuaner, Yunniang marveled at how delicious the food was here at Su Guoer's place.
Mutton wontons and solid scallion pancakes are served with braised pork.
Not to mention ordinary restaurants and hotels, even the housekeepers in ordinary wealthy families may not be able to eat so well, right?
The food is so good that anyone who eats it will get a lot of food, no fuss!
If they meet a shopkeeper like this, even if he pays them little money, they can actually tolerate it, after all, there is one more mouth to feed.
Lian Yuaner said that the wontons were delicious while biting the scallion pancake in his hand. He ate a lot of it and was about to eat more when the frightened Yunniang quickly stopped him.
"You just had a pancake this morning. That's enough. You can't eat anymore."
Lian Yuaner said sweetly: "Okay mother, Yuaner will listen to you." He was well-behaved and obedient, and was loved by everyone.
After breakfast, two little girls came to the store for an interview, saying they wanted to be apprentices. Su Guoer took a look at their household registration and asked them to stay. However, the salary was not high because they came to learn skills and did not need her to pay them too high a monthly salary, only about 2 taels of silver a month.
The two apprentices were the same age, only two years older than Su Guoer. The plump one was called Miaomiao, and the dark-skinned one was called Yanghua. Both of them had gentle faces and personalities.
They had all cooked at home, but had no special training, so Su Guoer asked Cui Niang and Chun Niang to teach them how to process meat.
How to wash them cleanly and quickly, and then cut them into even sizes, or into thin strips without breaking.
There is no requirement for the latter. There is no need for fancy things in Su Guoer's store. Her store has only one purpose, which is to make delicious food!
It just so happened that she was planning to make pickled radishes, so she bought five thousand kilograms of radishes from the market. Several people worked together to process them, and in the afternoon she made pickled radishes and pickles.
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