Chapter 200 Sea Urchin Sauce is Ready
Fengweilou made quite a stir a while ago, and now there are still many diners in the city who want to try dishes cooked with oyster sauce.
If Haiyuntian and Juxianju both have new dishes made with oyster sauce, but our restaurant doesn’t, then…
no!
We can’t let these two restaurants attract all the customers. Baiweilou also needs to have oyster sauce.
Boss Song made up his mind and immediately started chatting cordially with Qin Yuan.
In order to smoothly negotiate the oyster sauce contract, he also bought ten kilograms of squid shreds from Qin Yuan in his own name.
It doesn’t matter whether it tastes good or not, as long as the contract for oyster sauce can be signed.
Qin Yuan was cornered by Boss Song and had no choice but to sign the contract for oyster sauce.
The monthly supply is tentatively set at 100 kilograms, with an additional 10 taels spent on purchasing a series of recipes for oyster sauce.
Qin Yuan had a delicious meal at Baiweilou. After he was full, he came out of the Baiweilou with two contracts in his pocket.
After coming out of Baiweilou, he did not go back to the inn, but went directly to Haiyuntian.
It was his first time here and he had nothing, so he could only procrastinate on purpose.
This time it was different. He had two contracts in his pocket. If Boss Meng got caught by chance, he might not be able to eat.
Qin Yuan asked the shopkeeper to help pass on the message that he wanted to meet Boss Meng.
"Shopkeeper Qin, what a coincidence! Our boss is having dinner with his family. If you have something to do, why don't you come back in the afternoon?"
"No problem, I'll just wait upstairs. I'd like to take a table and have some tea, the shopkeeper, don't you mind?"
"Don't mind, don't mind. Just go and take a seat, Manager Qin. I will inform my boss as soon as he finishes his meal."
The two shopkeepers talked in a fairly harmonious manner.
Qin Yuan went up to the second floor alone and sat down at a table closest to the stairs.
The waiter came over quickly and served him tea, and the shopkeeper also gave him a plate of fried fish.
It tastes good to eat some crispy dried fish and drink some tea.
Qin Yuan kept his mission in mind. He opened the can directly, pushed the dried fish aside, and stuffed a bunch of squid shreds in.
The can of fish fillets was also opened and placed on the table.
A strong aroma began to waft around the table. The people at the neighboring table soon smelled it and snorted to find its source.
After noticing that the fragrance came from the next table, the shy ones just stayed where they were, while the more open ones would bring a plate of side dishes and sit next to Qin Yuan and start talking directly.
The waiter had to go up and down the stairs when delivering meals, so he naturally noticed this and immediately went to report it to the shopkeeper.
"You think the squid strips really attracted four or five tables of diners?"
"Really! Shopkeeper, you can tell if you go upstairs. Some people even wanted to buy it directly, but Shopkeeper Qin didn't agree. It smells really good, and you can smell it from the stairs."
The waiter's serious look made the shopkeeper curious. When he went upstairs and smelled the fragrance, he suddenly had an intuition.
This squid strips can be popular!
He has been the shopkeeper for so many years, and it's not for nothing.
The reason why Manager Qin came to the restaurant again and again was probably to sell that snack. The old manager mentioned this to him as soon as the boss finished his meal.
Originally, Boss Meng didn't want to meet Qin Yuan, but he still met him because of his curiosity about the squid threads.
"Shopkeeper Qin, my son keeps pestering me, so we can only make it short. You want to sell squid strips in Haiyuntian, right?"
Qin Yuan said yes as he opened the can with the remaining squid shreds and fish fillets.
The little kid, who was originally pulling his dad to leave, smelled the fragrance and immediately started to cling to the table again.
Before Boss Meng could say anything, he saw his son grab a piece of squid from the table and start chewing it.
"Dad, eat well..."
Boss Meng had a son in his middle age and he already doted on him. Seeing his son enjoying the meal, he also started to like squid shreds a little more.
However, he did not say that he wanted to give the squid shreds from Haiyun Tianding Trading Company to the company. He only said that he wanted to buy some for his children in his personal name.
Qin Yuan was also straightforward and directly suggested giving the remaining squid shreds and grilled fish fillets to the young master.
How could Boss Meng have the nerve to take things for free from someone with whom he wasn't even that close?
If you are a trader, if you get something for free on one end, you will have to pay with a bigger one on the other end.
So he insisted on not taking it for free. As the two of them pushed each other, the two pieces of paper floated out from Qin Yuan's sleeves.
Boss Meng picked it up and took a look, his eyes suddenly froze.
Juxianju, Baiweilou!!!
Qin Yuan seemed a little anxious, and immediately snatched the contract back after Boss Meng saw the words clearly.
"Boss Meng, I really want to give it to my nephew to try. If you really want to give me money, then give me a hundred coins."
Boss Meng's mind was full of the two deeds at the moment, and he even counted the money wrong, giving fifty cents too much.
Qin Yuan returned the money to him and left with the empty basket.
"Boss Meng, if you need to buy a large amount of squid shreds in the future, you can come to our Hailing Trading Company to buy them. We guarantee you a preferential price."
After saying this, he walked out the door without any further ado.
"Wait!! Brother Qin Xian!!"
Boss Meng almost ran over and grabbed Qin Yuan.
As he turned and entered the room, the corners of Qin Yuan's lips curled up slightly.
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In the blink of an eye, another three days passed.
It suddenly started raining on Lizhou Island.
Jiang Wanbao also moved two large jars out of the stone house.
These two jars have been placed in a corner of the room for two months and have accumulated a lot of dust. They have to be wiped clean before they can be opened.
"Xiao Wan, what's in here? I seem to smell a little bit of alcohol, is it alcohol?"
Jiang Wan shook her head and while wiping the jar she asked Baozhu to pick out all the steamed buns from the pot to cool them down.
"This is filled with sea urchin sauce. It's been there for two months. It's time for it to absorb the flavor."
I have been busy with many things recently and almost forgot about these two cans of sauce. Fortunately, it rained today and she remembered it when she saw it while spreading oyster powder in the house.
"Sea urchin? That slippery thing you gave me last time?"
Baozhu remembered something.
Although sea urchin tasted okay when eaten raw, she was a little hesitant to imagine what it would taste like if pickled in sauce.
"Sea urchin sauce is very fragrant and delicious. As long as you can eat raw sea urchin, you will definitely be used to eating sea urchin sauce. I'll spread it on your steamed bun later, and you'll know after you taste it."
Baozhu sucked her saliva, picked up the hot steamed bun in a few seconds, took an umbrella to the pharmacy and brought Anan over.
The food Xiaowan makes is all delicious. How can we forget our sisters while eating delicious food?
Anan Baozhu sat obediently at the table.
Jiang Wan untied the rope and gently peeled off the paper seal. A strong aroma wafted out of the jar.
Of course, there isn't much of the scent of sea urchin, but more of the smell of alcohol.
He couldn't smell anything special, so Jiang Wan just scooped out half a bowl of it.
The orange-yellow sea urchin roe has turned into a paste after two months of fermentation, which looks a bit strange.
Baozhu subconsciously wanted to say something, but luckily she held it back in time.
"Haha... this sauce made from sea urchin yellow is really, really delicious."
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(See the picture of sea urchin and yellow sauce in the comments)