Chapter 142 Chapter 142 Jinjiang First Release
I met the old ladies on both sides last time, and they both seemed reasonable people.
Seeing that she was carrying something to the door, she was very polite. Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "I made them all myself, so please don't be disgusted."
Lin Chuntao was in the middle of the shop. The old ladies on both sides had already asked about her and knew that she not only sold soup noodles, but also made sauces. The most delicious sauce in the Chai family's new shop was made by her. They all thought that she was very capable at such a young age and admired her very much.
The contact was gentle and polite.
Lin Chuntao explained to them that tomorrow's opening might be crowded and noisy, and the old lady smiled and said, "Don't worry, ma'am. Our street is bustling every day, and we enjoy the hustle and bustle even when we're old."
Lin Chuntao smiled at this answer.
"Then come over tomorrow if you're free to eat noodle soup."
The old lady just told her to get busy for now, as they were neighbors and there was plenty of time to get along.
After walking around with the neighbors, Lin Chuntao took Lin Chunxing back to the shop, washed the pig's trotters and pig's head, and put them in a big pot to cook. Xu Sheng and Xu Huan were cutting lean meat, and the sisters were preparing to chop the meat filling together.
Chop the meat to be fried in sauce and prepare it.
After a busy morning, Lin Chuntao and the others had no time to go home today. Pei Ying came directly to the shop after finishing his work.
Originally they were planning to cook and eat in the shop, but before dinner time, Pei's mother came and said that dinner was ready at home and asked Lin Chuntao and the others to come over and eat.
Lin Chuntao knew that Pei's mother really wanted to invite Pei Ying over for dinner. She was busy in the past few days and didn't go over with Pei Ying. Now that Pei's mother had a chance to come and call her, Lin Chuntao agreed without hesitation.
At first, Pei Ying was afraid that the Pei family would disrupt his peaceful life, but for so many days, he still lived with Lin Chuntao. The old lady did not do anything else except chatting with him when she went to buy meat, and even the few words she chatted with him were relatively restrained.
Occasionally, when he met Pei Jing in the county town, Pei Jing became gentler and more polite. Gradually, he knew that the Pei family would not make any major changes in his life, and he felt relieved.
Now that Pei's mother was calling them to dinner, and Lin Chuntao and Qin Suyun were good friends, he didn't have any extra thoughts and just went with them.
Since they were going to have lunch, they didn't work in the shop. Lin Chuntao took Xu Sheng and Xu Huan to the restaurant. When Pei's mother heard that they were Lin Chuntao's cousins, she also behaved very friendly.
The brother and sister behaved very well with Lin Chuntao and greeted Pei's mother obediently.
They had lunch at Qin Suyun's restaurant. Pei's father and Pei Jing were both there. Everyone had a warm and cozy meal. During the meal, they talked about Pei Jing's imperial examination next year. Lin Chuntao also took the opportunity to talk about finding a teacher for her sisters. None of them had any enlightenment, so it was not realistic to send them to a school. She hoped to find a teacher who would live at home.
Just as Pei's mother was about to offer to help find it, Pei Jing spoke first.
"Sister-in-law, I know an old gentleman who is a scholar. He should be good at teaching children."
Hearing Pei Jing say this, Lin Chuntao did not correct him and told him not to call her sister-in-law. Perhaps he felt that calling her sister-in-law was also recognizing Pei Ying as his elder brother?
"What's the old man's temperament like? He's a country boy, and I wonder if he's willing to go to the country?"
Lin Chuntao asked politely, saying that a teacher should not only be knowledgeable but also have good character. Pei Jing naturally heard this and said, "I think he's a good one, but you still have to take a look yourself, sister-in-law. When you're done, Ayun and I will go with you to find one."
Lin Chuntao agreed with a smile, "Then wait until I'm done with these five or six days."
After lunch, Lin Chuntao and the others took a short break.
At this time, half of Sifang Street was filled with the aroma of meat.
The people on this street are all doing business. They are not short of money, and they have meat to eat, but they are still drooling at the smell of meat.
At first everyone was reserved, but as they continued to smell it, some of them couldn't stand it anymore, and a man from an unknown family shouted.
"Whose stew is this? What did they put in it to make it so delicious?"
Like a thunderclap out of nowhere, everyone around started talking. No one had stewed the meat. Someone jokingly asked, "Is it stewed in the noodle shop? I saw them busy in the shop this morning."
"Don't soup noodle shops make soup noodles? What are they stewing meat for?"
A woman nearby laughed and said, "I can see you didn't look closely at the sign outside their house. It says they also sell braised pig's head and spicy pig's trotters!"
"What? They're still selling braised meat?"
The woman said, "It only says pig's head and pig's trotters. I guess they only sell these two."
"This fragrance is quite overbearing. Does it say how much it costs per pound?"
The man asked, and the woman smiled and said, "I didn't look closely. You can go over and take a look later. You can buy a pound to try."
As they were talking, Lin Chuntao and the others came back. Qin Suyun came along as she had nothing to do. Pei Jing came along too, not knowing whether he was really free or wanted to follow Qin Suyun.
As they walked by, the group of people who were discussing the matter looked at them. Seeing everyone's different expressions, Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Why are you looking at me like that, brothers and sisters-in-law? Is there something wrong?"
Everyone was still strangers, but Lin Chuntao smiled and broke the unfamiliar feeling. A young woman said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Lin, you have stewed meat at home, and everyone is overwhelmed by the aroma. We were just talking about it."
Lin Chuntao laughed when she heard this, and before she could reply, someone next to her chimed in, "Yes, Shopkeeper Lin, everyone was just talking about going to your shop tonight to buy some, but we don't know how much per pound they'll cost yet."
Hearing this, Lin Chuntao laughed and said, "Sisters-in-law, please don't tease me. I'm shy. This meat is not ready today and cannot be sold. Tomorrow our shop opens. Sisters-in-law, please come to the shop when you have time. I will treat everyone to a meal."
The women laughed and said, "How can we let you treat us at your grand opening? We will come over tomorrow to support you."
Lin Chuntao: "Then I'll wait for my sisters-in-law to come."
As they talked and walked, the closer they got to the shop, the stronger the fragrance became. Even Pei Jing, who was following Qin Suyun, couldn't help but wrinkle his nose.
The opening day was a good one so Lin Chuntao didn’t sell anything in advance, but she could eat at home.
By the evening, the braised pork head had gone cold. Lin Chuntao fried two plates of chili peppers and roasted a few spicy pig's trotters. Lin Chuntao cooked some stinky tofu noodles, and Qin Suyun put a lot of chili peppers in them and ate them with great relish.
Pei Jing felt that he should eat elegantly, but it was difficult to be elegant when gnawing on pig's trotters, especially when the trotters were so fragrant and spicy that he couldn't stop eating them. Having oil stains on his mouth didn't seem to be something he couldn't accept.
And everyone was so busy eating that they didn't even look at how he ate.
After dinner, Lin Chuntao began to make the broth to be used tomorrow. Pei Ying killed a chicken, stewed it, and prepared all the vegetables before Qin Suyun and the others left.
After seeing off Qin Suyun and Pei Jing, Lin Chuntao also went home with Pei Ying, while Lin Chunxing, Xu Sheng and Xu Huan stayed in the shop.
After they left, Lin Chuntao told them to bolt the outer gate.
Lin Chuntao told Lin Chunxing to be more careful about safety and not to be careless when taking Xu Sheng and Xu Huan with them.
Lin Chunxing understood what she meant and nodded solemnly.
A few of them bolted the door, waited for the broth to be cooked, then washed, packed up and went to bed, as they had to get up early to open the store the next morning.
At the hour of Yin on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Chuntao and Pei Ying drove out early in their mule cart. As agreed, her aunt and uncle also had to go to the shop, and Lin Chuntao planned to wait for them halfway.
My uncle and aunt also arrived early. When Lin Chuntao arrived at the fork in the road, my uncle and aunt were already waiting there.
The adults also liked to prepare dry food when they went out. The first thing they did after getting on the mule cart was to take out the pancakes and eggs for Lin Chuntao and Pei Ying.
Lin Chuntao and Pei Ying each ate two eggs and half a buckwheat pancake. There were still some eggs and buckwheat pancakes left. The aunt-in-law said she was taking them to Chunxing, Xu Huan and others.
There is no dipping sauce, everything is original, but Lin Chuntao feels it is very fragrant.
Perhaps it is because there is more care and concern from their elders.
The mule cart was much faster than walking, but when they arrived, Chai Xingyu, Sanbao, Zhang Qingqing, Lin Qingqing and the others were all there, and they had also invited a troupe of opera performers.
Lin Chuntao looked at his display and said with a smile, "Ayu, you're making such a fuss. I only have a small shop."
Chai Xingyu said with a smile: "Sister, you have just opened your first shop. In the future, there will surely be ten or a hundred more. It must be very lively and prosperous to gather wealth."
Lin Chuntao smiled at his words and said, "Thank you for your kind words! Come inside first, I'll make breakfast for you."
Chai Xingyu said: "Sister, no need to cook, I bought buns, soy milk and meat patties, they are all in the house."
He smiled and said to Lin Chuntao, "Come back tomorrow for the noodle soup."
Lin Chuntao knew what he meant. It would be a bad omen to cook for everyone for free before the store opened, so she bought breakfast and brought it with her when he came.
"Thank you, Ayu."
Chai Xingyu: "It's my duty. Sister, just focus on your own things and don't worry about us."
Lin Chuntao was indeed busy checking things. Chai Xingyu was about to leave after not staying for long. When he left, he said he wanted to keep Sanbao, Zhang Qingqing and the others to help. Lin Chuntao did not keep them and asked them to go back to the sauce shop as she was not very busy here.
Unable to convince her, Zhang Qingqing and the others had to go back. Lin Chuntao asked them to come over for dinner in the evening.
At dawn, Qin Suyun also came with her men.
Not long after, an old customer who used to love to eat soup noodles came to the store. When he saw that Lin Chuntao had two new kinds of soup noodles, he was confused about what to eat.
They had coupons in their hands, and Lin Chuntao introduced the new soup noodles, and many people started to try the new flavor.
The fresh aroma of broth, the spicy flavor of braised meat, and the spicy aroma of pig's trotters filled the entire street. The neighbors on the street were overwhelmed by the aroma and wanted to come over to buy some, but the front of the shop was crowded with people and the line was very long.
Looking at so many people, they took a deep breath and thought it would be better to wait until there were fewer people before buying.
Lin Chuntao prepared four times the amount of meat filling for today's noodle soup, and braised five pig heads in one go. Throughout the day, her aunt and others helped wash the dishes, her uncle helped serve the noodle soup, Qin Suyun and the kitchen helpers she brought with her were always in the kitchen, and Lin Chuntao, Lin Chunxing, Xu Sheng and Xu Huan were also very busy.
They were busy from morning until 3 p.m. before they took a short break. Everyone was exhausted. Qin Suyun sat on the chair and took a deep breath. It seemed that even when their restaurant was doing the best business, there were only these few people. This was really terrible.
She looked at Lin Chuntao and said, "Would you like to try something cold?"
Lin Chuntao nodded, quickly went to get it, called Lin Chunxing over, and asked everyone if they wanted to eat Zhuangyuan Soup Noodles. After Lin Chuntao mixed the cold rice noodles, she quickly heated up the broth for everyone.
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