Chapter 94
The scent of the locust flowers spread throughout Floating Cloud City for nearly half a month, and finally reached its peak on June 21st.
The fragrance of locust flowers spread throughout Liuyun City for nearly half a month, and finally reached its peak on June 21st, because the much-anticipated Sophora japonica Festival finally arrived.
Early in the morning, Xiao Yue got ready and left through the back door pushing the cart.
There were a lot of things on the cart, but Xiao Yue pushed it up the slope easily. As I said before - that's how the golden finger works.
The cart is semi-automatic!
Otherwise, how could he ask for two hundred thousand?
It was not until he reached Linxiping that Xiao Yue discovered that he was not the first one to arrive. The large flat ground that seemed empty before was now organized into rows of small food stalls.
There's no end in sight, and only the owners of the stalls are busy inside.
Because it is a competition, the food stalls must start selling food at a specified time, and customers can only enter at a specified time.
There were government officials patrolling around, and when carts were pushed in, money bags would be distributed to everyone. Finally, when each stall left, the government would check how much money was earned each day and record it in a book.
At the same time, the carts are checked every morning to prevent anyone from secretly taking extra money and mixing it with the purse.
These rules are clearly stated on wooden signs, and shop owners must not knowingly violate them, otherwise they will be disqualified and the rules will be announced on all major streets.
Xiao Yue looked around, pushed the cart to the entrance and received a large money bag. While letting the officials check the cart and his belongings, he tried to find the best way to pass through the bustling atmosphere.
"Come in."
After the inspection, Xiao Yue pushed the cart forward.
Along the way, this cart attracted the attention of half of the stall owners, all of whom either stared with wide eyes or rubbed their eyes.
As if to say, are you dreaming?
Xiao Yue ignored all of them and quickly came to the No. 22 sorting venue that he had visited before.
It is still empty here, but people have set up stalls on both sides, including the front row, forming an encirclement.
Xiao Yue stopped the cart and looked around.
On the right side, there is porridge, the specialty is flower porridge; in the front are various steamed buns made into flower shapes; what attracted her most was the pastry stall on the right side.
It looks a bit like the style of steamed buns, but if you look closely, you will find that the style is simple and fresh, and the items on the table are more like various kinds of cakes, small and exquisite.
Xiao Yue took a closer look and found that the menu on the sign was also like this, such as Sophora japonica cream cake, cherry rose cake, yellow peach osmanthus cake...
They really have their own characteristics!
Xiao Yue was slightly amazed in her heart, but when she saw the prices on their menu, she was speechless.
Well... you can only watch from a distance.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yue stopped looking at it and took down the two parasols, several folding tables and stools on the top of the cart.
She had no idea that a handsome man with feminine features on her right took something out from under the cart and stood up. He was stunned when he saw her.
The man looked for a while longer, then shifted his gaze to those special facilities, his expression strange and subtle.
The next second, the man's expression became firm again and he continued to whip the cream in his hands.
As the sun rises, the delicious aroma fills the air.
Xiao Yue had just tidied up his side when he looked up and saw customers pouring in from the entrances around Lin Xiping.
However, her shop is quite remote and not at the entrance or exit, so she was not able to greet customers immediately.
Xiao Yue was not in a hurry. He took out a basket of rice noodles and various ingredients from the second-layer refrigerator and placed them one by one next to the three pots on the far left of the table.
Two of the three pots were covered with lids, and one was uncovered, shaped like an inverted straw hat. Xiao Yue poured sesame oil into it.
As if that weren’t enough, on the right side of the cart was a large drinking fountain, about the length of an arm and almost reaching the top of the cart. It was filled with golden liquid, with black seeds and lemon chunks deposited at the bottom.
Xiao Yue reached out and pressed a button under the water dispenser, and the liquid inside surged up like a small fountain.
The drinking fountain is translucent, and the blurry movement inside makes it even more attractive.
Xiao Yue continued to bend down and took out palm-sized boxes one by one.
The box contains a white soft and elastic solid. It looks ordinary, but there are a few petals on each surface, either jasmine, peach blossom, or magnolia.
Xiao Yue placed them in rows next to the water dispenser, then took out a large box of flower cakes, placed a small amount on the table, and the rest on another small table next to him.
After thinking about it, Xiao Yue finally took out a bottle of rich locust flower honey and put it in a specially exchanged bottle. A squeeze was just the right amount.
"Madam Xiao!"
Xiao Yue had just put his phone away when he heard a voice. He looked up and saw someone walking towards his stall.
There were quite a lot of people, and at first glance it seemed like this was the stall with the most visitors around!
Xiao Yue was not surprised at all, but smiled knowingly.
Yueting Buffet already has a base of customers. Yesterday when she was not in the store, some people still asked about it. Later, they learned that she was busy preparing Zhihuai Festival delicacies, and everyone was looking forward to it even more.
"Everyone, what would you like to eat?" Xiao Yue smiled when a customer came over.
The leader was an old customer of Yueting Self-service, a woman. She saw the stall with the word "Yueting" from afar and ran over with her friends.
"Finally I found your stall. I've been looking forward to it for half a month. I have to buy more today!"
The woman said with a smile, looking up at the menu to order.
There are not many things on it, including snail noodles, wolf tooth potatoes, passion fruit drink, flower milk jelly (three flavors: jasmine, peach blossom, and magnolia), and flower cakes (two flavors: rose and locust flower).
The woman became more and more excited as she read, and when her gaze moved again, it suddenly fixed on the line of words below.
"Five copper coins..."
What?
The others heard the sound and looked over. They were so excited that they didn't pay attention to the menu at first, but now they were dumbfounded after seeing it clearly.
"How many?!"
"Madam Xiao, you didn't write it wrong, did you?"
"The cheapest Sophora japonica soup I've seen is 199 yuan a bowl..."
"Five copper coins here?!"
Xiao Yue could hear everyone's shock, but she kept a calm smile on her face.
"You read that right, everything in the store is only five copper coins. During the holidays, the most important thing is to enjoy your meal, so if you want to eat something, I highly recommend a glass of passion fruit drink in this weather!"
Xiao Yue brought the atmosphere back to normal, otherwise everyone would be in shock. When would the customers in the back row get their turn?
Sister Meng, the woman, came to her senses after hearing what was said and stepped forward and shouted.
“I want them all!!”
If you want all five kinds of delicacies, it’s only twenty-five copper coins!
You can't even think of eating out at this price during the Huai River Festival. It's even five copper coins cheaper than the breakfast buffet at Yueting!
"Okay, then I'll give you three of them first, and please wait a moment for the other two." Xiao Yue couldn't help laughing and immediately handed her the prepared food.
For example, for flower jelly, Sister Meng wants magnolia flavor, for flower cake, she wants classic rose flavor, and then there is passion fruit drink.
Xiao Yue took out a white cup hanging beside him, squeezed some locust flower honey into it as a base, added ice cubes, and finally connected it to the drinking fountain's interface to fill the cup, then inserted a straw and handed it out.
Sister Meng took them one by one, marveled at the size of the cup, looked at the moon pattern and the word "Yueting" on it, and couldn't wait to take a sip.
It tastes cool, sweet and sour, and has a special passion fruit aroma with a hint of sweetness from locust flower honey, bringing a unique freshness to the crowded Linxiping!
It was so delicious that Sister Meng closed her eyes and felt her soul ascend to heaven.
When she opened her eyes again, she saw Xiao Yue holding a colander, scooping out the wavy potato strips from under the cart and putting them into the oil pan, which immediately made a sizzling sound.
While the potatoes were frying, Xiao Yue opened the two pots next to him.
The first sip was clear soup, the second was the broth with red oil, but as the lid of the pot was opened, a foul smell wafted out.
In an instant, Sister Meng and the customers queuing behind her twitched their noses and their expressions changed immediately.
Why does it smell a bit like that thing...even stinkier than stinky tofu!
Is this edible?
Everyone was in disbelief, frowning and seeming to be hesitant to speak. Even the owners and customers of other food shops around looked over.
Xiao Yue naturally noticed these expressions, but he was not panicked at all. He quickly boiled the rice noodles and a few slices of vegetables and put them into a white paper bowl.
Then she picked up the paper bowl and added the ingredients in the front row one by one.
Sour bamboo shoots, sour beans, shredded black fungus, bean curd slices, chopped peanuts, green onions... and finally a big spoonful of fragrant, stinky and spicy snail soup.
"Sister Meng, here you go." Xiao Yue handed it to the woman in the front row. Seeing her hesitation, he said bluntly, "Don't worry, it's guaranteed to be delicious. Sister Meng, don't you still believe me?"
That's true.
Sister Meng finally felt relieved and took the bowl of snail noodles with the hands that had finished eating the flower milk jelly and flower cake without knowing when.
When I took a closer look, I found that apart from the taste which was a little hard to describe, the rosy color looked very good, and the side dishes were varied. It was a very good bowl of noodles.
Sister Meng swallowed her saliva for some reason and took the snail noodles to the table. When she came back, she saw that Xiao Yue had taken the potato strips out of the pot and put them in a medium-sized iron basin.
There is still oil on the surface of the potatoes, but it will soon be covered by the seasoning.
Salt, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, pepper, cumin powder, chili powder, chopped green onion, minced garlic, chili pepper... and the most indispensable one, the Chinese kale.
Xiao Yue added all these things together, waved the spoon in the basin, and in a moment he had evenly mixed a large basin of food.
Everyone loves potatoes, and once the aroma comes out, the taste is not inferior to the "stinky" snail rice noodle.
This was obviously more attractive, so Sister Meng watched Xiao Yue scoop a full bowl for her. She took it expectantly and brought it back to her seat.
The next person came forward quickly, and it seemed that the previous person took a long time to order, but in fact it was only half a quarter of an hour.
He is also an old customer. Although he is put off by the taste of the snail noodle, he still firmly said: "Give me a bowl of snail noodle to try, and I also want wolf tooth potatoes and locust flower flavored fresh flower cakes!"
"Okay, please wait."
Xiao Yue was much faster this time, because a pot of wolftooth potatoes had already been mixed. After she packed them up, she gave them to him together with the flower cake.
Next came the snail noodles. After its smell lingered for a while, it didn’t seem so unacceptable anymore. After all, there were still quite a few people queuing up.
"Madam Xiao, give me more spicy food!"
The man became more and more greedy as he looked at it. He quickly took the new bowl of snail noodles, paid for it, and went back to Sister Meng's table.
The two people obviously knew each other. When the man went over, he saw that she had just finished eating wolf tooth potatoes and her expression was wonderful.
But when I looked at the table, the snail noodles were still untouched.
"Why don't you eat?"
"Isn't this waiting for you guys to come together? It will be more delicious if we start eating together!"
In her heart, Meng Jie actually already believed that river snail rice noodle was delicious*, but to try new things, one must always have the company of a few good friends, right?
So the man nodded and decided to wait for a few friends to come before eating, and then he started to eat the fragrant wolf tooth potatoes with a bamboo stick.
It is crispy when you put it in your mouth, soft when you bite it, and a little hot, but the side dishes and the mixed taste are so delicious that you almost can't bear to spit it out.
Especially the white side dishes inside, which can be regarded as the essence of this bowl of wolf tooth potatoes!
The man didn't know when he finished eating. When he looked up again, his friends were all sitting down at the table.
The table was a bit small, barely enough to accommodate five people, and each person had a bowl of snail noodles in front of them.
Sister Meng looked at them, then picked up the chopsticks at the same time, picked up a piece of white rice noodles coated with red oil, and slurped it up in one breath.
“……!!”
The five people who almost held their breath after finishing the first bite were stunned. None of them spoke first. When they looked at each other, their expressions were full of disbelief.
Sister Meng couldn't hold it in, and said stupidly: "There really is something in this world that smells so bad, but tastes so good..."
The rice noodles are soft and springy, the soup base is salty and fresh, the side dishes are full of flavor, the red oil is refreshing and spicy, and the bean curd and peanuts inside are just the right crispness!
This bowl of snail noodles directly entered the hearts of the people in Liuyun City.
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