Chapter 96
Xiao Yue told everyone about setting up the stall today, but basically he was busy all afternoon...
Xiao Yue told everyone about today's stall setting up, but he was basically busy the whole afternoon, so there didn't seem to be much to say.
For example, the stalls were neatly arranged, the delicacies were unique, and there were many customers... Then the snail noodles became popular, and Yueting snacks were sold out in advance and returned.
Xiao Yue said: "When I left to settle the bill, the government officials asked me why I left early, and I said it was because I had sold out."
The man's expression at that time was dreamy but absurd, and absurd but shocked, just short of a "Ah?"
This is the first time in all the years of Zhihuai Festival that the festival has sold out and people left early!
Su Xiaoxiao and the others were overjoyed when they heard this. They could already imagine the scene, and their hearts, which had been worried for a whole day, finally settled down.
"The store is also very busy today." Fang Sanhong kept smiling as she talked about the situation in the store today.
On the day of Zhihuai Festival, Yueting Buffet is different from other shops. It not only sells special delicacies at the stalls, but also sells them in the store.
However, there were no snail noodles or wolf tooth potatoes, only three similar items: flower cakes, flower milk jelly and passion fruit drink.
Normally speaking, during the Zhihuai Festival, only Linxiping would sell special delicacies, because the competition is held there, and only the profits earned by the stalls are counted for daily settlement.
Therefore, most merchants will focus on their stalls, and there are even many who close their doors to set up stalls.
But Xiao Yue and the others are of course trying to do both, otherwise what is the point of being busy for half a month in advance?
Facts have proved that this move worked perfectly, because there were still quite a few customers at Yueting Buffet today. Even though it was not crowded, it was just enough to keep Fang Sanhong and the others busy.
Making money at a stall is about competition and fame, while making money in a store is about daily routine and security!
Xiao Yue's lips curled up when she heard this. She could tell that they hadn't lost their composure at all today, and she praised them, "Sure enough, I knew you could do it!"
As a result, right after he finished speaking, before Su Xiaoxiao and the others could feel embarrassed, Xiao Yue's stomach growled.
Everyone was stunned, then realized that when she said the food was sold out, that definitely meant there was no lunch.
Fang Sanhong frowned and said, "Go eat something else first. I'll go cook and we'll get busy after I'm done."
"Madam Xiao, eat something first."
Lu Ran handed her the flower cake, and the remaining toast, biscuits, and snacks were also brought over by others.
“Big sister!”
When Xiao Yue saw that even Xu Qingwu brought him milk, he hugged her tightly and felt so moved that he felt warm all over.
Well...the consequence of accidentally eating too much was that when Fang Sanhong prepared dinner, Xiao Yue felt full.
But looking at her eyes, Xiao Yue was confident.
“I can eat more!”
Finally, she felt a little bloated, but luckily she had to make snail soup and passion fruit drink later, which could help her move around and help digest the food.
So after taking a short break after dinner, Xiao Yue began to prepare the ingredients needed for the snail soup base.
Onions, ginger, garlic, dried chilies, cinnamon, bay leaves, star anise, cumin, fermented bean curd and bean paste, and finally a pot of the store's usual broth.
After all these things were prepared, Xiao Yue began to cut off the pointed parts of the snails soaked in water one by one, so that they could better absorb the flavor and its deliciousness could be integrated into the soup.
Xiao Yue cut a large pot of it, washed it once, and started to stir-fry it in hot oil.
Put the spices in the pot first, and then pour in the black-brown snails after the aroma is overflowing.
Snails cook quickly, but they must be fried until fragrant before adding the pickled bamboo shoots.
Sour bamboo shoots are actually the main source of the special flavor of snail noodles. When they are extremely sour, they have a "stinky" smell.
Although Xiao Yue thought it didn't smell bad and became more and more greedy as it was fried, he was already full, so he could only hold back his saliva and add bean paste and fermented bean curd.
The red oil begins to spread, and the flavors of sour bamboo shoots and snails are stimulated to the extreme. Finally, a circle of white wine is poured and it can all be poured into the broth on the side.
There is a lot of soup, so you need to add spices to season it again, still the common cardamom, star anise, peppercorns, etc. Put them all in a white gauze bag and put them in.
While the snail soup was cooking, Xiao Yue prepared the passion fruit drink.
This drink is very simple to make. It only requires enough passion fruit pieces, sliced and seeded lime, sugar and acacia honey. Mix them all evenly and put them in the refrigerator to marinate.
Wait until tomorrow morning and pour it into the waterer and fill it with sugar water.
Xiao Yue stretched, feeling fatigue surge through his limbs. Seeing that Fang Sanhong and the others were almost done, he urged them to go back and rest.
Naturally, they also urged Xiao Yue to stop busying herself because they would not be baking the flower cakes and making the flower jelly until tomorrow morning.
Xiao Yue responded, and after sending them away, he fiddled with it for a while before falling asleep with sore body.
Early the next morning, the aroma spread from Yueting Buffet.
Xiao Yue was making flower cakes and flower jelly on the stove in the backyard. Fortunately, both were very simple and she could handle them by herself.
First, make the oily skin of the flower cake. Mix lard, sugar, and flour with boiling water. Then knead it into a smooth dough and then divide it into small pieces.
The second is the pastry part. Knead lard and flour evenly and divide them into small pieces, but they are slightly smaller than the oil skin.
When both are ready, wrap the pastry with dough, roll it into a tongue shape, roll it out again, repeat several times, fold it in half, flatten it and roll it into a round shape.
The crust is ready, and the next step is to fill it with flower fillings.
Xiao Yue finished this part early in the morning, that is, adding rose jam and locust flower jam to the cooked glutinous rice flour, mixing evenly, and then refrigerating it.
At this point, the two kinds of flower fillings have been shaped. You just need to pinch them into small balls, wrap them with pie crust, flatten them, and finally put them in the oven. You're done.
Flower cakes are only the size of a palm, and the oven has a speed-up function, so a large number of them can be baked in almost a moment.
Xiao Yue took out the baked flower cakes, put in a new batch, and took the opportunity to start making flower jelly.
This is even simpler. She soaked all three kinds of flowers in milk before going to bed last night, and the scents had already been fully stimulated.
At this moment, just pour it into a large pot and boil it over low heat, add sugar, remove the flower buds, and finally put in white jelly and put it into the quick-freeze freezer.
Both of these are very quick to prepare once the finished product is ready, whether baked or frozen.
After a while, Xiao Yue loaded enough flower cakes and flower jelly onto the cart, and by the time they were done, it was almost time.
"Then I'm leaving!"
Xiao Yue said goodbye to Fang Sanhong and the others, and left with his cart full of energy, heading to Linxiping to set up a stall.
She arrived earlier today, but the entrance inspection seemed to be much stricter than yesterday, or it could be said that the first few days were the strictest.
Fortunately, there were no problems at the beginning and the process was very fast.
After Xiao Yue finished the inspection, she pushed the cart inside and found that for some reason, shop owners were looking at her all the way.
She thought about it for a while and then understood.
Maybe he sold out his stuff early yesterday and left, and the news of his fame has spread everywhere?
Xiao Yue understood this and stopped looking at their expressions. He went to the floor and started to tidy up the stall. While putting the table away, he also greeted the man from the cake shop on the right.
However, the time was about to come, so the two of them didn't chat much and were busy preparing to welcome a large number of customers.
Xiao Yue was frying wolf tooth potatoes in advance. When she looked up, she saw a large group of people running towards her. Her hands almost shook.
"Madam Xiao!"
"Boss, boss! Snail rice noodle! I didn't have it yesterday!"
"Me too! Luckily I came early today. I will definitely enjoy it later!"
It was confirmed that they were all here for Yueting snacks.
"No problem, everyone line up!" Xiao Yue greeted them with a smile, and thus began a busy day.
Mix wolf-tooth potatoes, serve passion fruit drinks, pass out flower cakes and flower milk jelly...
The most eaten dish is snail noodles. Yesterday, Xiao Yue was a little slow in getting used to the process, but today he has mastered it all.
Boil the noodles, add the side dishes, and scoop a spoonful of the salty and fresh soup. People line up to eat it and salivate.
Today no one complains about the smell, they all feel dizzy with the fragrance!
There are obviously customers in the queue who come here for the famous snail rice noodle, or for the sweet but not greasy flower crispy cake, or for the refreshing passion fruit drink...
Of course, putting all that aside, the most important thing is that the price is only "five copper coins!"
What’s the difference between this and giving it away for free?
And I heard that it tastes extremely delicious, so you have to come and see it with your own eyes!
Some people also questioned that if it was so cheap, the materials would be of poor quality.
Upon hearing this, the old customer was the first to laugh, and patted his chest to guarantee that it would never happen.
Don't believe it?
If you don’t believe it, just go to Yueting Buffet at Yanting Bridge on West Street. There is a window that shows the kitchen directly, and they absolutely guarantee that the ingredients are clean and fresh!
So from today on, the "store-exploring craze" caused by Yueting snacks has occurred among those new customers.
The original intention was to see if it was real, but in the end we were all convinced.
Among them, there were old customers who led the way voluntarily, and they were even more enthusiastic than Fang Sanhong and others in the store.
Of course, Xiao Yue was unaware of this at the moment. He was so busy that sweat broke out on his head. He just felt that there were more unfamiliar customers than familiar ones.
The weather today seems to be hotter than yesterday. Fortunately, two parasols are enough, and there are also places to cool off in front and behind the stroller.
Xiao Yue originally thought that on the second day of Zhihuai Festival, the number of people would be slightly less than yesterday, and even if some people came because of hearing the name, there wouldn't be too many.
Who knew it would double!
Due to weather reasons, the passion fruit drink sold out faster than the snail noodles. After that, the snail noodles also sold out quickly, followed by flower cakes, wolf tooth potatoes, etc.
Two quarters of an hour faster than yesterday!
"…I'm so sorry everyone, I will definitely prepare more tomorrow!"
Xiao Yue looked at the long line of customers and said these words with great pain.
Today's volume is actually slightly more than yesterday's. She thought she could hold out a little longer, but unexpectedly, business is still booming.
If I had known earlier, I would have prepared more!
The customers were extremely sad when they heard the news. Among them were Zhao Liang, Liu Meng and others. They had no choice but to leave and buy some food nearby.
The owners of the surrounding stalls didn't expect that they would get their turn to have a sip of soup, and they all greeted customers enthusiastically.
"Come and take a look!"
“Delicious steamed vegetables!”
"It's not expensive, just..."
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