Chapter 419: Store in the County

Chen Qi agreed and gave the menu to Chef Liu.

The dough is freshly kneaded and the meat filling is also ready.

After hearing this, Chef Liu said "OK!" and started to make the dumplings skillfully. He first steamed them in a pot and then rolled the noodles. After a while, the dough turned into long and thin noodles and was boiled directly in boiling water.

After about five or six minutes, the noodles were cooked. I took them out and scooped out the hot chicken soup that had been cooked in another pot. I sprinkled salt, green onions and coriander on them. I then blanched a handful of vegetables and put them into the noodle soup. I also added a fried egg and it was ready to be served.

At this time, the steamed buns were also ready, so Chen Qi brought them out for Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan to enjoy slowly.

The marinated beef has been brined in advance. If you want to eat beef noodles, just put a few pieces of beef in, which is convenient.

There were a lot of people at the train station, so customers came in quickly.

However, the best-selling items are big white steamed buns, big meat buns, flatbreads, etc., which are served with a bowl of vegetarian noodles.

Many people also come here for the fried eggs.

By two or three in the afternoon, when the lunch session was almost over, Master Liu was a little unhappy.

"These people don't know what's good. Isn't this small fresh meat basket better than those big white steamed buns with meat?"

Li Zhan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Master Liu, calm down. There's nothing we can do about it. Many families still eat Wo Wo Tou now. These fresh meat dumplings are delicate and delicious, but compared with big white steamed buns and big dumplings, they are still a bit uneconomical. Many people who come to the railway station are going out to make a living, so they will definitely save as much as possible."

Master Liu knows this very well. Even when this shop used to belong to the Liu family, this area was full of good and bad people, and most people bought the big steamed buns.

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Master Liu, let's take a look at the types of products we sell. We can't make them too highbrow, right? If the big steamed buns and big dumplings sell quickly, we can make more steamed buns and sell them. Only by being more down-to-earth can we make money. However, this small steamed bun is your specialty, so you must keep it. After some time, when everyone's life is better, someone will definitely be willing to eat it."

Master Liu sighed and said, "Alas! I also know that everyone's life is hard. I'm just worried that this craft will be lost slowly... Forget it, let's be more down-to-earth and make big steamed buns and sell them."

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "That's up to you, Master Liu! What kind of fillings and ingredients do you want for these meat and vegetable buns? Just tell me and I'll make them."

After talking for a while, Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan were about to go to Zhou Qiuhe and Li Jie's store to take a look. Before leaving, they secretly gave Chen Qi the money for the meal they had just eaten.

Chen Qi couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sister Juanjuan, this...isn't it your own store? Why are you paying me back?"

Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "After all, this is the first business deal between Lizhan and me, so let's have a good start! Next time, I won't pay even if you ask me to."

Having said that, he pulled Li Zhan away.

Zhou Qiuhe and Li Jie opened their shop a few days earlier, on the third day after the Chinese New Year. This is the third day.

The store also sells steamed buns, dumplings, fried dough sticks, pancakes and the like, as well as millet and sweet potato porridge, or rice porridge, and in winter, radish and mutton soup.

When Xia Juanjuan and the others passed by, two tables of customers came into the store and shouted, "Boss, I want a bowl of mutton soup and two big steamed buns!"

Li Jie agreed and quickly scooped a bowl of mutton and radish soup from the big pot. The soup was full of radishes and two large pieces of mutton. It was one dollar a bowl, which was not a bad deal at all!

The big white steamed bun is as big as a palm and costs only one cent each, which is quite affordable.

Seeing Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan coming in, Li Jie happily wiped his hands on his apron and came over, saying with a smile: "Li Zhan, Juanjuan, you guys are here? I told you to open the shop, but I closed the door for a day and let you guys go over, so how is it, is the business good over there?"

Li Zhan smiled and said, "It's OK. Third brother, your business here seems to be doing well."

Li Jie smiled sheepishly and said, "Thanks to Juan Juan for finding the supply channel, this mutton is much cheaper than the one sold in the market, and it's also very fresh. If we give a larger quantity, we can also increase our popularity."

Xia Juanjuan nodded and said, "Third brother, you are right. If you are honest in doing business, you will have many repeat customers."

Li Jie also laughed and said, "Qiu He also said so. By the way, you guys do it, I'll serve you a bowl of mutton soup."

Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan hurriedly declined, "Third brother, please stop working. We just ate there before coming here."

Li Jie insisted, "Eat less even if you've already eaten. It's cold, drink a bowl of mutton soup to warm yourself up! Wait!"

Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan had no choice but to sit down. Sure enough, Li Jie brought the mutton soup over after a while.

There is not much seasoning, just salt, and it has some mutton smell. However, the lamb that Xia Juanjuan took out from the space was raised on good pasture, so the smell was not strong. When you drink it, only the fragrance is left.

Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan had just eaten their fill, and now they couldn't help but finish the whole bowl of mutton soup.

The guests at the other two tables had also finished their meals. Li Jie went over to collect the money, then took the dishes away and went back to the kitchen.

Li Zhan and Xia Juanjuan finished their mutton soup and said they were leaving.

Li Jie said, "Look at you guys, you're in such a hurry to go back to Beijing? It's a rare trip back home, you can have a meal at home, stay a night and then go back."

Xia Juanjuan and Li Zhan laughed and said, "I haven't told my family that I won't be going back. They will be worried. Let's come back in a few days and then we can go home for dinner."

After hearing this, Li Jie had no choice but to give up.

Before leaving, Xia Juanjuan suddenly asked, "By the way, Third Brother, is there much work in Luocheng recently?"