Chapter 8: Setting up a stall on the beach, selling pineapple ice, watermelon yehye and lemon tarts...
Fortunately, before Ye Wan sent away the bard, this senior poet sent her away first, because Ye Wan said that he was carrying a "harp", which made him feel that Ye Wan had no respect for art and had extremely no taste.
It was clearly a lyre, the great symbol of the sun god Apollo and a sacred instrument. How could it be confused with a small harp?
After the bard finished praising the sun god, he raised his hair and, holding his head high like a swan, pushed open the door and walked away in a menacing manner.
Although Ye Wan still didn't understand why he was angry, she was obviously relieved. Ye Wan no longer hesitated and hurriedly took another public carriage to tear down the recruitment advertisement posted at the recruitment office in the main city.
On the way back, Ye Wan stopped by the market to buy some goods. Lemons and pineapples were very cheap in early summer, and she even bought some Litsea cubeba oil from a seasoning store.
Ye Wan noticed that there was a stall selling ice machines, and there was a crowd of people around it.
"The Snow Queen's ice machine is on sale for a limited time. If you miss it, you will miss it!" shouted the stall owner.
The ice machine is not big, about the size of a Western clock, and is covered with an ice-blue glass lid. Just press the button, and the queen and four little penguins will perform a snow-praying dance underneath, and then snowflakes will fall from above.
It looked beautiful and dreamy, but the amount of ice produced was too little. It could only be used as a decoration and was not enough for cooking. Ye Wan shook his head and went home with the basket of vegetables.
The restaurant's recommended dish today is lime mint cold soup noodles. The soup base is a simple sweet soy sauce with a little mirin. Ye Wan also split a yellow lemon and squeezed some juice into it. The sour and astringent fragrance quickly filled the entire kitchen.
Muffin came over to ask for lemon, but was decisively rejected: "This is very sour, you can't eat it, wait until tomorrow I go buy raspberries and you can eat it."
Pancake said angrily: "Squeak!"
The noodles were cooked in boiling water, then taken out and soaked in ice. Ye Wan then cut the cucumber into thin round slices and neatly spread them on the bottom of the glass bowl, then poured soup into the bowl. It looked too simple. Ye Wan also placed half a bright yellow boiled egg on top, garnished it with some fresh mint leaves, and finally sprinkled a handful of roasted fragrant white sesame seeds.
Emma showed up on time for dinner. After being baptized by Ye Wan's delicious food, she had gained some weight recently and looked round and cute.
"It's so hot outside!" Emma fanned herself with her hands and then shouted, "I'll give you a thermostat later!"
An old-fashioned fan spun above her head. Ye Wan brought out some cold noodles: "This will cool you down. Try it."
Emma took the glass bowl and picked up some noodles soaked in sauce with a fork. First, the sour soup mixed with lime juice quickly invaded her taste buds like a summer rainstorm, followed by the coolness of mint and the wheat aroma of noodles. Finally, she tasted the crispness of cucumber. The overlapping of multiple flavors greatly increased her appetite.
Emma quickly slurped down a large bowl of noodles.
Ye Wan sat aside and sighed: "Unfortunately, I looked all over the market and couldn't find a place selling shrimp."
Thai passion fruit lemon spicy and sour shrimp is also very suitable for summer. Unfortunately, this strange market even sells venison, but no prawns.
Emma gave her some advice: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? You went to the wrong place. If you want to buy ingredients like shrimp, you have to go to the seaside market. They have everything you want there."
"Is there a sea in the royal capital?" Ye Wan asked as he took out a map from the drawer. He saw a mark in a small area in the upper left corner: Mermaid Bay.
Emma took a look. "Yes, that's it, but there are no mermaids in Mermaid Cove anymore. Legend has it that the ancestor of the mermaids fell in love with a prince, sacrificed her tail to be close to him, and ultimately died. Since then, the entire mermaid tribe has moved to the Misty Sea... There's been a good lemon harvest recently, and Mermaid Cove is holding a lemon festival with lots of dessert stalls. There's a place there that bakes really good lemon tarts!"
"So... I can also set up a stall?" Ye Wan looked very excited.
"Yes, it only costs 20 copper coins to sign up. My father wanted me to take some brooms to sell, but I convinced him that no one would spend a lot of money to buy a travel broom just by visiting the market. Last time at the Cinderella market, I didn't sell a single one." Emma was a little depressed.
Ye Wan rubbed his hands: "I love the sea very much. Do you want to go play with me, Emma?"
"squeak!"
"Oh yeah, and muffins."
Muffin is angry.
Unlike Honey Alley, which is full of medieval European style, the harbor is like Santorini in Greece. The early summer sunshine flows slowly like honey, the white sand on the ground is hot, and the air is filled with the salty sea breeze and the fragrance of citrus.
The street is lined with lemon trees, heavy with orange fruits, and the small villas on both sides are painted white.
Ye Wan and Emma quickly found a shop selling lemon tarts. There was already a long queue of people there. The owner took out the baked lemon tarts from the stone kiln. The buttery pastry and the sweet aroma of citrus burst out. The tarts in the baking pan looked like bright little suns.
Ye Wan watched as a customer poked a hole in the egg tart and the sweet passion fruit jam flowed down the pastry.
Ye Wan, Emma, and Pancake all swallowed their saliva at the same time. Emma immediately lined up at the end of the crowd and said, "You go get a good seat. I'll queue here."
Ye Wan nodded, left the muffin to Emma, and went to find the organizer of the Lemon Festival to sign up.
Finally, her stall was located under a huge coconut tree, next to an ice cream stall. The little girl selling ice cream had red hair tied in two ponytails, and small dream catchers hung on her ears as earrings.
Although she was dressed a little strangely, she greeted Ye Wan enthusiastically: "Hi! My name is Annie."
"I'm Ye Wan." After a brief introduction, Ye Wan took out two large thermos buckets from his bag. Inside were icy cold sugar water: plum pineapple ice and watermelon coconut ice.
Anne was excited: "Wow, the names of the things you sell are interesting and they look delicious!"
The walls of the thermos were covered with tiny drops of water due to the large amount of ice. The orange pineapples and brown plums squeezed into the bucket created a tropical feel.
In another thermos, a lot of rose-red watermelon pulp was soaked in coconut milk with transparent tapioca pearls. Ye Wan also prepared some roasted and crispy coconut chips. Those who ordered watermelon coconut chips would get a portion of chips, which could be eaten directly or soaked in coconut milk.
Anne was obviously a very outgoing person. She liked to chat with Ye Wan. For example, the tide elves hidden in the seabed loved lemon juice the most. As long as the residents brought lemon juice and prayed sincerely at the beach, the tide elves would appear.
For example, after a typhoon, there will be luminous dandelion jellyfish floating in the sky. Those are jellyfish that have been blown away from the sea.
The dwarves are a very intelligent race. They are very good at handicrafts and can make a large mechanical bird that allows people to sit on its back and fly in the sky, which is more stable than sitting on a griffin.
Ye Wan listened with great interest: "What happens after the Tide Elf appears? Does it have any special abilities, like causing rain?"
Annie thought for a moment and said, "I haven't thought about it yet."
Ye Wan: "Did you make that up?"
Anne nodded.
Ye Wan was speechless.
Her plum pineapple ice and watermelon Ye Ye sell very well because they look good, taste good, and are cheap, only 20 copper coins.
Annie's ice cream next door also sells very well. She prepared a lot of crispy cones in advance, and the ice cream balls are raspberry and bubble gum flavored.
However, Annie likes to talk to every customer and discuss some strange topics, such as there has been no trace of mermaid migration in the Misty Sea for a long time, and it must be that the underwater kingdom has been eroded by dark seaweed.
The customers couldn't keep up with her conversation, and some even thought she was crazy. They just hurriedly bought their ice cream, threw down their money and ran away.
Anne was very disappointed. "Why don't they like the story about the underwater kingdom? The story about mermaids is so popular."
Soon Emma came over with a box of lemon tarts. "Goddess of Moonlight! The line for this lemon tart is really long...Annie?"
Anne said enthusiastically, "Oh, my old friend Emma!"
They used to be classmates at a church school, but later Emma moved to the city. Anne said excitedly, "You haven't been back to Green Sand Hill for a long time. Everyone misses you."
Ye Wan was thinking about the prawns, so she asked Emma to help her watch the stall for a while and ran away with the pancakes.
The place closest to the harbor was where fresh produce was sold. The smell was so strong that Pancake covered his nose with his paws.
Ye Wan patted its head and said, "Hold on a little while. I'll leave as soon as I finish shopping."
She bought a lot of prawns, squid legs and dried whitebait. The stall owner gave her a lot of ice cubes, so they shouldn't go bad.
When Ye Wan returned to the food area of the market with bags, it was already dusk. Emma and Annie were sitting on the beach eating lemon tarts, and then asked her to join them.
Ye Wan picked one up to try, biting into the crispy crust. Then, a glistening sauce quickly flowed out. The lemon and passion fruit inside must have been soaked in honey, and the sweetness was slightly sour, which perfectly offset the greasy butter. There must have been some vanilla seeds added to the crust, which gave the lemon tart an extra flavor.
The sea breeze blows over.
After finishing a box of lemon tarts, Anne invited the two to visit Green Dune Farm. The farm was located at the foot of the Rainbow Valley. It was summer, and the valley was surrounded by lush greenery. The stream was full of old man bushes, wild roses and lilies, and the farm was covered with grape vines and cherries.
And Anne's mother would definitely bake lots of butter cookies to entertain everyone.
Emma agreed excitedly.
Ye Wan was a little hesitant. She was still thinking about opening a shop. After all, she still owed 1,000 silver coins. She really didn't want a group of goblins to come to the door of the shop with music and drums to collect the debt. It was too embarrassing. What would the neighbors think?
Emma advised her: "Maybe you could talk to Annie's father about cooperation? The price of vegetables on the farm is much cheaper than in the capital."
Anne nodded. "For example, cabbage costs 20 copper coins in the city, but only 5 here. My father delivers vegetables to the city every week. Perhaps we can go around to your restaurant to reduce the cost."
Ye Wan was a person who could not resist persuasion, and when he heard that it could reduce costs, he was immediately tempted.
"I will definitely visit you when I have time," she said.
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