"Big brother!"
"Second Brother!"
"Third brother!"
This familiar dialogue echoed under every green tree at the entrance of Zisan Primary School.
Qin Yi also began to grasp the pattern.
Any three elementary school students who eat meatballs together, regardless of gender, are either sworn brothers or sworn sisters.
Some of the more direct children would even come up and ask, "Boss, do you sell sworn brotherhood dumplings here?"
"Wanzi Fried Food Shop" gained fame among the students of Zisan Elementary School in a way that Qin Yi never expected.
"Hi~ Boss, I'm back again!"
Yumi greeted the beautiful boss warmly.
She came today with an interview assignment.
After listening to her report on yesterday's work, the leader specially arranged for her to record interviews with some outstanding stall owners.
Unfortunately, the fried food stall owner was very low-key; as soon as he heard that he wanted to take photos and do an interview, he almost crawled under the table.
It's worth noting that their "Zicheng No. 1 Sister" WeChat official account is a lifestyle account with millions of followers.
Other businesses have to pay to advertise.
This boss is something else; he keeps turning down free advertising opportunities, as if he's afraid his business is too good.
Fine, I'll take a few more food photos to show for it when I get back.
Today I visited all the food stalls in Zi Er and Zi Si.
I heard that Ziyi Elementary School has terrible traffic jams after school in the evening, the kind that makes it impossible to move.
However, students are allowed to go out at noon, so many vendors set up stalls there.
Let's just go make a trip tomorrow at noon, then the preliminary information collection work will be done.
Lijing Apartment at 8 PM.
The daily routine of food service workers working overtime to prepare goods.
Qin Yi was scooping out a bowl of soaked sweet potato vermicelli, deftly cutting it into small pieces and pouring it into a large bowl.
Add chopped carrots, chopped cilantro, chopped green onions, and various seasonings, and finally pour in a bowl of beaten eggs and mix well.
Next, add cornstarch and high-gluten flour and stir. When the batter becomes thick, heat the oil in a pan.
First, use your thumb and forefinger to squeeze the batter into a circle.
Then use a spoon to scoop it out from between your thumb and forefinger, form it into a ball, and deep-fry it in oil.
When the vermicelli balls are put into the pot, they will first sink to the bottom, and then float up one by one.
For products in stock, simply fry the meatballs until they are 70% cooked, let them cool, and then store them.
In addition to the vermicelli meatballs, Qin Yi also made a crispy lotus root ball dish that she loves to eat.
To improve the taste.
She specially used a high-speed blender to grind the lotus root pieces into powder, squeeze out the lotus root juice, and stir-fry it into lotus root paste.
Next, add the lotus root and minced meat filling and mix well.
The entire meatball can be formed together without the need for flour to thicken it.
The shaped meatballs are white, tender, and rich; after being fried to medium-rare, they await their debut tomorrow.
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Wednesday at 12:05 PM.
"Watch out! There's a car here, please move aside!"
After much difficulty, Qin Yi finally squeezed through the crowd to reach the stall where Zi Yi Elementary School was setting up its stall.
I have to work overtime to make big meatballs at night, and small glutinous rice balls in the morning. After setting up the stall at noon, I still have to set up the stall in the afternoon.
She's currently in a situation where it's like three chefs cooking six ducks—she's incredibly busy!
I arrived late today; the students at Ziyi Elementary School had already finished school at noon.
The older woman, the fried chicken vendor, and other vendors had all secured their spots.
Seeing that she couldn't squeeze in anyway, Qin Yi simply stopped in a secluded open space further away from the school gate.
Let's leave it here. She's been selling sweet soup for two days now, so I'm sure she has some loyal customers.
She arranged all the sweet rice balls in the soup, moved a stool, and waited for the guests to arrive.
"Ugh, this white jade dumpling tastes awful."
"Then you'll still buy it?"
"That auntie was terrifying. I just asked about the price, and she put the food to my mouth and made me smell it. She kept pulling me and saying how delicious it was and that I should buy some to try. I felt embarrassed because she was so enthusiastic, so I bought a bowl."
"Who knew it would taste so bad? The milk foam and white jade dumplings are the worst dessert I've ever eaten. We'll have to avoid this place in the future!"
"Hey, what's this stall selling sweet rice balls in syrup? The food looks pretty good."
"Let's go, let's go. I'm scared of meatballs now. They must not taste good. Let's buy something else."
The children were whispering so loudly it was like they were reciting a text.
Qin Yi heard everything clearly without any difficulty.
The reputation of the milk foam and white jade dumplings was ultimately dragged down by her older sister, and even her sweet rice dumplings in soup were disliked. She felt wronged for every single glutinous rice dumpling...
The foot traffic in the corner is different from that in the front row; there aren't many small customers moving around today.
The first customer to arrive was none other than Watermelon Girl Cheng Cherry, who, as usual, ordered three bowls of meatballs in different flavors.
Then he sat down next to Qin Yi's stall and ate with relish.
"Hey? Boss, don't you have a twin sister?"
Hearing someone ask this question, Qin Yi turned around in confusion.
"It really is you! I wasn't quite sure when I saw you from a distance, but I didn't expect it. Boss, are you pushing yourself too hard with this dual-task mode?"
"They not only set up stalls in front of two primary schools, but also sold different things at each one."
"Don't you ever sleep? Let me tell you, you can never earn enough money..."
As Yumi spoke, she looked at Qin Yi's glass display window.
Wow! What a dreamy dessert!
Qin Yi put more effort into the plating and color scheme today.
For example, this newly released green "panda taking a bath".
It consists of a bowl of dark green and transparent jelly balls, with small white glutinous rice balls scattered around.
In the very center, a large glutinous rice ball was shaped into a panda head using bamboo charcoal powder.
There are two pointed green leaves, like bamboo shoots, inserted in the background.
After being drizzled with pure white coconut milk, it looks like a lazy panda cub leaning against bamboo leaves, lying on its back and enjoying a relaxing bath.
"I thought your meatballs were so delicious that no one could compete with them, but I didn't expect your sweet soup to be so unique. Why don't you open a shop? It would be a waste not to open a shop with this skill!"
Yumi took out her camera and started snapping away. She thought to herself that she would definitely write this article when she got back, praising this hardworking and creative folk craftsman.
"That's because you haven't tried the boss's floral-scented cake roll, otherwise you would be even more surprised."
"But what are these meatballs you're talking about? I've never had them before," Cheng Yingtao asked while chewing on a small meatball.
"Oh? You also have floral-scented Swiss rolls? Tell me where you have a stall right now, and I'll write about them all on my WeChat official account to make the owner an instant sensation!"
"The cake roll shop is still under renovation, so you can't get it yet," Qin Yi said helplessly.
"Model worker, oh model worker, how many more surprises do you have that I don't know about? Pack four bowls for me today, I'll take them back to the company and show them off properly."
Yumi was just about to leave with the sweet soup she had bought.
A group of elementary school students rushed toward the dessert shop as if they had seen a treasure.
"Sister, why did you move here? We've been looking for you for so long!"
"Sister, our Tiger Brother has been looking for you everywhere, and he's finally found you!"
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