Chapter 42
Gu Xinxin smiled and said, "If you could make it, you wouldn't be at my house today, right? Yes, the ingredients are quite simple. All the snacks in the world are inseparable from these few ingredients. Even the salty ones usually use honey."
As for flour, eggs and lard, these three are the basis of almost all pastries. Ninety-nine percent of the pastries in the world require these three.
However, just because you know what the raw materials are, it doesn’t mean you can make something.
Using the same flour, eggs, and lard, if there's more flour, the resulting dish is called a crispy pancake. If there's more egg, the resulting dish is called an egg pastry. If there's more lard, the fried dish might be called a hemp leaf.
You see, even if you mix these three basic ingredients in different proportions, you can make different things, not to mention adding other things and making them in different ways.
So the method of making small fried dough twist can be tried out, but it will definitely not be cracked in just half a month.
Shopkeeper Qian came in a hurry, either because he was in urgent need or because he wanted to establish a monopoly.
If you need it urgently, Gu Xinxin just thought of it herself. Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. Mid-Autumn Festival is not only about eating mooncakes, but also other snacks will also have a sales peak.
If it’s a monopoly… everyone in the town goes to his pastry shop to buy things, which is itself a marketing method.
Gu Xinxin was good-tempered: "Manager Qian also knows that a secret recipe can support three generations. My Gu family is a small family. If we have such a secret recipe, at least three generations will not have to worry about food and clothing. Even if the business is not good, as long as we can feed and drink the whole family, we will be profitable."
As long as you don't seek to become rich and powerful, this secret recipe is enough.
"You were really joking when you mentioned ten taels of silver." Gu Xinxin held out her hand. "I didn't ask for more than two hundred taels from you. Last time, my father and I went to the county town, and there was a shop there called Su Ji Dim Sum, and they were willing to buy this recipe for two hundred taels. I just thought that my Gu family still needs to be around town, so I was willing to pay the same price to give you a convenience. If you don't want it, then forget it."
Shopkeeper Qian frowned and looked very unhappy, but he still knew about Su Ji Dim Sum... Although his family opened a shop in the town, they had also thought about expanding to the county town.
"Is Su Ji really willing to buy it for two hundred taels?" Shopkeeper Qian asked. Gu Xinxin smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, you can go and ask around. Anyway, my home is right here, I can't run away."
"Two hundred taels is too much." Shopkeeper Qian was silent for a moment, then brought the subject back to the topic: "I don't know if this little fried dough twist can be sold..."
Gu Xinxin interrupted him again: "If you couldn't sell it, you wouldn't come to my house, right? These past few days, my father has been selling it in town, and he can sell three baskets every day."
It’s hot, and I don’t want to cook complicated meals for lunch, so I just make some sour soup and eat it with some fried dough twists. It’s really comfortable.
Or you can make some cold noodles and put a few small twisted dough sticks on them. The cold noodles are refreshing, sour and sweet, and the twisted dough sticks are crispy and sweet. They are a perfect match together.
Or, you can put some fried dough twists on a plate, and have a pot of wine with them. Take a bite of fried dough twists and a sip of wine, and you will feel very relaxed.
Anyone who can afford it is willing to buy a few to take home and eat, or to appease their children. Children as young as three or two years old can also eat it. Soak it in some rice soup. Although it is not as crispy, the taste of the rice soup becomes sweeter, and children still like it very much. It is not like the fried ones, which only produce turbid oil and water.
Gu Xinxin smiled and said, "There is another way. I can sell it to you for a hundred taels of silver, but in the future, for every tael of silver your pastry shop sells, you must give my family a 10% bonus, which is one tael of silver. This will last for three years. After three years, this recipe will belong to you, and you will have nothing to do with my Gu family anymore. What do you think?"
Shopkeeper Qian's face was gloomy: "The little girl has quite an appetite."
"This small fried dough twist is so delicious! Shopkeeper Qian has tried it himself. I dare say that if your shop is willing to do this business, within at least two years, the small fried dough twist will be unique in our town and can become your signature dish."
Gu Xinxin smiled and said, "I don't need to tell the shopkeeper how much I can earn by then, right?"
Shopkeeper Qian held out his hand: "Ten taels of silver is not a small amount. Making it yourself is a waste of effort and time. It would be better to sell it to us..."
Gu Xinxin waved her hand: "Then we can't reach an agreement. Shopkeeper Qian doesn't seem to be sincere about buying it. In that case, let's not waste each other's time. My father still needs to go to town to sell small fried dough twists. Shopkeeper Qian, can you please say goodbye?"
If they were really kicked out, it would be a disgrace to the family. Shopkeeper Qian couldn't help but tremble a few times, a little unable to hold back: "Ten taels of silver is not a small amount. If you don't sell it, don't regret it later!"
After saying that, he stood up and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, no one stopped him or shouted at him.
The more Qian thought about it, the angrier he got. Gu Xinxin looked at Gu Daniu and said, "Dad, no matter who asks, I won't sell it to you for less than two hundred taels, okay?"
Gu Daniu frowned: "Do I have to sell it? You just said that one recipe can support three generations..."
"I don't just have this one recipe. What our family needs right now is money. Xiangrong needs money for his studies, and it's not a small sum." Gu Xinxin said, pausing before reminding Gu Daniu, "Dad, keep an eye on your stepmother. She could teach the recipe to the Chen family, and maybe even sell it behind your back."
Gu Daniu snorted, "She dares!"
But after a moment, he hurriedly turned around and went back to the house, probably to deal with Gu Chen.
Gu Xinxin looked at Wang Fengshou and hesitated. Wang Fengshou was understanding and said, "Xinxin is worried that if we go to Huaishu Town, Manager Qian will come looking for us again?"
Gu Xinxin paused and waved her hand: "Forget it, let's not wait for him. Shopkeeper Qian didn't come here with sincerity this time. Let's leave him alone and maybe he can make a decision faster. Dad, Dad, I'm going to Huaishu Town."
Gu Daniu responded from inside the house, and Gu Xinxin took care of Wang Fengshou and set off quickly.
Wang Fengshou could have walked all the way from Huaishu Town by himself, but since he was bringing Gu Xinxin with him, he was very extravagant and hired a carriage from the town, spending eight copper coins to ask someone to take them to Huaishu Town.
With a carriage, the journey was naturally faster. We arrived before lunch. It took another hour to get from Huaishu Town to Wangjiazhuang.
Wangjiazhuang seems to be richer than Xiaokaner Village where the Gu family lives. Their village is next to a river, and they raise fish in the river, and grow crops on the flat land, so their life is a little more affluent.
Xiaokaner Village is surrounded by mountains, so Gu Daniu can hunt because he has the conditions. But because there are many mountains, few flat lands, and no rivers, life is slightly worse than in Wangjiazhuang.
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