Chapter 112: Joined Suxiang Pavilion
The master's move left the shopkeeper dumbfounded. He shouted several times but failed to stop the man. He was so angry that he sat down on the chair with a gloomy face and didn't say a word.
Zhong Xin had originally planned to take advantage of the fact that there were many people in Jinxiu Xuan to see if there was a chance to return to Jinxiu Xuan. However, she happened to see this scene and subconsciously entered Suxiang Pavilion.
Finally a customer came to the store, and the waiter greeted him enthusiastically: "Miss, do you want to buy some snacks?"
Zhong Xin said confidently: "I'm not buying anything, I'm here to apply for the position of master chef."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he laughed angrily and said in a bad tone: "Where did you come from, little girl? If you don't want to buy anything, leave now."
Zhong Xin was not angry either, and said, "I have done this before at Jinxiuxuan across the street."
When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he looked Zhong Xin up and down.
Although he had doubts about this little girl who suddenly appeared, when he thought that she came from Jinxiuxuan, he thought that she might really have some special abilities.
"Have you worked in Jinxiuxuan? What did you do?" the shopkeeper asked in a slightly softer tone.
Zhong Xin was secretly delighted. She always thought that she was not much worse than Xu Xinting, and the snacks she was given were also as good as anyone else's.
"I can make several kinds, like the date paste cake, mung bean cake, and the egg cake sold over there. I can make them all." Zhong Xin said.
Although Zhong Xin has not mastered all the essentials at Jinxiu Xuan, she is still good at the ones she has handled. Although the taste may not reach the level of Xu Qingmeng and others, it is definitely no problem compared to others.
The shopkeeper frowned and thought for a while. Since there was no master chef, he decided to give it a try. Then he said, "Words are not enough. You have to cook it and let me taste it."
Zhong Xin didn't say anything more and agreed immediately: "Okay, no problem."
So the shopkeeper brought Zhong Xin to the kitchen, which was still messy from when the chef left, with all kinds of ingredients and tools placed in no order.
The reason why Zhong Xin came to Suxiang Pavilion was because she was very ambitious and felt that she was not bad. She wanted Xu Qingmeng to see that she would definitely do better than Xu Xinting.
She just made a small mistake and she said she would correct it, but Xu Qingmeng fired her anyway. Although she didn't ask for compensation, she was not grateful to her.
Zhong Xin came to the kitchen, rolled up her sleeves, and began to skillfully prepare the ingredients needed to make snacks.
She first chose to make date paste cake. Zhong Xin first washed the red dates, removed the cores and put them into the pot to slowly simmer. As she controlled the heat, the fragrance of the dates gradually filled the entire kitchen.
She concentrated on stirring the date paste in the pot, making sure that every date was cooked soft and smooth.
The shopkeeper watched from the side, her methodical movements, a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes.
Next, she began to process the flour for making pastries. She added oil, sugar and water in a certain proportion and kneaded it into a smooth dough.
Then she evenly wrapped the cooked date paste in the dough, put it into the mold to shape it, and finally put it into the steamer to steam it. While waiting for the date paste cake to come out of the pot, she started to make mung bean cake.
She peeled the soaked mung beans, steamed them in a pot, and then used a spoon to mash them into a paste. She added appropriate amounts of sugar and stir-fried with oil until the mung bean paste was no longer sticky and had an attractive color and delicate texture.
Since there is no mold, the mung bean paste can only be skillfully molded into small cubes by hand and placed neatly on the plate.
At this time, the date paste cake was also steamed. The moment Zhong Xin opened the steamer, a rich fragrance of dates hit her face. She took out a piece, let it cool down, and cut it into small pieces.
The shopkeeper couldn't wait to pick up a piece and put it in his mouth. The moment he put it in his mouth, he felt the sweetness of the date paste and the cake was soft yet elastic.
There was surprise in his eyes, and then he tasted a piece of mung bean cake. The freshness and taste of the mung bean cake also made him quite satisfied.
The shopkeeper put down the snacks in his hand, stroked his goatee, smiled, and said, "Okay, girl, your cooking skills are pretty good! Why don't you work at Jinxiuxuan?"
Zhong Xin's face darkened. "Does it have anything to do with you? Just tell me about this craft, is it okay?"
"Okay, okay, why not?" The shopkeeper said hurriedly, fearing that she would go back on her word.
Zhong Xin breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, she only knew these few types. She couldn't learn more than that. The others were just half-baked.
The shopkeeper talked to Zhong Xin and went to a yard on East Street.
"Boss, the dim sum at Jinxuan is priced very high, and there are a constant stream of customers every day. Our previous crappy chef was really no good, but who would have thought that there was a young girl who claimed to have worked at Jinxiuxuan and had good skills, so I took the initiative to keep her." said the shopkeeper.
The man in black had his back to him and was masked. He said in a low voice, "Very good, you did a good job. There is a reward. I will find someone to help you later."
The shopkeeper was very happy to receive the reward. When he returned to Suxiang Pavilion, he officially arranged for Zhong Xin to be in charge of the kitchen.
There was a flash of coldness in the man's eyes. County Lieutenant Liu was now hiding his edge, and it was obvious that he could no longer be relied on.
But Gu Yunyi obviously can't go any further! Otherwise, he will take He to the capital sooner or later.
He picked up his pen and wrote a letter, and then had someone send it to the capital at full speed.
At this time, Xu Qingmeng didn't know that Zhong Xin had already entered Suxiang Pavilion.
As June arrived, the weather became warmer and there were more fruits and vegetables.
After Zhong Xin left, Mrs. Huang found someone to take over the next day. After the initial adjustment and adaptation, the dim sum shop's normal business and revenue have stabilized.
The people in the kitchen had already prepared very good snacks for each person, and as for drinks, Mrs. Huang sent two more people over.
After more than half a month of observation and intentional or unintentional teaching, Madam Chen has gradually become familiar with some management matters. She can also read a few words, and has people sent by Xu Qingmeng and Madam Huang to help her.
Madam Chen got the hang of it quickly. Except for some minor mistakes when making the account books, she knew everything else well.
Originally, Mrs. Huang also sent people to work as waiters and sell dim sum, but she just thought that since the business had just opened, she transferred a few people to help out for a few days, and then she didn't take care of them anymore and handed them over to the people in the kitchen.
There were quite a few people in the kitchen, but who would have thought that the dim sum shop's business was so good after opening that they did not withdraw the staff from the front hall.
There was a middle-aged man named Yang here, and Mrs. Huang appointed him as the shopkeeper. He was usually in charge of accounting and front-end matters, while Mrs. Chen was in charge of kitchen matters. The separation of responsibilities made management easier.
(End of this chapter)
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