After entering the house, Deng Qingling went to the backyard to wash eggs.
Deng Qingling soaked the eggs and salt in water, and then used a cloth to scrub the chicken droppings and impurities off the surface of the eggshells.
Then put the washed eggs into the pot with cold water, add a spoonful of salt and a spoonful of white vinegar, cover the pot, and light the fire.
After boiling over high heat, reduce the firewood and turn to low heat. Continue to cook for 3 minutes and then take out the eggs.
You don't need to cook the eggs fully, just let the whites coagulate.
Then soak the eggs in cold water for a few minutes.
Deng Qingling took the big pot down and replaced it with a small iron pot.
Pour a little oil into the pot, add a handful of rock sugar, and stir-fry the sugar color. When the syrup turns brown, add boiling water, peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, cumin, a few dried chilies, salt, light soy sauce, and dark soy sauce and mix well.
Deng Qingling first poured out the water in the big pot, and then poured the brine into the big pot.
Then use boiling water to make black tea, wait until the color and aroma of the tea leaves are dissolved in the tea, then take out the tea leaves, and then pour the tea and diluted spiritual spring water into the brine.
Then use a spoon to crack the eggshell, so that the braised eggs will have tiger skin patterns, which looks very beautiful.
Then Deng Qingling put the cracked eggs into the brine and boiled them for a few minutes, then turned off the fire.
Let the eggs soak in brine overnight and they will be very tasty.
Just heat it up when you sell it tomorrow morning.
When the aroma of the tea eggs was fully released, the neighbors were attracted by the rich fragrance.
Especially the few families in the back street, who were all eating. When they smelled the fragrance coming from the front, they couldn't help but sniff, and the young children were crying with greed.
"I guess the shop on the street ahead is selling braised eggs. They smell so good." He swallowed his saliva after saying that.
"Yes, the tea eggs in her shop are really delicious."
Even eating braised eggs during meal time was so disgusting that it made them lose their appetite.
I want to buy some tea eggs, but the shop is closed. I'd better get up early tomorrow to buy them.
Deng Qingling had no idea what everyone was thinking. After she prepared the tea eggs, she started making buns.
She poured out a little of everything she bought today and carried the things into the space.
She kneaded the dough in the space and let it rise. While the dough was rising, she prepared the fillings for the buns, which were sauerkraut and pork.
After the dough has fermented, she puts it on the chopping board, kneads the dough, and rolls out the bun wrappers. After the bun wrappers are rolled out, she starts putting the fillings in and making the buns.
After wrapping all the buns, she put them into the steamer. Because there was a cloth inside, they were not brushed with oil. If they were put directly into the steamer, they would need to be brushed with oil to prevent sticking.
Then let the buns undergo secondary fermentation.
After the buns were ready, Deng Qingling started kneading the dough to make noodles.
She added some diluted spiritual spring water when kneading the dough, which would make the food more delicious.
After she cut the noodles into thin strips and put them aside, she didn't make wonton wrappers anymore. Instead, she took a shower, set the alarm clock, and went to sleep in her space.
Deng Qingling slept until 4:30 and then got up.
After brushing her teeth and washing her face, she took out a few large bones from the space, went to the kitchen to start boiling the soup base, then kneaded the dough to roll wonton skins, and chopped the meat filling.
At half past five, Deng Qingling took out the buns and noodles from the space and started to light a fire to steam the buns and heat the eggs.
She had just sat down and made some wontons when Deng Yangguang and Deng Mei knocked on the door.
Deng Qingling hurried out and opened the door. Seeing Deng Mei and her brother, she said, "Come on, come in."
"Good morning, aunt." Deng Yangguang and Deng Mei followed Deng Qingling into the house.
Deng Qingling said as she walked, "You came so early, you must not have had breakfast.
Eat whatever you want, don’t be polite to your aunt. The tea eggs and buns will have to wait a while, I’m just making wontons.
Otherwise, let’s eat wontons later.”
"We can do it." Deng Yangguang and the other man nodded.
"Okay, A Guang, go and cook the wontons now. Your sister and I will make some more wontons." Deng Qingling said and sat back in her previous seat.
"Yeah." Deng Yangguang responded and walked to the cupboard to get three bowls.
He poured the wontons from the tray into a bowl and walked towards the kitchen.
After a while, the wontons were cooked, and then the aroma of tea eggs wafted out.
Deng Qingling stood up, took a bowl and walked to the backyard. As soon as she lifted the lid of the pot, a rich aroma hit her nose.
The aroma of tea eggs is very tempting.
Deng Qingling scooped out six tea eggs with a spoon. Each person ate two eggs, which was just right with the wontons.
When Deng Qingling returned to the hall, she saw Deng Yangguang and Deng Mei waiting for her to start dinner.
"Just serve and eat. No need to wait. It's not a holiday, there's no need to wait for everyone to gather." Deng Qingling put the eggs in the middle of the table.
Deng Yangguang said with a playful smile: "It tastes better when I eat it with my aunt."
"You little brat." Deng Qingling said with a smile, "Eat quickly. If it's not enough, cook some more."
"I know. I won't be polite with my aunt." Deng Yangguang said with a smile.
Deng Mei next to her also smiled and nodded. She knew that her aunt was not being polite.
Her aunt was very good to them. Every time she went back to her parents' home, she would bring a lot of things. Although most of the things were kept by her grandmother, they would eat them in the end.
Before they had even finished their meal, someone came to buy something.
Deng Qingling's seat was facing the door. Seeing someone coming in, she said to Deng Yangguang and the others, "Hurry up and eat. I'm going to go get busy first."
Then she hurried over and asked, "What would this uncle like to buy? Both steamed buns and tea eggs are available."
"I want six tea eggs, three sauerkrauts and three meat buns," said the uncle.
"Okay, uncle, please sit down and wait for a while. I'll go pack it for you." After saying that, Deng Qingling walked towards the backyard.
After a while, Deng Qingling took out the steamed buns and tea eggs.
"Uncle, three sauerkraut buns are 27 cents, three meat buns are 45 cents, and six tea eggs are 96 cents. The total is 1.68 yuan." Deng Qingling said as she handed the things to Uncle Li.
"Okay, just call me Uncle Li. My home is the second one on the street behind." Uncle Li took the things and handed the money to Deng Qingling.
After receiving the money, Deng Qingling said with a smile, "Hello, Uncle Li, thank you for patronizing my business."
"Haha, the aroma of the braised eggs last night made my little grandson cry.
You know what, your tea eggs are really delicious. I've never tasted such delicious tea eggs at my age." After saying that, Uncle Li waved his hand and prepared to turn around and walk back home.
"Uncle Li, take care. Welcome to come again next time." Deng Qingling watched Uncle Li turn and leave.
As the first business started, customers came one after another, and the three of them were very busy.
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