On the second day, Zhao's father and son came to harness the cart early in the morning as usual. Li Xiaomei helped dig onions, while Li Yan and the other two were cleaning and washing the onions.
Li Yan originally planned to cook the green onions yesterday, but she was worried that they would not be fresh enough if left overnight, so she left it until today.
After moving the prepared goods onto the mule cart, Li Yan asked her cousin to carry a bag of flour from the warehouse to prepare for making scallion oil noodles today.
What Li Yan didn't expect was that when they arrived at the shop, there was already a line outside the shop.
"Oh, I'm finally here! The store owner is really late today!"
"Sorry, sorry, I'll open the door right away." Li Yan jumped out of the car and opened the door of the shop swiftly, while others were busy moving the soy sauce from the mule cart into the shop.
The customers in the queue watched as basket after basket of soy sauce was carried in. It seemed that there was more soy sauce than yesterday. They wondered if they would have enough time to hire more people to queue up.
Li Yan has now set a limit of one kilogram per person, so if she hires someone to buy it herself, you can't say anything, right? It's so early in the morning, why is there a long line in front of the shop?
After organizing the goods, Li Yan asked her two sisters to entertain customers in the shop, and she led the others to prepare next door.
The Zhao family father and son unloaded the food from the mule cart into the shop and prepared to go back. Li Yan stopped them and gave Old Man Zhao fifty coins: "Uncle, don't rush back yet. Help me buy fifty coins of pork fat in the city!"
Li Yan thinks lard is a better oil for making scallion oil noodles, as it is the most fragrant when used to cook scallions!
After receiving Li Yan's instructions, Mr. Zhao immediately went to the city. Zhao Da followed Li Jianmin's instructions to help fill the water tank. Although there was no need to cook noodles today, the bowls would have to be washed after eating in a while, so they should take advantage of the time now to complete these preparations.
Li Jianmin was busy heating oil in a pan. He had to fry the marinated fried chicken first so that customers wouldn't have to wait too long when they placed their orders.
Xiaocao on the side was also busy. She started to knead the dough, roll it out, and cut it into noodles so that they could be used directly later.
Li Yan took the price list she had prepared yesterday to the front of the shop and hung it up in a conspicuous place.
After hanging up the price list, Li Yan unconsciously took a few steps back, wanting to see if it was hung crookedly, and accidentally bumped into someone.
Li Yan hurriedly apologized and turned around to see Qin Yue looking at her with a smile.
Li Yan was just about to talk to him about the expansion today when this guy bumped into her. Li Yan said happily, "I was just about to look for you today, and here you are!"
Qin Yue seemed very happy to hear her words, and his beautiful phoenix eyes also smiled: "Oh, I heard that your shop is doing very good business now, but what happened?"
Before Li Yan could answer, a passerby saw the price list Li Yan had hung up, stopped, and asked the people around him, "I heard that there is a shop selling tea eggs in the market outside the city. They are very salty and tasty. It should be this shop. Since we have come across it, I would like you to have a try." After that, the two of them went to the shop.
Li Yan watched the group of people heading into the shop. Worried that the two of them wouldn't be able to handle it, she said to Qin Yue, "I'll go help out in the shop first. If you're not in a hurry, we can talk about this later."
After Qin Yue nodded, Li Yan hurried to the shop.
Perhaps because of the price list posted outside the shop, the snack business has been good today. After the braised chicken feet were sold out, Li Yan used the small clay stove to cook another pot of tea eggs and braised tofu. There is no need to worry about the tea eggs going bad. The longer they are cooked, the more flavorful they become.
After the lard was bought, Li Jianmin had also fried the chicken for the first time, and the rich aroma of fried chicken filled the entire food shop.
After preparing the fried chicken, Li Yan asked her cousin to boil lard first. Just like frying chicken, when the lard was boiling, the whole shop was filled with an enticing aroma. The rich aroma drifted far away with the wind. The craftsmen working in the market were seduced by this enticing aroma for the whole morning.
Qin Yue was originally sitting in the shop listening to Ying Yi's report. He was attracted by the aroma and couldn't help asking, "What kind of food are you making?"
"The shop next door should be making fried chicken. Are you hungry, sir?" Ying Yi asked.
Ying Si sniffed, shook his head and said, "This smell is not fried chicken!"
When Ying saw his younger brother interrupting, he couldn't help but glare at him. He was still thinking about eating in front of the young master.
Like Uncle Cen, these two had been by his side since childhood. Qin Yue was very clear about the brothers' personalities, so he indulged Ying Si a little and said, "Since you are so sure, go buy some of both kinds of food. It's time for dinner."
Upon hearing this, Ying Si's face lit up with joy and he retreated respectfully. However, this man was serious for only three seconds. After leaving his master's sight, he jumped down the stairs. He needed to rush to the snack shop as soon as possible, for fear that the food would be sold out if he was too late!
When Ying heard the exclamation of the craftsman coming from downstairs, the veins on his forehead throbbed. This kid would tear off the tiles if he wasn't disciplined for three days. He followed the young master out and behaved so recklessly!
Qin Yue looked at Ying Yi clenching his fists and said with a smile, "Xiao Si, he's the youngest among us. He's suffered so much in that place, and now he's a little greedy. Don't control him too much."
When Ying heard the young master talking about the past, his thoughts immediately went to his younger brother who was only four or five years old at that time. The little guy was starved to death in such an environment. If the young master had not appeared, this person would probably no longer exist in this world.
When Ying Si rushed to the shop, Li Yan had just finished teaching her cousin how to make scallion oil.
"What kind of food is this? It smells so delicious."
Li Yan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old, looking at the scallion oil he had just made with a smile on his face.
Li Jianmin recognized the boy who came to the shop to buy fried chicken yesterday at a glance.
Yesterday, this man asked for all the fried chicken in the shop as soon as he opened his mouth. Unfortunately, he came late, and when there was only one fried chicken left in the shop, Li Jianmin clearly remembered that his face was full of disappointment.
Seeing it was him, Li Jianmin said enthusiastically, "This is our new dish today, scallion oil noodles. Would you like to try it, young man?"
"Yes, yes, yes. Give me four bowls of scallion noodles, four fried chickens, and four snack platters. Send them to next door when they're ready. How much is it in total?"
Ying Si couldn't help but feel lucky. Fortunately, he asked his elder brother to come here with the young master today. Now he happened to see the new things in the shop, which made up for the regret of yesterday!
"Okay, a total of one hundred and eighty coins. Please wait a moment, I'll send it to you in a moment!"
Li Jianmin quickly put the fried chicken into the wok, then cooked the noodles, Li Yan mixed the noodles, and Xiao Cao was responsible for serving the braised food. The three of them cooperated well and quickly served the meal.
Li Yan found another tray and put all the food on it, and asked Xiaocao to deliver it to the people first.
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