The next day, Cao Simei got up very early. When Li Hehua got up, she had already prepared breakfast and was waiting for Li Hehua to set off.
Seeing Cao Simei so enthusiastic, Li Hehua acted faster. Not daring to delay, he quickly washed up and ate, then he and Cao Simei each carried two baskets of cakes and went to the town.
Li Hehua did not rush to set up the stall, but first sent Cao Simei to the crowded place on the west side of the street, picked a place with her to put the basket, and then took the lead in shouting: "Selling cakes, delicious and cheap red bean cakes and egg cakes, welcome to try for free!"
Li Hehua was demonstrating to Cao Simei, and after only two calls, Cao Simei learned it and started to shout along, imitating Li Hehua's way.
Soon, people gathered around out of curiosity. Li Hehua took out a piece of red bean cake and an egg cake and gave them to those who wanted to buy them to taste. "Come on, everyone, try it. This is my family's ancestral cake recipe. I guarantee it tastes good. If you don't like it after trying it, don't buy it!"
What Li Hehua cooked was naturally delicious. No one said it was bad after tasting it. Most people asked Li Hehua for one or two yuan. Li Hehua quickly agreed, bent down, picked up the oil paper to wrap the pastry, handed it to the customer, and then collected the money.
After the first person bought something, others followed suit. Li Hehua gradually stopped moving and stood aside to give the place to Cao Simei, letting her do it herself.
Cao Simei was also used to working, usually very skillful. Now she had learned almost everything from Li Hehua, and was very good at wrapping cakes and collecting money. Her movements were becoming more and more skilled. Li Hehua saw that she had no problem, so he said, "Then, big sister, you can sell here by yourself. I'll go to the east to sell."
Cao Simei took a break from her busy schedule to respond to Li Hehua, "You go and do your thing. I'm fine here. We can go back together after we're done."
Having said that, Li Hehua carried her two baskets of cakes back to the place where she usually sold them.
When it was almost noon, Li Hehua had sold out all the cakes and pastries. She carried her basket and went to the west to see Cao Simei. As a result, she ran into Cao Simei who was also looking for her on the way. She couldn't help but ask with a smile: "Are you all sold out?"
Cao Simei was obviously very happy, "It's sold out, it's selling very fast."
Li Hehua nodded, "Then let's go buy some ingredients for making pastries and go back together."
Today, Li Hehua not only bought the ingredients for red bean cake and egg cake, but also bought the ingredients for making hawthorn cake and lotus seed paste pastry. He plans to add these two kinds of cakes to his sale starting tomorrow.
After buying hawthorns, Li Hehua thought of candied haws again, so she decided to make some candied haws to sell. Children like to eat this thing very much, and it is easier to make than making pastries. She might as well make some and sell them. Although there are many people selling candied haws on the streets now, the candied haws she makes is different from ordinary candied haws. She dares to guarantee that her candied haws are a hundred times more delicious than ordinary candied haws and will definitely sell well.
When they returned to the He family, Cao Simei's eldest daughter He Daya had already prepared lunch, so the two of them sat down and ate directly. For the first time, Li Hehua felt how good it was to have a home of his own. Then, thinking about his current situation, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.
After finishing her meal, Li Hehua began to prepare cakes for tomorrow's sale. She first made red bean cakes and egg cakes, and then began to make hawthorn cakes and lotus seed paste cakes. However, when processing the hawthorns, she deliberately left some of them for making candied haws.
Cao Simei's family are all honest people. They believe that the method of making pastries is a legacy from their ancestors and should not be easily passed on to outsiders. They consciously stayed away from the kitchen, not wanting Li Hehua to think that they were dishonest and wanted to steal her skills. Only Cao Simei, seeing that Li Hehua was so busy, offered to light the fire for her. However, she just sat in the stove and talked to her, without even looking at the stove, for fear that Li Hehua would think she was stealing her skills.
Li Hehua didn't know what the family was thinking. If they knew, they would definitely be in tears. In fact, she didn't intend to hide it at all, otherwise she wouldn't have cooked it openly in Cao Simei's kitchen. If Cao Simei's family wanted to watch, they could watch. If they learned it, it was their ability. If they could make it delicious just by watching, then they were talented.
You have to know that when she first entered the kitchen, her grandfather gave her all the recipes of the Li family and taught her step by step. However, the taste of the dishes she made at first was not the best. It was only after her hard work, repeated attempts, and adjustments that she finally got the taste to the best.
Therefore, cooking skills still require talent, and after acquiring talent, you still need to work hard. For those who are born kitchen killers, even if you teach them a hundred times, they will still be able to do it.
While Li Hehua was chatting with Cao Simei, she focused on the actions of her hands, making the hawthorn into a paste, adding flour little by little, and then adding sugar water and honey water for seasoning. She could do these actions even with her eyes closed, so she worked very quickly. Pieces of regular-shaped cakes gradually took shape under her hands and were placed on the chopping board one by one, just waiting to be steamed.
Li Hehua spent more than an hour to make the hawthorn cake and lotus seed paste cake, and placed them aside together with the red bean cake and egg cake to cool. They could be put into the basket as soon as they were cool enough.
The next step is to make candied haws. Li Hehua removes the bad haws, then washes them carefully, and strings them together with bamboo sticks, five per string, and puts them aside. Then he starts to boil the syrup. When the syrup becomes foamy, he slowly pours it over the skewered haws.
The finished candied haws were very beautiful, crystal clear and very tempting. Cao Simei was surprised, "Sister, your candied haws look really good and very clean, not black like the ones sold by others."
Li Hehua explained: "Some people sell candied haws with bad haws inside, and they don't wash them before making them, so they are black. Some people don't control the temperature when boiling the syrup, so it doesn't look good. Of course, the choice of sugar also affects the taste."
Cao Simei sighed, "There are so many details to make Tanghulu, it's too complicated."
Li Hehua smiled and said that in fact, there are many things to pay attention to when making any food. If you want to make it delicious, you have to put your heart into it.
After the candied haws were cooled, Li Hehua took out three strings of candied haws and handed them to Cao Simei, "Sister, these are for the three children at home. You can give them to them."
Cao Simei waved her hands quickly, "No, no, this is only two cents, it would be a waste to give it to them. If they don't eat it, you can sell it all."
Li Hehua refused to listen and stuffed three strings of candied haws into her arms. "Why can't I let the children have a taste? I'm giving it to them. Don't refuse it. If you refuse, it will become alienation."
Cao Simei couldn't refuse, so she had to accept it. After thanking her again and again, she immediately took it out and shared it with her three children. In fact, in the past, when the children followed her to the street, they wanted to eat the candied haws when they saw others selling them, but she couldn't bear to give them away, and she always ignored the children's gazes. Now they must be very happy to see such beautiful candied haws.
Sure enough, Li Hehua heard the cheers of children outside. After a while, Cao Simei's youngest son Xiao Saner ran in and cheered as soon as he came in: "Auntie Hehua, the candied haws you made are so delicious."
Li Hehua looked at him and saw that he was holding a candied haws in one hand and was still chewing it. There was a circle of red syrup around his mouth. He looked a little funny, but his eyes were full of excitement, which was the expression of a child when he got something he liked.
Li Hehua couldn't help but think of the little boy Shulin. They were also children, but that little boy wasn't as lively and cheerful as Xiao San'er. She had never even heard him make a sound.
Thinking of this, Li Hehua's heart sank. He lowered his head and silently wrapped the two largest and best strings of candied haws with oil paper, and then wrapped two pieces of lotus seed paste and hawthorn cake, and put them together in the basket.
Because there were so many cakes, at least eight baskets would be needed to hold them. Not only were there not enough baskets, but people could not carry them either. Seeing Li Hehua worried, Cao Simei took her to the home of a man in the village who specialized in making baskets and selling them, and bought four extra large baskets, which would be just enough to fill four baskets. Two baskets per person, although each basket was much heavier, at least they could be carried to the town.
After dinner, Cao Simei took out the money from selling cakes today from her pocket by the light of the oil lamp, and said, "Big sister, I sold a total of 44 cakes today, a total of 88 coins, you count it."
Li Hehua took the money but did not count it. Instead, he counted out eleven coins and gave them to Cao Simei. "Sister-in-law, this is your reward for today. You have worked hard today."
Fourth Sister Cao was very excited. She took the eleven coins and put them carefully into her purse. "Thank you, big sister."
Li Hehua smiled and shook his head, "Sister-in-law, this is what you deserve. Tomorrow we will add two more cakes and candied haws, the total amount is more than double today, tomorrow may be more difficult."
Cao Simei slapped her thigh and said, "This is not hard work at all. This is so easy. I hope to sell as much as possible, then I can make a lot more money."
The whole family laughed.
The next day, the two of them each carried two large baskets of overweight cakes to the town, sweating all over. Without taking a break, Li Hehua started to shout and introduce the new cakes. Many people asked curiously when they saw the new cakes. Li Hehua introduced them one by one, and then took a piece of hawthorn cake and lotus paste cake to share with everyone. Needless to say, the taste was good, so many people chose to buy some hawthorn cake and lotus paste cake to try them out, and some wealthy families simply bought a little of each.
Everyone knows about candied haws, and children especially like to eat them. Seeing that Li Hehua also sells them here, and they look very attractive, many children who came with their parents clamored to eat them. Many adults were so annoyed that they had to take out two cents to buy them a string. As a result, the children kept licking their lips after eating them, and they actually wanted more. They refused to leave unless Li Hehua agreed, which made some adults so angry that they slapped them in the face, and a few of them cried. Li Hehua was very embarrassed.
Today's candied haws were sold out the fastest. Li Hehua secretly felt lucky that she had bought two strings in advance, otherwise the little one would have nothing to eat.
Business was very good today, but because the quantity doubled, it took an hour longer than usual to sell out. Seeing that it was almost noon, it was estimated that Cao Simei's products were not sold out yet, so Li Hehua went to the old place to buy the materials first, and then went to Cao Simei's place in the west.
As expected, Cao Simei hadn't sold out her products, but there weren't many left. Seeing Li Hehua coming over, she stood up and said, "Big sister, have you sold out? You're faster than me."
Li Hehua said: "I have been selling for a long time and have many regular customers, so I sell a little faster. If you sell for a longer time, you will also sell faster."
Fourth Sister Cao nodded, "I know that. I don't have much left. I'll be able to go back soon."
Li Hehua was worried about the little one, so he said to Cao Simei, "Sister, I won't go back with you. I want to go back and see the child at home."
Cao Simei was a mother, and she understood a mother's reluctance to part with her child. She thought Li Hehua also missed his child, so she nodded in understanding, "Of course, of course. Go ahead and take a good look at the child. I'll save lunch for you."
Li Hehua nodded in agreement and hurried to Shangshui Village.
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