"How is this possible? What fish in the world can grow into the shape of a quail egg?"
Those who came to watch the commotion immediately laughed disdainfully upon hearing this person's words.
Everyone else thought that the round thing stuck on his bamboo skewer looked exactly like a small egg.
With fish?
Those are completely different.
But the customer quickly chewed the food in his mouth a couple more times, swallowed it, and said with absolute certainty, "This is the taste of fish! There's a river right next to my house, and I've been eating fish since I was a child. How could I not recognize the taste of fish! If you don't believe me, try it and see!"
Most people here are wealthy, and they're just trying to prove themselves by making others believe what they're saying is true.
The guest was very generous; he turned around and asked Wang Youcai to serve each of them the same food he was eating.
"Dear guests, what I serve is called fish balls. They are indeed made with fish meat, the real deal. If you don't believe me, you can try them," Wang Youcai explained with a smile.
Liu Junlan and Xue Fu had heard the argument outside. They quickly took out a bunch of skewers, made fish balls, and distributed them, saying, "Come on, everyone, if you don't believe us, it's just because you haven't tasted our fish balls yet. You'll know once you've tried them. These fish balls are free today, please try them!"
The guest who had just said he would treat them was also happy. It wasn't about the few coins; it was just that he felt the restaurant was reliable.
While the others were still tasting the fish balls, he had already stuffed the other items into his mouth, and sure enough, each had its own delicious flavor.
He even tentatively took a sip of the soup in the bamboo cup, only to discover that the broth seemed to have blended the aromas of all the ingredients: the sweetness of the radish, the freshness of the fish balls, and the savory flavor of the pork bone, making the broth rich and flavorful, seemingly capable of encompassing all the tastes in the world.
The sip he took tasted like a thousand flavors, even better than the soup made with countless kinds of meat in many fancy restaurants.
After the others ate the fish balls, they realized that what the customer had said was true. The things that looked like small quail eggs actually tasted like fish.
It just doesn't taste quite the same.
I really don't know how they manage to make fish look like this, and you don't have to worry about getting a bone stuck in your throat when you eat it!
"How many fish balls do you have left? I'll take them all. My mother and child both love fish, but one is too old and the other is too young, so we're always worried about them eating fish bones. Your fish balls are really good, no need to worry about bones! I'll feel at ease no matter how many they eat." Someone immediately reacted and said to Wang Youcai.
The people around them all thought it made a lot of sense, but this kid actually wanted to take it all?
That's definitely not going to work!
People nearby quickly protested, "That won't do. This stuff is so good, how can you take it all by yourself? We all have elderly people or children at home. Even if you love it, you have to give some to us."
Although the person who wanted to buy them didn't want to give them up, there were many other people who wanted to buy them too, so after discussing it for a while, they agreed to have them buy all the fish balls.
Since the fish balls are delicious, the other ingredients cooked in this oden must also taste good.
So these people, who were already wealthy, and who wanted to get involved with the Regent, became even more extravagant. In less than half an hour, they had packed up the entire bucket of oden and taken it away.
"So fast, they're all sold out?" Xuefu stared blankly at the empty bucket.
When we used to buy things in the county, they never sold so well.
“The people in the capital are much richer than the people in our county, so they naturally buy more things,” Liu Junlan said with a smile from the side.
"Since they love oden, let's prepare more tomorrow!" Xuefu's voice was also filled with excitement.
Just as Lin Weiming had worried before, he had indeed never done business before, but now it seems that doing business is not difficult at all.
Moreover, the various vegetables in oden can basically be sold at the price of meat, which is a huge profit.
Xuefu was overjoyed.
After the oden sold out, the other items, such as roasted sweet potato rice balls and hot tea, also quickly sold out.
Because the first few days were considered a trial operation, they didn't have enough supplies, and they sold out too quickly.
A few days later, Xuefu and Liu Junlan prepared enough supplies to sell out just in time.
After they returned, they told Lin Weiming about how much money they made in the shop, and he immediately became eager to go and take a look.
He felt sleepy every day when he went to court, and he was always afraid of offending someone or accidentally implicating Qi Sichen and Qi Yuan. He was really not cut out to be an official.
It's not as fulfilling as the down-to-earth spirit he had when he used to work hard every day, earning money through his own labor.
But now that he has become an official, Lin Weiming can only listen to his mother and wife talk about doing business and offer them some advice.
As a result, many officials would smell a strong fragrance when they went to court early in the morning, which would dominate their thoughts.
It was still dark outside, and my stomach was completely empty.
If they don't eat something soon, they might forget everything they wanted to say in court.
So someone lifted the curtain and let their carriage stop in front of Lin's shop.
The grooms themselves were also hungry, so they followed their master's instructions and bought some oden or roasted sweet potato noodles, which could both warm them up and fill their stomachs. They were also willing to spend a few coins to buy a large, filling rice ball.
Before long, some early risers who did business noticed that Lin's shop seemed to be doing business too well.
Every morning, many officials' families would line up at their doorstep just to buy a large rice ball or roasted sweet potato skin.
What haven't these officials eaten?
Even the most exquisite delicacies are not unfamiliar to me; I've tasted and seen them before.
Now people are actually queuing up early every morning just for a big rice ball?
What does that tell us?
That just means Lin's food is incredibly delicious!
Some people privately whispered that these people were probably just trying to curry favor with the Regent.
Regardless, through word of mouth, this newly opened little shop suddenly became a sensation throughout the entire capital.
Those who have eaten there and those who haven't all want to try it and see just how delicious the food sold at these shops that even government officials are willing to queue up for is.
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