Rebirth and farming: the prosperous days of the eldest sister of Nongmen

Chapter 15

Manager Tong wanted to settle the matter before the year-end settlement, so he quickly found a small shop on the main street. Although the shop was not big, it had everything in it, and it only needed to be cleaned to open it.

Ye Xing took Wang Shi and Ye Tao to look inside and out of the shop. There are two rooms in the small courtyard at the back, which are suitable for living in.Ye Xing nodded, "This yard is not bad, I will share a room with my mother, and Xiao Taozi can sleep with whoever she wants."

"I sleep with my mother, not with my sister." After Ye Tao finished speaking, she ran behind Wang Shi, and secretly turned her head to see Ye Xing's reaction.

Ye Xing said intentionally: "Then I'll sleep alone, I can roll around on the bed, it's great without Xiao Taozi!"

Ye Tao pouted a little bit aggrieved, "Sister doesn't like me?" Wang couldn't laugh or cry, she quickly hugged Ye Tao to comfort her, "Sister was playing with you, didn't you say you didn't want to sleep with sister just now? "

Seeing Ye Tao's aggrieved look, Tong Guanshi thought they didn't like them, so he quickly asked Ye Xing: "What's the matter, is there anything you don't like about this shop?"

"It's okay, I teased her a few words, I am very satisfied with this shop, I will bring 80 taels tomorrow."

"As long as you are satisfied, this shop is rare. If it hadn't been for an accident at Mr. Zhao's house, he would never sell it in a hurry." Tong Guanshi asked with a sneer, "Ahem, have you figured out what to sell, my lady? Is there no time to prepare for the opening so soon?"

"I started selling cooking cakes and steamed buns."

"What?!" Tong Guanshi was shocked, "Is there anything to sell for cooking cakes and steamed buns? There are two of them on this street alone. Besides, who would eat cooking cakes and steamed buns while listening to the song? This is no nonsense Well!"

"The biscuits and steamed buns I sell are different." Ye Xing stretched out three fingers, "The biscuits I sell cost three Wen, vegetarian steamed buns cost four Wen, and meat steamed buns cost five Wen."

Tong Guanshi completely lost the ability to manage expressions, "Why are pancakes and steamed buns so expensive, each of which costs two cents more than others?!"

Ye Xing saw that Guanshi Tong was about to go berserk, so she simply explained her plan to Guanshi Tong: "I looked around in Fucheng, and all the pancakes and steamed buns are simple in style, and the things are big and solid, but I The biscuits and steamed buns to be made are novel flower-shaped biscuits and steamed buns, which are beautiful in shape and soft in taste. You should know Fucheng well after living in Fucheng for many years. It is prosperous, and it costs more than ten yuan to eat a dish in a small restaurant, and three or five yuan for a pancake and steamed bun is certainly acceptable."

Ye Xing knew very well in her heart that now that she bought the shop with 80 taels of silver, the family only had half of the money left, except for the money that the family needed urgently, it was not appropriate to start a high-end dim sum shop all at once.Some people may not like to eat dim sum, but there must be no one who hates pancakes and steamed buns, so the pancakes and steamed buns for breakfast are the most suitable. Not to mention the low cost, they can also sell small profits. Once her flower-shaped pancakes and steamed buns become famous, In the future, she will definitely have a regular source of customers to try any new dim sum she sells.

Tong Guanshi was not very confident about using pancakes and steamed buns to attract customers, but there was no other way for a while, and he thought that now he could only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

"Okay, okay, I'll take a look when you open, I hope what you said can come true."

After Tong Guanshi shook his head and left, Mrs. Wang also expressed her worries: "I've never heard of flower-shaped pancakes and flower-shaped steamed buns. Will it be difficult to make?" Although Mrs. Wang trusts Ye Xing very much, But she didn't believe in herself, if she couldn't learn how to do it, wouldn't she let her daughter suffer alone.

"It's very simple, don't worry, I just need to teach you!"

No matter how much it is said, it is better to try it yourself. After Ye Xing took Wang Shi and Ye Tao home, she took out the flour and went to the garden to pick a handful of spinach.Under Wang's puzzled eyes, Ye Xing boiled water and added salt to cook the spinach. After the spinach became soft, he took it out and chopped it to squeeze out the juice. Because of the addition of salt, the spinach was still emerald green when it came out of the pot.

Then Ye Xing used spinach juice instead of water and flour. The snow-white flour was instantly dyed green by the spinach juice. Knead it into a smooth green dough according to the usual method. , also twisted into a round shape, looks as green and lovely as the unripe fruit on the tree.The remaining half of the undyed flour is still made into white dough and divided into small white balls, but it does one more step-rolling into thin round cakes.

Ye Xing wrapped the green ball with a white round cake and sealed it, then used the back of a knife to draw eight equal lines on the wrapped white dough, then used the knife edge to cut sixteen cuts along the equal line, and then used chopsticks to draw eight equal lines on the wrapped white dough. Pick out sixteen small holes on the far side of the equally divided area, and press a large round hole in the center of the dough, and put a little dried fruit in it.

The finished green embryo can only vaguely see the green color inside from the place cut by the knife, which looks like a flower but is not delicate enough.Ye Xing explained: "It's not very pretty now, but it will turn into a flower after steaming."

Wang stepped forward to help Ye Xing put the raw embryos into the steamer, steamed on low heat until the water in the pot was boiling, steamed two cups of tea on medium heat, then steamed two cups of tea on high heat, and finally turned off the heat to stuff one cup of tea.

When Ye Xing lifted the lid of the pot, Ye Tao stood on the stool and opened her eyes wide. When the heat in the pot dissipated, she couldn't help but exclaim when she saw the pancakes in the pot: "Wow, green flowers!"

Mrs. Wang was also overjoyed, "What a beautiful pancake!"

The cut part was opened because the cake itself swelled, and the green in the middle was revealed, which looked like green petals, and the red preserved fruit in the middle was squeezed as a stamen, as if it was about to burst out, which looked like Like a green chrysanthemum growing on a white pancake.

"Well, I'm not talking too much." Ye Xing said proudly, "I can also make red, blue, yellow, all kinds of flowers."

"Other colors are also available. Then, what other dishes are red, blue, and yellow?"

"There are beetroots in red, and now everyone only eats beetroot leaves, but beetroot is also delicious, and its juice is red." Ye Xing pulled Wang to the door and pointed to the flowers and plants outside, "Don't be afraid. Just staring at the vegetable garden, do you see that the sweet-scented osmanthus outside is not yellow? Let’s find roses, gardenias, and chrysanthemums that are not good in appearance and can be eaten for color. They can also have a faint floral fragrance. Do you think it’s worth three pennies? money?"

"Look, I'm really stupid. You still have a way. Go out and deal with people more. It's just plain old. I'm old. If your sister can learn to be like you in the future, I'll feel at ease."

Mrs. Wang always said that she is old, but she is still very young in her 30s in modern times. Ye Xing wants to make Mrs. Wang have a wonderful and happy life, after all, life is still very long.

"Nonsense, why are you old? Little Taozi is still young. When we settle down in Fucheng, I'll go buy books. The three of us will also learn to read and write, so we won't be afraid of being deceived in the future."

"There's no country woman like me who can read. Those who can read are all men."

"The rich ladies in Fucheng know how to read and write poems. I've heard people say that as long as you live, you will learn. Anyway, you will learn from me and Xiao Taozi when the time comes!"

Mrs. Wang couldn't hold back Ye Xing, so she had no choice but to agree. I don't know why this girl thought of learning to read again.

(End of this chapter)