Chapter 62
Another two days passed. Jiang Yun Zhu's custom-made pan was ready. She got up early in the morning to prepare octopus. She was about to make octopus balls.
Since the weather was cold, the ice lump hadn’t melted yet despite being placed in the kitchen last night. She had some difficulty in handling it.
She thought, how about waiting for the ice to melt.
"Let me do it." Shen Feng Ming passed by the kitchen, saw that she was wrestling with a lump of ice, and came in.
"Okay, be careful. Don't splash it on yourself." Jiang Yun Zhu instructed. She no longer refused Shen Feng Ming's help.
Shen Feng Ming agreed, picked up a stick on one side, and knocked a few times to break the ice. Then he took a knife to scoop out the octopuses one by one and put them in the water. He moved quickly and neatly. Those octopuses were all intact. None of them had broken arms or legs.
Jiang Yun Zhu watched from the side, only found it pleasing to the eye. She was thinking that if he learns to cook, he must be at the top level.
After all the octopus were sorted, she started making the batter. The batter of octopus balls was modernly made with eggs and baking powder. The role of baking powder was to let the batter ferment quickly, so that the octopus balls made will be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
At this time, there was no baking powder. The method of fermentation used was barely enough. It took time, so it needed to be prepared in advance.
Everything was ready. She washed her hands and said to Shen Feng Ming, "There will be delicious food shortly."
"En." Shen Feng Ming looked at her. The corners of his mouth slightly raised. She often had some new ideas and always had full expectations for life. Being by her side, everyone will be influenced by her unconsciously.
For example, Xue Jing. Every day, he was so energetic every day. He was either cooking or researching new dishes.
For example, Li He and his wife. Their complexion had completely changed from the previous dispirited look.
For example, Xie Lian. The little girl could laugh now.
For example... Shen Feng Ming thought of himself. He didn't want to stay at home before. So he spent most of his time in the Division, investigating and handling cases. As if he was tireless. But now he seemed to know that there wasn't only investigation in life. There were many other things he could do.
At 9am, the batter had fermented enough. Jiang Yun Zhu got to work. First, put a little oil in each semicircular groove, and then pour the batter into it. When the batter encountered the boiling hot oil, it bubbled up immediately.
Pour the minced octopus and other ingredients into the pot. At this time, the batter underneath had mostly formed. Using a bamboo skewer, turn it over. Pour in the batter, and repeat.
Soon, a pan of small balls was made successfully. It was a pity that there were no bonito flakes here. Still, there were enough octopus in it. Plus with Jiang Yun Zhu's secret sweet and spicy sauce, it should be perfect.
"Elder Sister, what is this?" Jiang Lin asked while holding a book. Today was their day off. He and Jiang Wu didn't have to go to school. His task today was to teach Jiang Yun Xue. As he was teaching, he ran out when he smelled the aroma from the kitchen.
"Octopus balls, try them." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
At this time, Jiang Yun Xue and Jiang Wu came over. They eagerly took bamboo sticks, stabbed a ball, and put it in their mouths.
It was so hot. Fresh out of the pan. So it was naturally hot. But none of the three were willing to spit out what was in their mouths.
The burnt and crispy shell turned out to be soft inside after one bite.
The umami flavor of the octopus filled the whole meatballs paired with the unique sweet and spicy sauce! Jiang Lin only regretted that he had eaten breakfast. If he hadn’t, he would have eaten two pans of balls in one sitting.
Even so, he couldn't stop eating.
At this moment, Xie Lian and Xie Chen came.
"Try it." Jiang Yun Zhu had taken a ball and ate it. She casually said.
Xie Lian wasn't so timid in front of Jiang Yun Zhu now. She knew that when Jiang Yun Zhu told her to eat, she meant it.
She took a bamboo stick and put a ball into her mouth. In an instant, her eyes lit up. These balls were delicious. Even better than the meatballs that the auntie next door gave her when she was hungry that year.
Xie Chen stabbed a ball with a reddish complexion. It tasted flavorful, crispy and delicious!
Still, he only ate one. Then he talked about his reason for coming today. Since it was a day off, he was here to help Xie Lian with her work.
"No need. She’s doing a good job." Jiang Yun Zhu said. Xie Lian was sensible. She rushed to do all kinds of work. She could be called one of the top ten employees.
However, Xie Chen made up his mind to stay in the store and work for Jiang Yun Zhu in order to repay her kindness.
Not only did she let Xie Lian stay in the store, but she gave Xie Lian delicious food. In the past two days, Xie Lian's face had obviously turned brighter and she was much more cheerful. This cannot be bought with money.
Jiang Yun Zhu had no choice but to leave him be.
At this time Li He came. In his hands were two buckets of milk. Since the launch of ginger milk curd that day, it had become unexpectedly popular. Not only do people who come to the store order a portion, some people also come to the store to specially buy this to take away.
So half a bucket of milk per day was naturally not enough.
Li He wandered around the market when he had nothing to do. He had found four families with calves.
"Boss, it should be enough!" Li He put down the two buckets of milk and asked in content. With two buckets of milk, they could make a lot of ginger milk curd and sell it for a lot of money.
Jiang Yun Zhu looked at him apologetically, "Maybe, not enough."
She was going to make milk tea as well.
Li He was stunned for a moment. Then he turned around and walked out again. He didn't believe that in such a big Wuling County, there were only four families that gave birth to calves.
Jiang Yun Zhu started to make milk tea. This was actually simpler. Fry rock sugar and tea leaves in a pan for a while until it smells burnt. Then pour in milk and boil it. A cup of milk tea was ready.
Then add red beans to make red bean milk tea.
If one likes orange flavor, a little orange juice could be added in.
It was a pity that there was no cassava flour. Jiang Yun Zhu felt that using sweet potato flour was lacking. So she didn’t make pearls.
So it was a few cups of red bean milk tea and a few cups of orange juice milk tea. After eating octopus balls, a sip of milk tea was silky, fragrant, and sweet but not greasy. Instantly, life felt complete.
It was quiet in the kitchen. Everyone was sipping milk tea, feeling the tranquility and beauty.
When Shen Feng Ming came back, the kitchen had already started preparing lunch.
He didn't mind. He searched for someone with his eyes.
"I left it for you." Jiang Yun Zhu handed him a small portion of octopus ball and a cup of milk tea. In the morning, she said she’ll make delicious food. He even helped handle the octopus. She got to let him try it.
Shen Feng Ming accepted it. His eyes were like it contained a scatter of stars.
After all, he was the son of a major household. When Shen Feng Ming ate, he was graceful and calm no matter how fast or slow he was.
"How is it?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked after he finished eating.
"Delicious." Shen Feng Ming replied.
Since he said so, Jiang Yun Zhu felt that the octopus balls and milk tea could be sold.
At noon, these two things were added to the menu.
Miss Ye and her friends were regular customers of Qishanju. Because of her lead, more and more misses from the county came to Qishanju. The turnover in the store had increased a lot because of this. Jiang Yun Zhu didn't expect it when she opened the store.
Today they came again and saw the new items. Naturally they wanted to order one portion.
When the food was served, the misses had a mouthful of octopus balls and a mouthful of milk tea. Immediately, they were overwhelmed by the perfect combination of the two.
"What kind of octopus balls are these? Paired with this sweet and spicy sauce, they are much more delicious than that spicy octopus." The oval-faced miss praised. Spicy octopus was a dish. While these octopus balls were more like snacks. Interesting shapes and fun to eat.
"This milk tea is delicious. I've heard before that Saibei’s side uses milk to make tea but it always had a stench taste. How come this Qishanju doesn't have any stench taste when it's made?" the round-faced miss asked. When she got the milk tea, she felt she had discovered it too late.
"Of course it's the owner's skill." Miss Ye cheerfully replied, "Do you think anyone could make such a good thing?"
The oval-faced girl understood what she meant and said with a smile, "Elder Sister Ye is talking about the Cao Family buying milk?"
Speaking of this, the misses became even more energetic.
It turned out that after Miss Ye took ginger milk curd back to her grandmother to eat. The elderly felt comfortable all over and thought of her old friends. People ah, when they got older, they were prone to chills. This kind of good thing, of course, she had to get them to taste it.
She asked Miss Ye to buy some more and send them to some old friends she knew well, including the old Madam of the Cao Family.
After the old Madam of the Cao Family finished eating, she felt better. After finding out it was bought from Qishanju, she ordered the people below to buy it.
At that time, Miss Cao was by her side. When she thought of the grievances she suffered at Qishanju, she hated that store very much and immediately stopped the servants.
She refused to buy it. Old Madam Cao asked her why. Of course, she didn't dare to tell the truth. Instead, she belittled Qishanju.
But old Madam Cao felt that this ginger milk curd was wonderful?
"Grandmother, let's make it ourselves. Isn't it more clean and hygienic than what they make?" Miss Cao said.
That seemed to be the reason. So the Cao Family bought milk.
Did it work?
"I saw the servants of the Cao Family come here to buy ginger milk curd yesterday!" said the oval-faced girl.
The misses looked at each other. They all covered their faces and smiled. That Miss Cao always thought that no one else could do it, and she was the only one who could do it. Now she knows.
"Speaking of which, the owner of this store is quite skilled. Now I wished I could eat at her place every day and don't even want to go home." The round-faced girl sighed.
A few misses deeply understood.
Naturally, Jiang Yun Zhu didn't know about their whispers. But it was true that she made a lot of money today.
At noon, when the number of guests gradually decreased, two people came in from outside. The one in front was Qin Yao, and the one in the back was Lin Yu Bai.
Xie Chen wanted to help Jiang Yun Zhu with something, so Jiang Yun Zhu told him to stand at the counter instead of Jiang Yun Xue.
As soon as Qin Yao came in, she saw the man behind the counter and was stunned for a while before returning to her senses.
Lin Yu Bai was like a thief, looking up, down, left, and right. He was relieved to find that Shen Feng Ming wasn't there.
He didn't want to come to this store at all, but Qin Yao wanted to come. So he had to come.
Otherwise, if she offended someone she shouldn't, it would be too late to regret it.
Xie Chen saw the two of them. He only felt that Qin Yao's face was familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered who she was and nodded and smiled at her.
Qin Yao blushed slightly and quickly sat down on the seat.
Lin Yu Bai sat down too.
The two quickly ordered the dishes. Qin Yao ate absent-mindedly. Lin Yu Bai picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs. Immediately, a light flashed through his beautiful peach eyes. The food in this restaurant was too delicious!
Jiang Yun Zhu came out to pick up an order by chance and saw these two people. Internally she thought, sure enough, these two people knew each other. Then she looked at Xie Chen again and her mind wandered.
From this day on, Qin Yao and Lin Yu Bai became regular customers of Qishanju. The business of Qishanju was booming. Everyone was full of energy every day.
But tone morning, Mrs. Chen hurried in from the outside and said, "Yun Zhu, isn't the next door to us under renovation all the time? I saw they put up a plaque now. They are actually opening a restaurant. What’s more... you should go out and see!"
Next door to Qishanju was Manager Meng's store, which Jiang Yun Zhu almost rented before.
Jiang Yun Zhu went out to look and saw that the decoration next door had been basically finished. The windows were replaced with fine white gauze. While the furnishings in the store weren't exactly the same as those of Qishanju, but 80% similar.
Then look at the plaque that was hung up. Good Heaven, ‘Xishanju’.
Another two days passed. Jiang Yun Zhu's custom-made pan was ready. She got up early in the morning to prepare octopus. She was about to make octopus balls.
Since the weather was cold, the ice lump hadn’t melted yet despite being placed in the kitchen last night. She had some difficulty in handling it.
She thought, how about waiting for the ice to melt.
"Let me do it." Shen Feng Ming passed by the kitchen, saw that she was wrestling with a lump of ice, and came in.
"Okay, be careful. Don't splash it on yourself." Jiang Yun Zhu instructed. She no longer refused Shen Feng Ming's help.
Shen Feng Ming agreed, picked up a stick on one side, and knocked a few times to break the ice. Then he took a knife to scoop out the octopuses one by one and put them in the water. He moved quickly and neatly. Those octopuses were all intact. None of them had broken arms or legs.
Jiang Yun Zhu watched from the side, only found it pleasing to the eye. She was thinking that if he learns to cook, he must be at the top level.
After all the octopus were sorted, she started making the batter. The batter of octopus balls was modernly made with eggs and baking powder. The role of baking powder was to let the batter ferment quickly, so that the octopus balls made will be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
At this time, there was no baking powder. The method of fermentation used was barely enough. It took time, so it needed to be prepared in advance.
Everything was ready. She washed her hands and said to Shen Feng Ming, "There will be delicious food shortly."
"En." Shen Feng Ming looked at her. The corners of his mouth slightly raised. She often had some new ideas and always had full expectations for life. Being by her side, everyone will be influenced by her unconsciously.
For example, Xue Jing. Every day, he was so energetic every day. He was either cooking or researching new dishes.
For example, Li He and his wife. Their complexion had completely changed from the previous dispirited look.
For example, Xie Lian. The little girl could laugh now.
For example... Shen Feng Ming thought of himself. He didn't want to stay at home before. So he spent most of his time in the Division, investigating and handling cases. As if he was tireless. But now he seemed to know that there wasn't only investigation in life. There were many other things he could do.
At 9am, the batter had fermented enough. Jiang Yun Zhu got to work. First, put a little oil in each semicircular groove, and then pour the batter into it. When the batter encountered the boiling hot oil, it bubbled up immediately.
Pour the minced octopus and other ingredients into the pot. At this time, the batter underneath had mostly formed. Using a bamboo skewer, turn it over. Pour in the batter, and repeat.
Soon, a pan of small balls was made successfully. It was a pity that there were no bonito flakes here. Still, there were enough octopus in it. Plus with Jiang Yun Zhu's secret sweet and spicy sauce, it should be perfect.
"Elder Sister, what is this?" Jiang Lin asked while holding a book. Today was their day off. He and Jiang Wu didn't have to go to school. His task today was to teach Jiang Yun Xue. As he was teaching, he ran out when he smelled the aroma from the kitchen.
"Octopus balls, try them." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
At this time, Jiang Yun Xue and Jiang Wu came over. They eagerly took bamboo sticks, stabbed a ball, and put it in their mouths.
It was so hot. Fresh out of the pan. So it was naturally hot. But none of the three were willing to spit out what was in their mouths.
The burnt and crispy shell turned out to be soft inside after one bite.
The umami flavor of the octopus filled the whole meatballs paired with the unique sweet and spicy sauce! Jiang Lin only regretted that he had eaten breakfast. If he hadn’t, he would have eaten two pans of balls in one sitting.
Even so, he couldn't stop eating.
At this moment, Xie Lian and Xie Chen came.
"Try it." Jiang Yun Zhu had taken a ball and ate it. She casually said.
Xie Lian wasn't so timid in front of Jiang Yun Zhu now. She knew that when Jiang Yun Zhu told her to eat, she meant it.
She took a bamboo stick and put a ball into her mouth. In an instant, her eyes lit up. These balls were delicious. Even better than the meatballs that the auntie next door gave her when she was hungry that year.
Xie Chen stabbed a ball with a reddish complexion. It tasted flavorful, crispy and delicious!
Still, he only ate one. Then he talked about his reason for coming today. Since it was a day off, he was here to help Xie Lian with her work.
"No need. She’s doing a good job." Jiang Yun Zhu said. Xie Lian was sensible. She rushed to do all kinds of work. She could be called one of the top ten employees.
However, Xie Chen made up his mind to stay in the store and work for Jiang Yun Zhu in order to repay her kindness.
Not only did she let Xie Lian stay in the store, but she gave Xie Lian delicious food. In the past two days, Xie Lian's face had obviously turned brighter and she was much more cheerful. This cannot be bought with money.
Jiang Yun Zhu had no choice but to leave him be.
At this time Li He came. In his hands were two buckets of milk. Since the launch of ginger milk curd that day, it had become unexpectedly popular. Not only do people who come to the store order a portion, some people also come to the store to specially buy this to take away.
So half a bucket of milk per day was naturally not enough.
Li He wandered around the market when he had nothing to do. He had found four families with calves.
"Boss, it should be enough!" Li He put down the two buckets of milk and asked in content. With two buckets of milk, they could make a lot of ginger milk curd and sell it for a lot of money.
Jiang Yun Zhu looked at him apologetically, "Maybe, not enough."
She was going to make milk tea as well.
Li He was stunned for a moment. Then he turned around and walked out again. He didn't believe that in such a big Wuling County, there were only four families that gave birth to calves.
Jiang Yun Zhu started to make milk tea. This was actually simpler. Fry rock sugar and tea leaves in a pan for a while until it smells burnt. Then pour in milk and boil it. A cup of milk tea was ready.
Then add red beans to make red bean milk tea.
If one likes orange flavor, a little orange juice could be added in.
It was a pity that there was no cassava flour. Jiang Yun Zhu felt that using sweet potato flour was lacking. So she didn’t make pearls.
So it was a few cups of red bean milk tea and a few cups of orange juice milk tea. After eating octopus balls, a sip of milk tea was silky, fragrant, and sweet but not greasy. Instantly, life felt complete.
It was quiet in the kitchen. Everyone was sipping milk tea, feeling the tranquility and beauty.
When Shen Feng Ming came back, the kitchen had already started preparing lunch.
He didn't mind. He searched for someone with his eyes.
"I left it for you." Jiang Yun Zhu handed him a small portion of octopus ball and a cup of milk tea. In the morning, she said she’ll make delicious food. He even helped handle the octopus. She got to let him try it.
Shen Feng Ming accepted it. His eyes were like it contained a scatter of stars.
After all, he was the son of a major household. When Shen Feng Ming ate, he was graceful and calm no matter how fast or slow he was.
"How is it?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked after he finished eating.
"Delicious." Shen Feng Ming replied.
Since he said so, Jiang Yun Zhu felt that the octopus balls and milk tea could be sold.
At noon, these two things were added to the menu.
Miss Ye and her friends were regular customers of Qishanju. Because of her lead, more and more misses from the county came to Qishanju. The turnover in the store had increased a lot because of this. Jiang Yun Zhu didn't expect it when she opened the store.
Today they came again and saw the new items. Naturally they wanted to order one portion.
When the food was served, the misses had a mouthful of octopus balls and a mouthful of milk tea. Immediately, they were overwhelmed by the perfect combination of the two.
"What kind of octopus balls are these? Paired with this sweet and spicy sauce, they are much more delicious than that spicy octopus." The oval-faced miss praised. Spicy octopus was a dish. While these octopus balls were more like snacks. Interesting shapes and fun to eat.
"This milk tea is delicious. I've heard before that Saibei’s side uses milk to make tea but it always had a stench taste. How come this Qishanju doesn't have any stench taste when it's made?" the round-faced miss asked. When she got the milk tea, she felt she had discovered it too late.
"Of course it's the owner's skill." Miss Ye cheerfully replied, "Do you think anyone could make such a good thing?"
The oval-faced girl understood what she meant and said with a smile, "Elder Sister Ye is talking about the Cao Family buying milk?"
Speaking of this, the misses became even more energetic.
It turned out that after Miss Ye took ginger milk curd back to her grandmother to eat. The elderly felt comfortable all over and thought of her old friends. People ah, when they got older, they were prone to chills. This kind of good thing, of course, she had to get them to taste it.
She asked Miss Ye to buy some more and send them to some old friends she knew well, including the old Madam of the Cao Family.
After the old Madam of the Cao Family finished eating, she felt better. After finding out it was bought from Qishanju, she ordered the people below to buy it.
At that time, Miss Cao was by her side. When she thought of the grievances she suffered at Qishanju, she hated that store very much and immediately stopped the servants.
She refused to buy it. Old Madam Cao asked her why. Of course, she didn't dare to tell the truth. Instead, she belittled Qishanju.
But old Madam Cao felt that this ginger milk curd was wonderful?
"Grandmother, let's make it ourselves. Isn't it more clean and hygienic than what they make?" Miss Cao said.
That seemed to be the reason. So the Cao Family bought milk.
Did it work?
"I saw the servants of the Cao Family come here to buy ginger milk curd yesterday!" said the oval-faced girl.
The misses looked at each other. They all covered their faces and smiled. That Miss Cao always thought that no one else could do it, and she was the only one who could do it. Now she knows.
"Speaking of which, the owner of this store is quite skilled. Now I wished I could eat at her place every day and don't even want to go home." The round-faced girl sighed.
A few misses deeply understood.
Naturally, Jiang Yun Zhu didn't know about their whispers. But it was true that she made a lot of money today.
At noon, when the number of guests gradually decreased, two people came in from outside. The one in front was Qin Yao, and the one in the back was Lin Yu Bai.
Xie Chen wanted to help Jiang Yun Zhu with something, so Jiang Yun Zhu told him to stand at the counter instead of Jiang Yun Xue.
As soon as Qin Yao came in, she saw the man behind the counter and was stunned for a while before returning to her senses.
Lin Yu Bai was like a thief, looking up, down, left, and right. He was relieved to find that Shen Feng Ming wasn't there.
He didn't want to come to this store at all, but Qin Yao wanted to come. So he had to come.
Otherwise, if she offended someone she shouldn't, it would be too late to regret it.
Xie Chen saw the two of them. He only felt that Qin Yao's face was familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered who she was and nodded and smiled at her.
Qin Yao blushed slightly and quickly sat down on the seat.
Lin Yu Bai sat down too.
The two quickly ordered the dishes. Qin Yao ate absent-mindedly. Lin Yu Bai picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs. Immediately, a light flashed through his beautiful peach eyes. The food in this restaurant was too delicious!
Jiang Yun Zhu came out to pick up an order by chance and saw these two people. Internally she thought, sure enough, these two people knew each other. Then she looked at Xie Chen again and her mind wandered.
From this day on, Qin Yao and Lin Yu Bai became regular customers of Qishanju. The business of Qishanju was booming. Everyone was full of energy every day.
But tone morning, Mrs. Chen hurried in from the outside and said, "Yun Zhu, isn't the next door to us under renovation all the time? I saw they put up a plaque now. They are actually opening a restaurant. What’s more... you should go out and see!"
Next door to Qishanju was Manager Meng's store, which Jiang Yun Zhu almost rented before.
Jiang Yun Zhu went out to look and saw that the decoration next door had been basically finished. The windows were replaced with fine white gauze. While the furnishings in the store weren't exactly the same as those of Qishanju, but 80% similar.
Then look at the plaque that was hung up. Good Heaven, ‘Xishanju’.
That Song family is so shameless, tsk tsk… Thank you for the chapter!
ReplyDeleteTsk, the evil family is up to no good again. Thank you for the chapter!
ReplyDeletewell, quality wills out. hope customers can differate those two
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