NOVEL NEXT Chapter 15 Pickled Cabbage Pancakes
"Pickled cabbage pancakes, chive pancakes, 5 cents each! Roasted sweet potatoes! 3 cents each! Soy milk set is 5 cents each, with a cup for 10 cents." In the early morning, Mao Xi set up a stall in Lihua Town to sell snacks.
In order to attract diners, she fried two pickled cabbage pancakes and two chive pancakes.
"Sister Ah Ma, is this pancake sold today a cooking pancake?" Brother Dali visited Mao Xi's breakfast stall again today.
"Brother Dali, I made this freshly fried. It's delicious. You can try it!"
"Then let's have a set of pickled cabbage pancakes and soy milk! That's 10 Wen."
Brother Dali was standing by the stall drinking soy milk as usual, while Xiaodouzi was helping.
"Ah Shu, the pickled cabbage pancake tastes really good today, I think I even ate shredded bamboo shoots!"
"I added some bamboo shoots, how does it taste?"
"I'll buy another one and give it to my daughter!"
"Fresh bamboo shoots and pickled cabbage cakes, 5 cents each!" Mao Xi continued to shout.
Nalan Jue was walking here alone. He walked to the stall and put away the paper fan in his hand: "Miss Ah Mi, give me one pickled cabbage pancake and one chive pancake. I want to fry it longer and make the pancake crispier." .”
Mao Xi was secretly happy. This humanoid mobile advertisement was here, but she didn't treat it properly.
As soon as Nalan Jue got the pickled cabbage pancake, he actually took a bite in the street, which was completely out of line with his temperament.
"Very good! It's really crispy and soft, suitable for both meat and vegetables!" After praising her pickled cabbage pancake, he finished the whole pickled cabbage pancake in front of the stall.
"Master Nalan, if you like it, you can have another one." Mao Xi wanted him to eat while walking, so that more people would imitate him and patronize his stall.
"Ah Xiao, although I like all kinds of delicacies on weekdays, I also have to be in moderation."
"No wonder his figure is so slender..." Mao Xi sighed secretly.
"Take it back and give it to your family to try."
"Okay, then give me another pickled cabbage pancake."
The pancakes at the night market are selling very well, and if I sell three more chive pancakes, I can close the stall! At this time, a beggar came to the stall, known as Lao Litou. He was attracted by the smell of pancakes in front of the stall. He leaned on a cane and asked, "Girl, can you have mercy on me, an old man? I haven't eaten in three days."
Seeing that he looked gaunt and thin, with sunken eyes, Mao Xi took a chive cake to Lao Litou and said, "Uncle, we only have chive cake left, I'll give this to you."
Lao Li Tou took the leek pancake and finished it within a few bites. He wiped his mouth and approached the siblings: "Little girl, thank you for letting me have a full stomach. I want to tell you a secret!"
"What secret?"
"Before I started begging, I was also a warlock who could observe the stars and predict fortunes. This year there will be another locust plague in the south. I advise you to harvest all the grains in the fields early to reduce losses. When locusts pass by, not a single blade of grass will grow!"
"Okay, okay! Thank you, uncle!"
"Call me Lao Li Tou, girl, you must remember what I said!" Lao Li Tou slowly left with his cane.
Xiaodouzi took Mao Xi's hand: "Sister, let's go home and talk to Aniang. The millet is almost ripe. When will Brother Muyuan come back to help us harvest the millet?"
"Brother Mu said he would come back when the grains are ripe."
Lihua Town, inside Nalan Mansion.
At night, Nalan Jue was in the room, staring at the last piece of pickled cabbage cake left on the plate, hesitating whether to eat it or not.
"Really, why did I buy an extra one? I couldn't bear to give it to others..."
In the end, he couldn't hold it back anymore. He broke the cake in half and thought about it while eating: "What kind of seasoning did she add? It's not like sesame oil or Sichuan peppercorns. The taste is a bit strong..."
He tore open the remaining half of the pancake to reveal the filling, and saw diced red chili peppers.
Da Huai does not produce chili peppers, and the people have never eaten chili peppers, so Nalan Jue regarded the diced chili peppers as carrots, but he always felt that the taste was a bit unique.
It turns out that when Mao Xi was making the filling ingredients in the afternoon, he added some homemade millet chili sauce.
After thinking about it, I finally went to the kitchen and started studying it. Yan'er saw that her master was starting to study food again, so she called all the kitchen cabinet cooks into the kitchen.
Everyone stared at the remaining half of the pancake, and each person broke off a small piece to try.
"Sir, this pancake tastes like it is made in the north, and the sauce used in the filling seems to contain sesame."
The cook frowned and retorted: "No, this sauerkraut tastes good, but it doesn't have flax, it's like a peppercorn seasoning."
"Try this pancake, I made it." Nalan Jue took out the pancake he had just fried.
Everyone came forward to try it, and they all said that it was not as good as the pickled cabbage cake made by Ah Shu.
"The sauerkraut is correct, the bamboo shoots are also fresh, and a small amount of sesame and peppercorns are added for seasoning. Why does it still taste different?" Nalan Jue speculated alone, confused.
Several little maids whispered outside the kitchen: "It seems that the young master will be cooking new dishes in the kitchen recently, let us try them..."
In the early morning, with doubts, Nalan Jue came to Liu Shuxi's stall in Lihua Town. After waiting for half an hour, he didn't see her. He anxiously asked Brother Ying who was selling crisp pears: "Why didn't Ah Shu come today?" Setting up a stall?”
"Miss Ah Miao is sending her younger brother to Su Xuexue's college today. There will be no stall this morning. If the young master wants to find her, he can come in the evening."
Nalan Jue took a crisp pear and smelled it: "Your crisp pears are very fragrant. Give me five."
"There are 15 coins in total. Mr. Nalan, I will wrap them up for you."
In Songjian Academy, Mao Xi took Shu Xiu and his younger brother Xiaodouzi to become apprentice to Su Xuexiu.
Just after leaving the academy, she took a jar of sauerkraut with her and planned to go to restaurants and snack shops to sell sauerkraut.
The owners of food shops are not very interested in sauerkraut. They think that sauerkraut is for poor people and is only suitable for home-cooked stir-fry. Moreover, they can also pickle it at home, so there is no need to buy it specially.
Only the proprietress of Ruifeng Restaurant was slightly interested in her sauerkraut and agreed to try it.
In this jar of sauerkraut, Maoxi added some chili peppers, so the taste is naturally different from what ordinary people pickle at home.
The proprietress Liu Xiangniang ate some and was quite satisfied with the spicy pickled cabbage, so she immediately bought it for 50 Wen.
Seeing that Liu Xiangniang was satisfied, Mao Xi wanted to open up a new way of making money in Ruifeng Tower, so he stepped forward and asked, "Shopkeeper Liu, if you make a reservation, I can make it cheaper."
Liu Xiangniang covered her face with a round fan and smiled: "Miss Ah Shu, who doesn't know that you just sold glutinous rice wine from Shopkeeper Hu of Qingxiang Tower? Their business is now much better than mine at Ruifeng Tower. Why are you selling pickled vegetables to me today?" "
Liu Maoxi smiled and went back and forth with Liu Xiangniang: "Shopkeeper Liu, I am a farmer growing vegetables. I will come to the shopkeepers for whatever vegetables and brews I have at home. This year's autumn and winter rice wine has been reserved by Qingxianglou. You If you like it, I will make more for you next year!"
Liu Xiangniang walked up to Mao Xi and gently put her hand on the back of her hand: "Miss Ah Ma, I don't care about these delicacies and fine wines. Why don't you come to my Ruifeng Building to be a chef? I'll give you two rations a month." How about two silver coins? This is no easier than doing farm work and making wine at home."
"Thank you, shopkeeper Liu, for your love. But with my hands, I can only bake sweet potato pancakes and set up a stall on the roadside. How can I afford to be the chef of a restaurant! I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now!"
Seeing that Shu Xi was about to leave, Shopkeeper Liu said quickly: "We can discuss the price later. See you next time, Miss Shu!"
Mao Xi left Ruifeng Building, entered the space, and counted the bamboo shoots in the freezer. These were left over from making sour bamboo shoots. They were all cooked and frozen in the cold storage. After thawing, the texture is the same as that of fresh bamboo shoots. They can be used in the future. Add it to pickled cabbage pancakes and it will last for a while.
When you save enough money, rent a shop and open a snack shop.
"With cooking skills and shopping mall space, what else can I, Liu Muxi, do?"