The Peasant Gourment Chef - Chapter 21

The next day, Cao Simei got up very early. When Li Hehua got up, she had already made breakfast and was waiting for Li Hehua to set off.

Seeing that Simei Cao was so active, Li Hehua moved quickly and did not dare to delay. He hurriedly washed and ate, and then went to town with Simei Cao with two baskets of cakes.

Li Hehua didn’t rush to set up a stall, but first sent Cao Simei to a crowded place on the west side of the street, picked a place with her to place the basket, and then took the lead in shouting: “Selling cakes, delicious and delicious. Cheap red bean cake and chicken cake, welcome to taste for free!”

Li Hehua was trying to demonstrate to Cao Simei, so she only had to shout twice, and she would be able to do it, and followed Li Hehua’s way and shouted.

After a while, someone came around out of curiosity. Li Hehua took out a piece of red bean cake and a piece of chicken cake, and gave them to those who wanted to buy them. Eat it, if it doesn’t taste good, don’t buy it!”

Li Hehua’s recipes are naturally delicious, and no one said they were not delicious after tasting them. Most people asked Li Hehua to give them a piece or two. Li Hehua hurriedly responded, bent down, wrapped the cake in oil paper, and handed it to the guests. collect money.

The first person bought it, and others followed behind. Li Hehua gradually stopped moving, stood aside and gave the place to Cao Simei, and let her come by herself.

Cao Simei is also a person who is used to doing work. She is usually very quick. Now she has learned from Li Hehua’s style. She is very good at making cakes and collecting money. : “Then eldest sister, you sell it here yourself, I went to the east to sell it.”

Cao Simei took time out of her busy schedule to respond to Li Hehua, “Go and do your thing, I’ll be fine here, we’ll go back together when it’s over.”

With that said, Li Hehua carried her two baskets of cakes back to the place where she often sold them.

When it was almost noon, Li Hehua’s pastries were all sold out, so he went to the west with a basket to see Cao Simei. As a result, he ran into Cao Simei who also came to look for her. He couldn’t help but ask with a smile, “All sold out?”

Cao Simei was obviously very happy, “It’s sold out, it’s sold out very quickly.”

Li Hehua nodded, “Then let’s go buy some ingredients for making cakes together and go back together.”

Li Hehua not only bought the ingredients for red bean cake and chicken cake today, but also bought the ingredients for hawthorn cake and lotus seed cake, and plans to add these two cakes to sell from tomorrow.

Because he bought hawthorn, Li Hehua thought of candied haws again, so he decided to make some more candied haws to sell. Children like to eat it, and it’s easier than making pastries. It’s better to make some for sale, although there are also some on the street. There are many people who sell candied haws, but the candied haws she makes are different from ordinary candied haws. She dares to guarantee that her candied haws are a hundred times better than ordinary candied haws, and they will definitely not fail to sell.

When he returned to He’s house, Cao Simei’s eldest daughter, He Daya, had already prepared lunch, and the two of them could eat directly after sitting down. For the first time, Li Hehua felt that it was nice to have her own home, and then she thought about her current situation. He sighed secretly.

After eating, Li Hehua began to prepare the cakes to be sold tomorrow. She made red bean cake and chicken cake first, and then started to make hawthorn cake and lotus seed cake, but when dealing with hawthorn, she deliberately left a part of hawthorn to make candied haws.

Cao Simei’s family are all kind people. They think that this method of making cakes is an ancestral method and cannot be easily passed on. They consciously did not go to the kitchen. They didn’t want Li Hehua to think that their family was unkind and wanted to steal the teacher. Only Cao Simei saw Li Hehua like this. Busy, he offered to make a fire for her, but she only sat in the stove and talked to her, without even looking at the stove, for fear that Li Hehua thought she was stealing a teacher.

Li Hehua didn’t know what the family was thinking. If he knew, he would definitely be dumbfounded. In fact, she didn’t plan to hide it at all, otherwise she wouldn’t do it in the kitchen of Cao Simei’s house. If people in Cao Simei’s family want to watch it, they can watch it. It’s delicious, it’s not a skill.

You must know that when she first entered the kitchen, her grandfather gave her all the recipes of the Li family, and taught her hand-to-hand, but the taste of the first time was not the best. Try, adjust again and again, and finally adjust the taste to the best.

So cooking is something that still requires talent. After you have talent, you still need unremitting efforts. Like those natural kitchen killers, even if taught a hundred times, it’s a joke.

Li Hehua chatted with Cao Simei about what to do, while focusing on his actions, making hawthorn into a paste, adding flour little by little to blend, and then adding sugar water and honey water to taste. She can do these actions even with her eyes closed, so she does it very quickly. Pieces of regular-shaped cakes are gradually formed under her hands, and they are placed on the chopping board one by one, just waiting for the pot to steam.

It took Li Hehua more than an hour to prepare the hawthorn cake and the lotus seed paste, and put them aside together with the red bean cake and chicken cake before to cool, and then put them in the basket after they cool down.

Next is the candied haws. Li Hehua removed the bad hawthorns, washed them carefully, and strung them with bamboo sticks, every five strings, put them aside, and then began to boil the syrup until the syrup became foamy. , and slowly pour it on top of the skewered hawthorn.

The prepared candied fruit is very beautiful, crystal clear, and looks very attractive, Cao Simei was surprised, “Sister, your candied fruit looks so beautiful, and it looks very clean, not as dark as the ones sold by others. .”

Li Hehua explained: “Some people sell candied haws, and the hawthorn in it is not very good, and they don’t wash it before making it, so it’s dark, and some people don’t know the heat of the syrup, so it doesn’t look good. Of course, the choice of sugar also affects the taste.”

Cao Simei sighed, “There is so much attention to making candied haws, it’s too complicated.”

Li Hehua smiled. In fact, there are many things to be careful about in any food. If you want to cook delicious food, you have to be careful.

After the candied haws cooled down, Li Hehua took out three strings of candied haws and handed them to Cao Simei, “Eldest sister, this is for the three children in the family, you can give it to them.”

Cao Simei hurriedly waved her hand, “No, no, this two cents, it’s a waste for them to eat, if they don’t eat it, you can take it all and sell it.”

Li Hehua didn’t listen, so he just shoved the three strings of candied haws into her arms, “Where can’t I give it to the children? I gave it to them, so don’t refuse. If you refuse again, you will have a good time.”

Cao Simei refused, but she had to accept it. After thanking her repeatedly, she immediately took it out and shared it among the three children. In fact, the children used to follow her to the streets, and they wanted to eat candied haws when they saw others selling them, but she was reluctant to give them up and ignored the children’s eyes every time. Now they must be very happy when they see such beautiful candied haws.

Sure enough, Li Hehua heard the cheers from the children outside, and after a while, Cao Simei’s youngest son, Xiaosaner, ran in, and cheered as soon as he came in: “Aunt Lotus, your candied gourd is very good. Eat it.”

Li Hehua looked at him and saw that he was holding candied haws in one hand, still chewing in his mouth, with red syrup around his mouth, his appearance was a bit funny, but his eyes were full of excitement, this is what a child eats Performance when you like something.

Li Hehua couldn’t help but think of the little guy in Shulin. He was also a child, but that little guy was not as lively and cheerful as the little San’er. She hadn’t even heard him make a sound.

Thinking of this, Li Hehua’s heart twitched, and he lowered his head and silently wrapped the two largest and best candied haws with oil paper wraps, and then wrapped two pieces of lotus paste cake and hawthorn cake, and put them in the basket together.

Because there are too many cakes, at least eight baskets are enough to fit in the original baskets. Not only are there not enough baskets, but people can’t carry them away. Seeing Li Hehua’s sadness, Cao Simei took her to the village to weave baskets and sell them. The family bought four very large baskets, which were exactly four baskets, two baskets for one person, although each basket was a lot heavier, but at least it could be carried to the town.

After dinner in the evening, with the oil lamp on, Cao Simei took out the money for selling cakes today, “Big sister, I sold a total of 44 pieces of cakes today, a total of 88 pennies, you can count them.”

Li Hehua took the money, but he didn’t count it, but directly counted eleven cents to Cao Simei, “Sister-in-law, this is your reward for today, you worked hard today.”

Cao Simei was very excited. She took the 11 cents and put it in her purse, “Big sister, thank you.”

Li Hehua smiled and shook his head, “Sister-in-law, you deserve it. Tomorrow we will add two more cakes and candied haws. The total amount is more than double today’s. It may be more difficult tomorrow.”

Cao Simei patted her thigh, “What kind of hard work is this, it’s too easy. I hope the more I sell, the better, then I can earn a lot of money.”

Everyone laughed.

The next day, the two of them each carried two large baskets of overweight cakes to town, sweating profusely. Before there was time to rest, Li Hehua shouted and started, focusing on introducing new cakes. Many people asked curiously when they saw the new cakes. Li Hehua introduced them one by one, and then each took a piece of hawthorn cake and lotus seed cake to share with everyone to taste, the taste Needless to say, many people choose to buy hawthorn cake and lotus seed paste to try it out, and some wealthy families simply buy a little of each.

Everyone knows candied haws, and children especially like to eat them. I saw that Li Hehua also sells them here, and they are very nice. Many children who came with adults are clamoring to eat them. Many adults are so upset that they have to take out I bought a bunch for two cents, but the children kept licking their lips after eating, but they still wanted to eat. Li Hehua was embarrassed.

Today’s candied haws were sold out the fastest, Li Hehua secretly rejoiced, fortunately she received two bunches in advance, otherwise the little guy would not have eaten it.

Today’s business is very good, but since the volume has doubled, it took an hour longer than usual to sell out. Looking at the time, it was almost noon. It is estimated that Cao Simei’s place was not sold out, so Li Hehua went to the old place first. After buying the materials, I went to Cao Simei’s place in the west.

Cao Simei really didn’t sell out, but there was not much left. Seeing Li Hehua coming over, she stood up and said, “Big sister, are you sold out? Faster than me.”

Li Hehua said: “I have been selling for a long time, and there are more old customers, so I sell it a little faster, and you will sell it for a while, and it will be faster.”

Cao Simei nodded, “I know this, I don’t have much here, and I will be able to go back soon.”

Li Hehua was thinking about the little guy, so he said to Cao Simei, “Eldest sister, I won’t go back with you. I want to go back and see the children at home.”

Cao Simei is a mother. She understands a mother’s reluctance to give up on her child. She thought that Li Hehua also missed her child.

Li Hehua nodded and hurried to Shangshui Village.

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