Chapter 3 Selling flower cakes

Author: Koi Yuanbao

Chapter 3 Selling flower cakes

Half an hour later, the pastries came out of the pan. Lu Xiling wiped the sweat from his forehead, grabbed a handful of white sesame seeds and sprinkled them on.

I haven't been busy like this for a long time, and I feel a little unfamiliar.

The point is that there was no food processor in ancient times, so it was really difficult for her.

"Is this good?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, the proprietress felt that her question was confused. She had been making jujube paste cake for more than ten years, but she couldn't tell whether it was good or not.

She laughed to herself, picked up a piece of bamboo chopsticks and looked at it.

When appreciating dishes, we pay attention to both color and aroma. The cakes in front of us are bright red in color, fragrant with red dates, and the auspicious cloud patterns on the cakes are even more pleasing to the eye.

Following the direction of the fragrance, the little girl next to me almost cried with greed!

The proprietress pretended to be reserved and took the first bite. It melted in your mouth, sweet but not greasy, and it seemed like there were still sugar strands when you bit it off.

In the second bite, the taste is rich and layered, with a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth. It just lacks the slightest hint of meaning and is perfect.

But this is so, and it far exceeds the craftsmanship she has been doing for more than ten years.

Without any extra thoughts, Hu Erniang couldn't wait to swallow the last bite, and narrowed her eyes with satisfaction.

Lu Xiling took off her apron and poured water for Hu Erniang. He turned around and saw that the little girl would just stand aside and stare. He walked up to her with the cake and shook it.

The little girl in the master's family didn't dare to act casually. She glanced to the left several times. Seeing that the person was eating with gusto and not minding other things, she couldn't help but take action.

Unlike Hu Erniang, the little girl didn't care about her appearance or appearance at all. She just put it on the tip of her nose, smelled it briefly, and then took it in one gulp, which was quite like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit.

"Eat slowly, no one will compete with you." Lu Xiling patted everyone on the back to calm down.

The little girl covered her mouth as if she didn't hear anything, for fear that someone would take something out of her mouth again.

At that time, many customers had gathered in front of the stall outside the house.

Since the three of them were in the kitchen, Lu Xiling once again tried his hand at making jujube cakes in his own way. As soon as the cakes came out of the pan, the mixed aroma of milk and red dates wafted out.

The flower seller next door smelled the smell, opened the curtain to remind her, and got a piece of jujube cake as a thank you gift. She happily pulled Hu Erniang out.

Hu Erniang followed the direction of the person's finger and looked out at the crack of the window. She saw that the stall was indeed different from usual, and there was a long queue. In an instant, she understood why these diners were here.

After giving the guests the correct answers, Hu Erniang turned back to the kitchen without stopping.

The little girl was standing by the stove, enjoying her meal, when she suddenly received a slap on the top of her head.

"Eat, eat, eat! Just eat! Look at me!"

After being beaten again for no reason, the little girl quickly covered her mouth and walked away. Hu Erniang glared at the person's back, and then held Lu Xiling's hand in a friendly manner: "Good girl, don't you know what your name is?"

Lu Xiling was so tired that he forgot to answer for a moment.

"What? Are you putting the girl in trouble?"

Of course there is no embarrassment.

Before her marriage, she was abandoned as a servant and was raised by the Queen as the county owner. After her marriage, she was the nominal wife of the Bai family. Not to mention among the people, few people even knew her real name in the palace.

Lu Xiling came back to his senses and said calmly: "My daughter's surname is Lu and her name is Xiling. The boss lady can just call me Ah Ling."

"Okay, Ah Ling, the jujube paste cake you make is better than what I have been making for more than ten years." The landlady said, "From tomorrow on, I will let you make this alone!"

This is the answer.

After successfully getting this job, he didn't have to worry about food and accommodation. In order to thank the proprietress, Lu Xiling went to help and shouted a few more times before closing the stall, which was considered as opening up in advance.

The young lady was pretty, and the stall attracted a lot of customers in the evening, and the pastries were sold much faster than usual.

The landlady's mood became brighter, and after settling down a place for Lu Xiling, she gave the two of them an early vacation.

As her name suggests, the little girl is called Douya. At this moment, she is unwilling to let Lu Xiling in. But when she heard that she had to rest for a long time, she ran out for a walk.

Lu Xiling didn't salute much. After getting the quilt and cotton towel from Hu Erniang, he packed everything and prepared to take a tour of the capital before the curfew.

But when I thought about the terrible system and the inability to lift my arms, I decided to stay in the house and lie down.

After a little research, Lu Xiling discovered that she had been too optimistic before.

If you want to fully open [Ancient and Modern Chinese and Foreign Foods], you must complete the system requirements, that is, you must reproduce the unlocked recipes at least once.

Clicking on the screen, Lu Xiling looked at her first recipe - steamed chicken with astragalus.

This dish is a great supplement.

In addition to astragalus, which nourishes qi and detoxifies, it also contains many traditional Chinese medicine ingredients such as wolfberry, tangerine peel, lily, yam, and poria...

Just the astragalus in it is quite expensive...

Lu Xiling, who was in front of the screen, not only felt a headache, but also felt pain in his body.

What's the use of having the system activated? If there aren't enough ingredients to reproduce the dishes, it won't be upgraded.

I thought she was free today and could do whatever she wanted with the money in her back pocket, but I didn't expect the system to be so ineffective.

Yawned.

As casual as she is, she simply leaves tomorrow's worries to tomorrow.

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Have a good night's sleep.

At midnight the next day, the food street was already busy with traffic and crowds of people.

Officials, slaves, and businessmen all walked through the streets and alleys, and the breakfast stall had the highest number of customers in a day.

As for any restaurant owner who is diligent and can endure hardships, who wouldn’t hurry up and open the door to make money at this time?

Jiaren Fruit Shop is no exception.

But today, in addition to the bean sprouts who were busy working, there was also a cute little girl at the door.

"It's still early. What are you doing out here? Go back to the house and get some sleep."

The little girl pushed Lu Xiling hard, but Lu Xiling ignored her and ran back and forth in the front hall and kitchen of the shop.

In front of the pyrotechnic stall, Lu Xiling was wearing a moon-white top with a gray-blue skirt underneath. This was the one she wore most often when she was cooking at home, and it was just right to wear it now.

It's just that even such an ordinary dress is very eye-catching when worn on a fair-skinned and beautiful woman.

Therefore, most of the people who came to buy cakes this morning were husbands.

"Who is the boss of this girl? How come I've never seen her before?"

Lu Xiling neatly picked up a piece of glutinous rice cake and a piece of jujube paste cake, covering them with oilcloth on top and holding them up with glutinous leaves below.

"I'm not the boss, so I'm just asking for ten cents."

"If you're not the boss, then you're the clerk. If you're the clerk, you'll be wronging the girl! Do you want to come to my place to see me? I can give you this number."

Facing five fingers as thick as a large intestine, Lu Xiling smiled slightly and stretched out his hand to ask for money.

The man who spoke to him realized that he was asking for trouble, so he took the Nuoye and left.

Lu Xiling continued to be busy with what he was doing.

There was a table in front of her. On the table was a chopping board for kneading noodles. On one side was a pot of old noodles covered with cotton cloth. On the other side, there was a row of celadon bowls neatly arranged, which contained red date mud and white noodles.

Sugar, milk, eggs and other ingredients.

Diners can see the making process of jujube paste cake as they walk by.

I saw the little girl holding a long chopstick in her green and jade hands, gently stirring the flour into a flocculation, lightly tapping the egg with her right index finger, and the egg white and yolk flowed down together. Then she casually waved her hand and threw the egg shell into the small bamboo on the side of the stall.

Basket.

Some people were just attracted by the little girl's beautiful technique at first, but they stopped for a long time after seeing it, waiting for the fragrance to come out, and then they couldn't help but take out their wallets.

“How much does jujube paste cake cost?”

"Six cents."

Everyone who has eaten it knows that the price has increased, but today they have noticed that it contains real ingredients, and the little girl’s fingers are green and clean, unlike the snack stall next to it that is so smoky and disgusting that it is used behind the back.

I don’t know what the seasonings are, so I just accepted it as expensive.

After receiving the glutinous leaves, some people couldn't wait to try it, and ate it while it was still hot.

Hey, it's sweet, soft and glutinous after one bite, and the aroma lingers in your mouth. Not only can you taste the layered texture of milk and red dates, but when you chew it, it also feels more fluffy than before, just like...

"It's like eating air?"

The diner was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily, "The girl is really interesting! It's the air, or the sweet air!"

There were rave reviews in front of the fruit shop, and more people came around.

The little girl squatting on the ground curled her lips unhappily.

"I have never had a husband buy so many pastries before. Why did you sell so many cakes as soon as you came here? If Hu Erniang sees you like this, I will be disliked by her again!"
To be continued...