22. Chapter 22 Three Hundred and Seventy Copper Plates

Author: Next door Lao Huang 007

Yiren estimated that Jinbao would probably come back to the village early in the morning to make a round trip that day.

So she got up at nine o'clock, heated up the braised pork, steamed a large pot of brown rice, and made three kinds of pancakes. It was only the beginning of the month when she was finished.

She was taking Xiao Tuanzi to water the vegetable patch in the yard when she saw Aunt Li coming to the door with Jin Bao and the two children.

"Yiren, my mother said that you cooked all the roasted seeds and nuts yesterday?" Jinbao frowned. "Why didn't you wait for me? You are heavy and my mother is old..."

As Yiren expected, Jinbao came back very early, but not for a round trip that day, but because he was worried that his wife and Yiren at home would not be able to do the job of speculating.

"I didn't consider Auntie's health. I have to find a solution later!" Yiren really didn't consider this and said to Auntie Li apologetically. "Thank you for your hard work, Auntie!"

"Look what you said! What farmer in his forties or fifties doesn't work in the fields? That work is not harder than this!" Aunt Li was not polite. Spring planting and autumn harvesting in this crop field are much more tiring than speculating.

Aunt Li took another look at Jinbao and said, "I'm just listening to your nonsense!"

Jinbao scratched his head, smiled innocently, and stopped talking.

"Brother Jinbao, I made all the preparations yesterday, and I also wanted to go to the city with you this morning to meet the manager of your restaurant. What do you think, Brother Jinbao?" Yiren asked.

"That's just right. I'm stupid, so you can go and talk to my master!" Jin Bao readily agreed.

"Cui Xi'er, come!" Aunt Li heard this and hurriedly stretched out her hand to greet her eldest granddaughter. "Go to your Grandpa Qing's house and tell him to go out early today. We have goods to haul, so come to your Aunt Yiren's place! Now

Come!"

"Grandma, what should we do with them?" Cuixi pointed at the two little guys who were playing happily in the mud. She usually took them with her.

"Aunt Yiren is here to watch them. Cuixi, go ahead. Auntie is coming back from the county to bring you delicious food!" Yiren touched Cuixi's head. She was only seven or eight years old, and in modern times she should be the most beautiful woman in the family.

The beloved little princess could only help the family with work and coax her younger brother in this era. Occasionally, when her uncle came back from the county, she could learn a few words from him.

Cuixi happily agreed. Aunt Yiren had brought them some sweet candy last time! She ran quickly to Grandpa Qing’s house on the handlebar.

The yard of Yiren's house is fenced and has a wooden gate, but it may have been built to save trouble, so the gate is very narrow and even oxen and carts cannot get in.

So while everyone was talking, they were busy moving the roasted seeds and pancakes and braised pork to the door of their house.

"Brother Jinbao, my aunt and the children have cooked a lot of wild products these days. I made pancakes and there are still a lot left. I thought about taking them to the restaurant to show them and see if they can accept them!" After the roasted seeds and nuts were moved,

Yiren said to Jinbao.

Jinbao frowned again with his signature brow, giving off a youthful and mature feeling. "You can bring it with you, but there are farmers around the county. There are a lot of these products, so I'm afraid I won't be able to sell them!"

"It's okay. I just bring some and show them to the restaurant. It's better to buy them. If you don't buy them, I'll bring them back!" Yiren was not discouraged and said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll help you move it!" Jinbao turned around and followed Yiren to the cellar.

There was a ladder to climb in the cellar. Taking into account the girl's size, he asked the girl to wait on the top and climbed down. According to the girl's description, he found two baskets covered with wet cloth and carried them up.

When we came out, Uncle Shiqing came and helped to move the goods. There were a lot of goods today, and there were Jin Bao and her, so Yiren gave her five copper coins.

Not long after, we arrived at the restaurant. It was not yet lunch, and there were only a few customers in the restaurant. Chef Zhang listened to his apprentice's greeting and immediately welcomed him out.

"Master, this is the neighbor sister I told you who is a roaster!" Jinbao introduced eagerly. "Yiren, this is Chef Zhang! She is in charge of the restaurant! Just tell him, it will work!"

"Chef Zhang, I often hear Brother Jinbao mention you! Thank you for your love for my roasted seeds and nuts!" Yiren first stepped forward to thank Chef Zhang.

Chef Zhang looked at the woman in front of him. Although she was wearing coarse clothes and only a few patches, she was extremely beautiful. She came forward to talk to him gracefully. Her attitude was neither humble nor overbearing. She was indeed an extraordinary woman! Her tone of voice couldn't help but contain emotion.

With a hint of respect: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be polite. Your roasted seeds and nuts are far superior to others in terms of quality and price!"

After being polite, Yiren took out the melon seeds, peanuts and golden chestnuts that were roasted yesterday.

Chef Zhang grabbed two handfuls of melon seeds and tasted them. They were of the same quality as yesterday and were fully qualified. He also tasted the peanuts, which were also high-quality roasted seeds and nuts, and said he could accept them.

Picking up a golden chestnut, Chef Zhang felt that there seemed to be a vague sweetness. He put it in front of his nose and smelled it. Sure enough, this golden chestnut actually had a sweet taste.

"What is this recipe?" Chef Zhang asked while pinching the golden chestnuts.

"It's golden chestnuts with malt sugar added, Chef Zhang, try it!" Yiren broke one open along the opening of the golden chestnuts and handed it to Chef Zhang.

Chef Zhang looked around at the golden chestnut in his hand and smelled it carefully before putting it in his mouth. He immediately nodded and said: "It's delicious! It has the sweet taste of caramel and a burnt aroma. This golden chestnut is not boiled."

?”

In this era, golden chestnuts were either eaten raw or boiled in a pot. No one had ever fried golden chestnuts, and naturally Chef Zhang had never eaten them either.

"It's fried, and it's also a type of roasted seeds and nuts!" Yiren explained.

Chef Zhang couldn't help but reached out and broke open another one and stuffed it into his mouth. "It's soft, waxy and sandy, with the sweetness of golden chestnuts themselves, the sweetness of caramel, and the roasted aroma. The outer skin is oily, and the inner flesh is golden.

It’s appetizing to look at and smell it! Not bad! Not bad!”

Chef Zhang has been a restaurant chef for 20 years, cooking and making noodles. Now he specializes in making noodles. He has an obsession with food that ordinary people can’t understand. When he was eating this stir-fried golden chestnut, he was so delicious that he narrowed his eyes.

With eyes and a smile on her lips, she was immersed in Jin Li's world.

"Chef Zhang, do you want to keep all this?" Although Yiren couldn't bear to interrupt his intoxication, she still couldn't help but asked tentatively. She still had to go to the dock to sell cakes, and she was running out of time!

"Stay! Stay everyone!" After saying that, Chef Zhang shouted towards the counter. "Counter, come here!"

"Sister-in-law, those melon seeds cost seven cents per catty. How do you sell your peanuts and golden chestnuts?"

"Peanuts themselves are more expensive. Roasted nuts of this quality elsewhere cost eighteen cents, but mine only cost nine cents per catty." Yiren said while looking at Chef Zhang. Seeing him nodding in agreement, she continued. "Golden Chestnuts."

It’s not valuable in itself, but it’s troublesome to handle, and it also contains malt sugar, so it’s probably only seven cents!”

"Counter, did you hear that? Fifty catties of melon seeds, one catty of peanuts, two catties of golden chestnuts, let's settle the accounts!" Chef Zhang said to the accountant without any hesitation.

"Three hundred and seventy-three yuan!" The accountant quickly settled the account, found the money and handed it to the lady.

"Not busy. Not busy!" Yi Ren picked up the two baskets covered with wet cloth at her feet. "Chef Zhang, I also want to ask, does our restaurant accept mountain goods?"

"Yes, yes, but we have vendors who can supply the goods!" Chef Zhang said sincerely as he had just made a deal with Yi Ren, and it is very likely that they will have a long-term cooperation in the future.
Chapter completed!