After returning to the stall, Yu Qingze asked Brother Chang about their traditional food during the Mid-Autumn Festival here, and learned that every household would make a kind of food called 'Tuanyuan Cake', which is salty and sweet. It feels a bit like the kind of dessert called 'husband's cake' and 'wife's cake' in my own country on Earth.
In short, Yu Qingze confirmed that there is no dessert such as moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival here.
This is a good opportunity.
Yu Qingze thought for a while. Taking advantage of the fact that there were few customers, he went to the most famous dim sum shops in the city for a while, and then found several kinds of dim sum that Cai's family had given him before. Bought several other dim sums and took them home to try.
Very good, there is no such flavor as moon cake.
Afterwards, he went to the market to buy some materials for making moon cakes, and went to buy a mold for making dim sum, ready to go back and make moon cakes.
Finally, he went to the blacksmith shop to order a very large iron plate. After Boss Liu's noodles are launched, the cold noodle and Liangpi business will be affected to some extent. Moreover, August will be over soon. By then, only Oden will be left, so we will have to add more food and hire another person. , Quickly make money and get household registration.
He asked Brother Le, "Brother Le, can you make reunion cakes?"
Chang Le nodded, saying that this would be done every year.
Yu Qingze said, "Brother Le, go buy some ingredients for the reunion cake now. Let's go back and make it tonight. I'll see what the reunion cake looks like. In addition, I also want to make a Mid-Autumn Festival cake."
Although Chang Le still didn't quite understand Yu Qingze's real plan, he thought that he would have to do something new again, so he nodded and brought money and a basket to buy materials.
Anyway, what Big Brother Yu said, they did what they did.
Seeing that Chang Le was about to run away with a basket, Yu Qingze hurriedly stopped him, approached him, patted his shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, walk over, it's a hot day, I'm tired and I feel bad."
Chang Le blushed, turned his head and quickly fled away, and then after Yu Qingze couldn't see him, he ran to take a path.
The small stall is going to be busy in the first place, so Brother Yu and Brother Chang will be too busy, so go and come back quickly.
It was almost noon when a young man came out from the Liu Ji Noodle House diagonally across from him. He held a gong and banged on it three times.
"Fathers and folks, today our Liu Ji Noodle House has new fried noodles and mixed noodles. You are welcome to come and taste it! Today and tomorrow, all customers who order fried noodles and mixed noodles will have a 20% discount. Don't miss it when you pass by. Ah, have a taste, have a taste..."
At the same time as Xiao Er shouted, Boss Liu asked someone to take out a 'big sign', which was actually a large wooden board with red paper on it, leaned upright on a chair, fixed it with a stone, and placed it next to the door.
The name and price of the fried noodles and mixed noodles are written on it, and the words 20% off are specially written so that passersby can see it at a glance. There is also a plate of fried noodles on it, which is so-so, without much image, but it can make people feel that it is new noodles.
This is what Yu Qingze taught them.
Xiao Er shouted three times in a row, then stopped to answer some guests' questions, and continued to shout after answering.
Anyway, his main task for lunch today is to shout at the door of the store.
Brother Chang saw a lot of people surrounding Liu Ji's door, and some people went directly into the store, and asked Yu Qingze a little puzzled: "Boss Yu, you teach Boss Liu and them to make noodles, are you not afraid that they will steal our business? ?"
Yu Qingze smiled and said: "It will have some impact, but the most robbed is the business of several other noodle restaurants. I am mentally prepared, and I can make money there." Even if they don't make cold noodles in the future, Boss Liu It's always been done over there. Most importantly, you can see someone's angry face.
Brother Chang seemed to understand, but he didn't ask again. Now that the boss is no longer worried, he can just do his own thing as a small helper.
"By the way, Brother Chang, can I ask you one thing?" Yu Qingze asked suddenly.
"What's the matter?" Brother Chang asked.
Just as a guest came over, Yu Qingze hurriedly said, "I'll find you when the stall closes today, so I'll be busy first."
Not long after, Chang Le came back, afraid that Yu Qingze would say that he would use it when he was about to arrive.
Yu Qingze saw that his face was flushed red, and his bangs were a little wet. He sighed, and wet the cloth to wipe his sweat, and said distressedly: "Is it hot? Did you use it to go, did you not obey or run away? Look at this sweaty face."
Chang Le bent his eyes, smiled embarrassedly, grabbed the towel and wiped it himself.
Yu Qingze took the basket in his hand, looked at it, and found that it only contained sugar, glutinous rice flour, sesame seeds, and candied winter melon.
"are these all?"
Chang Le gestured: Other homes have it.
Yu Qingze: "Oh. Take a good rest first and drink some water first."
Chang Le nodded, Yu Qingze put the basket away and poured him a bowl of water.
Chang Le took it over and drank it.
The business of cold noodles and cold noodles was indeed affected by Liu Ji's side. They sold seven or eight kilograms of cold noodles and cold noodles less than usual on this day, but Yu Qingze didn't take it to heart.
The fried noodles and mixed noodles launched by Liu Ji have been well received by the guests, and people who have eaten it have said that the taste is very good.
Yu Qingze laughed, you have never eaten it, of course you think it is delicious.
When the stall was closed, they happened to pass by Wang Ji Noodle House.
Boss Wang was standing in front of his shop and looked at Liu Ji. Seeing the constant flow of customers there, and seeing that his noodle shop only had a 50% occupancy rate, his expression was very solemn. Many guests went to Liu Ji to try it out.
Yu Qingze grinned when he saw his face.
This is just the beginning, there are more noodles waiting for you in the future.
After returning home, Yu Qingze pushed the cart home and talked to Brother Chang at the door.
"Boss Yu, what's the matter?"
Yu Qingze said, "Brother Chang, I heard from Grandpa Chang that you usually have a good relationship with Brother Le, don't you?"
Brother Chang nodded, "Yes. I can understand some of his gestures, but usually I talk a lot, and he listens."
Yu Qingze: "Then do you usually say something more private?"
Brother Chang looked at Yu Qingze suspiciously, with a strange expression on his face, and said, "Boss Yu, what do you want to ask? How can you guys know the sincere words of the two brothers."
Yu Qingze hurriedly said, "No, you have misunderstood. I didn't want to listen to you and Brother Le's own words."
Brother Chang's eyes became even weirder, "Then what do you mean?"
Yu Qingze explained: "I want you to suggest to Brother Le to cut his bangs a little shorter."
Now Chang Le's bangs are very long and thick, covering her eyes. According to Chang Hao, his bangs have never been shorter, they are all of this length, and they cover the eyes, so he cut it a little, just to the position of the upper eyelid.
Yu Qingze wanted to make him confident, this hairstyle looks very covert, which will make him pay more attention to the scar on his forehead.
To get him to overcome caring about scars, firstly, let him downplay the existence of the scars in his heart, and secondly, he can change his hairstyle to make him look better and more energetic, increase his self-confidence, and reduce his inferiority complex.
Brother Chang denied: "Impossible. I told him two years ago that he was not willing to let him cut his eyebrows a little."
Yu Qingze said, "Would you try again in two days? Just give him some advice based on your brothers' opinions?"
Brother Chang thought for a while and asked, "Boss Yu, why are you, that is, why do you want me to do this?"
Yu Qingze confessed: "I like Brother Le, I want him to be more confident and cheerful."
Brother Chang was stunned, he said that there was something strange between the two of them before, so that's what happened. Brother Chang asked, "Do you know why he has such long bangs?"
Yu Qingze nodded, pointed to his forehead and said, "He has a scar here."
Brother Chang was surprised, "You know he has a scar on his forehead? Did he show it to you?"
Yu Qingze nodded.
"He never shows it to others, especially men." Brother Chang blinked, thought about it, and said, "Why don't you tell him yourself? He should also listen to you." He could see Brother Le likes Boss Yu very much, but he never thought that Boss Yu also likes Brother Le.
Yu Qingze reluctantly said: "If I tell him, he may listen, but I think you who are also his brother or his good friend will make it easier for him to accept it."
He said that he would inevitably have the suspicion that he cared about his ugliness and then said that he wanted to make bangs beautiful for him. He didn't want Chang Le to have such an idea at all.
If it's a girlfriend, it's different.
When Brother Chang heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you." The boss Yu was very considerate of Brother Le, so he rushed here, and he was willing to help him.
Seeing him nodding, Yu Qingze said happily, "Thank you, Brother Chang. Besides, I know several styles of bangs, maybe you can cut it for him?"
Brother Chang looked at Yu Qingze, and the strange look appeared on his face again, "How do you know the style of bangs as a man?"
Yu Qingze said: "This is a secret. I will draw it for you, and you can discuss with Le Geer what looks good. In short, as a principle, all his eyes must be exposed, preferably the right eyebrow can also be seen. arrive."
Yu Qingze went back to the kitchen to find a charcoal head and a wooden board, then went to the door and explained to Brother Chang while drawing.
In the end, Yu Qingze painted four or five styles of bangs, including straight eyebrows, slanted bangs, and irregular ones. Anyway, without exception, they just reached the eyebrows, and they could also cover the left forehead.
Brother Chang returned home with a strange expression on the board.
This boss Yu actually really knows, but these bangs are pretty good-looking. He can cut it with Le Geer, and someone will accompany him to cut it. Maybe Le Geer will agree? hey-hey…
There are three days off in the school every month, on the last day of each tenth, which is the tenth, twentieth, and thirtieth of the first lunar month.
In order to be the same as Chang Hao's holiday, Yu Qingze also set the fixed holiday of the food stall in these few days. Usually, if the fields are too busy, he will not set up the stall, and concentrate on finishing the work in the fields. stall.
In addition, he plans to visit Cai Mansion once a month, cook a meal for Mrs. Cai and Cai Yunwei, and bring Chang Hao by the way. If Chang Hao can establish a friendship with Cai Yunwei, it would be the best.
Chang Hao is smart and likes to read. If he wants to take the imperial examination in the future, the relationship line of Master Cai can obviously help him. No matter what, it's definitely not wrong to have a good relationship now. Moreover, it has a positive impact on their business.
Backed by a big tree, it is good to enjoy the shade. At least, now Boss Wang doesn't dare to trouble them casually.
The next day happened to be the tenth day of the first lunar month, and they didn't show up.
After dinner that night, Chang Le and Grandpa Chang started making reunion cakes.
Yu Qingze watched the whole process, watching them make stuffing, oil crust and puff pastry, then put the puff pastry dough in the oil dough, roll it out, roll it out, wake up for a while, then roll it up again to make the puff pastry , and finally wrap the filling, flatten it, and then put it on an iron sheet, burn charcoal below it, and bake it.
Without an oven, the ancients could think of other ways to bake the cake, which Yu Qingze admired.
According to Grandpa Chang, there is another kind of iron box, which is better for baking, but that kind is usually only used in dim sum shops, and ordinary people use iron sheets directly at home.
When the cake is baked, the surface is also browned and browned, and it looks quite fragrant.
Yu Qingze tasted one, and the taste was naturally not as good as the modern husband's cake and wife's cake, but it was not bad.
"Tomorrow, I will make moon cakes for you to eat."
"moon cake?"
"Well, the Mid-Autumn Festival snacks in my hometown should taste pretty good." The premise is that he can use this iron sheet to bake moon cakes.
After breakfast the next day, Yu Qingze began to prepare moon cakes. What he wants to do is red bean paste moon cakes.
The red beans had already been soaked last night. He asked Chang Le to help cook the red beans like rice, and then he started to make moon cake skins.
Put sugar syrup, lye water, and rapeseed oil in a large bowl and mix well, then add flour and mix well, transfer to a cutting board and knead into a ball, then cover with a damp cloth and wake up for about an hour.
While the dough was awake and the red beans were cooked over there, Yu Qingze simply pressed the red beans into a puree shape in the pot, and then added the right amount of oil and syrup to make bean paste.
After the dough wakes up, divide it into ten equal parts, and the bean paste is also divided into ten parts, and then flatten the crust into the bean paste filling, and finally put it into the mold and press it into shape.
Chang Le looked very simple, and wanted to try it. He especially liked the embossing step, so Yu Qingze asked him to do the rest.
Then comes the most crucial baking step.
He first tried to bake the cake directly on the iron sheet, brushed egg wash in the middle, and continued to bake until both sides were golden brown, but the sides of the moon cake were not very crisp, and the shape of the cake was a little deformed because it was turned too many times. .
Then he tried steaming the raw biscuits directly before baking them. Seems to be better.
In the end, they tried all three together. Purely steamed, directly roasted, steamed and then roasted.
"Brother Yu, the steamed taste is also very good." Chang Hao ate a pure steamed and unbaked moon cake and thought it tasted good.
Yu Qingze also tasted it. There was no roasted fragrance, but the taste was acceptable. The other two roasted are more fragrant.
"How does it taste? In fact, in two days, this roast will taste even better when it has returned to the oil, but we are running out of time now, it's already the tenth today." Yu Qingze asked the three of them, "Tell me, can this be sold? ?"
Chang Hao nodded, and was the first to agree: "It can be sold. It's delicious."
Grandpa Chang also felt that the taste was very good, even better than the taste of the reunion cake, and he nodded.
Chang Le has recently been doing business with Yu Qingze, and he has some opinions of his own. He gestured and said that they can get a few for the guests to try tomorrow, and it is best to take them back to Mi Geer. If Cai Yunwei thinks it is delicious, The market reaction should be good.
Yu Qingze looked at Chang Le and said with a smile, "Brother Le, you've learned so badly that you brought the second young master of the Cai family to try it out to test the market reaction."
Chang Le pursed his lower lip embarrassedly, but still gestured bravely: If he said it was delicious, ordinary people would definitely think it was delicious! It will definitely sell well, not necessarily only during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Yu Qingze laughed and said, "Yes, Brother Le is right. Let's do it like this, let the second young master of the Cai family try it for us tomorrow!"