The old friend was overjoyed to see each other, and Aunt Wang held Lin Dan's hand and talked for a while. Lin Dan came back here as if he had come home, he tied his turban and rolled up his sleeves, and started to do his work naturally. When the handsome man came back with two buckets of water, he saw that she had been sitting in the back kitchen grinding soy milk, and Aunt Wang was adding firewood to the stove, and rambled about her experiences over the years, "It's true that the disciples of the church starved to death. Master, if I had known that the two of them were such unscrupulous people, I would never have passed on my skills to them."
"Not everyone is like this, isn't there another sentence that says this? 'The master teaches well, the apprentice comes to the old age', my tofu making skills are taught by my aunt, no, I will come back to you now Retired." Lin Dan chuckled lightly.
Aunt Wang hurriedly waved her hand: "Don't say that, I only taught you three months, and you still do so much work for me every day, it is still me taking advantage of it, how can you let me help me in retirement! My Yaoer and I can live on, so don't be a burden to you!" As he spoke, his eyes turned red. The direct son doesn't care about her, the little girl who only learned one dish from her treats her as a family member, which makes her feel bad!
Yaoer walked in with red eyes, and said in a hoarse voice, "Sister Lin, thank you for your kindness. I recently found a long-term job at Zhou Yuanwai's house. I help feed the animals every day. It's not hard to support my mother. Don't worry."
Lin Dan waved his hand and said, "I'm not talking about the kind of support. You may have misunderstood. Aunt, you taught me one dish back then, but now I'll teach you three dishes. Once you get started, you can attract more business. Let's go back to the prosperous days before, do you think?" She said as she filtered the ground soy milk with gauze repeatedly, poured it into a large pot and boiled it.
The handsome man didn't say a word, but he had already taken over the job of grinding soy milk and looked at Lin Dan who was chatting for a moment.
Lin Dan cut the coriander, spring onion, mustard and other side vegetables into cubes, and then sautéed the sesame seeds and peanuts in oil until fragrant, pounded them in a bowl, and put them aside for later use, and said slowly: "You only sell one dish every year, and the guests After eating for a long time, it will become stale, and business will naturally be deserted. Your skill in ordering tofu is very good, why don’t you make a few more tofu dishes? I am teaching you this dish I learned from Fushun County. Famous bean curd is a semi-finished product of tofu, but the taste is no worse than tofu. It has two flavors of salty and sweet. Your store is next to the official road, and there are customers from all over the world. When the northern guests come, you can treat them to eat salty food. , Nanke is here, you invite them to eat sweet, hot in spring, autumn and winter, and chilled in well water in summer, and cold. Tofu has no taste at first, and the seasoning depends on sauce, and the variety of sauce is also very different. Rich, salty sauces have spicy, spicy, hot and sour flavors, etc., sweet sauces have cane sugar, brown sugar, maltose, etc. A bowl of bean curd with two spoons of sauce, just this one dish, you can It can make thousands of flavors and easily meet the needs of any customer. Isn’t it much better than simply selling tofu balls? Moreover, tofu brains are simple and easy to make, and it doesn’t take three quarters of an hour to make another big bucket and eat it now. Make it fresh, and guests can eat the freshest ingredients whenever they want, wouldn’t they like it?”
When it comes to cooking, Lin Dan naturally talks endlessly. Before he knows it, he has made two bowls of beancurd, one with spicy flavor and one with wolfberry and brown sugar flavor.
The handsome man quietly took a bite of the salted bean curd. The extremely tender taste immediately conquered his taste buds. The thick bean fragrance tumbled in his mouth along with the spicy soup, and slipped into his throat along the way. Simply fantastic. His eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately took a bite of the sweet bean curd. The sweet and tender bean curd slowly melted on the tip of his tongue. After biting through the wolfberry, he tasted a little bit of astringency. The texture is so tender, and the flavors are so varied, he can't stop taking a spoonful.
Aunt Wang and Younger Brother Wang took a sip with suspicion, and they were immediately shocked.
Lin Dan made the bean curd and fried a plate of Zhenxiang tofu, also served with two flavors of sauce, sweet and salty. In the end, she slightly improved Aunt Wang's specialty dish, tofu balls in soup stock, into dry-fried tofu balls, which were solid when put in the pot, but hollow when they came out. With a layer of fresh, sweet and thick soy milk, it tastes crispy and tender, with juice in the dryness, and the taste is very wonderful. Then it is mixed with simmering peppers, minced garlic and wild onion to make a water dip, stuffed in the cavity of the tofu dumplings. Eat together, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, delicious and spicy, not too good! If you can't eat spicy food, you can replace the dipping sauce with bean paste or crushed sesame and peanuts. The taste is also excellent.
These three dishes are extremely flexible and changeable. As long as the guests like it, they can be made into any flavor. Once you learn to get started, you will not have to worry about it in your life. Both Aunt Wang and Younger Brother Wang are not stupid. They tasted the dishes and heard the explanation. They were both happy and ashamed, and they didn't know whether they should accept this gift.
Lin Dan never said empty words. After pointing out the dishes, he passed on some business lessons: "You can provide hot tea for customers for free in spring, autumn and winter. In summer, make some jelly and keep it iced at any time, and then hang a flag and write 'free tea supply. ', there will naturally be tired customers who stop to drink, you can take advantage of the situation and ask them if they want to eat, and the business will naturally start. After all, there are only a few people who can read. I can sit on the side of the road and wait, and see the caravan coming. Shout twice to attract popularity. Aunt Wang’s craftsmanship is here, so I’m not afraid of dissatisfaction from customers. When customers are satisfied, you will have a reputation, and your life will become more and more prosperous, don’t you think?”
"Yes yes yes!" Aunt Wang and Younger Brother Wang couldn't stop nodding their eyes wet. They could see that Lin Dan really wanted to help them, otherwise he wouldn't say so much. Unexpectedly, I only sent a small kindness back then, and today there is such a blessing. There are still many good people in this world.
This busyness lasted until the evening, Lin Dan was walking on the official road with the starlight above his head, and he only felt broad in his heart. What is hers, she wants to take it back, and what she owes others, she will return it, and she must live a magnanimous life.
The handsome man followed her silently, looking at her with extremely complicated eyes.
Three dishes cannot be learned overnight, so Lin Dan had no choice but to stay in the town for a few more days and go to Aunt Wang's shop to help every day. Brother Lin made hot tea and sat on the roadside drinking it, which indeed attracted many caravans and passers-by. They originally planned to slap their butts and leave after drinking the free tea, but they were hooked by the strong fragrance from the kitchen, so they asked for a few bowls of beancurd to try it. What's the matter, there are those who have a big appetite and can't even drink four or five bowls.
It only took three days for Aunt Wang's small shop to travel from Menke to customers like clouds. Three days later, Lin Dan left, and Aunt Wang researched some new flavors and sold them, and the response was also very good. Over time, the dilapidated grass hut was transformed into a solid earthen house, and in a few years, it was converted into a row of wooden houses, and finally it developed into a restaurant specializing in bean curd, which is well-known far and wide. And Aunt Wang's daughter-in-law was run down and had no business to do. She came back and kowtowed to admit her mistake, but she was kicked out and turned into a joke.
Lin Dan didn't know about these events, but she took her mother back to the capital and placed them in a small courtyard that she had already bought. Before she could stop, she went to Xicheng to check the shop. She has been planning for two years to return to Beijing to open a store, but it can be said that "everything is ready and only owed to Dongfeng".
There is a saying in Beijing that "the east is rich and the west is expensive, the north is poor and the south is cheap". Most of the people living in the Xicheng District are rich and powerful; in the Dongcheng District, most of the rich live; in the North District, the poor live together;
Lin Baotian is good at cooking Shandong cuisine. Lin Dan has studied Shandong cuisine a lot over the years. When he comes back to open a store, he naturally wants to continue cooking Shandong cuisine. In the chef circle, there is a saying that Shandong cuisine is official cuisine, Cantonese cuisine is commercial cuisine, Sichuan cuisine is folk cuisine, and Huaiyang cuisine is literati cuisine. In order to make official dishes, it is natural to open a store in Xicheng District, so that there will be a source of customers.
Lin Dan had already sent a few servants back to Beijing to find a shop, and waited for three or two months. Sure enough, there was a grocery store in Qingyun Lane in Xicheng District that could not be opened, and was ready to sell it, and this grocery store was opposite to the Yan family. restaurant.
It stands to reason that since Lin Dan has arrived in the capital safely, the handsome man should leave, but he didn't leave, and he didn't say any reason. He just followed Lin Dan silently, like a guardian. Perceiving that he was not malicious, Lin Dan ignored him and went straight to negotiate the price with the owner of the grocery store.
The handsome man stood at the door waiting, his eyes turned to the Yan family restaurant opposite, his expression was a little subtle.
"You want to open a restaurant, but it's also Shandong cuisine?" The owner of the grocery store rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Lin, it's not that I mean to embarrass you, it's just that something happened in my family and I need a lot of money. Although the price you gave is appropriate, it is not too high, and these days, several groups of people have come to the door, and the price they have offered is more reasonable than yours. The higher price wins, this is the rule of doing business, you will not Don't you understand?"
Lin Dan frowned and said, "Treasurer, what price do you want, why don't you report it to me, let me see if it is suitable, I will take it if it is suitable, and forget it if it is not suitable."
The owner of the grocery store quoted a price that Lin Dan could not afford now. She thought for a moment and said decisively: "Treasurer, wait for me for a day, I will bring the money tomorrow, and you will prepare the paperwork for the transfer."
After negotiating, she asked the servant to go back to get the goods, while she walked around Qingyun Lane for a few laps to see the situation.
"Three hundred and sixty taels of silver, this price is enough to buy two shops like that, you are at a loss." The handsome man followed her step by step, his voice heavy.
"You don't understand, I want that storefront." Lin Dan waved his hand firmly.
The handsome man turned his head and looked at the Yanjia Restaurant, which was booming with business and customers, and then looked at the grocery store opposite.