There is indeed a problem with my summoning spirit system

Chapter 132. 130. The Opening of the Shop

200 grams of cooked chestnuts, add appropriate amount of cream, brown sugar, a spoonful and a half of cognac, and vanilla seeds of a vanilla pod.After standing for 10 minutes, the chestnuts will be softened by the cream, and the flavor of the vanilla seeds will be released, and then they will be crushed. Since there are no electric tools, Li Xiang can only crush them manually.Fortunately, his body was strengthened by Yrel during the previous recasting, so this little effort was not a problem for him.

"Brother Li Xiang, are you here?"

Lu Yi watched Li Xiang's busy work inside and out, very curious.

"Emm, the crepe is actually a kind of pancake that originated in the province of Brittany in France. It can be eaten sweet or salty, and I personally prefer the sweet one. So I am making chestnut cream now, this taste The cream used for the crepe filling is perfect for fluffy crepes!"

Li wants to put the repeatedly whipped and crushed chestnut cream into a piping bag.

"Hey, I've seen this thing in a cake shop!"

Jiang He pointed to the piping bag in Li Xiang's hand and said.

"Well, that's what pastry chefs use to decorate cakes."

The so-called piping bags are those triangular bags used to hold cream when making cream cakes in bakeries. The bag is conical when opened, and joints of different shapes are added at the bottom to squeeze the cream into different shapes.

"Actually, if time permits, I would like to make the batter for the dough by myself. Most of the crepes sold by the stores in the nearby market are made of ready-made crepe powder. I borrowed some from them. Although it is convenient, it is still slightly inferior to homemade ones in terms of taste. It will take more time to mix the flour. If you feel that my proposal is feasible after you taste it, I will go to mix the pie crust tonight. Special batter. Hmm..., the quality of the vanilla pods you can find here is not particularly good, it's best to spend more time picking..."

Li Xiang talked to himself, but it didn't affect the movements of his hands in the slightest.After all, he is an old chef with decades of experience, so he still needs some basic skills.

Li Xiang, who had already entered the chef mode, obviously did not notice the reactions of these girls around him.

"I've wanted to ask you since just now, Junior Li Xiang, are you from a family of chefs?"

Lu Yi asked.

"Ah, senior sister, why do you think that way?" Li Xiang put the back of his hand about 2 to 3 centimeters above the pan to feel the heat of the pan, and after confirming that the temperature was right.I brushed a layer of butter on the pan, and while adding a spoonful of batter to the center of the pan, I replied: "My parents are both archaeologists. If you want to say, because the two of them are often not at home, In order to be able to eat with peace of mind, I learned a little cooking by myself."

Seeing that Li Xiangna was as skilled and fast as the uncles who had set up stalls for many years, Lu Yi finally put this question aside for the time being.

And Li Xiang, at this time, has already started to spread the dough with that special small wooden rake.

Although crepes are imported from France, and pancakes are one of the daily foods of people in northern China, the method of spreading the dough is still the same.It's all about turning a little mound of liquid batter on a pan into a big circle.

Many things in this world are very interesting. For example, Li Xiang still remembers that when he was a child, there was a yellow iron crock for lard in the kitchen at home. I don’t know why. In the family, the tanks used to hold lard look like this.

Closer to home, although the two are very similar, but because the crust of the crepe is added with ingredients such as milk and eggs, there is more moisture, and the crust is thicker, so it is easier to break when it is manipulated and turned over.So you need to be more careful when operating.

Li Xiang carefully and lightly used a wooden spatula to turn the crust over to the other side, squeezed a ring of lemon juice on the surface of the cake, sprinkled a little sugar and salt, and scraped off a little lemon peel from the surface of the lemon with a knife, finally Then squeeze the chestnut cream he just made on the crust.

"Okay, let's try it."

Li wanted to stack the finished crepes and cut them into several portions, and invited a few girls around to try the taste.

At the invitation of Li Xiang, several girls including Lu Yi each picked up a small piece of crepe and ate it.

"! It's really delicious. I think Li will believe you if you say that you sell crepes."

After taking a sip, Lu Yi exclaimed.Several girls also echoed.

"Huh? President, what are you doing here?"

At this moment, Fang Feiwan, who had just finished the course, walked into the club activity classroom.

"Ah, Concubine, you are just in time to come and try the crepes that Li Xiang made."

Lu Yi picked up a piece of crepe with her fork and handed it to Fang Feiwan who hadn't figured out the situation yet.

"Well, it's delicious, but I remember the president, didn't you say that there was a problem with the doujinshi production? Why are you making food in the activity room now?"

Fang Feiwan swallowed the crepe that Lu Yi stuffed into her mouth, and asked.

"Well... these two things are actually related."

Lu Yi explained the current situation to Fang Feiwan.

"So, because it's too late to make doujinshi, do you plan to change it into a stall selling snacks? It's not impossible, but doesn't Li Xiang want to cosplay with us? Hanhan and the others have never been in the kitchen. , is it impossible for Han Han and the others to learn how to make crepes in just one night?"

After listening to Lu Yi's explanation, Fang Feiwan asked a question that she was more concerned about.

"Indeed, Hanhan, do you think you can learn it?"

Lu Yi looked at a girl beside her.

The Hanhan that Fang Feiwan and Lu Yi mentioned was one of the few girls who were in charge of painting.She hesitated for a moment, then finally shook her head.

"It doesn't matter, after the performance time period, Li Xiang can be at the booth during other time periods. When it's time to perform, we will call him and then close the booth temporarily?"

Jiang He, who had been silent at the side, suggested at this time.She asked Li Xiang:

"Do you think it is okay?"

"Well, no problem."

Li Xiang replied without thinking.

"Okay, then it's settled."

Jiang He made a decision, "Let Li Xiang be our 'chef'. As for Hanhan, you three doujinshi will wait until next time. How about you guest-star as waiters this time? The maid uniforms I made last time are now available. .”

Although Hanhan these three girls draw doujinshi and didn’t participate in cosplay activities originally, they are art students after all.
Under Jiang He's proposal, the members of the entire club, including a non-staff member Li Xiang, finally reached a consensus.

Lu Yi walked to Li Xiang's side, and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry, Junior Brother Li Xiang. We signed up for the event together, but in the end I caused you trouble."

"No." Li Xiang waved his hands again and again, "I did this because I like it. You don't have to worry about it, senior."

Li Xiang picked up a piece of crepe, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.

I remember that Kaoru and Hikari liked sweets when he was a child. Every time he came back from school, he would pester him to make cakes, crepes, and puddings. They did.

The result of the family's final bargaining is that once a week, and the two little guys must brush their teeth well after eating.

"I don't know how Kaoru and Hikari are doing now."

Li Xiang muttered softly.

Fang Feiwan saw that Li Xiang seemed to be whispering something, and asked:

"Senior Li Xiang, what are you thinking about?"

"Ah, it's nothing. Then I'll get everything ready tonight. Senior sister, can you help me make the menu?"

Li wanted to turn off the blower, took out a pen and paper, wrote down the menu by counting crosses, and handed it to Lu Yi.

Lu Yi glanced at it, put the note away,
"No problem, I'll go find a print shop right now. Brother, you can do what you want with peace of mind, Jiang He, let's go together."

In the early morning of the next day, Li Xiang and the club members came to Zhanzi's venue. After showing their certificates, they entered the venue smoothly.

"Our booth is here."

After walking for a while, Fang Feiwan pointed to a booth with a good location and said to Li Xiang.

"Here? All right, then I'll just unload everything."

For the convenience of transportation, Li Xiang put all the big and small bags on the tricycle.Once in position, he lowered the rear fender and unloaded everything.

Lu Yi also gave a hand and helped to take down a few bags.While moving, she also said:
"Student, actually, I can find someone to help you bring the things here. You are too tired to push the car here."

"Huh-huh--" Li Xiang blew off a bit of confetti on the table, and said, "The car is too big, so it is not convenient. Senior sister, you have also seen that motor vehicles are prohibited from entering the venue. The last It’s more convenient to use a tricycle for a section of the road than to manually carry it or install a second car. Besides, there are coals, stoves, etc., which are already dirt, so there is no need to spend effort to modify them. Look at other people Don’t they all use tricycles and bicycles?”

After putting everything in the booth in order, Li Xiang's cell phone rang.

After answering the phone, Fang Guoping on the other end said:
"Hey, Li Xiang. I've delivered the fruit you asked me to buy to your door. Now shall I deliver it to you?"

"Thank you, Lao Fang. I'll treat you to dinner later."

Fang Guoping half-jokingly said:
"It's okay, aren't you participating in an event with those girls from the animation club? If you get out of the order, then treat me to dinner."

"Go! Go! Go!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Xiang turned around and told a few members:
"I ordered some fruit as accessories yesterday, and it's here now. I'll go get it."

Fang Feiwan, who was putting up posters and price lists, raised her head and asked:
"The performance will be at noon. Senior Li Xiang, do you think it's better to make up and change clothes in advance, or do you say it during the performance?"

Li Xiang took off his apron with blue stripes printed on his body, thought for a while, and replied:

"Today I have to stay in front of the stove. The ash and ingredients are easy to fall on my body. If I change my clothes first, the clothes may be dirty. It's better to change clothes some time before the performance."

"Well, I see, I will tell Jiang He who is in charge of makeup."

"sorry to bother you."

Walking to the entrance of the exhibition venue, Fang Guoping was already waiting outside the door.

"Uncle, my classmate is here to pick me up, can I go in now?"

The security uncle at the gate of the venue saw the attendance card Li Xiang was holding, said nothing, and let Fang Guoping in.

In order to ensure security, Zhanzi needs credentials to enter.Originally, even if someone responded, they couldn't put it in.But Fang Guoping was obviously doing this to help move things, so the security guard just turned a blind eye.

Fang Guoping and Li Xiang each carried a box of fruit and returned to the club booth.

When he arrived at the place, Li Xiang immediately took out the scissors and removed the tape on the surface of the box.Take out the fruit inside and look carefully.

"It's the freshest I can find. It's just arrived from the wholesale market this morning."

Fang Guoping took the water from a girl, said "thank you" in a low voice, drank the water and said:
"Well, the appearance is good, I really trouble you, old Fang."

After roughly confirming the freshness of these fruits, Li Xiang put them into the foam box he had prepared before.

The box has two layers, and ice cubes are placed in the middle layer. After the fruit is put in, water is added to cover it, which can better maintain the freshness of the fruit.

After the booths were almost set up, the venue gradually became more popular.

Li Xiang estimated that the time was almost up, so he lit a fire.

"Boss, what are you selling here?"

Li Xiang raised his head, and there were two young girls standing in front of the shop.

"Our family makes crepes. It is a kind of sweet pastry. You can add ingredients such as whipped cream, strawberries, oreo pieces. The things you can add and the price are written on the front of the table. You can see for yourself Take a look. Do you want to try it?"

The two girls looked at each other and nodded.

"Then make us a creamy double berry one."

said the girl on the left.

"Okay, 16 yuan. Scan the QR code and transfer the money yourself."

Li Xiang picked up the small wooden rake and skillfully made a pie crust.Last night, he made enough batter to make hundreds of cakes overnight. The texture and taste of the cakes were even better than yesterday's trial products.After the crust was ready, he added a little lemon zest, a circle of lemon juice and a little sugar according to the procedure, and finally added snow-white fresh sweet cream, cut a few strawberries and blueberries, and poured some strawberry jam and blueberry jam.Fold into a triangle and pack in a rigid paper bag.

"It's ready, two guests, please take it."

Li Xiang handed the finished crepe to the girl's hand.

"Come on, Lili, take a sip first."

The girl on the left delivers the crepe to the girl on the right.

The girl on the right took a small bite, and as she chewed, the girl's facial expression relaxed, revealing two lovely dimples.

"Well, sweet and delicious."

The two girls seemed contented and left. Before leaving, they told Li Xiang that they would come again before they left, and asked Li Xiang to leave one for them.

After today's first guest left, several girls in maid costumes came over.

Li Xiang took out a stack of leaflets from his bag and distributed them to them.

These girls were unable to participate in the exhibition according to the original plan due to the loss of their materials. In order to make them feel more involved, Lu Yi printed hundreds of leaflets by the way and asked them to distribute them in the venue, and put them on the crepe stand. some customers.

Li Xiang remembered that Lu Yi complained in the group last night that she didn't have enough time, otherwise she would definitely set up tables and chairs in front of the booth and open a maid cafe just like in the animation.

(End of this chapter)