Abnormal Food Article

Chapter 8 Mold (Thanks to Mr. Baobao, the leader of the alliance for the reward)

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the courier boy delivered the mold sent by Qin Xiuli to the door.

Six sets of solid wooden molds weighed more than sixty kilograms together. Unbelieving that one mold weighed more than ten kilograms, Ouyang had to hold one of the molds and stand on the scale to weigh it. Then he found that he had gained another eight kilograms and started emo. .

Qin Huai chose to ignore it and tried making a set of animal molds.

Very successful.

The speed is fast, the size and shape are uniform, and the most important thing is that it does not require subsequent processing. The mold itself is fine enough, and the little rabbits, mice, and pigs that are pressed out are lifelike, making them a style that children will love.

"It can actually be pressed out. I thought this kind of mold can only be used to press mooncakes and osmanthus cakes." Ouyang was amazed when he finished his emo. He pointed to another set of molds that were not used and asked, "Is this mold the right one?" Can we also suppress Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie?"

"You can press out a rough shape." Qin Huai said, "It needs to be processed and colored later. If the craftsmanship is good, the final product will be similar to the dough."

"That's not bad." Ouyang suddenly became interested. "Two years ago, I took my nephew on the street and met a man who kneaded noodles. To be honest, I didn't think the kneading was very good. I could probably tell that it was Sun Wukong, but there was no trace of it at all. Let’s take a closer look. It’s 25 yuan each. It’s neither edible nor fun to play with. My nephew crushed it before I finished shopping. If you can mass-produce it, you can make a batch of three for 3 minutes, and the hourly salary is 1,500. !”

"Qin Huai, why do you want to open a canteen? Go directly to the entrance of the affiliated primary school and set up a stall. You are going to make a fortune!"

Qin Huai really wanted to take out his system panel and show it to Ouyang. With his rudimentary **** skills, how could he make a fortune? Does it rely on elementary school students to have a lot of money and the tolerance of urban management?

"You pinch one now, and I'll give it to my nephew to open up sales for you. He's from the affiliated primary school." Ouyang felt that he had seen a bright future.

When Qinhuai produces and he sells, he will become rich soon.

Qin Huai spread his hands: "No."

Ouyang:?

"Why do you have these molds in your family if you don't know how? Could it be that your uncle knows how to do it?!" Ouyang felt that it was time to establish friendship with Qin Congwen.

"Neither can my dad."

Ouyang:? ?

"It's like this. These 6 sets of molds were ordered by my dad from the most famous carpenter in our county 27 years ago before he opened a breakfast shop. It cost a lot of money. In my mother's words, if my dad had If we had not ordered these 6 sets of molds but used the money to buy a small house in the city, our family would have become rich and free.”

Ouyang: 0.0

"Is this thing so expensive?"

"That's not true. The main reason is that houses in the city were cheaper at that time, even cheaper than in our county."

"Then why does uncle spend a lot of money to order a set of molds that he doesn't know how to use?" Ouyang was puzzled.

Qin Huai said that this is a very long story. Speaking of this, we have to talk about Qin Congwen's ambition.

Although Qin Congwen has been running a breakfast shop for more than 20 years, his skills are still average, but he was also a man with dreams. More than 20 years ago, Qiu County was prosperous for a period of time due to its geographical location. There were many businessmen coming and going, including many wealthy people. Both restaurants and hotels were doing very well. At that time, Qin Congwen's dream was to open a dim sum shop, work steadily, and first become the best in the county, then the province, and finally the country.

It happened that the most famous restaurant in the county was trying to generate revenue at that time. In addition to the normal lunch and dinner, it also sold snacks all day long. There were many varieties, including all kinds of cute animal styles, and a series of gift boxes. What are the twelve zodiac signs, Liangshan's one hundred and eight generals, and the same style as Journey to the West? As long as the price is right, it can even be customized. There is nothing you can't think of. In just a few months, the restaurant's dim sum has become a famous specialty in Qiu County, and businessmen who come and go like to buy a few sets as gifts.

Once dim sum became popular, more and more people followed the trend. Every dim sum shop in Qiu County hires carpenters to customize the same molds. If the high-end ones can't make them, they engage in price wars to compete with the low-end market. Thanks to everyone's concerted efforts, carpenters in Qiu County have become very popular. Qin Congwen, who has a dream of dim sum, also followed the trend and asked carpenters to order molds. Not only did he queue up, but he also added money and spent huge sums of money to customize molds, becoming a member of the dim sum craze. The number one victim.

A few years later, the restaurant closed down because the chef left, and without its leader, the cheap dim sum from a dim sum shop that only relied on molds without excellent craftsmanship was no longer popular.

Today, Qiu County has ceased to be a transportation hub and has become an ordinary small county. The prosperity is no longer the same as before. The old time-honored brands have closed down. Qin Congwen, who was unable to open a dim sum shop and switched to a breakfast shop, unexpectedly opened the Qin Family Breakfast Shop. 'Time-honored'. Nowadays, except for Qin Congwen who occasionally takes out the well-preserved molds that are still 99 new to mourn the money he spent on following the trend, there are probably not many people who remember that the specialty of Qiu County was dim sum gift boxes.

"When my dad asked Carpenter Zhang to make custom orders, Carpenter Zhang even persuaded my dad and told him that the Journey to the West series was not that simple. The restaurant dared to sell it because of the craftsmanship of the master. The mold could only produce a rough shape. , it still needs to be processed and colored. But my dad didn’t believe in evil. He didn’t know how to make snacks at that time. Who knew that the subsequent processing was so difficult? If you think you are making it, others will think you are doing it. is the king of inspiration.”

"The final result was that after the mold was made, every dim sum shop in the county could make those simple basic styles, and they were even more delicious than what my dad made. So my dad simply didn't open a dim sum shop in the future. , I learned steamed buns from my neighbor’s aunt for a few months and opened a breakfast shop.”

"These six sets of molds have been kept at home. I can't bear to throw them away, and I can't sell them. Thanks to the high quality of the wood, they haven't rotted or been eaten by insects for so many years. Now they can be put to use."

Ouyang could only say regretfully:

"Why did my uncle decide on the template for Journey to the West back then? If we decided on the twelve zodiac animals, wouldn't our business of making faces begin?"

"The twelve zodiac signs are so good, children will definitely like them!"

Qin Huai felt that if Qin Congwen could hear Ouyang's words, he would definitely say: What do you know? Journey to the West only has 4 masters and apprentices, Monk Tang, and there are 12 zodiac signs. It costs three times more. Do you understand the cost-effectiveness?

Ouyang Lai, who didn't understand cost-effectiveness, had another dinner at Qin Huai's house, and finally took two large bags of red bean hedgehog bags home under Qin Luo's moved eyes. Qin Luo didn't even dare to cheer before Ouyang left. Qin Luo didn't scream until he was sure Ouyang was on the elevator.

"Okay, I don't have to eat red bean hedgehog buns anymore!"

"Brother, what shall we eat tomorrow morning?"

Qin Huai pointed to a batch of rabbit buns made in the kitchen during the mold test this afternoon: "Eat the red bean rabbit buns, the other fillings haven't been made yet."

Qin Luo: Σ(°△°|||)︴

The leader will add more updates when they are released (I can’t write them now (*))

(End of chapter)