The Culinary Tycoon

After the sun was less hot, Mi Geer came over and brought them good news.

Red bean paste mooncakes, Mr. and Mrs. Cai and the second young master of the Cai family both like to eat them. Mrs. Cai and Mrs. Cai like to bake them, and Mrs. Cai likes the purely steamed ones.

Yu Qingze and Chang Le were very happy to hear that, so there is no need to worry about the taste.

"My grandpa asked when you can make it and sell it? The grandpa wants to send some to Yunzhou before the Mid-Autumn Festival for our master to try."

Yu Qingze replied, "How long will it take to go to Yunzhou?"

Mi Geer replied: "If you go fast, you can get there in about a day and a half. If you use a carriage, it will take two or three days."

Yu Qingze thought for a while, and said: "If it's for my family to eat, if the amount is not too much, it can be done tomorrow morning. If it still needs to be used as a gift, it will be the morning after tomorrow. I can make some other flavors tomorrow."

Mi Geer thought about it, but the old man didn't say whether he wanted to give a gift or not, so he said, "I'll go back and ask, I'll get some tomorrow morning, if I want to give a gift, I'll tell Boss Yu at that time."

Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Okay."

Mi Geer said again: "If it's possible, Boss Yu will make more flavors tomorrow. I'll give them a taste when I get back home. Maybe they think it's delicious. It's also possible to ask for more gifts."

Yu Qingze responded with a smile, and said, "Okay, thank you Mi Geer for reminding me."

"You're welcome, then I'll be back."

After Mi Geer left, Yu Qingze handed over the stall to Chang Le and Chang Geer, and he went to buy mooncake ingredients non-stop.

He is going to make a few more time-consuming and simpler ones, such as red bean paste, mung bean paste, lotus paste, black sesame, and five kernels, which were common in previous lives.In addition, you can also use glutinous rice flour to make cake skins and make snowy mooncakes. Although there is no refrigerator for refrigeration, the taste should be pretty good.

As for the most popular egg yolk lotus paste in the previous life, it took a long time to make salted egg yolk, and it has not been released in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival.There are also fruit mooncakes that are more popular with children. Without a blender, it is more troublesome to make fruit fillings, so Yu Qingze doesn't think about it.

If you have time, you can marinate salted duck eggs. The method is simple and delicious.

There were a lot of things to buy, so Yu Qingze simply emptied the bag of cold noodle and went directly with the bag.

He walked and thought all the way.

You need to buy various mooncake materials, and you need to buy several kinds of molds. In addition, you can also get some outer packaging, some are sold in bulk, and some are packed in gift boxes, which are specially used to give gifts to others.Gift boxes can also be graded for distinction.

He asked Mi Geer, a big family like them also needs to give a lot of gifts every year during the New Year, and they will also give these snacks.

He saw special people selling these gift boxes in the market, and those famous pastry shops also bought gift boxes there.

Well, also, maybe it can be customized, so that the store can write the name of their food stall on it, and take the opportunity to promote it.

After spending some time, Yu Qingze almost ran around half of the city, and finally got it done.When he came back, the sun was almost setting, so Chang Le and the others waited for him to come back, and then they could close the stall and go home.

"Sorry, it's late, I kept you waiting." Yu Qingze apologized, put a large bag of things on the cart, and then said to Brother Chang: "Brother Chang, after dinner tonight, you and Can your father and Ah Mo come to Brother Le's house? I have something to discuss with you, and I will make moon cakes next, and I would like to ask you for help."

When Brother Chang heard that he was making moon cakes, he immediately agreed: "Yes, I'll go there after dinner."

In the evening, after dinner, Brother Chang brought his father and Ah Mo to Brother Le's house.

Yu Qingze invited the people to sit down in the main room, then cut straight to the point, and said to them sincerely: "Uncle, Uncle, Brother Chang, the cold noodle business has been affected a while ago, and the noodles we need every day don't need so much. , Brother Chang knows it."

Brother Chang nodded, his father and Ah Mo looked at each other, his father asked: "Does that mean we should do less every day?"

Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Yes, how much stock do you have at home?"

Brother Chang's father said: "The ones are still hanging out, plus the ones made today, there should still be eighty or ninety catties."

"Then it's almost enough to survive the past few days, and we still have a little bit on our side." Yu Qingze nodded to make it clear, and saw that the faces of the two were a little disappointed, and said with a smile: "Next, we are going to make moon cakes. You help, this time in the form of helpers, the two of you are the same as Brother Chang, with a salary of sixty yuan a day, I wonder if you would like it?"

The eyes of the two of them lit up, and they thought that if they didn't make noodles, they would lose an income.However, Brother Chang's father frowned again and asked: "Brother Chang told us, but we don't know how to do it."

Yu Qingze said: "It's okay, I can teach you. But uncle, you don't need to make moon cakes, because I will make moon cakes at home tomorrow, so I would like to invite you, Brother Le and Brother Chang, to go to the Gu food stall. They are all brothers, there is a man here, so be on the safe side."

"Okay." Brother Chang's father didn't hesitate when he heard the words, and nodded immediately. Then, he scratched his head again and smiled embarrassedly: "To be honest, I'm really worried that I won't be able to make dim sum. Come on, rough hands and feet. If you go to the food stall, it shouldn't be a big problem."

Several people laughed.

Then, Yu Qingze said to Brother Chang again: "Uncle, just help me make mooncakes at home, just come over after breakfast."

Brother Chang nodded and said, "Okay."

"Also, uncle, can you bring the iron sheet and the rack you used to bake the reunion cakes together? Only one is not enough at home."

"Okay, I'll find it and wash it when I get back."

Discuss things properly, because I have to do something first tonight, brother Chang's grandma will stay and study first, and brother Chang and his father will go back first.

Both bean paste and lotus paste need to soak red beans and mung beans first. There are soaked red beans in the morning. Today, we can only make red bean paste mooncakes and five-nut mooncakes first.

When Yu Qingze and the others were talking about things earlier, Chang Le fried the black sesame seeds, and then took them to the village head's house to grind the flour.Now that he came back, he started to help fry peanut kernels, walnut kernels, melon seeds, almonds, plus the fried sesame seeds before. Small particles, just waiting for Yu Qingze to give instructions on the next step.

Yu Qingze taught Grandpa Chang and Brother Chang to make mooncakes with red bean paste. This was relatively simple, and both of them learned it relatively quickly.

After Le Geer's side was done, Yu Qingze prepared the batter for making snowy mooncakes, and then steamed them in a pot.Because no milk was found, Yu Qingze directly made one without milk, and used the juice of red amaranth to color it to make another purple one.

They worked all night and went to bed at midnight, and finally made 22 snow skin mooncakes (11 each in white and purple), 15 red bean paste mooncakes, 15 five-nut mooncakes, and 13 black sesame mooncakes.

Not all are baked, some are steamed.

Brother Chang went back very late, and Yu Qingze brought him 6 mooncakes as a thank you. There are six people in Brother Chang's family, and everyone happened to try it.

Early the next morning, Yu Qingze went to open a stall with Brother Le and the others first, while Grandpa Chang and Brother Chang did other work at home first, frying five kernels, cooking red mung beans and lotus seeds and so on.

By the way, Yu Qingze waited for Mi Geer to come over to get the mooncakes, chatted with him for a while, and confirmed that this batch was going to be sent to Yunzhou, so Yu Qingze directly packed them in a gift box, and told him to eat the snowy mooncakes and steamed mooncakes as soon as possible , the baked ones can be kept for a few more days, and the oil will taste better after two days.

Here in Tongshan City, the Cai family also needs to give gifts. Mi Geer told Yu Qingze about the approximate quantity, and said that he would come back in the afternoon to give feedback on the taste of the new mooncakes, and maybe adjust the order.

Once the two communicate well, Yu Qingze can go back first.

Before leaving, Yu Qingze was not very relieved, and told Chang Le several times.

"Brother Le, you know how to do it, I'm not worried, but if you encounter trouble, or something you can't solve, remember to go to the boss Liu of Liuji noodle shop, I told him Yes, he will help you, understand?"

Chang Le nodded, indicating that he remembered.

"Also, don't work too hard. The less money you earn, the less you earn. You should pay attention to finding time to rest, you know? When there are not many guests, just sit down and rest for a while, so as not to tire yourself out."

Chang Le continued to nod, listening obediently.

"Close up early today and go home early."

Chang Le blinked, continued to nod, and then couldn't help but gesture: I remember, you said it many times on the way here.

Yu Qingze who understood: ...

"Well, I know you remember, I just don't trust you alone. Then I went back?"

Chang Le nodded, motioning him to go back and pay attention to safety.

Brother Chang, who heard it from the side, had no expression on his face: ...Aren't my father and I human?

When Yu Qingze left, Brother Chang moved closer to Chang Le, seeing that he was still looking at Yu Qingze's back, he couldn't help shaking.

噫~~~~

When Chang Le finally came back to his senses, Brother Chang approached Chang Le and whispered in his ear: "Oh, why don't you be so reluctant, isn't it just a day, and you will see it when you go back at night. I can hear your voice Li: Brother Yu, don't go, come back quickly..."

Hearing this, Chang Le turned her head, became angry from embarrassment, and raised her hand to hit this bad-mouthed brother Chang.

Brother Chang laughed and ran away quickly.

Chang Le chased him and insisted on hitting him.

Brother Chang hurriedly begged for mercy: "Oh, okay, I was wrong, I was really wrong, Brother Le, please forgive me, ah, I was wrong, I will never eavesdrop on your voice again ..."

Brother Le was ashamed and angry, he grabbed Brother Chang and tickled him.Brother Chang was not afraid of beating, but he was afraid of being tickled, hahaha he couldn't stop laughing, tears were about to come out.

Still can't make fun of my brother at will, the rabbit who is in a hurry can also bite!

Brother Chang's father looked at the two of them, shaking his head and sighing while stringing tofu puffs. These two brothers, who are not young anymore, refuse to get married one by one, and are so naughty!

Hey, sad people!

After arguing for a while, Brother Chang took a breath, and then asked Chang Le in a low voice: "By the way, Brother Le, what did you think about what I told you yesterday?"

Chang Le paused for a moment and didn't speak.

Brother Chang saw that he was silent, and said seriously: "How about it? Do you want to try it? Change your hairstyle, maybe you will feel differently. And, Brother Le, be brave, take this step, you You can change your way of life, you know?"

Looking at Brother Chang's sincere eyes and thinking of Yu Qingze, Chang Le pursed her lips and finally nodded slightly.

"That's great, Brother Le! After dinner tonight, I'll go find you."

In the evening, the family was busy working in the kitchen. Brother Chang came in with a fir branch on his back, a wooden plank in his hand, and a pair of scissors, and said to Yu Qingze, "Boss Yu, let me borrow Brother Le first." Okay? I have something important to find him."

When Yu Qingze saw the scissors in Brother Chang's hand, he immediately understood, and replied, "Okay." But what are those fir branches used for?

Brother Chang waved to Chang Le and said happily: "Brother Le, let's go, let's go to your room."

Chang Le walked out of the kitchen with his head down, and followed Brother Chang to his room.

Light up the oil lamp, take out a small bronze mirror and a wooden comb from the drawer, and Chang Le just sat by the bed and looked at Brother Chang.

"It doesn't seem to be bright enough. I'll go light another lamp and come in." Brother Chang went out and asked Chang Hao to bring the oil lamp from their room, and then brought a bench and entered the room.

Chang Hao's eyes were wide open, very curious about what the two of them were going to do, but he didn't dare to eavesdrop, and couldn't concentrate on writing.

As soon as the door was closed, Brother Chang sat on the stool, put the board on the table, and said, "Come and take a look, among these styles, which one do you like?"

Chang Le poked his head over and looked at the five styles of bangs above. Looking around, he couldn't even imagine what he would look like if he cut it like this.

He just shook his head.

Brother Chang pointed to a style of oblique bangs and said, "I think this suits you."

Chang Le took a look, and found that the bangs were exactly the length of the eyebrows. They were slanted from the right to the left, slightly shorter on the right and longer on the left. It was a deformation of Qi bangs.The whole eye is exposed, the eyebrow on the left is just covered, and the eyebrow on the right can be seen.

In fact, if you take a closer look, it seems that the bangs of these five styles can all be seen.

"How is it?" Brother Chang asked, then looked at Chang Le's face, and said, "I think the shape of your face is quite similar to the painting on it, doesn't it look nice?"

After Brother Chang said this, he felt that this face shape did resemble him, so he nodded in agreement.

In this regard, Brother Chang must know better, just listen to him.

"Okay, just this one, and then, I like this one, let's practice it first, so as not to cut it badly, that would be bad. You practice my one, and I practice yours."

The one that Brother Chang likes is an irregular bang, with a small point in the middle of the brow, and curved sides on both sides, which looks very playful.

They used the needles of the fir tree as their hair, practiced for a while, and only began to cut it when they felt that it was all right.

Chang Le first cut Brother Chang's bangs. He often cuts his own bangs, and he has some experience in cutting bangs, so he cut Brother Chang's soon.

Brother Chang looked at the mirror, nodded, and said, "Well, very good, Brother Le, you cut your bangs so well!"

Chang Le smiled embarrassedly, and gestured: You look good, and you can look good with any bangs you cut.

"Hey hey, I'll take what you said is true. Okay, then I'll cut it for you. I often cut it myself, and I also cut it for my little brother. The technique is pretty good."

Brother Chang first combed Changle's bangs with a comb, and then picked up a lock of hair with the index and middle fingers of his left hand, and was about to cut it down.

Chang Le saw it, and grabbed Brother Chang's wrist.

"What's the matter? Don't worry, my hands are very steady." Thinking that Chang Le was worried about cutting his mouth, Brother Chang comforted him confidently.

Chang Le wasn't worried about this, but he was nervous and hesitated for a moment when he really wanted to cut it.

Do you really want to cut it?Are there really no scars?Will it really look good?Brother Yu, do you like my new hairstyle...

So many questions.

After struggling for a while, thinking of the resolution he made before, he gritted his teeth, let go of his hand, and closed his eyes.

rustling, rustling...

As Brother Chang kept opening and closing the scissors, Chang Le felt that hair cut off his face kept floating down, some stuck to his face, and some fell on the cloth scarf on his chest.

These bangs that I have kept for more than ten years, finally, cut off...

It felt like something was broken in my heart, and something was opened, and from the opened place, there was a faint light...

Chang Le felt a little uneasy and complicated, but he couldn't understand it well.

It's just that he knows that when he walks out of that door later, he will give everyone a brand new image.

……

I don't know how long it took, until Brother Chang patted the fine hair off his face and said, "Okay, you can open your eyes now", Chang Le didn't open his eyes.

"Come on, have a look, um, I think my bangs cutting skills are pretty good! It's so pretty!"

Chang Le looked nervously at the bronze mirror, without the cover of her long bangs, the self inside felt so strange, as if she was a different person.

He didn't know if it was good-looking, but he just didn't feel used to it.

However, I feel that the line of sight is much wider and brighter. In the past, the bangs were long and often blocked the line of sight, but now it feels wider.

He asked Brother Chang: Does it look good?

Brother Chang nodded with certainty: "You look good! Your eyes are beautiful, and you don't even need to paint your eyebrows. They should be exposed in the first place, so they look very bright and energetic! Anyway, they are pretty! Believe me!"

Chang Le nodded embarrassingly, feeling a little hot when Brother Chang said it.

"Okay, let's go out! Show them!" Brother Chang put the scissors away on the table, and said: "Let's show them first, and come back later to clean up the floor."

Speaking of going out, Chang Le became nervous again.

"Don't be afraid, it's really beautiful, I swear!" Brother Chang raised three fingers in a vow.

Chang Le pulled his hand down, not letting him swear, and nodded to believe him.

"Then go out." Brother Chang took Chang Le's hand, opened the door, and said to him.

Chang Le nodded, took a deep breath, stood up, and followed Brother Chang out.

"Xiao Hao!" Brother Chang called Chang Hao.

In fact, there is no need to call. Chang Hao has been paying attention to his brother's room. Because the door was closed before, Brother Chang's voice was not loud, and he could not hear clearly. He didn't know they were in there. What are you doing? It's mysterious.

When he heard the door open, he knew that the two of them were finally coming out, so he immediately stopped writing and looked up.

At this look, he was stunned.

At the first glance, Chang Hao was stunned for a moment: Who is this?

At the second glance, Chang Hao recognized it: Oh, this is my brother.

At the third glance, Chang Hao was shocked: This is my brother!my brother!

"...Brother?" Chang Hao put down the brush, left the table, slowly approached his brother, and called out hesitantly.

Chang Le nodded, feeling a little embarrassed, and gestured: "Okay, does it look good?"

Chang Hao nodded, then suddenly grinned silently, and said while laughing: "It's beautiful, it's beautiful!"

Afterwards, Chang Hao looked at his brother for a long time, and happily closed his mouth from ear to ear. Then, the little Baba played the role of Baba, and ran to the kitchen, shouting: "Grandpa, Grandpa! Brother Yu!" ! My brother cut his bangs!"

Chang Le: ...

Brother Chang pursed his lips and smiled, but was pinched by Chang Le, and immediately stopped smiling, and said seriously: "Let's go."

In the kitchen, hearing Chang Hao's shout, Yu Qingze's heart skipped a beat, and he stopped what he was doing.

Brother Le really cut his bangs? !

Is the little turtle's head about to be exposed? !

He looked at the door expectantly, wanting to see the new image of the little turtle at first glance.

"What are you calling? Doesn't your brother often cut his bangs?" Grandpa Chang said indifferently.

Chang Hao tugged at the hem of his grandfather's clothes, and said with a smile, "No, Grandpa, it's not that kind of cut! Oh, you'll see it later! You'll be shocked!"

"How can I scare..." Grandpa Chang turned his head and saw the eldest grandson appearing at the kitchen door. Before he could finish his sentence, the mooncake mold in his hand fell with a bang and hit his foot. He didn't know it, but He stared at Chang Le with wide eyes.

"Xiao, Xiaole?" Grandpa Chang blinked in disbelief and shouted.

Chang Le nodded.

Grandpa Chang suddenly became speechless, feeling his nose a little sore.

His eldest grandson has had long bangs since he was injured when he was a child. It has been more than ten years and he has never cut them short.The long bangs are like a protective film for him, protecting him from any further harm, but at the same time preventing him from looking at the outside world.

Now, he actually cut it off.

Grandpa Chang was very emotional, and he just said to the eldest grandson in a daze: "Okay, okay, okay!"

The younger brother and grandpa have agreed, and Chang Le feels relieved.

Then, ever since he came in, he didn't dare to look at Yu Qingze, and he didn't hear Yu Qingze's voice, so he didn't know his reaction?what expression?

But, do you still think it looks good?

I really wanted to know Brother Yu's reaction, but I was worried and nervous. After struggling for a while, he finally raised his head quietly, and then...

Then, I saw Yu Qingze had come over and stood in front of him.

Chang Le: ...!

Startled, Chang Le quickly lowered his head.

"Brother Chang, please help me turn over the mooncakes so they don't burn." Yu Qingze kept staring at Chang Le, but he was speaking to Brother Chang beside Chang Le.

Brother Chang looked at the two of them, pursed his lips and snickered, and said, "Okay." Then, he went over to bake mooncakes.

Brother Chang walked away, and Chang Le became even more nervous. He lowered his head and pinched the hem of his clothes unconsciously with his hands.

I'm so nervous, what if brother Yu thinks it's not good-looking?

The next moment, his wrist was pulled, and Yu Qingze took him and walked quickly into the main room.

Chang Le: ...

Chang Hao wanted to follow him, but Grandpa Chang grabbed him and said, "Go and help Brother Chang bake mooncakes."

Chang Hao pursed his mouth, regretfully said: "Okay." I really want to see it...

In the main room, Yu Qingze pulled Chang Le to stand by the table, where the candles were the brightest.

He lifted Chang Le's chin, looked at Chang Le who had cut his bangs short, and was fascinated for a moment.

Chang Le's bright eyes are a little erratic at the moment because of shyness, and her eyebrows are straight and dark without drawing.Chang Le may not know that the most beautiful thing on his face is this pair of brows and eyes, which are lively, clear and bright, which can make people fall in love with him as soon as they see him.Coupled with the faintly visible red mole between the eyebrows, it is really terrible!

Yu Qingze's fingers touched his eyebrows unconsciously, tracing them carefully.

Chang Le was forced to look up at Yu Qingze. At first, he didn't dare to look at him, but he felt his fingers caressing him gently, and then secretly looked at him.

Brother Yu's eyes are so focused, which means, do you like it?

The little heart was beating wildly, and her face, which was already red, became even redder.

Yu Qingze found out, chuckled, leaned into his ear, and said in a low voice, "Brother Le, it's very pretty, I like it very much."

Chang Le:!

Chang Le felt his heart stop beating for a moment, and then it started beating at a crazier frequency than before.

Ahhh, Brother Yu said he likes it!

he likes!

Be crazy with joy!

then……

Yu Qingze didn't know that the villain in Chang Le's heart was waving his flag and shouting wildly. He felt it from his heart, held Brother Le's face, and kissed him lightly between his brows.

"Brother Le, you are awesome, I am so proud of you!"

Chang Le:!