Snack Street Tycoon

Fan Yu was vaguely disturbed by what he said, but he couldn't reject his proposal.This afternoon at Xia Houyi's house, after delivering the fanhe cool stick to him, he really pulled him and gave him a good press on his back.It was originally Fan Yu who wanted to take the initiative to offer his work to please him, and originally wanted to offer to help him massage his back so that he could relax for a while, but before he took the initiative to offer this work, Xia Houyi Pulling said to use the push-and-press moves on his back last time, so he pressed for him.

Then, at night, Xia Houyi still asked him to stay for dinner, but he said no, and said that he didn't tell his mother-in-law that he wanted to stay outside for dinner, and said that if they didn't go back, they would be worried.But Xia Houyi immediately sent a servant to go up the mountain to report to Fan Yu's mother-in-law, saying that he would stay at a friend's house for dinner and then go back after dinner.And Xia Houyi said that he was originally going to stay for dinner last time, saying that everyone came, so there is no one who would not stop by to eat together, but last time he was pushed to sleep, so he was not kept. When I woke up, I realized that he had already left early in the morning.

After dinner, Xia Houyi personally sent Fan Yu back.Zong Fan Yu said that it was all right, it was not too late, and there were no raptors and beasts on their mountain, so it would not be dangerous to go all the way back, but Xia Houyi still walked back with him.Xia Houyi stopped at the iron chain bridge, said he watched him cross the bridge and went back.He told Xia Houyi to pay attention to his personal safety when he returned to his house for a while, and Xia Houyi said he didn't have to worry about it.Then Fan Yu told him that he would send [-] sticks to him at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, and that he would send someone to take the goods to the backyard of his Houyi restaurant, and then let the shopkeeper go to the backyard to pick them up. .

After returning home, my mother-in-law and Zu Xin asked him who he had been in contact with recently, but he never mentioned it.He also just replied vaguely: "A friend." Then there was no further text.

Then, he went to the kitchen behind him, boiled sugar again, and crushed the remaining tomato leaves to make juice.He was busy with these things, and he found that the handmade cool sticks made in the morning on the stove seemed to be a lot missing.He glanced at his dog first, the dog had an innocent face, and he thought about it, his little Zheng would not lick or touch anything except what was put in his bowl seriously, and he would still The container of the small bamboo basket was placed against the wall inside the stove.He took another look at his horse, and that horse also had an unclear expression, so he thought about it too, how could a gentleman like his horse steal something to eat without asking.

He stood facing the stove, thinking how the cool sticks were missing so much for no reason. At this time, Zu Xin came in, passed behind him, stopped in front of the stove, and stretched out his hand to the stove. I took a sip from the small basket on the side of the platform against the wall, and took a piece of the cool stick to eat.Fan Yu looked at him, and he also looked at Fan Yu, "Crackling" bit the cool stick in the middle with his teeth.Fan Yu clapped his hands: "Too bad, you ate so much!" Hearing what Fan Yu said, he immediately showed a sad expression on his face, and said, "Didn't you specially cook it for me to eat?" Why? Why do you think I eat too much?" Fan Yu immediately explained: "Hey, why do you think you eat too much? How can this food be eaten like this." Zu Xin said: "What's wrong? It's cool and sweet. , better than honey." Fan Yu said: "Yes, it is because eating too much of this will consume energy, and eating too much will make people easily lose energy." Zu Xin's face was full of surprise, and said: " Ah? What should I do then?" While talking, he also took the other half of the root he was pinching into his mouth.

Fan Yu was thinking: just because he was young, his body didn't feel it, so he just ate and drank casually like this.

Then, he said: "All right, this is the last one today, don't eat any more. Tomorrow I will make another kind of candy for you to warm up your body. You are not allowed to eat this tomorrow morning, do you understand?" Xin replied "Oh" disappointedly, feeling weak at the thought of not being able to eat this tomorrow morning.

On the second morning, Fan Yu sent the cool sticks he made the night before down the mountain to the house, missing a 15-year-old boy who quietly sent them to Hou Yi restaurant, and told him that he must go to the backyard gate to deliver the goods. go in.He also said that he didn't need to charge any money, and he just put it in their restaurant for trial sale, and he didn't know if it would be good or not.The boy agreed, and then he spun his hands and carried the basket to Hou Yi Restaurant.

Fan Yu bought a piece of young ginger from a vegetable stall in the market. Ginger is called "Dixin" here. He thought that maybe it was called Dixin because it grew in the soil and had a pungent taste. .He found that the ginger here is quite expensive. He asked people why it was so expensive. The stall owner told him that it was very difficult to grow. He was quite surprised because he thought that ginger was the best to grow. Later, he thought that others would do it too. It’s a business, so I didn’t refute him verbally, just nodded, explained clearly, gave the money, and left with the whole piece of tender ginger with branches and forks that looked like a dragon’s horn.I just thought about it on the way back, no wonder I’ve been here for a long time, and I’ve never seen my mother-in-law stir-fry any dish with shredded ginger. It seems that after a while, when some things are too busy, I can grow ginger, not only You can use it to make handmade ginger candy in the same way as handmade mints. You can also put some in cooking and soup at home. It can dehumidify - the first of all evils.

After returning home, Fan Yu pounded the tender ginger into a small stone mortar for pounding medicine, and even filtered it.Originally, the kind of handmade ginger candy made by folks in the world he was familiar with was added with raw ginger, which was usually not filtered. The real ginger is in the sugar, so that it looks like it is the real material.

Instead, he thought about filtering it finely. With the essence of ginger juice, it is enough to have this effect, and there is no need to leave ginger flesh in it to show that it is real ginger.And it tastes softer too.

He added less maltose in the process of boiling the sugar, so that the final handmade ginger candy will be crunchier than the previous handmade mint candy, and the incision of the candy bar looks like there are slightly more small pores.Then, the temperature of the boiled sugar has to be increased. Like the mint juice before, it is cold after all. When it is added to the boiled syrup, the overall temperature has been kept at about 75 degrees.But now when the ginger juice is added to the syrup and boiled together, because the ginger juice is hot, it doesn't matter if the overall temperature is high, and it is better to be higher, so he controls the temperature at [-] degrees or so.

In the end, the ginger candy was light brown after being pulled out by him, unlike mint juice, which will change color with the volatilization of some ingredients after entering the high-temperature sugar solution, and finally become transparent and colorless. On the contrary, the color became thicker and darker as it was boiled. It was light yellow tender ginger juice, but once boiled, the final color of the entire sugar embryo was dyed light brown.

Fan Yu made about [-] sticks during this trip, and he also made the ginger candy into a cylindrical shape. The diameter of the incision is the same as that of the mint stick, but the length is only half of the mint stick.He didn't have any particular reason for cutting these ginger candies like this, he just thought that the length would look better.He thought it would be too much to put all these at home for Zu Xin to eat alone, so he might as well bring some to Chonghou Fang. Life in the female city.Unlike Xiahouyi's family with many men, Fan Yu thought that Xiahouyi's family was very similar to his own family, which also had many men.

So he took [-] or so ginger candies and went to Dakang Restaurant to find Chonghou Fang.For some reason, this time he didn't dare to enter through the front door of Dakang Restaurant, but went around to the backyard to let someone in to inform.He didn't understand what was wrong with him. He clearly felt that he was upright in his heart, but he was afraid of being seen by the people who passed Hou Yi's restaurant for some unknown reason, so he would tell Xia Houyi when the time came.

He was holding a bamboo basket in his hand, and inside the bamboo basket was a small jar made of black pottery with a cover, in which he put his light brown ginger candies.When he went to find Hou Fang, he was in the side room where he used to handle business besides the main fire room in the backyard. The windows of this side room were opened in completely different directions from the ventilation outlets of the fire room. The smell of the ingredients in the fire room was not contaminated.

When Zonghou Fang saw him coming, he asked him what he was up to recently, but it had been a long time since he came to his door.He replied, "I'm not busy with anything." Then he said that he came back to give him something, knowing that there are more women in his family, so he made this kind of warming candy at home, so he sent some over here. It is especially good for women, it restores yang and replenishes qi, and it is especially good to eat this on the days of monthly menstruation, especially if you have a cold constitution and are afraid of cold, you will feel lighter and stronger after eating this.

After hearing this, Chonghou Wang said to him: "It's rare that you have such a heart for me." Then he happily took the basket and took out the black pottery jar inside.Then, he lifted the lid of the altar, went up to sniff it, and saw that there was a strong fresh spicy smell mixed with sugar, which seemed to be made of real materials.

He put the altar cover back on, raised his head and asked, "The materials are very expensive. You haven't done anything to offend me recently, have you?" I really did nothing to feel sorry for him, except to give the cold stick to the opposite house first.When he thought of this cool stick, he was horrified. After it was over, he actually made the ginger candy for Zonghou Fang so similar to the cool stick that was opposite. Except that the length and color were different, the rest was nothing. There is a difference, and then this evil spirit will be able to tell at a glance that he is also the one who made the cool stick.

He couldn't help but feel depressed, annoyed at how he thought about things so incompletely. Sure enough, he couldn't do anything that was not bright. As long as he did it, he would be exposed one day.He could only answer vaguely: "No, no. There is nothing wrong with you." Chonghou Fang felt that something was wrong when he saw him like this, but he thought it was because he had done something good and brought it to himself. , it is no longer difficult.

Fan Yu stayed with him for a while, then got up and bid farewell to him, saying that he still had things to do when he went home.

When he got home, it was already [-]:[-] in the afternoon. He first passed the house in front of him and saw some movement inside, so he knew that it was his mother-in-law and Zu Xin who had returned.He didn't stop to say hello first, but went back to the kitchen behind him and put down the basket first, thinking about putting the basket down before going to the front to talk to them.But after placing the basket, another black pottery jar that he used to hold ginger candy sticks on the stove was missing.So he went around to the front and saw Zu Xin eating ginger candy there.And not only Zu Xin is eating, but her mother-in-law is also eating.

As soon as the mother-in-law saw Fan Yu coming in, she said, "Oh, this candy is delicious, it smells like honey, and...it seems to smell like pungent. How did you get the pungent taste?" Fan Yu said: "Where is that taste made? It's made by pounding the bought pungent and mixing it with juice." When the mother-in-law heard this, she was shocked: "This... I have eaten ten of them. I knew it earlier. This sugar is so precious, my old lady won’t eat that much.” Fan Yu said: “What’s the matter, you can eat it, mother-in-law. I’ll plant this after a while, buy one, and turn it into two, Thirty, it’s not expensive at all.” When the mother-in-law heard this, she was naturally happy, and said, “Oh, the older I get, the more afraid of the cold, and the weather is getting colder and colder. I’ll eat this, Everyone is warm."

Zu Xin nodded while eating: "Well, it's warm." Fan Yu walked over and said, "How many have you eaten?" Zu Xin thought for a while: "It's only twenty." Fan Yu scolded: " Eat it as a meal!" Zu Xin's shoulders trembled when he heard it, and he didn't know whether it was cold or warm, he only knew that it was sweet, delicious, and crisp, and if it was crisp, it would melt easily. Also, the sweetness is not pure, but there is a burnt aroma in the middle, so I just ate one after another.Fan Yu went on to say: "My mother-in-law ate to warm her body. You are fine. Your body is not cold. You can eat five at most. You will be angry if you eat too much." Zu Xin said: "Oh, I will eat it tomorrow." Eat less. But I have never eaten this kind of candy, so I will naturally eat more when it tastes good." He was justified when he said it, and Fan Yu knew that he couldn't speak against him, so he had to say: "Okay, okay, tomorrow I will eat more." I will make this kind of candy for you, but it has a different flavor, neither cold nor warm, so you can eat it as you like..." Zu Xin said, "Okay."

The three people were talking when they heard his dog barking.Fan Yu and the others looked out the door and saw someone coming to them from the other side of Banqiao.Fan Yu went out to greet him, he recognized this person, it was the servant who was always sent by Xia Houyi to his home to report to him.The man said: "The two hundred handmade cold sticks were sold out an hour ago. The owner asked if there was any stock here. If there is any, he can take it to the restaurant and give it to the shopkeeper to continue selling. And Minger asked later if he wanted to order [-] pieces, would you be able to supply them here?"

After Fan Yu heard this, he didn't expect this thing to be so easy to sell. From this point of view, maybe Xia Houyi's business instinct is sharper than his.He asked in an inquisitive manner: "Then how much do you sell for one of these?" The man replied: "It sells for three." Spit bones?

So he went back to the kitchen behind him and took about 150 or so sticks left at home, put them in a black pottery jar and put them in a bamboo basket, and then went down the mountain with the servant, saying that he wanted to go to their restaurant to have a look.

After they went, they still entered through the backyard door.Fan Yu handed the black pottery altar to the shopkeeper, and saw that the shopkeeper took the black pottery altar to the front counter, and he followed suit.He saw that the counter in this store collects money on the left side, and there is a large bamboo basket on the right side of the counter. Dear.The basket has a base and a bowl, which are connected as a whole. The base is a round pier with a wide top and bottom, and a bowl-shaped container is "supported" on the base. When you look closely, the bottom of the bowl is flat.Bamboo baskets are made of bamboo slices, woven extremely finely, and painted inside and out with the black lacquer used to paint lacquerware such as Japanese wooden bowls.

But this dark color sets off the white candy stick inside even more pure white as snow.He saw that the shopkeeper used a bamboo and wooden clip to clip the cool sticks out of the black pottery jar and arrange them neatly in the "bowl".The bamboo and wood tongs are a bit like the big stainless steel tongs that are used to turn over when grilling or the big tongs that are used to hold salads, but this one is made of bamboo slices, and the end for clamping is smooth. toothless.

A wooden sign was inserted on the black lacquer basket, engraved on it: "Handmade cold sticks, clear mouth after meals, sweet and fragrant teeth and cheeks, refreshed, three sticks for one." The candy sticks are all placed, and someone has already come forward to buy them.Seeing that the shopkeeper picked up one of the candy sticks with the bamboo and wood clips, and pressed a piece of oiled paper as small as N times stick against the lower half of the candy stick. Holding the piece of oiled paper, he handed the candy to the person who came to buy it.

Fan Yu thought, paying attention to packaging really makes a difference.

At this time, one person came and said he wanted ten cigarettes, so the shopkeeper took out a small soft-skinned box made of sorghum stalks from under the counter, about three packs stacked together, Then I used the clip to hold ten of them and put them in vertically. Then I lifted back the cover that was connected with the box body, which was also made of stalk leather. I closed the box, gave the box to someone, and took the box away. people's money.

Fan Yu was a little impressed. It seems that Xia Houyi not only pays attention to the quality of packaging, but also his people are really fast. They only started selling in the morning, but they can immediately pack all the "wrapping paper" and "packaging paper" that must be prepared on the hardware. "Packing boxes" and "advertising boards" are all ready.

He carried the bamboo basket and walked back inside, and before he left, he told Xia Houyi's servant that at nine o'clock tomorrow morning he would send someone to bring over [-] roots.

On the way back, he bought coconuts and planned to use coconut milk to make that kind of candy bar. In that case, you don’t have to worry about his body getting weak or getting angry if he eats as much as he wants.But you should still worry about getting fat, and you still have to ask him to eat less sugar.Teenagers who eat too much sugar are worried about getting fat, and elderly people who eat too much sugar are worried about problems like type [-] diabetes.Helplessly, Zu Xin and her mother-in-law at home seemed to have no idea when they ate something sweet.

As Fan Yu walked all the way, he kept thinking that Zu Xin ate sweets too much, so he had to talk to him when he got the chance.