Indecisive Survival Guide

The tall cage completely covered Wu Dalang who was standing opposite. Zhao Cuiniang was startled and then laughed awkwardly, "Look at my eyes, brother-in-law, don't mind. The materials for Jinlian sister have been prepared according to what you said yesterday. Alright, let’s see if you should chop it into cubes or shred it or foam it.”

"Cut tofu into cubes, shred carrots, mince meat..." Looking at the piles of ingredients, Lu Qianqian immediately rolled up his sleeves, put on his apron and got into work.

She vaguely remembered that she once had a dream, that she wanted to marry a bun seller and eat buns for the rest of her life.Unfortunately, this dream existed for too short a time. When she ate hot pot for the first time, it turned into marrying a hot pot restaurant.

Wu Dalang, who had never seen such a side of Lu Qianqian, couldn't help but be amazed. Is this his lady who sleeps until the sun rises?

"I said big brother, you can marry such a beautiful and virtuous daughter-in-law." Li Ergou, who originally thought that Lu Qianqian's husband was a good-looking talent even if he wasn't a dragon and phoenix, looked at Wu Dalang with admiration. Could this be a drama? Is it the true love you mentioned?

Wu Dalang, who has always been belittled by others, proudly puffed out his unimposing chest when he heard Li Ergou's words. Under the continuous praise, he almost really thought that he was a virtuous daughter-in-law.But her brace, which was still attached to her waist, quickly brought him back to reality.

"My brother, what can I do?"

"My surname is Li, and you can call me Brother Li. I wonder if the big brother can burn fire?" Li Ergou carefully looked at Wu Dalang's appearance, and he was very impressed by the face that was much older than him. It's hard to call him brother-in-law like his mother-in-law.

"My surname is Wu, and I sold cooking cakes before, so I am good at lighting fires." Wu Dalang squatted next to the stove to check the fire while talking.

Lu Qianqian and Zhao Cuiniang's hands and feet were very nimble, and they processed all the ingredients in a short while, leaving only the seasoning.The preparation of meat stuffing and vegetarian stuffing doesn't need to be complicated. As for tofu stuffing, you need to blanch the tofu first to remove the beany smell, and then season it.

According to Lu Qianqian's request, Wu Dalang heated the fire very vigorously, and the diced tofu that was blanched in high fire looked extra tender and juicy.She fished all the diced tofu into the big wooden basin, and added various ingredients in it, the color was very attractive.

It was dawn soon, and the sound of the door bolt being pulled came from the alley, and the early-rising shopkeepers started to leave their stalls with heavy burdens.Sleepy-eyed, the first thing they wake up is the sense of smell. When they are in the house, they can only smell the faint fragrance, which is tolerable, but when they go out, the overbearing fragrance seems to be drilled into their noses. People can't stop.

The sense of smell, which woke up before their heads, led them to the steamed stuffed bun stall. Some regular customers saw that such a strong smell came from Li Ergou's stall and couldn't help but tease them, "I said Ergouzi, you steamed stuffed bun. It’s so fragrant today, could it be that human flesh has been added to it?”

"Go, go, what kind of human meat? I obviously added dragon meat. I like to eat it or not." Pointing at Li Ergou who had a good start, he unceremoniously turned back.

"Just kidding, don't be upset. Give me two meat ones, one vegetarian one, plus a bowl of porridge and a side dish."

"Okay!"

"Boss, give me four pieces of meat and a bowl of porridge!"

"I want two vegetarian ones!"

"Boss, do you have any meat? Give me two more!"

"There's no more meat, but if there's tofu, don't you want it?"

"Damn Xipi, why are they selling so fast. Forget it, the tofu ones are the tofu ones!"

The whole morning, Li Ergou was busy selling, Lu Qianqian and Zhao Cuiniang were busy making buns while greeting customers, and Wu Dalang squatted in front of the stove all the while burning a fire.Because of his short stature, if he didn't move, almost no one would know that there were four people in the stall.There is one thing to say, although he is not good at business, but the fire is really good, and every basket of steamed buns is just right.

The steamed stuffed buns that were supposed to be sold until the afternoon were sold out before noon, and many customers who heard the news eagerly looked at the empty cages.

"It's really gone, please hurry up next time." Li Ergou kept repeating this sentence until the stall was closed.Although it was a refusal, the smile on his face never faded.

The four who took over the stall came to the home of Zhao Cuiniang and Li Ergou. Instead of renting a house facing the street, they actually bought a small courtyard in the alleyway to settle down.The tools for eating were neatly placed in the small yard, and Zhao Cuiniang planted some seasonal vegetables in the remaining small open space.

"The place is a bit small, sister and brother-in-law don't laugh at me." Zhao Cuiniang scratched her head in embarrassment as she looked at the small space in the house. She didn't feel anything when it was just the two of them, but the sudden presence made the room a bit cramped.

Lu Qianqian shook her head with a smile, "It's not so small, but I feel that living in such a courtyard is particularly at ease."

While the two were talking, Li Ergou poured a drawer of copper coins onto the Eight Immortals table with a clatter, his eyes glowing. "Miss, hurry up and count and see how much money we made today."

The three of them who had been busy all morning had the same day's harvest, and for a while there was only the sound of counting money in the small room.

"My side is 460 five copper coins." Zhao Cuiniang, who counted the fastest, faced five stacks of copper coins, one of which was obviously shorter than the other four stacks.

"I've counted it too. Here are 670 four copper coins." Li Ergou's movements are also very fast. Counting money after work is the happiest time for them every day.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Dalang also reported his number, a total of 590 six pieces.On the contrary, Lu Qianqian was the slowest at counting the coins, and she had a total of 490 coins in her hand.

"My dear, my lady, let's do the previous two or three days' income in one morning. If we prepare more materials tomorrow and sell them until noon, wouldn't we be able to double it again?" Li Ergou was very excited, and they prepared today The material cost is only 630 Wen, plus the charcoal fire money and booth fee, the total cost is less than [-] Wen, which means that today I made a net profit of [-] and [-] Wen.

Wu Dalang also silently calculated the accounts in his heart. He and his wife had been busy all morning, and according to the share, they should be able to get nearly half of the taels of silver.Although it sounds like he doesn't sell as many pancakes as he does, it's pure profit.

"Come on, sister Jinlian, this is your share. According to the previous agreement, I should give you 490 Wen, but my brother-in-law also came to help, so I will take advantage of it and give you 550 Wen." Zhao Cuiniang was very straightforward. He counted out 550 copper coins and handed them to Lu Qianqian.

Lu Qianqian was not polite to her either, she counted out ten coins after accepting the money and threw it lightly to Wu Dalang, "Sister Zhao gave it to you, you can take it, if you spend it carefully!"

Wu Dalang, who was still smiling just now, immediately became honest when he heard this sentence. Thinking of the foreign account figures calculated by Lu Qianqian last night, he silently collected the ten cents, planning to save up to pay off the debt.

Day by day, Wu Dalang still sleeps in the tidied up utility room. It's not that he hasn't thought about hugging his fragrant and soft wife, but every time he sees the pole in front of the door, he feels The flag died down.The steamed stuffed bun stall became more and more famous. In the end, Zhao Cuiniang and Lu Qianqian joined forces and decided to buy a big ticket. They rented a small shop on the main commercial road and opened a Cuilian steamed stuffed bun shop.

After having a fixed store, Lu Qianqian kept researching and developing new varieties of buns, such as diced chicken with mushrooms, pork with sauerkraut, mutton and scallions, and even crab roe soup buns in order to cater to the tastes of dignitaries.The reputation of the bun shop is also growing, and even hired a few waiters.

As the business grew bigger and bigger, Lu Qianqian not only paid off his foreign debts, but also bought the two-story building facing the street that he rented at the beginning.And Wu Dalang didn't think about his cooking cakes in his heart, instead he concentrated on being the cook who lit the fire.

"Excuse me, may I ask how to get to Cuilian Steamed Bun Shop?" A strong man with a height of eight feet asked passers-by.He had just arrived in Yanggu County, and he heard that Cuilian Steamed Bun Shop was famous for its steamed buns, so he had the idea of ​​trying them out.

"Go straight along this road, and you will see the one with the most people queuing up. However, I am afraid that the steamed stuffed buns have been sold out by this point." The enthusiastic passer-by pointed the way to the strong man, "Every kind of steamed stuffed bun in his house The buns are all delicious, if you can come across the leftovers, no matter what is left over, just buy it!"

Facing the enthusiastic introduction of passers-by, the strong man became more curious about the bun shop, and he unavoidably quickened his pace.As expected by passers-by, the steamed buns in the cage were gone by the time the queue reached him.

"I'm sorry, guest officer, the buns are sold out, please hurry up tomorrow." Zhao Cuiniang said to the strong man very apologetically.

Although he was disappointed that he didn't buy it, the strong man who had already prepared himself shook his head and was about to leave when he saw a pretty woman walking out with a plate of buns.

"Sister Zhao, come over for dinner soon."

"Here comes."

"Hey! Why don't you sell me buns when you have them!" The brawny man who had smelled the smell of buns for a long time but couldn't buy them was already upset. When he saw that there were still buns in the shop but didn't sell them to him, he exploded. .

"Guest officer, we keep these steamed buns for ourselves, not for takeaway." Li Ergou hurried over from the back kitchen when he saw someone making trouble.

The brawny man raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "There's no reason why bun shops don't sell buns! I think you're just bullying us from other places!"

"If you say you don't sell it, you don't sell it. Since the opening of our Cuilian bun shop, we will keep ten buns for our own use. Whether it's from other places or local, the rules are the same." I haven't had time to drink after a busy morning. Lu Qianqianhuo also came up.These days Wu Dalang's unusual obedience made her angry and had no place to vent her anger, but someone who is not afraid of death came along!

"I, Wu Song, must buy this bun today!"