Lucky husband

After the finished passion oil cake is cut, it is placed neatly on a shallow plate. It is square, with white skin and fillings of different colors due to different materials. The tangy aroma makes people Especially appetite.

"Mommy, are we ready?" Bai Ting turned around the plate, looked at Qiumomo, and asked with some unfinished thoughts.

To be honest, Li Mingjin also wanted to ask this question. He always felt as if he hadn't done anything yet. Before he could react, they had already made the beautiful pastries sold in the pastry shop.

For those who only know how to knead dough and steam some steamed buns and steamed buns, pastry is a delicate and precious thing, which they had never touched before.

"Well, it's done." Nanny Qiu answered Bai Ting's question with a nod, and then carefully looked at each side of the passion oil cake made by the three of them. It looked okay and there was no problem.

Then, Nanny Qiu picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, took a bite and tasted it carefully.

The white cake skin is soft and glutinous but not sticky to the teeth. The overall taste of the filling is crispy. If you chew it carefully, the dried fruit and dried fruit added in it will have different levels of chewiness, and the taste is very good.

The first cage was done more successfully than Madam Qiu expected. She was worried that using a stove that they were not familiar with would make mistakes due to inexperience.

After tasting a small piece, Madam Qiu explained: "Passion oil cake is not complicated at all, and it is easy to make. The more complicated patterns are not easy to make without the special tools for the pastry workshop and the guidance of the pastry chef. "

I still remember that when she first made pastries with a chef who specializes in pastries, her thinking was similar to that of Li Mingjin and the others. She felt that she had made a kind of pastry, as if other pastries were fine, but in fact it was not. Not so, even if only steaming is used, the pastries made are varied and different.

"If you are interested in the future, I will teach you how to make other things. Let's eat this basket of passion oil cakes by ourselves, and make the next basket that the old man sent." Qiu Nanny said.

Although there is no major problem with this cage of passion oil cake, because it was the first time I made it, Mother Qiu was worried that there would be problems and planned to keep it for them to eat, so I put a lot of dried fruit, and the taste was a little sour and sweet It is suitable for women and brothers to eat, but it is not good to give it to Mr. Zhang, and you have to make a new cage.

"Okay." Both Bai Ting and Li Mingjin had no objections, they were just about to taste what the cakes they made were like.

The two looked at each other, and at the same time picked up a piece of passion oil cake that had long been fancy on the plate and ate it.

Li Mingjin, who had only eaten glutinous rice cakes, red bean cakes, mung bean cakes, osmanthus cakes, and peach blossom cakes before, ate passion oil cakes. He couldn't tell what it tasted like, but he thought it was delicious.

After eating one piece quickly, he picked up another piece and chewed slowly to taste the specific taste.

When Li Mingjin was about to pick up the third piece, Madam Qiu stopped him: "Passion Fragrant Oil Cake should not be eaten too much, at most two pieces in one afternoon."

Passion oil cake is made of fine glutinous rice flour, and a lot of sugar and oil are added. If you eat too much, it is not easy to digest, and it is easy to gain weight, so you must not eat too much.

Bai Ting on the side ate a little slower at the beginning. When she just started to eat the second piece, she saw Qiu Momo pressing Li Mingjin's hand down, and then Li Mingjin could only watch herself eat helplessly, making her eat. Embarrassed, she speeded up her eating.

The three of them made it together. The first basket made about two plates. The rest of the passion oil cake was going to be sent out by Madam Qiu. She found a basket and spread a thick layer of clean white gauze under the basket. , put the passion oil cake in a basket, and asked Bai Ting and Li Mingjin to send it to Wanjia next door.

There are Bai Zhiwen and the others in the Wan's house, and there are three servants. The man is hungry so he doesn't have to worry about gaining weight. It's just right for them to eat so many passion oil cakes.

In the morning, Wan's family gave them some chopsticks, bowls and pans, and in the afternoon, Li Mingjin and the others returned to cakes. The two families had exchanges, so that the relationship could be closer.

Qiu Momo waited for Li Mingjin and the others to come back at home, and then took them to make a second cage. This time, they put less dried fruit and more dried fruit, and correspondingly reduced the sugar, so that the fruit could Dry is more in line with men's tastes.

The first time is unfamiliar, but the second time is much more proficient. While stirring the glutinous rice, Li Mingjin asked Qiu Mama, "Mama, do you know a lot of pastries? Do you think we can consider opening it in the capital?" A pastry shop."

"Don't even think about it." Qiu Nanny poured cold water directly on Li Mingjin's head.

Bai Ting spoke to the side: "Brother Jin, do you remember the price of the materials you went out to buy with us today?"

"Price..." Li Mingjin recalled for a moment, and began to count on his fingers what they bought and how much they paid for.

"Fine glutinous rice flour is 25 Wen a catty, fine white flour is 35 Wen a catty, fine sugar is 53 Wen a catty, caramel is 38 Wen a catty, honey is 52 Wen a catty, and dried sesame seeds are 54 Wen. One catty, melon seeds are 79 Wen per catty, walnuts are 25 Wen per catty, dried almonds are 31 Wen per catty, pine nuts are 43 Wen per catty, peanuts are 35 Wen per catty, dried red dates are 47 Wen per catty, raisins are [-] Wen per catty, there are two kinds of dried plums, one is [-] Wen per catty, the other is [-] Wen per catty..."

As he talked, Li Mingjin probably understood what Bai Ting meant. Passion oil cakes were too expensive.

Their prices are expensive not only because these things are expensive and small in quantity, but also because this is the capital, and buying things in the capital is [-]% more expensive than other prefectures.

Li Mingjin was not convinced. He felt that not only were they expensive to buy, but also those who opened the shop were also expensive. People in other pastry shops can continue their business, so why can't they.

Eyeballs rolled around, and Li Mingjin had an idea: "We can discuss the price with a shop that buys dry goods. If we buy it for a long time, the price should be cheaper. As for the fine glutinous rice flour that uses a lot And fine white flour, we can go to the villages near the capital to collect it, and it is cheaper to find the villagers than to buy it at the grain store.”

After listening to Li Mingjin's words, Mother Qiu smiled and said, "Brother Jin, Mrs. Li, you are all thinking about it, thinking that I think the raw materials for making pastries are expensive, no, the raw materials for making pastries are expensive." Although it is expensive, you can sell the cakes you make at a corresponding price, no matter what is in the capital, it is a bit more expensive, and the price is not the point."

"What I mean is that the capital city is not a county seat, so you can't open any kind of shop you want. In the one-acre land in the capital city, there is no shop without a backer. When your Jia Zhiwen becomes the champion in the imperial examination, maybe you At that time, if you can open a pastry shop and get the name of the champion husband, you should be able to open it."

Without a background, not to mention whether someone will find a job after the shop opens, even if you want to find a vacant shop, it is even more difficult, and there is no way without introduction.

Li Mingjin was not convinced, and he continued, "Then we don't need a shop, we just make pastries and sell them along the street."

"Are you a native of the capital? Can you speak the local dialect of the capital?" Madam Qiu continued calmly.

Cakes are not like other things, you have to import them, they are not locals, and you don’t have a local accent. If you sell them on the street, people don’t believe you at all, and you are worried that you will get sick and have a stomachache if you eat these unknown things.

People who can settle in the capital, even ordinary people, have some skills, not everyone can do it, so everyone is very cautious.

Li Mingjin's ideas were repeatedly denied by Nanny Qiu, and he was doing things with a pout, he was not happy.

When I was in the county, Li Mingjin advised my fourth sister to raise and sell rabbits. Didn't she do a good job? Why can't she do it in the capital?

Qiu Momo ignored Li Mingjin at first, and after they steamed the second basket of cakes and fillings, she asked, "Brother Jin, why do you want to do business?"

"I feel that after arriving in the capital, no matter what I buy, it is very expensive. I read a story before that it is very easy to make money in the capital. It said that the capital is full of gold, so I want to try it." Li Mingjin said.

Deep down in his heart, he actually felt that it was a bit boring to accompany his eldest brother and Bai Zhiwen to prepare for the test. He wanted to find something for himself to do, so he came up with such an idea.

"There are a lot of rich people in the capital. For the rich, of course, money can quickly generate money. It's not easy for people like us who have no power or power." Qiu Momo comforted him.

With the level of goodness of Qiu Momo, she could see Li Mingjin's inner thoughts at a glance, and said to him: "Brother Jin, you have to understand that now is the key to the fact that Young Master Li and Zhiwen are going to take part in the examination soon." During the period, the purpose of our following them is to take care of them, not to find something to do, if you are idle and bored, why not think about how to make the food more delicious, I will teach you how to cook every day from now on."

Li Mingjin blinked in surprise, he didn't like the work on the stove very much, because he always felt that the food he cooked was not very tasty, and Nanny Qiu knew it.

Of course Qiu Momo knew, so she went on to say, "Don't want to cook? Then continue to learn the rules and practice lower script."

Li Mingjin's study of the rules has already improved his posture problems such as sitting, standing and walking, so Mother Qiu changed it to teach him how the food and clothing expenses of rich people are different from ordinary people's.

When I was in Changping County before, Madam Qiu thought that she would not teach Li Mingjin for a long time, so she just told him about the categories of precious things, the allusions and short stories behind them, and hoped that Li Mingjin would meet these things in the future. Valuables can be recognized.

Now that she has enough time, she thinks she can explain these things in more detail, and ask Li Mingjin from time to time what he taught him before. If Li Mingjin can't answer, then reward him for writing more lower case.

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