The daily life of the husband who crossed the field

August [-]th is a traditional festival. In the Li Dynasty, it was the biggest festival of the Spring Festival. It was popular among the people to eat "moon balls", also called "small cakes", which was later called moon cakes.

Zhang Zhen thought about it, and felt that this business opportunity should not be missed. Now that moon cakes have just developed, there are not too many styles, and the tastes are not complicated. They are not as creative as later generations, and the taste is not as thorough as research.

Traditional mooncakes are essential, but Zhang Zhen intends to focus on snowy mooncakes with both beauty and taste.The appearance of the ice skin is simple and elegant, beautiful and fashionable, the appearance is as translucent as glass, and the inside tastes soft and glutinous, which is very different from traditional mooncakes.

Since there is no ready-made ice skin flour, Zhang Zhen made homemade Chengfen. In fact, this method is also simple. Use ordinary wheat flour to make dough, then put it in water and keep kneading until it can’t be kneaded. Gluten can be made, and the others will become clear powder after filtering. The mooncake skin made of this kind of powder has a translucent feeling.

Shunzi collected a lot of things like red beans, mung beans, sesame seeds, and walnuts.

On August [-]th, they announced that they would sell moon cakes tomorrow. In order to ensure freshness, Zhang Zhen and the others started making them the night before August [-]th.

Zhang Zhen pours Chengfen into a bowl and adds warm water, stir well, steam over high heat for 10 minutes, cool to about 50 degrees, take out the ice skin and knead it into a steamed bun shape, and put all the prepared fillings into the ice skin , Put it into the mold, press it into moon cakes, and put it in the refrigerator to refrigerate.

Of course, the last step is done by myself in private. Demonstrate the other steps, and the others will quickly learn it. Zhang Zhen concentrates on the seasoning. .

When we arrived at the house, everyone prepared all the mooncakes to be sold the next day. A large group of people went back to the village with lanterns. But now that there is a shop, they don’t have to get up so early the next morning to occupy a seat. Everyone I still have two pieces of mooncakes in my hands and take them home for my family to eat. I don’t know how Dasong came up with this thing. It looks so naive and cute that people are reluctant to eat it, but after taking a bite ...It's cute or something, let's not think about it.

The next morning, Shanshan shouted in front of the "Delicious Shop": "Fresh moon balls, don't miss it when you pass by, three pennies a piece, come closer and have a look, you will definitely not lose money." I can't do it!"

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and every family has to have a reunion dinner at home. The delicious shop has already said that it will not cook today, why is it still selling moon cakes now?

People who already knew the inside story yesterday squeezed over, approached and saw the colorful moon balls, and asked, "Is this a moon ball? Why does it look like this?"

Orange Blossom hurriedly said from the side: "That's right. This is our shopkeeper's unique secret recipe. I guarantee that you will definitely want to eat the second one after eating one. You will never forget it."

"Then Cheng, give me one to try." For the shopkeeper who cooks in this restaurant, the visitor still believes that he is a regular customer here, and that dish is delicious, so he went to Fucheng has never eaten such a delicious meal.

Shanshan introduced: "Guest officer, we have different fillings here, you can choose one to try first? If you say you like sweet or salty, I can recommend one to you."

The man said: "I'm a bit sweet, find me something delicious."

"Okay." Shanshan Liluo wrapped a bean paste stuffed moon ball with oiled paper, handed it to the visitor, and said, "Guest officer, take a bite first, if it tastes good, buy a few more for the family to try, just take it It’s also nice to give as a gift, look at such a beautiful moon ball, it’s only three pennies a piece, not expensive, and it’s definitely worth giving it out.”

Orange Blossom continued to introduce: "Guest officer, there are red ones, green ones and white ones. The red and green ones are the amaranth juice and green juice added by our shopkeeper for the sake of looking good. The white ones can be seen through the light. The stuffing is absolutely beautiful and delicious!"

Of course, they didn't say this to one person, and there were so many people standing beside them. Without a detailed introduction, people might not understand it.

As soon as I said this, there were more people eager to try and buy it. This moon cake is so beautiful, and there are patterns on it. Even Fucheng probably doesn’t sell such beautiful moon cakes. It’s so embarrassing to give it away. ah!

Mrs. Hu brought out another large drawer from the back kitchen, and saw that the ones she had prepared just now were almost sold out, and she was very satisfied. You know, she packed a lot of them. She was quite skillful, so she tried Some patterns of flowers and plants are engraved on the mould, it really looks better the more you look at it!

The first person who bought it was squeezed out of the crowd before he had time to taste it, thinking that fortunately he had the foresight to buy one, lowered his head and took a bite, regretting it instantly.

My God, how can there be such delicious moon balls!The skin of the moon balls is actually soft, soft in the mouth, chewed roughly, it is full of sweetness, the key is that it is not greasy at all when paired with the moon ball skins, and what is even more surprising is that he actually eats on the moon balls on such a hot day Feeling a bit of coolness, it entered the lungs along the throat, and the refreshing coolness soaked through the whole body.After eating two bites, looking at such a long line, people who come here can't wait to slap themselves, why buy so little?

There was once an opportunity in front of me, but I didn't cherish it. The first person who bought it looked at the fewer and fewer monthly groups and the longer and longer queue. I felt uncomfortable, but I was still strong and went to line up, telling myself, There is always a chance, and I am secretly looking forward to it, the people in front must not buy too much!

However, his performance just now was too obvious. The people who originally planned to buy one or two for a try saw that he regretted not falling, and saw that many other people who bought a taste had lined up again, knowing that their chance had come. , By the way, how much money I brought in my purse today, is it okay to spend all of it?

Zhang Zhen put the finished mooncakes in the bottom two layers of the refrigerator, and then sold the ones on the fresh-keeping layer. For this mooncake, he took out all the contents of the refrigerator today. So far, it seems that It didn't disappoint him, it was put in the freezer layer because there was too much demand outside, and it was faster that way.

The lively voice continued until the afternoon. The mountains and orange blossoms in front kept urging the moon group to run out, hurry up, and the sisters-in-law Shun and the others at the back didn't dare to rest for a moment, they just wanted to hurry up and go faster point.

In fact, most people’s family members eat enough. Of course, because they all like to eat, they must eat a lot. After buying mooncakes, they have to line up again. Some even line up with their families to buy mooncakes. Others follow suit, and the line is constantly expanding.

"Liuxinyuetuan is gone again, sister-in-law Hu, go and remind me, the guests over there are too late to wait." Shanshan can't tell how many times he has come to remind him, anyway, it will be less and less after a while That less.

Mrs. Hu replied: "I see, I see, you can go and say hello, just wait a while, can I ask for anything else? If not, just wait a little longer."

Shanshan ran back and shouted: "Got it." It was really busy, busier than the day it opened.

Zhang Zhen was even busier. He and Xu Zijia wanted to send the mooncakes to the space kitchen without telling everyone else, using the excuse that they would put them in the bucket in the back room to cool them down, otherwise the taste might not be so good. Move the mooncakes over there.

"Little Jia, drink some water first, and I'll make it." Zhang Zhen gave him a glass of juice that had just been chilled, and took a sip himself, quenching his thirst and cooling off.

Xu Zijia didn't refuse, but immediately invested in it after drinking. He was no more relaxed than Zhang Zhen. He had to move the mooncakes to the space kitchen with Zhang Zhen, and he had to go to the shop in front to check the accounts. Orange Blossom and Shanshan were not very good. He knows how to settle accounts, and is also responsible for the preparation of bean paste fillings. The ones he makes are more delicious than those made by Ah Zhen.

Seeing him busy again, Zhang Zhen felt distressed, but knew that even if he continued to talk, his daughter-in-law would not listen to him, so he could only move the larger portion by himself, lightening the weight of Zijia’s portion.

Everyone is very busy at the end of the day. When all the ingredients are used up, we have to close. When the work is over, some people ask if there will be any sales tomorrow. You know, even if this moon cake is not eaten on August [-]th, it is better than ordinary cakes. It's delicious.

There were still quite a few people in line at the back. When Shunzi was asked this question, she felt a sense of pride in her heart, and she said with great pride: "Since the folks are so supportive, there will definitely be some tomorrow." After finishing speaking, he wanted to hit himself It's not up to him to decide this matter, so what's the point of showing off?He glanced at Dasong with some anxiety.

Dasong gave him a look of "well said", and then assured him: "The sale will start at Sishi tomorrow, and everyone can come to line up, but there will be no more the day after tomorrow. Only today and tomorrow will be sold. Wait until next year."

When the people in the queue behind heard this, they had a clue in their minds. Is it Sishi?He will be here at half past two, and he will definitely be able to buy it then!

However, there are not a few people who hold this idea. When the person arrives at half-hour, they find that there are already many people in line in front of them, and they are going to be at the end of the line again. After such a line is lined up, I don’t know if they can buy it before noon. get?But if I give up, I will not be reconciled.And just now so many people came behind me, I only bought ten yesterday, and I ate one, and the rest of the family didn't eat well, mother said that I have to leave relatives!No, he had to wait.

When he got ten Liuxin moon balls, the man looked at the hot sun above his head and felt that it was worth it. It was even a pity, why didn't he bring other members of the family together.Because of him, he found out sadly that even if ten were not given as a gift, his family snatched them all away when he took them back. He himself only got half of them because of the pity of his youngest son. He still had to queue up again!