7. Delicious snacks

The second sister-in-law is the most famous snack bar in Beitong City.

Maybe it's not the best, but it's definitely the most famous, and it's been around for more than thirty years so far.

Of course, thirty years may not be nothing, compared with those century-old shops, it can only be regarded as a small doll at best, but this cannot hide its edge in the Beitong snack industry.

Beitong people love to eat, especially love to eat cold noodles and noodles, there is a saying in Beitong local: eat noodles without noodles, live in vain; Noodles and cold noodles are definitely the favorites of the people of Beitong. And the second sister-in-law's jelly shop is definitely the leader in the jelly shop.

It is made by stirring starch and alum with warm water, and the strength of the stirring should be sufficient, otherwise the cold powder is not strong enough, and the stirring time must be long enough, otherwise the cold powder will be particularly loose, and the most important thing is that the level of stirring should be high enough, and the amplitude of the stirring should be uniform enough, otherwise the cold powder will have a lot of bubbles in it, not only the impression of the taste, but also the starch spots, which are very ugly.

And a good bowl of cold noodles must be both elastic and slippery, eat into the mouth, not only can eat a taste similar to Q bomb, but also can slide down the throat and eyes, which is a very test of skill, ordinary people can only do about the same, but if you want to be really good, it is very difficult.

Zhou Fangyuan's family loves to eat, and every time the big family has a dinner, grandma will make a big pot of cold powder, which is several catties, and it can be wiped out by a large family. Of course, Zhou Fangyuan's grandmother's level is only the level of ordinary people, and it can't be compared with the real Dana.

And a bowl of cold noodles, the powder is done well, and the seasoning has to keep up.

There are only two reasons why this sister-in-law is famous, one is that the powder in this shop is indeed quite good, which definitely meets the demanding requirements of all kinds of mouthy people, and secondly, the seasoning here is particularly delicious, especially the chili oil here, which is so delicious that it is indescribable. When Zhou Fangyuan graduated from high school in his last life, the business of the second sister-in-law's jelly shop reached the extreme, and some people even drove hundreds of kilometers to Beitong just to eat a bowl of second sister-in-law's jelly.

And the second sister-in-law's cold noodles have also become the three major delicacies of Tongcheng together with banban shaved noodles and Lao Wang flour tofu.

The store that Zhou Fangyuan walked into is the third branch of the second sister-in-law's jelly shop, and it is also the most popular one. Because of the location, it is open from early in the morning until it closes at half past nine in the evening, and there are people eating all the time, so there is no time to relax.

Compared with others, his barbecued sausage stall is completely trivial, no, he is not even a small witch, and there is no comparison with the other party at all.

This can be seen from the number of diners inside after he walked in. The store of more than 100 square meters, except for the small room of only more than 10 square meters in the back kitchen, the rest of the place is full of tables, which can accommodate more than 100 people at the same time. It's past three o'clock in the afternoon, which is basically the kind of time when lunch is not digested and dinner is not yet a little old.

Obviously, it is a very embarrassing time period for the catering industry, and there are at least 30 people eating in the store, and the sound of sucking cold powder comes and goes, and the scene is very lively.

Zhou Fangyuan walked to the counter, ordered a small bowl of medium and spicy noodles, asked for a meatloaf, asked for a tea egg, and then sat on the side and began to wait.

Speaking of which, the meat patty of the second sister-in-law's jelly shop is also a must, using the meat of the back seat of the pig, smoked, fat but not greasy, and melts in the mouth. The cake is a dough cake, slowly baked over low heat, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sandwiched with bacon and poured with broth, which is a perfect match with cold noodles.

There are also tea eggs, although I don't know the specific production process, but the tea eggs are extremely delicious, moderately salty, and also very delicious.

In short, whether it is cold powder, meat pie or tea eggs, they are all very common things, and it is definitely not a joke that this store can use these things to do business to such an extent, and it will become a provincial key enterprise in the future.

It's a pity that a year before Zhou Fangyuan's rebirth, this store was exposed to the use of sick pork, a large number of food additives, and problems such as substandard kitchen hygiene, etc., the store that had been operating for more than 40 years closed down in less than half a year, and more than 50 branches, none of which survived.

Speaking of which, it's really a pity.

But that's for the future, at least the store is still very good, the things are clean, the taste is good, and it's definitely worth trying.

Even as a native of Beitong, Zhou Fangyuan hasn't eaten this thing for three or four years. After the waiter brought his portion, looking at the red chili oil and the meatloaf that was oozing out of the soup, the gluttonous worms in Zhou Fangyuan's stomach almost crawled out of his mouth.

He hurriedly broke off the disposable chopsticks, got some vinegar into the cold powder, and mixed it at will, a mouthful of meatloaf and a mouthful of flour...... Sure enough, it's still the taste of memory.

I don't know if it's because he's too hungry, or if the food here really arouses his cravings, in short, Zhou Fangyuan divided five by two, and in less than three minutes, he swept away everything in front of him, and even felt that it was not enjoyable, so he asked for a bowl of noodles and a cake. After eating the usual two meals in full, Zhou Fangyuan felt very satisfied.

When he paid, he was even more satisfied, and the amount of two people's portions added up to only ten yuan, which was so cheap that it was unreasonable.

He still remembers very well that before he was reborn, not to mention a well-known shop like the second sister-in-law's jelly shop, it was just an ordinary street stall, a bowl of jelly that was not delicious but could only be eaten, and you didn't want to take it away if you didn't ask you for six yuan.

The meatloaf is even more expensive for seven or eight yuan a piece, and no matter how cheap it is, he doesn't dare to buy it, for fear that people will add rat meat and duck meat to it.

Compared with the price of goods in the future, looking at the present, Zhou Fangyuan doesn't want to say anything anymore.

After eating, I bought a bottle of cold drink, and Meimei poured half a bottle, and the whole person was much more comfortable.

Looking at the time again, it was less than four o'clock, and Zhou Fangyuan was not in a hurry, so he took shopping and eliminated food, and began to walk all the way east along Daxi Street.

The shops along the way made him a little unfamiliar, but a little familiar, they were all in his memory, but this memory was not very clear, and even a little vague.

There were a lot of things that he could only vaguely recognize.

But there were some things he remembered very well, such as the headquarters street next to the Children's Palace, which would become a ghost street in the future - a street that was basically empty. But in this era, it is still quite prosperous here.

Another example is Confucian Temple Street, which will be completely renovated and rebuilt in the future to build an antique street, which is a thousand times more popular than now.

Another example is the intersection of the four archways, which will be built into a huge roundabout in the future, and the four ancient archways will be rebuilt on it, as for whether it is the same as the real four archways in ancient times, it does not matter.

In short, in the next nineteen years, Beitong City will change too much, so big that when he looks along the street now, there is always a sense of unreality in his heart. It felt like he was in a dream, and it was as if he would wake up at any moment. But this is just a feeling, Zhou Fangyuan knows very well that he is indeed reborn. If it was really a dream, he wouldn't realize that he was dreaming, or that if he could realize in the dream whether he was dreaming or not, the dream would have woken up.

And the experience of the past few days, especially the experience of selling grilled sausages this afternoon, is real, and it is by no means a dream that can be simulated.

So when a sense of instability rose in his heart, he quickly suppressed it.

Daxi Street runs through the north and south ends of Beitong City, and you can walk along this road all the way to Dongguan. But the temperature is not low now, and the sun overhead is still releasing energy, Zhou Fangyuan walked not far before he got on the bus and came all the way to the Dongguan Wholesale Market.

In the shop where he bought the sausage roast, Zhou Fangyuan saw the middle-aged store manager again.

The other party was also a little surprised when he saw him, as if he didn't expect Zhou Fangyuan to come back so soon, and even thought that Zhou Fangyuan was here to retreat from the machine, and his little eyes looked out vigorously.

This cautious and anxious expression made Zhou Fangyuan feel interesting, and he waved his hand, "Boss, don't look at it, I'm not here to return the goods, on the contrary, I'm here to send you money." ”

As he spoke, Zhou Fangyuan took out a wad of cash from his pocket, took out two fifty sheets from it and handed them to the boss.

"Here's the money for the fifteen bags of grilled sausages, you can see if it's real or fake. ”

"Haha, what do you see, little brother, you are so atmospheric, can you still lie to me?"

The boss pretended to smile generously, and after knowing that Zhou Fangyuan was not here to return the goods, his expression suddenly became vivid. The little eyeballs rolled around, staring at the money in Zhou Fangyuan's hand.

"But little brother, you can see the payment in the afternoon, what's the matter?

"Well, it's okay, sell all the fifteen bags of grilled sausages you gave me. ”

Zhou Fangyuan shook the money in his hand with a smile, and the boss on the opposite side was about to stare at him.

"It's all sold out?fifteen bags?Little brother, don't lie to me, that's three hundred roast sausages, if you sell them for three yuan...... Good guy, you've made a thousand in one afternoon!!"

Nowadays, when many people's annual income is just over 1,000, earning 1,000 in an afternoon is definitely the most surprising thing.

The middle-aged boss shouted out a word, and I don't know how many people around immediately looked this way.

"Don't talk nonsense, how can there be a thousand, the cost of the machine and the grilled sausage is not money. And how dare I sell three yuan a piece? If I really sell three yuan, I'm afraid that the fifteen bags of grilled sausages will have to be put into bad condition, you can't use the price of Nanlong to measure our Beitong, I only sell two yuan for a roast sausage, not as much as you said!"

Zhou Fangyuan glared and immediately retorted.

Although he is only fifteen years old this year, his height is already close to 1.7 meters, and compared with the boss who is in his early 1.6 meters, he is a big man. And his body is not thin, he has some muscles, so he glare, and he is quite powerful.

Boss Xie Ding also realized his slip of the tongue and hurriedly smiled.

"In short, business is good this afternoon, so I will pay you back the money owed to you first, in addition, I am ready to buy you another sausage roasting machine, a Xiaoice cabinet, and more sausages, no problem, right?"

Zhou Fangyuan said, and at the same time raised the paper ticket in his hand again.

"No problem, of course no problem, the sausage roasting machine Xiaoice cabinet has it, and the roasted sausage is even more or less." ”

The eyes of the middle-aged boss were all attracted by the money in Zhou Fangyuan's hand, and his eyes didn't roll, staring at the money in Zhou Fangyuan's hand.