Zhou Zhi then learned that the shopkeeper's name was Xu Laiyun. Although the bakery he opened does not have many customers, after all, because of its good geographical location, it has an income of nearly two hundred taels of silver a year. Two hundred taels of silver is actually a lot for a small family like Xu Laiyun. But Xu Laiyun was extremely dissatisfied.

Through further exchanges, Zhou Zhi discovered that Xu Laiyun was actually a person with great ambitions, he wanted to make more money, and even become a generation of rich people. Otherwise, he would not have left his hometown and came to Baoding Mansion in the north from a place so far away from Changsha to do business.

Although he said that he put a lot of effort into the snack shop, even the hired guy Zhang Gou was also articulate, able to speak, and could almost say that the dead were alive, but after all, the baked cakes were not made well enough, and there were not many repeat customers in the snack shop.

However, Xu Laiyun is confident that with his business skills and insight, as long as the baked cakes are made crispy, they will definitely attract more people, and there will naturally be more repeat customers. He even thought that in the following days, he would open a few branches and let his baked cake shops bloom all over Baoding Mansion.

It can be said that the technique of making baked cakes is not very strong, so this has become a major matter for him. He even dreamed of how to bake baked cakes, but he never succeeded.

Zhou Zhi and Xu Laiyun talked for a while, it was very speculative, and Zhou Zhi was even more relieved. Finally, he smiled and said, "Since Shopkeeper Xu has such ambitions, then I will promise you." Teach you how to make pancakes and make them crispy.

Hehe! However, 20% of the income of your store, I will be thoughtful. ”

Xu Laiyun immediately said, "People who do business pay attention to integrity, I, Xu Laiyun, am a sincere person, and the two of us will be friends in the future."

But yes, the premise is that the young master can make what you call crispy baked cakes. ”

Until now, Xu Laiyun still didn't believe what Zhou Zhi said.

Zhou Zhi smiled slightly and said, "Let's make it and see, if it can't reach Brother Xu's satisfaction, I will naturally not get a commission." ”

Then, Xu Laiyun led Zhou Zhi to the stove.

The one who bakes the baked cakes under the stove is a lady who comes to luck. Although the Xu family baked cakes are made without some heat, they are still ancestral crafts, and they are naturally kept secret from outsiders.

Xu Laiyun's wife, Xu Ma, is not tall, petite and exquisite, and her hands and feet are nimble and flexible. When she saw Zhou Zhi coming in, she just squatted slightly towards Zhou Zhi and was blessed.

Zhou Zhi stood next to her and watched the whole process of mixing the dough, kneading the dough, baking the cakes, and baking. Xu Laiyun's wife is not shy about it, since people are ancestral crafts, there are naturally secrets. And this secret place will naturally be secret, and Zhou Zhi will naturally not be able to see it. So she wasn't worried that Zhou Zhi would steal the craft.

Zhou Zhi looked at it in detail, and naturally had a number in his heart, and secretly said, no wonder the baked cakes they made were not hot and not crispy, and almost every process was different from what he thought in his heart. Zhou Zhi came to Baoding Mansion in later generations, because he often ate the famous food of Baoding Mansion about baked cakes, and he learned a few hands by the way.

In later generations, almost one-third of the people in Baoding Mansion will make it, so it is naturally not a secret. In addition, Zhou Zhi is intelligent, he can learn it as soon as he learns, and he has mastered the principle. So at this time, I saw the various materials used by Xu Ma's to make baked cakes, and I had a number in my heart.

Fortunately, the materials needed to make the famous food related to baked cakes in Baoding Mansion in later generations were fully equipped by the Ming Dynasty at this time. In addition, although the oven is a little bulky and old, it is not much different from the coal-fired ovens of later generations, in short, the oven here can also be used.

Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Brother Xu, then let the junior brother make a few baked cakes." However, when the younger brother is making baked cakes, outsiders can't watch. ”

Zhou Zhi seemed to have an extra mind, he thought that with Xu Laiyun's cleverness, if he saw the process of making himself, he would definitely learn it. In that case, if you propose it yourself and write it, it will be divided into contracts, and I'm afraid it won't be so simple.

Although Xu Laiyun has repeatedly said that he is a man of his word, and what business is based on integrity, don't forget that there is also a word that no business is not treacherous.

No way, it's not that Zhou Zhiqi is small, this is an obvious fact. This matter must be a villain before a gentleman.

Xu Laiyun smiled awkwardly, and then pulled his lady out of the stove.

Without hesitation, Zhou Zhi washed his hands first, and then took about a pound of white noodles in a small basin, added water, a small amount of lard, mixed them together, and began to knead the dough into a dough. The kneading dough here is actually very particular, and it needs to be kneaded repeatedly in one direction, and it must not be kneaded back and forth in both directions.

After kneading the noodles, Zhou Zhi covered the noodles with a wooden board, and then walked out of the stove.

Obviously, to make the ideal kind of pancakes, you have to ferment the dough. And the Xu Mashi I saw just now is a dead noodle, where is the reason why the baked cakes made like that are not hard and do not crumble? Even if it is not hard when it is just made, it will be hard to swallow after half an hour.

Shopkeeper Xu asked in surprise, "Why, the baked cakes were made so quickly?" ”

"Huh! The younger brother just saw that there were a lot of customers in the store, so let the sister-in-law be busy first, waiting for fewer people, and it will not be too late for the younger brother to make it again. Zhou Zhi said with a smile.

Just now, Xu Ma was still complaining that the shopkeeper Xu let Zhou Zhi mess around, delaying the business of the snack shop. But then Zhou Zhi came out and said this, which made Xu Laiyun happy for a while, and said, "It's okay, when the diners are less, then make it well." Come, come, Zhang Gou, make a pot of tea first and let the young master drink it slowly. ”

The guy Zhang Gou got the order, he didn't dare to slack off, and soon served Zhou Zhi fragrant tea, and Zhou Zhi cocked Erlang's legs and began to drink tea.

Qi Yanwu is wondering now, what's wrong with my brother Zhou Zhi today, why did he suddenly become interested in making baked cakes? Brother Zhou Zhi is a scholar, and he is going to take the talent test. Cooking and burning the fire is something that only women do, how can Brother Zhou Zhi do this kind of thing?

But Qi Yanwu thought about it again, to say that Brother Zhou Zhi is also amazing, he is simply omniscient. Even the way to make baked cakes has a unique method. I don't know where he learned it.

Qi Yanwu remembered in a trance that he heard his father say that there is a kind of person in this world who is born to know, and it seems that Brother Zhou Zhi is the kind of person who is born to know.

What's more, Brother Zhou Zhi makes crispy baked cakes, and he has a 20% income from this snack shop every year. This is really good, our Zhou family has money again.

He was thinking wildly, and before he knew it, more than half an hour had passed. With few diners left, Zhou Zhi suddenly stood up and said, "It's time, see how I Zhou Zhi makes crispy and delicious baked cakes." ”