Chapter 7: Popularity

The shopkeeper's obvious body was shocked, and he waved at Zhong Xiaohua with some embarrassment.

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. The girl is really a man of temperament, a man of temperament! ”

With that, he quickened his pace.

Zhong Xiaohua raised her eyes and looked over, only to feel that the shopkeeper's mustache shrugged slightly, moving, as if the corners of her mouth were twitching.

But she didn't care at all, and now only after the shopkeeper was impressed with her, could she talk about the following cooperation.

"Chef, you've taken a fancy to what I'm doing. I'll do it again. ”

In the back kitchen, Zhong Xiaohua washed her hands, wiped them clean, took the vegetables that had been selected and cleaned, and began to cut.

But I cut it twice, and I almost didn't chop off my finger.

"Hmph, I can't even cut vegetables, and I dare to shout here that my buns are not delicious. This young lady, I think you better forget it! Don't be embarrassed for a while, it's too ugly. ”

The cook snorted coldly and turned to look at the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, if it's okay, I still have to prepare the noon dishes, don't delay anything then."

After speaking, he also glared at Zhong Xiaohua meaningfully.

Zhong Xiaohua frowned, looked at the shopkeeper whose expression had changed slightly and was silent, and couldn't help but snort coldly and frowned.

"Don't you have an apprentice here? Good chef, who will cut vegetables by themselves? ”

In fact, this is her own quibble, which chef was not taught by the master from cutting vegetables?

The shopkeeper wanted to drive people away, but after thinking about it again, he waved his hand casually.

"Okay, let the apprentice help chop the vegetables. I have something in front of me, go to the front to say hello first, and the female doll should be careful. ”

He walked away, and the cook snorted coldly beside him, and walked out towards the back with disdainful steps.

Zhong Xiaohua curled the corners of her mouth disdainfully.

It's better to go out, and she doesn't want them to know the secret recipe for this bun.

"You're the cook, aren't you? Come chop the vegetables for me, and then I'll mix the stuffing myself. ”

The assistant chef nodded, and began to chop the meat filling according to what Zhong Xiaohua said.

And the junior next to him was not left behind.

"Little San, you make noodles for me, remember to sprinkle some salt in the noodles. A little bit is fine. ”

And Zhong Xiaohua took the things herself and began to prepare the things she was going to use for a while.

"Well, do you have ginger here?"

The green onion and garlic Chu Yanxia had already been cut, and all kinds of things had been found, but she had searched through all the ingredient shops and couldn't find the ginger pieces.

"Huh? Ginger? Little girl, what do you want ginger for? Ginger is only available in pharmacies, right? Usually get some boiled water to drink, you can treat the wind cold, remove dampness, okay! ”

No way?

So, they've never cooked with ginger?

Zhong Xiaohua pursed her lips, turned her head to look at Xiao San, and took out the silver nude in her hand.

"Little San, you go to the nearby pharmacy and bring me a piece of ginger back."

But who knows, a quarter of an hour later, the third son came back with only half a ginger cube with a sad face.

"Second sister, such a big piece of silver naked, I only bought half of it."

it!

It's a money grab.

Zhong Xiaohua was stunned for a moment, and then gasped.

But I already have a vague general direction in my heart.

"Girl, this ginger is a medicinal herb, so it is more expensive to sell. However, every year, the people themselves will plant a few lumps and keep them for emergencies. So I've never seen anyone go to the pharmacy to buy ginger. ”

Zhong Xiaohua nodded, took the deflated half of the ginger and asked the chef to chop it into pieces, poured it into the already made bun filling, and then threw the thing into Xiao San's hand.

"Start stirring, do it clockwise, no, stir like this, don't go around in circles, just always in one direction."

Xiao Sanzi glanced at Zhong Xiaohua a little helplessly, nodded and began to mix the stuffing, but he had to look at Xiaohua again from time to time.

Because she always felt that today's second sister was Shinto, as if she had changed someone.

Clockwise, what is clockwise?

Zhong Xiaohua threw the rolling pin to the apprentice next to him.

"Well, it's almost time, you can roll out the dough."

Then she sat down next to her chair and began to watch them work.

By the time the real buns were steamed, the aroma of the buns had already spread to the outside.

It happened to be noon, and the shopkeeper happened to greet the people in the local yamen upstairs, and at this time a strong fragrance was in the nose, still the smell of steamed buns, but it was a little more fragrant than before.

"Shopkeeper, what is this? It smells so good! ”

The guest sniffed, only to feel that his stomach was already hungry, and he was getting hungrier and hungrier.

"Huh? Hehe, this is a bun that our store has just launched, but it hasn't been sold out yet. ”

The shopkeeper was also embarrassed, and cold sweat slowly oozed from his forehead.

It smells more fragrant, which means that the girl is still a little powerful, but seeing that she has no experience in cooking at all, he is worried that the buns will be messed up after they are released.

"Haha, that's a coincidence. Here, give me a cage of that bun. ”

The shopkeeper smiled dryly at each other, only to feel a bitterness in his mouth.

"That, at noon, isn't it okay to eat steamed buns?"

The other party was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and threw the silver in his hand on the table.

"The shopkeeper is worried that I want too little? Then give me some more of your signature dishes? ”

Seeing that this unprovoked guest had to try it, the shopkeeper was heartbroken, and it was a big deal to give them free food today.

He exited the door and was stopped by the diners below.

"Shopkeeper, what's so fragrant? That's it, I'll order this at noon. ”

"I want it too, I want it too."

"And my ......"

……

The expression on the face of the shopkeeper was sad and happy, he reached out to wipe the cold sweat into the back kitchen, they were usually busy at this time very leisurely in front of a steamer, one person holding a bun in his hand is eating fragrant.

The closer you get to it, the more fragrant it becomes, and the shopkeeper can't help but reach out and touch his stomach, only to feel that he is also hungry.

"What do you eat? Why don't you cook at noon? ”

He approached with a pretended seriousness and drank at the chefs large and small.

And these chefs were stunned at first, and looked at him with aggrieved expressions.

"Shopkeeper, we want to work too! But those people outside just howl and don't order, what can we do? ”

"That's right! That's right! But the shopkeeper, this bun is really strong. ”

"Yes! It's so fragrant, I've never eaten such a delicious meat bun. ”

……

A few people chattered and opened their mouths, and the shopkeeper was so anxious that he didn't have time to say too much, so he only served a basket of steamed buns on the fire and was about to go outside.

The guests upstairs really have to be served.

It's just that he didn't expect that he had just gone out, and the things in his hand were snatched up.

The whole scene was out of control to the extreme.

And the chef behind also chased after him, looked at the coaxing outside, and involuntarily licked his lips, then took a deep breath and raised the small plate in his hand, and shouted loudly.

"The shopkeeper, Miss Zhong said, that bun is delicious when dipped in this."

As soon as his words fell, the saucer he had raised in his hand disappeared.

The shopkeeper finally escaped from the group of people with the help of Xiao Er, he hid in the back kitchen with a pale face, couldn't help but reach out to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, looked around, and found that something was wrong.

"What about the little girl? What about the little girl who just made buns here? ”

It's delicious, and he doesn't have to taste the bun to think it's delicious.

If their restaurants can be like this for a long time, why worry about the Xiangmanju opposite being able to open?

He was a little excited, and even felt numb all over his body, and his eyes lit up.

"Miss Zhong is gone! But she left this thing for me to hand over to you. ”

One of the cooks swallowed the bun in his mouth and handed the paper in his hand.

The shopkeeper squinted and saw half a stone-like thing drawn on the other party's paper, then an arrow, then a bag of things and a few buns.

"Miss Zhong, huh? What did she take? ”

The little chef had actually been hiding behind them before, and when he heard the shopkeeper ask at this time, he squeezed over and spoke a little timidly.

"The shopkeeper, when Miss Zhong was making steamed buns, she asked her to go outside and buy half a piece of ginger, using her money, she saw that the people outside were robbing it very much, so after eating the steamed buns, she decided not to disturb you, so she left here with a few steamed buns and a bag of sugar."

What the? Left?

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then walked quickly towards the back door, only to fold back again halfway through.

He stared at the little helper in front of him, frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"You were by your side when Miss Zhong was making buns just now, right? Know the steps? ”

The young man reached out and scratched his head, and after a long time he nodded cautiously at the shopkeeper.

"Remembering is remembering, just ......"

The shopkeeper waved his hand.

"It's just that now, you do it for me right away, and the others will do it for you."

The young man was stunned by this sentence, he had only been here for almost two months, and he was still only a schoolboy.

"Shopkeeper, why?"

Others are a little dissatisfied, who hasn't experienced it from an apprentice? They have also been apprentices for many years, and they only began to take the lead after they left the school, but how old are the young men now? Fourteen or fifteen years old

"Just because you can't handle the group of people waiting for the buns with their mouths open, you can't make such delicious buns."

He frowned, and simply reached out and clapped his hands fiercely.

"Leave two people and cook fennel beans for me now, and the others make buns with this young man. I'll take out a few cages on this pot first. You are as quick as possible, whether our restaurant can defeat the opponent depends on today! ”

When the others heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then raised their voices in response.

The back kitchen was busy, and the shopkeeper was not idle.

He divided the buns into one for each table, and he didn't care how the few people at the table divided them.

"Guys, today is our time to try our new buns, so one at each table, and it's completely free. In order to take care of everyone's long-term love for our restaurant, I decided to give you an extra plate of fennel beans for free today, and I will give it out in a while, so please be patient a little longer. ”