Chapter 204: The Lights Are Beginning to Rise
Lu Caiqing handed the finished snowy skin mooncakes to Yun Ge and said, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival!" On the day of the full moon reunion, don't always look preoccupied, everyone is happy together, come and try the moon cakes made by Sister Caiqing? After eating, we will be happy, happy to celebrate the festival, let's not think about other things, the sky has fallen and there is a high top, and there are difficult things to do with Sister Caiqing? ”
Xia Yunge listened, put the moon cake in his mouth, and nodded gratefully.
Bai Xiaoran squeezed closer, looked at the white-skinned moon cakes and said, "Picking green!" What are you doing here? How is it different from the mooncakes we eat? ”
Lu Caiqing smiled and explained: "Our traditional mooncakes are made of syrup, and the color is golden yellow. Part of the raw material of snowy skin mooncakes is glutinous rice, so the appearance of the mooncakes made is white. ”
Bai Xiaoran couldn't wait to put it in his mouth, it felt soft and smooth, and slightly elastic. It tastes cool and has a cooler taste. Compared to the traditional mooncakes such as five kernels, lotus seed paste, and sesame seeds that they often eat. It's not so sweet, and it's not too greasy.
"It's delicious! It's cool and delicious, you teach this to the pastry chef, and we'll eat it tonight! Bai Xiaoran said vaguely while eating.
"Teach it! But I have all the snowy mooncakes we ate tonight, the Mid-Autumn Festival, eating is a kind of mood, and there is no sincerity in prosthetizing hands. Lu Caiqing said slowly.
Song Ziyu listened, rolled up his sleeves and said, "The little daughter-in-law is right!" Only those who do it with their own hands are sincere, and I will help. ”
Lu Caiqing listened, smiled and said to him: "Okay, okay!" I can still make the mooncakes of these few people, and I will tell the recipe to the pastry chef in a while, so that they can also change their tricks and let the people in the house try it. You all have to do what you want, don't mess with me here. ”
Aunt Xia rested for a while, and at this time she was also led to the kitchen, and she also heard that Lu Caiqing had made delicious snowy mooncakes, and when she saw that they were all going to help, she hurriedly said, "Go away, go away!" What are you big men doing around the kitchen, or I'm here to help! Just wait for the reunion dinner! ”
As soon as everyone saw Aunt Xia, they felt that the eldest family was coming, and they were embarrassed to leave.
Aunt Xia walked up to Cai Qing and said, "Cai Qing! Sometimes I really doubt that you are not a wild girl in the countryside, whether it is a fairy who fell from the sky and fell to the mortal world, so that we are fortunate to meet. ”
Lu Caiqing listened to it, knowing that Aunt Xia praised her again, she lowered her head embarrassedly, she was a fairy in the sky, she was just the soul of another world, and she came here by mistake, but fortunately, she met a mother who loved her and an uncle and friend who loved her, and the luckiest thing was to meet her husband.
"Mother! It's only you who praise me like this, I'm embarrassed, what I just made is just a filling, since we want to do it, let's put a few more, mother, you make ice skin, I'll mix a few fillings, so that everyone can eat happily. ”
Aunt Xia and the pastry chef learned to make moon cakes together, and after a while, they mastered the method proficiently, and the ice skin made was smooth and smooth.
After making a certain number of moon cakes, put them in the well for refrigeration, and then return to the front hall with peace of mind.
Finally it was time for the dinner, Lin Huaijin's arrangement was to have a reunion dinner first, then go out to the teahouse to rest first, and when the lanterns were on, go shopping for lanterns, and then go to the river to put wishing lanterns.
Recognized by everyone, everyone sat in the dining room and waited for the meal, Lin Huaijin made an opening remark first, which roughly means that he has been working hard here for many years, and he is not as happy as today, and some friends accompany him for the holiday.
Lin Huaijin, who made an exception, also drank wine during the banquet, but the four brothers of Song Ziyu didn't dare to touch the wine, with the experience of the last time, no one had to drink much, so they had to replace tea with wine and bless each other.
In the end, he is the richest man in Jeju Prefecture, and the meals on the table are all delicacies from the mountains and seas, and even Lu Caiqing doubts whether he has returned to modern times, which is enough to describe it as a full banquet of the Manchu and Han Dynasty, and everyone is also full of food before dispersing.
After resting for a while, it was a little dark, everyone was tidy, and they went out of the Lin Mansion to the street, which looked up and saw a sea of lights.
If the lanterns during the day are dazzling, the lanterns at night are full of flowers, and you can't see the end at a glance. Everyone came to the "Mingxiang Building" with a better location, went to the private room on the second floor, pushed open the window and looked, just to see the crowd on the street.
The geographical location of this Mingxiang building is very good, you can see the lanterns on the whole street in the north and south by pushing the window, the structure is a three-story building, the entrance is the hall, where it is specially for ordinary people to drink tea and chat, the second floor is where they are, it is a place for some wealthy children or wealthy businessmen to discuss major matters or talk about trading, so they are separated by a private room, today's Mingxiang Building is full of friends, inside and outside are crowds.
Lu Caiqing's private room should have been booked a long time ago, otherwise they would definitely not be able to come in temporarily. The guy brought some small pastries, and Song Zifei was the first to grab them and put them in his mouth to taste.
Song Ziyu saw it and teased: "Third brother! I think we had just had dinner, how can you still eat these little pastries. ”
"Big brother! I know that I am going to go shopping tonight, so there will definitely be all kinds of snacks on the street, and I deliberately saved my stomach, but to be honest, the pastries here are not delicious at all, and they are not as delicious as Sister Caiqing's snowy mooncakes. After Song Zifei finished speaking, he stopped when he put it into his mouth.
When Bai Xiaoran heard this, he said, "How is it possible? My friends and I often come here for tea, and the dim sum chef here is the best in Jeju City. After he finished speaking, he reached out suspiciously and tasted it, and spit it out casually.
Standing up randomly, he said with an embarrassed face: "How can this be?" ”
Then he shouted, "Little Er? Call your boss? What did you bring us? I paid a lot of money to buy your private room, even to prepare a sumptuous dinner party, see if this is how you entertain me? You dare to use these defective products as a service to me, don't you look down on people? After saying that, he threw the pastry and the plate into Xiao Er's arms with his anger.
Bai Xiaoran was a little embarrassed, he originally invited the Song family to celebrate the festival, but the matter of entertaining, eating and lodging was taken away by Lin Huaijin, and now it is the time for him to behave, but this teahouse has lost face for himself, how can he not be angry.
Aunt Xia saw it, and it was the first time she saw Bai Xiaoran so angry, so she hurriedly persuaded: "Bai Gongzi! Don't be angry, it's a big holiday, we just take a temporary break, just a plate of snacks, don't make everyone unhappy. ”
Bai Xiaoran saw that it was the old lady who spoke, and her mood eased a little, but for the sake of face, she still had to find a teahouse to give an explanation.
Xiao Er ran away with a plate and smoked, and it didn't take much effort to see Boss Li of Mingxiang Building hurriedly walked in, he didn't do anything else all night to apologize to people, and those who are good at talking are just complaining a few words, and those who are not good at talking will be scolded a few times, and when they heard Xiao Er say that Boss Bai and Boss Lin's private room was also dissatisfied, he was so frightened that he hurried here to apologize.
"Boss Lin! Boss White! I'm really sorry, I've heard Xiao Er say, this pastry is indeed not made by the pastry chef in our shop, I want to explain to you, that's the case. Boss Li wiped his sweat and peeked at Lin Huaijin, who was sitting there without words.
"What's going on? Look at what he is doing, I invited this guest today, originally came for your decades-old brand and this snack, you see what came up to us? Look at what I invited, I happily came to invite my friends to taste and eat dim sum, I made a fuss, who still has the heart to taste tea, if you don't explain it to me clearly during the big holiday, we won't be over today! ”
"No, no, Boss Bai! You listen to my explanation, originally the pastry chef did a good job, but the old mother of the family suddenly died, to go home to the funeral, the teahouse on him such a good craft, looking at the Mid-Autumn Festival, the store is short of manpower, for a while can not find a good craft, so I went to the city to book some Babao Zhai pastries, but who thought that this year's business is too good, more people and less goods, so I temporarily used the building to my master will be a few days. Boss Li wiped his sweat as he spoke, looking particularly cramped and uneasy.
Bai Xiaoran listened to it and asked rhetorically: "Your explanation, it seems that I am late?" That is, if you arrive early, you will have the pastries of Babaozhai, and if I come late, I can only eat the tasteless pastries made by yourself? ”
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I don't have this situation every year, so I'm sorry for you. Or would it be the same discount as the other guests? After speaking, he cautiously raised his eyes and looked at the eyes of the two.
Seeing that there was no reaction, but that he was about to have a seizure, he hurriedly said: "Boss Bai!" So be it! You and Boss Lin are our regular customers, even if the small shop treats guests today, we will not charge you for this private room, and we will have a happy reunion festival together, do you think about it? ”
Bai Xiaoran still didn't give up: "Boss Li! Do you think we're bad money? I don't care about your pastry chef going to the funeral, but your lack of reputation makes me feel uncomfortable, you send Xiao Er to Babaozhai to order a few boxes of pastries for me quickly, this matter is settled, and I will pay the money. ”
Boss Li said with a crying voice: "Boss Bai! You are embarrassed for me, everyone knows that this Babao Zhai will be closed at night, and now it is estimated that everyone will go to the empty building, and rush to the street to shop for lanterns, where else can I go to find someone for you? ”
Bai Xiaoran still had to embarrass Boss Li, Lu Caiqing really couldn't look at it, and said to Bai Xiaoran: "Brother Bai! I think forget it, people Boss Li also has difficulties, no one can predict birth, old age, sickness and death, the most difficult is this Boss Li, you see that people outside are happy to celebrate the festival, but he compensates the guests one by one, and we just settle down to rest during the big holiday, don't be too embarrassed for him. ”
"Thank you, girl, for your understanding! Thank you for your understanding! Boss White! Why don't you give you a half-price discount today, everyone is happy and auspicious, isn't it? ”