Sister-in-law Zhang saw the joy of their master and apprentice laughing, and forgot to explain her doubts, regardless of the face with her hands still stained, she came over and asked, "I still have grass in my heart, hurry up and tell me about it." ”

Rui Xue smiled and pulled her to continue kneading the dough, and then said, "Didn't the old doctor who saved my husband come to the door a few days ago, I happened to make this soup dumpling at the time, so I sent two boxes as a thank you gift, and today this little guy came to buy it, I feel strange, after all, no one should do it except me." So he asked the bolt to follow, and sure enough, it was someone sent by Tianfu. Presumably, it was the old lady of the Tian family who ate well and deliciously, and she couldn't wipe her face and beg for it, so she sent someone to pretend to be an ordinary diner to buy it, but I didn't expect that our shop didn't sell this bun at all, so it was exposed. ”

Sister-in-law Zhang couldn't stop laughing when she heard this, "Greed is not a good reputation, no wonder I have to send another servant to buy it." After speaking, she remembered that Rui Xue had just received a deposit, but it was not in line with her usual behavior, so she asked, "Sister plans to collect money to sell buns?" ”

"Of course, we have to collect it, and we can't collect it less, otherwise in the future, others will listen to the letter or come to buy it, and we will not be able to increase the price." It's not enough, I know that the old man and Mrs. of the Tian family love to eat, and they will often send some in the future. ”

The two talked and laughed, and put the kneaded dough covered with a moist cotton cloth on the board, because there were bolts guarding the shop, it was constantly burning at night, and the stove was neither hot nor cold, just suitable for dough.

Soak the washed mushrooms and cut them into thin strips, cut the meat off the chicken breast and thighs into minced meat, put the remaining chicken skeleton into the pot together with the meat skin and pork bones, add half a pot of water, boil on high heat for half an hour, and then keep the fire on low heat, and when the shop is closed at night, you will get half a pot of thick milky white juice, take out the chicken skeleton and pork bones to make dinner for the plugs, put the soup into a clay pot, mix with minced meat, mushrooms, salt and pepper, etc., stir well, and dry.

Early the next morning, when Rui Xue and Sister-in-law Zhang arrived, the dough had been twice as big as yesterday, half a basin, Sister-in-law Zhang added dry noodles and kneaded it, wiped the sweat beads on her head, and went to help Rui Xue cut cabbage, sprinkle salt to kill the water, Rui Xue felt sorry for her, so she said, "Sister-in-law, you sit for a while, the rest is fine work, you can't help." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang poured a bowl of tea, handed it to Ruixue to drink first, and then held a bowl of it herself, and quipped, "My sister wants to hide her secrets and refuses to let me steal the teacher." ”

This reminded Rui Xue, "Sister-in-law, if the buns are steamed this time, you will start and learn next time, and in the future, you may have to take care of this shop." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang remembered that every time she fried food and brought it to the guest's table a few days ago, she was so nervous, so she hurriedly waved her hand, "Sister, I can't hold the spoon, I'll give you a hand." ”

Rui Xue glared at her with a smile, "Sister-in-law is so unambitious, who is born to cook, but she has done too much and is proficient, and she will be able to think about it more." In the future, I will teach my sister-in-law more and ensure that my sister-in-law will be out of school in a few months. ”

Sister-in-law Zhang was persuaded by her like this, but she also gave birth to a little confidence, "Okay, I'll listen to my sister, learn more from my sister, sister-in-law don't think I'm stupid." ”

"How can it be, sister-in-law is smart." Ruixue washed a large handful of coarse vermicelli and boiled it in a pot, then soaked it in hot water, saving a hard core in the middle, and cut a large bowl of minced green onions and ginger. There are two pounds of pork belly, fat and thin, cut into small pieces the size of a fingernail.

Heat the big pot, put the meat pieces in and fry them until they change color, then add the minced green onion and ginger, soy sauce, pepper, and a small half bowl of rice wine, until the meat pieces are ripe.

The vermicelli was taken out and cut into small pieces, then mixed with cabbage, meat pieces, etc., stirred with salt, Ruixue was afraid that the filling would be too dry, so she scooped a bowl of meat oil that had been fried earlier and put it in.

Zhang's sister-in-law put the noodles on the table, and the two of them first wrapped out fifty soup dumplings, put them aside, and prepared someone from Tianfu to pick them up, and then wrapped up eighteen folds of big buns, each of which was stuffed with a round belly.

When I saw lunch, a pot stewed with sauerkraut vermicelli and stewed frozen tofu, steamed buns with two noodles were heated, and the plug sat in front of the stove with a smile and burned the fire, turning his head to look at the busy master from time to time.

Ruixue and Sister-in-law Zhang found all the bamboo drawers for steamed buns in the shop, and stacked them in five layers, with forty buns in each drawer, exactly two hundred integers. The two of them were so tired that they couldn't straighten their waists, and just when the stone ran in to see them, they took over the heavy task of lighting the fire.

Ruixue and Sister-in-law Zhang finally had to sit at the table to catch their breath, and soon, a faint steam came out of the brown bamboo drawer, filling the entire stove, Ruixue opened the north door, and the steam overflowed, and the workers who were still busy on the dock occasionally looked up and saw it, and couldn't help but smile, "Our lunch is ready, I don't know what the three masters made today?" ”

Someone next to me entered the shop to drink water, and said, "I watched Sister-in-law Zhang's noodles, did she steam thin noodles and big steamed buns?" ”

Everyone rejoiced, "The three masters, steamed to the full, are the most soft and delicious, much better than my mother-in-law, when will I ask what the trick is?" ”

Talking like this, their subordinates also stepped up their busyness, thinking that they would finish their work earlier, go into the shop to rest for a while, and have a hot meal.

As a result, within a quarter of an hour, there was a faint smell of meat in the mist that floated out, and it became more and more intense, which provoked the entire wharf laborers, and even those stewards, servants, and coachmen to move their noses, wondering what kind of delicious food was the aroma of this delicious food?

A little steward came out in a hurry in the morning, and did not catch up with breakfast, and when he smelled the aroma, his stomach rebelled, and he gurgled non-stop, so he reached out and took out a dozen pennies, and instructed the little servant to go to the shop to buy some to taste.

The little guy ran into the shop, and saw Rui Xue and Sister-in-law Zhang working together to lift the cage drawer, and the big buns that were white and fat were crowded with the cage drawers one by one, and the aroma that came out of the curling room seemed to have become a small hand, hooking the gluttonous worms in his stomach to run out desperately.

Rui Xue took a bun out, and was enduring the scalding to break it, wanting to give it to Zhang's sister-in-law to taste the taste, but suddenly heard a loud swallowing sound behind her, which scared her so much that she almost threw the bun in her hand, and when she looked back, it was a little girl, so she asked, "Is there something wrong with the little brother?" ”

The little guy stared at the bun in her hand, and refused to move it, holding up the copper coin in her hand, "Boss, our steward wants me to buy this food, how much is it?" ”

Ruixue originally steamed this bun, also because she wanted to make soup dumplings, which was not easy to share with everyone to taste, but let everyone drool, and she couldn't bear it, so she put on more meat noodles and wrapped some affordable big buns to entertain guests.

She wanted to say that this bun was not for sale, and when she saw that the little guy was salivating and looking funny and pitiful, she asked Shishi, "How many people are in the gang today?" ”

Shi was responsible for negotiating wages with his respective stewards, and was responsible for dividing the work according to the roster, so he naturally knew very well how many people came, and immediately reported it, "Master, one hundred and eighteen people are here today." ”

A total of 200 buns, one per person, rich and surplus, Rui Xue then found two pieces of oil paper, each wrapped two buns, handed them to the little guy, and said with a smile, "Today's steamed buns are to try them for the dock brothers, and I don't plan to sell them, you can take these to pad your stomach with the steward, even if we have a treat in the shop." ”

The young man didn't expect the proprietress to be so generous and hospitable, thanked him again and again, hugged the bun and went out to the steward, and before he could get to the front, he shouted, "Steward Li, steward Li, the proprietress didn't ask for money, please eat buns." ”

The steward was directing the men to load the boxes on the car, and when he heard this, he asked in surprise, "You really didn't ask for money?" ”

The little guy handed him an oiled paper bag along with the dozen pennies, and said with a happy face, "I really didn't want it, the proprietress said that she steamed the buns to invite the brothers on the dock to try it, and she didn't prepare to take it out. ”

The steward took the copper money and praised, "This proprietress is really generous, presumably business will be prosperous in the future." ”

He opened the oil paper bag, ate the big bun, and took a bite, the dough was soft, the filling was salty and fragrant, and his mouth was full of oil, so fragrant that he nodded again and again, and the little guy also ate it in a big gulp...

A few laborers next to them had already heard their conversation, and knew that the three masters had prepared delicious food for them, which was so beautiful that their hearts were bubbling, and they thought that it was great to be able to come to the dock to do work.

Soon, everyone spread the word of mouth, and they all got the news, and they worked harder and harder to finish the last job, and then they all strode into the shop, and when they saw Rui Xue picking up buns in the dustpan, they all laughed innocently.

Rui Xue smiled and said, "Let's all go into the house, it's time to start the meal immediately, I steamed buns today, but not much, each person will have one to try." ”

"Thank you, three masters!" Everyone thanked each other and entered the north house with a grin.

The bowls and chopsticks, stewed sauerkraut and steamed buns were quickly put on the table, and finally the snow-white buns were put on each table, and a dustpan was placed on each table, faintly steaming, which made everyone swallow their saliva, but they were all a little blushing and refused to do it first.

Rui Xue came in and saw it, so she smiled and said, "Why, I'm afraid that I put croton powder in the bun, I can't bear to spoil such a good food." ”

Everyone laughed, then you and I were sandwiched into the bowl one by one, and there was that anxious mouthful, who had already eaten most of the time in a few bites, squinting his eyes so fragrantly, shouting, "It's so delicious, it's so delicious, I will have silver in the future, and I will become a rich and noble person, and I will eat steamed buns three times a day." Several people next to her also echoed, Rui Xue smiled and said nothing, when she was poor, she felt very satisfied when she ate the bread and bread cakes, but on the day of wealth, she may not remember the happiness at this time.

There were a few older brothers, who didn't touch the buns in the bowl, only smiled and ate the steamed buns and sauerkraut with two noodles, Rui Xue recognized that there were children in the family, or daughters-in-law and children who were pregnant, thinking about the dozens left in the stove, in addition to the ones taken home and the ones left for the plugs, they could barely divide a dozen for them to take back. But at this time, it was difficult to talk when there were many people, so I secretly remembered it in my heart.

After the meal was over, everyone drank tea and gossiped, and Rui Xue ate around the table with Zhang's sister-in-law and stones.

After each bun was steamed, it was as big as a small sea bowl, and the plug and stone were eaten three in one go, which made Zhang's sister-in-law afraid that they would break it, so she refused to let them eat again, and only gave half of the soup to drink.