At the time of Shen, that is, at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Lan Yi entrusted the baby to Chuncao to take care of it, and then went to the private room on the second floor of the front hall to see the young owner of the Four Seas Inn.

Shao Dong was only about 20 years old, white-faced, and well-dressed, and he looked like a Confucian scholar who had been immersed in poetry and books for a long time, rather than a businessman. Lan Yi breathed a sigh of relief, although people should not be good-looking, but this young owner's eyes were deep and bright, and his face was very peaceful, not like a treacherous person.

The young owner claimed that his surname was Zhang Pingyu, and after he stood up and poured tea for Lan Yi personally, he directly said his meaning: "The dim sum made by Mrs. Xiao Ke entrusted the blessing of the shopkeeper to taste a piece." The dim sum is soft and delicate, tender and delicious, which is very good. ”

Lan Yi raised her eyebrows slightly, Zhang Pingyu described it very professionally, but she didn't speak, she only smiled and nodded, which was counted as an answer.

The Zhang family is also a businessman in this Mei County, Zhang Pingyu happened to come to Qingshan Town to inspect the shop in the past few days, and lived in the Four Seas Inn. Zhang Pingyu called the shopkeeper of the Zhang family's dim sum shop in Qingshan Town, but the shopkeeper of the dim sum shop couldn't tell how Lan Yi's dim sum was made, but it was just as he said above.

"I wonder if there is anyone else who can make this snack besides Madame?" This is what he cares about the most, if this party is not unique to Lan Yi, then it will not be worth much.

Lan Yi nodded, "This is a recipe passed down from my ancestors, and now only the little woman knows about it." It's not hard to find something to make dim sum, but it's a bit more complicated and a lot more exquisite. ”

Zhang Pingyu raised his eyebrows, the little woman in front of him hit the nail on the head as soon as she opened her mouth, it didn't seem to be such an ignorant woman. The shopkeeper Zhang reported to him that this little woman was good friends with the county lady of the East Cross Courtyard, and Zhang Pingyu saw that although Lan Yi was not very old, she had an elegant temperament, and her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and she was a little contemptuous.

"Behind Xiao Ke is the shopkeeper of the dim sum shop at home, and he is quite familiar with pastries."

The red-faced man about forty years old behind Zhang Pingyu arched his hand at Lan Yi and said with a kind face: "Madame's dim sum is just like what the young master of my family said, the taste is good, but the delicacy is still a little worse, and the style and color are not delicate enough. ”

Lan Yi smiled, these two people praised and depreciated, but what they said was not bad, and they seemed to know this way of business negotiation. Although Lan Yi had never negotiated with others, the shortcomings of the shopkeeper of this dim sum shop were indeed something she had anticipated and prepared to say.

"This shopkeeper is very right. The reason why this snack is not delicate enough is that the little woman is away with her children, and she has limited tools and materials at hand, so she has not given a fine basket of flour, and she has not found milk, so she has to use goat's milk. As long as the ingredients are well prepared and the ratio is adjusted, the taste will change. Seeing that the two of them were thoughtful, Lan Yi paused and continued, "If there is a special mold, directly bake this cake on a slight fire, and the shape and color will be better." ”

Lan Yi turned around and took out the beaten cream and the cake cut into a triangle shape from the basket next to her, and said, "The little woman likes to study the kitchen every day, and she has made a new method. Please take a look at the two of you. ”

Lan Yi took the triangle cake and used a knife to spread a layer of cream on the cake, and the whole cake became snow-white and looked very beautiful. Zhang Pingyu and the shopkeeper of the dim sum shop glanced at each other, and their curiosity grew.

Lan Yi handed the cake tray to Zhang Pingyu, saw that both of them had a small taste, and then said: "It's a little tired to eat like this, but it's a pity that it's spring, if there are seasonal fruit cuts and put patterns on top of the snack after a while, or cut the snack from the middle layer and smear this white cream with cherries and other beautiful fruits, the taste will be better." ”

In other words, the confectionery can vary in size, shape and texture. Last autumn, one of my elders celebrated his 60th birthday, and the little woman made this snack a seven-inch smash, smeared it with cream, and then wrote a longevity character with pomegranate red and cream on the top, and a few pomegranates and grapes on the top, which not only looked exquisite, but also tasted very delicious, and the old people liked it very much. ”

After Lan Yi finished speaking, she picked up the tea in front of her and took a sip gently, after this set of sales, she was a little thirsty.

Zhang Pingyu gently turned the jade ring on the thumb of his right hand, and when he turned around, he saw the dim sum shopkeeper nodding slightly at him, so he smiled and said: "Madame is really good at cooking, listening to you say this, Xiao Ke thinks that this dim sum can really turn over a lot of tricks." I wonder how much silver Madame wants to transfer? ”

"Don't hide it from the young owner, if the little woman is not embarrassed, she will not transfer this recipe to you. I would like to hear Zhang Shaodong's bid, you are an expert after all. Lan Yi didn't say the price directly, after all, she has no way to refer to this level now, so it would be more appropriate to let Zhang Pingyu put it forward.

"According to the market price, the good recipe is twenty taels. Madame's dim sum recipe is novel, if you can come up with something to do, including the mold, etc., I can bid you fifty taels. It's just that this recipe is given to Xiao Ke, and the lady can't sell it to others anymore. Zhang Pingyu said slowly. When the shopkeeper of the idea shop behind Zhang Pingyu heard the amount of fifty taels, his brows furrowed, and his eyes showed puzzlement.

Lan Yi's face remained unchanged, but the amount of fifty taels did exceed her psychological expectations, she thought that it was rare to be able to sell thirty taels, of course, since the other party was willing to pay this price, she would not be stupid enough to reduce the price herself. "This cake is an ancestral recipe, and the little woman naturally wants to pass it on, so it's not a sale to others, right?"

Zhang Pingyu frowned slightly, he didn't expect Lan Yi to ask this question, "Madame should pass on the recipe to future generations, but Madame must ensure that the family does not pass on this recipe or use it to open a dim sum shop." ”

Lan Yi nodded: "This is nature. However, please also keep it a secret and don't reveal that this snack was learned from Little Women. ”

Zhang Pingyu nodded in response, after all, it is not a glorious thing for this woman in the deep house to betray her ancestors for her livelihood.

Later, Lan Yi dictated that the shopkeeper of the dim sum shop wrote down the practices and precautions for the cake, and drafted the contract signed by both parties and pressed their fingerprints. Zhang Pingyu asked the shopkeeper to bring flour, eggs, goat's milk, sugar and other things, and Lan Yi demonstrated the cake in person before offering five pieces of silver. Lan Yi had a headache when she looked at this large piece of silver, and asked Zhang Pingyu to exchange it for thirty taels of silver tickets and twenty taels of broken silver.

"Madam, I wonder if this snack has a name?"

Lan Yi shook her head, "We call it 'Cake', but it's not a nice name. ”

"'Cake'? But it's not bad. I heard that Mrs. asked about renting a car yesterday, but you can rent it? Zhang Pingyu looked at Lan Yi, and it didn't seem to be her, "If you need help, you can tell Xiao Ke or Shopkeeper Zhang." ”

"This little thing will not bother the young owner and Uncle Zhang, these trivial things can still be prepared by the little woman." Although Lan Yijueton, Zhang Pingyu, is not a bad person, but he wants to rent a car to escape, if he uses the Zhang family's carriage, his destination will be known by the other party, and one more person will know that he and his child will be more risky.

Zhang Pingyu leaned lazily on the back of the chair and looked at Lan Yi's departing back, his expression inexplicable. Fifty taels to buy a recipe is not a sky-high price, with his business vision in the past few years, it can be known that if this cake is done well, he will earn back more than dozens or even hundreds of times the fifty taels.

The shopkeeper of the dim sum shop saw that his young master's face was good, so he leaned up and said softly: "Second young master, this little lady can bring out an adult pie at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Yesterday, I heard Uncle Zhang say that she had died of a man, and the child was only one year old...... I don't know how long I can survive. ”

Zhang Pingyu raised his eyes and glanced at his shopkeeper, and saw that he was very helpless when he looked like he was full of gossip: "What kind of idle are you, let's think about how to make this mold as much as possible." ”

"Second Young Master, if this dim sum is in Meixian or Dongping, it will definitely be sold at a better price than in Qingshan Town." The shopkeeper of the dim sum shop had a rippling face, but he thought that his young master was kind to this little woman, and he even took the initiative to mention the matter of helping to find the car, how dare he mention such a topic in front of the young master who had always been cold.

"I know, you take this recipe, don't tell others, let Shengzi follow you to work, do your best. I'll take care of the rest. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Pingyu waved his hand and asked the shopkeeper of the dim sum shop to step down. He slowly tasted the tea by himself, thinking about how he could use the 'cake' of guò to win back a game and reverse his disadvantageous position in the Zhang family.

"But this little woman, if she is really widowed like this, it is a pity." Zhang Pingyu thought that although Lan Yi's complexion was not good, her appearance was still beautiful, but the calm and frank color of her big black eyes made it difficult for people to have blasphemy, "Come to think of it, if she really plans to do this, it's not impossible." ”

Thinking of the faces of the women in the Zhang family's inner house, thinking of the friend who had just died due to the dispute between the owner of the property and his wife and children, Zhang Pingyu's eyes flashed with pain and hatred, and he sighed.

"Ziyuan, Mrs. Sister-in-law fled alone with her child, won't she be as depressed as this little woman? If it really comes to such a situation, Mrs. Sister-in-law will definitely be inferior to hers. ”

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