Early in the morning, Gao Dian got up numbly.

I made an appointment to go to eat mutton steamed buns with Lou Xiangpeng today, but I couldn't get up too late.

Not long after he cleaned up, Lou Xiangpeng called.

"Brother Dian, have you gotten up? I'm already at your hotel's door. Lou Xiangpeng asked.

"Right now, I'll pack it up, come down right away." Gao Dian said.

He got dressed and hurried down.

Lou Xiangpeng drove a car, and Gao Dian opened the door and sat down.

In the car, Gao Dian asked, "Is it necessary to go so early?" ”

Lou Xiangpeng said: "Brother Dian, you don't know this, if you want to eat good mutton steamed buns, you have to go early, and you can't eat it if you go late." ”

Hearing this, Gao Dian nodded, but didn't say anything.

Lou Xiangpeng drove to an inconspicuous restaurant, which was full of people early in the morning.

Lou Xiangpeng found a familiar position and beckoned Gao Dian to sit down.

"Brother Dian, are you heavy or clear-mouthed?" Lou asked Xiangpeng.

"Weigh it down." Gao Dian said.

Lou Xiangpeng nodded, and then asked: "Then Brother Dian do you want to eat alone, dry pulling, mouth soup, and water siege the city?" ”

Gao Dian was puzzled when he heard this, and then asked, "What do these four mean, and what is the difference?" ”

Lou Xiangpeng said: "The so-called single walk, that is, the mutton soup and steamed buns are served together, and you carefully break the steamed buns and put them in a bowl to eat, this way of eating is called single walking." Each has its own flavor, but we rarely eat it this way. ”

Gao Dian nodded, indicating that he understood.

Lou Xiangpeng continued: "The difference between the three ways of eating, dry pulling, mouth soup, and water siege is the amount of soup, dry pulling is the soup in the bowl after eating, the mouth soup is after the bun is eaten, there is still a mouthful of soup left, and the water siege is the middle bun, and the surrounding soup." ”

The names of these three ways of eating, in fact, describe the way of eating very appropriately, Lou Xiangpeng explained a little, and Gao Dian understood.

"I don't know much about this, so you can recommend a way to eat it." Gao Dian said.

Lou Xiangpeng said with a smile: "My personal favorite is the way to eat the soup, if Brother Dian doesn't know how to eat that, you might as well try it." ”

"Let's take a bite of soup." Gao Dian said.

After a while, Lou Xiangpeng ordered a good dish, and someone brought over two steamed buns and two bowls.

Lou Xiangpeng said: "This mutton steamed bun must be broken before eating, so that it is easy to taste. ”

Gao Dian picked up the bun and pinched it, it was a little hard.

Regarding the matter of breaking the mutton steamed bun in advance, Gao Dian also knew.

"So what size should it be broken into? Is the finer the better? Gao Dian asked.

Lou Xiangpeng shook his head and smiled: "It's not that the finer the better, according to the different ways of eating, the size of the break is also different." For example, dry pulling is broken into the size of soybeans, the soup is broken into the size of peanuts, and the water siege is broken into the size of broad beans.

The size of the break is different, and the chef will make it different. ”

Gao Dian listened suddenly, and his fingers slowly broke up, breaking each one into the size of a peanut.

However, his movements are a little slow, far less skilled than Lou Xiangpeng.

It's the first time to break the bun, and it's normal to break it slowly.

Lou Xiangpeng said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to break the bun, this is a slow work and careful work, and the process of breaking the bun is also the process of enjoying the food." It's like making tea while you're drinking it. ”

Gao Dian nodded and slowly broke it.

Lou Xiangpeng's bowl of dishes has already been dished, and Gao Dian still has half of it left in his hand. He didn't rush to bring the buns into the kitchen, but waited for Gao Dian.

Finally, Gao Dian finished breaking the bun in his hand, looking at the thin bowl of buns, he spontaneously felt a sense of achievement.

Lou Xiangpeng asked people to bring the broken buns into the kitchen, and after a while, two bowls of mutton steamed buns were served. It was served with spicy and sweet garlic.

The lamb in the bowl is on top, and the buns in the bowl are full of soup, and one by one they become swollen, and the broth is almost invisible in the bowl.

Gao Dian was about to mix it with chopsticks, but was stopped by Lou Xiangpeng.

"Brother Dian, this can't be stirred, if you want to mix, just be lighter, otherwise it will be a mush." Lou Xiangpeng said.

When Gao Dian heard this, he paused in the movement of his hand and said, "Then I'll tap it." ”

After mixing it for a while, Gao Dian asked again: "Are these sweet garlic and spicy seeds also eaten with them?" ”

Lou Xiangpeng shook his head and said: "This is a matter of personal preference, of course, generally if we eat, we will eat a few bites first, and when we are a little tired, then add spicy seeds and chew two sweet garlic." ”

Gao Dian suddenly said: "So that's the case. ”

"Ho Ho~"

Gao Dian ate the mutton steamed buns, which he broke out with his own hands, and after cooking over high heat, each steamed bun was full of soup.

Eat in the mouth, the taste of the bun is soft and tough, and the deliciousness of the mutton soup is all in this small bun, and there is no soup when you eat the soup.

The mutton is soft and rotten, but it is not loose, and when eaten in the mouth, the meat is fragrant.

The steamed bun has no taste, but when it is filled with mutton broth, it becomes a top-notch delicacy.

After eating a small half bowl, Gao Dian saw Lou Xiangpeng start to eat sweet garlic, and out of curiosity, he picked up one and tasted it.

The combination of sweet and spicy garlic in the mouth of sweet garlic makes Gao Dian feel a little uncomfortable.

However, after eating two bites of mutton steamed buns, he suddenly felt that the mutton steamed buns with sugar and garlic were a wonderful match.

He tried it again, and unconsciously became a little addicted, this taste was the first time he tried it, and it felt inexplicably good.

After a while, the two of them finished eating.

Lou Xiangpeng asked, "Brother Dian, how about this mutton steamed bun?" ”

"It's delicious." Gao Dian said.

It was the first time he had eaten mutton steamed buns, but the taste really didn't make him find anything wrong with it, and he still had the urge to eat it again.

Of course, it's just an impulse, if you really want him to continue eating, Gao Dian can't eat it.

The amount of a bowl of mutton steamed buns is not small, Gao Dian eats a bowl, he is already almost eight points full, and another bowl can not be eaten, and he is not a big stomach like Lou Xiangpeng.

Lou Xiangpeng said with a smile: "It's delicious, Brother Dian can try the other three ways to eat in the future, but I personally don't recommend going alone." ”

Gao Dian nodded, he was a little interested, but he couldn't eat it at the moment, so he could only save it later.

The two walked out of the store, there were still many customers inside, and Gao Dian sighed: "There are so many people." ”

Lou Xiangpeng said with a smile: "Of course, this mutton steamed bun is famous, his family has been open for decades, anyway, I ate mutton steamed bun here when I was a child." For so many years, their house was full every day, opening at 7 a.m. and closing at about 1 p.m. ”

Gao Dian was surprised: "Closed so early? ”

"Yes, the buns and soups are prepared in advance, and the quantity is limited every day, so they will naturally close when they are sold out." Lou Xiangpeng said.

"That's right." Gao Dian nodded.

Suddenly, Gao Dian thought of a question and asked, "Is this the best mutton steamed bun in K City?" ”

Lou Xiangpeng shook his head and said, "Of course not, the best mutton steamed bun is difficult to eat." ”

Hearing this, Gao Dian nodded.

After the two of them ate mutton steamed buns, Lou Xiangpeng and Gao Dian talked about the food festival.

"Brother Dian, my dad has agreed to give us the invitation, and then we can set up a stall at the food festival." Lou Xiangpeng said.

Gao Dian's eyes lit up and said, "Really? That's great, thank you Uncle Lou for me. ”

Lou Xiangpeng waved his hand and said, "Don't thank him." ”

Gao Dian: ???

Lou Xiangpeng didn't explain too much, there was no need to take it out and talk about the bet between their father and son.

"Brother Dian, we have obtained the qualification to participate, so what should we do?" Lou asked Peng questions.

They participate in the food festival, not as tourists, but as stall owners.

Since it is a food festival, as a stall owner, you definitely need to have good food.

Gao Dian pondered, he didn't have any thoughts about this issue for the time being, mainly because he only mentioned it yesterday, but he didn't expect Lou Xiangpeng to get it done today.

Gao Dian pondered for a while and said, "How do you say to make noodles? ”

When Lou Xiangpeng heard this, he shook his head and said, "Brother Dian, it's too troublesome to make noodles, let's make something a little simpler." ”

Gao Dian thought about it, it is really troublesome to make noodles, and the cost will increase, so you want disposable dishes and chopsticks, right? That's all the cost.

"So what do you say?" Gao Dian asked.

"We make simple and profitable pastries." Lou Xiangpeng said.

The reason why he said this was that he was still worried that he would not be able to earn the next 50,000 yuan, and once he couldn't earn it, his life would be miserable for the next year.

When Gao Dian heard this request, his heart was full of speechlessness, and he wanted to be simple and profitable, this requirement was too beautiful.

Lou Xiangpeng also knew that the idea he put forward was a little unrealistic, so he said: "Brother Dian, otherwise, we will make some pastries with higher profits." ”

Lou Xiangpeng is not stupid, since his father proposed to earn enough 50,000 yuan, it shows that it is not easy to earn enough 50,000 yuan.

If you want to make so much money, generally speaking, there are two ways, one is to sell with high profits, and the other is to make small profits but quick turnover.

Considering that there were only two people, Lou Xiangpeng chose the first path and sold it with high profits.

"Profitable pastries, let me think about it." Gao Dian said.

Lou Xiangpeng nodded.

Gao Dian thought for a while and asked, "Why do you want to sell high-profit pastries?" ”

Lou Xiangpeng said: "Brother Dian, don't look at us to get the qualification to participate, but each booth has a booth fee." If we don't sell some high-profit money and make it back, I'm afraid we will lose. ”

When Gao Dian heard this, he nodded, what Lou Xiangpeng said made sense.

Going to the food festival is to make money, otherwise can you do charity?

There are only two of them in total, and the best way to make money is indeed to sell more profitable pastries.

In fact, small profits and quick sales are also a way, but it is not suitable.

There are only two of them in total, no matter how small the profits are, how much can they sell? In other words, even if they don't worry about selling at all, how many pastries can two people make?

And choosing a high profit is undoubtedly the best way.

Selling a high-profit pastry may be worth selling 10 pastries with a small profit and quick turnover.

"Among the pastries I know, the profits are not too high, but the profits of oil-splashed noodles are okay, but the price of a oil-splashed noodles cannot be set too high, and the other pastries are ...... That's pretty much the same thing. Gao Dian said.

"What then? If you don't learn one now, you can learn lily crisp in the first three days of the competition, and there are still a few days before the start of the food festival, and you will definitely be able to learn it. Lou Xiangpeng said.

Hearing this, Gao Dian's eyes lit up, and he said: "Wait, what you just said reminded me that we may be able to think differently about profits." ”

Lou Xiangpeng was a little puzzled: "What kind of thinking?" ”

Gao Dian said: "We can make the pastry more delicate, and then set the price a little higher, so that the profit will be higher." ”

Lou Xiangpeng heard this and thought about it.

Gao Dian continued: "The price of things at the food festival will be higher than outside, so let's make the pastry more delicate so that people can feel high-end at a glance, so that the price is higher and easier to accept." ”

Lou Xiangpeng said: "Brother Dian, I think this idea is okay. ”

What Gao Dian said is actually to improve the appearance of the pastry, so that it has an image that meets the high price.

"When the time comes, I can make lily cakes and sell them by the number." Gao Dian said.

Lou Xiangpeng thought for a while and said, "I can also make spring rolls, try to make them as delicate as possible." ”

After the two had an idea, they began to discuss some details.

In order to make money, Gao Dian has taken all aspects into account. And Lou Xiangpeng didn't have much interest in making money, so he originally participated in this food festival to accompany Gao Dian.

But now, he's different!

After making a bet with his father, Lou Xiangpeng's heart was full of fighting spirit, whether it was to win his father or for his happy life in the next year, he couldn't lose.

After discussing some details, Gao Dian looked at the sky, it was still early, so he proposed: "Why don't we go and see the ingredients and talk about purchasing." ”

If you want to set up a stall at a food festival, you can't always make noodles out of the air, although it's not impossible now.

The procurement of ingredients is a must.

In addition, the two of them make different pastries, and there are many types of ingredients needed.

The main body of it is still flour.

Lou Xiangpeng nodded in agreement, and took Gao Dian to a relatively large farmers' market in K City, where many of them are wholesale, and most of the ingredients can be found here.

Lou Xiangpeng and Gao Dian walked in and picked them one by one.

Gao Dian's lily crisp mainly uses some dried fruits and the like, while Lou Xiangpeng's spring rolls require some fresh ingredients.

The two walked around for a long time and each selected some ingredients.

There is also the most important ingredient that has not yet been determined, and that is flour!

This is the main and most important ingredient.

There is a lot of flour in the farmers' market, and it is available in many places, but neither of them is very satisfied, and the quality of this flour is not very good.

Maybe it's bullying the two of them young.

Flour must be selected well, and flour that is too poor quality will have too much impact on the taste.

Although the two want to make money, they don't have any bottom line.

The two of them almost visited the farmer's market, and finally found one that they were satisfied with.

After selecting the flour, the trunk of Lou Xiangpeng's car was already full of various ingredients.

These are not all, the spring rolls he wants to make need some fresh ingredients, this can only be bought at that time, otherwise after a few days, the freshness will not be fresh.