As soon as he entered the room, the shopkeeper did not immediately ask Lin Yunxuan about the ingredients, but sat down and drank tea unhurriedly, as if he had no intention of speaking first. Lin Yunxuan also lived for 30 years in her previous life, and she had never eaten pork or seen a pig run, so she simply calmed down and quietly admired the furnishings in the room.

I saw a few calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, a table in the middle of the room, a few mahogany-colored chairs next to it, and an elegant tea set in the center of the table. The whole room is simple and atmospheric, and I think it is a room in the store to talk about things.

The shopkeeper originally planned to let Lin Yunxuan speak first, and when the time came, he would be able to suppress the price, but he didn't expect that this girl was not very old, but her patience was not small, so she didn't open her mouth for a long time. I couldn't help but feel that the little girl in front of me, who looked only eleven or twelve years old, was not easy to fool, so I had to ask straight to the point: "Do you have any novel ingredients to sell?" ”

Lin Yunxuan took out the fish balls from the back basket behind Zhao An and said, "Shopkeeper, this is the novel ingredient we are talking about." ”

Shopkeeper Li picked up a fish ball and looked at it carefully, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, a little puzzled: "What kind of ingredients is this?" ”

Lin Yunxuan didn't answer and asked: "The shopkeeper can use breakfast?" If you haven't had breakfast yet, can you borrow the kitchen of your restaurant? ”

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and looked at Lin Yunxuan carefully, although she was not dressed well, but her eyes were clear, her eyebrows were full of confidence, and her bearing was extraordinary, and she couldn't help but agree to her request, and called a young man to take her to the kitchen.

A quarter of an hour later, Lin Yunxuan brought a bowl of fish ball soup. I saw a few white, crystal clear balls floating in the bowl, and the verdant green onions were dotted among them, and a fragrance came to my nose, and I was very appetizing when I looked at it.

"Shopkeeper, please eat." Lin Yunxuan put the fish ball soup in front of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper picked up a fish ball, blew lightly, took a careful bite, and after chewing it carefully, his eyes lit up, and his expression changed slightly.

This ball is like porcelain, tender and smooth, delicious, chewed lightly, only feel that the meat is beating, elastic, it seems to have a faint flavor of fish meat, and after swallowing, it is even more fragrant on the teeth and cheeks. It was so unexpected.

What the hell is this done?

Once again, a question rose in his mind, and he couldn't help but take another bite, trying to recall in his mind what he knew about the food and the various ingredients as he ate.

Unconsciously, he involuntarily picked up the rest of the fish balls and stuffed them into his mouth, and he reacted after eating. It's just that after eating, his attitude towards Lin Yunxuan became solemn.

He had already tried to discern it with the taste buds on the tip of his tongue, but he really couldn't tell what it was made of, and this texture alone did have the value of buying.

"I haven't consulted the girl's name, the contemptible Li Shengde is the shopkeeper of this drunken immortal building."

"Our surname is Zhao, and this is my younger brother." Lin Yunxuan wanted to say her name, but thought that it would be better for her to be cautious if she had crossed over, so she reported the name of the Zhao family.

"Miss Zhao, may I ask what kind of ingredients did you bring? The taste is so peculiar? Shopkeeper Li asked, pointing to the back basket.

"Pearl fish balls." Lin Yunxuan saw the change in Shopkeeper Li's expression just now, and then saw that Shopkeeper Li had eaten all the fish balls in the bowl, and he had a bottom in his heart, but his face was silent.

"Oh? So it's made from fish? Shopkeeper Li was taken aback, but his face was very calm and did not show it. He didn't expect to be able to make such food out of fish. If it is made of fish, then he can keep the price down, after all, fish is not a precious and novel ingredient.

"Yes, although fish is not a novel ingredient, but the novelty is our craftsmanship, I dare to say that this pearl fish ball is a unique ingredient in Shimen Town."

Although Shopkeeper Li covered it up well, Lin Yunxuan didn't miss Xiao Jiujiu who flashed in his eyes just now, so she emphasized that the novelty was the craftsmanship.

"And how are you going to sell it?" Shopkeeper Li looked at Lin Yunxuan with a calm face and asked.

"A hundred dollars a pound." Lin Yunxuan was not prepared to let herself stand in a passive position, and said immediately. This price was estimated by her based on the look of Shopkeeper Li that she had just observed, which was two or three times higher than the price she originally planned to sell, and she was already mentally prepared for Shopkeeper Li to lower the price.

"A pound of 100 yuan is a bit high, after all, a fish is a big one at most a dozen yuan. That's it, thirty dollars a pound. Shopkeeper Li kept thinking in his heart, and gave a price after a deep sigh.

"Shopkeeper Li, of course the price of ordinary fish is not high, but my pearl fish balls, the production process is not simple, and the taste is unique, frying, frying, stir-frying and boiling soup can be, and it is an ingredient suitable for all ages, and the money you earn from this dish will definitely be able to turn over several times."

Lin Yunxuan saw the hesitation of the shopkeeper Li, and guessed a rough idea in her heart, she was not annoyed, stretched out her hand and made a gesture, and then said:

"Shopkeeper Li, I won't beat around the bush and ask you for more, seventy yuan a catty, this is half sold and half given, if you think you can, in order to express my sincerity for the first cooperation." I can give you two extra recipes related to fish balls to make you a big seller. And I have other novel ingredients another day, so I'll send you here as soon as possible. ”

Shopkeeper Li glanced at Lin Yunxuan, thinking that this little girl was not very old, but her mind was very flexible, as if she saw the momentum that he really wanted to take down this fish ball.

Recently, Meixiangju, the number one competitor of Zuixianlou, has launched several new dishes, and the business is very good, and there is a faint trend of overpowering Zuixianlou. This has doubled the pressure on the shopkeeper, and he has been discussing with the chef for the past few days to see if he can come up with some new dishes. This fish ball is a good choice right now, so he doesn't want to miss this opportunity.

It's just that I'm a little depressed, I wanted to buy it at a low price, but I didn't expect this little girl to be so smart, and he didn't take any advantage. Anyway, you should spend money to buy a good way.

Shopkeeper Li nodded: "Okay, seventy yuan is seventy yuan." ”

Lin Yunxuan smiled: "Deal!" ”

"Then Miss Zhao, you sit first, and I'll let people weigh you."

After the shopkeeper Li finished speaking, he got up and went out, and Lin Yunxuan and Zhao An were left in the room.

Lin Yunxuan looked at Zhao An, who was standing aside, and saw that his eyes widened and he looked at himself dumbfounded.

Lin Yunxuan winked at him slyly, and just as he wanted to speak, Shopkeeper Li walked in with a guy.

The guy quickly weighed the fish balls with his hands and feet, and said loudly: "It's a total of nine catties and nine halves." ”

"Then even if it's ten catties, it should be enough for seven hundred yuan here." Shopkeeper Li put a piece of broken silver on the table.

"Shopkeeper Li, we don't want silver, can you help exchange this silver for copper coins for us?" Lin Yunxuan looked at the silver two on the table, and frowned slightly.

Shopkeeper Li was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he understood, and his heart became more and more fond of this girl who was as careful as a hair, so he whispered to the man to get seven hundred copper coins.

"Miss Zhao, here are seven hundred copper coins, you can count them."

Lin Yunxuan didn't count, motioned to Zhao An to take the money away, and said to Shopkeeper Li with a smile: "Don't order, we can trust Shopkeeper Li, thank Shopkeeper Li for helping me with this." So shopkeeper Li, let's go to the back kitchen now and tell the chef how to make fish balls? ”

Lin Yunxuan's smile is gentle and polite, and she is more generous than many of the ladies that Shopkeeper Li has seen.

Shopkeeper Li personally took Lin Yunxuan to the back kitchen of the Drunken Immortal Building, and retired the idle people, leaving only one chef to follow Lin Yunxuan to learn art. The kitchen has all kinds of chicken, duck and fish, and the ingredients and cooking utensils are very handy. After entering the kitchen, Lin Yunxuan rolled up her sleeves and began to cook quickly, teaching the chef two dishes, green vegetable fish ball soup and Jiaoxi fish ball, before leaving home and going home.

Walking out of the Drunken Immortal Building, Zhao An's whole person was still in a trance, feeling like he was in a dream. Lin Yunxuan stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him, he grabbed Lin Yunxuan's hand and said excitedly: "Sister, you pinch my face and tell me it's true, we really made money." ”

Lin Yunxuan pinched his face and said with a smile: "It's true, we have made money, and we will make more money in the future!" Wait, the best days are yet to come! After a while, when you save enough money, my sister will send you to school. ”

When Zhao An heard this, his eyes were red with excitement. He also wants to go to school like the lobby brother of the uncle's family, but this wish has always been secretly in his heart and has never been told to others. He didn't expect that one day he could also go to school, and at this moment, he seemed to see the appearance of the school in front of him, and he was so happy and excited in his heart.

"Let's go, let's go shopping and buy some things and go home." Lin Yunxuan patted Zhao An's shoulder, deliberately didn't look at Zhao An's face, took the lead and walked towards the street.

Zhao An hurriedly wiped his face and followed.

At this time, it was past the hour, and there were more people on the street, and most of the shops on both sides of the street were open for business, and the street was full of people.

Lin Yunxuan visited the ancient market for the first time, and it felt very fresh. And Zhao An came to the market only a handful of times, so the two of them went shopping with great interest.

After walking around, Lin Yunxuan has a general understanding of the layout of the town, and also has a general understanding of the things sold in the town.

The town center of Shimen Town is not very large, there is only a main street about 500 meters long, from north to south. Centered on the main street, there are several smaller streets and alleys symmetrically distributed outward. The decoration of shops and restaurants on both sides of the main street is relatively high-grade, looking at it in turn, restaurants, jewelry shops, pawnshops, rouge shops, silk shops and other decorations are more luxurious, and a little farther away are the medical halls, rice and noodle shops, bookstores and other shops with slightly more ordinary decorations, and the pedestrians walking on this street are dressed more gorgeously than the people in the alleys next to them.

The streets and alleys next to the main street are mainly dotted with small shops such as grocery stores and some ordinary houses.

On the east side of the main street is the market that sells daily necessities, that is, the market where Lin Yunxuan and her sisters prepare to sell fish balls in the morning. On the west side of the main street, there is a market that mainly sells livestock and poultry.

Most of the shops in the town sell items related to clothing, food, housing and transportation, and the types are quite complete, after all, the geographical location of Shimen Town is relatively special, located at the junction of the north and south, and it can be regarded as a transportation hub.

And after walking around this circle, Zhao An's stomach began to drum, and he gurgled and screamed, and Zhao An lowered his head embarrassedly.

Lin Yunxuan remembered that they only drank a bowl of porridge in the morning and set off, after shopping for such a morning, that porridge had already been digested, and she forgot that she was hungry when she went shopping. Zhao An was definitely hungrier than her when she was growing up.

"Boss, how much does your bun cost?" Lin Yunxuan took Zhao An to a steamed bun shop and asked the proprietress who was selling steamed buns.

The proprietress who was standing in front of the steamer and was holding buns for the guests looked up and saw two and a half children standing in front of them, and although their clothes were patched, they still looked quite clean.

"Vegetable buns cost a penny, and meat buns cost two pennies a piece." The proprietress put away her scrutinizing gaze and said to the two children with a smile.

"Boss, get me five meat buns." Lin Yunxuan listened to the price and felt that it was quite reasonable. The size of this ancient bun is much larger than that of modern buns, and each one is the size of half the palm of an adult's hand.

"No, no, no, boss, one is enough, not so many!" When Zhao An heard this, he waved his hand to the proprietress anxiously.

Zhao An was a little distressed, ten cents can almost buy two catties of thick noodles, two catties of thick noodles can be eaten several times, but buy a few meat buns here and it will be gone.

After saying goodbye to the proprietress, Zhao An grabbed Lin Yunxuan, approached her ear, and said anxiously: "Sister, we can buy a few catties of thick noodles with the money to buy steamed buns, and we can eat them for several days." We can't spend money like that. ”

"It's okay, we'll eat meat buns every day in the future. My sister will find a way to make money. Lin Yunxuan could understand Zhao An's feelings, but she didn't plan to listen to him.

"Boss, five meat buns, two to eat now, and the other three to take away together." Lin Yunxuan turned around and said to the proprietress.

"Okay. Two meat buns are eaten now, and three meat buns are packed and taken away. As she spoke, the proprietress took out the oiled paper, separated the buns and handed them to Lin Yunxuan.

Lin Yunxuan handed the ten cents to the proprietress, took the buns, put the three buns wrapped in oiled paper into the back basket, and then took out one of the two buns packed together and handed it to Zhao An, holding the remaining bun in her hand.

The bun that was just taken out of the steamer was a little hot, and Zhao An blew it a few times, and then couldn't wait to bite it.

The bun is stuffed with vegetables and pork, and when you take a bite, your mouth is full of oil.

"It's delicious." Zhao An was holding a meat bun in his hand, his mouth was bulging, and he ate it so fragrantly.

Seeing this, Lin Yunxuan's eyes were astringent, she never knew that eating a bite of meat buns could also be a very happy thing.

Zhao An quickly finished eating a meat bun and licked his lips, as if he was savoring the aroma of the meat bun. It's probably been too long since I've eaten buns or meat, and Zhao An feels that this bun is simply a delicacy in the world. So much so that many years later, even if he has eaten all the delicacies in the world, he still remembers the taste of this meat bun back then.

Seeing this, Lin Yunxuan handed over her buns, "Eat it." ”

"No, no. Sister, I'm full, you can eat quickly. Zhao An hurriedly pushed the meat bun back, wanting to smoke his own big mouth.

"You're a boy, how can one bun be enough, eat another one." Lin Yunxuan insisted on giving the buns to Zhao An.

"I'm really full, sister, you haven't eaten yet, you eat quickly." Zhao An was a little annoyed that he shouldn't have eaten so fast just now, how could he eat his sister's share, so he insisted on not accepting Lin Yunxuan's meat buns and asking her to eat the meat buns.

Seeing that the two were deadlocked, Lin Yunxuan broke the bun in half and handed half to Zhao An.

"This bun is a bit big, I can't finish one, you can help me eat half of it." If you shirk it again, I won't want your help in the future. Lin Yunxuan pretended to be angry.

Zhao An had no choice but to take the half of the bun, and his eyes turned red again. He knew that his sister had deliberately said this in order to make him eat half more meat buns. In the future, he must be doubly good to his sister, Zhao An said secretly in his heart.

After eating the steamed buns, Lin Yunxuan saw that it was not too early, and hurriedly took Zhao An to buy pork and go home.

Today is a business, and in the afternoon I will put a few more fish cages to catch fish and make fish balls.