37. The charm of desserts
Approaching the Mid-Autumn Festival, all families are preparing for the festival, moon cakes are festival food, no one will be less, now the catering industry is thriving, all kinds of pastries have been inherited and improved, whether it is the shape or taste, have reached a very high level, the same is true of moon cakes, therefore, the ordinary moon cakes sent out by Yunqing are not unusual, but crystal moon cakes and snow skin moon cakes, because it is the first time to appear, is very popular with everyone, and the response is excellent.
Inspired by this, Yunqing thought of a new way of wealth, she has little room for Chinese pastries, and the huge market of Western pastries has not yet been developed.
If you want to make Western-style pastries, the most important thing is to have an oven, which is not difficult to do, the electric oven conditions are not enough to do, according to the oven used by people to make roast duck, modify an oven that can bake cakes, it is quite simple, as for the temperature control, for the old chefs, it is not a problem, you can master it after two experiments.
Drew a simple oven drawing, Yunqing asked Wang Zhong to go to the city to customize, Wang Zhong thought she wanted to eat roast duck, and persuaded him: "The Taoist chief wants to eat roast duck, just send someone to the city to buy it, is it a bit of a waste to make a barbecue?" ”
Yun Qing smiled: "I want to make a new food, and I often use the oven, so you can go quickly." ”
Wang Zhong left with an "oh", but Wang Zhong's family came up and asked, "What kind of food is it?" Can we learn? ”
"It's a food called cake, of course you have to learn, learn it, and make it and eat it in the future." Yun Qing replied.
Wang Zhong's family smiled, she was also driven by enthusiasm these days, I wish she could learn more skills, she was good at the red case, the white case is very general, fortunately, the Taoist is kind, what do you want to eat, and she can't do it, she is willing to guide and teach, so she has learned a lot of skills in the past few months, even her daughter-in-law and daughter have learned a lot, she will also teach them her own skills, even if the Taoist really doesn't want them in the future, relying on the skill of cooking, should be able to make a living, Wang Zhong's family thought.
The oven will take a few days to arrive, Yun Qing is ready to try to make a pot of steamed cakes first, she basically doesn't have to do it herself now, just move her mouth, directing Wang Zhong's step-by-step operation, the first time she tried it, she was worried that it would not be successful or the taste was not good, so the portion was relatively small, from the start to the end, in less than an hour, a pot of hot and fragrant honey cakes was out of the pot.
The cake was cooled, Wang Zhong's family first cut a small piece to taste, and felt that the taste was good before letting Yunqing taste it, Yunqing ate a piece, it was soft and dense and sweet and delicious, although it was slightly different from the cake in her memory, but it was already very good, she nodded and said: "It tastes good, try it a few more times, and strive to make it softer and more delicate, and the taste will be better." ”
Wang Zhong's family received the order, with experience, she also knew where to improve, and then the pot came out later, and there was indeed progress.
With the cake, Yunqing taught them to make cream, and when everyone could make it skillfully, the oven was just in hand, so they switched to the oven to bake bread and bake the cake, the taste of baking is indeed more fragrant than steaming, and the round cake is coated with cream, and a cream cake is made, and this kind of sweetness is deeply loved by women and children, and they hope to eat it every day.
With the oven, Yunqing's inspiration exploded, and successively led people to make biscuits, cookies and other snacks, and also baked dried fruits and vegetables.
Yun Qing called Wang Zhong's family to his side and said, "You will make so many desserts now, I can buy a shop, do you dare to become a master chef and set up the shop?" ”
Wang Zhong's family is bolder and more thoughtful than her man, maybe she has also thought about it, Yun Qing asked, she didn't hesitate and said: "I'm willing to give it a try, I can't guarantee how much money I can make, but I definitely won't let the Taoist lose money!" ”
Since she has this will, Yunqing will let it go, first find a Chinese introduction, and buy a shop, which was originally a pastry shop, the original boss wanted to return to his hometown, so he sold the shop, and after taking over, he modified it slightly, and he could continue to use it.
Yun Qing arranged for Wang Zhong and his wife to move to the shop with his second son and four young daughters, two women were responsible for the production, two men were in charge of selling, and did some manual work, and after handing over the cake shop to them, Yun Qing didn't care much, unless they took the initiative to ask for help.
There are four fewer people, and it has no impact on Yunqing, Wang Zhong's work of driving and running errands is taken over by his eldest son Wang Xin, and the matter of cooking for Yunqing falls on Wang Fang's family, although Wang Fang's experience is not as good as Wang Zhong's family, but her talent may be better than her own mother-in-law, at least more in line with Yunqing's taste, and she is younger, more flexible and flexible, so for Yunqing's requirements for improvement, it is faster to accept than Wang Zhong's family, and it is even better, Yunqing is also satisfied with her cooking skills.
When the cake shop first opened, there were not many people who bought it, and the four members of the Wang family were a little worried.
Fortunately, Yunqing is a person who is willing to share, after all the desserts are made, she has sent them to people who have dealings, where there are women and children in the family, there is no one who does not like to eat, Yunqing does not send much, what if you want to eat after eating? I was embarrassed to come to the door, and then I heard that Yunqing had opened a store to sell, and they went to buy it, and they didn't count if they bought it themselves, and they also promoted the cake shop for free, beckoning relatives and friends to buy it together.
After the business was booming, every day the mother and daughter of the Wang family could sell as much as they wanted, and there were even people who came to line up early in the morning, seeing that the situation was very good, Wang Zhong came back to ask for instructions, and after Yunqing agreed, he went to hire a few people to help, but it was still not enough to sell, so this slightly timid honest man also had ambitions and asked Yunqing for instructions to open a branch.
Yunqing did not discourage the enthusiasm of the employees, and opened a branch from the good, but there are only two stores, compared to the huge market, it is completely a drop in the bucket, it is really not enough to see, seeing that so many guests can only leave empty-handed because of lack of goods, Wang Zhong feels that he can hear the sound of money flying away with wings, and he is about to catch fire, it's not that he doesn't want to open a third branch, there is really no manpower, the cake can be made by his woman and his daughter, even if they don't stop making it, there is only such a high production capacity, What could he do?
Wang Zhong was already very busy, and when he was thinking about whether he should buy a few people to come back to learn the craft, someone came to the idea of a cake shop, and now he didn't dare to make a decision, so he hurriedly went back to Xuanzhen Temple to find Yun Qing to get an idea.