This time, the pastries brought by Chen Wanbai were more exquisite than those sold to shopkeeper Li before. Both the appearance and taste have been significantly improved.
This is not only because of the new flower molds she uses, but also because she adds fillings to each pastry.
The raw material this time is no longer yam, but common ingredients on the market such as sweet potatoes, red beans, mung beans, pumpkins, black sesame seeds, and peanuts.
Shopkeeper Xiong reached out and picked up a piece of yellow pastry and sniffed it. A faint aroma hit his nostrils. He didn't say much and took a bite. He immediately felt the delicate and soft outer skin, and the rich and sweet filling inside, with a distinct taste.
"Okay, okay!" Shopkeeper Xiong couldn't help but admire, "It's really extraordinary."
"Are these red beans here?"
Chen Wanbai Nodding: "Yes, it's red bean paste made from red beans."
Shopkeeper Xiong looked at the remaining pieces and didn't eat any more, planning to leave them to the pastry chef to try the taste.
"Shopkeeper Xiong, this is the recipe." Chen Wanbai took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to him.
Shopkeeper Xiong took the paper, unfolded it and glanced at it. He saw that the paper mainly contained recipes for several pastry fillings. He could not understand other details.
Although I can’t understand it, I can’t make it a joke.
"Yes, it is indeed a good recipe." He pretended to understand, put down the paper, and said with a smile, "How much do you want for this price?"
Chen Wanbai was straightforward. Answer: "Shopkeeper Li packed up three filling recipes from me before and gave me twenty taels. The crust of the pastry is similar to what I sold to him before, so I counted five taels."
She said She had to be frank and not shy about anything. Anyway, the two shopkeepers were cousins, so they would naturally talk to each other when they met, and she didn't need to hide it.
Shopkeeper Xiong nodded and said boldly: "I won't hide it from you. The market in this county is different from that in the town, and the price is higher. These four prescriptions of yours cost thirty taels." I just accepted the money. The coatings are similar, so it’s twenty-five taels."
Although he is not proficient in pastry making, he can tell from the sweet potato bean paste cake and jujube mung bean cake. The method of removing the crust is not much different except for the raw materials.
Chen Wanbai was delighted: Is this such a good thing? Who in business doesn't lower the price, but shopkeeper Xiong raised the price for her.
He is indeed rich and powerful, much more generous than Shopkeeper Li.
Although she was secretly happy, she still remained calm, nodded and said: "Just do as Shopkeeper Xiong said."
The next series of processes - writing the contract , signed, handed over the money - it went very quickly.
By the time Chen Wanbai regained consciousness, she was already standing at the door of the tea house.
The handsome guy was still respectfully standing by.He said quietly: "Brother, come back next time."
Chen Wanbai sighed in his heart: This money is really easy to make. No wonder people in time travel novels always like to sell money. Although I don't have a recipe that can sell for hundreds of taels, these dozens of taels are already quite good, and can be regarded as a huge sum of money.
To be able to earn such a large amount of money, I have to thank Shopkeeper Li.
The day before yesterday, when she went to Qingya Tea House to deliver yams, shopkeeper Li casually asked her if she had any other recipes.
Although yam is good, the raw materials are limited, and the number of snacks that can be made every day is not large. Although Qingshi Town is small, there are many wealthy families living in the town. Not only are yam snacks popular in teahouses, but they are also often bought back to the house to make snacks or given as gifts.
Shopkeeper Li mentioned that even the supply in the teahouse was not enough, and wanted to ask her if she could send more yams. But Chen Wanbai explained that the supply of yams is really limited and he can only send so much.
Shopkeeper Li thought that since Chen Wanbai’s family was good at making dim sum, he might have other recipes hidden in his mind.
He was just asking casually, but he didn't expect such an unexpected surprise.
After hearing this, Chen Wanbai really thought about it carefully.
"Shopkeeper Li, in fact, the methods of making pastries are similar. I have a few filling methods here, which can be wrapped in the existing pastries, and the taste will be better."
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Shopkeeper Li was stunned when he heard this, and asked with confusion on his face: "Can it still be like this?"
It was Chen Wanbai's turn to be stunned. She originally thought it was shopkeeper Li's Teahouses don't have cakes like this. how? Are there no sandwich pastries here? Aren’t mooncakes just filled with fillings?
As soon as I thought of it, I asked the exit.
"Mooncakes..." Shopkeeper Li thought for a moment, "There is only the five-nut filling, but other pastries can also be put in?"
"Bean paste filling, jujube paste Are there any fillings, sesame fillings, and peanut fillings?" Chen Wanbai asked tentatively.
Shopkeeper Li shook his head: "None of the things you said."
Chen Wanbai understood, either it was not available in the town yet, or it was possible that it was not available in this dynasty.
But she prefers the former.
"Shopkeeper Li, this is similar to steamed buns. What we sell now is the steamed buns. The kind I'm talking about is pastry with fillings inside."
Shopkeeper Li smoothed it out As I stroked my beard, the more I thought about it, the more I thought this was a good idea. After all, steamed buns are more expensive than steamed buns.
The more he thought about it, he felt it made sense, and he nodded repeatedly: "Wonderful, really wonderful! Then write me the recipe quickly."
After saying this, he stood up excitedly. Standing up: "Let's go to my study."
Before Chen Wanbai could react, shopkeeper Li couldn't wait to drag her towards the study.
Arriving at the study, shopkeeper LiHe directly picked up the writing brush on the table, put it into Chen Wanbai's hand, and urged: "Write quickly, write quickly, and I will let the master make it earlier after finishing it."
In the inkstone on the table There was not much ink left, so he added some water, picked up the ink stick, and started grinding it.
Although Chen Wanbai was a little confused as to why he was so eager, he had no choice but to obey, picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write the prescription.
Although her calligraphy is not neat, it is still legible.
After writing a piece of paper, Chen Wanbai put down his pen, blew on the ink, and handed the paper to Li Zhang: "This is how to make bean paste filling. You can take a look first, or ask Master Peng to come over. , If you don’t understand something, you can ask.”
Shopkeeper Li took the paper and glanced at it roughly. He probably understood it, but the person who did it was Master Peng.
So, he walked to the door and called Gouzi, and said: "Go and call Master Peng."
Chen Wanbai continued to write down the recipes for the rest of the fillings.
Not long after, Master Peng walked in. As soon as he entered the door and saw the prescription on the table, he understood. Without saying much, he walked forward, picked up the prescription, and looked at it carefully.
"Why do these red dates have to be left outside overnight after being boiled in winter?"
Chen Wanbai explained: "This makes it easy to peel and core."
"You wrote the peeling method later, why did you write this again?"
Another piece of paper wrote: Soak dried dates in warm water for two hours, then add water and boil. Take it out after about half a cup of tea. At that time, the jujube skin will split naturally and you only need to peel it off by hand.
"When I was writing, I just remembered that it was winter, so I went with it. Then I remembered, so I added another one."
After listening to the explanation, Master Peng nodded. .
These prescriptions were written in great detail, and he thought there was no problem at all.