The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 16 The First Guest

The filling in the pot was still simmering on low heat. Qin Huai took the time to take a look at the fermentation of the dough next door, then started making the filling for the sanding buns in another pot.

The Sanding Bag, as the name suggests, is a youthful mini version of the Wuding Bag.

The production steps are basically the same, but the filling is two less diced shrimp and diced ginseng, and the taste is slightly different from the five-diced bun. It cannot be said to be inferior, but it can be said that each has its own merits.

Wu Ding Bao uses more ingredients and is more difficult to make. Anyone who has cooked sea cucumber dishes knows that sea cucumber is a very difficult ingredient to handle. It has no taste, is sandy and smells fishy. If used well, it is the icing on the cake, but if used badly, it is the last big stone that breaks the camel's back.

Compared to the five-dining buns, which are easy to fail, the three-dining buns are simpler and easier to make. In addition to the higher requirements for ingredients, as long as there is no major mistake in preparing the filling, it is basically difficult to fail, and the taste is not bad.

To make Sanding Bao, the chicken should be a tender and fat hen from the previous year, the pork should be pork belly ribs with a moderate amount of fat and leanness, and the bamboo shoots should be selected according to the season, and winter bamboo shoots are best.

Whether it is a three-piece bun or a five-piece bun, the most important thing is the freshness of the bun. This freshness comes not only from the type of ingredients, but also from the freshness of the ingredients. The requirements for raw materials are very high, and any slight cut-throat will greatly affect the taste of the buns.

This means that the prices of these two types of buns cannot be cheap.

The filling of the three-piece buns has started to simmer, and the filling of the five-piece buns has reached the stage of thickening and collecting the sauce.

Qinhuai operates on two lines with ease, and we have become accustomed to spending every New Year this way.

The Qin family gathered together on New Year's Eve, and on New Year's Day, guests came with chickens, ducks, fish, shrimps, pork belly, fresh bamboo shoots, fish, shrimps and sea cucumbers to pay New Year's greetings, all for the Spring Festival limited edition Wu Ding Bao and Sanding Bao. If Qinhuai didn't operate on two lines, he would be too busy and couldn't even leave the kitchen during the New Year.

Qin Luo changed his clothes and went from squatting at the kitchen door looking eagerly to squatting beside the cooking counter looking eagerly, his face full of hunger and desire to eat.

Squat closer to smell better.

Slip.

After the sauce was collected, Qin Huai put the filling of the Wu Ding Bao into the freezer and looked at the dough on the chopping board again.

Almost there.

Qin Luo turned his head and glanced at Qin Congwen with resentment, and said: "The hand is not even half an inch, but it is still high when relaxed. Dad, when can you knead the dough described in the Suiyuan Food List like me?"

Qin Congwen:?

I point?

Zhao Rong glared at Qin Luo in annoyance and said, "You're quibbling over words at a time like this. I don't even consider how high your Chinese scores are. If your dad could have done that... or something, would he have opened a breakfast shop for more than 20 years? Don't be idle, come over and make dumplings."

"Oh." Qin Luo went to wash his hands.

"Luoluo, don't make the buns yet." Qin Huai called Qin Luo, "Go get the molds on the shelf. The red bean paste and mung bean fillings should have been thawed. Use the dough kneaded by dad to make 5 sets of buns with each mold."

Qin Luo instantly became happy after hearing what Qin Huai said. In her opinion, using molds to make buns was much more fun than making them. Usually when she wanted to play with molds at home, Qin Congwen would not let her.

"Luoluo, be careful." Qin Congwen reminded.

Qin Congwen didn't let Qin Luo play with the molds because he didn't care about them. The main reason was that the molds were really heavy, and Qin Congwen was afraid that Qin Luo would hurt himself. However, Zhao Rong always felt that Qin Congwen's worries were unfounded. Qin Luo had been able to eat and sleep well since he was a child, but he didn't grow tall. He was only 1 meters tall, but he was very strong. He had always been the main force in the family to carry watermelons in summer.

In the words of Mr. Qin, this child would definitely be a good farmer in the countryside.

"Don't worry, Dad!" Qin Luo went to play with the mold happily.

The family members each did their own job and were busy until sunrise at 5:.

It was just dawn outside when someone came to the Yunzhong Canteen and entered through the outer door.

The person who came in was a capable woman who looked to be in her early 30s, with short hair and flat shoes. Qin Huai looked familiar but couldn't remember where he had seen her before. When Qin Huai was thinking about whether to put down the buns in his hand and take a look at the kitchen door, the woman walked to the kitchen door by herself.

"Boss, I'm Huang Xi." Huang Xi accurately found Qin Huai behind the cooking counter.

Qin Huai entrusted all matters of Yunzhong Restaurant to Huang Xi, and only set one rule: non-kitchen staff were not allowed to enter the kitchen without changing clothes. Huang Xi was following the rules perfectly, standing more than 30 centimeters away from the kitchen door, keeping a good distance.

Qin Huai suddenly realized that he had been preparing ingredients and making menus at home these days. He had never seen Huang Xi, only photos of her. He was not able to react when he saw her in person.

"Master Qin, Master Zhao, Luoluo, good morning." Huang Xi smiled and greeted the others.

"You don't have to call me boss, just call me...Master Xiao Qin." Qin Huai said. This is what the neighbors called him when he was in Qiu County.

Qin Congwen is Old Qin, Qin Huai is Little Qin, and the owner of the 10 Yuan Stir-Fry Fast Food Restaurant next to the Qin Family Breakfast Shop is also surnamed Qin, but since both Old Qin and Little Qin are already taken, everyone usually calls him Baldy Qin. "Master Little Qin," Huang Xi said readily, "The rest of the people will be here around 6 o'clock. I see the dim sum has already been steamed. Do you need to put up the menu now?"

Qin Huai nodded.

Huang Xi immediately got busy, and Qin Luo ran to the window to tell Huang Xi which menus to hang.

The menu was a custom-made wooden menu board two days ago. Each board was labeled with the dish and price, making it easy to change.

Although Qin Huai had never met Huang Xi, they had communicated a lot on WeChat in the past few days. Because of the business hours, Huang Xi divided the waiters' shifts into long shifts and short shifts.

The long shift is from 6:30am to 8pm, and the short shift is from 11am to 9pm. The two shifts are alternating every two weeks. The odd jobs are harder and need to work long shifts, so the salary is increased by 500 yuan on the original basis.

When Huang Xi finished hanging up the menu, Qin Huai had just finished wrapping the three-piece buns and put them into the steamer. He took the time to stick his head out of the window and asked, "Don't we start work at 6:30? Isn't 6 too early?"

Huang Xi smiled and said, "Today is the first day of opening. It's only right to arrive early and prepare in advance. Once things get on track in a couple of days, this won't be the case anymore."

As he was speaking, the inner door opened.

An old man wearing an old man's shirt and lightly dressed, who was obviously an early morning jog, poked his head in and walked in. He saw that there were indeed people in the cafeteria and then he felt at ease to come in.

"Is the business open?" the old man asked, and then he looked out the window and saw the pile of steamers in the kitchen.

Without waiting for Huang Xi to answer, the old man walked directly to the window and looked at the menu hanging there.

"Small steamed pork buns are 6 yuan a basket, fresh meat buns are 1 yuan each, mushroom and vegetable buns are 5 yuan... they are quite cheap. Three-piece buns are 25 yuan a basket, two in a basket. Five-piece buns are 35 yuan a basket, one in a basket... what are these two? Why are they so expensive?"

"A red bean paste bun costs 3 yuan, how come it is more expensive than a meat bun?" The old man said with a look on his face: "I'm not a nouveau riche with a lot of money, don't try to rip me off."

Huang Xi was about to explain when the old man interrupted her again: "By the way, I received a flyer you distributed at the gate of the community a few days ago, saying that you can get a 7% discount with the flyer. I didn't bring it with me when I went out this morning, can I still get a 7% discount?"

Huang Xi finally found an opportunity to speak, and quickly said: "Of course, our flyers are just for promotional purposes. Until the 10th, all customers who come into the store will enjoy a 7% discount on their meals."

The old man nodded in satisfaction and murmured, "7% off, 24.5."

"Expensive."

“But it’s only 7% off.”

“What if it tastes good?”

“No, it’s still a bit expensive.”

"Forget it, I've already eaten the 35 yuan crab soup dumplings, so what's the big deal about the 24 yuan buns? Give me a basket!"

"Give me a basket of those three-spice buns, and a cup of soy milk." Without Huang Xi even saying anything, the old man convinced himself.

Huang Xi: "Okay, but our buns are still steaming, so you may need to wait a few minutes."

When the old man learned that the buns were not steamed yet and he had to wait a few minutes, he went to the cashier to pay and get the receipt, and asked Huang Xi to pour him a bowl of soy milk first, as he was very thirsty after getting up early for a morning run.

The moment the old man paid, the game prompt sound rang in Qin Huai's mind.

"Ding, congratulations on completing the main quest [Opening of Canteen], and receiving the quest reward of Popularity Drainage +100."

"Ding, a new optional main quest has been found. Please check it in the quest panel."

Qin Huai continued making dumplings, while the old man sitting at table number 9, closest to the window, started making a phone call.

"Hey, what do you mean I'm late for my morning run again? Am I the kind of person who's late? I was in a hurry to go out today and didn't even have time to drink water. I'll go to the convenience store across the street to buy a bottle of water. It'll only take 5 minutes. I'll be there in no time."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Tuqiang shouted to the window: "Young man, hurry up with that bun, I have something urgent to do here."

After saying that, Xu Tuqiang took another big gulp of soy milk. It seemed that he was really thirsty.

Qin Huai:......

Uncle Xu, it is generally not recommended to eat breakfast before a morning run as it can easily cause indigestion.

(End of this chapter)