Food: Random stalls, customers chase me all over the country

Chapter 651-Eating Tangyuan and appreciating lanterns, the air is pink
"Ton, ton, ton... Haha, there's nothing more delightful than a mouthful of delicious barbecue followed by a sip of vodka."

"I've been eating meat for 30 years, but this is the first time I've tasted something this delicious. It's so tender and juicy. No wonder the Chinese don't like our food. It turns out they've always eaten it so well."

"No, I have to buy another 20 skewers. I want to take this meat home. My lovely daughter will definitely like it too."

"Hurry up, fellow in front! I'm almost done with my skewers. It's boring just drinking!"

There are thousands of delicious foods in the world, and different places have different eating habits, but even if you look around the world, almost everyone eats roasted beef and mutton. The only difference between countries is the spices used and the degree of maturity.

Although the seasoning Wang Fan used was not the usual one in Damao, his purpose was to maximize the aroma of the mutton. So when a portion of mutton that was already extremely fragrant was placed in front of them, the people of Damao, whose food culture was obviously different from that in China, could hardly resist the temptation.

Fortunately, there are not too many staff members at this shooting range, otherwise Wang Fan might not be able to earn back the tour group's fees in one go.

Lao Meng's face was already covered in oil, and his belly was already bulging out in a plump arc. Several of his friends around him had oil stains on their beards. They were in high spirits and had no time to pay attention.

The visa-free period at Damao's house is fifteen days, but Wang Fan and his friends did not stay that long.

Firstly, the Lantern Festival is coming soon, and secondly, there is really not much to see in Damao’s house in winter. However, I still had a lot of fun on this trip.

The saying "one should be grateful for someone's kindness" is not only true in China.

After eating Wang Fan's barbecue, the big guys in the camp became complete captives of food and took out all their hidden tricks. Not only did Wang Fan and his friends have a great time, even the second uncle felt that the trip was worthwhile.

Add to that the fact that you can drive a tank and hold an RPG to chase a hibernating bear out of its cave, and you really don't have to ask for anything more from this trip.

Damao and the others were also very happy. Although there were not many dishes at each meal, the taste was countless times better than the previous meals. When they learned that Wang Fan and the others were leaving, they felt as sad as if they had no money in their pockets during the Chinese New Year.

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The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month originated in the Qin Dynasty more than 2000 years ago. In the Han Dynasty, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was designated as the Lantern Festival. However, the custom of eating glutinous rice balls on the Lantern Festival originated from the Song Dynasty.

Tangyuan was originally called Fuyuanzi, and later called Yuanxiao. Yuanxiao is Tangyuan.

The meaning of Lantern Festival is very beautiful. Wang Fan also plans to make some Lantern Festival dumplings to sell today and give them to the students who are about to travel far away.

Most office workers go to work on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and usually leave their hometowns on the fifth or sixth day. Students usually start school after the sixteenth day, so these students can still celebrate the Lantern Festival at home.

"Meeting each other amidst a sky filled with lanterns is the most romantic beginning of love. Boss, you're already planning on selling these glutinous rice balls on Lantern Street, so why not just make them pink?"

Zhuo Qianqian looked at Wang Fan and made a suggestion.

Wang Fan smiled and said, "No problem, it's just pink. So, let's use strawberries and roses. That way, it will be more suitable for what I said to you."

Zhuo Qianqian's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly, "There will definitely be a lot of people queuing up here. Maybe we can even form a few more couples by then, hehehe."

After making the decision, Wang Fan began to prepare the materials.

Dried rose buds, white sugar, osmanthus, glutinous rice flour, strawberry powder, and fresh strawberries are all the ingredients needed to make glutinous rice balls.

It takes a lot of time to pick the receptacles of roses, but fortunately Wang Fan had plenty of time. The two of them each had a large pot, and they quickly removed the receptacles from the roses and crushed the removed rose petals.

After preparing all the ingredients, Wang Fan drove the RV directly to the stall he had rented in advance.

It is still afternoon and the staff are busy doing the finishing work. When night falls, lanterns of various shapes will be opened one by one, and this place will become a romantic check-in spot.

It hasn't officially started yet, and there aren't many tourists or locals here, but there are some people who have nothing to do and just come here early.

When these people saw Wang Fan’s RV stop, they first rubbed their eyes in disbelief, and then became extremely excited.

Boss Wang, this rip-off is out!
You have to know that this guy didn’t open for business again until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month after setting up his stall for the last time on New Year’s Eve. He was even more restful than the donkey in the production team!

"Brothers! Boss Wang is open for business! His RV is right here on Central Street!"

"Gather together, sisters! Boss Wang has appeared on Central Street. It looks like he's going to set up a stall tonight. Everyone hurry up."

"What the hell? This thing is finally open for business? Do you know how hard I've been waiting these days? If I don't die of exhaustion today, I'd be letting down all the whole grains I've been eating these days!"

"Brothers, let's go eat some bran. Let's go!"

"I just hope Boss Wang doesn't make glutinous rice balls today. To be honest, I can't eat too many of them, but if I eat too little, I'd feel guilty about waiting for more than ten days."

"Whatever Boss Wang cooks, he makes it. He makes the best quality food. Even his glutinous rice balls are definitely better than others."

"That's right, Boss Wang's signature dish is made one by one, there will definitely be no problems."

Wang Fan's stall hasn't even been opened yet, but the crowds of consumers have already started to get excited. Some people even skipped dinner just to come out and wait for him.

Although the food he makes is delicious, it is not so popular that people flock to it. The main reason is that everyone is too idle.

Normally, people can set off firecrackers and sky rockets, and those who are close to the provincial border can even use firecrackers to declare war on the neighboring province. But this year, that's not possible. Under the policy of a complete ban on firecrackers, everyone has to stay at home and set off electronic fireworks.

Finally something interesting happened, and everyone's enthusiasm was naturally high.

The result was that when Wang Fan just took out the tool for shaking glutinous rice balls, he found that there was already a long line in front of his stall.

"Aren't you guys here too early?"

Hearing Wang Fan's words, the people in front were very proud: "We are here to supervise you! Let's see if you are slacking off! Good fellow, you took a break from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifteenth day! Boss Wang, do you think you are still on winter vacation?"

"Exactly. Which migrant worker would rest like that? My grandfather said that even the donkeys raised in the production team back then didn't dare to rest like that."

"Yo yo yo, it's time to roll the dumplings, hurry up and don't slack off while you're talking to us. You can talk but your hands can't stop!"

"That's right, hurry up and get moving! Even if I can only eat three glutinous rice balls normally, I'll buy at least 3 today. I'm getting pink eye from you taking so long!"

Wang Fan shook his head helplessly and could only quickly get his tools ready to work. No matter how good his eloquence was, he could never confront so many people at the same time.

Seeing that Wang Fan had worked efficiently under the verbal attack from them and others, these fans raised their heads high, like a proud little rooster.

"That's right! Life is about cooking, how can you take two weeks off?"

"Come on, Boss Wang! If I don't buy fifty today, I'll be letting you down for the fifteen days of rest."

Wang Fan uses the traditional glutinous rice ball shaking technique, holding a woven winnowing basket. After carefully wiping it clean, he pours the snow-white glutinous rice flour onto it. He then pours the strawberry and rose filling dumplings he made on the cart onto the winnowing basket, grabs one side, and shakes it rapidly.

"Speed ​​up, speed up! How can your hands be so slow at such a young age?"

"Where's the Qilin arm? We can't keep it in first gear all the time. Speed ​​up."

"Step on the gas, step on the gas, get the revs up to over 4000 rpm."

Wang Fan felt that this generation of fans was the most difficult to lead. In the past, he was always very fast, but now he has to be rushed.

"Not too fast, or you won't get any powder."

When these fans heard that Wang Fan still had time to reply and explain, they felt that their encouragement was not enough.

"What's going on? Are the young men and women in front tired? Boss Wang actually has time to talk back?"

"If the guy up front isn't good at motivating people to work, then let me take over. I won't let him get tired until his tongue sticks out."

"That's right, a full fifteen days! He has no idea how we managed to get through these fifteen days! Every day, we had either pork ribs or fish, and then shrimps and crabs. We urgently need glutinous rice balls to cleanse our stomachs. Hurry!"

"Eh? What are you doing, Madam Boss? Are you going to cook these dumplings fresh for sale?"

Just as these fans were urging Wang Fan with love, they saw Zhuo Qianqian carrying a pot down from the car.

Zhuo Qianqian smiled and said, "Yes, today's dumplings are all made and cooked fresh, and there's a 20% discount for male and female teams!"

"A 20% discount and you want me to find a guy to team up with? I'd rather buy it and cook it myself."

"These gentlemen have been fascinated by the fine bran of the south. Our coarse grains from the north are not suitable for them."

"Now that most of the southern chaff has left, do you feel a sense of emptiness inside?"

"Let me put it this way, I'm not forming a team today."

Wang Fan took out a strainer at this time, and shook the glutinous rice balls in the winnowing basket onto the strainer while shaking it. He turned around with the strainer and soaked it in the bucket of water behind him, then put it back on the winnowing basket and continued to shake it.

The rose strawberry filling was already sticky with a lot of glutinous rice flour. Although some of it was washed off after soaking in water, it quickly came back after continuing to shake it, and it stuck even more firmly.

Wang Fan controlled the strength and angle very well, and the dumplings in the winnowing basket looked like round snowballs.

Then wash and shake it again, wash and shake it again, until you have shaken it six times before stopping. At this time, each glutinous rice ball has become the size of a ping-pong ball.

I just boasted that I would buy 30 of them, but now I feel a little regretful. Three of these dumplings would be enough to make you full. Even if a family eats a dozen or twenty of them, it would be enough. After all, this thing is equivalent to a dessert after a meal in the north, and it is not eaten as a staple food.

But when Wang Fan put the pot on the stove, they discovered something different.

BJ usually cooks glutinous rice balls directly in plain water, but this time he put not only white fungus but also rock sugar and rose petals in the pot, which is quite luxurious for cooking glutinous rice balls in the north.

"Boss Wang, you're not going to use this to cook glutinous rice balls, are you? How can you cook this sticky mess?"

Wang Fan shook his head: "This is not for cooking glutinous rice balls. Glutinous rice balls must be cooked with plain water. This white fungus soup is equivalent to the soup base of glutinous rice balls."

"It's quite ceremonial. Is this the southern way of eating?"

"I don't know if my mouth, which is used to eating coarse grains, can taste this kind of fine bran."

"By the way, Madam Boss, these glutinous rice balls turned out pink after cooking. They do look cuter than white ones."

"Huh? It really is. The pink one is so pretty."

Tremella soup cooks very quickly, even faster than cooking glutinous rice balls, so while Wang Fan was cooking the tremella soup, he asked Zhuo Qianqian to cook the glutinous rice balls as well.

As the glutinous rice balls are cooked, the color of the rose strawberry filling gradually seeps out, giving the snow-white dumplings a layer of red.

Wang Fan took out a few small bowls, lined them up in a row, and scooped the sticky Tremella soup into the bowls.

In the big pot in front of Zhuo Qianqian, the cooked glutinous rice balls were already floating up. She put three of them into the bowl one by one with a spoon and sprinkled some peach petals in it.

Three pink, round dumplings are squeezed in a small bowl, with a moist luster, and a few peach petals stuck on them, adding a bit of pinkness.

"Wow... so cute."

"As expected of Boss Wang, he even makes the small glutinous rice balls look like exquisite desserts."

"This pink thing is so cute, I can't bear to eat it."

Pink is the color that can capture the hearts of young girls the most. As soon as this bowl of super-good-looking glutinous rice balls came out, the big girl from Northeast China who was just supervising suddenly turned into a sweet girl from Northeast China. The speed of the transformation was really astonishing.

At this moment, the lanterns above their heads were powered on almost instantly, and all kinds of exquisite lanterns lit up with faint lights, adding a touch of tenderness to these girls.

After adding several layers of buff, the guys from Northeast China suddenly discovered that their own coarse grains seemed to be no worse than fine bran after being softened?
Zhuo Qianqian's clear voice also sounded at the perfect moment: "There's a 20% discount on male and female group purchases, don't miss it if you pass by."

This voice was like a booster, allowing the young people who were originally hesitant to instantly muster up the courage and take a brave step forward.

"Hey...can I invite you to buy glutinous rice balls together?"

"Hello, can I invite you to buy glutinous rice balls together?"

"My name is Lu Xin. Can I invite you to buy it together?"

Perhaps it was the right atmosphere, the usually outspoken Northeastern girl put away her boldness at this moment, gently brushed her hair that was messed up by the wind, and replied sweetly, "Okay."

"OK."

"Okay, I want to invite you too."

Exquisite lanterns, warm lights, pink dumplings, a slightly swirling atmosphere, and pink bubbles seem to be floating in the air here.

(End of this chapter)