Chapter 038: Tiger Skin Wonton
Because time was tight, Gu Chuhan explained to Gu Mazi and Gu Ranniang, and Gu Shilang and others who wanted to help, even Xiao Ruo Niang was arranged for work, and the whole family was struggling at home.
The door was knocked again.
"Who?" Gu Ran's mother came out to ask first.
"It's me!" The outsider responded.
Gu Ran's mother heard that it was Aunt Gui from the village, so she came up and opened the door, "Aunt Gui!...What's the matter with you here?" There were two other two.
Aunt Gui looked in, "Your family is really building lanterns?"
Gu Ranniang suddenly became alert, "How do you know that my lanterns are built at home?"
"We also heard from the village that you are building lanterns again!" Sister Chunhua, who was behind Aunt Gui, said with a smile.
Seeing that Gu Ran's mother did not look happy, but instead looked alert, Aunt Gui said to her, "Your grandma is at home? Why are you lanterns again? I'm afraid that the Spring Festival couplets of the New Year have not made any money, and they are still asking for trouble. Although this lantern is different from Spring Festival couplets, it is similar. Are you not afraid of being asked for trouble again!?"
Gu Ran's mother pursed her lips, "Can I do nothing in my family?"
"That's not what we mean! We heard what those people said in the village, and thought about it and we would rather advise you not to invest capital. Then you will be like Spring Festival couplets. You will lose money!" Aunt Gui really wanted to remind her kindly, adding debt to this debt is not that you don't have to worry about being too much lice!
I thought they were here to target their young people, but I was worried that the lanterns would not be sold like Spring Festival couplets. Gu Ran's mother saw that they were kind-hearted and didn't know what to say.
Gu Chuhan came out to say hello to Aunt Gui, "I'm sorry, please remind me, but our family's rations are almost gone, so we can't wait to starve to death without anything. Besides, we have to pay back the debts we owe as soon as possible! This lantern is just a fun one. Let's try it with a few!"
After hearing that she had no food, Aunt Gui and others were not good to say anything, and they all showed sympathy, "It's really not easy for you! It's better to go to the county town to find some sewing work and exchange some rice and grain!"
Gu Chuhan smiled, "This is also within the plan. But how did the village know that we had lanterns? The materials were brought back!"
"We just heard from the village that everyone is talking about, come and have a look!" said Sister Chunhua.
"Everyone is talking!" Gu Chuhan repeated it all over and whispered in confusion, "Only the second uncle knows about this, so she won't let her talk about it!"
Aunt Gui and Chunhua's sister-in-law looked at each other, and did not stay for a long time, nor did they come in, so they said a few more words to leave.
As soon as they left, Gu Chuhan's eyes became cold.
"Jiulang! Our lantern..." Gu Ranniang said worriedly.
"Let's go to the county town to sell it! Let's talk about it when the time comes!" Gu Chuhan said in a deep voice.
Gu Ranniang nodded.
Mrs. Gu also agreed, "We sold our Spring Festival couplets for some money! The papers at home are considered to be something we earned!"
The whole family cheered each other up and started working again.
The principle of the revolving lantern is simple for Gu Chuhan, a master of mechanical skills. He spent a few days at home and made more than a hundred cups.
"Let the lanterns be put first! Let's try tiger skin wontons!"
Almost day and night, the old and young guys got together, made the lantern, made tiger skin wontons, and seasoned them many times, and finally they were relatively satisfied.
With some money left, Gu Chuhan bought a basket of eggs in one go, making them into salt water eggs first, and then making them into tiger-skinned eggs.
On the 14th day, the family of five was dispatched, and they got up before dawn to prepare and took them to the county town.
When he arrived at the shop at the stall, Gu Chuhan looked at it. Although it was a little distance from the main street, it was very lively and the open space was large enough. He first came to the door to recognize the shopkeeper, and then gave her the best lanterns she had tied. "A little thank you, I don't respect you!"
Boss Zhou said hello in advance. The stall rented them. He was so polite and the revolving lantern was exquisitely made, so he took it down.
After saying hello, Gu Chuhan immediately put the stall on the street, set up the lantern, and also set up the wonton stall.
The words exclusive tiger skin wonton are written in a straight and round manner.
When the passerby saw the brand, it turned out to be a tiger-skin wonton. He was curious and couldn't help but gathered around, "What kind of tiger-skin wonton?"
"Can your wontons still be spent?"
"I want to see what it looks like if I get tiger skin wontons!"
Someone came as soon as the stall was set up. Gu Pozi and Gu Ran's mother were very happy, "Come and try it! The tiger skin wontons are our original creation! The skin is thin and the filling is more! A small bowl costs five cents, and a large bowl costs ten cents!"
The price was determined by Gu Chuhan. A bowl of dumplings costs ten cents, and the filling of chopped vegetables and the braised pork noodles was also determined by ten cents, so she also ordered the wontons.
"How much does a bowl of Yangchun noodles cost? You even cost ten cents for a bowl of wontons!" Some people were dissatisfied.
Gu Chuhan didn't say anything and signaled Gu Ran's mother to bring out the wontons and let them take a look first.
When the wontons were brought out, a few people saw that they were indeed big, with a thin skin that was almost transparent, so they didn't say anything, "Give me a bowl of taste! Let's see if you are making a gimmick!"
"Okay!" Mrs. Gu called Gu Shilang to burn the fire and quickly cooked wontons.
The soup is bone soup cooked in advance. After cooking wontons, scoop it directly into the soup, add ingredients, black fried chopped green onion and a few drops of red oil, which is simple and pleasing to the eye.
And those who were waiting to see were also surprised, "Why did the wontons bubble?"
Because the dough is different, the seemingly ordinary wontons will have a layer of tiger skin after they are cooked.
"It tastes even more different when you eat it, please try it!" Mrs. Gu smiled and greeted. Although they have not been involved in meat for a long time, they have eaten meat during the Chinese New Year. It is not that they have not seen meat for a year and a half, but that the meat is delicious, but that the tiger skin wontons are really delicious!
The soup is not the kind that burns the mouth, it is a little hot, just now I can get my mouth down.
One spoonful of wontons, one spoonful of one bite, the wontons are under the mouth, and a bite is tender and juicy, and the unique flavor of the wonton skin, "Delicious!"
The people waiting on the side were still watching without believing.
The man scooped another spoonful and ate three in a row. He said to everyone, "It's delicious! It's really delicious! It tastes so delicious!"
When I heard it was delicious, a bowl of fresh tiger skin wontons with thin skin and lots of stuffing costs only ten cents. Several people shouted to try it.
"Okay, okay! Come now! Come now!" Mrs. Gu started working very excitedly.
Several people who had eaten it were praised, "There are actually tiger skin wontons! This taste is really good!"
Seeing that Gu Chuhan was busy for the time being, he stepped aside and looked at the lantern.
After selling it until noon, most of the wontons I brought were sold, but none of them were sold.
Gu Chuhan looked at the little boy at the entrance of the alley and waved to him.
Chapter completed!