"It's called hot and sour noodles. It's sour and spicy. It's very exciting to eat in this winter. Do you want to try it?" Yuan Hua said with a smile.
The man was also interested and nodded: "Okay! Then give us a bowl each."
With that said, when Yuan Hua responded, he joked with his companions: "This sounds called noodles. I only know glutinous rice flour and pea flour. I don't know what kind of noodles it is. Is it a bowl of paste? What is hot and sour food?"
How does it taste?"
The companion said: "You will know after you eat it!"
The three of them drank hot tea and waited patiently.
Not long after, I smelled a sour and spicy smell that hit my nose very hard and floated around in the whole tea shed. It was very refreshing when I smelled it.
The three of them couldn't help but look forward to it as they watched Yuan Hua bring three bowls of hot and sour noodles on a tray and place them one by one in front of them.
I saw the full bowl, the soup was red and bright, and the first thing that caught my eye were minced green onions, coriander, peanuts and pickled radish, which made my eyes light up and my appetite came out.
"This is the first sour radish they serve. Every time I eat the noodles, they feel so delicious and I don't know how they are made." One person said, taking the chopsticks and preparing to stir them like when eating noodles.
The condiments on top.
When the chopsticks stirred and the vermicelli at the bottom came out, the man was stunned and said, "What kind of vermicelli is this? It's actually the same as noodles, one by one, it's not mushy as we thought!"
"The powder is constantly being pinched. It looks crystal clear and makes people very appetizing!"
"Just smelling the tangy hot and sour flavor makes me have a huge appetite!" Another person said, he couldn't wait to pick up a big chopstick of hot and sour noodles and feed it to his mouth.
Slippery and slip into your mouth.
He immediately started chewing the powder, which was soft and very tasty.
The three of them couldn't care less about talking. They could only hear the sound of slurping in the tea shed, interspersed with the sounds of sipping soup and smacking their lips from time to time.
The spicy and sour smell in the entire tea shed is even stronger, so that people who haven't even entered the tea shed can smell it from afar.
"What kind of food are you eating today? Why does it smell so good?"
Yuan Hua rushed over with a smile and greeted the few people who had just arrived to sit down, "so that the guests know that this is the new food that our teahouse just released today, hot and sour noodles. Today, I will bring you a bowl. Please keep it safe for the guests."
Warm and comfortable all over.”
"Hot and sour noodles? What is that?" The newcomers were equally curious.
At the beginning, the traveling businessman was sipping the soup. He was sweating all over and felt warm. When the newcomer asked, he couldn't help but said, "It's good stuff! Look, brother, I have such a big bowl."
I ate them all and couldn’t even keep the soup! Haha! This hot and sour rice noodle is really exciting! If you don’t try it, today will be in vain!”
"Really?" After hearing what the traveling merchant said so powerfully, the man simply said to Yuan Hua: "Okay! Let's eat this hot and sour rice noodle today! Let's each have a bowl!"
Yuan Hua responded and was about to leave. Another silent middle-aged man at the table quickly asked, "How much does a bowl of hot and sour noodles cost?"
The man from before had smiled and glared at him: "You Wanglaowu! With all your digging, isn't it your turn to treat today? It's just a bowl of hot and sour noodles, and I can feed you so much!"
The man who was called Wang Laowu was not annoyed by the joke. He grinned and said: "In the past, when you treated guests, a bowl of miscellaneous noodles only cost five cents. Today, the new hot and sour noodles are called
I’ve never heard of it, so I don’t know what it is. If it’s expensive, I’ll be in a big loss today!”
The others laughed when they heard it, but they didn't say anything. They just looked at Yuan Hua and waited for him to give him a price.
Yuan Hua said: "Let the guests know that our hot and sour rice noodles are sold for eight cents a bowl. Just like noodles, a bowl costs two taels."
This was the price Song Qiu had set beforehand and calculated it carefully.
A pound of starch can be sold for 35 taels, but it can only make up to 9 taels of vermicelli. Calculated at 8 taels of vermicelli, this bowl is 2 taels. A pound of starch can only be sold as hot and sour noodles for 30 taels.
Two cents is less than just selling starch, which is three cents less, and there are also seasonings.
Therefore, at eight cents a bowl, the price cannot be lowered, otherwise, there will be no profit, only loss.
When Wang Laowu heard this, he shouted to his companions, "Look, I'm telling you! This new food that I have never heard of must be expensive. A bowl costs eight cents! It is three cents more expensive than miscellaneous noodles!"
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The man from before just tutted at him, "Okay, okay, I won't ask you to treat me today. Let's try the new hot and sour noodles from Songshan Teahouse, and everyone pays his own bill, okay?"
"That's pretty much it." Wang Laowu smiled and waved his hand to Yuan Hua to cook it quickly, "I'd like to try out what this eight-penny bowl of hot and sour noodles tastes like!"
Yuan Hua immediately went there, and soon, several bowls of hot and sour noodles were served on the table. Just like the three businessmen in front, several people looked at these strange noodles that looked like noodles but were not noodles. They had never seen crystal clear noodles before.
It's crystal clear and the hot and sour noodles are full of flavor. Every bite is a compliment. It makes you feel satisfied and comfortable all over.
Waves of passers-by entered the tea shed, and today, without exception, they were all first attracted by the rich and spicy smell that filled the tea shed.
Then when I asked, I heard that I was new to eating hot and sour noodles, and since it was produced by Songshan Inn, I thought it must be good, so they all ordered this hot and sour noodles to try.
Then, my stomach was conquered by the hot and sour rice noodles, and they all nodded to express how delicious it was.
The tea shed was so busy. The guests who were sitting in the inn eating saw it and couldn't help but ask Du Chuanfu and others. They heard that the tea shed had a new food today, hot and sour noodles. Those who were curious also asked for some.
Come and try a bowl.
As a result, Mrs. Chen couldn't cook it at the tea shed, and the inn kitchen had to be busy helping to cook the hot and sour noodles.
After the Shen time, it finally stopped. Song Qiu went to the tea shed to take inventory, and found out that the large bucket of vermicelli she had brewed yesterday had been sold out.
Everything she cooks in the inn is cooked with boiling water.
In other words, on the first day of sales today, the hot and sour noodles sold almost 60 to 70 kilograms of noodles.
This sales volume is indeed good!
Song Qiu thought about the small stalls that could be opened to sell hot and sour noodle sets.
After what happened today, and within a day or two at most, her Songshan Hot and Sour Noodles will definitely become famous.
Those who are hurrying on the road and sleeping in the open can only make do with dry steamed buns, cold steamed buns and rough pancakes. At most, they can fork two fish and grill them. This is a luxury. When they are away from home, they are not particular about it.
At this time, if you have a bag of hot and sour noodles with all the seasonings prepared, you can just bring a small pot with you, light a fire anywhere, and just cook a bowl of hot and sour noodles, which is sour, spicy and warm.
Can you resist it?
Song Qiu was full of energy. When Old Yuan came over from the workshop to have dinner, she asked about recruiting people. Old Yuan also said that the people mentioned yesterday were all willing to work in Zhuangzi, so she asked when they would start.
!
Song Qiu heard this and returned to the village after dinner. He went to several people's homes and asked them to get ready and go to Zhuangzi early tomorrow morning.
Once you go there, you will live there permanently and won’t go back home if you have nothing to do.
Several people nodded in agreement, indicating that they could do it.