Song Qiu paid wages to everyone, gave the workshop a half-day holiday, packed up, closed the door of the workshop, and went to the inn with Old Yuan.
The small porcelain bottles she cleaned yesterday are all dry. Today she has to make the hot and sour noodle set so that tomorrow she can take the jam to the shop in town and start preparations for opening the shop.
When we arrived at the inn, it was lunch time, the tea stall was full, and the inn was also very busy.
It's been a long time since Mr. Yuan came to the inn at this time. At first sight, he was a little uncomfortable seeing so many people.
But he quickly came back to his senses and went to help Chen with his work.
Ever since the hot and sour noodles were launched in the tea shed, almost everyone who came to the tea shed to have a rest every day would have to eat a bowl of hot and sour rice noodles. Therefore, in the past few days, Mrs. Chen did not prepare much other food, just the hot and sour rice noodles.
Paired with some steamed buns.
All in all, hot and sour noodles are also sold a lot, at least seventy or eighty bowls are sold in a day, and the guests sitting in the inn will order two bowls of hot and sour noodles.
When Song Qiu saw her grandma busy in the tea shed, she walked towards the inn.
As soon as we entered, Tao Zheng came out and said, "Miss, here you are. A guest named Hou wants to talk to the girl about something. I'm about to invite the girl."
A guest named Hou?
"Where is the person?" Song Qiu asked, following Tao Zheng inside.
All the way to the big round table at the end, Tao Zheng raised his hands to the person above him and said, "Brother Hou, our boss is here."
The third brother Hou's son was tall and strong, with a beard on his face. When he saw Song Qiu, he smiled and said, "Little girl! It's been a long time since we last met. Do you still remember us?"
As soon as Song Qiu saw this person, she had an impression in her mind. Aren't these the three big men who came when she first opened the tea shed and cooked gnocchi for the first time? He had a good appetite and ate a lot.
He even slept in the tea shed for a while before leaving in a hurry.
But apart from the three bearded men from last time, there were five other people at this table whom I had never seen before.
"Remember, remember, it's you, eldest brother! It's been a long time since we last saw each other. It was still a hot day at that time, and it's already winter!" She greeted with a busy smile.
Brother Hou was also happy to see that Song Qiu still remembered them, "No! It's almost half a year in the blink of an eye. At that time, there was only the tea shed outside, but now there is such a big inn! The little girl is also amazing! This
We ate all the dishes, and they tasted really good. Earlier when we were in Dongling County, we heard about the name of Songshan Inn! At that time, I thought it must be you, little girl, who opened it, and it turned out to be true!"
It was naturally satisfying to be praised for the delicious food. Song Qiu smiled and said modestly, as long as it suited the taste of the elders.
After some pleasantries, Brother Hou didn't talk nonsense and said directly: "To be fair to you, my brothers and I are all businessmen who travel from north to south. We are out all the year round. We go wherever we need goods."
If you go, it would be nice if you could catch up with the rest in the restaurant and tea tent, but most of the time you have to eat the dry food you brought with you, and it makes you choke after eating it, so you can't bear it."
"We passed by here today and heard about the hot and sour noodles here. We each ate a bowl of it just now. It tasted really good and we enjoyed it very much. So I asked the shopkeeper about it. He said
They say there is some kind of hot and sour noodle set on sale. As long as you have a fire and a pot, you can cook it and eat it anywhere. Is it specifically for the convenience of people like us who are on the road?"
"I just want to buy some with you, girl, to take with me as food on the road. What do you think of the sales of that suit?"
When Song Qiu heard about this, she thought that when this hot and sour noodle was launched, someone would definitely ask about it, so she told Tao Zheng and others that if anyone asked, she would tell them about the hot and sour noodle set.
The hot and sour noodle set she plans to sell is very simple. A set is just enough to cook two bowls of vermicelli and a few condiments. The customers are also people who travel from north to south and may occasionally eat and sleep in the open.
As long as you have a fire and a small pot, boil the vermicelli and add the seasonings, you can have a pot of hot and sour vermicelli that is hot and full of flavor.
But she hadn't packed it yet. Seeing that Brother Hou was eager to buy it, she had to say: "I wonder if Brother Hou is in a hurry? If he is, I'm afraid the hot and sour noodles will have to wait for next time. If he's not in a hurry, then
Please sit down and wait for a moment. After I pack it, I can start selling it to you."
"First of all, I need to let Brother Hou know that this hot and sour noodle set is worth two bowls of hot and sour noodles with enough seasonings. It costs twenty-two bucks a portion. I don't know if Brother Hou is going to have one first.
How many servings?”
Brother Hou was a little hesitant when he heard that he still wanted to wait. It wasn't coming immediately. They were carrying goods. If they stayed for a long time, they wouldn't be able to go any further before dark.
But they had to travel far this time, and it would be uncomfortable to wait for how many meals of dry food they would have to eat when they came back next time to buy some.
"How long will it take?" Twenty-two big coins for two bowls is six cents more expensive than eating here, but it's still acceptable.
"I'm going to prepare immediately. I estimate it will only take two-quarters of an hour at most," Song Qiu said.
After listening for two-quarters of an hour, Brother Hou looked at the sky and thought that there was no harm in waiting.
He nodded and said, "Okay! Just wait for two quarters of an hour. We just need a twenty portion first."
Twenty portions, forty bowls, for a group of eight people, each of them got five bowls, and they didn't eat everything. They only had to adjust their mouths if they choked on the dry food.
Otherwise, the little money you make just by selling goods will not be worth it even if you eat every meal.
Song Qiu hurriedly responded, asking Tao Zheng to serve hot tea and some snacks to pass the time, and then hurried to the kitchen.
Wang and Li were busy cooking, and Tao Xiuer wanted to light the fire. Song Qiu didn't call them, but called Zhang Lihua and Aling to help.
Putting away the small porcelain bottles that had dried, she brought out the sauce, red oil and vinegar that she had cooked earlier.
There were a total of two hundred and twenty small porcelain vases. Song Qiu divided them into three equal parts, seventy of the same, and kept the remaining one.
First fill the vinegar, then fill the porcelain bottle that is smaller than the palm of your hand to the mouth of the bottle. It can only hold a spoonful at most, which is enough for two bowls of vermicelli. The acidity is just right.
Seventy bottles of vinegar were packed, and then seventy bottles of sauce were packed.
Finally, there is red oil, also filled with seventy bottles.
The three bottles are sealed with different stoppers, which are pressed tightly to prevent air leakage and leakage.
Then Song Qiu asked Wang where the vegetable pellets that Wang had first asked them to blanch and dry were taken out.
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she went immediately and quickly brought over a cloth bag.
Earlier, the girl asked them to cut carrots into small cubes, cut onions into sections, and cut cabbage into small pieces, blanch them in water and dry them in the sun. They were all curious about what they were doing.
It turns out that it was also made for this hot and sour rice noodles.
A pack of vegetable ingredients, plus seven or eight crispy peanuts, packed tightly one by one.
Then comes the big package.
On a piece of oil paper, put a handful of vermicelli, three small porcelain bottles of seasonings, and a small packet of vegetable bags, pack and press, and set aside.
After wrapping twenty portions, Song Qiu asked Zhang Lihua to take over the wrapping, and he went out first with twenty portions of the hot and sour noodle set.
At this moment, Brother Hou Sange and his party were drinking hot tea, eating peanuts, taking their time, and did not find it difficult to wait.
When I saw Song Qiu coming out, I thought it wouldn't be long.