Chapter 15 Stir-Fried Chestnuts with Sweet Osmanthus
Chapter 15 Selling Roasted Chestnuts with Osmanthus Sugar
"Girl, what are you doing here? You don't set up a stall to sell hot sand and hot stones to everyone, do you?"
A kind-hearted old man in the crowd said with a smile.
This sentence caused the crowd to burst into laughter.
Jiang Ci not only remained unmoved in the face of the crowd's laughter, but also added two spoons of sugar and a spoonful of sticky honey to the sand and small stones.
"Little lady, this sugar and honey are so expensive, why are you just throwing them away? Then you might as well sell them to me, and I can at least give you a few cents!"
"Yes, no matter how sweet the sand and stones are, we can't eat them! We can still buy some honey."
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There was a lot of chatter in the crowd, and you were talking to each other,
The atmosphere was so lively that even more people gathered around it.
"Brother, this peasant woman worked so hard to stir-fry the sand, and also added expensive things like sugar and honey. She won't really let us sell hot sand, hot stones, etc., will she?"
"I...I feel like I can't convince myself to let others buy this stupid thing, brother, brother, or let's run away!"
Wang Er and Niu Wu couldn't help but twitching at the corners of their mouths when they saw this scene.
"Humph, I have no idea!" Shen Shuan noticed that the hearts of the men around him were floating, and couldn't help but sarcastically said,
But there was a sense of pride in my heart: It seems that the few people hired by this woman are not very impressed by her!
I completely forgot that the first time I heard Jiang Ci say that he wanted to use small stones to fry chestnuts, he looked shocked at that time.
Seeing that the heat of the stones was enough, Jiang Ci poured the chestnuts in the basket into the big iron pot.
"Oh my god, why is this girl frying chestnuts and this stone together?"
"That's right, girl. I see that you usually don't touch Yangchun water with your fingers. These chestnuts are very difficult to ripen. Even if you cook them over high heat, it will take half an hour to cook them!"
"That's right! Girl, if you fry the chestnuts, you will probably have to fry them for more than an hour before they are ripe!"
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There was a lot of controversy in the crowd, but Jiang Ci still didn't hear it, and even poured a few handfuls of sweet-scented osmanthus into the pot very calmly.
While speculating, he begged Lan Yin for money: "Do you have money?"
Lan Yin didn't know what Jiang Ci was like, so he subconsciously replied: "There are still a hundred and a few Wen."
Jiang Ci nodded and handed the spatula to Lan Yin, grabbed Lan Yin's money bag, said "Have a good time" and left.
"Brother, we are here to make money. Why haven't we made any money yet but you gave that peasant woman more than 100 yuan?" Niu Er was shocked and dumbfounded.
Lan Yin was also a little annoyed. He gave it to anyone who asked for money. How could he have thought so much? Only now did he realize it. He became angry and said fiercely: "Give it to me! If the peasant woman runs away, let's take these chestnuts."
Just move this honey iron pot away!"
Niu Er rubbed his nose and said no more!
Within a few minutes, Wu Jiu came back with a thick stack of oiled paper in his hand.
He took out a few fried chestnuts from the pot, peeled them off to reveal the complete flesh inside, and then borrowed a knife from the stall next door to cut each chestnut into 6 equal pieces.
bamboo sticks,
He shouted swaggeringly:
"Roasted chestnuts with sweet-scented osmanthus cost 10 cents per catty, and 20 cents per catty. Buy two catties and get half a catty free. We are newly opened today and we will give you a free taste!"
Jiang Ci came to the crowd with a small piece of chestnut. Everyone couldn't believe it, but when they saw someone brave enough to prick a piece with a bamboo skewer, Jiang Ci still had a smile on his face.
They all eagerly took a piece,
They had been watching for so long, but they all saw how much sugar and honey the girl sprinkled into the pot.
Besides, this little girl said she would taste it for free. If she goes back on her word, are so many of them afraid that they won’t be able to deal with a little girl?
"Wow, this chestnut meat is so firm. It's soft, glutinous and fragrant in your mouth. Give me two kilograms and bring some back to my brat."
"Usually, the pulp inside the boiled chestnuts is broken into pieces, but now it's much easier to peel it out in one piece. Give me two kilograms!"
"We use precious things like wild honey and sugar, and the roasted chestnuts are really delicious! Give me two kilos! No! I want four kilos!"
"I'll give you two pounds too!"
"I want it too, I want it too, get it for me first, get it for me first..."
The stall soon became bustling with people,
They were all watching. There weren't many chestnuts in this pot. If they didn't get it early, it might not be their turn.
Lan Yin couldn't help but be stunned by the roaring shouts from the crowd.
Jiang Ci nudged him with her elbow in time: "Why are you standing there? Collecting money? You don't want to get paid without working, do you?"
"Who... who doesn't want to work?" Lan Yin stammered,
There is no place to put the fan in my hand, so it is inserted directly into the back collar.
He immediately came to help,
Jiang Ci observed keenly and put everyone's position in a suitable position. Niu Wu was strong, so he stir-fried the chestnuts. Wang Er acted quickly and was responsible for filling the chestnuts for the guests.
As for Lan Yin, who is eloquent and articulate, he is responsible for bargaining with customers and letting them try chestnuts.
Shen Shuan learned arithmetic from her cheap husband, so she was responsible for collecting money and giving change to customers.
Jiang Ci, with her fingers flying, was responsible for rolling the oil paper into a modern popcorn-shaped paper tube.
Although there was a large flow of people in front of the stall, each of them performed their duties and were busy in an orderly manner.
Fortunately for Jiang Ci, modern people are very receptive, so they adapted quickly. But Wang Erniuwu, Lan Yin, and Shen Shuan, how have they ever seen such a scene?
It was okay at first, but then I got dizzy from being so busy. There were just too many people.
Jiang Ci thought that the "roasted chestnuts with sweet-scented osmanthus" would sell well, but he still underestimated the ancient people's passion for food.
Thinking about it, there is a reason. When she came to town yesterday, she wanted to go back and bring some snacks for her children. After searching for a long time, she only had snacks such as pastries, candy men, candied haws, grilled naan, and maltose.
Where can you find a wide range of modern "grilled, grilled and fried" delicacies with so many choices?
Therefore, as soon as her fried chestnuts with sand attracted attention, she stood out from several boring snacks.
The two baskets of chestnuts that Jiang Ci brought were sold out quickly. When no one was paying attention, she secretly put the chestnuts that she had hidden in the space yesterday into the baskets, but they were still sold out quickly.
"Oops! I've been waiting in line for a long time, why are they sold out?"
"That's right! Didn't you bring too few chestnuts?"
"I just went out without any money, and I rushed home to get the money to buy these chestnuts. You guys have nothing?"
The remaining people who didn't buy chestnuts kept complaining.
"It's true that we didn't think well enough today and brought too few chestnuts. Customers who didn't buy anything today should come here to get some bamboo sticks. Those who have bamboo sticks as proof tomorrow don't have to queue up. Chestnuts will be sold to you first!"
Now there were no more people complaining, and everyone rushed forward to receive the bamboo sticks.
After everyone left, Niu Wu sat down on the ground and wiped the sweat from his face: "My mother! There are too many people here!"
"I feel like the lady who didn't buy Maolizi just now looked like she wanted to kill me!"