The uncle smacked his lips, raised the corners of his lips, showed a weird smile that looked like his brain had been ripped out, and then took a second bite.
Everyone watched eagerly as he finished the glutinous rice rolls in small bites, even licking the coconut flakes off his hands, before finally waiting for him to speak.
“What kind of glutinous rice roll is this? It’s so delicious!
The small white layer on the outside makes the mouth feel rustling and fragrant when you eat it, and the glutinous rice skin in the middle is soft and sweet, as if mixed with the aroma of coconut.
Then there’s the soft bean paste filling, oh, it’s so sweet that it’s so sweet.”
The uncle licked his lips and continued: "I don't know what was added to it, but now I still have the sweetness of bean paste and the fragrance of coconut in my mouth, which is quite strong."
As he spoke, he sighed and showed that weird smile again, "It's such a pity that you can't eat such delicious pastries, tsk tsk..."
"Suck, suck, suck~"
The streets resounded with the sound of swallowing saliva one after another.
After listening to the uncle's vivid description, a group of people were all greedy in their stomachs. They rushed to Shu Mingzhi to ask the price and wanted to buy two pieces to try.
At this time, Shu Mingzhi hid the bamboo basket behind his back and said to everyone in a very embarrassed manner: "Sorry, we don't sell these cakes."
Everyone was stunned, and after realizing it, they all denounced Shu Mingzhi's shameless behavior.
"If you don't want to sell it, you will hide at home to eat. Why did you move here specifically to make this happen? Do you want to piss us off to death?"
"That's right, it's fun to make everyone spin around. Isn't it fun?"
Shu Mingzhi persuaded with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone, we don't sell pastries, but we sell the ingredients for making pastries. You can make the same at home."
As he spoke, he took out the shredded coconut and coconut oil placed in the bamboo basket.
The uncle had a poisonous eye and figured out the clue at a glance: "This white powder is what is sprinkled on the glutinous rice rolls!"
"By the way, this powder is our exclusive secret ingredient, called shredded coconut. You can't buy it anywhere else except us."
Shu Mingzhi raised his other arm triumphantly and asked the uncle: "Can you tell what's in this bottle?"
After leaving it overnight, the liquid coconut oil solidified into a white paste. The state looked very familiar.
The uncle guessed: "Could it be lard?"
Shu Ming smiled and shook his head, "Wrong, this is called coconut oil. This oil not only has the same fragrance as soybean oil, but also has the fragrance of coconut. It can be used to make cakes and steamed rice, which has a unique flavor."
"Coconut oil? Oil squeezed from coconuts?" The uncle asked doubtfully: "Can oil be squeezed from coconuts?"
Shu Ming laughed and did not answer, put down the backpack he was carrying, and shouted to the crowd: "Our family has worked hard for a long time, and our hands are blistered just to get such a few things. If you want to buy something, hurry up, otherwise it will be gone if it's too late."
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As soon as this was said, someone immediately asked about the price.
Shu Mingzhi quoted the price with a smile: "A bottle of coconut oil costs three taels of silver, and a bottle of shredded coconut costs two taels of silver."
Because the price of porcelain bottles was too expensive, he basically chose large bottles, thinking that since they were sold to restaurants and pastry shops, they used a lot of them, so it wouldn't matter if they were more expensive.
Who would have thought that I would hit a snag at the beginning and have to sell it on the street. The price must be expensive for ordinary people, but it is expensive.
After all, it is easy to reduce prices but difficult to increase them.
At worst, I'll ask other restaurants later. If I can't sell it, I'll lower the price.
Sure enough, the passers-by thought it was expensive after hearing this. They originally wanted to spend a few copper coins to try it out, but ended up paying several taels of silver. Do they look like a scam?
"It's too expensive, I can't afford it, so I'm leaving..."
In the blink of an eye, half of the onlookers on the roadside were gone.
The maid in an apricot-colored skirt advised her young lady: "Girl, why don't we go too? If we have the money, why don't we go to Wuweizhai and buy something ready-made?"
The girl looked at the delicate and beautiful cakes in the bamboo basket and swallowed quietly, not wanting to leave.
At this time, a pair of chubby hands holding glutinous rice rolls were raised in front of her, "Pretty sister, please eat glutinous rice rolls."
Xiaotuanzi stood on tiptoes and tried hard to lift the pastry to her mouth. Her cheeks were red from holding it in, like a big plump apple.
The girl smiled brightly, lowered her head to take the glutinous rice roll, said thank you to her, then turned around and told the maid: "Cui Cui, take five taels of silver out. I want to buy a bottle of coconut oil and a can of coconut milk."
After receiving the first pot of gold, Xiaoduanzi was so happy that she couldn't see her teeth. He enthusiastically introduced her how to eat coconut milk and coconut oil: "Beautiful sister, this coconut milk can not only be used to make glutinous rice rolls."
You can also add rose sauce, eggs, milk, and many other things to make coconut fillings for mooncakes and pies.”
The girl nodded while listening, and finally looked at Xiaotuanzi with eyes full of surprise and surprise, "Little sister, how do you know so many delicious foods? You are so amazing!"
Xiaotuanzi scratched his face shyly, "Hey, it's just like that. My sister bought my things. I must teach her how to use them. Otherwise, won't my money be in vain?"
The girl was confused by her calling her sister. She rubbed her head happily and said, "Sister, remember, I am from the Yuan family in the east of the city.
Next time you go to the county town to sell things, remember to look for me there. I love pastries the most. If you have any delicious ones, remember to leave some for me."
The first time she went out to sell goods, she met a beautiful customer. Yan Yan was so happy that she nodded vigorously several times and said: "Next time, I will definitely ask my grandmother to make more glutinous rice rolls so that my sister can eat them all at once."
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"So good." The girl couldn't help but rubbed her furry head again, and then reluctantly got into the carriage with the maid.
After the girl left, the passers-by on the roadside had mostly dispersed. Shu Zhi saw that there was no chance of retail sales, so he put his bamboo basket back on his back and prepared to try his luck at a nearby restaurant.
At this time, the uncle who was the first to try the food rushed out and grabbed his sleeve, "Niece, why don't you come with me to Baiweilou, and I'll ask our shopkeeper if he accepts these two things."
Judging from what the little girl said, there are quite a lot of ways you can make these things called coconut oil and coconut paste.
He couldn't afford such an expensive thing, so his boss bought it, so he could try it out and taste it.
"Who are you?" Shu Mingzhi looked the uncle up and down. Judging from his clothes and body shape, he was neither the boss nor the waiter. He seemed to be a cook.
He can't be so lucky, right?
Just walk into the crowd and order a cook?
And he is also the chef of Baiweilou, the largest restaurant in Qinshui County!
What the uncle said later also confirmed his suspicion, "I am the cook of Baiweilou. I have a day off today and went to the street to buy some things. I didn't expect to run into you. It's fate."
"I was thinking just now, how can this person be so good? He can see the uniqueness of the glutinous rice rolls at a glance. It turns out that he has met an expert!"
Shu Mingzhi opened his mouth and praised it. After he praised it, he took a glutinous rice roll from the bamboo basket and stuffed it into his hand enthusiastically, "Uncle, let's eat another piece. Let's chat while we eat."