At dawn, the neighbors of the gambling house wake up to the smell of food, and from then on they start a life of being awakened by the fragrance every day.
The fried dough sticks were put into the pan, the scallion pancakes were put into the pan, Lu Xu cooked the tofu curd and poured it into the sauce, poured the soy milk into a large clay pot and heated it, and then cooked the pumpkin millet porridge, glutinous rice and red bean porridge.
After teaching Han Lu how to make pancakes, Lu Xu went to crack the eggs cooked last night, put them into a small casserole, added spices and tea bags, and simmered slowly.
Cut tofu, skewer radishes, and skewer greens.
Cook-resistant mushrooms, kelp, tofu, ribs, fish balls, etc. are put into the pot first.
Although theoretically no one would eat Malatang early in the morning, what if someone is curious and wants to try something new?
Lu Xu asked Lu Yong and Lu Junxin to set up a row of benches around the spicy pot, arranged the skewered vegetables neatly in the basket, and threw the stall to Lu Yong to look at.
He ran to make glutinous rice balls and threw them into the red dates and red bean porridge.
Lu Xu only had a bag of glutinous rice in total, which he asked the clerk at the grain store to save for him, and he kept it all for making sweet soup. When new rice comes and Guanyang glutinous rice is cheap, we can slowly develop other products - glutinous rice balls, rice cakes, glutinous rice cakes, glutinous rice glutinous rice cakes, glutinous rice...
The more Lu Xu thought about it, the more he became greedy. As he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard someone ask: "Is there anything delicious?"
In the middle of playing, Luwenhache jumped up from the bench and ran to greet the guests in high spirits, "Uncle, what do you want to eat?"
The neighbor who was awakened by the fragrance was still sleepy. He also ran a shop and sold porcelain ornaments next to the gambling house. Lu Xu and the others were going back and forth to renovate the house and transport goods. They didn't look up or down. They had known each other for a long time.
"Let me take a look." The owner of the porcelain shop walked in with his hands behind his back. First there was a breakfast shop facing the street, where soy milk, tofu curd and porridge were steaming hot. Then inside, freshly fried fried dough sticks, fried cakes, and leek boxes were piled in rattan baskets. The oil is golden, and next to it is a new chopping board. On the chopping board, there is a stack of scallion pancakes. A piece of paper is steaming with the smell of scallions. When you cut a piece of paper, you can see the layers of pancakes. The boss is excited. .
He continued to look inside and saw two large pots cooking porridge on the fire, and a small pot stewing hawthorn fruits. Each one smelled sweet. He leaned over to look at the pot in front of Lu Xu. The red beans and red dates were thick and thick.
Further inside is a familiar cold vegetable stall.
The strangest thing was the long cauldron closest to the inside, where the spiciness came from. It had a white soup base and red oil flowers. There were several vegetables stewed with skewers on them. He curiously pulled out one. Look, oh, ribs! I don’t know who cut it, but it’s called a small one! It's such a small piece with two bamboo sticks stuck on it.
"Xiao Lu, did you cut it?"
Lu Xu said modestly while rolling the meatballs: "I don't have this skill. The butcher in our village cut them."
He was squeezed for this because the butcher thought he was asking too much, which was annoying.
Fatty meat is expensive here, but lean meat is cheap. Even bones, internal organs, and offal are worthless. Lu Xujin wanted some bones, blood tofu, liver, etc. The butcher used to kill pigs and bring them to him every day. It was a happy cooperation, but when Lu Xu bought the ribs, he had to chop them into small pieces, one piece as wide as a knuckle, which was too small and troublesome! If he wasn't a relative, he would have kicked Lu Xu out.
Lu Xu said proudly, "Don't look down upon me, I'll sell them for two cents a piece."
The owner of the porcelain shop thought about it and realized that Lu Xu was really not very profitable at this price.
He took out other items to look at, including fish meatballs, mushrooms, tofu, pork liver, radish cubes...the more valuable the smaller, the less valuable the larger. Look at this carrot, Lu Xu gave it generously.
"Are these dishes hot too? Give me a bowl!"
Lu Wen said coolly: "Uncle, it's so spicy to eat Malatang this early in the morning. How about I bring you a bowl of porridge."
The porcelain shop owner waved his hand and said, "I'm not afraid of spicy food!"
In the past, when he went to Lu Xuna to buy cold dishes, he would ask for several extra servings of chili oil.
He lifted up his robe and sat down. Lu Yong took a bowl and scooped out a large spoonful of sesame sauce for him, then sprinkled it with chopped onions, coriander, and celery, and scooped out the vegetables from the cooked ingredients.
The porcelain boss took a bite of tofu first. The whole piece was in his mouth and almost made him cry. He turned his head and covered his mouth with a handkerchief and coughed. He finally understood why it was called Malatang. It was really numb, spicy and hot in the mouth.
Lu Wen gloated, "Let me tell you! You have to dip it in sesame sauce."
The porcelain boss put down his handkerchief and took another bite. Hiss, it was so spicy. He took another bite and said, "Xiao Lu, are the meatballs cooked?"
Lu Yong: "It's all done."
Another person came and came over curiously, muttering, "What is this? Is it delicious?"
The porcelain boss recognized them all at once and waved to them to sit down. "Come on, let's eat together. Xiao Lu, hurry up and get them a bowl. You can hot it for me... Forget it, you can do your work. I'll do it myself." Come."
Without Lu Yong having to do anything, he took an empty plate from one side, put some vegetables with skewers on them, and cooked them while fooling the neighbors into eating them.
"How did you sell this?"
Lu Yong: "One lot means one penny."
They were shocked, "So cheap?!"
Porcelain boss: "Try it quickly and eat it while it's hot!"
Lu Wen suppressed a laugh, "Spicy hot pot tastes best when eaten while it's hot!"
Lu Yong was honest and hesitated to speak, watching them all deceive the neighbors.
Number one and number two were fooled one after another, and the porcelain boss laughed one after another, coughing one after another.
The porcelain boss was gloating about his misfortune. While pressing the dice into the pot, he directed Lu Wen: "Xiao Wen, give me a piece of cake!"
People in Guanyang County who were rushing to the morning market subconsciously walked towards Lu Xu's fixed stall. When they saw it, he was selling live chickens. Then they remembered that Lu Xu's shop opened today and they had to go to the shop to buy fried dough sticks.
It is said that the new ones are crispier and more delicious, but I don’t know what they taste like.
After they bought the vegetables, they walked along East Street to the gambling house. Along the way, they saw many people carrying vegetable baskets.
"Going to buy fried dough sticks?"
"You too, right?"
"Xiao Lu suddenly didn't come, I'm still not used to it."
As they talked and walked, they faintly smelled a spicy fragrance in their noses. The sharp-eyed people suddenly saw that there was a long queue in the alley next to the gambling house, and the queue reached East Street!
Lu Wen, a novice waiter, was too weak to do anything, so when more than a dozen people came to have breakfast, he gave up his game. He just scooped out the tofu and put away the dishes and collected the money. Those who drank the soy milk had to scoop it out themselves. Fortunately, their bowls were big, so he could scoop out more and no one would care about him at all.
Someone teased him, "Little brother, let's make the tofu cake ourselves."
Lu Wen: "No! If you drop a spoonful of it, I will lose money!"
Lu Junxin and his wife were a little afraid to talk at first. When there were more people, they were so busy that they didn't care about being shy. One rolled the cakes and the other pancakes. Although they were not familiar with the pancakes, fortunately they often helped the three at home. Grandma makes steamed buns with noodles, and it’s easy to get started.
The third aunt was frying fried dough sticks nearby and was too busy to take care of the front. Xiao Xia and Han Lu were busy loading fried dough sticks and cutting cakes for people. They didn't know the scale and bought them all by the head. The aunties and aunts all wanted to pick the bigger ones, which made them scream. Confused.
"Girl, please be more careful. Look at the big ones being picked away!" This was a reminder of the cold dew.
"Little girl, pick me a long one, yes, that's the one!" This was what urged Xiaoxia.
Han Lu cut the small corner in half with a knife, "Can I give you half a piece?"
"Chengchengcheng, who should I give the money to?"
As soon as Han Lu turned her head, Lu Wen went to scoop up the tofu puffs again, but couldn't get through it for a while. She pulled out a small vegetable basket from underneath, found a gap and squeezed it, "Just throw it in here."
"The total is sixty cents. I'll put fifty cents and a ten-cent coupon. Take a look, girl."
Han Lu glanced at it, not sure whether she saw it clearly or not, "Yes!"
In this way, their store's business model of collecting money by themselves was established.
Only the beverage shop and the cold dish shop were less crowded, and Lu Xu served as both stalls.
Lu Yong kept chopping vegetables and adding vegetables to the spicy pot next to him, and he was pushed to the point where his head grew bigger than his head.
Except for Lu Yong being pushed and teased all the time, everything else was busy and orderly. Lu Xu changed places with Lu Yong when he saw a few neighbors just teasing honest children.
He rolled up his sleeves and started to cook the vegetables for them, "Everything here is cooked. If you can't reach it, pass it to each other. Who wants the medium-rare radish? Who wants the cabbage? It's all stewed!"
The first day was different from what he expected. At least in his expectation, no one wanted to eat spicy hotpot early in the morning.
The fried dough sticks and pancakes sold out faster than he expected, and all the ones made in advance in the morning were sold out.
Lu Xu was just thinking about whether to call Tan Shitou to help, when he saw Mr. Sun coming with his boy.
Everyone he knew greeted him, "Second Master, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Second Master Sun had lost a lot of weight, with a sickly look on his face, and he held hands with everyone.
They have a large family, and many people went to the army during the last conscription. Since then, he has suddenly become ill. The person who usually loves to eat has lost his appetite and is unwilling to go out.
Now Lu Xu wants to open a store and deliver coupons to his house. His family persuades him to go out for a walk. He just came out today to support Lu Xu.
I didn’t expect there to be so many people so early in the morning!
Second Master Sun asked: "Want to help?"
Lu Xu: "No, no, what do you want to eat?"
Before Second Master Sun could speak, the porcelain boss called him first, "Second Master, sit here and eat!"
When Lu Xu looked at Mr. Sun's face, he didn't dare to let him eat spicy food. He quickly advised, "This is spicy, I will serve you a bowl of porridge."
Second Master Sun waved his hand, "No, no, no, you are busy with your business, don't worry about me."
He actually raised his feet and sat down next to the porcelain boss.
The porcelain boss has been eating for more than half an hour, and he is still trying to trick people into learning how spicy Malatang is.
He brought a bowl of sesame sauce to Mr. Sun in a familiar manner, "Come on, come on, try this, it's fragrant and spicy."
When Second Master Sun saw him, he was sweating, his face was red, his neck was red, and his lips were swollen. There were already a lot of sticks on the table, and he was still eating. He was alert and curious. The glutton that had been dormant for a long time was really aroused.
The neighbors who were fooled were also fooled, "Try it, try it! Xiao Lu, get a bowl for the second master."
Mr. Sun ignored Lu Xu's obstruction and decided to taste the vegetables he had picked up.
Lu Xu quickly asked Lu Yong to bring him a bowl of soy milk and two fried dough sticks.
Sun Erye couldn't understand that the porcelain boss had dug a pit to wait for him. He picked up a piece of pork liver, dipped it in sesame sauce, and took small bites. It was a little spicy, a little hot, and the taste was very refreshing!
He ate slowly, then slowly looked at the ingredients, and then added chopped green onion, coriander, fried soybeans, stir-fried sesame seeds, and a little balsamic vinegar.
The porcelain boss spread his hands, "Oh no, I can't fool someone who knows how to eat! What's the point of eating in such small bites?!"
Second Master Sun said cheerfully: "The doctor said my intestines and stomach can be nourished!" After that, he asked Lu Xu to ladle some soup for him. He wanted the soup to soak the fried dough sticks.
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