Supernatural Rebirth: Farming and Raising a Husband

Chapter 214 Mushroom Siu Mai
"Now there are no more shiitake mushrooms out there, only our family has them. You still have to pay according to the previous price, which is not acceptable!"

Shopkeeper Shen was taken aback for a moment, then slapped his forehead, and said with a smile, "Look at me, I forgot about it. In this way, when the mushrooms are ripe, we will follow what I said before, 15 renminbi a catty."

"If there is no season for mushrooms like now, we will pay 25 ren per catty, sister Yao, what do you think?"

Gu Yao shook her head and said, "According to 50 characters."

"No, if the calculation is based on 50 Wen, then we have nothing to earn." Shopkeeper Shen said quickly when he heard the price.

The shiitake mushrooms can't make much money in the first place, and if the cost rises, it will be even less profitable.

"Shopkeeper Shen, I haven't finished talking yet." Gu Yao said with a helpless smile, "At 50 Wen per catty, I'll give you another recipe of shiitake mushrooms, how about it?"

"Recipe for shiitake mushrooms?" Shopkeeper Shen asked suspiciously.

"That's right." Gu Yao smiled, and then said: "As far as I know, there are only a few dishes made by Xiangmanlou Shiitake Mushrooms. The ones I know are exactly what you don't have in your restaurant."

"Besides, some new customers are fine. If some old customers always come to eat at your place, but the dishes are always the same, they will somewhat lack interest in their hearts."

Shopkeeper Shen thought about it, and felt that what Gu Yao said was very reasonable, and, during this period of time, he had indeed lost a lot of customers.

So he said to Gu Yao: "Sister Yao, how about this, you wait here for a while, I'll go ask our boss about it."

"Your boss?" Gu Yao asked with a puzzled face, Xiangmanlou's boss seems to be Huangshang Xuanyuan's family.

Shopkeeper Shen said with a smile: "That's right, it's our boss. He has to stay here to check the accounts during this time, so I'll ask him for advice."

"Okay, shopkeeper Shen, you can go." Gu Yao said.

After shopkeeper Shen left, Zhuo Qin asked with a puzzled look: "Miss, didn't we say that we would pay 25 Wen per catty when we came here? Why did you double check it?"

Gu Yao turned the teacup in her hand, and said with a smile: "Although my price has increased, didn't I send a recipe, there are only a few in Xiangmanlou about shiitake mushrooms, if you eat it often, you will definitely get tired of it."

"The dishes I made must be very popular. Also, don't listen to Shopkeeper Shen saying that he doesn't make much money. In fact, our off-season vegetables alone are enough for him to make a lot of money."

Zhuo Qin thought of the price of vegetables in Xiangmanlou this winter, and nodded in agreement.

Gu Yao continued with a smile, "So, what shopkeeper Shen said is unbelievable, and they make a lot of money with 50 Wen per catty of shiitake mushrooms."

"Besides, getting a free dish is not such a good thing every day."

Zhuo Qin nodded thoughtfully.

At this moment, in another private room, shopkeeper Shen stood at the door with a respectful face, and then knocked on the door of the private room. The next moment, there was a crisp voice from inside the private room, "Come in."

"Boss." Shopkeeper Shen opened the door and shouted respectfully towards the people inside.

Xuanyuanqiu, the eldest son of the Xuanyuan family of the current imperial merchant, is 18 years old this year. He has slowly taken over the family business since he was 14 years old.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Shopkeeper Shen who walked in, and asked, "What's the matter?" The next moment, his eyes fell on the ledger in front of him.

"Boss, it's like this. We haven't been cooperating with Yijia in Yijia Village for off-season vegetables for a long time. This time, they brought mushrooms." Shopkeeper Shen said.

"Mushrooms?" Xuanyuanqiu frowned, then looked up at Shopkeeper Shen, and said, "Isn't there no more mushrooms now?" Although he was born with rich clothes and rich food, there are some things he still needs to know because of his family's business. of.

Shopkeeper Shen said with a smile: "Sister Yao from the Yi family led someone to set up a mushroom plantation. She said she started planting it last year, and now she brought the first batch of mature mushrooms."

"So?" Xuanyuanqiu leaned on the back of the chair with his hands crossed on his abdomen, looking at shopkeeper Shen and asked.

"Originally my asking price was 25 Wen per catty, but sister Yao wanted 50 Wen per catty, but they would add another dish, so I couldn't make a decision, so I came to ask the owner for instructions." Shopkeeper Shen said respectfully.

Xuanyuanqiu thought for a while, then stood up and said, "Go, take me to have a look."

"Yes."

The two came to the private room where Gu Yao and Zhuo Qin were, shopkeeper Shen knocked on the door, then opened the door, smiled and said to Gu Yao: "Sister Yao, this is our boss." Then walked to the side He took a step, revealing Xuanyuanqiu behind him.

"Boss, this is Sister Yao." Shopkeeper Shen introduced to the two of them.

Xuanyuanqiu stood in front of Gu Yao, hooked the corner of his mouth, and said, "Miss Yi."

"Master Xuanyuan." Gu Yao said with a smile.

The two sat down, and after a few polite words, they began to chat about mushrooms.

"Miss Yi, regarding the price of mushrooms, how about we pay 35 Wen at any time?" Xuanyuanqiu said with a smile.

He felt that the price was already good.

Gu Yao touched the teacup at hand, raised her eyes to look at Xuanyuanqiu, then smiled and said, "Master Xuanyuan, do you want this recipe?"

"Of course I want it." Xuanyuanqiu said.

"Is that intended to be bought?" Gu Yao asked again.

Xuanyuanqiu raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't Ms. Yi say that I could give it away?"

"That's the price of 50 Wen. If Master Xuanyuan plans to buy it at the price of 35 Wen, I will definitely not be able to give you this recipe for free." Gu Yao said with a smile.

Xuanyuanqiu thought for a while, and then said: "Miss Yi must show me the value of this recipe!"

Gu Yao smiled, understood what the other party meant, and said, "There is no problem with that. Anyway, we also brought shiitake mushrooms today, but we just need to borrow some from the restaurant's kitchen."

"Then please trouble Miss Yi." Xuanyuanqiu said to shopkeeper Shen, "Old Shen, take Miss Yi to the kitchen."

"Okay, my boss." Shopkeeper Shen said to Xuanyuanqiu and then he said to Gu Yao, "Sister Yao, this way please."

Gu Yao nodded towards Xuanyuanqiu, and then went out with shopkeeper Shen. As for Zhuo Qin, naturally she carried a basket and left behind Gu Yao.

Xuanyuanqiu touched Gu Yao's chin while watching Gu Yao leave. This Miss Yi looks familiar!
For a big restaurant like Xiangmanlou, there is naturally more than one kitchen, so shopkeeper Shen took Gu Yao to a small kitchen.

Although it is a small kitchen, there are all the things that should be there. Shopkeeper Shen even found a young man who specializes in lighting fires to help!
What Guyao is going to cook is a dish of shiitake mushrooms. The ingredients include: shiitake mushrooms, glutinous rice, green beans, flour, green onions, five-spice powder, salt, soy sauce, and oil.

Gu Yao first went through the ingredients needed for shiitake mushrooms in his mind, and then checked the things in the kitchen, and found that everything was there.

but.

"Shopkeeper Shen, is there any fermented dough in your restaurant?" Gu Yao asked.

Shopkeeper Shen said: "I need to go to the kitchen to ask about this, sister Yao, wait for a while."

"Okay." In this case, let's prepare other things first!
Gu Yao planned to steam the glutinous rice first, then dice the shiitake mushrooms and finely chop the shallots for later use, then heat the oil in a pan, and with a sound of 'stab', put the chopped shiitake mushrooms and chopped green onions into the pot.

When the frying is almost done, add salt, soy sauce, five-spice powder and water, and continue frying.

"It smells so good!" Shopkeeper Shen stood by and sniffed the fragrance wafting from the pot, full of curiosity about the dish that Gu Yao was going to cook.

"Sister Yao, the dough is brought, I wonder if this is enough?"

Gu Yao glanced at the dough brought by shopkeeper Shen, smiled, and said, "Enough." Next, Gu Yao put the steamed glutinous rice and green beans into the pot, and stir-fried until all the ingredients were fully cooked. Only stop after mixing.

Next, you need to knead the dough into a suitable size, roll it into a dough, then put the filling in the dough, wrap it into a siu mai, and finally steam it for 5 minutes.

Gu Yao made four baskets in total, and put four shiitake mushrooms in one basket, and slowly, the fragrance wafted out.

Shopkeeper Shen looked at the steamer that was constantly emitting fragrance, couldn't help but swallowed, and said to Gu Yao: "Sister Yao, your roasted wheat with mushrooms smells so good!"

"That's it." Gu Yao said with a smile, without looking at who did it.

After it was cooked, shopkeeper Shen looked at the four shiitake mushrooms placed in the small steamer, sniffed them, and tasted one. His eyes lit up instantly, and he said, "It's delicious, it's delicious."

Gu Yao and Zhuo Qin also tasted it, Zhuo Qin said: "Miss's craftsmanship seems to have improved again."

"I think so too." Gu Yao said with a smile.

Shopkeeper Shen looked at the remaining cage, and said to Gu Yao: "Sister Yao, let's go back." It's time to bring it back to the owner to taste.

"Okay." Gu Yao turned her head and said to the boy who was lighting the fire, "I'll give you the remaining cage."

The boy was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled at Gu Yao and said: "Thank you, thank you." He really didn't expect that there was still his, and it was still a cage, this young lady is really nice!

Back in the private room, Xuanyuanqiu looked at the steaming shiitake mushrooms, sniffed his nose, then his eyes lit up, and said, "What is this?"

"This is shiitake mushrooms, young master Xuanyuan, try it." Gu Yao said with a smile.

"En." Xuanyuanqiu picked up the chopsticks on the side and picked up a shiitake mushroom siu mai. The shiitake mushroom siu mai is not very big, and it can be finished in one or two bites.

Xuanyuan Qiu took a bite, then nodded his head, and after eating all the rest, he said, "Not bad."

Gu Yao smiled and said, "In this case, can we renegotiate the price of the mushrooms?" He took a sip of tea while talking.

"Okay." Xuanyuanqiu nodded, then thought for a while, and said, "This is 40 ren per catty, no matter what kind of mushrooms are at this price, how about it?"

Gu Yao pondered for a while, then said: "Yes."

Half an hour later, Gu Yao was satisfied and left Xiangmanlou with the deed stamped with the seal of the county government.

(End of this chapter)