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Chapter 357 Hot sale!

The rooster crows in the morning and the dawn breaks, and the good dog barks in the daytime.

Chen Nian was able to hide from the chickens, but in the end he couldn’t hide from the dogs. Early in the morning, he didn’t know whose dog started barking, and ran with the sound of rattling chains. The rising sun feels like a big fragrant meatball, so I can't hold back my emotions.

After waking up, Chen Nian sat on the bed blankly, scratched his face unconsciously, then sighed, put on his clothes and got down to the bronze mirror to look at his face, tidied his hair before going to wash.

I got up early today, washed up and walked out of the yard, only to see my cousin also out of the yard, her eyes still a little hazy.

It seems that everyone is the same.

After saying hello, the two came to the front hall and started making dim sum. After all the dim sum was steamed, Chen Nian left the dim sum shop with a word.

Hundreds of thousands of homes are like a game of Go, and Twelfth Street is like a vegetable garden.

The houses in Chang'an City are connected to each other, very neat and tidy, the streets are wide and clean. I am used to seeing the busy and busy streets during the day, but walking on the quiet streets early in the morning is quite different. Walking on the road paved with stone slabs, I just feel Very comfortable.

First of all, he came to the blacksmith's shop, but even though it is a blacksmith's shop, it can also make tools from other metals. The juicer tool that is old-fashioned is made of copper. Although copper is a relatively rare metal, think about it. There are still ways to get it, but it may be more troublesome to do it.

Although iron is also available here, but in comparison, Chen Nian still feels that copper may be more stable.

Old-fashioned juicing tools can only be regarded as simple tools in modern times, but they can be regarded as progress in the current era. The principle is actually similar to that of noodle presses.

When he arrived, the blacksmith shop here was already open, and after Chen Nian entered, the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop saw Chen Nian at a glance, this is their big customer.

So Dang even took the vintage to see the juicer they made for the vintage.

And for demonstration purposes, the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop purposely found a few fruits and threw them in together, and then asked a fellow to press down on it, and soon the fruits inside touched the copper piece, and the fruits suddenly made a sound of breaking.

At the same time, the fruit juice slowly flowed out from the hole reserved below...

Chen Nian looked at the effect, then checked the details, and found that the workmanship was quite good, so he nodded in satisfaction, paid the final payment directly, and asked the blacksmith to deliver the juicer to the shop.

Then Chen Nian went to the carpenter's shop again, where he made some sieves and special wooden barrels for filtering.

At that time, there will be two types of snacks with pulp and no pulp, so this kind of more specialized tools will be needed. Of course, in addition to this, the people in the carpenter's shop will make two buckets for washing feet .

After all, the breathability of shoes in this era may not be as good as later, so old people have to soak their feet every night.

Ordinary basins are too shallow to soak feet comfortably, so Chen Nian directly ordered two foot washing buckets, one for myself and one for my cousin.

After checking that there was no problem, Chen Nian asked the carpenter to send these things to the pastry shop.

Then he went to a fruit shop by himself, and bought more than ten catties of fruit by category.

Of course, bargaining is unavoidable in the process of buying fruits. This is a sense of ritual every time you buy something. Except for the one-buy shop, the rest of the old-fashioned bargaining is absolutely not according to the salesperson. If you can buy it at a lower price, you must not pay an extra penny if you can ask for a discount. You must also participate in places where you can ask for gifts or lucky draws.

In the end, Chen Nian bought about seven or eight kinds of fruits with a total of more than 20 catties at a very cheap price.

Squeeze more than 20 catties of fruit juice, and then add some water to make a lot of snacks.

Although it is relatively heavy, the place where the fruit is sold is not far from the dim sum shop, so Chen Nian simply carried the fruit on his shoulder and went back with it on his back.

After returning from old age, the things bought by the blacksmith shop and the carpenter shop were also sent over.

"Did you buy these before Xiaonian?"

"Yes, this one is for squeezing juice, this one is for receiving juice, and these two buckets are for washing feet, one for you and one for me." Chen Nian introduced.

"Why is there still a foot wash?"

"This person always wants to enjoy himself. Look at this foot-washing bucket is so deep, pour hot water into it, so that you can wash comfortably. Also, you can see that there are some rolling beads under it. This thing can massage the soles of the feet and relieve fatigue. .”

Chen Nian said.

Lu Ke looked inside, and sure enough, there were some balls inside. Put his hand in and slide it gently, and the balls began to roll.

"It's quite fun, I'll try it tonight." Lu Ke seemed very happy about the first gift Chen Nian gave her.

After Lu Ke happily moved the foot-washing bucket back to his room, he came out and started cleaning those tools with Chen Nian. These are all for snacks, so they must be clean and hygienic.

After the tools were cleaned, Chen Nian simply processed the fruits he bought.

Wash and cut into pieces.

The oranges are directly peeled and then thrown in, while the oranges are directly cut off the outer skin of the orange with a Dubai knife, and then the pulp is thrown into it.

This juicer can hold about six catties of fruit at a time.

So the squeezed juice can weigh about four or five catties.

Place the predetermined bucket and sieve below, the juice squeezed out of the juicer will first flow to the top of the sieve, and then some fruit particles that slipped through the net will be left on the sieve, and placed on the bottom layer for aging A layer of gauze is also used for filtering here, and he wants to completely filter out the pulp.

After layers of filtration, the purer juice flows into the bottom barrel.

After aging, the water in the sieved pulp was squeezed out, and finally the bucket of juice was poured into another basin.

At this time, the old age will start to be deployed.

But mostly sugar and honey are added to it.

Add some seasonings, then let it sit for a while, taste it with a small spoon, it is still a little sour, add some sugar and honey to it, and continue to put it for a while.

After repeated attempts, Chen Nian finally made the taste he wanted.

Although the current taste may be a bit heavy, it will be diluted when mixed with glutinous rice flour after a while.

This ratio is summed up after the previous two attempts of aging, so this time it is very familiar.

However, it still needs to be fine-tuned to a certain extent every time it is made. After all, the fruits bought every time cannot be grown on the same tree, and the sweetness and sourness cannot be the same.

Due to the addition of more oranges and citrus during aging, the overall color is orange-yellow, which is also intentional for aging.

After the glutinous rice flour and juice are fully mixed, Chen Nian rolls the mixed glutinous rice balls with a rolling pin to a thickness of about one centimeter, then puts the whole sheet into a pot and starts to steam it slowly.

"Shopkeeper, what is steaming in your pot? Why does it smell so good?" After the steam started to come out slowly, the fruity aroma in the pot gradually overflowed, and many customers who came here to buy dim sum smelled it. After that, I couldn't help asking curiously.

"This, this is a new snack developed by my younger brother. It's called Qianguo Cake, which is an upgraded version of the previous Mincemeat Cake. About seven or eight kinds of fruits are used in it, and we will add more to it in the future."

"The price must not be cheap, right?"

"It is true that the price is slightly more expensive than other pastries, but since there are more fruits used, the price is one penny."

"That sounds good, how long will it take to make it? I can't afford too many, so it's okay to buy two taels and go home to try."

"Xiao Nian, how long is it to finish?" Lu Ke turned his head and asked.

"A quarter of an hour or so."

"Okay, then I'll go shopping first and come back later to buy."

Afterwards, a few more customers came to inquire, but some still showed resistance when they heard the price. They were just ordinary people in Chang'an City, and the price was still too expensive for them.

However, Lu Ke told them that if the cakes are not sold out after [-]:[-] p.m., the price will be reduced, and the taste will not be much worse at that time.

"Really?"

"You are also a regular customer of ours. When did I tell you a lie? Besides this dim sum, other dim sum will also be sold cheaply, but it is not sure which one will be left every day at night, and if If you want to buy it, you may have to come a little earlier."

"That's fine, shopkeeper Lu, then I'll be waiting to come to your place to buy dim sum tonight."

After a while, the thousand fruit cake was ready, and at this time there were already seven or eight people waiting outside the dim sum shop.

The moment the lid of the pot was lifted, the fruity aroma immediately overflowed, and the aroma wafted out of the dim sum shop to the street, and some people who were just passing by couldn't help but be attracted by the smell to look here.

I looked over here and saw that there were actually people queuing up here. Although they didn't know what everyone was queuing for, they still came over, and one by one they all lined up at the back of the line.

"Brother, I have a question, what are you waiting in line to buy?"

"It must be for dim sum, isn't this a dim sum shop?"

"I know this is a dim sum shop, but I didn't see anyone queuing up when I walked from here before."

"Then I don't know, can't I just wait in line to see it later? At worst, if there is nothing I want, just don't buy it."

But people line up to the front and know what everyone is buying.

Some people don’t care about the price and choose to continue queuing, while some people also know about the discounted dim sum at night when they know the price is expensive, so they plan to come back to buy some cheap dim sum at night.

There are also some people who didn't plan to buy thousand fruit cakes at first, but after ignorantly queuing in the past, they saw that other pastries were also good, so they picked and bought some.

Due to the active queuing of the people, all the dim sum they made this morning were sold out half an hour earlier than before, but there were still people queuing up after they were sold out. If you want to buy dim sum, come back in the afternoon, we will make more new dim sum by then!"

"Don't queue up, everyone, it's gone!"

"It's really gone!"

"Come in the afternoon, guaranteed in the afternoon!"

Lu Ke has never experienced this kind of scene. Although there were many people who came to buy dim sum shops in the past, why did this happen? There are crowds of people, bustling and bustling, and the line alone can be exhausted for a long time.

But when the crowd gradually dispersed, Chen Nian secretly made another pot of thousand fruit cakes: "Sister, we will give these cakes to the neighbors in a while."

"It's true that we should send them off. After all, everyone bows their heads and sees them every day." Lu Ke nodded in agreement.

"No." But Chen Nian waved his hand.

"Today is the first day of selling thousands of fruit cakes. Everyone is still in a relatively enthusiastic stage, so there is a high probability that there will be queues at the door of our dim sum shop during this time, and people who buy pastries from us may go to them. Take a look at our stores, so if our business is good, it will bring them business.”

Lu Ke obviously didn't think about this: "Yes, then we have brought them business, why should we send them pastries?"

"Because we still need them to advertise for us!"

"For a shop to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in addition to its own excellent quality, it also needs to be pervasive, so that they can see the name of our shop no matter where they are, and let them look up wherever they go. How delicious our snacks are."

"You mean to put our sign in their store?"

"That's right, but it doesn't need to be too much trouble, just make a small wooden sign and put it in their shop, or just stick a piece of paper in their shop."

Chen Nian said so, you must know that this kind of promotion will require money in later generations, and now this kind of model has not appeared at all, so the cost of doing some advertising around is much smaller.

"Okay sister, don't worry about it, I'll make it in a while." Chen Nian divided the pot of pastries into several portions, and after a while, he took a portion and went to the shop next door to find the pastry. Sit down next to the shopkeeper.

Come back after a while, take out another copy, and go to another shop.

In this way, about half an hour later, Chen Nian sent out this batch of thousand fruit cakes.

"How?" Lu Ke asked.

"Except for three, all the other eighteen houses on this street have been taken down!"

Lu Ke couldn't help cheering up, she never thought that one day she would be able to hang the signboard in the store in other shops!
And Chen Nian didn't waste much time during the whole process. He first explained the purpose of coming, then gave the dim sum to the other party, and then said that there will be many people coming to their own dim sum shop when the time comes.

After those people have finished buying dim sum, they will go to other stores to visit, which means they have brought them business, and there is nothing else that Chen Nian wants, but they are asked to post a promotional poster of the dim sum shop in the store That's fine.

(End of this chapter)