The journey of giving birth to a son

Chapter 23 Mooncake sales
"Who said dad spoiled me! Mom loves me the most." Jiang Shiyi said with a smile. Shen Yun's mother still relied on her to make mooncakes.

"I won't do it for you." Shen Yunniang said deliberately.

"Mom, you can't bear to see me suffer!" Jiang Shiyi held Shen Yunniang's arm.

"Go! Go! Go!"

As Shen Yunniang said this, Jiang Shiyi put the flour on the large chopping board and came over to help. Add oil and sugar to the flour according to the proportion, press and knead repeatedly. This is a very laborious process.

Shen Yunniang didn't want her to do it. She was sweating profusely from her work. After making the dough, she put it aside and woke up. Shen Yunniang came over and made the fillings with her.

Jiang Kejian and Jiang Hui were chopping firewood in the yard, and the family had a clear division of labor.

Jiang Shiyi was going to make four types of mooncakes with bean paste filling, black sesame filling, five kernel filling and jujube paste filling. Each one cost 50 yuan.

All the ingredients needed to make mooncakes have been prepared in advance, such as red beans, mung beans, etc., which were soaked last night. Now, after overnight, they can be directly put into the pot to cook and stir-fry the fillings.

The red beans in the large wooden basin have been soaked overnight and are now slightly swollen. Skim off the floating water on them, wash them and pour them into a casserole. Add more water, then cover the pot and cook slowly while controlling the heat.

After cooking for a certain period of time, the red beans inside have been boiled to pieces, and the bean skins are cracked. Amidst the sticky "gurgling" sound, the pot bubbles and explodes from time to time. The aroma of the red bean paste has gradually emerged, and the ginger Shi Yi kept stirring it with a wooden spoon, and really couldn't help but want to take a spoonful and taste it.

After that, it’s time to stir-fry the bean paste. Stir-frying the bean paste is really hard work. The fire should not be too high or too low. Jiang Shiyi stir-fry for half a stick of incense, then pour a bowl of white sugar into it, stir-fry again until fine, and then add syrup. , and then continue to stir-fry until the bean paste becomes slightly dry, then stop. In this way, the bean paste filling is ready.

Once the bean paste filling is ready, the remaining fillings cannot be left behind.

It is not difficult to make black sesame and jujube paste. The black sesame seeds must be fried first, then ground into a puree together with the boiled and shelled mung beans, and stir-fried to make the filling.

The same goes for making jujube paste filling. You must first remove the jujube core, and then boil, grind, and stir-fry it into a ball, which is very time-consuming.

Only five-nut fillings are much more troublesome than the previous three fillings, and are more controversial in later generations. Modern people don’t like to eat five-nut mooncakes, but in ancient times, ancient times were an era of less oil and less sugar, so Five-nut mooncakes are also indispensable.

To make the five-nut filling, first stir-fry white and black sesame seeds, then stir-fry peanut kernels, then mix walnut kernels, melon seeds, almonds and other dried fruits together, sprinkle with flour and mix well, add green and red Add silk and other auxiliary ingredients, and mix again to form a dough.

Jiang Shiyi pays great attention to the selection of raw materials. These are the best ingredients bought from the Western Market. The five-nut filling is delicious when it is ready.

After the various fillings are prepared, the rest is much simpler. Jiang Shiyi and Shen Yunniang are both experienced hands and can do it quickly. The last step is to bake it in the oven.

The fire in the oven was already burning brightly. At this time, the family had been busy working until midnight, but none of them slept and stayed beside the oven.

The mooncakes were finally baked. When the oven door was opened, Jiang Shiyi took out the mooncakes one by one with wooden tongs. Jiang Hui first smelled the strong aroma of dough and swallowed his saliva.

"Little greedy cat!" Jiang Shiyi put one on a small porcelain plate and handed it to Jiang Hui. She could already hear Jiang Hui's stomach singing about the empty city plan.

Jiang Hui took a bite. This mooncake filled with jujube paste was delicious. The sweet jujube paste spread in his mouth, and the texture was dense. Jiang Hui couldn't help nodding, "It's delicious!"

After Jiang Hui finished eating, Jiang Shiyi gave him another one. Jiang Hui shook his head and said he wouldn't eat it.

"If you want to eat, just eat one!" Jiang Shiyi said, making food for himself so that his family can eat well.

Jiang Hui shook his head decisively.

Jiang Shiyi took a small plate, Jiang Kejian and Shen Yunniang each took one, "Is it delicious?"

Jiang Kejian nodded, "It's delicious!"

"Mom, what do you think?" Jiang Shiyi asked Shen Yunniang again. Shen Yunniang chewed slowly and nodded, "It looks good!"

The stall can be set up tomorrow. The first person in the family to get up is indeed Jiang Hui. Jiang Hui went to the alley early to set up tables, chairs and benches. "Sister, can you hurry up?"

Jiang Shiyi also got up, "Why are you getting up so early to sell mooncakes?"

Jiang Shiyi took two pieces of each mooncake and sent them to Manager Chen's house. The family always took good care of her.

"Miss Shi Yi, I'm so embarrassed! I always eat your food." Manager Chen's mother said.

"Auntie, I made it myself. You can try it and see if there is anything wrong with it. If there is anything wrong with it, tell me and I will make some changes."

"The food you sell must be delicious!" Agent Chen's mother said with a smile.

The girl from the Jiang family came out to set up a stall again. Because the cold skin, small noodles, and spicy hotpot had gained a lot of popularity, Jiang Shiyi's stall was once again crowded with people.

"This girl is so capable, she actually started selling mooncakes again!"

"You can do anything! It's amazing!"

Everyone looked at the stall. Four square wooden trays were placed neatly on the table. Inside the wooden trays, brown-red mooncakes were arranged neatly, like a pagoda, glowing with an attractive oily sheen.

There is a small sign in front of each wooden plate, and Shen Yunniang neatly writes the fillings of the mooncakes using official calligraphy.

Jiang Shiyi cut the mooncake into small pieces and placed it in a porcelain plate with toothpicks next to it.

"Free tasting, no money if it doesn't taste good!" Jiang Hui shouted loudly, and the greedy child put his fingers in his mouth and was already drooling.

Jiang Shiyi bent down, holding toothpicks, and distributed the mooncakes to several children. After the children ate, they felt sweet. They pointed at the mooncakes by the adults' fingers and said inarticulately, "Yes."

Jiang Shiyi also asked the adults around him to taste it. The adults all tasted it and agreed that it was good.

"No child can be bullied!" Jiang Hui said loudly, "Our mooncakes are full of ingredients and very cheap. Let's all have a try."

A piece of mooncake costs three cents, and the price of each kind is the same.

"Give me two bucks for each item!" someone said.

"Bring me six of each item! I have many children at home." said the customer wearing a long gown.

Jiang Shiyi held a wooden clip in his hand, clamped the mooncakes onto the oil paper, wrapped them up, and tied them into a beautiful knot. If he wanted more, he would put them in the gift box. On the outside of the gift box was a picture of Chang'e flying to the moon. The children pointed at the pictures and praised them for how beautiful they were.

In less than a day, more than 200 mooncakes were sold.

Jiang Shiyi was very happy. It seemed that mooncakes were still selling well, so she thought of adding a new variety.

"Do you want to make snowskin mooncakes?" Shen Yunniang asked.

Jiang Shiyi nodded. Although the snowskin mooncakes do not require the baking process, the crust is made of glutinous rice flour, which requires higher production requirements and more complex ingredients.

Jiang Shiyi took out a few pages of paper, and Shen Yunniang wrote the formula carefully under the oil lamp.

(End of this chapter)