Border Cook

"It's a little rough, so just make do with it."

Madam Xia, are you saying that the mooncakes don’t look very good?
But the food cooked by Madam Xia has always been delicious and has never looked bad.

The mooncakes at this time look white, tender and crystal clear, with a very novel appearance and feel very soft, completely unlike the mooncakes baked every day with hard and brown skin.

Such a novel and beautiful mooncake, but Lady Xia actually said that it didn't look good...

Madam Xia is truly a humble person.

But having said that, most of these powerful people have very high demands on themselves, and will be extremely dissatisfied if there is even the slightest flaw in something.

Madam Xia is an excellent cook and I guess she is also a person who is very strict with herself.

He Shunzi figured it out and just smiled, "Madam Xia, that's not true. I think mooncakes like this are delicious just by looking at them."

"But this mooncake looks new and I have never seen it before. What is its name?"

This way, when he delivers it to Dexinyuan, he will have a reputation.

"It's called snow skin mooncake." Xia Mingyue said, "There are two kinds of fillings, one is red bean paste and the other is mung bean paste, both are sweet."

"The mooncakes are beautiful and the names are nice too." He Shunzi took one and put it in his mouth.

The soft, sweet taste instantly spreads in your mouth, and your teeth and cheeks are filled with the sweetness of glutinous rice and bean paste.

"It's delicious!" He Shunzi gave Xia Mingyue a thumbs up.

I told you, how can the food made by Madam Xia not be delicious?
If mooncakes like this are sent to Dexinyuan, won’t they be as popular as the ice jelly last time?

The profitable business is coming again!

He Shunzi smiled when he thought of this.

Due to the continuous growth in the sales volume of cold pot skewers, the demand for bamboo skewers has increased several times compared to before. The price of bamboo skewers supplied by He Shunzi has increased from the original ten cents a bundle to six cents a bundle.

"There is another thing about the price of bamboo sticks. I think I should tell Madam Xia about it." He Shunzi said, "I have been collecting bamboo sticks recently and I have encountered someone deliberately lowering the price. The price has reached four cents per bundle."

"Logically speaking, the lower the price, the better it is for Madam Xia. But I think that it is already six cents a bundle. If it goes any cheaper, it will be hard to buy the bamboo sticks. So I will still help Madam Xia buy them at the price of six cents a bundle."

Just as low grain prices hurt farmers, if the price of bamboo sticks is too low, fewer and fewer people will be willing to make this, and the supply will decrease and cannot keep up with demand.

This will not only affect the business of the cold pot skewers, but when it comes to that point, Xia Mingyue will have to increase the purchase price. If someone else drives up the price, the extra money she pays may be more than what she saved before.

Not worth the candle.

He Shunzi has been doing this kind of business for a long time and understands these principles very well.

Xia Mingyue nodded when she heard this, "That's true, just follow what Brother He said and continue to purchase at this price."

After working together for such a long time, Xia Mingyue has great trust in He Shunzi.

"Okay." He Shunzi nodded in agreement, feeling very happy.

He was happy that Xia Mingyue shared the same views as him, and he was even happier that Xia Mingyue trusted him.

After settling the price of this batch of goods, He Shunzi put away the snow skin mooncakes given by Xia Mingyue and left the county town to Dexinyuan.

After that, he gave the snowy mooncake to Jinbao as usual. Jinbao took the snowy mooncake to the kitchen.

"Madam Luo, didn't you tell me before that if He Shunzi brings any fresh food here again, you must give it to you? He Shunzi came today and brought some rare mooncakes, called snow skin mooncakes. Do you think they are ok?" Jin Bao smiled.

Luo put down the kitchen knife, took the cage cloth from Jin Bao, and opened it layer by layer. When she saw the fragrant, white, tender and soft mooncakes wrapped in the cage cloth, her eyes lit up immediately, "It looks good."

I just don’t know how it tastes…

Luo placed one of the snow skin mooncakes on the chopping board and cut it into small pieces with a few cuts vertically and horizontally.

Invite Wang and Jinbao to have a taste together.

Glutinous and sweet...

"It's much more delicious than the red bean paste cake and osmanthus sugar cake we make." Wang sighed.

"It's really good." Luo took another piece of mooncake and put it in his mouth.

While enjoying the wonderful taste of the snowy mooncake, he whispered, "Why don't we just take this to the old lady to taste on Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow?"

"Is it possible..." Wang frowned.

"Why not?" Mrs. Luo said, "This mooncake is delicious and novel in appearance. The old lady probably hasn't eaten it before. If the old lady is happy with it, maybe she will be rewarded again."

Because the ice jelly tasted good before, the two of them improved it by adding some seasonal fruits, so that the ice jelly tasted excellent and different every day.

The old lady praised them several times for this. In addition to giving each of them a string of money for the first time, she also increased their monthly salary by 20%.

If the old lady likes the mooncakes this time, won’t she be able to gain many benefits?

As for the old lady, after trying this snowy mooncake, she still wants to eat it again...

Just like ice jelly, I called He Shunzi to continue buying.

After all, there is nothing in this world that cannot be bought with money, not to mention that the money spent is from Dexin Garden.

After thinking for a while, Wang nodded in agreement, "That's right, but this snowy mooncake is good in every way, but this one is just a little too big."

The food in this wealthy family is very delicate and exquisite. If a mooncake this big is brought up, I'm afraid I'll be scolded before it reaches the old lady.

"That's easy." Luo deftly cut another snow skin mooncake into small triangular pieces and carefully placed them on the plate. She also added some preserved fruits and fresh osmanthus flowers that were in full bloom as garnish.

The plate was originally made of celadon, and it had an excellent texture. Now it was filled with white and tender mooncakes, with the red bean paste filling neat and delicate, and surrounded by golden osmanthus flowers and brown dried fruits...

The appearance is exquisite, and this snow skin mooncake tastes extremely delicious just by looking at it!

Seeing this, Wang grinned and said, "There is nothing wrong with this!"

They are just waiting to deliver the mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow and see how much the old lady can increase their monthly wages this time.

When they thought of the heavy money, Luo and Wang smiled like flowers.

The snow skin mooncakes made by Xia Mingyue were eaten up the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Xia Mingyue had to prepare the red bean paste filling again and make some more mooncakes.

And to be on the safe side, Xia Mingyue made four times more this time than before. (End of this chapter)