Border Cook

Chapter 49 Greedy
"The most important thing is that you can eat this kind of rice dumplings directly with chopsticks. It is clean and convenient. You don't have to worry about your hands getting stuck with the rice dumpling leaves when eating. If you take it out to do business, you don't have to use a bowl. It is more convenient." said Mrs. Lu.

It's purely from a business perspective.

"Mom's mind is full of making money." Zhao Dahu joked.

Zhao Erhu said seriously, "There are already enough things on sale at the stall. If we add zongzi, I'm afraid we won't be able to handle it. Mom is a little greedy."

"That's not."

Lu fully admitted that he was greedy.

It’s impossible not to be greedy when doing business. If you don’t think about making money, you will never make money.

What's more, her greed is not improper, and the money she earns is completely honest.

On this point, Lu felt that she could definitely hold her head high.

Xia Mingyue smiled and said, "If we can find someone as capable as Zhuguo to do the work in the future, we can consider it. For now, we can just do something to let the people around us have a taste of it."

"If this happens, we will miss the Dragon Boat Festival and will have to wait until next year." Mrs. Lu still felt a little regretful. "But it's okay to wait until next year. It would be bad if we are too greedy and delay legitimate business."

If you try to do both the beard and eyebrows at once, it will be easy to make mistakes.

Besides, this business is a long-term thing. It’s not like it will not survive next year. Why rush?

Lu prepared himself mentally and reluctantly accepted the cruel fact that bamboo tube rice dumplings could not be sold.

But what happened the next day cheered Lu up again.

At noon, two scholars from the county school came to the stall and asked to buy rice dumplings.

The reason for buying rice dumplings was that Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang had a fight yesterday over a rice dumpling. Both of them were bleeding from their heads, and they even overturned the table and almost demolished the house.

They also want to try this crazy delicious rice dumpling.

Xia Mingyue, "..."

She had met these two gentlemen many times before. They had a good relationship and looked like brothers. It was impossible for them to fight over a little food.

Moreover, even if Xia Mingyue is confident in her cooking skills and the rice dumplings she makes taste better than ordinary people, they are definitely not to the point of driving people crazy.

It seemed like just two people playing around, but when it was seen by others, it spread like wildfire and turned into a full-blown fight.

...Don’t spread rumors!

"I did give some rice dumplings to Mr. Zhang and Mr. Fan yesterday as a reward for their ghostwriting. But the rice dumplings didn't taste as good as this. I guess someone else saw them having fun and misunderstood them?"

Xia Mingyue explained with a smile, "To be honest with you two gentlemen, although my food stall also sells some different food according to the season, I don't make and sell a large number of zongzi. There are no ready-made zongzi today."

When the two scholars heard that there were no rice dumplings, they felt a little disappointed, but they quickly grasped the key point.

There are no rice dumplings today.

One of the scholars asked, "If we also order some rice dumplings like we bought pancakes and cold noodles before, can Madam Xia make some?"

Even if the fight between Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang was a bit exaggerated, there was definitely some fighting, and these two people usually like to find some delicious food outside. The food that makes them fight for it must taste good.

I have to buy this rice dumpling and try it no matter what.

After all, the Dragon Boat Festival is also a big day, and it is also to commemorate great scholars like Qu Yuan.

No matter what, you have to eat some good rice dumplings to show respect.

What's more, if they didn't buy some rice dumplings now, Chef Wei would definitely make them himself and cook them for them.

It is imperative to buy rice dumplings from Madam Xia!

Seeing that the two scholars insisted and based on the principle of making more money, Xia Mingyue said, "Of course you can, but the rice dumplings we make now are made of bamboo tubes, which are a little different from ordinary rice dumplings." Bamboo tube rice dumplings?

The two scholars looked at each other and nodded hurriedly, "It doesn't matter what kind of zongzi it is, it's all fine."

As long as it’s rice dumplings made by Madam Xia.

What's more, this bamboo tube rice dumpling has never been heard of before. It is probably a recipe invented by Miss Xia herself.

Originality has always been the result of hard work and research. The food that Madam Xia makes with care must taste good.

"How many dumplings do you want? Do you have any requirements for the fillings?" Xia Mingyue asked. "Currently we have candied dates and red bean paste. We plan to make some meat dumplings in the near future. If you can accept this flavor, I will also make some for you to try."

Rice dumplings?

Again, something I've never heard of.

As I said, no matter what Madam Xia makes, it is worth a try.

"Madam Xia, just do as you see fit." This was the only response from the two people.

"Then I'll make it based on the amount of materials." Xia Mingyue said, "But the earliest I can deliver the dumplings is the day after tomorrow."

I will go find that young man today and order some more bamboo poles. After they are delivered tomorrow, I will clean them up and start making and cooking rice dumplings the day after tomorrow morning.

"Madam Xia, please take care of the arrangements." The two people still replied in the same way.

As long as I can eat rice dumplings, it's fine.

Other things...are not important!

After the deal on the rice dumplings was finalized, the two of them paid a portion of the deposit.

Xia Mingyue's bamboo tube rice dumplings are large in size and contain a lot of ingredients. The ones with red bean paste and candied dates are six cents each, while the ones with meat are ten cents each.

After receiving the money, Xia Mingyue immediately went to the street to find the young man selling zongzi leaves, and this time he wanted ten bamboos.

"No problem!" The young man readily agreed, "It's still the same price as last time. I'll go cut it early tomorrow and send it to your home after noon."

In this way, he won't be delayed from selling rice dumplings leaves in the afternoon.

"Okay, the sooner the better." Xia Mingyue instructed.

It takes a certain amount of time to process bamboo, so it’s better to do it early than late.

"Don't worry. I will." The young man readily agreed, and then started to sell the rice dumpling leaves even louder.

The sooner he sells out, the sooner he can go back to sharpen his knives.

And to carry ten bamboos, I need a flatbed truck. I have to go to my second uncle's house and borrow his truck.

Xia Mingyue had no idea of ​​the young man's plans and just went back to work at the wonton stall.

Wontons, pancakes and cold noodles are sold out every day, and today is no exception.

After packing up and going home for a while, Jiang Erniu came to the door.

"I was just about to go talk to Brother Jiang about this document." Xia Mingyue took out the document written by Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang, "Brother Jiang, please check if there is anything wrong with it and whether it needs to be revised."

Jiang Erniu still trusts Xia Mingyue's character.

However, since documents require fingerprints, to be on the safe side I went to the street to find Shopkeeper Qian and asked him to read it to me.

(End of this chapter)