I sell sweets in Konoha

In addition to these there are mangoes, strawberries and lots of red beans.

The raw materials were almost ready, and Junko quickly pushed the cart to the kitchen of her newly rented place.In fact, it is more of a facade than a kitchen.

It is just downstairs from where I live. Because it is far away from the real commercial streets and night markets of Konoha Village, the rent is not high. At the same time, there are not many businesses willing to open a store here, so it has been put on hold and has not been rented out.Junko chose to rent this place as soon as she had money!The reason is simple, because there are few people here and there won't be too many people to disturb her.

At the same time, her main method of selling is not to open a store in a certain place, but to go wherever there are crowds of people and sell easily like a mobile vendor.

For Junko, this place is just a processing workshop.

In addition to renting out the main store, Junko, the takeaway shop owner, actually rented out the patio, the courtyard, that comes with the store.

This was the place where Junko made red bean yokan last time. It was empty and the landlord turned a blind eye to her behavior as long as she didn't make any big noise.After renting it this time, it was basically like subletting the house and the courtyard to Junko.The lease term is two years and the rent is 1 tael.

During the lease period, the landlord would not say anything whether Junko made drastic changes to the house.

Of course, Junko didn't start reinstalling immediately because she didn't have enough money. After all the expenses, she only had one to two to five thousand yen left.If you want to renovate, first of all it is not a matter of money, but a matter of time.

She didn't have much time to stop and decorate, so she could only praise it first and think about the decoration later.

Anyway, I don’t plan to use this place as a store for the time being.

"Well, it's almost done." Junko wiped her sweat and looked at the things in her small yard.I feel a little proud in my heart.

I made a lot of money unexpectedly last time, but this kind of accident cannot happen at any time, so I still have to be down-to-earth.

And this time~ Thanks to the improvement in her cooking skills, Junko planned to make something else.

"For example, Dafu?"

Chapter 13 Red beans and daifuku

Great blessing!What is Dafu?

A Japanese refreshment.Anyone who watches Japanese anime knows that this is the most common Japanese dessert that is paired with tea in Japanese anime.Its appearance rate is even higher than that of yokan!

So the question is, what is Dafu?

To put it bluntly, this thing is dumplings, glutinous rice dumplings.Yes, that’s right, these are glutinous rice dumplings!As for the daifuku, for example, the 'strawberry daifuku' that appears often actually refers to the fillings wrapped inside.Strawberry Daifuku is essentially just strawberries wrapped in glutinous rice dumplings.If the dumplings are wrapped not with strawberries but with something else, whatever the fillings inside are, it will be a great blessing.

The making of strawberry daifuku is not too difficult or particularly complicated.

Dafu's method is actually a bit similar to the method of a special traditional food in China. This traditional food is snow-skin mooncakes, or it may be more like glutinous rice balls.

In the previous life, you could buy glutinous rice flour directly in the mall, but you can't buy it here.

You can buy ready-made rice cakes directly here and then Junko can go back and process them herself, but Junko doesn’t plan to sell rice cakes directly.If you buy rice cakes directly, you can try to be lazy and use rice cakes to make stuffing.But Junko can't say what the texture will be like, especially what the rice cake will taste like if it's cooled down.

After all, Junko has actually never eaten this, or to be more precise, she has never eaten glutinous rice products like Daifuku.

The rice cakes she had eaten were the kind that became hard when they cooled down and were completely uneatable.

So of course Junko chose glutinous rice to process into glutinous rice flour. This is a very important process.

It can be said that this process is the basis for making desserts like Daifuku.

Once you have glutinous rice flour, you can make glutinous rice balls and then put dough into them, but~ Junko looked at the mangoes she bought.She always felt that this thing looked more like the 'mango glutinous rice cake' in Cantonese desserts rather than Dafu.

"Well~ it doesn't matter." Junko spread his hands. Anyway, the basic methods of these things are very similar.If you really make 'Mango Glutinous Rice Cake', you can sell it as 'Daifuku'.Or just sell it as 'Mango Glutinous Rice Cake'. I guess people in Konoha Village won't be disgusted with this thing.

The process of making glutinous rice flour is a little more complicated and requires several procedures such as soaking, grinding, filtering, filter pressing, crushing, and drying.The first step is to soak the glutinous rice that I have bought. While soaking, I also steam the red beans that I bought.Before waiting for the two main ingredients to be prepared, she needed to do one thing first, which was to process the fresh mint leaves prepared in advance.

Wash and chop the fresh mint leaves bought earlier, add sugar and marinate for 5 minutes, then add a small amount of boiled water and steam.

After about a minute or two, take it out and grind it, drain the juice and set aside.

This process is relatively easy to complete. The main thing is that you have to wait for a while when steaming the glutinous rice.

This time, Junko has rented this place, so no matter how much she messes around here, no one will come and say anything.

"Wow~it smells so good~"

While Junko was waiting for the glutinous rice to be soaked to make glutinous rice flour, suddenly a figure that appeared last time appeared in front of her again.

red beans!The person who quickly changed his face and left after Junko said, "Let's be friends." This time, I guess he came here smelling the sweet smell coming out of the steamer.

"You actually have the nerve to come." Junko looked at the person who appeared, and immediately pretended to be angry and said, "What happened last time?"

"I'm going to fall out when I say I'm going to fall out. Doesn't it make you look bad to be friends with me? You actually came here again."

"Are you planning to make me happy?!"

"Ah..." Anko looked very embarrassed when Junko said this.Although there was a reason that was inconvenient to explain, Anko herself felt it was extremely rude.I feel like one of those moody people who always fall out with each other, without any courtesy at all.

It’s really super bad!

"Sorry...sorry!" Hongdou clasped her hands and said sincerely: "That...is not because of you. It's because..."

If you don't deserve it, you will bring trouble to others.Bring trouble because of your identity.

But even though he apologized like this, he didn't know how to tell her.Hongdou suddenly seemed to be in a dilemma whether he said it or not.

"That...last time...I'm really sorry...that...I..."

"What?" Junko tilted her head and looked at Anko innocently, waiting for her explanation.

"I...I...I..." Anko looked at Junko who felt so innocent and really didn't know what to do. Could she just turn around and walk away?Let’s not talk about the things that I am also very greedy for, but it would be very bad to leave like this.

Anko was extremely confused, but Junko smiled slightly.

"It's nothing." Junko patted Anko on the shoulder and said, "If you have something to hide, forget it. I won't force anyone to be friends or not."

Junko knew Anko was in trouble, and she wasn't really a child, so asking questions blindly would only make her more embarrassed.

It would be better to let this matter go and start over.Whether it was being a friend or a familiar passerby, Junko didn't notice anything.

Some things, like this, just do your best.

"If you really have any apologies." Junko suddenly showed a smile like a contractor and pointed to something behind her: "The glutinous rice is almost ready, come and help me make glutinous rice flour!"

Don't tell me, this red bean came just in time!Now that the glutinous rice is almost soaked, it’s time to start the next step.

Although it doesn't mean that Junko can't complete these processes by herself, it will be very tiring if she does it alone.Anko brought it to her door by herself, so Junko would unceremoniously take the coolie and help her.

And you must know that this time Junko is not just one or two meals.

She has to make more than half of the glutinous rice she bought today into glutinous rice flour. This is a lot of work!Now that Anko has come to such a large amount of work, how could Junko let it go?

impossible!Doesn't exist!

Hongdou is also naive. She probably feels a little guilty because she left suddenly last time.Or she didn't expect the workload to be huge.

Anyway, since Junko didn't mind, she was happy.Junko dragged her to help her and just followed her, not knowing what she was going to do.

She would do whatever Junko asked her to do. Anyway, just follow her words.

With Anko's help, Junko's speed naturally improved a lot.

I estimate that the first batch of finished products should be released today!

Chapter 14 Nuomi Ci and Dafu

Is there any great fortune in Konoha Village?Junko is really not sure about this matter.

Although she had stayed in Konoha Village for many years, she was relatively short on money and barely had much money to buy snacks and desserts.And classmates rarely talk about this matter.

Therefore, in fact, for Junko, the biggest obstacle to her plan to enter this industry is actually her lack of understanding of the local pastry industry.

But this is actually true for Junko...

It's quite embarrassing that as a hardcore local from the outside, I don't know about the local snack industry.

This is a bit embarrassing...

But looking at Hongdou's curious look, I guess there's a high chance that there isn't one here.Or even if it exists, it is not a particularly common type of refreshment.

At least Junko didn't know what this was from the time she started making it until she finished putting it on the plate.

The production process of Dafu is not complicated. Just make the dough after using glutinous rice flour.When making the dough, a certain amount of corn flour and sweet potato flour need to be added to increase the taste. At the same time, a certain amount of melted rock sugar can be added.When making it, in addition to making the original white dough, the mint syrup that Junko had made before also came into use.

Mint syrup plus an appropriate amount of matcha powder not only increases the taste and tone, but also acts as a natural coloring agent to turn the dough green.

Daifuku in two different colors can not only provide more tone choices but also increase visual effects.

After the dough is made, steam it and let it rest until it is not hot to your hands. Then wrap the filling to be wrapped into the glutinous rice ball like making glutinous rice balls.

Finally, just apply a layer of hand powder to prevent your hands from sticking.

As for hand flour, it is glutinous rice flour stir-fried in a pot without water or oil.

The making process is not complicated, and Junko quickly made a lot of dumplings with the help of Anko.

After that~

Of course it’s time to eat.

When they started eating, Hongdou didn't mind at all what she was eating and didn't know what to call it. Anyway, just saying it was delicious was enough.

"This big...forget it, this Nuomi Ci." Junko looked at Anko expectantly and said, "How about it? Give me some advice?"

"It's delicious! It's very delicious!" Hongdou said with her mouth full: "Really! Your technique has improved a lot compared to last time!"

It has indeed improved a lot. The last red bean yokan can only be said to have an average taste.It's edible and okay, but it's not that delicious.

But this time the glutinous rice cake is different, with a soft and sweet taste combined with the crisp and fruity aroma of the fruits inside.

This special taste of softness and crispness instantly brings a unique enjoyment to the mouth. At the same time, the mellow fragrance brought by the glutinous rice glutinous rice cake and the refreshing and sweet taste of the strawberry itself add even more The level of flavor.

What's more important is that Hongdou has done her part for this thing.

This special mixture of emotions made Anko instantly fall in love with this unique snack.

"Oh..." Junko looked at Anko. She didn't give any more comments than the few words she just said.But these few words are enough.

Especially her performance was enough to let Junko know that this time it should be more successful.

This time, Junko has more expectations. She wonders what kind of changes the top cooking skills will bring to her.

"Yes." Junko tidied up and looked at the sky. The sun was already setting in the west. It would probably be completely dark in three or four hours, right?So it was her turn to take action at this time.

"Eh? Are you planning to go out and sell this thing?" Anko looked at Junko's preparations and immediately remembered that the things Junko made were all products that were sold for money. She was eating like crazy here. Stuffed...

"Junko, how much do you plan to sell it for?" Anko asked, taking out her wallet to pay the bill.

"No need~" Junko refused and said, "Anko doesn't need to pay."

"Then why are you embarrassed?" Hongdou felt even more embarrassed, but she still planned to give money.

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about." Junko said cheerfully: "After all, you helped me work today, and I didn't give you any wages. And even if you don't pay wages, I earned it."

Saying it out loud without paying people is probably something only Junko can do with a skin like Junko's.

It's not her Junko's fault, if it's compared to her thick skin.That city wall corner is basically a younger brother!

Anyway, I didn’t plan to pay Anko any wages. From the very beginning when Anko came over unexpectedly, Junko had made up her mind to let Anko work for nothing, so she wouldn’t pay her at all!

It's impossible to pay wages or anything like that, since I don't have much money in the first place.

But you can have as much dessert as you want, you can’t eat much anyway.

Junko felt that she had earned it, but Anko might have felt that she had earned it.As a ninja, that kind of physical work is nothing to her.

It wasn't even one-tenth as tiring as her training, and it seemed to be surprisingly interesting.

So she didn’t feel that Junko had earned anything at all. She just took out the money and stuffed it into Junzi’s arms and said, “If you don’t keep it, I won’t come back! Anyway, that’s it!”

"If you don't want money, then we can't even be friends!"

"I'm leaving first~ I have a mission tomorrow. Go back and prepare. You may not be here for a few days."

After saying that, Anko immediately walked away, leaving Junko alone with a confused look on her face.

This... actually... actually... actually has such a good thing?

Junko always felt that her brain was a little down. If this happened in the past life, the other party would probably have a bad temper and punch her in the face.Hongdou didn't get angry but just gave her money? !

This...this...this is simply a fool!

Junko shrugged and put away the money, she couldn't catch Anko.

If that's the case, then let's do it. There's no need to shirk it again and again. She is indeed short of money.

Junko put away the money and pushed her new grocery cart to go out and sell it.

This time, Junko did not choose to sell this stuff at the school gate. For children, this dessert bar is a little expensive.Another thing is that this food is very easy to eat!