A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

She had just heard that soap was one of the prizes in the raffle, and she had been planning on giving it a try, but unexpectedly she got what she wanted. She was so happy just thinking about it.

What? It's just two bars of soap. Is it worth being so happy about it?"

Someone in the crowd disdained to speak.

"You don't understand this, right? You may not be able to buy those two bars of soap even if you spend ten taels of silver!"

"Yes, yes. I heard that this soap is in great demand among the noble circles in Beicheng County and even in the state capital. This Lengji is really a big deal."

"Indeed, indeed. From this perspective, this lottery is a really good deal!"

At this point, whether it is the delicious hot pot, the zodiac blind box, or the attraction of the lottery, all of them have brought Lengji Xianlao's business to a new level. For a time, the hot pot restaurant was simply overcrowded, and there was an endless stream of people queuing up.

Fortunately, Leng Yan had foresight. When he was decorating the shop, he set up a waiting area in a corner of the hall. He also provided a series of activities such as folding paper cranes in exchange for copper coins, and provided free snacks and tea.

Such a strange and interesting method naturally attracted many diners.

While Lengji Fresh Lala is busy as always, Zuixianlou next door is deserted.

Today was the day when their Zuixianlou was holding a cooking competition. They thought that even if it couldn't attract people from the entire town, it would at least be packed with people.

But now, all the diners were attracted by Lengji Fresh Lao, and no one was interested in the dishes they made in the cooking competition, as they were all overshadowed by the aroma of the hot pot.

Luo Youcai and his wife were so angry that they were fuming.

"Where's Chen Ah Da? Last time I asked him to find a way to steal Leng Ji's recipe, why is there still no news?"

Luo Youcai slammed the table and stood up, asking the waiter next to him in a stern voice.

"He...he said it would be soon."

The young man answered tremblingly.

"Hmph, my patience is limited. Tell him that he'd better hurry up, otherwise the gambling debts he owes... hmph."

Luo Youcai sneered and added, "Tell Chen Ah Da that if he can figure out the recipe for Leng Ji's hot pot, I will ensure that he will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life."

"Yes."

The young man listened and responded, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, and then hurriedly retreated.

Chen A Da is the young man’s distant cousin. Now, not only can’t we contact Chen A Da, let alone Fang Zi, even he himself can’t be contacted.

The young man had just dealt with Luo Youcai, and he had indeed left himself time to escape.

Now that the cooking competition has failed, the recipe has not been obtained, and there is no news about Chen A Da, if he doesn't run away, will he have to stay and be implicated?

Just kidding, Luo Youcai is moody. As long as the boy is not stupid, he will know what to choose.

On the other hand, Lengji Fresh Lao was so busy that all the prepared ingredients were sold out, so they had to close early.

Many diners who didn't get to eat the food couldn't help but feel dissatisfied.

"Why is it closed now? I've been waiting in line for a long time, and it's almost my turn to be the next table, but now it's closed. Is my luck so bad?"

"Yes, yes, Boss, you have to prepare more ingredients tomorrow, otherwise I will make a scene!"

"That's right, I've been craving it for the whole day, but in the end I didn't get to eat a single bite. Do you think this is reasonable?"

The crowd was talking about something, so Leng Yan had to appease them with kind words and gave them some potato chips and snacks. Only then was the store closed successfully.

Afterwards, Leng Yan sat behind the counter, exhausted. Today, she, her uncle, her aunt, and her sister-in-law collected money, and their hands cramped from counting the money. Not to mention the others, Aunt Lu and several other women washed vegetables, side dishes, and dishes, all in baskets.

And Lu Da and his other men never stopped lighting and adding charcoal fire.

The ten waiters ran up and down the stairs so fast that they wished they had more legs.

Fortunately, because they were too busy, the dessert restaurant was not open today. The five maids and Yu Min all helped to clear the table and clean the place, and they were able to barely manage the job.

After a short rest, Leng Yan wanted to cook a big meal herself for dinner to reward them.

She first went to the market and bought some pork ribs, pork tenderloin, and two large grass carps.

When there are a lot of people eating, they add beans, potatoes and some pancakes to the cold pork ribs to make a big Northeastern stew, which is very satisfying even when there are many people eating.

As for the pork tenderloin, Leng Yan prepared Beijing-style shredded pork with soybean sauce, and then steamed some spring rolls, added some shredded green onions and rolled them together to eat. It was so delicious.

First, use a knife to cut the tenderloin into long thin strips, then add onion, ginger, garlic water to remove the fishy smell, salt, soy sauce, pepper and vegetable oil, stir well and marinate for a quarter of an hour.

Then, taking advantage of this gap, Leng Yan prepared a bowl of sauce which is essential for making Beijing-style shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce.

After the shredded pork is marinated, she heats oil in a pan, slides the shredded pork into the pan, and stir-frys quickly.

When the shredded pork changes color slightly and smells fragrant, you can pour in the secret sauce you have just prepared, then stir-fry until each piece of pork is evenly coated with the sauce. Then a serving of Beijing-style shredded pork with sauce that is both colorful and fragrant is ready to be served.

The Beijing-style shredded pork with sweetened spice is wrapped in a thin spring roll and topped with some chopped green onions. It tastes absolutely delicious.

Afterwards, Leng Yanyou deboned, sliced ​​and marinated two large grass carps, then used sauerkraut to make two large pots of sour and spicy appetizing sauerkraut fish. Finally, he poured hot oil on the peppercorns and chili peppers, which made the taste of the sauerkraut fish even better.

After all the dishes were served on the table, everyone was so greedy that they couldn't stop swallowing their saliva. At the same time, Aunt Lu and others were very moved.

After a busy day, the master personally cooked for them a delicious and sumptuous meal. How could they not be moved?

Not to mention anything else, just such delicious food was something they would definitely not be able to eat in their previous master's house.

Not to mention people like Yu Min, they had never even seen them before.

"Stop looking, sit down and eat."

Seeing that no one moved, Leng Yan couldn't help but call out.

"We've been tired all day. Eat quickly and go back to rest early. We'll be busy tomorrow!"

"Hey, thank you so much, Mr. Yan, for making all these delicious dishes."

After hearing her say this, everyone sat down and expressed their gratitude endlessly.

"Everyone, don't be so reserved and polite. There are no so many rules. We are all mutual. As long as you work hard in the hot pot restaurant, we will not treat you unfairly."

Leng Yan spoke while inviting people to eat, and everyone responded promptly.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that there are so many delicious foods every day would make them loyal to the Leng family and work even harder.

After this meal, everyone had a full stomach and was satisfied.

At noon the next day, Lengji Xianlao had just opened for business as usual, and diners who wanted to eat hotpot came into the store one after another.

After yesterday's busy schedule, everyone was able to handle the situation with ease today.

Everyone was busy and in an orderly manner, receiving guests, seating them and taking orders, serving tea and water, paying the bill, sending guests off and drawing blind boxes.

Leng Yan also put up a sign calling out numbers, so that it would be easier to arrange the queued customers and there would be no mistakes.

After Leng Yan inspected upstairs and downstairs, he was quite satisfied.

Afterwards, she walked to the dessert area of ​​the hot pot restaurant and started to cook sour plum soup.

The recipe for sour plum soup was a recipe she wrote and prepared at the pharmacy.

While cooking portions of sour plum soup in small clay pots, Leng Yan asked Xiaochun, one of the five maids, to help watch the heat.

After the five maids were trained and assessed, Leng Yan named them Xiaochun, Xiaoxia, Xiaoqiu, Xiaodong, and Xiaoji.

And because Xiao Ji had the best assessment results, she became the manager among the five of them and would be responsible for managing the desserts from now on.

In addition to sour plum soup, Leng Yan also plans to make milk tea and double skin milk.