After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

Cantonese mooncakes have a lot of fillings and thin skins. When you cut open the thin skin, you will see the fillings inside.

This batch of mooncakes also comes in three flavors. Ye Xunqing replaced the original fresh meat with lotus seed paste so that it can be stored longer.

If you want Cantonese mooncakes to look better, you have to leave them for two more days to release the oil. Then the mooncakes will look delicious.

On market day, Ye Xunqing and Feng Jingheng took the mooncakes they made to the town to sell. They made very few this time and kept most of them for themselves. Their main purpose of going to the market was to take orders.

Ye Xunqing will only make mooncakes when he receives an order to avoid wasting extra.

The first place to go must be Juxianglou. Manager Xu is Ye Xunqing's old friend. Apart from anything else, if there is something new, he must let him try it.

"Is this a mooncake?" Shopkeeper Xu took the exquisite mooncake in his hand and looked at it. "It's quite different from the usual ones."

Ye Xunqing said, "Things are precious because they are rare. If it were a common mooncake, I wouldn't give it to you to try."

Shopkeeper Xu was very pleased and said, "Let me try it."

Different mooncakes have different tastes. Shopkeeper Xu prefers five-nut mooncakes, which taste very fragrant.

"It tastes good and is a novelty to eat." Shopkeeper Xu said, "Wait a minute, I'll find you a few customers. Whether you can sell it or not depends on you."

Shopkeeper Xu asked the waiter to call someone over, while he discussed the new menu with Ye Xunqing. Ye Xunqing wrote the three fresh vegetables into the recipe and adjusted several recipes according to the season, so that this dish could be eaten for a longer time.

"By the way, Boss Ye, why aren't you selling the fried fish you sold last time?" Shopkeeper Xu was still thinking about the smell of fried fish. "And fried dough balls, why aren't you selling them this time?"

"Energy is limited." Ye Xunqing said, "And if we always sell the same thing, what if customers get tired of it? We need to sell it every once in a while so that customers will want to eat it again."

Manager Xu felt that this method made some sense, but it was not suitable for his restaurant. The restaurant had to open for business every day, so it was more important to seize the time and make money.

As they were talking, the people that Manager Xu had called had already arrived, including Ye Xunqing's old friend Manager Liu.

"Boss Ye, it's been a long time since we last met. Did you get married?" Manager Liu would send someone to see if Ye Xunqing was there at every big market, but unfortunately Ye Xunqing hadn't been there for several big markets.

Ye Xunqing smiled and said, "It's done. Aren't you busy making money right after getting married?"

Manager Liu said, "You are here. If you don't come, I will have to go to your village to find you myself."

"What do you want from me?" Ye Xunqing had a premonition that his big order was coming.

Manager Liu said, "My wife wants to eat the mushroom and meat sauce made by the young boss."

"This is difficult to deal with." Ye Xunqing said in embarrassment: "The weather is dry and there is a lack of water. The fragrant mushrooms in the mountains are not growing anymore."

"Don't worry, we've already got the mushrooms ready," Manager Liu said anxiously. "Ever since my master and mistress tried that mushroom and meat sauce, they can't eat anything else. To get a taste of it, we had someone buy a lot of dried mushrooms from out of town. It's a pity our cook can't make it taste that good."

Ye Xunqing thought to himself: What is a unique taste? It is a taste that others cannot replicate even if they know the recipe.

"Okay, okay." Ye Xunqing casually picked up the mooncake on the table and said, "Manager, have a mooncake and rest your feet."

Manager Liu didn't care and just took it and ate it. "Young Boss, if you have time, come to our house and make it... Hmm? What is this?"

Ye Xunqing had been observing his expression, and when he saw his eyes widen, he knew that this move was right.

"Mooncakes." Ye Xunqing chuckled and said, "Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. I'm planning to make some mooncakes to sell. Would you like to buy some, Manager Liu?"

"No, I've eaten mooncakes before, and they weren't this soft." Manager Liu finished a few bites and said, "Let me try another one."

Ye Xunqing held his hand and said, "Hey, Manager Liu, this is what I'm selling."

Manager Liu is also a smart man. How could he not hear what Ye Xunqing is saying?

"Sure, sure." Manager Liu said, "Just make your offer."

"Meatballs are 20 cents each, and vegetarian ones are 15 cents each. No cheating." Ye Xunqing said, "Don't complain about the high price, sir. Scarcity makes things valuable. I have mooncakes that are only available here in Yutong Town."

"That's fine. I told you to just quote the price." Manager Liu stared at the mooncakes. "Change it to something meaty and I'll try it."

Ye Xunqing gave him mooncakes and distributed them to other people. He always adopted the strategy of trying before buying. It doesn't matter whether you buy it or not, you have to try it first.

Several people, led by Manager Liu, were very satisfied with the new mooncakes. The crispy texture and soft filling were much more delicious than stone ones.

"We're also launching a deluxe ancestral edition mooncake." Ye Xunqing took out the mooncake reference picture he carried with him, which had patterns on it. "Put this on the table during Mid-Autumn Festival, and your ancestors will come to you in their dreams to praise your descendants."

People in ancient times paid great attention to filial piety. It was okay if they didn’t eat, but their ancestors had to eat.

Manager Liu was very satisfied with the bowl-sized mooncake. "Make me three. The price is not a problem."

Ye Xunqing said, "If the manager wants to order mooncakes, please leave a deposit here first." He took out the account book and said, "How many do you want? I'll make as many as you want."

It was normal to give a deposit, so Manager Liu ordered a batch of mooncakes according to the needs of the mansion and left a 20% deposit.

He was already preparing to order mooncakes. Now that there were delicious mooncakes, why not order them as soon as possible?

"Did you make this mooncake?" a man who came with Manager Liu asked, "How could a man like you have such great skills?"

Ye Xunqing hasn't encountered sex discrimination for a long time, and he almost forgot that he is still a man.

"Yeah." Ye Xunqing asked with a smile, "Is the food I made not tasty?"

The man's expression immediately turned ugly. "I don't believe it. It must be Old Xu who deliberately hired someone to set this up."

Ye Xunqing stopped smiling and said, "What do you mean? Are you saying that Shopkeeper Xu and I cheated you out of your money together?"

Shopkeeper Xu immediately explained, "Old Zhang, you can't say that. Boss Ye and I have been working together for a long time, and I recognize his abilities."

Manager Liu also said: "Yes, Boss Ye's craftsmanship is good, you can buy it with confidence."

"I'm telling you, don't be fooled by him. Look at what he's wearing and his clean hands. He doesn't look like someone who would do this." Old Zhang still believed that Ye Xunqing was here to cheat people out of money.

Ye Xunqing's hands don't have slender fingers, but they are also slender and beautiful. If you don't look carefully, you can't see the calluses on his hands.

Moreover, Ye Xunqing must change into nice clothes when going out, unless he is going out to work.

From this perspective, he looks like a pampered young man, not a chef who cooks every day.