General, Madam Called You To Farm

Chapter 110 – Setting a trap (2)

Su Xiaoxiao got up late and went out to set up the stall later than usual.
Old Li Tou used the ox cart to give the two of them a ride.

 

-Ox cart

Su Xiaoxiao paid for the cart, but Old Li Tou didn’t want it. 

Recently, the Su family had been sending a lot of things to their house.
Mrs.
Qian’s basket had never been empty when she returned from the field.
There were vegetables grown by their own family, as well as cakes and meat sent by the Su family. 

Although the vegetable fields had been squandered a lot by Su Cheng, those harvested vegetables could still be sold at the market.
Because they were not in good condition, they were a few copper coins cheaper. 

What Su Xiaoxiao gave him was not something that could be bought with these vegetables’ money. 

Recently, his family had been well-fed, and his daughter-in-law’s pregnancy had improved a lot.
Grandma Wen said that this baby must be a big fat boy again! 

“Next time, you can pay for the next time!” 

Old Li Tou stuffed the copper coins back into Su Xiaoxiao’s hand, and pulled the ox cart away. 

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, “Then thank you very much, Uncle Li.” 

The two of them went to Luo Dazhuang’s stall as usual to supply the goods, collected yesterday’s jars and the money, and then they walked towards the direction of Jinji.

Su Ergou said, “Jie1, the cakes in the morning were really made for me, right?” 

1Jie (姐) : older sister. 

Su Xiaoxiao said, “Yes, do you like it?” 

Su Ergou said cheerfully, “I like it! It’s even more delicious than the previous cakes! Then what are the names of these cakes?” 

Su Xiaoxiao said, “Ergou Cakes ah.” 

Su Ergou was startled and looked at his own older sister in disbelief, “Re… Re… really really Ergou cakes?” 

“En.” Su Xiaoxiao nodded with a smile.

Su Ergou was excited: “Then, can we sell Ergou cakes?” 

“As long as you are willing, of course you can.” Su Xiaoxiao stopped walking and looked at him solemnly.
“Besides, I won’t sell the recipe.” 

Su Ergou’s mood was completely back to normal.

He was only thirteen this year, and it could be said that he was only a half-grown child. 

He would feel sad over simple things, and he would also be happy over a small reward. 

He walked down the street, while laughing like a little fool.

——

Jinji. 

The chef in the kitchen made three kinds of Su Xiaoxiao’s snacks, according to the recipes that were brought back by Shopkeeper Sun. 

Everyone tried it one by one.

“Delicious!” 

“It is really better than what we have made.” 

“It turns out that we made a mistake with the method previously.
When we made it according to her recipe, It tastes more moist and delicate.
It’s just——” 

“Just what?” Shopkeeper Sun asked. 

“It’s still slightly inferior.” One of the cooks said. 

The senior chef did not say anything. 

In his opinion, it was not slightly inferior, but it was a lot inferior. 

“Could it be that there is something wrong with these recipes?” Shopkeeper Sun asked anxiously.
After all, 45 taels of silver was not a small amount of money ah.
If he really bought fake recipes, the consequences would be big!

“The recipes are correct.” The senior cook said.
Based on his experience, he could naturally see that the other party did not tamper with the recipes. 

The difference in taste was caused by the dough fermentation time and the uneven heat control of the dough.

It needed talents to do things.
Some people were born with a keen sense of taste and could taste what ordinary people could not taste. 

He was like this, and that was why he could do well in this profession.  

But obviously, that girl’s talent was not inferior to his.

They had successfully made chestnut cakes and the wife’s cakes.
It tasted not much different from the cakes that were sold by that girl.
With more practice, he should be able to make up for it. 

What really made him frown was the last snack, the egg yolk pastry. 

 

-Wife’s cakes / Lao Po Ping (老婆饼)

-Chestnut cake 

-Egg yolk pastry

The egg yolk pastry was completely different from the ones sold by the little village girl. 

“Is this also a matter of heat control?” Shopkeeper Sun asked. 

Senior cook Qin said, “It’s not the heat control, it’s the ingredients.” 

Shopkeeper Sun said, “We are using the freshest and the best ingredients in town!” 

The disadvantage of Jinji was that it was expensive, but it was never sloppy in terms of ingredients.

“Is it egg yolk?” One of the cooks said.
“The recipe says salted egg yolk, so we added salt in it, but the taste is still not quite right.” 

The egg yolks in Su Xiaoxiao’s snacks tasted frizzled, moist and savory.
But their egg yolks were tasteless, bland and dry. 

The senior cook pondered for a moment and said, “I have eaten a kind of salted egg in the capital once, and the egg yolk inside has this kind of taste.” 

Shopkeeper Sun was shocked and said, “You mean…… we need to go to the capital to buy it?”