Tongfang County Pier.
When it's time to have lunch, the pier is crowded with people, either heading towards their usual restaurants or looking for new tastes.
"Little lady, what are you selling?"
Someone saw that a restaurant that had been closed a while ago had opened today. The meat was so fragrant that it could be smelled from afar. They couldn't help but come over and ask.
Shen Zhiyao smiled kindly and said: "Today I have vegetable and meat porridge, fresh meat-filled wontons and roujiamo. You can add bacon sauce pork belly or some vegetables and fried eggs to the roujiamo."
After finishing speaking, Shen Zhiyao pointed to a sample of Roujiamo on the plate.
When the customer saw that the meat in the Roujiamo sample was full and fragrant, he asked the price excitedly.
"The meat buns cost eight cents each."
"Give me one."
The guest hesitated for a moment and bought a meat bun.
When he took the Roujiamo in his hand, he took one bite and it was full of fragrance. The guest didn't care to talk and just chewed it in two or three bites.
Until we returned to the merchant ship, we still had more to say.
"What did you eat today that tastes so good?"
The other guys on the merchant ship smelled the lingering fragrance on his body and asked casually.
"Rougamo, get off the boat and walk a little way in. There is a restaurant selling it. It's so delicious." The man turned back and looked at a restaurant on the pier.
“That’s the one with the long queue!”
"Go and try it quickly. If you don't eat the Roujiamo from that restaurant, you won't be able to taste it today!"
But he couldn't read, otherwise he could just tell him the name of the restaurant.
Hearing what he said was so delicious, the guys on the merchant ship went together to the restaurant he mentioned.
After Shen Zhiyao sold a few Roujiamo, she handed over the business of selling Roujiamo to Chen Cuihua.
She went to make the wontons, Lin Suxin was responsible for cooking the wontons and ladling the vegetable and lean meat porridge for the guests, while Madam Wu was responsible for serving the food and collecting the bowls.
The food was sold in an orderly manner. In one morning, the hundred meat buns and a bucket of vegetable lean meat porridge she prepared were all sold out, and dozens of bowls of wontons were also sold.
Among them, the Roujiamo is the most popular, and many diners who want to eat it even after trying it plan to eat the Roujiamo in the evening meal.
"We won't be selling Roujiamo tonight. We still have fast food tonight, and there are two surprises."
Faced with the greed for meat buns among new and old diners, Shen Zhiyao shook her head.
"What is fast food?" The name sounds strange to new diners.
The old diners took the initiative to answer questions for the new diners, and after they finished speaking, they asked Shen Zhiyao: "Miss Shen, what are the two surprise meals you mentioned?"
"It will be kept secret for the time being. You will find out when you come over this afternoon. It won't disappoint you." Shen Zhiyao first raised their expectations.
The old diner smiled and said, "Then I will definitely come in the afternoon. There is nothing that Mrs. Shen makes that is not delicious."
After the food was sold out, Shen Zhiyao went home and cooked lunch for everyone, with Madam Wu and Chen Cuihua helping her.
"We are used to eating three meals a day, and we all eat together. The workload is heavy in the afternoon, and the next meal will be after the evening food is sold out. If we don't eat at noon, we will not be able to bear it."
When the food was put on the table, Shen Zhiyao asked everyone to use their chopsticks.
After the meal, Mrs. Wu went to wash the dishes, and Shen Zhiyao took out some crayfish and snails.
"Cut off the head of the crayfish like this, scrub the belly and back, and remove the shrimp lines."
"This is how snails are cleaned."
She showed Lin Suxin and Chen Cuihua step by step.
"Zhiyao, I know how to deal with it." Chen Cuihua took the scissors, grabbed a crayfish, and disposed of it with very neat movements.
Lin Suxin went to clean the snails.
The three of them were busy for a while. After cleaning the bowl, Mrs. Wu came over to help.
After the ingredients were prepared, Shen Zhiyao and the others moved the things to Shen's house to eat them all.
While frying a few dishes for the fast food, Shen Zhiyao looked at Chen Cuihua who was making a fire and suddenly said: "Cuihua, why don't you try frying this fish-flavored shredded pork?"
"Me?" Chen Cuihua was a little confused and shook her head: "I can't do it."
This is what Zhiyao wants to sell. How can she be allowed to try it casually?
"Isn't the fried egg dish you made for lunch delicious?" Chen Cuihua made a dish for her at noon today.
"I've been to your house a few times before and I've eaten the dishes you cooked. They were all pretty good, so you try it. There's nothing wrong with it. I'll watch it for you."
"With your help, I can also fry crayfish and snails."
Shen Zhiyao had thought that she had to train some people, preferably those who could run her restaurant on her own, so that she would have more time to focus on Zhuangzi or other things.
Facing her encouraging eyes, Chen Cuihua thought that she had vowed to make money just a few days ago, so she nodded: "Okay, I'll give it a try."
She took the meat and started cutting it, and then completed a portion of fish-flavored shredded pork under Shen Zhiyao's guidance.
After Shen finished eating, the kitchen was busy without touching the floor. When the crayfish was put into the pot, a spicy smell wafted out from the restaurant, attracting nearby restaurants and people around.
“What’s happening next door that smells so good?”
"The roujiamo she made in the morning was fragrant enough, but this time the fragrance is even more overbearing."
"Don't tell me, the Roujiamo is so delicious. I couldn't help it, so I bought one too."
"Hey, your store is right next to the newly opened Shen Ji. You are not afraid that your diners will be taken away, but instead take care of Shen Ji's business. You are really heartless."
"I'm here to find out how good Shen Ji is. Don't worry, I won't buy anything from Shen Ji anymore. No matter how good the things they make now are, I won't buy them either."
Most people in Tongfang County are addicted to spicy food. People smelled the spicy smell coming from Shenji Shiguang, and talked with their acquaintances. Some people were planning to go to the evening meal spot to find out.
"Master, someone is looking for you."
After Shen Zhiyao finished frying the spicy crayfish, she was about to stir-fry the garlic-flavored crayfish when she heard Madam Wu calling her.
She went out to take a look and saw Pei Lingxuan coming.
In addition to Xiaocui, Pei Lingxuan also brought two boys here today. The two boys each held a pot of money tree.
"Zhiyao, to celebrate your opening, I give you this pot of money tree. I hope your restaurant will be rich." Pei Lingxuan raised her finger and pointed at the money tree held by the boy: "Where can I put it for you?"
"Thank you, put it here." Shen Zhiyao pointed to a random location.
Pei Lingxuan took out another box: "Hey, this is for you too. You can open it when you go back. Let me see what delicious food you made today."
She could smell the fragrance even before she walked in.
Shen Zhiyao gave her a plate of prepared crayfish.
"This is crayfish, spicy and garlic. The garlic one hasn't been fried yet. You should try the spicy one first."
After saying that, Shen Zhiyao washed her hands and taught her how to eat.
"What is crayfish? Let's start with it?" Pei Lingxuan has never seen this thing before, and has never eaten it directly.
"It's a kind of shrimp. After I saw this thing on my farm, I bought some. It depends on your convenience, but it tastes better when eaten with your hands." Shen Zhiyao asked Madam Wu to give her a shot. Water to cleanse hands.
