Snack Street Tycoon

Chapter 24

After Fan Yu went back, he saw that his mother-in-law and Zu Xin had already cooked dinner in the front kitchen. He presumably planned to cook it at home today before sending him down the mountain.He was carrying a bamboo basket, and in the basket was the coconut he bought earlier, which was quite big, worthy of its title of "big coconut". Because his arms are not strong now, it was a bit tiring to hold the basket in his elbow. Just mentioned it.There was a bamboo cover on the basket, which covered the big coconuts inside. Zu Xin and the others didn't see what was inside, so they didn't ask.

Instead, I asked him if he was going to go down to the house to have dinner with everyone tonight, he said no, there are still a lot of things to prepare tonight, it is not easy to think about it, so he will not go down, and leave some meals for him That's it.After finishing speaking, go to the kitchen behind him to put things down.

A few days ago, he had just freed himself from the tasks of filtering water and doing croaking, subdivided these tasks into many steps, and entrusted others to complete them. He has to get busy again.He hadn't really thought about putting handmade candy into his business idea. His next step was to expand his small Quagua stall that the other two were helping him to guard. ——Turn one trolley into two trolleys, and double the business of that stall first.Unexpectedly, such an incident happened again, and the whole situation was so chaotic all of a sudden, Xia Houyi was involved in one moment, and Xiahouyi and his cousin were involved in another, which made him feel uneasy for a while.

Let’s not talk about the day when this matter was finally exposed, when Xia Houyi’s cousin found out that he did this, he must have had a lot of tongues, and he would say that he broke his promise and wanted to be a fool on both sides. And so on, at that time, he will have no choice but to bow his head and let that man's cousin criticize him because he knows that he is really wronged.Moreover, even the direction of the entire business now deviates from his original idea. Such a deviation, a deviation, made him have to make some psychological and time arrangement adjustments.

The mother-in-law and Zuxin prepared the meals in front, and then loaded the cart with a cup, dish and bowl, bamboo baskets and baskets, and then put the car cover on the little donkey, and then the mother-in-law led the donkey at the front door of the house. Before rushing forward, Zu Xin was asked to go to the back and tell Fan Yu that they were leaving.Zu Xin went to talk to Fan Yu, but saw Fan Yu absent-mindedly splitting a coconut with a knife in the kitchen behind him, he was stunned and said, "Fan Yu, you also use snacks when splitting coconuts, if you are not careful, it will hurt you." Got it." Fan Yu came back to his senses, looked at him, and said, "Ah? Oh, I know it. Are you going down the mountain?" Zu Xin said, "Well, the food for you is left there. Here Xiaozheng's is also up ahead, you can take it for it when the time comes, and those rough straws have already been cut for the horse, so you can just bring it and give it to him." He only explained to himself, and after finishing talking, So he hurried around to the front to meet his mother-in-law who was still waiting there.

Seeing him leaving like a gust of wind, Fan Yu recalled the words he just said in his head. He just listened to them in his head, but he didn't seem to digest what he said. A bunch of words are still unknown so it is normal.After waiting for this moment, it was as if he took out all the clothes that had been put in the box in a hurry and shook them out one by one. After thinking about them one by one, he put down the coconut palm in his hand. Da Dao went to the front kitchen first, brought Xiaozheng and Ma's dinner for them, then returned to the front kitchen, and ate dinner first.The truth is that he was really hungry, and he didn't know how many times he ran up and down the mountain, in and out of the city this afternoon.

After he finished his dinner, he went to the kitchen at the back to continue the unfinished work.The big coconuts here are not much different from the coconuts he knew before, that is, the ones here are really big, so it's no wonder they are called big coconuts.Moreover, the way the people here handle the big coconuts is no different from the ones he has seen before. When they are sold, they are still peeled and furry, but at the same time they look bald like a man who has been shaved a lot. A hard ball like a monkey's head, with a cone-shaped top.

Cut off the conical circle, and you can find three round eyes concave inwards, but you can insert a thick grass stalk in and suck the transparent white coconut juice inside to drink, but now he is making coconut milk handmade sugar, this The most sugary part of the coconut is the thick coconut meat on the inner wall, which naturally needs to be cut open.

So he tapped with the back of the knife along the area of ​​the ring formed by the three eyes. He would rather knock for a longer time, but still maintain a moderate force.He knocked like this for no less than 3 minutes, and finally a gap was opened in the circled area. He held the knife straight and pried it with the tip of the knife to make a small gap. He first poured the coconut juice inside. into a large wooden bowl.Then, continue to pry the gap with the tip of the knife, pry it open more and more, until there is an opening as big as the mouth of a small bowl, then he stops the knife in his hand and uses a spoon to go in. After digging out the coconut meat, it was also put into the wooden bowl and mixed with the coconut milk.

Next, it was another action of pounding juice and filtering.He didn't start boiling sugar until the thick and milky coconut milk came out.In the end, more than [-] sticks of handmade coconut milk candy were made, and they were still the same size as handmade cold sticks, which might be enough for Zu Xin to eat for a few days.

After preparing this, he still hasn't finished what he's going to do that night, and there's still that cool stick to be made, which will be sent to Xia Houyi for him to sell early in the morning.According to his selling method, the [-] sticks would only be enough for his semi-colon for a day.

But now there is no one in his mansion below the mountain who can make his kind of candy sticks to do the work for him, so he can't do it to others, so he can only do the whole process by himself from start to finish.

In fact, to be honest, he is not afraid to delegate affairs to others.Although he is well aware of the importance of keeping commercial secrets and the privacy of property and wealth-generating resources, he also knows how to keep those secrets while entrusting things to others.For each thing, it is enough for him to master one of the most critical cores, and the rest can be handed over to others to complete in batches.For example, the core point of the gray wheat bun is the filtered water, the key point of the quack is the food raw materials and the final frying process, and the mud made of wasabi by the water, and the handmade sugar of his family is the most critical The point is on top of the malt syrup.Without the malt syrup, there would be no last handmade sugar, but who here can imagine that malting can produce sugar? It seems that everyone here has a handful of wheat at home and wishes to divide it into ten meals To eat it, who would be willing to use it to germinate, and who knows that it can be germinated without fine wheat, and it can be germinated with coarse wheat, which is not eaten by livestock, and it is sweeter.

He knew that if these artisanal sugars were to be mass-produced someday, then he only needed to control the maltose syrup—it was only prepared in his house and sent down the mountain, and then handed over to the house to be mixed and boiled by the artisans inside. Can.But in fact, he didn't think about whether to mass-produce it and sell it in such a large amount as Hou Yi Restaurant.He originally wanted to take the cool sticks to Xiahouyi to relieve his fatigue, and the warming candy to give the mother and sisters in Houhou Fang's family to keep out the cold, and he accidentally discovered them and ate them all. Unable to stop, Zu Xin and her mother-in-law just satiate their hunger.

At first, it was just these thoughts, and there were no more, because he had a big heart at first, thinking of being a croak and making some famous tricks, and then he would develop into more exciting and complicated snacks. It turned back and turned into asking him to make these ordinary candies.Although these ordinary candies have become a new thing and a novelty at this time, it is contrary to his original intention after all.

Therefore, at this moment, he still hasn't decided whether to mass-produce this kind of food, and he still thinks about it in his heart. If that Xia Houyi is like his cousin, he also insists on making a large number of such foods in the future. If the sugar is provided for ten rooms and eight rooms, will he agree to it?Although it is profitable, and it is really profitable, although this thing is small, it is pleasing, and it can be sold at a high price in Hou Yi Restaurant, and the sales volume is quite smooth.It is natural for such things to be pleasing, because sweetness is human nature, and the most simple and primitive taste bud enjoyment may come from sweetness, and once sweet things are made to look good, it is not afraid that they will not sell well.

But he is here now because of two things, one is the kindness and righteousness that Chonghou B once had to him and the words he personally answered. Now that the gray wheat bag and croaking have been all contracted to the restaurant of Chonghou Yi's family, and it is a thing of the past that Chonghou Yi helped to redeem Zu Xin, and for people like Chonghou Yi, the matter of redeeming people It's not a big deal at all, the friendship with gray wheat buns and croaks could have been worth it long ago, how could he think about it over and over like he is now, how could he mention it over and over again.But he always thought that since he agreed at the beginning, if there is anything new, he should talk to Chonghou B first, that is, he must talk to him first, like what he is doing now, even though it is in an unexpected situation Giving new things to Xia Houyi also has a lot of suspicion of treachery and treachery in it.

And there is another one, that is, he himself does not want to make this kind of candy, he thinks it is a small gadget, and it is boring to make.But he could understand Xia Houyi's way of selling sugar.Selling this handmade cold stick on the counter like Xia Houyi is a bit like the Korean barbecue restaurant he saw in his world in the past. There will always be a small plate on the counter with Diners who have paid the bill can take one by themselves, which can be used to dissolve the meaty taste left in their mouths after eating barbecue.It's just that the mints in the Korean barbecue restaurant are free, but Xia Houyi has packaged them as a relatively high-priced commodity and sold them.

In short, there are all kinds of thoughts in his mind that are extremely chaotic, which makes his heart fluctuate. At one moment, he shoulders a kind of moral bondage to Chonghou Fang, and at another moment he pretends to "build a good relationship" with Xia Houyi. The long-term "strategy" of this long-term "strategy", and then I feel quite annoyed by the repeated movements of pulling candy in my hands.He was bored just because he was doing something that he really didn't like to do from the bottom of his heart. Quacking was already a simple enough food for him, and he wanted to make something more complicated. It not only consolidated his business territory, but also made him work harder.But now it takes a lot of time to make the handmade candy sticks of Lao Shizi, and it's just constantly pulling candies, just pulling around, so he really feels "pull"-the whole thing right now It's bullshit to have developed to this stage, he still can't advance or retreat, he only hopes that Xia Houyi won't ask him to provide ten or eight rooms in the future.

At about nine o'clock in the evening, Zu Xin and the others came back, and the mother-in-law packed up in the front house, and was going to take a shower and go to bed before finishing the day.

But Zu Xin went back to the back room, seeing that Fan Yu was still busy in the kitchen, he went over to him and asked him if he could help with anything, and asked him why he was so busy with these productions all the time.Fan Yuman responded: "There is a new business." After a pause, he continued: "I don't know what to do, let me do this first." Zu Xin asked: "New business? Is it these candy bars?" ?” Fan Yu replied: “That’s right. I haven’t thought about whether it will be expanded to do it. Maybe it’s just doing a few hundred or so roots every day to cope. Don’t take this little thing too much. It’s a business.” Zu Xin replied: “Oh.” Then, he asked again: “Are these all made and sold tomorrow?” Fan Yu replied: “No, look at that little basket over there. It’s newly made. You can eat it, it’s just for you.”

Zu Xin was very happy when he heard this, and he raised his eyebrows and rolled his eyes, and said, "Is it just for me?" Fan Yu replied, "Yes." No matter how much you eat, you won’t be afraid that your body will be cold or hot. Eat whatever you want. Just don’t eat too much, it’s not good for your teeth, and if you eat too much sweet food, you’ll get fat easily.”

Zu Xin responded with a full mouth: "Okay, okay." But as soon as he stretched out his hand, he reached for one, put it in his mouth, and bit it off in the middle with a "crack".While eating the candy, he also said: "Sure enough, you are the best to me. I found out later that you didn't make the last two for me, but you just made the leftovers for me to eat. Unexpectedly, the last one specially made for me is more delicious than the other two. It is fragrant and smells like big coconut."

Yes, there is menthol in tomato, and gingerol in diced, and how can they contain such a high proportion of fat like coconut milk, once you have this natural fat, you can naturally taste the flavor—— A creamy scent, not just a caramel scent.

The next morning, Fan Yu sent the [-] roots to the foot of the mountain, and still handed them over to one of the sons in the rented house to Hou Yi restaurant, and it was inconvenient for him to show up there.

Unexpectedly, at around [-]:[-] in the afternoon, he happened to have lunch at home and went to the back mountain to pick a basket of wild fan lotus leaves. When he came back, he saw Xia Houyi standing by the door of the house, and his dog was in the kitchen. At first he was startled by the barking, but when he thought about it again, he realized that the kitchen door was locked and the dog was not in front of the house but in the kitchen, so he was relieved.

He went up to meet him, and asked Xia Houyi why he only came with him again, and didn't even bring a follower.Xia Houyi said that he had lunch at his own restaurant today, and came here directly after the meal, but he was not at home when he first came.

Fan Yu asked him how long he had been standing outside, and he said it was only a while.

After that, Fan Yu opened the door of the kitchen behind him, and Xiaozheng stopped barking.Xia Houyi followed him into the kitchen, and asked, "You are the only one making those cold sticks now? Don't you have any help?" Fan Yu replied, "Yeah." Choshi poured two bowls of water, one for herself to drink, and the other for Xia Houyi.But as soon as he handed it over, he thought again, it's not good to give guests plain water, it's better to pour tea to look more respectful.So he started the fire again, trying to boil water to make tea.

Unexpectedly, Xia Houyi saw what he meant, waved his hand at him, and said, "No need, why should you be so polite? Just give me a bowl of water, and I happen to be thirsty too." Fan Yu looked at it. With one glance, he handed him the original bowl of water again.

When he drank it, there was no difference in his expression at first, but he took another sip immediately and said: "Why is the white water in your house even better than ordinary people's... No, even the water in the house of the princes and grandsons here It's not as good as the water in your house. Do you drink this water every day?"

In fact, Fan Yu didn't think about avoiding him when it came to the water. Although he wouldn't tell him how the water came from, he still didn't shy away from pouring him a glass of such good water when he came. .It's not like if someone else comes, the three members of his family made an appointment early in the morning to only use the original upstream river water to make tea for guests.If you are judged differently by this person, you will be judged differently. Anyway, he just doesn't say anything.

Xia Houyi teased: "No wonder you have been nourished and become more and more different."

But Fan Yu was stunned and didn't hear any difference in what he said, so he responded in a dazed way: "That's it." Then, he said: "If you like this water, I will make people drink it every day. Send a medium tank to your house, you can drink the water in that tank by yourself every day, just drink it like this, or use this water to make tea is also good."

When Xia Houyi heard it, he hit his chest, just wanted this person to reward him with some good water every day, but this person offered it.Xia Houyi didn't refuse, he just said "Yes." Fan Yu didn't expect this person to refuse, this person has always been straightforward with him, so he didn't feel uncomfortable when he heard "Yes" Feel.

In fact, Xia Houyi didn't always deal with him directly, it seemed that he had already said those praises to him in a roundabout way before, but it was just because he was blunt in this aspect that he couldn't hear it well.

Fan Yu was thinking that it would be good for someone to send some of the good water to Xiahou Mansion every day to drink. This was a foreshadowing. At that time, if you want to reject it, it is not completely unreasonable.Therefore, I do some good things for this person first, so that it will not be so difficult to say when I want to reject this person.

But just as he was thinking about it, Xia Houyi took out a small cloth bag from his arms, and when he unfolded it, it turned out to be fourteen strings of money.Fan Yu also laughed and said: "Hey, you are a rich man, when did you take these small money to the streets?" Xia Houyi said: "This is for you, those cool money." Fan Yu made up his mind, This roughly gave him [-]% of the selling price of those cool sticks.He wrapped the cloth on the table and pushed it in front of Xia Houyi, saying: "How can you use so many, you have [-] people here, making such cool sticks..." He frowned and thought for a while, then said : "There can be about a thousand roots, and the ones given to you will not cost more than fifty zi."

In fact, it was only at this time that Fan Yu really calculated the cost and benefit of this candy bar for the first time.These numbers went through his mind once, and then he said them out of his own mouth, and then they sounded quite strange to his own ears, so he himself felt very surprised, as if suddenly Only then did I realize: ah?Can earn so much!