Chapter 259

“Good stuff of only 1 RMB per serving naturally should be provided to each of us . ” Sun Ming gave the final word .

“Temporarily there are insufficient ingredients . Next time, ok?” While speaking, Yuan Zhou began to prepare to make the dumplings .

“You stinker, why didn’t you keep the good stuff for us to savor?” said Sun Ming discontentedly .

“Because it’s too good, it was sold out . ” Wearing the face mask, Yuan Zhou was adding water to the pot .

“Honey Tremella is nothing special . It’s definitely the way you cook it that makes it delicious,” KFC muttered .

“It’s royal jelly,” with his sharp ears, Yuan Zhou answered him directly .

“Pardon? Do you know you are recklessly wasting the God’s good gift to cook dishes with royal jelly? It’s totally a waste . You might as well give it to me to drink so that I can keep fit,” Sun Ming stood up in surprise and said loudly .

“Sun, I’m not deaf,” said Yuan Zhou lightly .

“I’d say you are indeed deaf . You are selling such a superior dish at 1 RMB . Dear me, my liver is aching . ” Sun Ming indicated that his balls ached . The royal jelly had a good market, but no one would like to sell it, not to mention that there were a lot of fake ones on the market .

As far as he knew about his brother, he would never sell the fake ones . How could one expect an honest person to resort to deceit? Therefore, the royal jelly definitely wouldn’t be fake .

“He’s not selling your stuff . Why do you love money more than Compass?” KFC said in surprise .

“Humph . I feel heartache in place of him,” Sun Ming pointed at Yuan Zhou and said deservedly .

“Come on, man . I think you feel heartache because you didn’t manage to eat the cheap dish of 1 RMB,” KFC didn’t believe in him at all, hence said unreservedly .

“I think so, too . ” Yuan Zhou also nodded the head at the side, pretending to be serious .

“You get down to knead the dough . Don’t you see we are still waiting to eat?” Sun Ming directly waved his hands and then said to KFC .

“You are absolutely foolish . Apart from the tremella, you even sell the royal jelly at such a low price of 1 RMB . “

“Compass has said this is welfare price . I feel it’s really not a bad idea . Just think, he’s doing the high-end business . Of course, he has good reason to serve a superior welfare . ” KFC was a salesperson and was quite clear about these strategies .

However, Yuan Zhou didn’t think that much . He just felt that rarely did he have an opportunity to set the price, why couldn’t he be capricious for just once? So after he got the number 1 by shaking the phone, he set the price at 1 RMB . It was way justifiable .

Hearing that, Sun Ming also felt Yuan Zhou’s words somewhat made sense and thus said straightforwardly, “You are right . Ok, forget it . I will just wait to eat . ”

Then the two of them got seated again . As soon as they did that, they became curious about what Yuan Zhou was doing .

“Are you kneading the dough to make dumplings?” asked Sun Ming curiously . He was unable to stay idle for even one moment .

“Yes . It’s one of the Eight Unique Qinhuai Snacks . ” Yuan Zhou spoke a few more words .

“Aren’t Eight Unique Qinhuai Snacks the southern snack? It’s not sweet, is it? If it’s sweet, I’d drop it . ” Sun Ming was a person who never ate sweet food .

“He has told us it’s dumplings . How could the dumplings be sweet?” KFC gave a glance of contempt at Sun Ming .

“How can it not be? People there are said to put sugar in whatever they cook . ” Thinking of the scene in his mind, Sun Ming felt a toothache .

“No, it’s not sweet,” said Yuan Zhou earnestly .

“That’ll be great,” Sun Ming got relieved and said mercifully .

“But I heard from you last time that the Duck Oil Sesame Seed Cake was also one of the Eight Unique . Why is there another one again?” KFC finally asked an ordinary question .

“Every unique stands for two dishes . These are the last two . Apart from the dumpling, there’s another sweet snack,” Yuan Zhou said lightly while wielding the dough ably and quickly .

“Which one is sweet?” asked KFC curiously . He had no special dislike for either sweet food or salty food .

“Sweet Osmanthus Sandwiched Yuanxiao① . ” Yuan Zhou reported the name and then asked after a pause, “Do you want to eat it?”

“Ok, sure . Get one serving for me, please . ” KFC didn’t behave reservedly at all and immediately agreed .

“I don’t want it . ” Sun Ming refused hurriedly before Yuan Zhou turned the head toward him .

“You are not counted in . ” After Sun Ming finished speaking that, Yuan Zhou answered .

“Eh . . . . ” Sun Ming was quite helpless with the embarrassing way Yuan Zhou talked .

“Luckily this guy was always working in the logistics department of the previous hotel . Otherwise, he definitely wouldn’t have got employed . Now that he runs his own restaurant and has top-notch craftsmanship, he needn’t worry about the business . If not so, he probably would have starved . ” Sun Ming, who seldom muttered in the heart, thought bitterly .

The restaurant quieted down soon . Yuan Zhou was making the dough seriously while Sun Ming and KFC were earnestly watching Yuan Zhou kneading the dough like the floating clouds and flowing water .

Seeing the two of them have no questions temporarily, Yuan Zhou became curious about the water in the flour . After all, the water looked quite different . Although it appeared to be ice-cold, it nevertheless felt slightly warm and was quite suitable for dough mixing .

“System, what advantages does the water have?” Yuan Zhou asked with curiosity .

Such questions of Yuan Zhou would usually be responded by the system with an answer .

The system displayed, “It’s the Jinghua Water taken from a well of flourishing population in Qiannian Village . The more flourishing the population is, the more luscious the well water is . The quintessence of the well water rises after being retained for a night . At the first ray of the morning sun, the very first barrel of the water will be taken . It is moisturizing and luscious . If the water is used to wipe the face, it could likewise moisturize the complexion . “

“Tsk-tsk . It surprisingly has the effect of improving one’s looks . ” Without a trace, Yuan Zhou stared at the water in the big transparent pot and appeared quite interested .

However, the system displayed words again before he tried the effect of the water .

The system displayed, “Jinghua Water kept overnight can’t be used randomly for washing hands and face . Otherwise, the well water couldn’t be drawn anymore . Nor could it be used for drinking .

“Alright . It’s really a delicate thing . ” Yuan Zhou felt rather helpless .

Nevertheless, methods were always figured out by people . Just like right now, Yuan Zhou was planning to provide the snack every morning so that he can take some of the water for washing up . Although he was way handsome, his pretty face likewise required exquisite skin care .

Wiping the face was not an option for him . After all, it was a waste of resource not to use it as much as possible since it was provided by the system . With such a thought in mind, Yuan Zhou directly made the decision .

In just a little while, the dumplings were steamed well . It was thin-skinned dumplings, but was actually steamed .

As Yuan Zhou added some mung bean flour inside, the skin of the well-steamed dumplings became translucent . Thus, even the beautiful filling inside could nearly be seen .

“Wow, it’s so fragrant and is probably comparable with the soup dumplings,” Sun Ming said impatiently .

“It’s indeed aromatic . But what flavorings should be eaten along with the steamed dumplings?” KFC ate boiled dumplings more, or else, the dumplings with chili oil, the specialty of Chengdu City .

“I don’t care what to eat with . But I must eat one right now . ” Sun Ming couldn’t wait to receive the plate from Yuan Zhou . He immediately took the chopsticks and began to eat it .

“You can eat them along with vinegar . ” Yuan Zhou pointed to the plate of vinegar in the tray .

“There’s no chilli, but still it’s good . ” KFC ate the dumplings in a more decent manner .

After all, he had never been to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant before, but just eaten the Egg Fried Rice cooked by Yuan Zhou once . As the taste of the dish truly couldn’t reach full score due to the inferior ingredients, he could yet control himself . Contrarily, Sun Ming had already immersed himself in the delicacy of the Thin-Skinned Dumplings .

The vinegar used by Yuan Zhou this time was another different one . It was rice vinegar, of which the fragrance and sour were taken .

“I have heard about your craftsmanship for a long time . Now that I get the fortune to eat it for free, I’d have to savor it carefully,” said KFC smilingly .

“You are welcome . Please,” Yuan Zhou said with a smile on his face .

“Then I’ll not stand on ceremony . ” While speaking, KFC took the chopsticks and also began to eat .

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① Yuanxiao is the round sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour with various fillings inside (for the Lantern Festival in China) .