usatvline Chapter 203 Pancakes
Chapter 203 Pancakes
Xiao Huang happily picked up his briefcase and took out the potato pancakes inside.
"It smells so good."
After saying a few words, he deftly took a bite. It was crispy, salty, and savory, with the flavor just right. The shredded potatoes were crisp and delicious, truly a rare delicacy.
"Wow, this is so delicious!"
He happily took bite after bite, thoroughly enjoying the food, but the others in the company didn't share the same sentiment.
"It smells so good, what is that smell?"
"It smells like you're eating some kind of fried pancake."
"But it smells so good, even better than the steamed buns I eat."
"Yeah, it makes me want to eat it too."
As Xiao Liang spoke, he turned his head and immediately saw Xiao Huang sitting at his workstation, eating a potato pancake in his hand with gusto.
His eyes lit up; it was Little Yellow eating.
He quickly walked over to the empty seat next to Xiao Huang and sat down, asking solicitously, "Brother Huang, what are you eating?"
Xiao Huang glanced at him and paused chewing for a moment. "It's just a regular potato pancake."
Xiao Liang glanced at his pancake curiously. "Potato pancake? Why isn't there much potato on it?"
Xiao Huang shook his head, indicating that he didn't know. "How would I know? But it does taste really good. Maybe it's a specially prepared recipe."
"Oh, I see. Is this pancake tasty?"
As Xiao Liang spoke, his eyes were fixed intently on the pancake in Xiao Huang's hand.
Looking at Xiao Liang's reaction, Xiao Huang knew what was going on. He wasn't usually a stingy person; he would readily give away any food his colleagues wanted.
But he was really reluctant to part with the cake today, since it was so delicious.
But seeing Xiao Liang's puppy-dog eyes, she still reluctantly tore off a piece for him.
"Take it and try it, it really tastes pretty good."
However, after handing him a portion, I quickly finished the rest myself.
Xiao Liang happily accepted the torn piece, saying, "Thank you, Brother Huang."
He eagerly took it and swallowed it, his eyes lighting up repeatedly.
"Wow, Brother Huang, where did you find this flavor? It's so delicious!"
He was still marveling at it, almost reluctant to finish chewing the potato pancake in his mouth so quickly.
After finishing his potato pancake, Xiao Huang took a sip of water and said, "There's a new old man who comes to the vicinity of the primary school. He's selling pancakes from an insulated box, and he'll probably be selling them there for the next few days."
Xiao Liang nodded excitedly, "Okay, then I'll go and keep watch from here."
"Okay," Xiao Huang decided to eat the pancake again tomorrow, as it tasted much better than other breakfasts she was tired of.
The other company members who had been listening in quietly nodded in agreement, indicating that they would also try to snatch it.
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Grandpa Wang was unaware that his potato pancakes had attracted a new wave of customers. After selling out his pancakes early, he headed towards his wife's stall, thinking he could help her out. However, when he arrived, he found that his wife was also packing up to leave.
There were several people surrounding them.
"Boss, are you coming again tomorrow?"
"Remember to prepare more ingredients tomorrow, this is definitely not enough to eat."
"Yeah, yeah, it's not enough at all."
"Don't worry, everyone, I'll definitely make more tomorrow."
Mao Cui said to these people while packing her things.
When she saw Grandpa Wang coming, she quickly waved for him to take her out.
"You've finally arrived. Come on, let's go back first."
"Okay," said Grandpa Wang as he went to help the car.
Mao Cui asked him how the cakes were selling, "How's it going? Are they selling well?"
Grandpa Wang nodded, "It went very smoothly. It sold out in no time, and the customers even asked me to bring more tomorrow."
"We should bring more, I'll bring some too."
Mao Cui estimated that she would have to prepare quite a lot tomorrow as well.
These quantities are simply not enough to meet demand.
The two discussed going home and planning to make more pancakes to sell the next day.
Mao Cui was delighted by the lively scene, and the next day she and her husband started preparing again early in the morning.
The main thing is to make good shredded potatoes and other fillings. Make a lot of them. Mao Cui is planning to make fewer other kinds of pancakes today. She mainly wants to sell shredded potato pancakes and scallion pancakes.
"Old Wang, you take these and go sell them first. I'll bake the rest later. You need to hurry up and sell them; the customers will be getting impatient."
"Okay," said Grandpa Wang, then picked up another box of bread and left. When he arrived at the destination, he found that there were already people waiting for him so early.
They even waved to him as he approached.
"Hurry up, boss, you're finally here! Our feet are getting cold from waiting here."
"Yes, let me have a hot pancake to warm me up."
"There aren't many people yet, please sell me two more. I want five pancakes."
"Sigh, I want some too! I want to buy a few more for myself!"
A group of people bought several pancakes while shouting, and Grandpa Wang sold them on his tricycle without even putting the box down completely.
"Hey, maybe this way I can go home sooner."
Grandpa Wang muttered to himself, after all, who wouldn't want to earn money and get off work as soon as possible if they could?
As he was speaking, Xiao Huang and Xiao Liang arrived. The two of them happened to bump into each other today and were now planning to buy pancakes together.
When the two of them arrived at the stall, they were surprised to find that other colleagues were also there.
The group of people were stunned at first, then they looked at each other and smiled, realizing that they were buying pancakes, and they all gathered around Grandpa Wang to buy pancakes.
"Don't worry, don't worry, there are plenty of cakes here."
Grandpa Wang originally planned to sell all these and then go home, but seeing how enthusiastic everyone was, he called Mao Cui and asked her to make more.
"I'm already too busy to make any more for you. Why don't you come over and help me?"
"Alright, I'm coming over then," Grandpa Wang said regretfully as he looked at the crowd in front of him after finishing the phone call.
"There's nothing I can do, everyone. We're sold out for today. Please wait for the next batch. I'm coming over now, but it'll be too late for you all as you all have to go to work soon."
"Ugh, this is so frustrating. Next time, boss, you might as well just bring a food cart over and make pancakes for us right here."
"Yes, yes, you can make quite a lot if you do it on the spot."
"Everyone, let's go back first. We don't plan to do that for now."
After all, buying another food truck would cost several thousand dollars, and even if we did, we wouldn't be able to afford it.
He could only regretfully explain the situation to everyone before leaving.
Only the mournful crowd dispersed with regret.
Spring is slowly arriving, the earth is regaining its vitality, all things are reviving, and it's another season for sowing.
Xia Shiyu was talking to her family about what to plant in the spring.
"In a few days I'll go get some rice seeds to start seedlings. I'll also plant the vegetables and other plants as usual, and take good care of the flowers."
Yu Juan nodded, then seemed to remember something and reminded him, "Okay, okay, by the way, the rapeseed flowers are almost fully grown now, and we can eat them as cold vegetable pieces. Later, when they grow up, flower, and bear rapeseed, we can press them for oil."
"Really? That's great. The cold vegetable stir-fry is quite delicious. The oil we make from the rapeseed flowers we grow ourselves will definitely be delicious too."
Xia Shiyu was very happy. She had obtained the rapeseed seeds by taking the opportunity to enter the fairy tale world. She planned to plant them during this period so that she would have the chance to eat the oil pressed by her own family.
Xia Lihua sighed, "It's been many years since we've had oil pressed by our own hands."
When I was little, every household used to grow rapeseed flowers to press their own oil, and they would also press peanuts and sesame seeds to press oil. Now, for convenience, we just buy ready-made oil.
"It's okay, we'll be able to eat it this year. By then, even we ourselves will find it incredibly delicious."
Xia Shiyu was getting impatient.
In recent years, she has been afraid of the news about oil online. It talks about the technology and grueling work involved, and about oil tankers being loaded with diesel and then cooking oil. Although most people are lucky and nothing bad happened, the oil pressed at home is definitely different. It tastes better, is healthier, and is cleaner and more hygienic.
Grandma said, "It must smell delicious. I added a packet of diced vegetables this morning. We'll make a cold salad with it later. It'll taste great."
"Mmm, I'll eat in a bit."
Perhaps adults' sense of taste gradually dies and becomes less sensitive as they grow up. When Xia Shiyu was little, she didn't like to eat many green vegetables, but now that she's grown up, she can eat more of them.
In the past, there was always a plate of this cold diced vegetable dish at home in the spring. She never touched it, but later she gradually discovered that it tasted quite good.
Blanch the diced cold vegetables in hot water, then drain and add salt, vinegar, and soy sauce. Most importantly, add a spoonful of homemade fermented black beans. The fresh diced vegetables, whether stems or leaves, taste delicious with the seasoning.
Xia Shiyu picked up a piece and ate it with great satisfaction, "Mmm, this is exactly the taste, delicious."
Xia Shiyu was very satisfied with the meal; the refreshing and slightly sweet taste was truly unforgettable.
Grandpa ate it and sighed, "This tastes really good. If it weren't for the fact that we'd have to press it for oil later, we could have picked these diced vegetables and sold them on the street."
The elderly folks are always thinking about how to earn more money for their family, even though they're not short of money now.
“It’s alright, Grandpa will naturally have other vegetables to sell then. We’ll just use these rapeseed flowers to make oil at home.”
As Xia Shiyu spoke, she picked up another piece of food with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth.
They don't cultivate many fields of rapeseed flowers, so they wouldn't be able to sell much if they took them out to sell. They'd rather just keep them at home and eat them slowly.
The villagers were happy to buy the surplus, as they could sell it all themselves without having to worry about anything else.
Grandma nodded, "That's right. The rapeseed oil we get here will definitely smell wonderful. It'll taste amazing when used for cold dishes and cooking."
"That's exactly what I'm saying, so it's definitely going to taste good."
The whole family spoke with anticipation.
Of course, it's not just the rapeseed flowers that bloom so beautifully in the summer; the alfalfa in the fields also grows exceptionally well after spring arrives.
Purple wildflowers are scattered across the grass, like a canvas woven onto a carpet, making it exceptionally pleasing to the eye.
"This year we can raise more chickens and ducks, and even some cattle and sheep if we don't find it too troublesome."
Xia Lihua looked at the large patch of purple alfalfa in front of him and said.
"We don't need to raise cattle and sheep, it's a bit troublesome. Raising chickens is fine. And this year, let's raise a batch of rabbits. Rabbits have a strong reproductive capacity and can eat a lot."
As Xia Shiyu spoke, looking at the alfalfa in the field, she suddenly remembered reading online that it could also be eaten as a wild vegetable.
She told her family this, and Yu Juan was quite surprised. "When we were little, we also ate wild vegetables, but this kind of alfalfa is not common here, so I didn't know it could be eaten. I thought it was just for feeding cattle and sheep."
Grandma's face lit up with nostalgia. "Now that you mention it, I've heard older folks say that it might taste alright. We can try it later."
"Hmm," Xia Shiyu looked at the large patch of alfalfa in front of her and said something else that came to mind.
"By the way, we seem to have cattle and sheep farms around here, right?"
Xia Lihua nodded, "That seems to be right. It seems that Limin's family in our village does this kind of work."
Yu Juan nodded, "Yes, it seems that Limin's family raises cattle and sheep, but the scale is not very large, maybe a dozen or twenty head."
Grandpa nodded, "It's right to keep the scale small. If it's too big, we simply can't take care of it. And if the cattle and sheep get sick, the disease can easily spread, which would be a loss."
Xia Shiyu nodded, "That makes sense."
After all, the biggest fear when raising cattle and sheep is that they will get sick and you will lose everything. Moreover, raising cattle and sheep is quite expensive. If things go smoothly, you can make some money at the end of the year, but if things don't go smoothly, you can work for nothing at the end of the year.
Therefore, to be on the safe side, people without substantial financial resources usually only raise small-scale farms, as they are afraid of losing money if they raise too many.
Grandma nodded and looked at her chickens and ducks. "We're really lucky. These chickens and ducks are usually prone to getting sick, but after taking such good care of them, they've not only stayed healthy, but they're all strong."
Xia Shiyu replied: "Of course, Grandma doesn't even realize how much effort our family puts in, especially Dad, who watches over it every day. They do a great job disinfecting and sterilizing, and I even bought some medicine to use inside."
She told her dad that they must pay more attention to sterilization and disinfection, as this can effectively prevent some diseases. Besides, eating pasture produced in the fairy tale world every day will make these chickens and ducks healthier and less prone to illness.
"That makes sense. If we can't finish it all, we can sell it to Limin and the others."
Grandma nodded, quite impressed.
"That's right, we'll talk about it later, there's no need to rush now."
After all, it's only just grown up, so there's no rush.
The family members all nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, this is enough."
"The most important thing is the rice seedlings. I'll go buy a batch of seeds in the next few days, and our family will be able to eat delicious rice in the fall."
As Xia Shiyu said this, he was thinking that he had to work hard and get the rice seeds out as soon as possible.
"Okay, that's fine. Once you bring out the rice seeds, we can plant them at home."
The family talked, their words full of anticipation. The fragrant rice looked so tempting, and paired with the delicious vegetables and fruits they had, they thought they would feel incredibly comfortable.