Chapter 28

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

At half past five in the afternoon, Lu Feng arrived at the Food Street shop.

"Boss Lu, you're here so early?"

Before he even entered, the bosses of several stalls near the shop warmly greeted him.

Lu Feng smiled and responded with a few words, then opened the door and walked into the shop.

Once he went in, those few snack stalls and the bosses of nearby restaurants all became excited.

Lu Feng's arrival meant they also had to get ready.

Yesterday, a few stall owners hadn't even waited for Lu Feng to finish business before the ingredients on their stalls sold out.

Today they had specially prepared a lot, just waiting for that evening wave of customer flow to arrive.

Originally, these stall owners would only come to set up stalls an hour before mealtime at noon and in the evening.

But business these past two days made them realize a problem.

The stalls on Food Street are all mobile; there's no saying any stall belongs fixedly to any one family.

Today you set up here, tomorrow if you come late and someone else takes your stall, then you have to find another place.

Now the stalls near Lu Feng's shop door are undoubtedly the most sought-after golden locations.

It can be said that selling food at these places, as long as it's evening, the goods won't worry about selling.

And the closer to Lu Feng's shop, the better the business.

But there are only so few good spots near the door, and there are quite a few people selling snacks.

Everyone who sets up a stall eyes those few spots covetously.

Then it's first come, first served.

So today before Lu Feng even arrived at Food Street, some smart ones had already set up their stalls near the entrance of Lu Feng's shop.

When those who came a bit later discovered the good spots were all taken, they all regretted it deeply.

Fine, you guys came earlier than anyone else, right?

If you've got the ability, wait until tomorrow!

Lu Feng had just taken out the fresh meat and live shrimp he bought from the System Mall in the shop when the mobile phone on the table rang.

He picked it up and listened; it was Hu Daye's call, saying he was already at the shop door.

Lu Feng hung up and walked out of the shop, and at a glance saw Hu Daye standing outside carrying a bamboo basket.

"Hu Daye, you're really punctual."

Lu Feng said with a smile; as he got closer, he saw the old man's shirt soaked with sweat, and frowned: "Hu Daye, didn't you take a taxi?"

"I took the bus; I'm not used to small cars." Hu Daye smiled honestly and put the bamboo basket on the ground.

Lu Feng knew Hu Daye wasn't unused to small cars, but thought taking a taxi was too expensive.

The bus station near Food Street isn't far from here, but it's not close from Hu Daye's home to the bus stop!

"Hu Daye, I told you, I'll reimburse your taxi fare. You're carrying something so heavy; what about the bumps on the way back and forth?" Lu Feng sighed and said.

Hu Daye waved his hand repeatedly: "Really nothing, Young Man, Old Man I have no other skills; you earning money isn't easy either, saving you a bit is a bit."

Lu Feng felt a surge of emotion in his heart; seeing Hu Daye sweating profusely, he quickly ran to the nearby convenience store, bought a bottle of mineral water and a pack of tissues, and handed them to Hu Daye.

Hu Daye didn't refuse, reached out to take them, drank half the bottle in one gulp, wiped the sweat from his face, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Young Man, look at these leeks, how are they? They're just cut from the field."

Lu Feng went over to look; the leeks were green and oily, looking fresh at a glance.

And almost no dirt could be seen; it looked like the old man had really washed them once.

Lu Feng took the leeks Hu Daye brought back to the shop, then handed him the two hundred cash he had prepared.

Hu Daye felt it was too much and insisted on giving Lu Feng change; Lu Feng persuaded him this way and that before he accepted.

When seeing Hu Daye off, Lu Feng knew he would definitely take the bus back.

He directly hailed a taxi, negotiated the price with the driver and paid, then returned to the shop relieved.

Taking out all the ingredients, Lu Feng began today's preparation work.

After a period of busyness, Lu Feng divided the chopped meat filling into three portions, putting them into three stainless steel bowls.

Besides the previous fresh meat filling and shrimp filling, Lu Feng planned to add leek and fresh meat filling xiaolongbao today.

It was also dinner time now; Lu Feng planned to use leek and fresh meat filling xiaolongbao as today's dinner.

Lu Feng first skillfully mixed the two fillings of fresh meat and shrimp, covered them with cling film, and put them in the refrigerator to store.

He kneaded the dough and set it aside to rise; taking advantage of this time, Lu Feng began preparing the fillings for the three types of xiaolongbao.

Skillfully adjusting the fresh meat filling and shrimp filling, covering them with cling film, and putting them in the refrigerator.

Lu Feng put the washed and drained leeks on the cutting board, and picked up a clean kitchen knife on the cutting board.

This kitchen knife also appeared when the system upgraded the restaurant, but its appearance was different from the knife Lu Feng used to chop meat.

The two kitchen knives for chopping meat were relatively heavy, feeling substantial in hand, while this one was just the opposite, light and thin.

Although it looked light, it was made of top-quality material, with excellent quality.

Lu Feng had once used it to smash garlic; no matter how much force he used, the kitchen knife remained intact.

Unlike a certain brand of kitchen knife he had bought before, which could break into two pieces just from smashing garlic.

Taking the leeks, the kitchen knife went down with a slight effort and cut straight through; the blade was very sharp.

He cut the leeks into small segments and poured them into a bowl, drizzled a little olive oil, and quickly stirred a few times.

The chopped leeks released a rich grass fragrance, the leek flavor fully released, smelling a bit spicy.

Lu Feng poured the leeks into the adjusted fresh meat filling, mixed uniformly, the leek's chive fragrance and the pork's meat fragrance perfectly blended, making the filling's aroma become even richer.

Lu Feng leaned in and sniffed carefully, nodding satisfied, this chive meat filling's taste absolutely does not fall short of the other two fillings' taste.

After all three seasonings were prepared, the dough at this time had also fermented just about enough.

Next came the familiar knead dough, cut block, roll skin steps.

As the steamed buns were made more and more, Lu Feng felt his movements becoming more and more proficient.

His current technique and speed, even a master chef who had made buns for decades would look on and self-deprecate.

Dinner was still three steamers of steamed buns, Lu Feng rolled eighteen wrappers, stood up and turned on the steamer's switch.

Taking out the adjusted fresh meat and shrimp fillings from the refrigerator, he planned to eat all three flavors together tonight.

When the steamer began to puff out bursts of heat, Lu Feng had just finished wrapping the last steamed bun.

Next put in steamer start steam, time passed minute by minute, the steamer basket began to emit alluring aroma.

Three different fillings' aromas merged together in the air, the aroma instantly broke through several layers.

Lu Feng checked the time, estimated just about the buns were cooked through.

Turn off fire take out pot, three steamers steaming with heat steamed buns were placed before Lu Feng.

Open lid after, hazy white smoke wrapped heart-moving fragrance sprinkled in the air, various ingredients' aromas, mixed with the wrapper's faint wheat fragrance, after being evaporated by heat lingered for a long time without dispersing.

White steam dispersed after, one by one chubby like small lanterns generally steamed buns mapped into view.

Lu Feng at one glance distinguished the chive filling's that steamer.

Chives during the steaming process, mixed with fresh meat filling's meat juice, made the skin show through several shares of emerald green color.

Looking at it made one can't help want to eat.

Impatient wanting to taste new flavor Lu Feng, picked up a chive meat filling put into mouth.