When Sheng Jiu returned to prepare the meal, she had already started cooking the Millet, Yam, And Ginseng Porridge.
The sweet aroma of millet wafted out, filling the entire kitchen with its fragrance.
Upon hearing Sheng Si Yu's question, Sheng Jiu quickly replied, "The porridge is already cooking and will be ready soon. However, I might be a bit busy here tonight. Are you free to come over? If not, I'll find someone to run errands."
Sheng Si Yu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing there was porridge: "No need, I'll be there soon."
Sheng Jiu felt relieved after hearing this.
She was truly busy today.
Both the noodles and the wrappers needed to be prepared fresh.
Although there were ready-made options available outside...
But, the system's evaluations were not high.
Ingredients are the main component of delicious food, if they are not perfect, the final taste will not be good.
Sheng Jiu felt that with such good shrimp meat, pairing it with inferior noodles or wrappers would be a waste!
Therefore, she decided to prepare it herself!
Although she had plenty of shrimp meat, but Sheng Jiu didn't plan to cook it all in one night.
She couldn't finish even if she worked herself to death.
So, she made twenty servings of Steamed Shrimp Dumplings and twenty servings of Shrimp Paste Tomato Noodles, once they were sold out, that was it.
The noodles are now all prepared and arranged in large piles on a large plate by Sheng Jiu, so she can simply take them when she needs them.
She was worried that if the noodles dried out, it would affect their texture.
Sheng Jiu then covered the plate with a dust cover.
About half an hour later, Sheng Si Yu arrived.
When she arrived, Sheng Jiu was making dumplings.
Seeing Sheng Jiu busy, Sheng Si Yu wanted to help.
Sheng Jiu quickly pushed her away, saying, "No, no, no, people without health certificates shouldn't come in."
Sheng Si Yu also knew that Sheng Jiu was very particular about food hygiene.
So she didn't insist, and besides, her dumplings didn't look very appealing. If she made them, they probably wouldn't sell.
Sheng Jiu quickly served the millet porridge and then deftly steamed a pot of shrimp dumplings.
She had to admit, the Frosty Water Black Shrimp were incredibly fresh!
The aroma wafted powerfully from the steamer.
Before, the kitchen was filled with the fragrance of rice.
Now…
The aroma of black shrimp completely dominates, leaving no room for other ingredients to shine.
Sheng Jiu's steamed dumplings aren't cheap, so she uses a 2:1 ratio of shrimp to pork—more shrimp, less pork. The pork is mostly used for balancing and garnishing.
To make the dumpling wrappers look more translucent and appealing, Sheng Jiu also added some cornstarch.
The resulting shrimp dumplings had a glistening, enticing sheen on their surface.
Its outer skin isn't completely transparent, but rather semi-transparent, revealing the ingredients inside in a tantalizingly mysterious way.
From the moment the aroma of fresh shrimp wafted out, Sheng Si Yu became restless.
She kept glancing towards the kitchen, swallowing hard every now and then.
Seeing Sheng Jiu busy, Sheng Si Yu didn't want to disturb her.
However, considering that Sheng Jiu had cut up all the ginseng, Sheng Si Yu felt uneasy about accepting the millet and yam porridge.
Thinking of all this, she made an excuse to take Sheng Jiu's phone away.
Sheng Jiu was busy and trusted her cousin completely, so without much thought, she gestured to the other person that her phone was on the bar.
The other person also knew the password, it was Sheng Jiu's birthday.
After Sheng Si Yu opened her phone, she secretly transferred 10,000 yuan to Sheng Jiu and then tapped "receive" on Sheng Jiu's phone.
If she had given it to her normally, Sheng Jiu would have been too embarrassed to accept it.
Therefore, she had to do it secretly.
After finishing, Sheng Si Yu put Sheng Jiu's phone back on the bar.
By this time, the Steamed Shrimp Dumplings were ready.
The rising steam carried the freshness of shrimp meat, the aroma of pork meat, and a hint of wheat.
Because the savory flavor is so strong, it overpowers all other aromas.
The aroma of black shrimp is not only intense and rich, but it also travels far.
At this time, it was almost time for most people to get off work, so after asking Sheng Jiu, Sheng Si Yu opened the door and started business as usual.
When the aroma wafted out, the owner of the duck products shop next door was already overwhelmed by the fragrance.
He was already quite intoxicated by the fragrance around noon.
However, while Sheng Jiu was busy, he didn't have much free time either.
By the time he finally finished his work and wanted to try the food next door, Sheng Jiu's food was sold out.
Now, he felt a new opportunity had arrived!
When the owner next door came over, Sheng Jiu had just brought the steamed dumplings to Sheng Si Yu: "You eat first. There are still some left in the pot. I'll pack them into a food box for you to take to your older brother to try."
Sheng Si Yu felt that the moment the steamed dumplings were served…
Her life was complete.
At that moment, she didn't want anything else, she just wanted to peacefully enjoy the delicious food in front her.
What? Pain, trouble, sorrow...
Those were things she thought about after she had finished eating.
How could she fight off these negative emotions if she didn't eat her fill?
Just as Sheng Jiu was about to go back to the kitchen to pack up the leftovers, the owner of the shop next door came in.
Upon seeing him, Sheng Jiu greeted him with a smile: "Boss Li, you've arrived! Please have a seat."
The duck vendor, Li Cheng Xiang, came in and his eyes immediately fell on the steamed dumplings in front of Sheng Si Yu.
The plump, round dumplings, so cute and translucent, were neatly arranged on the plate—they looked so beautiful!
There must be shrimp inside, because he could see a slight red tinge inside through the translucent dumpling skin.
Moreover, the fresh aroma in the air says it all.
Li Cheng Xiang swallowed hard, then turned his head with difficulty to glance at the menu on the wall.
After looking at it, his eyes widened, and he almost exclaimed: "So expensive?"
He thought his braised duck products were already expensive enough!
But Sheng Jiu's were even more expensive?
68 yuan for only 8 dumplings?
It turns out, the squid rice at lunch time wasn't the price limit.
The steamed dumplings were!
Although Li Cheng Xiang thought it was expensive, but it wasn't really a problem to try something new once in a while.
He swallowed hard, then looked at Sheng Jiu: "Excuse me, Little Boss, a serving of steamed dumplings, please."
Actually, he also wanted to try the shrimp paste noodles, but...
Too expensive!
Both of them together would cost over a hundred yuan!
He only earns a few hundred a day.
To eat it all in one meal?
That's wasteful, so wasteful!
Li Cheng Xiang thought that just trying it once was enough for him.
He's not greedy, really!
Sheng Si Yu only glanced up at Li Cheng Xiang when he came in, and quickly forgot everything else, focusing all her attention on the plate of steamed dumplings in front of her.
She first picked up a plump white dumpling, blew on it to cool it down, and then took a small bite.
An overwhelming aroma of freshness rushed into Sheng Si Yu's mouth through that small opening in that instant.
There was a little bit of juice in the dumpling, and because it was so hot, Sheng Si Yu kept blowing on it, but she couldn't bear to spit it out.
Just kidding, spit this out?
How could she bear to do that!
The dumpling wrapper is soft and delicious, and most importantly, it's thin!
She gently bit into it and encountered the rich, flavorful shrimp and pork inside.
The shrimp meat retained its chunky texture, making it even more delicious.
The pork was minced extremely finely, and the little bit of fat in the hind leg meat, after being minced into a paste and cooked at high temperature, has now turned into abundant juice, making the filling even more delicious.
After taking a bite of the steamed dumpling, Sheng Si Yu felt that all the fatigue of the past few days had vanished, which made her unable to resist taking another bite.
Li Cheng Xiang watched from the side, his mouth almost watering.
How can someone eat so deliciously?