"Buzz~"

"Buzz~"

The phone under the pillow vibrated repeatedly, gently waking Huang Tao from his dream.

He instinctively opened his eyes to see the curtains lit up by the pale light of dawn, reminiscent of glowing blue elves outside.

Reaching for the phone beneath the pillow, the screen's glow instantly lit up his face.

It was already after 5 a.m.

"Sigh... Time to get up and get moving..."

He took a long breath and turned off the phone's alarm.

He glanced at Xuanxuan, who was still sleeping beside him.

The little one was sound asleep, her delicate face framed by a few playful strands of hair, looking so endearing.

She might still be having a sweet dream!

There was even a hint of a sweet smile at the corner of her mouth!

He smiled, planning to let the little one sleep a bit longer.

Quietly getting up, he dressed and headed to the bathroom to take care of his morning routine.

As soon as he stepped out of the bedroom, he saw his parents already up: "Dad, Mom, good morning..."

"Where's Xuanxuan? Still sleeping?"

Seeing Huang Tao without the "little tail Xuanxuan" behind him, Song Cailian asked with concern.

He yawned and nodded: "Yes, she's sleeping so well! I didn't wake her, I wanted to let her sleep a bit more."

"Maybe you should let your mom stay home with Xuanxuan, and go to the food festival when she wakes up."

Huang Yide wanted Xuanxuan to wake up naturally!

Huang Tao couldn't disagree!

He had already promised Xuanxuan that if he changed his mind and left her at home.

The little one would definitely be unhappy!

She might even say he wasn't being honest.

That would make him a bad example...

"Let's just take her with us, she wants to go together..."

After washing up,

He went back to his bedroom, walked to the bed, and gently patted Xuanxuan, who was still sleeping under the little quilt.

"Sweetheart, it's time to get up~"

Xuanxuan murmured a few times, turned over, and showed her dad the back of her head with her silky black hair.

Huang Tao smiled, leaned over, and pressed his cheek against hers, saying, "It's time for my darling Xuanxuan to get up now~"

He intentionally elongated the ending tone!

Xuanxuan opened her heavy eyelids, woke up, yawned long, and sleepily called out, "Daddy"

Huang Tao gave her a big kiss on her rosy cheek: "My little sleepyhead, get up and go to the restaurant, we'll run out of time for the food festival if you sleep any longer."

Xuanxuan giggled.

She wrapped her arms around Huang Tao's neck, coquettishly explaining: "Daddy, it's not that I don't want to get up, it's just that the bed is too irresistible~"

Huang Tao gave that reason a score of 99!

"Alright, Daddy understands."

He gave her another kiss and helped her put on a pretty dress.

Urging her to go wash up.

Once everything was done, the whole family left the house and went to the Delicious Restaurant.

By this time, the staff in the restaurant had been busy in the kitchen for quite a while.

Especially the three official staff members.

They had arrived at the restaurant around 3 a.m. to start working.

Since making stewed soup takes a long time, they wanted to prepare early, so they could take it to the food festival sooner.

That way, they wouldn't have to wait until after 10 a.m. like yesterday to deliver the stewed food there.

Xu Hao had strictly followed Huang Tao's instructions, putting various stewed ingredients into stainless steel pots for simmering.

Now, the aroma of the stewed food was already wafting through the kitchen.

It smelled delicious!

Per Huang Tao's request, he also used the over-three-year-old hens sent by the poultry vendor to make a clear broth.

When he received this task, he was puzzled.

After all, using fish heads and bones to make fish soup for fish balls already tasted quite good.

Why spend extra money on old hens to make a clear broth?

Wouldn't that increase costs?

But he understood his boss's pursuit of perfection and high standards for ingredients.

Using old hens to make a clear broth was definitely for the perfect taste, so he didn't ask more and simply complied.

Clean the hens, remove the heads, necks, and claws...

Chop into pieces.

Soak in clean water until the blood foam is removed, add a bit of ginger slices and put it into the pot, without adding any seasoning, pour in the natural water designated by Huang Tao, and slowly simmer it.

The reason for not adding any other seasonings.

According to Huang Tao, "Use the appropriate cooking method, moderate seasoning, and precise heat to leverage the dynamism of the raw materials, to best reflect the original flavor, aroma, and nutrition of the ingredients!"

With these settled!

He then started handling the preliminary processes of roasting the duck.

Lin Zifeng was busy cutting vegetables and slicing fish fillets.

Ding Suqin and the later arrivals Lin Yuhan, these four temporary workers, had already cleaned the bass needed for the fish balls.

Now they began to pack all the necessary kitchen utensils and disposable bowls and chopsticks.

Everyone was busy, immersed in their tasks, and did not notice when Huang Tao's family entered.

"Aunt Suqin, Uncle Haozi, Brother Zifeng, Sister Yuhan, Brother Yan Ming, Brother Ji, Brother Wei, good morning~"

Xuanxuan greeted them with a sweet smile.

"Oh, our little Xuanxuan is here..." everyone responded with smiles, yet their hands did not pause.

"Boss, I've started making the clear broth you wanted, can you check if the heat is suitable?" Xu Hao, who was taking on the task for the first time, asked uncertainly.

The process of making broth involves heating protein, fat, and organic acid-rich ingredients in water for a long time, allowing the umami substances to infuse into the broth.

A good broth can be used not only for soups but as a flavoring ingredient as well.

When making broth, it's crucial to control the heat carefully.

As the saying goes, "The tones for opera singers, the broth for chefs," illustrating the importance of making broth.

Huang Tao checked, skimmed off the surface oil, and slightly adjusted the heat.

"This moment is crucial, the heat must be controlled so that as the temperature rises, the minced meat gradually absorbs the residuals and fats in the broth, in essence utilizing the collagen in the animal materials to make the broth gradually clearer..."

He then began to make the fish balls.

He thought that the clear broth fish balls were a new product today, and many regular customers might want to try something new, so he had to prepare more.

Of course, breakfast should be made as well this morning.

Can't let his precious daughter and parents go hungry.

Close to 7:30.

The ingredients for the morning sale were more or less ready.

The rest was left to Xu Hao and Lin Zifeng to handle.

The urgent task was to fill their stomachs, to have the energy to head to the commercial walking street and welcome a new day at the food festival.

Huang Tao steamed some glutinous rice spare ribs.

Also shredded the chicken from the chicken soup, removing the bones.

Heated up the oil pan.

Added some chili to stir-fry for aroma, added onions to stir-fry, then added the shredded chicken to stir-fry, simmered with a bit of hot water for 5 minutes.

Added an appropriate amount of salt, soy sauce.

A pot of onion shredded chicken was done.

Used the chicken broth to cook some fish balls, added cabbage hearts, ham slices, and mushrooms, brought it to a boil, and it became a clear broth fish ball dish.

The breakfast was very rich.

Everyone ate with great relish, showing satisfied and joyful expressions,

Food should be like this, beyond just filling the stomach, it should also provide spiritual enjoyment.

At this time, the driver of the small truck honked twice at the doorway, indicating he had arrived.

No surprise, he was invited to join for the meal.

The driver felt that these meals were the best work meals he had eaten since he started working.

He even thought of asking Huang Tao if they were hiring drivers.

After everyone finished eating.

The group loaded the equipment and ingredients needed for the food festival onto the small truck.

Having settled Xiexie, Xuanxuan came to say goodbye to Mimi: "Mimi, I'm going to the food festival, you have to stay here and watch the store obediently~"

"Meow~"

Mimi wagged its little tail, following along.

Showing a look as if it doesn't want to watch the store but wants to go to the food festival!

Xuanxuan patted its cat head: "Be good, Mimi. Not this time, next time I'll take you out to play~"

Mimi meowed a few times, dejectedly hunkering down in its cat house.

Even if it acted pitiful, it was impossible for Huang Tao and the others to take it to the food festival.

So.

Song Cailian took Xuanxuan's hand, directly leading her to where the taxi was parked, leaving Mimi at the store entrance to watch the store.

"Grandma, Mimi looks so pitiful~" Xuanxuan looked back at Mimi at the store entrance.

Song Cailian smiled and said: "Don't worry, when we come back in the afternoon, give it some of the things your dad made, and it'll be very happy!"

Xuanxuan thought about it, found her grandma's words to make sense, and happily set off.

Huang Tao, as usual, took the co-driver seat of the small truck and headed to the commercial walking street.

The warm sunlight shone on Huang Tao, warmly and comfortably.

Today will be another beautiful day...

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