The flavor of fried rice candy is strong

Source: China Linhai News Network

Li Shiqun is packing fried rice candy. Photo by Jin Xiaoxin

The Spring Festival is approaching, and the streets and alleys of the sea are floating with the sweet taste of fried rice candy. On Tianning Road, the ancient city street, all the fried rice candy stores opened their doors early and opened the busy "year-end hot sales model". Among them, the mom-and-pop shop operated by Li Shiqun and Wang Tianshu is particularly busy.

More than 10 square meters of storefront, some old but clean roller shutter doors, red background cardboard written yellow bold "fried rice candy". This is the fried rice candy shop that Li Shiqun and his wife have been running for nearly 20 years. Neighbors nearby know that in the winter, every morning at 5:30, the old Li family's shop must have opened. His wife, Wang Tianshu, placed the packaged fried rice candy neatly on the table at the door, while her husband, Li Shiqun, was hot pot and fried sugar in the middle.

"His house has a stir-fried sugar, and everyone on the street knows it." Incense! Liu Guifang is an old resident of Tianning Road for many years and a loyal fan of Li Shiqun's fried rice candy. Her family's fried rice candy comes from Li Shiqun's shop, and she also watched Li Shiqun change from the original "fried sugar boy" to the "teacher" with countless apprentices. Liu Guifang told reporters that in addition to the surrounding households, villagers far away from the urban area will also come here to buy fried rice candy. At the end of the year, there are more people, and you will often see a long queue at the entrance of the store. A bag of 2 kg of fried rice candy, everyone mentions several bags.

"The business is the best in the month before and after the New Year, and it is common to cook fried rice candy all night. Yesterday an old lady bought 1800 yuan alone. Just for her order, old Lee fried sugar, I came to cut, we both from morning to night did not stop. Listening to the neighbors praise their own business, Wang Tianshu responded with a happy smile. She said that their family currently has a total of 16 flavors of fried rice candy, including traditional frozen rice candy and millet candy that the elderly love to eat, as well as peanut candy, walnut candy and sesame candy that young people love to eat. The price of a variety of fried rice candy is also very affordable, the cheapest frozen rice candy is 26 yuan per kilogram, and the most expensive peanut candy is 40 yuan per kilogram. Affected by the epidemic this year, although the number of people who come to the store to buy fried rice candy is not more than in previous years, they have sent out a lot more express delivery. These couriers go to the north and south of the world, and the farthest ones are also sent to the United States, so that people in Linhai who are far away from home for the New Year can also feel the strong New Year's flavor of their hometown.

Compared with his wife's chattiness, Li Shiqun seems a little "stuffy". After drinking a cup of tea, he began to silently heat the pan to fry the sugar. Stir-fry 7.5 kg of rice sugar in a pot, to be fried for half an hour. At the beginning of this month, the amount of orders began to enter the peak period, and he had to fry at least 20 pots of sugar a day to be able to sell at the table. The reporter couldn't help but ask Master Li curiously, is there any exclusive secret to his family's fried rice candy so popular? He shook his head, smiled and replied: "Where is the secret, as long as you don't cut corners and make products of good quality, customers will naturally come." Most of the people who buy fried rice candy in his house are "old business." After opening the store for so many years, everyone said that the taste of his fried rice candy has not changed.

"Uncle, frozen rice candy and peanut candy each come at 2.5 kilograms." During the conversation, two more little girls came to buy fried rice candy. Li Shiqun and his wife packed while pulling a family routine with them. The sweet smell of fried rice candy pervades the streets and alleys, and red lanterns are also hanging in front of the doors of each house.