36. Set up a stall
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After thinking about it, Xiao Yan decided to start with a small business first. Although she has more than 20 years of memory and more knowledge than others, she doesn't think that she can do a good job with this alone, after all, she has no practical experience in business, but some small businesses that are bought and sold should still be possible.
After all, in this era, daring to take this step is already an opportunity.
And the small business that Xiao Yan wants to do is chili sauce, these days she is not only studying in the space, but also learning the practice of chili peppers in the space over and over again, through the success of guΓ² sauerkraut, she still believes that the space is produced, it is really a high-quality product.
It's just that there are too many methods of chili peppers, some of which she has never heard of, just the chili sauce has N methods, what sweet and sour, garlic, and many others she has never heard of. There are also many chili powder, chili oil and the like, which have detailed methods on them, and are also marked with spicy Cheng dΓΉ, such as spicy, medium spicy, slightly spicy, and some are not even just used to eat, but also have the effect of spicy, itchy and numb.
Xiao Yan muttered, this is not for tricks!
After watching the practice N times, Xiao Yan finally wanted to try it, but she still needs to think about how to say it, after all, the words she has blindly figured out such a way as to be a little unconvincing.
After all, her mother still knows very well how many pounds and taels she has, and the last time she made sauerkraut, her mother saw that she put so many kinds of ingredients, and muttered behind her, "You have to put so many seasonings!" How did you come up with such trouble. β
She immediately broke out in a cold sweat, so she had to pretend to be serious about cooking, pretending not to hear the confusion, but for fear that her mother would be suspicious, she decided to find a good explanation this time.
So when she proposed to make chili sauce today, she found another one that sounded a little lame, but it still seemed to be more effective.
"What? It's true? β
"Yes! Mom, the sauerkraut I made before was seen from that book, and there were a lot of secret recipes on it, but unfortunately the book was too broken and incomplete, so I just read a rough idea. β
"You really just gave the beggar a cake, and they gave you such a good book?"
Yes, Xiao Yan's excuse is nothing more than that Lu Yu fell into a beggar, and gave her only cake to the other party with kindness for a while, and the other party gave her a broken book in gratitude, she didn't care at first, but later found out that it was a secret recipe or something.
While making up the words, she looked at her mother's expression, but she didn't expect her mother to really believe it.
Finally, I also said that it is my daughter's kindness that has such a good reward.
"Well, Mom, don't tell me, I have a rough idea of the secret recipe in this book, but making things so delicious, people are letting people know, and they are not allowed to target our family, I said before that you learned the sauerkraut method from my grandma, don't say it." Xiao Yan admonished.
Zhao Guoying said carefully, "Well, mom knows, don't worry!" β
So, the mother and daughter happily decided to make chili sauce, in fact, Zhao Guoying will pickle some pickles, radish strips, cucumbers and other side dishes at home, and the cooking is not bad, and the people who have eaten it say that it is good, and some even joke that they can take it out and sell it, and someone will buy it.
But Zhao Guoying doesn't think that, in her words, no one knows how to pickle people's pickles.
That's right, almost all rural women can pickle pickles or something, but generally they can eat when they are pickled and salted, and there are not many people who can make small dishes delicious, so Zhao Guoying's craftsmanship is also good, but unfortunately she has no confidence.
Xiao Yan thought that it was just a good time to use chili sauce to let her mother build up her self-confidence and know her strengths.
In this way, Xiao Yan ordered some of the materials at home, and then made a list of the materials to buy, and the next day the mother and daughter rushed to the big market to buy materials, in fact, the main materials to buy were red peppers, she planned to make a sweet and sour one, and then make a medium and spicy one, and then look at the market reaction.
After buying chili peppers and some other materials in short supply, the two began to get busy, Zhao Guoying was in charge of chopping chili peppers, and Xiao Yan was in charge of seasoning.
Watching those red peppers being chopped and crushed on the cutting board, chopping out white seeds jumping in them, the spicy smell wafting in the air made Zhao Guoying's tears spicy.
"Mom, I'll switch chops with you!"
Zhao Guoying didn't dare to rub it with his hands, blinked his eyes vigorously, waved his hand to Xiao Yan and said, "No, no, you hurry up and spice it!" β
The mother and daughter tinkered for a day, and finally made the chili sauce out, during which they used all the jars that could be used, and they also bought ten small clay pots at the market and used them.
In the end, there were a total of fifteen large and small jars, and the two of them found a place to put the hot sauce, and then Xiao Yan told Zhao Guoying about his plans.
Xiao Yan wanted Zhao Guoying to cook a few more side dishes, if she went out to set up a stall, it would be better to choose more.
As soon as Zhao Guoying heard that she was going to take her to sell, she said angrily, "I will eat what I make by myself, how can I go out and sell it, don't make people laugh." β
Xiao Yan's eyes rolled, "Mom, don't think too much, it's just good-looking!" Think about it, let's set up a stall, but there is only one kind of chili sauce, people must feel that they can't believe that our food is delicious, let's bring a few more, try to be as formal as possible, and convincing! β
Xiao Yan is also a set of nonsense, and Zhao Guoying actually thinks that is the case, so he nodded in response.
The county's big market is not every day, but every Friday, and there are still a few days to go, and it is still too late to make it.
So Zhao Guoying made pickled radish strips and capers, if there were no cucumbers now, Xiao Yan also wanted her mother to pickle some cucumbers to eat, it was her favorite, chewing it to the mouth crisp and delicious, very delicious. But the other two are also good.
Xiao Zhen was a little disapproving of the fact that they were messing around making pickles to sell, after all, no matter how delicious they were, they were pickles, and whoever would spend money to buy pickles would get something for everyone. But seeing that the wife and children were very interested, they didn't stop it, and it didn't cost a lot of money anyway, so they were happy.
However, he was still very strict with Xiao Yan's study, and when he heard that Xiao Yan was going to set up a stall with him, he didn't agree very much, so he asked her to study hard at home.
Xiao Yan was very clear about her father's stubbornness, so she didn't argue, she promised well, and after her father went out to work in the morning, she and her mother also packed up their things and set off.
Zhao Guoying is actually not very resistant to going out to set up a stall, and he has used to sell the things he collects at home to the market, but it is the first time to sell the things he has made, so he is somewhat lacking in confidence, and Xiao Yan will not be stopped if he wants to follow.
Even before leaving, Xiaohui wanted to follow, but Zhao Guoying was afraid that he would run away too little and wouldn't let him go, so he didn't follow, or Xiao Yan said to let him play with his eldest brother at home, otherwise the eldest brother would have no one to accompany him, so he blinked his eyes and looked at his brother who smiled at him with white teeth, and nodded in agreement.
"Twist flowers, twist flowers, fragrant and crispy β‘β‘ flowers, new out of the pot!"
"Sugar-fried chestnuts, fragrant sugar-fried chestnuts! Two cents a pound! β
"Floral cloth, beautiful floral cloth, cheap and beautiful!"
People come and go on the big set, people buy their favorite things to their heart's content, buy more, sell a lot of things, some are special vendors who set up stalls, and some are the countryside of nearby towns and villages, they collect things and take them to the big set to sell, the big set in this county is the largest in ten miles and eight townships, and the goods are the most complete, so the flow of people is also very large.
Xiao Ma and Xiao Yan spread a thick cloth on the ground, and then put things full, the small jars are almost all bought clay pots, the style is the same, it really looks like that, and the other larger jars are placed behind, which can be sold in retail or in whole cans.
Xiao Yan compared the current price, set three cents and five pounds, a small clay pot is about five taels, and the largest canned bottle is one pound and three catties.
"Xiaoyan's mother, what are you selling?" Zhang Dali, who was placed next to the stall, asked.
On the way they came, they happened to meet Zhang Dali and his wife who sold handicrafts in the town, their husband and wife combination is really different from other families, Zhang Dali's daughter-in-law doesn't like to talk much, and she will say hello or something when she sees it, but this Zhang Dali really likes to talk, and his mouth has not stopped along the way, no, the stall has just been put up, and he saw what they put out and asked questions.
Zhao Guoying smiled and said, "It's a small dish made by myself at home." β
Her voice is quite small, and she looks like she lacks confidence.
Zhang Dali said in surprise, "Small dishes? β
He carefully looked at the strings of bottles and cans, "It can't be pickles, right?" β
Zhao Guoying was about to nod, Xiao Yan took over the conversation, she smiled heartily and said, "No, this is our own pickling, Uncle Zhang, do you want to pay for it?" Chili sauce, it's fragrant! β
Zhang Dali looked at the red thing, "I can't eat spicy, forget it." β
Although the chili pepper is appetizing, it doesn't even have a good thing, so he can't really eat it if he eats it dry and spicy. But this thing looks really appetizing.
Zhang Dali's daughter-in-law saw that Zhang Dali was blind and poor there again, she took out some things from the basket she brought, and then said angrily, "Dali, hurry up and put this away." β
Zhang Dali replied and went as soon as he went, and then listened to him muttering to his daughter-in-law, "The pickles in this house are also taken out and sold, it's really funny, who doesn't know how to pickle pickles, can this be sold!" β
His daughter-in-law said, "Just take care of ourselves, don't worry about other people's affairs." β
The big market starts very early in the morning, and there are people setting up stalls almost as soon as the morning dawns, and as the sun rises higher and higher, more and more people are setting up stalls and buying things.
But Xiao Yan's small stall has never shown signs of opening.