Chapter 31: The Snail
After a while, Lou Chengyi led Lou Ming back, and handed the bamboo Lou to Lou Yuzhu with a smile: "Brother Yu'er, can you see if it's possible?" ”
Lou Yuzhu took a look and saw that the microorganisms on the surface of the stone snail lion had been washed off to reveal a smooth shell, so he nodded with satisfaction: "Well, it's done." Dad, don't go to the net fish today, help me cut off the ass of this stone snail lion and rub it twice, I'll use it later. "If you want a modern vice, their brother can do it, but it's a pity that the vice and even the scissors are rusty, and the brother's little arms and legs can't be cut.
"Ahh It is his motivation to sell fish every day, and if he doesn't fish fish, he won't make money, and Lou Chengyi feels a little unhappy when he thinks of this.
"Dad, don't worry, I'm not cutting that snail lion for fun, it's for food. If this dish is done well, you may be able to make more money, which is much more stable than net fish. ”
As soon as he heard that he could make more money, Lou Chengyi was a little skeptical at first. "Really?" Wanyu can earn more than 100 a day, Lou Chengyi feels like a dream, can you earn more, that, how much?
"It's no good for me to lie to my father." Lou Yuzhu didn't bother to roll his eyes: "Dad, go quickly, finish the food early while it's still early, and you can get out of the pot early." ”
Hearing this, Lou Chengyi hurriedly went to cut the stone snail lion. After the stone snail lion is cut and rubbed twice, Lou Yuzhu felt that it was clean, so he instructed Lou Hua to burn the fire Lou Chengyi to hold the spoon, and the full amount of oil burst into the pot, and then put the seasoning to burst out the fragrance and then pour the washed stone snail lion, and then add water to simmer.
Soon the long fragrance in his memory floated out, Lou Yuzhu fanned it with his hand, and asked Lou Hua next to him: "Big brother will want to eat it when he smells this fragrance?" ”
Lou Hua nodded, and Lou Ming had already nodded like pounding garlic. "I want to eat, I really want to eat!"
"If you want to eat it, we'll try it." Lou Yuzhu took the small bowl and asked Lou Chengyi to spoon a few, and Lou Ming was anxious to start but Lou Hua slapped it away. "Something that just comes out of the pot is not afraid of being hot!" scolded in his mouth, but handed the chopsticks in his hand.
Lou Ming smiled and took it, but when the thing reached his mouth, he ate the flavor on the shell, but the snail meat inside couldn't be eaten, and he wanted to get started again in a hurry.
Lou Yuzhu smiled and said, "Second brother is not in a hurry, this snail lion meat is instigated." "As he spoke, he pressed his mouth against the mouth of the snail and instigated it hard, and he instigated it to bite off the snail flesh and leave the snail shell and the internal organs of the snail." This internal organ is not edible, and it is about to be bitten off, so you should pay attention to some force when instigating, but don't suck all the internal organs into your mouth. ”
Anyone who has eaten snails knows that no matter how smart you are when you first eat it, you will always be in a good state, and when you are familiar with it, it will be an instigation!
The two-pound snail lion came out of the pot and put it in the bowl and was slightly sharp, and the brothers and sisters were lying on the table and 'instigated' a mouthful full of oil that kept eating, Lou Chengyi also tried it, and even Fu Linshu couldn't help but instigate a few, and soon a bowl of instigated snails saw the bottom.
Lou Ming licked his tongue unsatisfied: "I haven't eaten enough!" ”
"If the second brother wants to eat it, we'll make it later." Lou Yuzhu smiled and asked Lou Hua: "What does the eldest brother think?" ”
"The taste is enough, fragrant enough, but the meat is small." As he spoke, his eyes lit up: "Why don't we try that snail?" ”
Lou Yuzhu smiled: "The snail is too big and not easy to taste, and it is not as fragrant as this stone snail." Of course, if we are free in the future, we can also try the snail, and now we will talk about this stone snail lion. I plan to make the stone snail lion and use a cart to push it to sell in the town, and I will sell it for three yuan. ”
"Three texts for one?" Lou Chengyi's eyes widened, this stone snail lion has always been a cheap food, because the meat is too small and troublesome, even the Zhuang family doesn't like to eat it, but now his brother is a copy of three articles? Isn't it too much? Thinking so in my heart, I said so in my mouth.
"Sanwen is not expensive, we don't sell it ourselves, we have to calculate the labor cost, but also to change the water and spit sand, and then to scrub, and finally to cut the buttocks, each process takes a lot of time, and the oil and salt seasoning fee, it is only a penny and a half to make money. And I'm going to get a master carpenter to make a cart, and I need to build two small tables and stools, which will cost a lot of money. "Lou Yuzhu has thought about it carefully, each one is about one catty, and it shouldn't be a problem to sell eighty copies a day in terms of Huya Town's purchasing power, eighty copies multiplied by three is two hundred and forty Wen, and half of the profit is one hundred and twenty Wen, and there will be more than seven taels of profit in a month." I only plan to do this business in the afternoon, and in the morning we can also sell the fish nets, and when the fish is sold out, we can just do the snails. "The profits on both sides add up to two hundred yuan a day, and there is an income of twelve taels in a month, which is much better than relying on the fields to eat!
"You can still sell fish?"
"Absolutely." The fish market is also not bad, and of course it cannot be given up.
As soon as I heard that I could also sell fish buildings, Chengyi felt a lot more at ease, and when I was at ease, I was not so resistant to the business of Shiluoshi.
Seeing that Lou Chengyi was not so resistant, Lou Chengyi turned to Fu Linshu: "What does Daddy think?" ”
Fu Linshu smiled, and the children were willing to fight him, so they naturally raised their hands in favor. "Brother Yu'er's method should be able to try, but the snail just now is a little old, and it should be more delicious if it is cooked tenderly. Also, this dish should be eaten hot, and it is best to consider how to maintain the temperature of the snail when playing the cart. ”
"I've already thought about this, I'm going to set up an iron stove, and it won't be a problem to bring enough charcoal."
Lou Hua thought for a moment: "Then we have to buy a bigger iron pot." ”
"Yes, and the iron spoon. If you take it home to eat, you will use the laminated oil paper in the bamboo bucket, and if you eat it in the stall, you will use a bowl to eat it in a bowl, and you will buy a good wooden basin to prepare hot water, and wash your hands and face for the guests who eat at the stall. "If you can't suck it out, you can only get started, and after eating, the oil on your mouth is not good-looking.
Thinking of buying so many things, Lou Chengyi felt a little distressed about the money, and hesitated: "Actually, I can carry that burden and sell it, and I don't have to spend so much money to make that thing." "What I'm most afraid of is that after making so many things, it will be difficult to sell snails, will it be a loss?
"Since we are doing that serious business, of course, we have to prepare some serious things, and it is not decent to pick up the burden and walk the streets and alleys with the things that immediately enter the mouth, and there are people who are so particular that they will worry that our things are not clean." If you have a serious place to set up a stall, you will feel like you can't run away, and you will feel at ease.
"The method of instigating snails is simple, will anyone learn to do it at home?"
"It's simple but troublesome, you have to change the water, spit out the sand, rub it clean, and finally cut your buttocks, unless there is a servant, who loves the god Feina?" Lou Yuzhu is not worried about this. Learning to make it yourself must be the one who loves to eat, and if you love to eat, you find that you are troublesome and not as delicious as what they make, so don't you remember to buy it every day? There are a lot of rich people in the town, isn't it the money of three meat buns to spend three pennies?
"So someone did it?" Lou Hua was worried about this.
Hearing this, Lou Yuzhu smiled: "There will be people who will learn any method in the world, can someone learn this business and not do it?" It doesn't matter. Besides, there is competition and motivation, as long as we have been using enough materials and tasting right, we are not afraid of guests choosing other homes. ”
Get rid of this last worry, and the business of instigating snails is settled. The next morning, after Lou Chengyi finished selling the fish, he went to the carpenter to order a cart and a table, and then went to the iron master to order an iron stove, cauldron and other things, and by the way bought a cage of stone snail lions to raise, and this cost was nearly two taels of silver. Fortunately, the next day was to catch the market, and the two nets of fish were sold for more than one or two silver, which made Lou Chengyi feel better.
Two days later, the things arrived, and on the same day, Lou Yuzhu asked Lou Chengyi to prepare forty catties of snails and put them in the pot to carry them to the town, and took out the cart table from the person who put it and put it on the place. Lou Ming, who set up a stall for the first time, Lou Ming, because he was more energetic and open than Lou Hua, would not blush when eating snails in front of everyone's eyes, and it was up to him to try and teach people to eat snails.
After raising the fire and putting the pot on the stove, Lou Chengyi was still inevitably apprehensive.
Lou Yuzhu gave Lou Ming a look, and the other party immediately shouted at the top of his throat.
"Sell the snails~ Sell the snails~ The incense snails only cost three dollars a Luo!"
This clamour, coupled with the fragrance wafting from the pot, immediately attracted people to surround him. "This thing is called a snail? Hey, isn't that the stone snail lion? This thing is a cheap thing, and no one wants that penny in the past! Isn't it too expensive for you to sell Sanwen? ”
"Uncle, it's a little more expensive for us to sell three articles than that one, but look at it, how clean are we washed and how much material is put in? That oil alone is a lot of money! "Lou Yuzhu can't wipe his face and sell, and he can answer unambiguously when he comes forward to ask." And we are eating freshly, have you ever seen it in other houses? Make sure you still want to eat it! Why don't you try it? Saying that, he asked Lou Chengyi to spoon a few out, and Lou Ming immediately came up and said crisply: "Uncle, this thing is called instigated snails, and the way to eat it is unique, I will teach you." Plug the snail mouth with chopsticks and suck it in your mouth, and the strength should be good, don't suck all the internal organs and eat them. ”
Lou Ming has eaten the snail several times in the past few days, and his mouth kung fu has long been practiced, blocking the snail's mouth and sucking it accurately!
As soon as I heard that I could try it, several people got on the chopsticks, but looking at Lou Ming's simple sucking, they couldn't suck out their old energy, and some people wondered if he was broken.
Lou Ming was not in a hurry, and said crisply: "Uncle learned from me to use chopsticks to stuff the snail meat into it and then suck it, block the snail mouth, and pay attention!" I couldn't suck it out when I first started eating it, but then I was able to suck it out after eating a few more! ”
The hard work paid off, and finally someone sucked it out, and there was a second one, and a few of the ones to be tried were sucked out, and the small half bowl of instigators was bottomed out. The person was stunned when he was coerced again, and when he looked up, he saw Lou Yuzhu smile and said, "Uncle wants to buy one?" Sanwen money, really not expensive! ”
Anyone who has just eaten snails knows that the addiction can't stop the addiction without a pound or two, not to mention that it is the end of the day, and the lunch is just digested when the stomach is almost empty, how can those who have spare money care about these three pennies?
"Okay, get me one!"
"Get me a copy too!"
"And me!"
Lou Yuzhu was busy collecting money in an orderly manner, Lou Chengyi was loading and packing, and Lou Ming, who ate on the table, was responsible for sending and cleaning up, and the hot appearance attracted more people to come.