Chapter 40: Worried
Zhang was worried
Zhao Sanniang saw that Zhao Siniang's eyes were wandering, and she knew that her sister was lying again.
But as soon as those words came out just now, she regretted it in her heart: her sister was worried about the family all day long at a young age, and she relied on her to support the most important work in the shop. It is indeed all her credit to be able to earn five taels of silver today, even if she is a little proud? And those tofu haven't been sold out until now, in fact, they are mainly responsible: it is because they kept urging their parents that they didn't load the tofu into the car in a panic, so that the tofu missed the best sales opportunity. I saw with my own eyes that several customers came to buy tofu in the morning, but the shop couldn't get the goods. Alas, my sister has not done enough to be competent, and now she is still making things difficult for her sister, so that her sister can't get off the stage, it's really a mess!
So Zhao Sanniang hurriedly relieved Zhao Siniang and said, "Aren't we not having much soup to sell at noon?" Just when my grandfather went to buy fish, the stall owner gave two catties of small fish as an add-on. I guess my sister must want to cook the tofu and the fish together into tofu soup, just like in the morning! Or my sister is smart, this tofu soup is more profitable than selling tofu alone! ”
If other people who want to save face finally have a step down at this time, they will definitely climb down the ladder handed over by Zhao Sanniang. But Zhao Siniang is different, in addition to dying to save face, what is even worse is that her temper is still very awkward.
Hmph, I said that I would find a good way out for tofu, and I will definitely do it. Soup? How uncreative!
Zhao Siniang quickly searched in her mind for eating with tofu as raw materials. Why don't you make tofu balls? No, it costs too much oil, and tofu is vegetarian, so the market may not be good. So what to do? Between the lightning and the fire, a thought came to my mind.
"The second sister is right, we can burn the tofu into soup and sell it at noon. But you don't need a few pieces of tofu to cook the soup, and it is estimated that there will be a lot left. But don't worry, I really have a way to use up the tofu that I can't sell out. Zhao Siniang said confidently.
"What's the solution?" Zhao Sanniang asked curiously. My sister doesn't look like she's talking nonsense, but after just a while, she really came up with a solution?
"What's the way...... More on that later! Let's make lunch first, grandpa and eldest brother still have to hurry! Zhao Siniang, who was careful, deliberately betrayed Guan Zi and refused to say. Hmph, if you let you rob me, you will hang your appetite.
But this time Zhao Sanniang didn't think it was wrong, but happily listened to Zhao Siniang's advice and began to get busy with lunch.
The others in the shop were not idle, and they were busy. Some wash dishes and brush buckets, some clean up the table, and some kill fish and shrimp......
After a while, the messy shop was cleaned up. On the stove, one pot warms the belly and lung soup over a slight fire, and the other pot is boiling fish and stewed tofu soup over low heat. This pot of fish soup is not leftover from the morning, but a new one made by Zhao Siniang. Not only did two catties of small fish and five pieces of tofu be placed in it, but also several fish heads and bones with the meat removed to make the soup smell more mellow. For a while, accompanied by the aroma of soup, a warm atmosphere permeated the entire shop.
There were two tables of people in the shop, one of which was an elderly couple with two young grandchildren. They ordered a bowl of fish soup and a bowl of belly and lung soup, and broke the wowotou they had brought with them into the hot soup. They were reluctant to eat this soup by themselves, so they had to feed it to their two grandchildren, but the two children were very filial and insisted on eating it with their grandparents. The family is happy.
And here at a table sat Zhao Siniang and the nine of them, each holding a bowl of noodle soup in their hands, and a plate of rich dishes on the table: there were a lot of soybeans, a few pieces of pig's trotters, and a few pieces of pig's head meat, and a few small fish could be found at the end of the meal - these were leftovers from the sale, but the big guys ate them deliciously.
At this time, Jiang Yue'e caught a glimpse of the grass cover placed by the stove, and couldn't help but praise: "This thing called grass cover made by Siniang is really good!" When I was making the big bone soup noodles just now, I scooped the big bone broth from the inside, and the soup was still steaming all morning! ”
"yes, if only there were a few more! You don't need to occupy a pot for warm belly and lung soup, and you can save a lot of firewood! Jiang also sighed.
Originally, there was only one straw cover in the shop, but now it contains the fish stewed tofu soup that was cooked in the morning. If you want to keep the belly lung soup warm and eat it whenever you want, you can only put it in a pot and keep heating it.
"That's easy! I'm not going to go to several villages later, there are always villages where there is straw or wheat straw, and I ask people how many sheaves they want to come back. Let's follow Siniang in the evening, just do a few more! Old Man Jiang said with a smile. Then he turned his head and asked, "Siniang, really don't need grandpa to help you chop the fish into minced fish?" It's a bit of a chore! ”
"yes, or you'd have made fish and shrimp balls right here! Let's help you chop the fish and shrimp, so you don't have to go back! Zhao Yongzhong also persuaded.
In fact, Zhao Siniang planned to make fish balls and shrimp balls in the shop, so she specially asked Zhao Yongzhong to go back and get eggs. But at that time, she thought that after the morning meal until noon, there would be no business in the shop.
But at this point, there are still passers-by outside from time to time, many people looking curiously inside, and a few people are attracted by the aroma and come in directly to ask. This is a good thing for the shop's business, but it is very bad for her to make fish balls and shrimp balls.
Zhao Siniang saw that the four grandparents and grandchildren left the shop after eating, and there happened to be no one passing by outside the shop at this time, so she said in a low voice: "People come and go here, I am afraid that the method of making fish balls and shrimp balls will be seen by others, so it is better to go home and do it." ”
Zhao Yongzhong suddenly realized, no wonder the little girl only asked her sister-in-law to help her take out the fish and shrimp, but she said nothing and refused to continue.
"Dad, I'm really sorry, I let you run for nothing, but this basket of eggs is useless!" Zhao Siniang said apologetically.
"What's this? There are not a few steps before and after, and I can't be tired of your father and me. Besides, Siniang, you take it home to do it, it's also for the sake of the shop's business! Or are you thinking about it! Zhao Yongzhong praised.
"Uh...... Siniang, there are a few words that I don't know if I should say......" Zhao Sanlang hesitated.
"Big brother, if you have anything to say, just say it!" Zhao Siniang said with a smile.
"Actually, I don't think it's complicated to make fish balls, even if others don't see how to do it, as long as you think about it, you can understand it. So it doesn't matter if this fish ball is made in the shop or not. Zhao Sanlang said matter-of-factly.
Zhao Siniang chuckled in her heart, frowned, and thought about it carefully: In her previous life, she ran a noodle shop, and she liked food, and she had a lot of recipes in her hands. In the past few days, the food she has made according to the recipe has been unanimously affirmed by everyone, although she has not shown much on her face, but her heart is inevitably a little fluttery. She conceited that as long as she didn't leak the recipe, others would not be able to do it, and her family's business would continue for a long time. But now after being reminded by Zhao Sanlang, she thought: Many of these recipes have no technical content, but no one thought of it before, but now that she sees her family doing this, someone will soon be inspired to imitate it. What can I do about this......
For a while, Zhao Siniang was worried and worried.