Chapter 135: The Beginning
Chen Xuejiao and a few people sat in the carriage and drove towards the town.
There were three snowfalls in a row in the lunar month, and there was snow all the way. When the sun came out, the pedestrian carriage ran over the snowy road, and the snow gradually melted, and when it froze at night, the melted snow froze again, so that the whole road was slippery and cold, and it was very difficult to walk.
On the short road to the town, Chen Xuejiao saw a carriage slide into a ditch, and the pedestrian fell to the ground.
Finally arrived at the entrance of the town, as soon as the carriage skidd, Chen Xuejiao and Chen Qiping's bodies slid to the window and hit it, but fortunately, Chen Qi'an didn't have an accident.
Han Xingjian hurriedly got out of the car to see that the three people in the carriage were okay, and then he and Chen Qi'an checked whether the salted duck eggs in the jar were broken.
The five jars of salted duck eggs were opened one by one, and all of them were intact.
Chen Xuejiao breathed a sigh of relief.
This is thanks to the Li family, when she came, she insisted on wrapping the jar with wheat straw one by one, and using hemp rope == novel. Tightly wound, the five jars stood in the carriage in general. Just now, the carriage was torn up, and the jar rolled several times, but none of them were broken, and the duck eggs were intact after opening.
After a while, we arrived at the town of Qingfeng Village.
Shopkeeper Han was already waiting, and ordered the guy to serve tea and pour water. I was afraid that the three children of the Chen family would be hungry all the way, so I asked Lao Miao to fill his stomach with chicken noodles.
Now the children of the Chen family are not like when they couldn't fill themselves before, they have divided their families and filled their stomachs, so they are naturally not hungry for chicken noodles that night.
But in the end, it was the intention of the shopkeeper Han, and the three children ate the shredded chicken noodles in three bites.
When he arrived in the inner room, Shopkeeper Han accepted the salted duck eggs. Chen Xuejiao is the first person to pickle salted duck eggs in Xuzhou Prefecture, and there is no stipulated price in the market. Shopkeeper Han added two silver coins to the price of raw duck eggs, and Chen Xuejiao calculated it and felt that the price was appropriate. If you have a profit, the shopkeeper Han will not suffer a loss, and the customers can afford it.
After the salted duck eggs were accepted, a table of guests came.
Master Miao boiled five pieces on the spot, cut them, and served them as cold dishes.
I saw that the salted duck egg yolk was carmine. A knife down, the red oil is rising, extremely attractive, dripping sesame oil is fragrant, brought outside, other guests frequently look sideways, there are two tables of guests can't hold back their curiosity, shouting that the guy will also add a plate.
The duck eggs were initially delivered, and the door was opened, and Chen Xuejiao was overjoyed.
Salted duck eggs were a daily food in previous lives. For Xuzhou Mansion in this life, it is still the first time. Xue Jiao heard Master Qin say that there are salted duck eggs in other places, such as places with many ducks in the south of the Yangtze River, but in this era, the transportation is inconvenient, and no one transports the ordinary thing of salted duck eggs in the south of the Yangtze River to Xuzhou Mansion.
Therefore, this bargain was spread on Chen Xuejiao.
Even though salted duck eggs are a common food, it takes a lot of effort to marinate them. How much salt you put in it, how much alcohol you want to drink. Marinated for a few days, it is all exquisite. Moreover, Xue Jiao was afraid that people would imitate this recipe, so she deliberately added some Chinese medicinal materials to it, paying attention to the principle of the homology of medicine and food.
I believe that even if someone imitates it later, few people will think of this layer.
Chen Xuejiao is not afraid of imitation, the rise of a thing. It's definitely going to get out.
The guests ate salted duck eggs and couldn't stop boasting about the deliciousness.
Shopkeeper Han listened to it in the inner room, his eyebrows trembled with a smile, and he asked Master Miao to come in on the spot and asked to develop a recipe related to salted duck eggs. And put that dish on the order menu.
Chef Miao's "Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night" was selected to participate in Princess Peng's birthday banquet and won the jackpot, and since then his reputation in the culinary world of Xuzhou Mansion has soared. Several well-known time-honored restaurants in Xuzhou Mansion secretly found Qingfeng Village, and secretly wanted to win over Master Miao. Master Miao looked at gold and silver very lightly, and the shopkeeper of Qingfeng Village respected him and him, and the guests who came to eat praised him silently, and he had no intention of leaving.
Seeing Chen Xuejiao coming, Master Miao was happy.
A few days ago he got a basket of small fish. Such a small fish is rare in winter, and it is brought to him by a friend in the south who asked someone to take the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is very precious. He cut off the fish head, took out the intestines and internal organs, mixed out the rock sugar star anise, ginger and shallots, smeared with freshly ground sesame oil, and salted the fish overnight, every fish bone and every trace of fish meat were full of juice, and waited for Chen Xuejiao to come, and took it out and put it in the oil pot.
This kind of fish is not available in Xuzhou Mansion, and only poor families eat it or give it to cats in Jiangnan. Master Miao likes to eat such fish, and every year he asks a friend to bring it from Jiangnan, and it is the best wine to accompany it. Because I like Chen Xuejiao's brothers and sisters in my heart, I used all my kung fu to marinate, fry and fry.
The small fish is fried fragrant and crispy, sprinkled with sesame chives, served on a plate and served into the inner room, and before it has even entered the fragrance, it comes out.
"For you three little devils." Master Miao smiled, and his fat face became more and more kind.
The three children had a full breakfast, and they had eaten noodles just now, and they were not hungry, but at this time they smelled the fragrance of the nose, and they couldn't thank them, and they pinched them around the plate and swallowed even the bones of the belt into their stomachs.
It didn't take long for the three plates of small fish to be eaten cleanly.
Chen Xuejiao's tears were about to come out, and she suddenly evoked homesickness. In my previous life, there was a river in front of my grandmother's house, and every winter, my uncle would pry open the ice and catch the small fish frozen in the river, and my grandmother would blow it up like this and stuff it into her mouth.
Shopkeeper Han watched the three children eat happily, and ordered his men to serve two cups of Longjing, and drank them hot to relieve their greasy.
After eating the small fish and drinking the green tea, the shopkeeper Han settled the money.
Five jars of salted duck eggs were sold for one or two silver, and the deal was very good. Shopkeeper Han knew that Chen Xuejiao was a good person, so he handed her the silver.
Chen Xuejiao took the silver and smiled, this is not the first time she has come to this world to earn silver, but only this time she is happy.
Because it took a lot of effort this time, I invested the capital, and ran to Weishan Lake in the wind and rain. Unlike selling crabs and wild chrysanthemums, there are them in the beach of the Xiaohuai River, and they are picked up for nothing. The salted duck eggs are really earned by their own sweat, and they can become the www.biquge.info of the Chen family's big house career in the future, so they are very happy.
Even the tea egg recipe was sold for a hundred taels of silver, and he was not so happy.
Chen Qi'an and Chen Qiping's happy eyebrows and corners of their eyes flew up.
The shopkeeper Han left the three children to play, but Chen Xuejiao refused and took out the small jacket that Xue Ru embroidered for Bi Tao. Shopkeeper Han wanted to hire a carriage to take them back to Maoshan Village, and the three of them wanted to walk around the town, but they refused with a smile.
Master Miao and the others sent the three brothers and sisters to the door, and they heard several customers talking at the door.
"The duck eggs have a fishy smell. I never ate it, but I didn't expect Qingfeng Village to produce some rouge duck eggs, there was no fishy smell at all, and the egg yolk was thick and oily. A middle-aged man with a goatee smiled.
"Let's go in and have a try." Someone agreed.
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has been walking far, and there is still a faint discussion of salted duck eggs.
"Originally, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to recover the invested capital, but I didn't expect the five jars to be sold for one or two pieces of silver. And listen to the customer who spoke highly of this duck egg. Chen Qi'an looked back at Qingfengzhuang and said with a sigh.
"Sister, why don't we go to other stores to have a look, there will be so many salted duck eggs at home in Qingfeng Village." Chen Qiping said.
Chen Xuejiao gave her younger brother an appreciative look, it seems that this kid's mind is suitable for business.
"Don't worry, in a few days, our family will be broken through the threshold, and they will take the initiative to find us." Chen Xuejiao spoke slowly.
It's good to come to the door to take the initiative to sell, but then the price will be pushed down, if they take the initiative to come to the door. The price is calculated by Xue Jiao.
She doesn't worry about no one buying, Qingfengzhuang is the largest restaurant in Baitu Town, customers go to order salted duck eggs, naturally someone will do publicity, and other hotels will naturally follow suit. Besides, salted duck eggs are vulgar and elegant, not only sold in hotels, but also peddled in street vendors, and dignitaries can try them. Poor families can eat steamed buns.
This analysis of the market is huge.
The three brothers and sisters made money and walked around town. Look at the new gadgets in the street market along the way.
Chen Xuejiao hasn't gone shopping for a while, the last time she bought land, she invited guests to dinner in the town, and left after eating, because she didn't have time to shop because of the snow.
This time it's different, you can let go of your legs and go shopping.
The end of the year is approaching, and the streets are very lively. People from all over the country came to the market, noisy and shouting, and a market atmosphere arose. The whole street is full of vendors, and there are stalls selling New Year's paintings. There are people who carry burdens and sell lanterns, and there are people who shout and sell all kinds of food, and all kinds of people along the way.
There was a candy seller on the side of the road, a young merchant with a burden, guarding a stove with a pot on top of it, and the pot was boiling with syrup. Pick up a little candy with a bamboo stick, keep wrapping your two hands, draw dots, and a smiling villain will come out after a while. Looking at it again, there are already several strings on the stall, including puppies, cats, chickens, ducks and geese, lifelike.
Chen Qiping was stunned, and Chen Xuejiao was also amazed by the craftsmanship.
I couldn't help but go to the front to inquire, two pennies.
Chen Qi'an didn't eat that thing when he was too old, Chen Xuejiao took out a penny and bought two and one for Qi Ping, and licked it with her tongue.
Chen Xuejiao licked and told Qi Ping to stay away from the clothes, the sugar was sticky on the clothes, and it was not easy to wash.
Chen Qi'an was not interested in eating, Chen Xuejiao knew his thoughts, and wanted to go to the Four Treasures Shop at the back of the town to buy him paper, pencils, inkstones, and ink.
There is a scholar's shop in the town, on the white stone bridge at the back of the town, you need to cross two streets to get there.
Walking into the first street, all of them were selling needlework, rouge and groceries, and Chen Xuejiao bought something for Li's, Xueru, and Jinghao first.
I didn't expect to meet Wen Yan here, she was pulling her eldest daughter, Sister Chun, to buy rouge.
Seeing the nephew and niece of his mother's family, his eyes flickered, and he raised his voice: "Why are you here?" ”
The three children didn't like this aunt, so they patiently greeted her, Wen Yan looked disdainful, and Sister Chun beside her stared at Xue Jiaoqiu's fragrant little jacket.
Sister Chun is about the same age as Qi Ping, her face is carved out of the same mold as Wen Yan, and there is a smile on the corner of her mouth, which is faintly mean.
Wen Yan didn't wait for the three children to finish the salute, he pulled the clothes on Xue Jiao's body and looked left and right, and then pulled Qi An and Qi Ping's clothes to take a look, and said: "I heard that your family has made a fortune, I still don't believe it, the material of this clothes, tsk, sister-in-law is really willing." ”
The people around looked sideways, fortunately they were all strangers on the street, otherwise Chen Xuejiao would have felt embarrassed.
"My aunt came to town to catch the market." Xue Jiao asked with a smile.
Wen Yan stuffed the rouge into his cuffs, and said with a smile: "Catch up with the market, and go to Maoshan Village to see your milk by the way." ”
Chen Xuejiao originally planned to buy paper, pens and inkstones for Chen Qi'an and hire a car to return home, but she didn't expect Wen Yan to take Sister Chun to follow the three of them all the time.
Chen Xuejiao only thought they were air, and bought fragrant powder and rouge for Li's family, Xue Rujing was a pair of bead hairpins, Chen Xiucai and Chen Qi'an were pen and paper, Qi Ping was a pair of clay figures, and bought a lot of food, and hired a car full of money.
Wen Yan took Sister Chun into the car. When I got to the car, I asked Chen Xuejiao how to buy land and how to sell the recipe, but Chen Xuejiao didn't know what to do, and Wen Yan secretly scolded the little fox in her heart.
Chen Xuejiao put the food box on her lap and hugged it, Wen Yan went to open it, but was blocked by Chen Xuejiao. Without paying attention, Wen Yan had already lifted a lid, pinched out two pieces of pastry and ate them one by one with Sister Chun. (To be continued......)