56. Making a living
After sending his wife and sister to rest, the old man Chen Chi had an in-depth long conversation with He Xiaojun about his future plans.
Old man Chen Chi asked what He Xiaojun's plans were for the days when he came down? What are you going to do to make ends meet? Do you have a long-term plan?
Since He Xiaojun already knew that the old man was a successful person who had his own and not a small business in Jinshan, he had an attitude of asking for advice and told the old man about his plan to make a living in the county seat.
He Xiaojun's first plan to make a living in the county seat was to open and run a food stall.
After a rough understanding of the general situation of contemporary food from the old man Chen Chi, He Xiaojun has a certain confidence in his cooking skills, and considering that he has a small catering business, the investment capital is not much, and the return of funds is also fast, which is in line with his idea of no matter how protracted the war is, so after nearly a month of careful consideration and repeated measurement, he made the decision to do a catering business.
He Xiaojun's plan to start a catering business is to set up a temporary stall like those itinerant hawkers commonly known as "ghost stalls" in his previous life, and then open the business first.
The reason why He Xiaojun does not plan to operate for a long time and fixed is mainly because he still does not know what year he is in, so that he cannot make a detailed and long-term plan.
It also makes He Xiaojun depressed, because in contemporary times, it is not like his previous life, there is a calendar to see everywhere he goes, and even when all kinds of information are reported every day, he can also know the days of the day, in this remote Chen Village, and even when shopping in the county seat, he Xiaojun still has never seen a calendar.
You can't ask people: Hey, what year is this year, right? If you ask the day, month or hour, that's normal, but if you ask someone the year, they'll suspect that something is wrong with your head.
In the past few months since he came to another world, He Xiaojun has not heard the word year from other people's mouths, but what words are used by contemporary people to say that year, such as "Gengzi year", "Gengyin year" and so on, make him not only listen in vain, but also go crazy.
He Xiaojun, who only knew that he was in the early stage of the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and did not know how long it would take for the war to break out, of course, he did not dare to make long-term plans.
For this reason, He Xiaojun decided to open a stall with a low cost, in case something happens, he will not be a pity or heartache if he throws away the temporary stall.
Since he had this plan, He Xiaojun took the time to think about the county seat that he had visited several times, selected the location of the food stall he was going to operate, and also planned the project he was going to operate at the same time.
The food stall that He Xiaojun is going to open is located near the wharf in the west of the county seat.
The reason why he chose that place was that He Xiaojun took a fancy to the prosperity of the place and the low-grade project that he was going to operate.
The place at the county wharf is not far from the railway station, and the nearby market and the only brothel in the county town are located, so most of the people who haunt that place are low-class people such as coolies, vegetable farmers and prostitutes, and He Xiaojun is only ready to operate some cheap and low-grade businesses first due to the limitation of funds and his temporary business ideas, so this place is just suitable for the project he is preparing to operate.
He Xiaojun's food stall is preparing to operate in advance, one is to satisfy hunger mainly noodles and porridge, and the other is to drink the main stir-fried food.
Speaking of funds, He Xiaojun now has eighteen silver dollars on hand, one is the eight silver dollars left over from his salary as a head coach (the salary of the head of the sect is ten yuan, and he has already advanced two yuan when he first went to the county seat); One is that after completely eliminating the gang of bandits of "Duck Gongsheng", the county awarded ten silver dollars.
After two visits to the county seat and the market information from the villagers, He Xiaoyang already had a rough idea of the value of the silver dollar at that time. The money he had on hand was only enough to buy more than 100 catties of meat or more than 1,000 catties of grain. As for the cost of setting up a simple food stall, He Xiaojun estimates that it will be about ten silver dollars, and the remaining silver dollars will be used as daily working capital, and it should be able to cope with those low-grade food items that are not close to the cost.
Twice in the city, He Xiaojun went to the market to learn about the market of various dietary ingredients, so he had already prepared for the opening of his own food stall, and set the main raw material for the operation, which was mainly based on the cheapest pork offal in the market at that time.
Pig offal, that is, the internal organs of pigs, is called "pig in the water" in the mouth of the locals.
In the eyes of the locals, "pig in the water" is a cheap thing, and it is not easy to process, so there are not many people among the locals who eat this thing, so that this thing is so cheap that you can buy a bunch of it for only a symbolic amount of money.
"Pig in the water" is much higher than the value of pork in the eyes of He Xiaojun, who came from the post-society. Because of all kinds of "pig water", it is not only nutritious, but also can make a lot of exquisite dishes.
In He Xiaojun's previous life, the market price of most pork offal was higher than that of pork. For example, pork belly, the market price is more than twice that of lean meat; Another example is pork loin, the market price is more expensive than pork belly.
Moreover, in He Xiaojun's previous life, all kinds of pork offal could make exquisite dishes with different tastes. For example, the "pork belly chicken" that is nutritious and can drive away the cold and warm the stomach, such as the "boiled pork kidney in wine" that can strengthen the yang and kidneys, and so on.
He Xiaojun, who came from the world full of delicacies in his previous life, because of his interest in cooking and the fact that he has tasted a lot, of course, he has some knowledge and research on these exquisite dishes, so he has to make full use of this cognitive advantage that is ahead of the contemporary era, and take the things that the locals discard to find his "first pot of gold" in another world.
It was determined that "pig water" was used as the main ingredient, and several dietary items operated by He Xiaojun were, of course, revolve around this main ingredient, so his pasta and porridge, which are mainly used to satisfy hunger, or small fried foods based on wine, are ready to be made with this "pig water" as the main ingredient.
At the same time, since the old man Chen Chi had eaten his fried snails and praised them endlessly, He Xiaojun also thought of joining this project in his own food management.
The county is surrounded by a big river on both sides, and in the local river, there is a kind of stone snail that grows on the riverside called the stone snail, this kind of snail is compared with the field snail, although the meat quality is not so delicious, but it also has its characteristics, that is, in order to resist the turbulent river water and not be washed away, it "trains" the meat into a full of toughness, and it tastes chewy.
Another feature of this stone snail that He Xiaojun likes is that it is not like a snail, which only has to choose the season, it is a creature that exists all year round, and the speed of reproduction is amazing. In other words, after choosing this ingredient, it can be inexhaustible, and it will not be out of stock in all seasons.
Now, since He Xiaojun has more Da Niu as a follower, of course he has to make the best use of his talents, so that this good hand who "can hunt in the mountains and fish in the river" can provide himself with this kind of raw materials that do not cost money.
The above plan is the big plan that He Xiaojun perfected after many nights of pondering and preparing for the next step to make a living, except for the fact that he didn't dare to think about the long-term because he didn't know the years, the rest of the plan was explained in detail to the old man Chen Chi one by one without reservation.