Chapter 17, Deliberation
The small courtyard of Liu Jin's house is very lively, Liu Jin sits in the main seat, Wang, Zhao Heishan, Zhao Dahu, and Zhao Erhu sit next to them, as for Zhao Erhu's younger brothers and sisters, as well as his mother, sister-in-law, Zhao Dahu's son, etc., all of them are standing aside with a thick bowl in their hands, and they are not served.
On the table, a large pot of braised pork, as well as sweet and sour pork ribs, a plate of stir-fried Chinese cabbage exuded bursts of tempting fragrance, Zhao Dahu, Zhao Erhu and others all looked at the meat on the table one by one, swallowing saliva, while waiting for Liu Jin to move the chopsticks first.
According to the rules, women and children are not allowed to serve on the table, Liu Jin's mother Wang is the host, so the exception, the host does not move the chopsticks, and the guests are also not allowed to move the chopsticks.
Zhao Heishan is not bad, after all, he is old and a person who has come over, so he also chatted with Liu Jin with a smile on his face, but Zhao Erhu's younger brothers and sisters all looked very anxious, and saliva flowed out.
The fragrant rice, the rice from Jiangnan, is not white flour; The aroma of the large, large pieces of red braised pork made these young people wipe their saliva over and over again.
Such a good day, even in the past when the New Year was celebrated, Zhao Heishan's family is so poor that they haven't eaten meat for a long, long time.
"Let's eat, let's talk about something, after eating."
Liu Jin looked at everyone, smiled and said, he also took the lead in picking up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs, Liu Jin knew that if he didn't move the chopsticks, Zhao Heishan and the others would not move the chopsticks.
"Thank you, Brother Jin."
Zhao Heishan's swarthy and wrinkled face also squeezed out a smile, although it is not clear why Brother Jin usually invites his family to such a big meal today when he is crazy, but there is meat and white rice to eat, it is definitely worth laughing at.
As Liu Jin moved the chopsticks, the people at the table also began to move the chopsticks one after another, and the children who had been waiting for Hara on the side were naturally excited.
With a thick bowl, he flew to the big steamer, which was steaming fragrant rice, filled with a bowl, and then came to the pot with braised pork on the side.
Here, Zhao Heishan's daughter-in-law is in charge of the spoon, and when a person comes over, she will pour a spoonful of braised pork on top of the rice, and her hands can't help but shake constantly when she beats the braised pork, which is still comparable to the canteen aunts in later generations.
There is no way, after all, it is not my own home, I eat Liu Jin's, I always can't open it, when I meet the youngest son and the youngest grandson, I really love it, and I also quietly make an extra piece of braised pork.
Such a good braised pork, when have they ever been so extravagant, being able to eat a spoonful is already a very happy thing for them, and they dare not be greedy.
Liu Jin tasted the sweet and sour pork ribs carefully, to be honest, Wang's craftsmanship is really average, this sweet and sour pork ribs are very ordinary, but this pork is a pig raised by a farmer, not the kind of pig that grew up eating feed in later generations.
Now it often takes a year to raise a pig, and it eats some wild vegetables, swill or something, without any hormones, which is considered a pure natural food.
The taste is naturally much better than that of feed pigs, and the meat is more fragrant.
While eating, he also inadvertently observed the surroundings, Zhao Heishan on the table ate quite Sven, but it could also be seen that he had indeed not eaten meat for a long time, a large piece of braised pork, one bite at a time, and the oil and water flowed out of the corners of his mouth.
Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu are completely like starving ghosts reincarnated, at this time, they have already forgotten Zhao Heishan's words to the clouds, a big bowl of rice, a few bites to finish, a big mouthful of braised pork is also a bite.
As for the rest of Zhao Heishan's family, they were also in a hurry to eat one by one, a bowl of rice and a spoonful of braised pork were also eaten in a blink of an eye, and some children even had a bowl clean, and then looked at others with blank eyes, looking like they wanted to continue eating another bowl.
Liu Jin's mother, Wang, ate very slowly, chewed slowly, looked preoccupied, and wanted to stop talking, obviously she really couldn't figure out where Liu Jin got the money, and she had to invite Zhao Heishan's family to dinner.
"Auntie, give the three tigers an extra bowl of them, finish the meal, and keep it for easy spoilage."
Liu Jin saw the children in the courtyard who had finished eating, looking at the people at the main table one by one, and said to Zhao Heishan's wife with a smile.
"Eh~"
She nodded, for a rural woman like her, to have such a free meal to eat, naturally she would like to be able to eat more, and now that Liu Jin has spoken again, it is naturally not welcome.
Soon, the people of Zhao Heishan's family filled a full bowl of rice one by one and put a spoonful of braised pork, but this time they ate it slowly, and the taste of braised pork with rice was really unforgettable.
At the meal, everyone ate silently, and there was no sound except for the sound of eating.
After half an hour, the meal was finished, and Zhao Erhu's mother and Zhao Dahu's wife also consciously helped clean up, washing dishes and chopsticks.
As for the children of the Zhao family, they were sent back one by one with a full stomach, their mouths full of oil, and they were sent back satisfied, and then it was time for the adults to discuss big things.
"I know you have a lot of questions, but before I talk about these things, I'll show you something."
Liu Jin looked at his current Wang family, then at Zhao Heishan and Zhao Dahu, took out a bag of snow salt, slowly spread it out and said, "This is what I made a fortune, snow salt!" ”
"Snow salt?"
Wang and Zhao Heishan said suspiciously at the same time, and then took a little snow salt with their fingers and looked at it carefully.
"Is this the salt you've boiled these days?"
Wang tasted the snow salt, and her eyes widened suddenly, and she remembered that Liu Jin had been cooking salt these days, but she didn't expect that the boiled salt turned out to be this kind of high-grade refined salt.
"Yes, last time I heard Uncle Montenegro say that the best green salt costs more than 200 yuan a catty, and only rich landlords can use it, but the sea salt we cook is only sold for a few pennies a catty, and the price difference is too far."
"So I wondered if we would turn our sea salt into green salt, so that we could naturally sell it at a good price, and the last time the salt dealers came to our village to collect salt, I also quietly sold the snow salt, 200 wen a catty, and I sold it for more than 10 taels of silver."
Liu Jin nodded, and then told his way to make a fortune.
"I've been boiling sea salt all my life, why don't I know that this sea salt can be turned into green salt?"
When Zhao Heishan heard this, his eyes widened like a bull's eye, he had been boiling salt all his life, and his ancestors had been boiling salt for generations, but he never thought that this boiled salt could become such a snow-white, snow-white refined salt, which was sold for 200 wen per catty.
"Of course you won't know, this is what I saw in a book."
Liu Jin smiled and blamed all this on what he saw in books, and there was only one scholar in the entire Xiahetun, and the status of the scholar was very high, so naturally it would not arouse suspicion.
"During the time I cooked snow salt, it was also thanks to Huzi's help, so I also invited everyone to have a meal together, which can be regarded as thanking Huzi, and also thanking Uncle Montenegro for your family for taking care of our mother and son all the time."
Then, Liu Jin also said the reason for inviting guests to dinner, if he didn't say it, Zhao Heishan and them would be uncomfortable and unsteady to eat.
"Brother Jin, you're polite, if it weren't for your father's help, our Zhao Heishan family would have starved to death a long time ago, what is this, invite us to eat a large piece of red gauze meat, a big bowl of white rice, I don't know how to thank you."
"The dog can help you, that's his blessing, if there is anything to our family to do in the future, just ask."
When Zhao Heishan heard this, he immediately said very seriously.
"Uncle Montenegro, I came to you today, and I really have something to discuss."
After listening to this, Liu Jin smiled and nodded, this Zhao Heishan is still very good.
"This snow salt is refined from our sea salt, and we sell it to salt dealers for only 5 wen a catty, but when it is refined into snow salt, it can be sold for 200 wen a catty, and I don't need to talk about the profit here."
"Relying on me and Huzi to do this thing alone, there is always limited manpower, limited energy, very little output, and I can't make much money, so I want to cooperate with Zhao Heishan and your family to do this business."
"When the time comes, we can make money."
At this time, Liu Jin also said his plan, pulled Zhao Heishan's family on his own boat, and made money together, not only can he have time and energy left to do other things, but he can also have Zhao Heishan's family as helpers, not to mention anything else, just if Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu follow him in the future, it is not so easy for Tang Laohu to find trouble for himself.
"This can't work, this can't work, absolutely not!"
Who knew that this Zhao Heishan shook his head again and again when he heard it and said: "This method of refining snow salt was discovered by Brother Jin, and this way to make a fortune is naturally yours Brother Jin, although I Zhao Heishan has no interest, I will never do this kind of thing to take advantage of people in vain." ”
"Our family can help Brother Jin do things for you, you can enjoy a bite of food, as for five or five open, I will never agree."
"This~"
When Liu Jin heard this, he was also dumbfounded, he didn't expect people in this era to be so sincere, to be honest, he was willing to share the money with their family, but also to pull them on the boat to prevent some unnecessary troubles in the future, but he didn't expect him to disagree.
"Yes, Brother Jin, I will be satisfied to be able to do things with you, this penny thing, absolutely not."
Zhao Erhu also said with a straight head, for him, it seems that it is enough to be able to follow Liu Jin, and nothing else matters.