Chapter Twenty-Eight: Business
The father and son of the Qian family couldn't wait to send it to their mouths, "This taste, it's really wonderful, I've never eaten this kind of duck egg, the taste is fine with sand, the taste is salty and fresh, and it can also produce oil, I bought this salted duck egg." After Qian Bolai finished eating, he made a decision on the sale of salted duck eggs.
"Well, that's what it tastes like!" Although Qian Ze still said with a dead duck's mouth, the chopsticks kept reaching out to the bowl, looking like he was upright.
Qian Bolai put down his chopsticks, took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, "I see that your business is very good, why do you want to buy fried skewers?" ”
"Qian Dongjia, on the one hand, the seller is because our family is far away from the town, and we can't take care of the family's farm work, on the other hand, I won't tell you that there was an accident at home some time ago, and the family has used up and borrowed a foreign debt, and now it's time to pay taxes again, so I have no choice but to buy a prescription and exchange it for cash to save the emergency! Salted duck eggs and fried skewers are our family's ancestral recipes, and we are ready to sell them to you. ”
"I ate this salted duck egg, it tastes good, so how can I eat this houttuynia cordata?" Qian Bolai has been conquered by the taste of salted duck eggs, and even the doubts about Houttuynia cordata just now have been lowered, plus Dr. Zheng has eaten it, which means that this grass is at least a harmless thing, and now wait for the Li family to have another surprise, Qian Bolai is shrewd! can do a unique business, which businessman is not impressed.
"Qian Dongjia, can you borrow your kitchen for use? I'm going to give you a taste. Li Yangqing stood up and asked as he lifted a basket of houttuynia cordata.
"When people can, Xiaobao, quickly take Miss Yangqing to the kitchen, let her make the kitchen things."
"Yes, sir." Li Yangqing followed Xiaobao to the kitchen in the backyard, where there was a cook with a few helpers who were busy working, without feeling a little envious.
It is worthy of opening a restaurant, and there are all kinds of seasonings in this era, "Chef Wang, this is the Yangqing girl that the master asked me to bring, and I want to cook with things from the kitchen." ”
"Do you want us to help?" , the big-bellied chef Wang greeted him warmly.
"Then please ask Uncle Wang to find someone to help me burn the fire!"
"Aunt Ma, come over and help Miss Yangqing light the fire." Chef Wang instructed a middle-aged aunt who was a helper in the house to go to the stove to light the fire.
Li Yangqing was going to make a cold salad of houttuynia cordata, fried meat with houttuynia cordata, and was originally going to make another stew, but he couldn't catch up in time.
Li Yangqing quickly cut the houttuynia into small pieces, saw that there was pork belly in the kitchen, took a piece and cut it into small slices, chopped the green onion, ginger and garlic, filled a part of the houttuynia with a plate, sprinkled the salt, green onion, ginger and garlic into the bowl, put a few large spoons of oil in the oil jar into the pot, waited for the oil to heat and melt, scooped up a large spoon of hot oil with a spoon and poured it on the houttuynia on the plate, stirred the seasoning evenly with chopsticks, and the cold houttuynia was ready.
Seeing that the hot oil is still bubbling in the pot, put the chopped green onions, ginger and garlic into the pot and stir-fry first, and then pour the pork belly into the pot and stir-fry for a while, see the color of the meat turn yellow-white, and a burst of tempting meat aroma will come out.
"This is, what is this practice?" Chef Wang stood by the stove and looked at the fried meat in the pot and asked curiously.
"This is called stir-frying, and I made it up myself, and no one here has ever done this yet." After Li Yangqing finished speaking, he quickly put the houttuynia cordata into the pot and stir-fried it together, then sprinkled a little salt and stir-fried, and put it on a plate.
"Alright, you're done." Li Yangqing clapped his hands proudly, and the aroma of the dishes made everyone in the kitchen swallow.
Li Yangqing took two dishes into the private room and put them on the table, everyone looked at the two dishes with a strong aroma, especially this stir-fried dish, Li Yangqing pointed to these two dishes and introduced, "Qian Dongjia, this dish is called cold Houttuynia cordata, this dish is called Houttuynia cordata fried meat, you can taste it while it's hot." ”
The eyes of everyone in the room have long been attracted by these two dishes with both color and flavor, and they can't help but move their index fingers.
"Miss Yangqing, I didn't expect you to have such good cooking skills at a young age, I know cold dishes, I heard that the nobles in the capital are eating this stir-fried dish, no one in our place can do it, I didn't expect you to do it, then I want to try it, everyone is welcome, try it."
Qian Ze sandwiched a chopstick of Houttuynia cordata to fry the meat, "The smell is quite good, not as stinky as just now." "It seems that everyone can't escape the law of true fragrance.
After the Li family saw the Qian family father and son taste it, they lifted the chopsticks and stretched out to the plate to try the taste.
"This cold salad Houttuynia cordata is crispy and fresh, and the fried meat with Houttuynia cordata is really an indescribable taste, is this the charm of stir-frying? I want all of your recipes. Qian Dongjia took a few more bites, and the more he ate, the more addicted he became.
"Since the Qian owner is so satisfied, how much silver are you going to buy our recipe? These two recipes can't make much money in our hands, but when it comes to the money owner, it is several times the price, as for Houttuynia cordata, we have a lot of cultivation at home, and we can directly send it to the Cantonese restaurant in the future, as for the price! Money shopkeeper, you just look at the exclusive supply we give you, give a fair price, hehe! ”
"You girl is really good at talking, and you have thought about everything, so these two recipes are eighty taels! Whatever price Dr. Houttuynia Zheng gives you, we will pay you. ”
"Money shopkeeper, you can add more! Exclusive recipe, exclusive supply, I can also hand over the method of stir-frying to your cook, and then I will mention you a few recipes for making houttuynia cordata and salted duck eggs, if the cooperation is good, there will be a chance in the future! You say, don't you? Li Yangqing relied on his young age and thick skin, so he simply gave up for the sake of silver.
"Yes, what the little sister means, is what we all mean, the money shopkeeper, you bought these two secret recipes, plus the cooking method of stir-frying, why worry about not making back the money?" Li Yangde said.
"Okay, okay! Your family will say, so I will buy one hundred taels of your two recipes and the cooking method of stir-frying, Houttuynia cordata twenty wen a catty, salted duck egg three wen a penny, Yang Qing will wait a while and then go to the kitchen to instruct our chef how to make stir-frying, cooking Houttuynia cordata and salted duck eggs, after all, the cooking method of stir-fry will be passed to our town sooner or later, easy to imitate, Houttuynia cordata and the remaining salted duck eggs in this basket How much you bring today, I will collect as much as I want, and you will send Houttuynia every few days in the future! You can't come out to sell fried skewers and salted duck eggs in the future, and Houttuynia cordata can only supply my family and Dr. Zheng! ”
"Money shopkeeper, we agree, then we will write you the recipe for fried skewers and salted duck eggs and the recipe for cooking houttuynia and salted duck eggs, how about it?"
"Okay, I didn't expect that although Mr. Li's family lives in the countryside, the family can read and write, which is admirable, Xiaobao, go to my room and bring some pen and ink and bamboo slips."
Waiting for Xiaobao to bring the things, Li Yangqing stood next to Old Man Li and said, Old Man Li began to write, and two quarters of an hour later, Qian Bolai and Qian Ze took the bamboo slips and looked at them carefully.
"I didn't expect that these dishes are actually very simple, but no one thought of it, wonderful! It's wonderful, hahaha....... "The Qian Dongjia has already smiled when he gets the formula.
"Now since there is no problem, then we will go to the counter to settle the accounts, just now the shopkeeper Chen in our hall went out, and now he should come back, I will take you to know the shopkeeper Chen, and in the future, you can directly send Houttuynia to the shopkeeper Chen." Qian Bolai took the Li family out of the private room and walked to the counter.
"Master, what do you command?" Shopkeeper Chen, who was settling accounts at the counter, saw Qian Bolai, and hurriedly got up and asked respectfully, Shopkeeper Chen looked about the same age as Old Man Li, wearing a long fine linen dress, a little short but very energetic.
"This is the old man Li and his children who do business with us, you first find a scale to weigh how many catties of Houttuynia cordata in this basket, count how many salted duck eggs, Houttuynia cordata twenty wen a catty, salted duck eggs three wen a piece, calculate how much money plus one hundred taels to Old Man Li, in the future, they will regularly send Houttuynia cordata over, you will be responsible for settling the bill to them at that time, Yang Qing will trouble you to go to the kitchen to guide Chef Wang, I will leave first if I have something."
After listening to the instructions, Shopkeeper Chen said, "Okay, master, I'll take them to the kitchen to weigh the bill, and by the way, let Miss Yangqing guide Chef Wang." ”
Qian Ze took the lead and walked out from the Li family, passing by Li Yangqing's side and paused, "The food you make is barely palatable." "Qian Ze's picky mouth is rare to praise, it seems that today's dish is very successful.
The Li family followed the shopkeeper Chen into the kitchen, and after spending an hour, Li Yangqing finally finished instructing the cook, and when he arrived in the lobby, he saw Li Qiu's and Li Yangming, who had collected the stall, were also waiting for him, and the family returned to Lijia Village with a huge amount of money and a smile.
"Quick, all of you come to the house, and I'll tell you about today's trip to town." When Old Man Li entered the courtyard, he beckoned people who were still doing things into the house to talk.
The people who stayed at home were very concerned about today's seller's affairs, which was related to the livelihood of the family, and they didn't need to be greeted by Mr. Li, and when they saw people coming back, they spontaneously followed them to the hall, "Today, we met with the owner of the Canton Restaurant, and sold the cooking method of salted duck egg recipes, fried skewer recipes, and stir-fried vegetables, Yang Qing also instructed the chef of the Canton Restaurant how to make stir-fried vegetables, cook houttuynia and salted duck eggs, and brought over forty salted duck eggs and forty catties of Houttuynia cordata, Dr. Zheng received ten catties, and Qian Dongjia received thirty catties, Today, I earned a total of 120,920 Wen, child's mother, how much income do you earn in the past half a month? But in the future, you can't go to the stall to sell fried skewers and salted duck eggs, and Houttuynia cordata can only be supplied to Qian Dongjia and Dr. Zheng? ”
"That's a lot of silver! I can buy a lot of food, I want to eat sugar gourds, meat, big buns, ....... Li Chenggang excitedly counted the delicacies he loved with his fingers.
"I want to eat it too, and I want to eat what my brother said." Li Chengqiang saw that Li Chenggang expressed his demands, and he was worried that the adults would forget him and make a fuss.
Li Sun's hands pinched the mouths of the boys who were shouting on the left and right, "Don't make trouble yet, listen to your grandparents, otherwise you will be invited to eat bamboo boards." ”
The little sparrow, who was still in high spirits just now, shrank his body, lowered his head, and closed his mouth under Li Sun's vigorous suppression.
"Ahem, we have a lot less, the run on the landlord's house, plus the freshness has passed, and in twenty days, in addition to the cost, only four taels of silver were earned, and the family originally had eight hundred wen, a total of four taels or eight hundred wen."
"That's not bad, we now have one hundred and five taels of silver at home, and seven hundred and twenty yuan in change, and if we want to pay back three taels to Village Chief Li and two taels to the second brother, there will be one hundred and two hundred and seven hundred and twenty Wen left, and after listening to the village chief's explanation, the government will come to collect taxes in a few days, and the silver will definitely go to a part of it at that time, boss, you take five taels of silver and return it to the second brother and Village Chief Li in a while, everyone is in a hurry to use the silver these days." Old Man Li gave five taels of silver to Li Yangde.