Chapter 30: Preparation
In the Zhang family's little lady's house, since Wang Dong and Jiugong left, she has not been able to put her mind at ease, and walked to the alley from time to time and looked out.
"Oh, I don't know what happened to Wang Lang and Jiugong......
Rubbing her little hands worriedly, the Zhang family's mind began to think crankily. She has never been able to earn so much money in one morning like today, so in her eyes, Wang Dong is simply a "god" like a deposit.
"Isn't it selling well at this price? Why do you have to be cheaper? ”
The lady of the Zhang family entertained the servants of the palace, and came to the alley again, looking at the sky, it was already approaching evening, but Wang Dong and Jiugong still did not come back.
"Something must have happened." The little lady of the Zhang family muttered.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she saw two familiar figures in the distance, and she was immediately overjoyed, and immediately greeted her.
"Wang Lang, Jiugong, you can be counted as back."
Wang Dong and Jiugong pushed a wooden cart with bags of flour and other ingredients on it. The two of them pushed, slowly approaching in this direction.
When the lady of the Zhang family came closer, she looked at the things in the car and said excitedly: "Jiugong and Wang Lang still have a way, and the matter can be done so easily." Squinting her eyes, the Zhang family's admiration for the two was beyond words.
The lady of the Zhang family helped push the cart, and Wang Dong said: "It's just a small step of success, and Sanniang hasn't promised us yet." ”
"Then these flours and ingredients ......"
"It was lent to us by Sanniang temporarily, and she wanted to test us." Wang Dong said.
"Test?"
Jiugong laughed: "That's right, the key depends on your performance tomorrow, but according to today's situation, I have confidence in you." ”
"What the hell is going on?" The lady of the Zhang family was a little puzzled, so along the way, the three of them moved forward slowly, and Wang Dong told the little lady what happened.
After listening, the little lady admired Wang Dong even more: "Wang Lang knows so much. ”
"Haha, little lady, what's wrong? Do you admire our Wang Lang very much? Or I'll match you ......"
"Oh, what did Jiugong say......" The lady of the Zhang family was teased by Jiugong for a while, and her face was flushed in an instant, and she glanced at Jiugong, and ran away.
Wang Dong saw the little lady walking away, so he reminded: "Jiugong, don't talk nonsense, the little lady is already married, and her husband died two years ago." ”
"Huh? And such things? Why didn't you remind me earlier. ”
"How did I know that you would suddenly say these things."
“……”
So, Jiugong saw the little lady again and looked apologetic, but the three of them also tacitly kept silent about this matter, as if Jiugong had never said that.
After dinner in the evening, the lady of the Zhang family returned to the house to wash the dishes, and Wang Dong and Jiugong taught the three servants of the Wang family how to make zuò.
The first thing to pay attention to when frying fritters is the ratio of flour, alum, alkali and other materials, and the most important thing is the heat of frying fritters in the oil pan when frying fritters. On the former side, with Wang Dong in charge, there will naturally be no mistakes.
However, the heat of this fried fritters cannot be explained clearly in a few words.
Therefore, Wang Dong's plan is to fry tomorrow's fritters mainly by him. As for the Nine Palaces and these three servants, they are in charge of other aspects.
In the evening, Wang Dong and Jiugong calculated that there will be no shortage of people who come to buy fritters in the morning market tomorrow. Moreover, Wang Dong plans to sell the fritters at a reduced price tomorrow morning, so that I am afraid that more will be sold.
Today, Wang Dong and Jiugong borrowed three stones of flour from Sanniang, and he estimated that the fritters sold tomorrow should use about one stone of flour, so he planned to make one-third of the flour into dough.
When he came to the kitchen, he said that the proportion of all the ingredients was good, and Jiugong said: "Are you really sure that you can sell so many fritters?" ”
Wang Dong nodded: "Don't worry, I think it's about the same." ”
"Alright then, I'll listen to you."
So, as soon as the two pulled up their sleeves, they began to meet. One stone of flour and dough, this is definitely not a small project. Wang Dong and Jiugong have been in harmony for two hours, divided into four large basins, before announcing the end.
Looking at the sky, it was late at night, and after so many faces, Wang Dong felt that his arms were sore for a while.
"Success or failure depends on tomorrow." Staring at the four dozen pots of dough, Wang Dong muttered to himself.
Jiugong sat on the side to rest, and said, "It's really exhausting my old bones." ”
"Jiugong, it's not early, you and a few servants will rest in the wine shop first, I'll see what to prepare, and then I'll go back." Wang Dong arrived.
Jiugong nodded: "Okay, don't delay too late." ”
So, Jiugong and the three servants said goodbye to the Zhang family's lady.
After sending off the four of Jiugong, Wang Dong came to the courtyard and found that the little lady was pulling the stone mill in a circle, and the soaked soybeans were put on top, and the bean juice was ground out below. These are the materials used to make zuò bean curd.
Tomorrow, if the demand for fritters increases greatly, bean curd will be no exception.
The three palace servants just now helped the Zhang family lady grind most of it, and at this moment, there is a little bit left of the Zhang family lady who is dealing with it.
It's just that the lady of the Zhang family has been busy all night, and her body is obviously a little weak.
Seeing this, Wang Dong stepped forward, took the stone mill from the hand of the Zhang family's lady, and said, "Let me come." "He's tired, but he's a man.
The lady of the Zhang family was really tired, looked at Wang Dong and nodded gratefully, and then walked to the side and carried out the follow-up processing of the ground bean juice.
The two of them were busy for another half an hour, and finally packed up a qiē. To tell the truth, the Zhang family's lady's house has been messed up, and large and small tools are pushed in the yard, and it is the first time she has made so many bean curd.
Seeing that it was not early, Wang Dong said goodbye: "It's not early, I should go back too." ”
The lady of the Zhang family raised her head and looked at the sky, but her brows were slightly furrowed, and she said, "At this time, I'm afraid the city gate has been closed." ”
"Huh?" Wang Dong was stunned, he didn't think of this question, "Then what should I do?" ”
The lady of the Zhang family lowered her head and thought for a moment, then raised her head and said, "Otherwise, if Wang Lang doesn't dislike it, how about resting with me for the night tonight?" ”
"This ...... It's inconvenient. ”
"Ahem, what's inconvenient." Suddenly, the old lady walked out of the inner room, looked at Wang Dong and said, "Tomorrow morning, you have to get up early, stay tonight." I'm here, although the furniture is shabby, but it's still okay to shelter from the wind and rain. ”
"That'...... Well, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate. Wang Dong bowed down to give a salute, which can be regarded as a thank you to the old lady and the lady of the Zhang family.