The group soon arrived at the Zhuangzi where they were bathing in the hot springs.

Shen Mingzhen soaked in the hot spring and felt that her whole body was relaxed.

The hot spring pond is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the sky is blue with blue grass on all sides.

She drank wine and slept in the hot springs, but fortunately the pool was not very deep.

Shen Mingzhen woke up, it was already evening, and Zi Su called her to eat. On the eight-treasure table, large and small plates have been placed on the table. A seventeen-year-old girl stood beside her, carefully giving her vegetables.

When Shen Mingzhen finished eating, she sneaked out: "Miss, the slave knows that you know some medical skills. Can you prescribe some medicine for the slave? ”

The girl's name was Caoxi, and she was seventeen years old.

Because his family was poor and couldn't eat, his health has been poor, and when he was seventeen years old, he still had yellow and thin muscles. The playmates in the same village have married and had children, but she is still alone, and she will inevitably be ridiculed behind her back.

"My mother said that if I can't find anyone to marry me, she will marry me to Wang Daniu, who lost his wife in our village. His sons are eight years old, and the family is poor, so how can I stand in the past. ”

Cao Xi cried profusely.

Shen Mingzhen comforted her while taking her pulse.

This girl is lacking in qi, and she needs to buy some recipes to replenish her qi and nourish her beauty. Considering that her family was poor, Shen Mingzhen replaced all the medicinal materials with common and affordable medicines.

Caoxi was very aggrieved: "Girl, I am doing things in Zhuangzi now, and I have to be busy from morning to night, and I always have to run around." Look, can you help me prescribe some pills. ”

Pills have always been less expensive than medicinal soup, Shen Mingzhen saw that she was pitiful, so she simply pinched two for her.

The herbs are crushed into water, filtered into a thick juice, and then slowly kneaded together with the medicinal mud that nourishes the middle and nourishing qi, and then it can be eaten after air drying.

Shen Mingzhen handed the medicine to Caoxi, and the other party was very grateful to Dade: "This is some dried meat that we dried ourselves, Miss don't dislike it, take it home as a snack and eat it." ”

The jerky is cut into paper-thin slices, and each slice of meat is coated with honey, and the aroma of the meat blends with the sweetness of the honey to create a strange taste.

Rare, but delicious.

Kyoto women's snacks have always been nothing more than some preserved fruits, fruit pastries and the like. Thinly sliced meat, this is the first time she has seen it.

Shen Mingzhen thought that this might be an opportunity, she knew how to make money.

Inspired to do business, Shen Mingzhen was very happy all the way, and spent money to buy a few strings of sugar gourds for Zisu, not to mention, and also pinched a colorful clay figure for Master Shen and Mrs. Sun.

On the way back, several people gossiped more harmoniously than when they came.

Master Shen looked at his daughter's smiling face, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Shen Mingzhen said that he would do it, and after he went back, he asked Shisu to buy all kinds of meat, venison and rabbit meat weighed twenty catties each, and pork weighed ten catties.

In the small kitchen, Master Wang's knife work was very good, Shen Mingzhen gave him two boxes of pastries and a pot of flower tea, Master Wang said a polite word to the eldest lady, turned his head, and quickly cut out the meat slices.

He was originally a chef in the house, but now he is short of people, and he even brought out the seasoning with jerky.

Aged vinegar, minced garlic and chili peppers, served in a small brown dish.

The meat slices were steamed and cooked after a column of fragrant incense, and Master Wang took a chopstick of meat and handed it to Shen Mingzhen: "Miss taste it?" ”

The meat is fragrant, but there is no way to store it.

Shen Mingzhen asked Shiso to carry the meat to the yard, part of it was brushed with chili oil, part of it was brushed with honey and sesame seeds, and part of it was brushed with cumin sauce, and it was placed in the yard waiting to be dried.

After waiting for three hours, the jerky was finally dried and had some taste, but it was still very light.

Shen Mingzhen frowned and gave the meat to his subordinates.

It was wiser to dry the meat the next day, and each piece of jerky was soaked in the sauce for a whole hour. This time, the meat is full of chewiness, and when you bite into it, it will leave you with a fragrant taste.

She put each slice of meat on her own plate: "Give it to my father and mother to taste." ”

Aunt Zhu hadn't seen Master Shen for many days, and was begging bitterly in Master Shen's bedroom at the moment: "Master, the concubine is wrong, don't ignore me." ”

When Shen Mingzhen passed, Aunt Zhu had already reconciled with Master Shen.

She ate slices of meat, and rarely praised Shen Mingzhen: "These jerky made by the eldest lady are really rare, and they can satisfy their cravings and fill their stomachs." It's a pity that the eldest lady has done too little, otherwise, the concubine and your sister Mingzhu are really blessed. ”

Shen Mingzhen smiled slightly, and even Aunt Zhu praised her, which showed that her jerky was indeed delicious.

Shen Mingzhen went back and designed the packaging of the jerky, and after choosing dozens of types, she simply gave up the two options of porcelain bottles and porcelain bowls, and used the most concise and generous paper packaging.

The paper bag was made of pink oilcloth paper with the name of her jerky written on it.

——Happy Dried Meat Restaurant.

The name is concise and easy to remember.

After doing this, she secretly spent thirty taels of silver to set up a shop in Kyoto's famous snack street, with a jewelry pavilion frequented by women on the left and a famous pastry shop in Kyoto on the right.

Her shop is located in the middle, and she unconsciously attracts a lot of customers. Within five days of opening, more than 400 packs of jerky were sold, earning back eight taels of silver.

Shen Mingzhen made persistent efforts and hired five maids in the store. Two maids are responsible for shouting, one is responsible for letting the ladies and ladies taste the dried meat, and two are responsible for making it.

The store was running in an orderly manner, and after a month's bill came down, Shen Mingzhen was taken aback. The net profit of this month alone reached more than forty taels of silver.

She quietly handed the money to her mother: "This is the money that my daughter's shop earned last month, so mother should send it to her uncles." ”

These words made Mrs. Sun sigh for a while, her daughter is only so young, and she has the ability to support herself. It's a great joy to say.

Mrs. Sun intended to help her daughter, and gave the dried meat made by her daughter to the wives who knew each other in the capital.

There is a family that loves to eat very much, and directly set a year's amount with Mrs. Sun, and even gave a full deposit of 100 taels, which made Mrs. Sun happy for most of the day.