Chapter 55: Making Spicy Cabbage
November is coming to an end in the blink of an eye, the weather is getting colder and colder, and the snow is falling non-stop.
There are fewer and fewer people working in the town, especially in the last few days, there are only one or two customers at the end of the day, and Li Miaomiao simply gave everyone a holiday.
Mr. Zhang's school was also suspended, and several children were at home, and as long as the snow stopped, they went out to play wildly, and Li Miaomiao also went with them.
The kang was burned at home, and it was warm everywhere in the house, and Li Miaomiao didn't want to go out even more.
Speaking of Kanglai, Li Miaomiao's heart was still moved.
Because of his own business, he had to go back and forth to the town every day, so he gave Li Dazhuang the spare key to the house for safekeeping, but he quietly filled the backyard firewood room with stacks of neat and tidy dry firewood.
Li Miaomiao usually doesn't go to the backyard much, and now that there is not much firewood in the kitchen, she remembers that her uncle seems to have told her that there is firewood in the firewood room in the backyard.
She took her younger siblings to thank her, but Li Dazhuang just smirked and waved his hand, saying that it was not necessary. This also made Li Miaomiao deeply understand the meaning of family, that is, to pay silently without asking for anything in return.
Due to the cold weather, the only vegetables that can be served are cabbage and radish, spinach and lettuce, which are more frost-tolerant.
I really have eaten enough of these things, and Li Miaomiao misses the food in her previous life.
There are a lot of radishes and cabbages at home, in addition to those sent by the old house, there are also a few neighbors with good relations. Looking at the things piled up into a hill, Li Miaomiao couldn't help but have a headache, where could their sisters and brothers finish eating these.
After living at home for a few days, Li Miaomiao felt that she couldn't be decadent anymore. I began to clean up the house, and the first thing was these turnips and cabbages.
In her previous life, she liked to eat Korean food, and kimchi was naturally indispensable. So, I started to prepare according to the practice in my memory.
Several children saw that she was busy and didn't go out to play, so they came to help Li Miaomiao, and naturally she would not refuse. The operation on the first day is relatively simple, just salted and done. She only kept three cabbages for the usual meal, and the rest was pickled.
"Sister, will this cabbage taste good if it is salted?" Lei Lei saw that she had made so many cabbages, and couldn't help but feel a little worried, she wouldn't have to eat these every day in the future.
Looking at several little faces with some sorrow, Li Miaomiao couldn't help laughing, this is a small mouth that has been raised, and he dislikes Chinese cabbage.
"You'll know when the time comes, and my sister promises that you won't be able to stop eating."
Seeing that she deliberately sold Guanzi, several children surrounded her to find out, but Li Miaomiao refused to reveal it again no matter what, so she had to give up.
The next day, the prepared seasoning was rubbed on the cabbage over and over again, because there were no gloves, several children were red from the spicy little hands, and there were not many of them, so Li Miaomiao drove them aside to come by herself.
After being busy for more than two hours, he finally got it all ready, put it in the jar and sealed it, there were as many as five jars, Li Miaomiao couldn't help but feel that he was too greedy, this is going to eat until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Moon.
After waiting for two days, she finally couldn't help but open a jar, take out some and put it in her mouth, Li Miaomiao couldn't help but feel the liquid in her mouth, it was this taste, although it was not completely flavored, but it was attractive enough.
As soon as it was served at night, it was naturally loved by the three children, especially Yanyan, who had a red mouth and stuck out her tongue when she ate, not to mention how cute she looked.
This spiciness, which is just right for Li Miaomiao, but several children are relatively young, and it is easy to get angry if they eat too much.
So, Li Miaomiao endured their reluctant gaze and accepted it.
The next day, when Li Miaomiao tasted it again, it tasted even better than yesterday.
After breakfast and enduring the cold, she had to go out.
Yesterday, she thought carefully about it, this spicy cabbage is a very good business opportunity, in this winter when ingredients are scarce, such an appetizing side dish will definitely be popular with people.
And everyone in the village grows a lot of cabbage, and it only costs a penny a pound to sell it in the town, if it succeeds, she can be regarded as making some contributions to the villagers.
The first thing she went to was Brother Changlin's house, she first packed a bowl of spicy cabbage for their family to taste, and after getting a satisfactory answer, she asked Brother Changlin to prepare the carriage and go to the town later.
I went to send some to the neighbors, and the reviews I got were very good, and naturally some people with small ideas asked questions, but she was sent away with a trade secret and inconvenient disclosure. The old house was far away, so she sent a few children there.
When he returned home, he asked Brother Changlin to load all the remaining four altars in the house into the carriage, and the two set off for the town.
Rao had a carriage, not a long distance, the two of them walked for more than an hour, the road was too slippery, and they had to be careful.
When I arrived at Fumanlou, because I didn't have a meal, there was not a single customer in the store. When the money shopkeeper saw the two coming, he hurriedly welcomed the people in and let Xiao Er serve hot tea.
Li Miaomiao swallowed a cup of hot tea before she felt that she had come to life.
Seeing that her little face was bloody, the shopkeeper Qian asked, "Why did Miao Miao come over on such a cold day?" ”
"The restaurant business is okay, right?" Li Miaomiao didn't answer his words, but asked rhetorically.
The shopkeeper frowned when he heard this, sighed and said, "It's okay, I won't tell you, this customer flow has indeed dropped a lot." ”
"Why?" Changlin was a little puzzled, this Fumanlou is the largest restaurant in the town, although their village is poorer, but there are many villages nearby, and there is no shortage of rich people in the town.
"At first, there were a lot of customers, but isn't it winter, and it's really hard to get seasonal vegetables. The pickier guests saw that there was nothing they wanted to eat, so they naturally stopped coming. ”
Hearing his answer, Li Miaomiao's heart blossomed, didn't this give him a chance, so he said, "I have a good dish here, maybe it can solve the shopkeeper's urgency."
After hearing this, the shopkeeper anxiously asked what it was, but Li Miaomiao didn't answer, so he asked Brother Changlin to take the altar from the carriage and open it for him to taste for himself.
The shopkeeper only felt that the sour and spicy taste permeated the entire taste buds, making him want to serve a bowl of white rice immediately.
So I asked Xiao Er to invite a few chefs from the back kitchen to come over, and a few people tasted it, and they thought it was good. But one of them still raised his own question, "This spicy cabbage is good, but it's just an appetizer, and it's not easy to sell it for a price." ”
Li Miaomiao heard his question, so she explained, "Naturally, it's not just these side dishes, I will also use these to make a few kinds of food."
After hearing this, the shopkeeper hurriedly invited people to the back kitchen, which kept a fire on the back, but it was extremely warm, and Li Miaomiao was more comfortable doing things.
She also knows a few simple foods, kimchi soup, kimchi cakes and kimchi fried rice. The method is simple, she only demonstrated it once, and several chefs remembered it, and they were naturally satisfied with the taste, and several people exchanged experiences while eating.
The rest is naturally between Li Miaomiao and the money shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper brought people into the side room, and after serving tea, he asked, "How do Miao Miao want to cooperate this time?" ”
Seeing him like this, Li Miaomiao stopped going around in circles. "As you know, this cabbage isn't worth much, but my ingredients are good."
The money shopkeeper naturally nodded again and again.
"I'll give you the bottom directly, if you buy from me, it costs five cents a pound, what do you think?"
The money shopkeeper originally wanted to ask the prescription, but after listening to it, he agreed after a little consideration.
Seeing that he had no objections, Li Miaomiao added, "You must ensure that within the next year, all the spicy cabbage you use will be ordered from me." To be honest, this spicy cabbage method is really simple, and experienced chefs will soon be able to figure out the method, and Li Miaomiao can only strive for the greatest benefit for herself in this way.
"What a shrewd girl", the money shopkeeper couldn't help laughing, this girl had thought about her own future.
The two signed a contract, and Li Miaomiao asked Xiao Er to move the remaining altars down, each altar was ten catties, and a total of one hundred and twenty Wen was harvested this time.
"How do you count those recipes for eating", the money shopkeeper asked again after settling the spicy cabbage money of 200 yuan.
Li Miaomiao smiled and waved her hand, and said, "It's not worth much, so I'll give it to you."
The money shopkeeper was happy, so he ordered another hundred jars and agreed to deliver them after half a month.