Chapter Forty-Nine: Selling Orders Again
It's been three days since she moved home, and Wen Rou ran to the yamen prison three times in succession, stuffing three or four taels of silver to the jailer, but they only promised to help her take care of Sister-in-law Liu, and they didn't even let her see the figure, and she had to return disappointed every time. When I went home, I saw Xiaohuan's eagerly expectant and hopeful face, and I felt even more uncomfortable, but I couldn't imagine that I had no way.
Not only will you not be able to raise enough money to bribe the jailers, but your own life will become difficult at that time. If you want to do business, you don't have enough capital, it's okay to set up a food stall, but the speed of making money is slow, you can't save Sister-in-law Liu at all, think about it, grit your teeth gently, and prepare to sell food orders again, but this kind of business can only be done occasionally, she doesn't want to do it for a long time, although the money is fast and much, but her future life, just point to these food lists in her head, if they are all circulated, what will she do in the future?
Stepping into the door of Zhiwei Zhai again, the person who ran the hall woke up, and remembered gentleness, although she was surprised how she changed into the makeup of the girl who had not left the pavilion today, but she didn't ask, just hurriedly beckoned her to take a seat, waved her hand gently, and said that she was looking for the shopkeeper to discuss something, and the hall looked at her in surprise for a moment, and then rushed to ask the shopkeeper.
After gently explaining his intentions, the arrogant face of the shopkeeper of Zhiwei Zhai became really fast enough, and a smile immediately appeared on his fat face, not only invited Gentle into the elegant seat to discuss carefully, but also hurried to let the runner go to the kitchen to pass a few dishes, please be gentle and point out after tasting.
Gentle is here to do business, and she is not polite to him, she casually put a chopstick carp in her mouth, she immediately frowned, why is it so unpalatable! Sweet and sour is a bit of the taste of West Lake vinegar fish, but this sweet and sour smell can't suppress the fishy smell, and she almost vomited on the spot.
"What? Does this fish taste bad? Seeing the gentle frowning, the shopkeeper of Zhiwei Zhai took a chopstick by himself, smacked his tongue after tasting it, and said: "The chef in my restaurant is one of the best in the city, and many diners are here for this fish, and they have to sell it for a hundred yuan!" ”
Is this the taste of a hundred texts? Gentle and bitter smiled, she knew that the price of the fish here was very high, a whole live fish, the market had to sell for dozens of dollars, into the restaurant to pack it and then serve it, the price must be higher, but the taste she really didn't dare to compliment, so she had to say with a bitter face: "It's too fishy." ”
"Fishy? Doesn't eating fish make it smell fishy? "The shopkeeper of Zhiweizhai is a little unimpressed.
Gentleness was determined to show his hands here, and the price of the food list could be sold higher in a while, so he said to the shopkeeper: "Can you invite the cook up and ask how he makes this fish?" ”
The shopkeeper of Zhiwei Zhai squinted, originally refused, but remembered the last time Sister-in-law Liu sold his five-course menu, the taste of the dish is really wonderful, these days can attract a lot of diners for the store, presumably gentle and not greedy for this way of making fish in his restaurant, so people called the cook who made this fish in.
The cook was very good at talking, and after entering the private room, he tasted the fish made by himself with chopsticks, and said with a smile: "The taste is not bad!" After I killed the live fish as usual, I put it in the pot and poured sweet and sour sauce on it! This method is simple to say, but the fish used needs to be extremely fresh, the time is short and not cooked, and the fish is not fresh and tender when it grows, which is very particular. ”
It's so simple, no wonder it smells fishy! Wen Wen thought for a while and said, "Can you borrow the kitchen?" I'll also make sweet and sour fish. ”
"Yes, yes!" The shopkeeper of Zhiwei Zhai was about to taste the gentle craftsmanship, so he immediately stroked his palm, turned sideways and said, "Please!" ”
Gentle followed him into Zhiweizhai's kitchen, a group of male cooks and handymen stared at her, she was not an ancient woman anyway, she was not afraid of being seen by strange men, she just looked down at the spices on the side of the stove.
Because she saw that there was still a lot of oil here, she didn't save for the shopkeeper, and immediately picked a fresh carp, washed and dissected it, and sprinkled salt in the belly of the fish after cutting out the crescent flower knife on both sides of the fish body for a while, and then used egg whites and flour to mix the paste, evenly smeared on the fish, and poured a lot of oil into the pot.
Wait until the whole carp is fried to golden brown, gently immediately put the fish out of the pot and put it on the plate, leave a little oil in the pot, grab the seasoning next to the stove in turn and put it in the pot, thicken the sweet and sour sauce, then pour hot oil on it, and quickly pour it on the fish. But it took a while, and a sweet and sour carp with a nasal smell was made.
"Shopkeeper, try it." Gently smiled and handed him the chopsticks.
The shopkeeper of Zhiwei Zhai was impatient with a snort on the side, and hurriedly took the chopsticks and picked up the fish meat and tasted it, only to feel that the fish was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and sour, but it didn't taste any fishy smell, and the mouth was full of fresh and crispy fragrance, and I couldn't help but praise it loudly! Let all the cooks in the kitchen taste it separately, and everyone nodded silently, looking at the gentle eyes with a little more surprise.
"What a workmanship! What a workmanship! The shopkeeper of Zhiwei Zhai praised endlessly, but when he thought of the oil he used gently, he felt a little painful, so he twitched the fat on his face and said to the running hall: "I want to increase the price!" The price of this sweet and sour carp is going to rise! Sell it for 150 cents! ”
What a businessman! Gentle and funny: "The method of this fish is given to the shopkeeper, and it is not money." ”
"Good! Good! The shopkeeper of Zhiwei Zhai thanked him in his mouth, but looking at the calm and confident appearance of Gentle, he knew that she was definitely not easy to fool, and knew in his heart that if she sold a food list next, the price would definitely rise, so the fat on her face was pumped a few more, and she was invited back to the elegant seat again, rubbing her hands and smiling: "I don't know how much silver the girl's food list plans to sell?" ”
"I only sell a five-course menu, so I won't do it anymore." After taking a sip of tea gently, he smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, after this village, there is no such shop, don't think I have a high price." ”
"This-" The fat on the face of the shopkeeper of Zhiwei Zhai was about to tremble, but he thought that after having a special food list, the business in his store would be several times prosperous, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Girl, please tell me a price first." ”
Gently lowered her head and thought about it, and smiled and compared five fingers.
"Fifty taels?" The shopkeeper of Zhiwei Zhai remembered that the last five-course food list Liu Sister-in-law sold thirty taels, although the price rose a little this time, but I learned a sweet and sour carp for free, which is not a loss, so I put my mind at ease, and said with a smile on my face: "Okay!" I won't pay the girl's price, fifty taels will be fifty taels! ”
"yes, fifty taels." Seeing that he didn't jump up immediately, Wen Rou knew in his heart that he had misunderstood, so he gently turned the teacup in his hand and smiled: "Sell a food list." ”
"What!" As soon as the shopkeeper of Zhiwei Zhai heard this, his fat body immediately jumped up, his face trembled, and he said in a trembling voice: "Girl, I have a small business, and I can't stand being scared!" This menu sells for fifty taels, and I can't afford it! ”