At four o'clock in the afternoon, the weather was not so muggy. Kou Xi borrowed a bicycle from the family of Platoon Leader Jiang who he had met before and walked slowly to the outside of the village.

She wanted to take the opportunity to buy things to see if it was bustling enough when she got off work at four or five o'clock.

I went to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought some meat, and bought some rock candy. Then I started to watch the excitement not far from the door. From four o'clock, many people came one after another, and around half past five, it was very bustling and lively.

Although it is not so prosperous, because of the sake brewery, many young people come here after work. With a little spare money in hand, it is natural to buy some gadgets.

A small bowl of black sky for five cents, big plums with round bulges, and sour lantern fruits with green skin and white lines. It's all things that girls and boys like to buy, and of course, there are big oil cakes that sell fried hemp balls, fried dumplings, and one dollar.

Kou Xi observed for a while and found that the purchasing power of young people at this time was still not to be underestimated. An old man set up a humble stall, a kebab rack, and three small tables filled with men and women. Some people drink beer, some drink large white pears, and some ask for a bottle of orange petal soda.

This is a small-scale night market, and if there is a suitable project, Kou Xi thinks that he can make a lot of money in a month.

After thinking about it, Kou Xi stepped forward to ask the uncle of the kebab where he could buy bamboo skewers for mutton skewers. The uncle stretched out his hand and pointed: "There are supply and marketing cooperatives!"

Kou Xi hurriedly went over and bought a pack, and by the way, he bought some chicken breasts that others didn't want to buy, a pack of starch, half a catty of chili noodles, and two pieces of stupid old bread.

When I got home, Mrs. Gao had finished eating. Seeing Kou Xi, who had returned from Shanshan, couldn't help but come forward and complain: "My mother, where have you been." If you don't come back in the afternoon, I'm so anxious, I thought you were abducted by a kidnapper. ”

"I just went to see the excitement, but I didn't expect it to be so lively at five o'clock in the evening. Kou Xi grinned and walked into the kitchen and put things on the counter.

Mrs. Gao took out a bowl of vegetables from the pot and took out a steamed bun. Handed it to Kou Xi, watching Kou Xi gulp down his food and be curious: "What are you doing here?"

"I'll see if it's hot over there and see if I can sell something. Otherwise, it's too uncomfortable to stay all day!" Kou Xi pursed his lips: "Huo An can't come back every day!"

When Aunt Gao heard Kou Xi say this, she was immediately interested: "What do you want to do?"

"People live on food, and I want to make something to sell. Kou Xi said embarrassedly: "I'll study and see how to do it." ”

Mrs. Gao pouted disapprenously: "Then you have to rent a bed, otherwise you have to do it and sell it, you can't do it if you don't have a bicycle." You can't buy a bike, can you?"

Kou Xi finished dinner at the speed of light and began to study the ingredients for making snacks. She first cut the old bread into slices and spread it out on the windowsill of her room. I went to the vegetable garden and picked seven or eight tomatoes, steamed them for two minutes, took them out, tore off the skin, removed the seeds, and cut them into small pieces for later use.

Mrs. Gao took the bag of chili noodles that Kou Xi bought, frowned and said, "Girl, what are you buying this thing for? There are dried chili peppers hanging on the top of our windows, and I can borrow a reamer to grind chili noodles." ”

Kou Xi said with a smile: "I want this kind of thin noodles, the reamer is not thin enough." ”

"What the hell are you going to do?" Gao Da Niang looked at Kou Xi curiously, not knowing what to do.

"I want to make a sweet and spicy sauce!" Kou Xi said with a smile: "Auntie, do you have gauze at home?"

The tall lady patiently pulled a piece of gauze for Kou Xi, and once again instructed Kou Xi: "I tell you, no matter what you sell, you have to think about it." If you don't have a car at home, can you still carry it there?"

Kou Xi smiled mysteriously: "Make it first to see if it's delicious, if you think it's not delicious, I won't sell it." ”

"What are you going to do here?" The old lady took out a piece of chicken breast that Kou Xi bought, and rolled her eyes: "What are you buying this for? Let me tell you, this is the little chicken raised in Nantou." Their family opened a chicken farm, raised four or five hundred chickens, and fed them with chemical fertilizer. That's right, that chick eats fertilizer and can be raised. You see, I've been raising it for a year, and all the chickens it raises are sold to the southerners. Tsk, no one in front of us eats. ”

Kou Xi was stunned, but he didn't expect that the chicken farm began to provide feed in this era. It's just that the locals don't understand and use chicken feed as fertilizer. Kou Xi didn't explain much, only pursed his lips and pretended to be innocent: "I saw that it was cheap and it was all meat, so I bought it." ”

"Greedy for small and cheap and suffer big losses!" The old lady educated Kou Xi, Kou Xi nodded: "I know Auntie, you still don't watch TV dramas, you should regret it after a while." You can't eat the chili sauce today, and you can eat it tomorrow with something else. ”

The old lady then remembered the TV series she had to watch every day, and hurriedly slapped her thigh and ran into the house.

Kou Xi breathed a sigh of relief, wrapped the small pieces of chopped tomatoes in gauze, and wrung the juice vigorously. Eight tomatoes is also a big project. Kou Xi misses the juicer very much, but he definitely can't buy it at this time.

Pour the tomato juice into the pot, throw in the rock sugar, bring to a boil over high heat and simmer slowly. Until there was a sense of viscosity, Kou Xi lost a little bit of starch, and the viscosity increased. Kou Xi scooped homemade ketchup into a washed wine bottle.

Mix the minced garlic with the chili flakes and stir with water. Add sugar, salt and MSG, stir well and pour into a pot to cook. Once boiling, add two tablespoons of freshly boiled tomato paste and one spoonful of starch.

Kou Xi tasted it and found that it was sweet and spicy enough, but not sour enough, so after thinking about it, he poured two spoonfuls of white vinegar. When I tasted it again, it really felt like sweet and spicy sauce.

Scoop it out and put it in a large enamel bowl, set aside to be used tomorrow when you wear the skewers.

Before going to bed, Kou Xi cut the chicken breast into small strips. Add sugar, salt, liquor, soy sauce and marinate, and deliberately put it in the coolest place.

Early the next morning, Kou Xi went to the vegetable field to pick a lot of vegetables, and put on eggplants, beans, radish, cabbage, and potatoes with bamboo skewers. I bought some tofu and two dried tofu skins from Tofu Wang. The tofu is cut into pieces and skewered, and the dried tofu is wrapped with coriander. When it's done, it's cooked in water in the pot. Brush it with sweet and spicy sauce and make it breakfast for Niu Niu and Gao Da Niang.

Mrs. Gao frowned: "Do you use bamboo skewers to roll this thing? ”

Niu Niu thought it was very novel, took the vegetables worn by the bamboo skewers and ate them in a big gulp.

"Is it delicious?" Kou Xi's face was full of expectations, and the tall lady pouted: "What's this? Kou Xi, you're counting on making money with this thing?"

"Originally, the old oden soup had to be adjusted, but I didn't have time at this time, so I mainly wanted to try whether my hot sauce was good. Kou Xi smiled and was not discouraged at all: "I still have chicken skewers that haven't been fried, that one is more delicious." ”