She used scissors to flush away the chicken intestines and cold water to flush out the chicken feces inside. While repairing the backyard, she had a ditch built next to the well leading to the septic tank behind the toilet. In this way, when you wash your clothes and vegetables by the well, the dirty water will flow away automatically.

"Cao'er, what can my mother help with?" Liu still couldn't bear to watch the sisters busy, so he walked over and asked.

Yu Xiaocao smiled at her and said, "Mother, you came just in time." There's still some kosher salt at home, right? You take some and rub the inside side of the chicken intestines vigorously with salt so that there will be no smell. ”

"Rub it with coarse salt? Are you sure this can be sold for money? Don't sell it when the time comes, you can't sell it, you can't eat it, it's a waste of things! Although the coarse salt by the sea can buy half a jar for a penny, Liu, who is used to frugality, still can't help but remind.

Xiaocao raised her mouth and said, "Mother! Don't worry! These methods of mine are all ignited by the God of Wealth, and they can't be wrong! ”

The little girl took out the god as a talisman, and Liu didn't say anything anymore, squatting down and trying to scrub the chicken intestines. She was very serious, for fear that she would tear her daughter's hind legs if she was not clean.

Xiaocao began to concentrate on dealing with chicken liver and chicken gizzard. Cleaning up the chicken liver, the main thing is to cut the chicken gall from the top, which is a meticulous work, if it is accidentally broken, the chicken liver will have a bitter taste, which affects the effect of lo-mei. Fortunately, she has been doing this for more than ten years, and she can get it out with her eyes closed.

The chicken gizzard is a little troublesome, you need to open the bag, wash off the chicken manure inside, and then peel off a layer of yellow skin inside. Don't underestimate this layer of skin, it is called chicken inner gold in traditional Chinese medicine, which can help digestion. If the child eats the accumulated food, he can eat it by drying it and grinding it into pieces, and he will be able to eat it quickly.

Peeling this layer of skin is Xiaocao's best, forty chickens with gold, all of them are complete, and none of them are torn.

After cleaning up the chicken intestines, chicken liver, and chicken gizzards, Xiaocao asked Liu to rest, and pulled Xiaolian into the kitchen by himself. She's going to get it out tonight and go to town tomorrow to see if she can sell it.

"Sell it in town? The townspeople are weird, and if they knew you were from the chicken's belly, they would have to kill you. If you want me to say, you might as well try your luck on the docks. First, let's get closer to the dock, and we won't be there in an hour. Second, the fish sellers and porters on the dock get up early, and breakfast is usually taken with them or bought. These people don't have high requirements for eating, as long as the taste is good and the price is cheap, they don't feel very distressed about spending money. Xiaolian heard from her aunt, who was doing a small business on the dock, and made a suggestion.

Yu Xiaocao thought about it, nodded, and said, "Hmm! You're right, Tanggu Wharf is still quite lively, just those dock workers, it's not a small market. We'll try it out there tomorrow! ”

The sisters went to the kitchen to light a fire and boil water, and put the chicken offal in boiling water to remove the smell. Then it's time to mix the marinade, whether the marinade tastes good or not, the key is in this marinade. The marinade is further divided into red marinade, white marinade and yellow marinade.

Xiaocao had the true biography of the proprietress of the pickled vegetable shop in her previous life, and the marinade is unique. She thought about it for a while, and then asked Xiaolian: "Xiaolian, give me a few more money, and I'll go to Dr. You to buy some medicinal herbs and come back......"

Dr. You came back in the spring, and brought back a teenage boy, who was said to be his nephew or something. Yu Xiaocao had already returned the medicine box and all the money earned in the autumn and winter to him. The people in the village are also relieved, although Yu Xiaocao's medical skills have been recognized by most people, but the neighbors are still more willing to trust the older doctors.

"Medicinal herbs? Can you still use medicinal herbs for cooking? Xiaolian asked puzzled.

Xiaocao smiled: "Of course, don't big families often eat angelica chicken, ginseng chicken or something?" Aren't the angelica and ginseng in it all medicinal herbs? ”

Xiaolian muttered quietly: Can we compare with other rich people? However, she still went back to the house, took the purse that Xiaocao had given her in the afternoon, and stuffed it back into her sister's hand.

The medicinal herbs that Xiaocao needs are all common and cheap. She only spent ten pennies and bought several items back. Then she started to mix the marinade, and now the weather is cold, so she mixed a lot of it this time.

The marinade of the marinated dish can be used many times as long as it is well preserved. The more times the marinade is used, the longer it is stored, the better the quality and the better the taste. This is due to the fact that the marinade contains more and more soluble proteins and other ingredients. This is also the reason why the older the marinated dishes, the more mellow the taste.

20 grams of star anise, 20 grams of cinnamon, 50 grams of tangerine peel, 20 grams of Sichuan pepper, 15 grams of fennel, 20 grams of bay leaves, 15 grams of licorice, 100 grams of dried red pepper, 150 grams of chives, 150 grams of ginger, one pound of rice wine, 400 grams of soy sauce, 200 grams of salt...... (Refer to the network is simplified, please do not be elegant)

When Xiaolian saw the materials of the forty texts, she immediately wrapped them in gauze and threw them in, and said a little anxiously: "The first time I do it, get so much, in case it fails......"

"There will be no mistakes!" The grass is categorically authentic. Perhaps it was her self-confidence that gave Xiaolian confidence, she didn't say anything anymore, just increased or decreased the firewood in the stove according to Xiaocao's request.

"It smells so good! Mother, do you smell it? It must be the second sister's internal organs, I'll take a look! The little stone lying on the bed to consume food, shrugged his nose like a police dog, got up from the kang with a grunt, and rushed out with his torn cotton shoes, almost tripped over the threshold and chewed on.

Liu smiled and shook his head: "This kid ...... Dad, let's go see it too? ”

Yu Hai couldn't sit still, nodded, put on his shoes and walked quickly to the kitchen.

Forty portions of chicken offal, a whole pot of marinated meat, stewed on the stove and boiled over low heat. The little stone waited by the stove, his eyes shining with a burning light, like a puppy that only saw flesh and bones, and almost wagged his tail and stuck out his tongue.

Xiaocao saw that the time was almost up, lifted the lid of the pot, fished out a piece of chicken intestines from it, and blew it to the little guy's mouth.

Xiao Shi shook his head and refused: "These are to be sold for money, I don't eat ......"

"It's not bad for you!" The grass was shoved into the little one's mouth. The chicken intestines are marinated very deliciously, chewy and crunchy, and have a very good taste. The little one narrowed his eyes in satisfaction and chewed carefully, reluctant to swallow.

Xiaocao picked some more and let Xiaolian and her father and mother taste them. Yu Hai and Xiaolian both opened their mouths to catch it, but Liu hesitated and asked the man uneasily: "Her father, how does it taste?" Doesn't it stink, isn't it unpalatable? ”

Xiaocao couldn't cry or laugh: "Mother, you are so optimistic about your daughter's craftsmanship?" ”

Yu Hai nodded again and again with a lot of face: "It's delicious!" Delicious!! You can't eat chicken intestines at all, but it tastes like chicken – no, it's even better than the braised chicken nuggets you made! Well, if you want to sell it like this, someone will definitely eat it! ”

Xiaolian also nodded vigorously in agreement. Xiaocao tasted it herself, frowned and said, "It's a pity that there is no MSG and bone broth, and the taste is still a little worse." However, it tastes good! ”

Seeing that everyone was full of praise, Liu Shi boldly tried it, and was immediately attracted by this fragrant taste: "This ...... Is it really the taste of pickled chicken intestines? It's, it's incredible!! ”

Xiaocao put the leftover chicken blood in the evening into the marinade, marinated it out, and prepared to sell it with the chicken offal tomorrow.

"How much is a pound to sell?" Xiaocao muttered to herself with some sorrow.

Yu Hai gave her a good suggestion: the workers on the docks, when they work a lot, they can earn thirty or forty copper plates a day, and when they are bad, they can earn more than twenty yuan. Although the braised vegetables made by Xiaocao are made with the contents of the chicken's belly, after all, they are meat dishes and have the taste of meat. If you sell it by the pound, you can't make much money when the price is low, and workers are reluctant to buy it when the price is high.

If it is divided into small portions and sold for a penny, the workers will definitely not care about the copper plate, after all, it is a meat dish, delicious and cheap, can it still be sold?

Hearing this, Xiaocao's mouth suddenly opened, and her bright eyes looked at her father adoringly - not to mention, Daddy is really business-minded!

Yu Hai was looked at by his daughter like this, his vanity was satisfied, and he smiled and looked for oil paper. The family divided the pot of braised chicken offal into 60 small portions, each of which contained sliced intestines, chicken livers and chicken gizzards. The chicken blood is not easy to pack, so I put it in a jar and add a few pieces to each serving when I sell it. In this way, a penny is a lot of weight!

This night, Xiaocao excitedly turned over on the kang and couldn't sleep, until the fourth watch, he squinted for a while, and got up again early in the morning.

Yu Hai saw the blue and black under his little daughter's eyes, and joked with a smile: "It's useless!" Aren't you confident in your craft? What else are you worried about? ”

Why are people worried? People are excited, okay?

After breakfast early, Xiaocao refused her father's offer to go with her, and took the same excited little stones, carrying a large basket, and headed in the direction of the dock.

The pier shrouded in the morning light is still so lively. The shouting, the shouting, the trumpet...... Intertwined. An ocean-going cargo ship has just docked, and dock workers are unloading their cargo in full swing.

The second time I came to the pier, Xiaocao was still touched by this scene full of life.

"Second sister, where are we selling braised vegetables?" Xiao Shi is full of confidence in the second sister and is eager to try the authentic.

Xiaocao thought about it, dock workers and fishermen, maybe they could bring dry food. But in the cold morning, you still have to drink a bowl of hot soup to warm your body. So he carried the basket and came to this row of low straw huts.

Here, there are those who sell porridge, those who sell soup and noodles, and those who set up stoves to sell steamed buns. There are also people like her, who carry baskets to sell some home-made side dishes, or pickled pickles—for example, Xiaocao's aunt is one of them.