Chapter 15 Food is the sky
In the early morning, before the sun had risen, a thin mist filled the countryside, and the occasional birdsong came from the woods. There was a light rain last night, so after waking up early, the air with the scent of grass smelled particularly good, and Yunzhu took a deep breath, only feeling happy.
"Uncle Ning, how much do you think my mash is appropriate? I thought about it for a long time last night, and I didn't know how much to book. Sitting on the donkey cart, Yunzhu asked Ning Yi who was driving the car, she went back last night and thought about it for a long time, although she thought about a few prices, she always felt unsure.
One pound of koji, two pounds of glutinous rice, three pounds of sugar, as well as the jar used, dry firewood for steaming glutinous rice, and mountain spring water, all of which she calculated.
Although the jar is ten catties, Yunzhu still divided four jars to make mash, after all, I don't know if it can be successful at one time, and a few more jars may have a better chance of success. When she went to town today, she planned to buy a few more, after all, after the broad beans were soft, they would be fermented in separate jars.
"How much did you spend on the mash?" Ning Yi thought about it carefully, and then asked.
"It's less than 200 in total." opened his mouth to answer, Yun Zhu's heart thought about last night's calculation, two catties of glutinous rice are used for fermentation, and the koji can't even be used for half a catty, and the amount of sugar is more, but at most it is only one catty, plus the side, if you calculate it like this, the actual cost is less than 100 wen.
The four jars have now been given out to Ning Yi, and the remaining three jars, if one sells for 30 wen now, three of them will be 90 wen, but they will not be compensated.
What's more, her jars are not full, at most half a jar is small, and two of the remaining three jars are already giving birth to vinegar moths.
Speaking of which, Thirty Wen is just a mash algorithm, if the vinegar moth is made and fermented into vinegar, then the price will be higher, she has a lot of mash in her hands, and she can also exchange it for money if she sells it.
"Do you have a plan in mind? You name it, I'll help you refer to it, after all, I don't understand these things, so it's not good to help you set the price. "Yunzhu's things are not as good as his medicinal materials, the price is almost the same, not to mention that there are many places where medicinal materials are sold, if others feel that the price here is not suitable, they can also go to others to buy them, but these things of Yunzhu are different, and they can't be bought anywhere else except her.
"This mash is a good thing after all, I estimate that it sells for 30 wen for a jar, and 40 wen for adding a jar." Although the money of the jar is in the thirty texts, Yunzhu thinks that it can only be regarded as mash money, and he can't sell a mash by himself, so he will give a jar, in that case, how many jars will he have to send out in the future?
"A jar of thirty wen is more expensive than salt, and the most important thing is that the people in the town still don't recognize it, but I'm afraid that the price will be too high." After pondering for a moment, Ning Yi spoke, just like she said, he was a person who had tasted mash and knew that this thing was a good thing, but the people in the town had never eaten it, and they were afraid that the price would not be accepted.
"You don't have to sell a jar at once, if you can't do it, I'll let it go, this jar is used to send, as long as you are interested, everyone will send a little, let them go home and cook a dish, and you will know the benefits of this thing!" Yesterday, when she was talking to Ning Yi about the mash method, she also popularized the rest of the uses by the way, the so-called reluctant children can't trap the wolf, she believes that as long as the people in the town taste the delicious mash and know the benefits, they will definitely spend money to buy it.
"Send ......" Ning Yi frowned, although it is a moromi in the jar now, but after all, it is made with money, and it is free to give away...... This is not the scope that Ning Yi can understand.
"Well, it's free, and that's a last resort." If you can make money, of course Yunzhu doesn't want to give it away for free, but this thing is just like Ning Yi said, no one recognizes it, but I'm afraid that it won't be sold at that time.
"Dad, you take Zhu'er to ask Cai Dong's family, maybe he can accept Zhu'er's things." Ning Lin suddenly spoke, attracting Ning Yi and Yun Zhu's attention, Yun Zhu was a little puzzled by Ning Lin's words, but Ning Yi seemed to suddenly realize.
"I forgot about it!" Stretching out his hand and patting his head, a smile appeared on Ning Yi's face, he looked at Yun Zhu with a puzzled face, and explained, "Cai Dong's family is the owner of the pharmacy we went to last time, I guess you remember, right?" Although he runs a pharmacy, his daughter-in-law's house is a restaurant, and it is in our town. ”
Hearing Ning Yi say this, Yunzhu's eyes lit up, if he could sell it to the restaurant, it would be great, after all, it was a long-term stable market.
"Uncle Ning, that daughter-in-law of the Cai Dong family, is it easy to talk? How big is her restaurant? How's the business? After asking several questions in a row, Yunzhu's face was full of eagerness, after all, it was related to her future wealth.
"Look at your urgency, Cai Dong's daughter-in-law is a good one, this restaurant is also her family's ancestral business, her family's restaurant is the largest restaurant in our town, because it is a time-honored brand, so the business is very good, plus her things are cheap, delicious and affordable, people in the town love to go to her house to eat, sometimes the village does happy events, and will spend money to go to her house to invite a cook!" Seeing Yunzhu like this, Ning Yi smiled and introduced her to the daughter-in-law of the Cai Dong family.
After listening to Ning Yi, Yun Zhu's eyes brightened up more and more, because for her, the better the restaurant business of Cai Dong's daughter-in-law, the more benefits she could get.
Talking and laughing, the three of them arrived in the town, and without delaying time, Ning Yi directly took Yunzhu to Yong'an Hall, found Cai Dong's house, and explained the situation to him.
As soon as he heard that it was the little girl who sold ginseng last time who was looking for his daughter-in-law to sell something, Cai Dongjia immediately agreed and personally took Yunzhu and others to his daughter-in-law's restaurant.
During the chat, Yunzhu knew that the daughter-in-law of Cai Dong's family was surnamed Qiu, and everyone called her Qiu Niang, and the name of the restaurant was Food for the Sky, which was indeed a good name, after all, there was a good saying, the people take food as the sky.
When he arrived at the restaurant, Xiao Er saw that it was the owner who brought someone to come, so he hurriedly greeted him, Cai Dongjia ordered Xiao Er to prepare refreshments, and then took Yunzhu and others Yunzhu and others went directly to the back hall to find her daughter-in-law.
"Yo, why are you here at this time? Who are these people? Qiu Niang is a straightforward person, as soon as she saw her man, she greeted her with a smile, she looked at Yunzhu and the others suspiciously, and asked.
"This is Dr. Ning Yining, an old acquaintance of our family medical hall, this is Ning Lin, his son, this little girl is from their village, and there are some things I want to deal with, so I brought it here." After a brief introduction, Qiu Niang listened to it and let everyone into the room where she usually rested and received people.
Don't talk nonsense, Qiu Niang looked at Yunzhu and said with some doubts. "Knocking on your age, I don't know what good things you want to bring with you?"
The jar was held by Ning Lin Bao, hearing Qiu Niang ask, Yun Zhu took the jar from Ning Lin's hand, and then opened the seal on it, and suddenly, a smell of mash came out, Qiu Niang was stunned at first, and then came to the front of the altar and looked into the jar.
"This is ......" After all, this is not available in ancient times, so Qiu Niang naturally doesn't know what this is, Yun Zhu smiled and spoke, and introduced the benefits of mash to Qiu Niang, in order to attract Qiu Niang, Yun Zhu deliberately also said that mash can be made into food, sure enough, Qiu Niang was very interested in hearing it.
"Look at this mash, there isn't a lot of mash, how much is the girl going to sell it for?" From Yunzhu's introduction, Qiu Niang heard the business opportunities inside, so she opened her mouth and asked Yunzhu, "I don't know how much mash you have?" ”
"Because it's just made, it's not much, but if you want it, I can make it again, but this thing takes time and the materials are also exquisite, so I can't make too much at a time. As for the price, excluding this jar, the mash in it sells for a total of forty wen. Although Yunzhu can make mash as long as there are materials, she thinks that if she says so, it can't highlight the rarity of mash, and the asking price is not too high.
Ning Lin and Ning Yi on the side were a little surprised after listening to Yunzhu's words, but in front of others, the father and son did not show their tacit understanding.
"Forty Wen, it's not cheap, but as long as the thing is good, it doesn't hurt to be more expensive, you just said that this mash can make a lot of delicious food, I don't know if you can make a taste? If it's really good, I'll take it all, and do business with you, as long as you have it in the future, I'll take it, but if it's not good......" dragged on for a long time, Qiu Niang didn't continue, but as long as she wasn't a fool, she could hear the meaning of her words.
Hearing Qiu Niang say this, Yun Zhu smiled secretly in her heart, this mash doesn't know, if she really tastes her benefits, I'm afraid she will never forget it, so she really doesn't worry about Qiu Niang not wanting her own things.
"The first way to eat this mash is to eat it directly." As soon as Yun Zhu's words fell, Qiu Niang ordered someone to bring a bowl and spoon, Yun Zhu served a little less, and then handed it to Qiu Niang, "This mash smells good, and it tastes even more delicate and lubricated." ”
Hearing Yun Zhu say this, Qiu Niang picked a little with a spoon, and then took it into her mouth, and suddenly, the mellow fragrance permeated her mouth, making people want to eat it again and again.
"Well, that's good." Nodding, Qiu Niang put the bowl down, obviously just this did not impress her.
Seeing her like this, Yunzhu was not in a hurry, she reached out and rolled up her sleeves, and then looked at Qiu Niang, "This second way of eating, I have to borrow Qiu Niang's kitchen, I don't know if it's convenient?" ”
"Naturally, it's convenient." Qiu Niang is the proprietress of this food, as long as she wants to use the kitchen, there is naturally no reason for inconvenience.
"There are a lot of ways to make this mash, but I didn't prepare those things today, in this case, I will make the simplest wine-stuffed egg for Qiu Niang to taste."