Early in the morning, before dawn, Qi Ning got up and removed the door panels along the street, opened the pot, and a fragrant hot air came to his face. As soon as he put the head and feet of the dry water into the wooden plate, Zhang Butcher stood outside the door and said hello, put today's water on the counter and said: "You count it, settle it once in the next ten days, I'll go first." Without waiting for Qi Ning to answer, he hurriedly went out of the stall.

"It's okay, so we can both save trouble. Thank you, Brother Zhang. Qi Ning poked his head out and shouted at his back.

Qi Ning removed the soft and rotten meat boiled on the pig's head and laid them out one by one, turned around and took a puff fan and fanned it hard at the things on the counter more than a dozen times. The smell of the smell immediately wafted around, attracting the eyes of the people who got up early in the street to carry the carts. At this time, most of the pedestrians on the street have just entered the city, and they are about to go out before dawn when they are far away, and there are few people who have eaten breakfast.

"What is so delicious here, so fragrant?" An old man with a cart stood on the street and asked in a loud voice.

Qi Ning looked at him and smiled: "It's the marinated pig water and the pig's head." ”

"It smells so fragrant, it's the pig's intestine that stinks! Can it be delicious? ”

"You taste it, it's not delicious, you don't need money, this is an ancestral craft, and it can be washed clean, and it doesn't smell at all." Qi Ning diligently took a piece with a bamboo clip and handed it to the old man who had already walked over.

The old man was not hypocritical, so he took it and swallowed it: "Mmmm, it's delicious!" It's so fragrant. ”

Qi Ning sandwiched some of the heart, lungs and large intestine, filled a large bowl, inserted a few bamboo sticks and put them on the outer edge of the counter, beckoning everyone to taste them casually.

The people gathered around him picked up a piece and tasted it one after another.

From time to time, there were exclamations: "I didn't expect this stinky pig water to be so fragrant, it's so delicious!" ”

"Girl, how did you sell this thing?" A man with a black face and a short fight, who seemed to be making a big effort, asked in a loud voice.

"It's not expensive, all the meat is 20 yuan a catty, and the marinated lotus root is 10 yuan a catty, and this lotus root is also stuffy with the meat all night, and it is very fragrant."

"What! Do you need 20 pounds to go into the water? Pork is only fifteen wen, too expensive, too expensive. A woman in her turban, about forty years old, exclaimed.

Qi Ning said unhurriedly: "Auntie, don't be too expensive, although this pig is worthless, but if you calculate it carefully, I will make a hard money." Washing, burning, firewood and waste materials are not to be said, so the price of selling is not as good as a vegetarian dish in a restaurant, and a small plate of vegetables in a restaurant will earn more than ten or twenty yuan. I have to hit the back of my head for a day and a night to make this lo-mei, not to mention the hard work, you were so good to clean up the water at the time, ordinary people can't wash me so clean, you smell it carefully and there is no strange smell at all. Besides, the pork is raw for fifteen yuan a catty, but don't you need to waste fuel and firewood to make it when you buy it home? Auntie, brothers-in-law, do you think this price is expensive? ”

"Give me a pound of pig's head meat and a pound of intestines. I've bought this girl's hot sauce before, and it's very good for rice. A man who had tasted it just now said cheerfully.

Qi Ning hurriedly took the oil paper, loaded it with things, and collected the money neatly. The man started his head, and the others were not crooked, and they all pointed to the meat on the wooden plate and said how many catties they wanted.

A black and thin man bought a pig for ten cents to go into the water, squatted on the spot by the door while eating the pig's big head meat, and from time to time gnawed a bite of the corn nest in his hand, while aligning and condensing: "Girl, your pig's head meat is really good." When I go home next morning, I will buy a pound and bring it back, my mother-in-law and children will definitely like to eat it. ”

An aunt next to her said: "Isn't it, this is the only way to eat meat and work." The amount this girl gave was also sincere, she bought so much for a catty, and brought me some to take back to the elderly and children. ”

Qi Ning weighed quickly, and said with a smile: "This is a small business, I rely on careful washing and cleaning, enough materials, and enough fire, so that it tastes fragrant." I want to do Changyuan's business, and I don't want to sell it for a while. Even if the business is not good enough in the future, the price will not increase at will, if you eat deliciously, you must go back to help me publicize more. The people around him listened in unison.

As he spoke, the number of people on the street gradually increased. Most of the country men who went into the city in the dark carried a few nests or steamed buns for breakfast, and now they smelled the fragrance and came to buy a pound and a half of pigs in the water.

In less than half a morning, a large pot of brine was sold out, and even the marinated lotus root was not left.

"Is this sold out? It seems that I am late, and I thought I would buy some for my son to try at noon. Wu stood at the counter and poked inside.

"Aunt Wu, I'm sorry, I didn't do much today, and I will definitely leave some for you to try tomorrow."

"No, no, the newly opened business can't be given away for nothing, just leave me some tomorrow." Wu left happily.

Qi Ning excitedly closed the door and washed his hands, and hurried to the two meat stalls at the south end of West Street to see if there were any pigs in the water.

Qing'an City is not like those big cities in the previous life, the asphalt streets are clean and spacious, and the shops are bright and large, and the goods standing on the street are clear at a glance. The streets of Qing'an City are bluestone pavement, but they are also clean, but most of the front faces of the shops on both sides are the same as Qi Ning's, and the door panels are removed during the day, not covered or blocked, and the switch is troublesome, not to mention, when the weather is cold, it is enough to bear. The shop stalls on West Street are mainly suitable for ordinary people, and they are full of a strong atmosphere of life!

Most of the stalls along the road are sold by villagers from outside the city bringing some home-grown peanuts, sesame seeds or beans and other agricultural products. There are also some fixed stalls selling tofu, vegetables and other food. There are also some that sell cheap fat powder flowers. Qi Ning bought a small bronze mirror for twenty-five wen, and slowly came to the place where the meat was sold at the south end, and a fat butcher with a face full of meat stood behind the case and shouted while gesturing: "Fresh pork, fresh, tender and fatty pork." ”

The butcher saw Qi Ning through the case in front of him, and hurriedly shouted, "Does the girl buy meat?" I just slaughtered it this morning, so let's get some of it, it's fresh and cheap. ”

Qi Ning looked at the water that was randomly piled up on the side of the case and asked, "How much more is there in this water?" What price? ”

"This is not expensive, I don't know how much the girl wants. Do you want to do it, or do you want to pay it half? ”

"That's right, I rented Wang Zhutou's house on this street and opened a lo-mei shop, specializing in marinating these sewers and pigs' heads. If it's cheap, I'll cover it every day. ”

When the butcher heard this, he immediately grinned and made a smile, and said to Qi Ning: "Girl, since you are a long-term customer, you should look at these things first and give them a price, don't let me lose them, and save me trouble, and the province will have to shout hard every day." ”

A slightly thin and short man from the butcher stall opposite also shouted again and again: "Big sister, I also have one or two pairs of water here every day, can you have them together?" ”

"That's right, I have already told the Zhang butcher in the north yesterday that the pig goes into the water for 12 yuan, the pig's head is 8 yuan, and the pig's trotter is 4 yuan. The pig's tail will not be paid. Settlement will be made every 10 days after that. ”

The butchers of the two butchers looked at each other, and the fat butcher said, "Okay, this pig will be left to you in the future, if you can't use it one day, say in advance that we will sell it in pieces." ”

The short and thin butcher hurriedly said, "Okay, do it!" ”

Qi Ning said: "I think so, you can send it to the lo-mei store north of Zhu Ji Grocery Store early every morning!" Don't be too troublesome, I will cover the pig's head, tail, and trotters. It's really a person who runs every day in the south and north of the street, and he can't take care of it! ”

The fat butcher and the thin butcher hurriedly agreed.

"Girl, my surname is Qin, everyone calls me Qin Fatzi, and the opposite is my brother-in-law, called Wu Erniu, and the proprietress of the grocery store next door to you is Erniu's sister and my sister-in-law. In the future, if the two of us are free to send it to you every day, you can rest assured that you will never be able to delay your business. The fat butcher said.

"In this way, Brother Qin, Brother Wu, let's make up our minds, help me move back with the rest of your sewer today, and settle the settlement in the next ten days and eight days, so that we can save trouble."

"Ah, I don't have a lot of money, just as you say. Girl, walk ahead, I'll pack up and carry it for you. Qin Butcher wiped his hands on the greasy leather girdle and nodded.

Qi Ning was in a happy mood and hummed quietly in her mouth: Actually, I am a gentle young man, although I am still poor. But I'm going to try to make money, and if one day I become rich..... While buying vegetables along the way, I hurriedly walked back.