Chapter 52: Lin Zu
As usual, after March put Chun Tao and the others down, he went back.
After Chun Tao finished her business at noon, she took September and October to the vegetable market. The pickled cucumbers are almost running out, so I want to buy some cucumbers that will be ready this afternoon and ready to use tomorrow. Also buy fresh cowpeas, ginger, garlic and chili peppers to make kimchi.
If the shopkeeper of the prayer building can successfully find a good chef, then Chun Tao can write some recipes about kimchi in the future, so that he can not only get the dividends of the prayer building, but also make a lot of money with kimchi.
But these are all later words, the most important thing in front of me is to do a good job of this stall and make money to treat Mrs. Zhou.
After buying the ingredients, Chun Tao and his party went to the grocery store to buy rice, noodles, salt, etc. Because there were too many things, the three weak women of Chun Tao, September and October couldn't move, so they had to let September and October wait for March, and then let March pick them up.
Because it was a waste of time to wait for March to pick up, Chun Tao could only take advantage of the night to control the water of cowpeas and tender ginger after dinner, and wait for this time tomorrow to make kimchi.
Chun Tao and Zhou Kuiruo don't make much money, except for buying ingredients, the rest can only barely maintain the family's expenses, so when making kimchi, Chun Tao only bought the ingredients needed for one jar.
Chun Tao was delayed in the stove room for a long time, and Zhou Kuiruo had almost read the book in the house, and the two of them had no intention of talking, so they turned off the lights and fell asleep.
The next day, the two went to the county seat to set up a stall as usual, and when they came back in the evening, Chun Tao began to make kimchi.
Wash the pot and soak it in clean water, and when there is no feeling of oil on the surface, it can be used to make kimchi water, because kimchi cannot be stained with a little oil, otherwise it will produce flowers, which will affect the taste somewhat.
After the water is boiled and cooled, the red pepper is added, and the spring peach likes slightly spicy kimchi, so the pepper selected is still quite spicy, but in order to take care of the taste of Zhou Damiang and Zhou Kuiruo, put a little less.
Then add the garlic, peppercorns, cane sugar and salt. In this way, the kimchi water is ready, and then put the dehydrated vegetables into it, add water to the edge of the jar, and soak it for about a week.
Chun Tao walked around the yard, but didn't find a shady place, only the hall in the middle of the two houses was still shady. It took a long time to drag on for half the distance.
It seems that I really have to exercise hard when I have free time, and the physical fitness of this body is too bad, and when I do too many things, I will start to gasp. Chun Tao had no strength, so she could only go into the house to ask Zhou Kuiruo for help.
"Well, can you help me?"
Zhou Kuiruo put down the book and looked at Chun Tao who was standing at the door panting and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"I want to move the kimchi jar, but I don't have enough strength to move it." Chun Tao's hand is still in a weak state.
"Let's go!" Zhou Kuiruo got up and walked towards the courtyard.
After moving the jar, the two returned to the house, and Chun Tao remembered Zhou Kuiruo's promise to the shopkeeper of the Prayer Building, and was a little worried. "Do you really have to wait for the shopkeeper of the Prayer Building?"
"Hmm!"
"What if he can't find the right person?"
In fact, Zhou Kuiruo also thought about this problem, and after promising to be the shopkeeper, he regretted it a little, but he didn't plan to tell Chun Tao about this. "The shopkeeper is a businessman, even if he can't convince the old chef's apprentice to help, he will be inspired to go to Nanyang City to find someone."
"Then why didn't you go to Nanyang City to find it before?"
"If there is no signature dish in this prayer building, it will not be easy to bring the dead back to life! But this chef with a signature dish in his hand asks for a high monthly salary, how can he afford it without business in the prayer building! Besides, even if you find it, people won't come to such a depressed restaurant. ”
"I see, you thought of it all in such a short time?"
Zhou Kuiruo naturally wouldn't tell her that she had come up with it after thinking about it for a long time when she went home. "You would be underestimating me if you think so."
If Chun Tao knew the truth, she would definitely say: "I'll just watch you pretend to be forced quietly." ”
After this night, Chun Tao added a good impression of Zhou Kuiruo, because whether it is in modern times or in ancient times, her reaction is relatively slow, especially after crossing, for some reason, her reaction is slower.
Chun Tao and Zhou Kuiruo are doing their own business as usual, and the things are no longer stored at Erzhu's father's house, but they still occupy other people's tables, and their overall life is quite comfortable.
After Zhou Kuiruo promised the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper also quietly went to see Zhou Kuiruo and the others, and found that they were indeed setting up a stall on East Street and doing some small business, so he put down his heart and concentrated on persuading Lao Yangtou's apprentice.
Lao Yangtou's apprentice is named Lin Zu, the youngest child in the family, and he is filial. Now that he is decadent, he drinks all day long, and the money for drinking is earned by his old parents doing odd jobs. These are what the shopkeeper learned from Lao Yangtou.
Lao Yang Tou came to Lin's house with the shopkeeper, and was running into Lin's father going out. "Master Yang, why are you here today?"
Old Yang Tou came a few times when Lin Zu was just frustrated, and wanted to pull Lin Zu back, but he didn't return every time, and gradually he didn't come.
"I'm coming to see Azu, how is he?"
"Hey! It's still the same as before, drink when you wake up, and sleep when you're drunk. He's in his own house, go see for yourself! I went out first. Father Lin shook his head and left, unwilling to say more.
"I'm afraid you're going to go back in vain." Lao Yang led the shopkeeper towards Lin Zu's room.
The shopkeeper was optimistic, "I haven't tried it yet, how do you know if it can't work!" ”
"That's what I thought at the beginning, thinking that I was his master anyway, and he would always listen to my words, but... Isn't he still like that? Old Yang stopped in front of the door, unwilling to go in.
The shopkeeper saw Lao Yangtou's thoughts, so he pushed the door open. "Then I'll go in first."
As soon as he opened the door, the shopkeeper saw a lot of wine jugs on the ground, and there was a strong smell of wine and sourness. The doors and windows in the house were sealed, so even in the daytime, the room was a little dim, and the shopkeeper covered his mouth and nose, and finally found Lin Zu who was drunk on the ground.
"Little brother, wake up, little brother!" The shopkeeper pushed Lin Zu several times before he opened his eyes.
"Who are you! Stealing? Wrong, I didn't... Hiccup~ No money! Lin Zu burped, the smell of wine came to his face, and the shopkeeper also found that the source of the sour smell in the house was him.
"I'm not here to steal things, I'm a friend of your master, Lao Yangtou."
"My master? My master? Hehe! You're mistaken, I don't have a master, I don't have anything, hurry up, don't bother... I drink. Lin Zu waved his hand like a fly, "Hey~ I'm drinking!" ”
Lin Zu touched the surroundings and didn't touch the wine jug, and grabbed the collar of the shopkeeper: "Is it you, take my wine, say!" ”
Lin Zu hadn't washed for a long time, and his cloak was scattered, but his body stinked, his body stinked, and his mouth stinked. The shopkeeper was too close to him, and he felt that he was going to be stinky to death in the next second, so he desperately pulled his hand away.
Fortunately, Lin Zu was a drunkard with little will, even if he couldn't find wine, he just lost his temper and passed. "Forget it, the wine will be given to you, you can go! I slept. ”
The shopkeeper was smoked out of the shadows, and he didn't dare to get close to Lin Zu anymore, and tried to talk to him from a certain distance. "Lin Zu, I heard that you have done something in the Yuyang Pavilion before, what is this Yuyang Pavilion like?"
Lin Zu closed his eyes, leaned his back against the bed, sat on the ground, and ignored it.
"I heard that you used to be a chef and your skills are not bad, is that true?"
"You have nothing to do now, and if you have nothing to do, you won't have money to buy alcohol, aren't you going to find something to do?"
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said a lot of good things, Lin Zu just didn't react, he didn't speak with his eyes closed, and seemed to be really asleep.
The shopkeeper saw Lin Zu's attitude, so he had no choice but to speak harshly. "I heard that you became like this for a woman, are you worth it?" Lin Zu still ignored it.
"I guess if she knew what you looked like, she would definitely show off to each of her benefactors..."The shopkeeper was interrupted in the middle of speaking.