Chapter 12: Keep a hand
After Brother Sun finished speaking, he went into the house, and Liu Guiyuan followed him with a basket, through the place where the wine was sold, and all the way to the back kitchen.
The back kitchen is very spacious, there are two large iron pots against the wall, and there are three tables in the middle, which are flour, fish, fruits and vegetables, etc., and even the beams of the house are hung with various cured meats, among which mutton is the most.
"Aren't you going to sell snails? If you can't come here yet, what are you doing standing there? ”
Liu Guiyuan retracted his eyes, hurriedly handed over the basket, and said, "Brother Sun, do you want all these snails?" You are the owner of this shop, you are so bold, no wonder you run such a large restaurant. ”
This little brother is so young, at first glance, he is not the owner of the shop, at most he is a guy or relative in the store, Liu Guiyuan talks like this, mainly to pat his ass.
Brother Sun looked at her strangely, and after weighing the unshelled snail meat and the shelled snails, he asked her, "How do you sell these two?" ”
Liu Guiyuan had never seen such an eccentric person, and he was not happy to praise him, so he replied honestly: "One pound of five cents without a shell, and one pound of two cents with a shell." ”
Brother Sun calculated in his heart and told her to wait here and get the money at the front desk by himself.
At the counter, Brother Sun explained his intention to Fu Bo, who was in charge of the account, and Fu Bo nodded and was about to open the cabinet to get the money, when a well-dressed fair woman stopped him.
"Fauber, what's the matter? Why do you want to take money again? The woman, Yang Miaomei, held a fan in her hand and walked slowly towards the two, and this last sentence was said to Brother Sun.
"Uncle Niang, someone sells fresh snails, spit out sand, it just so happens that a distinguished guest has booked a box these days, it is better to ask the kitchen to fry a stir-fried snail and leek fried snail, and the guests are good to eat." Brother Sun briefly explained two sentences, and then stopped talking.
The woman, Yang frowned slightly, nodded to Fu Bo, who was waiting for her instructions, and smiled at her nephew Sun Jingxuan: "In the future, such a small matter will be handled by the back kitchen, and you can do your part." ”
Sun Jingxuan nodded, didn't say yes or no, took the thirty-seven money given by Fu Bo, and handed it to the little girl who was waiting in the back kitchen.
Liu Guiyuan took the money excitedly, counted it, and was not in a hurry to leave, but turned to Sun Jingxuan and said: "I have a recipe for cooking some noodles and noodles with snails in soup, the soup is fresh, spicy, sour, refreshing, and hot. ”
Liu Guiyuan also had no choice, she wanted to open a snail lion powder shop, but because she had no money, no one and no resources, she had to take advantage of the momentum of this big restaurant to promote and sell the snail lion powder, and then earn some technical fees from it.
Sun Jingxuan felt a little interesting when he heard her say this, but he didn't show it on his face, and only said lightly: "Then you will show me?" As he spoke, he pointed to a cauldron against the wall and made a gesture of please.
Liu Guiyuan knew that it was useless to say it just by talking about it, so she rolled up her sleeves and began to show the whole production process of snail lion powder, of course, she made a simple version, not afraid of outsiders to see it.
She glanced at the various dishes placed in the back kitchen, first picked a pork barrel bone, asked Sun Jingxuan to split it into three pieces, blanched it and put it in the pot to cook, it could have been added to the chicken skeleton, but it was just for display, there was no need.
At the same time of cooking, wash the snails to control the water, prepare green onions, ginger, garlic, dried chili peppers, and bean paste, and put them in the oil pot to stir-fry.
"This smell will be more special after a while, those who like it like it very much, and those who don't like it can't get used to it." Liu Guiyuan specially reminded him that if this little brother couldn't accept the strange fragrance of snail powder, she would have no tricks.
The fried snails were red and watery, and a handful of them were poured into the pork bone soup that had been boiled, of course, the soup was still a little hot, and finally the three ingredients of star anise, angelica, and Sichuan pepper were put in to continue cooking, and she didn't find the oyster sauce, so she didn't put it.
"In addition to these three, there are still ten spices that are not put in, otherwise it will be more fragrant." Liu Guiyuan is so fine, he is afraid that the other party will steal the teacher, and even if he knows those spices, he will not be able to achieve that taste for a while without a match.
Taking advantage of this time, Liu Guiyuan wanted to fry some red oil, but the onlookers seemed to see the doorway, and handed her a bowl of red oil and said, "But do you need red oil?" ”
Liu Guiyuan nodded, happy that he didn't have to do it, because the step of boiling red oil still needs to add spices, and cooking is like this, every step must be fine, otherwise it will not taste right.
Before the snail soup was cooked, two diners had already smelled the smell and came in, followed by the owner of the restaurant, Sun Dayang, who was Sun Jingxuan's great uncle.
"Jing Xuan, I heard that you are making a new food?"
Sun Dayang stroked his beard and asked him with a smile, and the diners on the side couldn't help it, and hurriedly said, "Dian Sun, what kind of new dishes are you cooking?"
Serve some and try it with me. ”
Sun Jingxuan hurriedly said: "It's not from our store, it's the craftsmanship of this Miss Liu." "Let's talk about Liu Guiyuan coming to sell snails and cook snail noodles, and briefly talk about it.
At this time, another diner touched the corner of his mouth and couldn't stop smashing his mouth: "Oh, why is my mouth so sour, hey, that little girl, what are you cooking, can you give us a little to eat?" ”
Liu Guiyuan nodded and said, "This is called snail noodles, the soup will be good soon, I don't know if the two guest officers want to eat rice noodles or noodles?" ”
The reason why Liu Guiyuan asked this is that he is actually a little unsure of the acceptance of rice noodles by the locals, this thing belongs to a proper southern food here, and there are not many people who eat it, maybe they prefer to eat noodles.
"Let's do both, we're not short of money, right, Brother Guo?" The tall young man who spoke earlier put his arms around his friends and told the shopkeeper to wait until they were ready to serve them a taste, and then went upstairs to drink.
Waiting for the two bowls of snail noodles to be served, these two sons, who have always been accustomed to eating food, instantly fell in love with this kind of sour and fragrant noodles, and in the back kitchen, Sun Dayang and Sun Jingxuan were also tasting it.
Sun Dayang tasted the product, felt that the taste was really good, thought for a while, and instructed his entourage to go to the counter to take fifty yuan, handed it to her and said: "Miss Liu, this fifty yuan is a reward for you, in the future, if you catch a snail, you will send it to us, and you will receive as much as you want." ”
Liu Guiyuan looked at him silently for a while, thinking to himself, you old fox, you want to send me away with a little money, fifty yuan is said to be a reward, but in fact, it is the technical fee for her to show the production method of snail lion powder.
But Sun Dayang didn't expect that the snack she made today not only kept her hands in advance, but also left several hands, in order to keep the recipe so that she could find a partner who sincerely cooperated with her.
"Thank you Sundian, I'll go back, there are still a lot of snails at home, and I can send them tomorrow?" Liu Guiyuan pretended to be happy, and wanted to leave after thanking him.
Seeing Sun's nod, Liu Guiyuan said goodbye to Sun Jingxuan, pinched the empty basket and went out of the store, ready to go to the street to buy two pig tube bones and a pair of pig livers, the pig tube bones were drunk by the family, and the pig liver was used to replenish Zhang's blood.
After Liu Guiyuan left, Sun Dayang called the cook on the side, pointed to the remaining snail powder soup in the bowl, and asked him: "I saw it clearly just now, can you make it?" ”
The cook patted his chest and proudly promised: "You wait, you can do it immediately, when to put what condiments, more or less, I can see clearly." ”
Sun Jingxuan felt that the eldest uncle was a little unauthentic when he heard it, isn't this a bright stealing teacher? Thinking that Miss Liu had already seen through it, he pretended to be happy to take the reward and leave, but he remembered the spices and secret recipes that Miss Liu said, and reminded the eldest uncle:
She said that this is just the roughest method, and some ingredients are not put in, otherwise it will taste better. Uncle, do you want to ask her to see how she cooperates? ”
Sun Dayang shook his head, patted his nephew Sun Jingxuan's junior, and said with a smile: "You are young and don't understand the doorway here, the key to this snail fan is the snail, that girl has already revealed the practice, who will spend money to invite her again?" ”
Besides, that little girl is dressed shabbyly, and at first glance she is from a poor family, I am afraid that she can't even distinguish between spices and spices, how can she still have a formula, it can be seen that she is full of nonsense and bluffing.
As for how she knew how to make snail powder, Sun Dayang only thought about it and understood, it was nothing more than that the poor family couldn't afford to eat fish and meat, so she had to fish some snails from the river to cook soup and vegetables, and finally made snail powder by coincidence.
Not long after Sun Dayang left, the eldest aunt Yang sent someone to help him sell wine at the side door, Sun Jingxuan thought about things, this day's work was not so neat, but provoked the eldest aunt to say a few words.
Sun Jingxuan thought that since his father died, his life with his mother Zhou and his younger brother had plummeted, even so, he was often squeezed out by the Yang family openly and secretly, like the stones scattered on the ground outside the side door today, which was expected to be done by the eldest uncle.
The reason why the eldest aunt is like this is that she wants to drive away his family of three, after all, after his father passed away, all the operations and income of this main store were managed by his husband and wife, and his family took a hundred percent of the profit, which was really inappropriate.
Originally, Sun Yangzhengdian was just a foot shop, run by the eldest uncle and father, although the daily guests were only some slender men, porters, small traders, etc., but the business was not bad, and the whole family lived together very harmoniously.
Later, the eldest uncle who lost his wife met the young lady of the Yang Mansion, and after the two got married, the Yang family became his eldest aunt, and the original humble foot shop, with the funding of the Yang family, gradually became a three-story store, and the eldest uncle also became a rich man in the town.
It's a pity that although the eldest uncle treats him as always, who can hold up the pillow wind, plus the eldest uncle gave birth to a son and a daughter for the eldest uncle, and firmly sits in the position of the stepfamily, it is even more difficult for their family to gain a foothold, so it is better to plan early.
That night, Sun Jingxuan had dinner and told his mother Zhou, who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, his thoughts. After a long time, Zhou rubbed the corners of his reddened eyes, and finally nodded in agreement.
Sun Jingxuan thought about it, and when Miss Liu came back next time, he wanted to have a good talk with her about selling snail powder, and it was a big deal that he rented another foot shop elsewhere in Qinghe Town to specialize in this business.
In this way, their family no longer has to be disliked by the Yang family, and the eldest uncle does not have to be difficult in the middle.