Chapter 25: The Big Sale
"Auntie, you can taste it."
Xia Youzhi scooped two pieces of meat into a plastic bowl and handed them to the eldest sister.
"It's not going to be done." The eldest sister hurriedly waved her hand, "You want to sell this meat for money, how can you give it to me?" ”
Now meat is more expensive!
Even if you live in the town, you can only eat every three or five times.
"It doesn't matter, if you think it's delicious, recommend relatives and friends to buy it." Xia Youzhi said with a smile.
"yes, try it." Xia Mu answered.
Although she also felt sorry for this meat, her daughter said everything.
"Then I'll taste it."
The eldest sister saw that she couldn't shirk it, so she took the bowl with a smile.
Seeing the two pieces of meat in the bowl, I secretly sighed in my heart for Xia Youzhi's generosity.
"Auntie just wants a small piece and tastes it."
With that, the eldest sister poured the two pieces of meat back into the pot.
Xia Youzhi could only pick a small one and drizzle it with some marinade.
The eldest sister who sells vegetables swallowed her saliva and poured the meat into her mouth with the marinade.
Yikes!
This pork knuckle......
How is it so delicious!
Fat but not greasy, it tastes soft, but with a little chewiness.
Looking at the intoxicated expression of the eldest sister selling vegetables, Xia Youzhi smiled.
"Girl, your meat is really better than what I eat in the city, and it sells for four yuan, but it's really not expensive at all." The eldest sister boasted.
I can't bear to swallow the pork knuckle in my mouth.
"Aunt, you just listened to my mother, this is made with our family's ancestral secret recipe, I dare to say, the entire Haizhou City is one family." Xia Youzhi said confidently.
This is the rhetoric that Xia Youzhi discussed with Xia's mother before coming out.
At the beginning, Xia Mu also asked her how to know how to make these lo-mei.
Xia Youzhi only made up a perfunctory reason, saying that he saw it from a book.
Xia Mu has no doubts.
After all, in her heart, Xia Youzhi is smart and capable, and her grades are good, and this braised pork method is normal to find out from the book.
But in order to avoid the tree becoming a big storm, the mother and daughter discussed this statement.
Now the transportation is not convenient, the economy is not developed, and the southern cuisine has not yet reached here.
Xia Youzhi also knew that he had made a loophole.
It's hard to say in a few years.
But when the time comes, she can also have other ways to make money.
While talking, people came to the east of the city to buy vegetables one after another.
An older sister who was dressed more fashionably smelled the fragrance and stopped her bicycle.
"Why does this smell so good?" The eldest sister asked with a smile.
When she saw the pot of braised pork, she was very surprised, "What is this?" ”
Xia Youzhi looked at the well-maintained in front of him, looked at the eldest sister who was less than forty, and replied with a smile, "Sister, this is our family's ancestral braised pork knuckle." ”
As he spoke, he took the spoon and spun it twice.
The pork knuckle swirls in the marinade, which is very tempting to look at.
"This girl's mouth is sweet, I can be your aunt at my age."
Although the fashionable eldest sister said so, the smile on her face still couldn't hide her happiness, "How can this pork knuckle be sold?" ”
As he spoke, there were a few more people on the stall who stopped their bicycles.
The scent is so enticing!
"Sister, today we started selling on the first day, the price is not expensive, four yuan a catty, buy more than a catty, we will send two taels of fat intestines." Xia Youzhi said with a smile, and easily lifted the pot of fat intestines.
"Four dollars a pound?" The sixty-year-old man on the side was surprised, "It's so expensive?" ”
"Uncle, what's so expensive?" Xia Youzhi, "You go to the vegetable market to buy a pig knuckle, and you have to pay three yuan and five pounds, even if you negotiate the price,
I still have three dollars, and I still have bones,
My pork knuckle is solid, boneless. Look at this marinade, it's all made from the best beef bones.
Eighteen spices are added, not to mention other spices. I had to stay up at home for eight hours and stuff all night.
It's equivalent to a day and a night to make it, and I feel that I lose the price for this taste. ”
After speaking, everyone was stunned.
Come to think of it, this bone-in pork knuckle costs three yuan a catty.
In this way, the price is indeed fair.
Xia Mu and Ma Jinglan were on the side, and they were stunned when they listened.
They never knew that Xia Youzhi could say this.
"The taste, that's really not to say, I just tasted a little, and it tastes good." The eldest sister who sells vegetables said on the side.
"Can you still taste it? Let's try that, too. The uncle coaxed.
Others followed suit.
"I don't believe it, I paid to taste a piece, or you also paid to taste a piece?" The eldest sister sneered.
"Hey, I said Li Zhong's daughter-in-law, why are you still helping outsiders?" Uncle Qidao.
"Sixth uncle, this meat is expensive, you want to taste it, you have to taste that one, do you still need to sell it in that family?" The eldest sister said disdainfully, "Besides,
I was afraid that this girl would brag, so I bought a small piece for three cents to taste, and I paid for it. ”
After hearing this, everyone was embarrassed to heckle again.
There are more and more onlookers.
"You don't have to argue, these four yuan a pound of pork knuckle, a piece of fat intestines and five pounds, it must be worth it. You can buy less and go back and try it,
It's delicious to buy again, as long as you buy braised meat and fat sausage today, you don't need to exceed one catty, just more than half a catty, we will send two taels of fat sausage,
It's our opening offer, but it's gone. ”
Xia Youzhi said with a smile.
"This pork knuckle is okay for four yuan a catty, why is this fat intestine so expensive?" There were questions in the crowd.
Xia Youzhi said with a smile, "This fat sausage sells for eight cents a pound in the market, I believe everyone knows it." Let's not talk about the price, the boiling process is complicated,
It's also troublesome to deal with, and the most important thing is that there is no fat in my family's fat intestines, so it looks light to make it and sells it for a piece of five.
We will earn a tael or two, buy enough half a catty today, and give everyone two taels of fat intestines, which means that we don't make money today.
Give everyone a free taste, if you think it's delicious, then come and help. ”
Then Xia Youzhi added, "I only made two pork knuckles and ten catties of fat sausages today, and now there are many people, everyone is on a first-come, first-served basis." ”
Before she finished speaking, the fashionable woman standing at the front hurriedly said, "Girl, you help your aunt weigh a pound of pork knuckle and a pound of fat intestines, it smells very fragrant, and it must not taste bad." ”
"Okay." Xia Youzhi smiled and responded, "Then I'll give you four taels of fat intestines, but with so much of it, it's no problem for you to save it for tonight."
It may not taste good until tomorrow, or you can buy less, and if you really want to eat it, I'll come back to the next market. ”
When the fashionable eldest sister heard this, her heart warmed.
"Don't worry, my aunt's family is a guest today, this amount is not large, I don't have to buy vegetables, and I can eat it as soon as I get home."
Xia Youzhi nodded.
"Give me half a pound of pork knuckle."
"I want a pound of fat intestines."
“……”
The scene was a little chaotic, and Xia Mu hurriedly stepped forward to help.
In the end, even Ma Jinglan helped collect the money.
It didn't take long for all seven catties of pork knuckle to be sold, and even the fat intestines were less than a catty.
This fat sausage, Xia Youzhi doesn't plan to sell it.
I have to keep it for my sister-in-law.
There were three or four people who didn't buy it, and they all secretly regretted it.
"Girl, it's still a little fat, or you can give this to your aunt." The eldest sister in a short-sleeved shirt was a little reluctant to leave.
"Auntie, this is for my sister-in-law, she does porters in the market, it's very hard, I have to leave it for her to eat." Xia Youzhi smiled and pointed to the market.
Hearing this, everyone was no longer reluctant and left one after another.
When Ma Jinglan heard Xia Youzhi say this, her heart was moved again.
Since her father died, except for the third uncle's family, other relatives have avoided their family.
Xia Youzhi was just about to bring the pot off the coal stove when she heard someone calling her.
"Girl, aren't you coming tomorrow?"
Xia Youzhi looked up and saw that it was the eldest brother who said it was expensive at the beginning.
He had just come out after buying groceries, and saw that the stall was so crowded that he couldn't squeeze in.
Smelling the enticing scent, he couldn't help but secretly regret it.
He lived in the town and worked as a cook in the canteen of a state-owned factory.
He has eaten a lot of good things, but this is the first time he has seen this kind of braised pork.
Thinking that he was waving his hand and saying no, he thought that he should really slap himself.
"Uncle, if Ming'er doesn't come, I have to go to the next market."
Xia Youzhi glanced at the person in front of him and refused without thinking about it.
Xia Mu was a little anxious.
She didn't understand why Xia Youzhi didn't do any business.
The eldest brother's eyes darkened suddenly.
He was worried that the next market would be sold out again.
Seeing this, Xia Youzhi was amused.
"Uncle, if you believe me, then I'll keep your share in the next market, and I'll give you two taels of fat sausages. However, you have to take half of the money in advance as a deposit, don't you think? ”
For customers who didn't buy it, she originally thought of this solution.
However, everyone doesn't know each other, and people may not be willing.
And if you don't know each other, you may cause trouble.
When the business is mature in the future, let's consider implementing it.
"Okay, then you leave a pound of pork knuckle and a pound of fat intestines for your uncle."
The eldest brother happily took out three yuan from his pocket and handed it to Xia Youzhi.
"Okay, it's about the same position then, you can just come here."
Xia Youzhi thought about it and reported the address of her sister-in-law's house.
If the stall is closed early, then they don't have to wait for anyone.
After the eldest brother left, the mother and daughter and Ma Jinglan hurriedly packed their things.
It's only eleven o'clock, and it's still early.
Xia Youzhi divided the remaining fat intestines by one-third, packed the plastic bowl, and handed it to the eldest sister who was selling vegetables on the side.
"This ...... Is this meant for me? ”
"Yes, auntie. If it weren't for your proof that it was delicious, how could we sell it so quickly, and you would have taken it back and eaten it. Xia Youzhi said with a smile.
"Oh, how can this work?" The eldest sister who sells vegetables looked at Xia's mother and said with a smile, "Eldest sister, why is this girl in your family so real." ”
"Take it, big sister. This is a piece of the child's heart. Xia Mu smiled.
Today's business is so good, she is happy, and she doesn't care about this thing.
"That's okay, my aunt will lick her face and accept it." The eldest sister who sold vegetables looked at Xia Youzhi and smiled even deeper.
Today, she helped her relatives look at the vegetable stall, but she didn't expect such a fate.
"My aunt's surname is Zhang, and you will call me Aunt Zhang in the future, and I live in the west of the city, I just heard you say that your sister-in-law also lives there, and it is two streets away from us.
One day you have to go to Aunt Zhang's house to sit, there is a girl of the same age as you at home, maybe the two of you can get along. ”
Aunt Zhang's name is Zhang Qin, and she is usually warm-hearted.
Xia Youzhi got her eyes, and now she is even more stingy with her enthusiasm.
Xia Youzhi agreed with a smile.
Aunt Zhang's relatives also happened to come over here, a plainly dressed rural elder sister.
After helping Xia Youzhi clean up the stall, Aunt Zhang happily walked home with the fat intestines.