Chapter 037: Sugar-fried chestnuts
As a later generation, Li Kui originally thought that in the Northern Song Dynasty, he had countless plans to make a fortune for him to choose from. Wanton, there is nothing he can't do.
But the cruel reality always hurts him in the head.
The painful experience of ginseng is just one of the inconspicuous ones.
Looking for a diligent and well-fed businessman, Li Kui has absolutely no shortage in his hands.
For example, to make fried goods.
But can Li Kui take becoming a fried food shop owner as his life goal after crossing over?
Can he afford to lose this man?
He can't do this for a living, but he can let Li Dalang do it! Anyway, this guy is really annoying in front of him, he looks like an eyesore, and he doesn't like to speak. He asked Li Dalang: "I told Han Dahu that if the cow is lost, even if I compensate for you." After two days, you continue to go to the warehouse for delivery. ”
"Don't go!"
Although Li Dalang said that he wilted, he also had a temper at home, he estimated that he thought about the dignity of his eldest brother as a father, if he made a mess by himself, and finally let his brother pay, where would he still have the face to fight in the village in the future?
What do the old and young masters in the village think of him?
What do the little daughters-in-law think of him?
Can he still talk about his daughter-in-law?
……
I have to say that he thinks quite far.
If Li Kui hadn't seen that his cheap big brother risked his life and wanted to help his brother fight tigers, he wouldn't have bothered to talk to him. Besides, Li Dalang's status in the family is definitely last, and he can't even compare to Li Quan, who eats white food. The loss is that there is no dog at home, maybe there is one more animal, and the family status can also be ranked in front of Li Dalang.
Who made him grow a mouth that no one likes?
But he had to go to the warehouse, Li Kui said patiently: "Do you think I let you go to the warehouse to make a living by delivering goods?" Wrong, don't you want Wang Futouniu's matter to be exposed? If you want revenge, you have to go, and you have to pretend. Not only do you want to go, but you also have to walk around the county as soon as possible. Oxen and carts are indispensable, and you say to the outside world that the cows are not lost, and the carts are fine. ”
"The cow was lost, but the car was not." Li Dalang retorted.
Li Kui raised his slap and threatened: "Speak well." ”
"The cow is not lost, and the car is fine." Li Dalang replied heartbrokenly, and then muttered: "But if the cow is lost, it is lost." ”
"You say this to find the thief of the cow. Do you think I don't care about the little money you get to make a delivery? Die of this heart as soon as possible, and when you catch the cattle thief, your delivery business will be over. Li Kui was tired, mainly because he had indescribable irritability in the face of Li Dalang.
Li Dalang turned the corner and said expectantly: "Can you really catch the cattle thief?" ”
"You do what I say, and you'll get it." Li Kui paused, and then said: "But don't deliver goods in the future, you can't make a lot of money, and you're still bullied." Simply, you rent a house facing the street in the county, and I'll think of a livelihood for you. ”
"You're not at home yet?"
After Li Dalang finished speaking, he seemed to feel the anger in Li Kui's eyes, and explained: "Brother! It's not that my brother said you, how much does it cost to rent a house, you don't eat or wear, you just let people earn money, it's better for us to save the reward money that Master Han gave you, and wait for the house to start in the future. This man! You can't eat poorly, you can't wear poor, and if you can't calculate, you will be poor. With this hundred, you will have the money to marry your daughter-in-law in the future, and your mother will have hope, and you will not lack anything, how good. Why do you want to learn what you don't have the ability to do, go to the county town to rent a house to live, and then eat the empty food and fall into the next consumption. ”
Come on, this product doesn't want to stay in Baizhang Village, right?
"I'm asking you to live in the county and start a small business, do you think I'll go back to the county to live?"
Li Kui and Li Dalang talked, and the more they talked, the more angry they became. How can this thing raise the bar with himself, and there is a fool's cleverness in his speech, which is really unbearable.
"Hah...... I'm going to do business? ”
When Li Dalang heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, absolutely not." I'm not a businessman, if I fold the capital, where will I have the money back? ”
"It's not for you to open a rice shop, a tea shop, this kind of unique business. Fried chestnuts should always be, right? ”
Li Kui frowned and said, if he hadn't been holding a book in his hand instead of a stone, maybe the things in his hand would have gone to Li Dalang.
Li Dalang laughed, seemed to mock Li Kui's ignorance, and said: "Chestnuts are nothing more than roasted, boiled, or steamed. Or if you are a little affected, you will remove the shell, take out the chestnut meat, crush it, put it in the millet and mix it well to make steamed rice, where is there any reason to fry and eat? ”
Li Kui, who was extremely impatient, also gave up the idea of continuing to reason with Li Dalang, and scolded: "If you want to go, if you don't do business, do you still want to come back to farm?" ”
"You take Li Quan to the ditch to pick up small stones with smaller nails, the amount of half a pot is less, I'll let Li Quan clean you up!"
Li Dalang shrank his head, knowing that he had angered his brother again.
I secretly wondered in my heart: "Li Kui's temper is getting more and more irritable, and now he has the idea of beating people at every turn, how will he discipline him in the future?" ”
He had the idea, but he didn't dare to say it. He could probably guess what the outcome would be.
Helpless, he could only sigh and take Li Quan to pick up the pebbles, and finally picked them up, Li Kui didn't let him be idle, and asked him to clean the pebbles. Angry, Li Dalang almost threw away the dustpan, this brother was too aggrieved. However, seeing that Li Kui had set up the pot, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.
When the stones are washed and the pot is hot, pour the pebbles into the pot one by one.
Li Dalang couldn't stop him if he wanted to, and he didn't understand what Li Kui was trying to do?
Anyway, since he came home, he has become more and more unable to see through this brother of his. But when Li Kui put brown sugar in the stone, he couldn't help it: "Isn't it a waste to put sugar in the stone?" ”
"Wide-eyed and didn't let you speak?"
Li Kui shook his shoulders, threw Li Dalang over, threw the chestnuts down in one go, and then began to stir up, rustling, rustling.
After a cup of tea, the brown sugar completely melted, the stone was wrapped in sugar, and it began to turn black, and the smell of caramel filled the air. Li Dalang's eyes widened, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and muttered in his heart, so he wanted to eat it like this?
After more than half an hour, the chestnuts that were cut out burst one by one, revealing caramel-colored chestnut meat, Li Kui didn't know if it was good or not, so he continued to fry for a while, and then it was cooled out of the pot.
The opening is so enticing, and the originally dull chestnut shells seem to be polished, with a crystal clear light.
Li Kui picked one up, gently peeled it off and put it in his mouth, the long-lost softness and sweetness, mixed together with the unique smell of caramel, this taste is simply unstoppable.
Li Quan couldn't raise his head when he ate, and Zhang also praised his son for his great ability, and it was a delicacy in the world to fiddle with it at will.
Li Dalang's heart is dripping blood, although most of the money spent by the family is earned by Li Kui, and it has nothing to do with him. But...... It's also the family's money!
Chestnuts are delicious, and fried chestnuts with sugar are even more delicious.
But he thought that it had to be sweetened, so he wanted to throw all the chestnuts away.
After Li Kui waited for Li Dalang to eat one, he asked, "How does it taste?" ”
Li Dalang sighed: "It's delicious, it's delicious, but sugar is worth a lot, this business is not cost-effective, if you sell it, you will definitely lose money." ”
Li Kui was curious, and Li Dalang also knew that he taught him to fry chestnuts in sugar for business. But he doesn't think he's going to lose money! Sugar is not used to fry chestnuts with sugar, and there is no need to add sugar every time. With just a little bit of sugar, you can get this caramel flavor. Instead, he was curious about how high Li Dalang was going to set the price of sugar-fried chestnuts if he did this business: "If you are allowed to sell them in the county, how much will these chestnuts cost a catty?" ”
"Chestnuts in the mountains are not valuable, and they are not expensive in the county, Sanwen!" Li Dalang felt that his price was too high, and he looked at Li Kui with some uncertainty.
Li Kui angrily threw the chestnuts in his hand into the dustpan and threatened: "Ten cents a catty, if it is less, it is not allowed to sell." If you keep this business and the secret recipe, it will become your life's work. ”
"What if I lose it?" Li Dalang said worriedly.
Li Kui really didn't want to talk to this thing: "If you lose it, it's mine!" ”