With Bian Sai's twenty taels of silver, the economic crisis of Meixianglou was temporarily lifted, and Li Xiaojun could lie down in the name of recuperating his injuries every day, and when he was in a good mood, he went to the piano room to fiddle with the musical instruments for a while, and by the way, he recorded the music scores in his memory in his previous life, and went to sleep when he was in a bad mood.

After several days of this, her injuries were almost healed, but once the habit of laziness was formed, it was difficult to change. But she has to change it now if she doesn't want to, because the twenty taels of silver are about to run out again, and Zhou Bin and Aunt Zhou's faces are difficult to look at again.

Taking advantage of Cuiyun's time to wash clothes, Aunt Zhou complained, "Miss, you just ate anchovies yesterday, and you want to eat Wenchang chicken today, there is not much use in the building, and the old woman really can't get it!" ”

Li Xiaojun looked at her with some puzzlement, "Twenty taels of silver have been used up in a few days?" ”

Aunt Zhou thought she was questioning that she had eaten kickbacks, so she patted her thigh and promised, "Miss is wronged, you have to eat meat every day, where is the twenty taels of silver enough to spend, the old woman and the man of my family haven't spent a penny!" ”

"Alright, alright, I don't blame you!" Li Xiaojun interrupted her defense, "Since you have no money, let's not eat meat." ”

Aunt Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, and made another mistake, "But there is no income in the building, even if we don't eat meat, we won't be able to last for a few days." Miss really wants to save some in the future, you see you made a meal of fish the day before yesterday, just the oil used two or three catties, pepper and dogwood used more than a catty, even the princes and nobles can't stand you to make it like this! ”

Oops, why is it so annoying!

Li Xiaojun was also bitter, she finally made up her mind to cook for everyone next time, but there were no ingredients, and finally made a sandwich meal, not to mention, and complained all the time.

"Oops, those spices will be used later!" Hearing Aunt Zhou's complaints, Li Xiaojun said impatiently, "Let me rest for a few days, and when I have money, I will buy some good ingredients, and I will cook a good meal for you." ”

Hearing that she was still going to spoil the ingredients, Aunt Zhou chattered endlessly like an opened faucet, "Where is the money!" In the past, Zhen Niang was in the building, although there were occasional financial constraints, but she had never been like this for three days and two ends worried about the money, and now Zhen Niang is married, and the young lady does not go downstairs, what can I do? ”

What does this old woman mean, is she blaming the old lady for not opening the door to welcome guests?

Li Xiaojun was extremely depressed, and said in his heart, who is the landlord and who is the nanny, how can I have a feeling of working for you?

What's more, it's still that kind of job!

No, no, my mother finally lived again, but I don't want to go down the old road of my life.

"Don't say it, I know!" Li Xiaojun interrupted her, "I'm almost in good health now, don't worry, I'll have the money in my account soon." ”

"Hey, good, good!" Aunt Zhou thought that she had persuaded her, and said happily, "As long as Miss opens the door to welcome guests, with your reputation, why don't you worry about no benefactors?" ”

Li Xiaojun really wanted to pounce on her and strangle her, but when she thought that she cooked and cleaned up the yard for herself every day, without merit and hard work, she endured it vigorously.

After the old mother left, she made up her mind that no matter how these two coerced and tempted, she must keep the bottom line and resolutely not do the skin and meat business! It's a big deal to sell all the musical instruments and sell the house, and I can't believe that I can't think of a way to make money. I'm also a modern person, I visited a lot of museums when I was a child, and my dad has been in charge of industry for many years, so I won't forget it all under the words and deeds, right?

After thinking about it, Cuiyun shouted below, "Miss, Uncle Zhou bought you the oysters you wanted." ”

"How many days have passed, how can he only buy it now?"

Cuiyun explained while helping her change her clothes, "There are no oysters in Nanjing, and it's not yet seasonal, so it's already good to be able to buy them!" ”

Li Xiaojun thought about it and felt that what she said was also very reasonable, in this era, the traffic is not smooth, and the transportation of seafood is difficult, and it is already very good to be able to buy it.

When I came to the kitchen, I saw that Zhou's mother's face had crumpled into a piece of dead bark, "How much silver does this cost, I really don't know how to be thrifty at all!" ”

Zhou Bin smirked, "Miss is not in good health, so let's rely on her for the time being." ”

When Xiao Wu saw a pot of seafood, he was already happy, so much, Miss will definitely not be able to eat it all, and he will have a good mouth again.

Li Xiaojun coughed deliberately, and the three of them stopped complaining with their own thoughts, and looked at her one after another, Zhou Bin said, "Miss, the oysters you want, the old man finally bought them." ”

Li Xiaojun didn't bother to investigate their disrespect to him, and directly ordered, "Kick the meat out, wash it, and set it aside." ”

"Hey, okay!" The three of them had been waiting impatiently, and she took action as soon as she gave the order, and she herself had already hid aside because she couldn't smell the fishy smell.

In less than half an hour, Cuiyun ran in, "They've already washed up, what are they going to do then?" ”

"Bring a pot under cold water to a boil, then turn to low heat and simmer!"

In the original history, the invention of oyster sauce was an accident, it is said that there was a fisherman surnamed Li in Guangdong who cooked oysters at home to eat, because suddenly something went out, and when he came back from his busy work, he smelled a strange fragrance from the house, and Lao Li Tou remembered that he was still cooking meat in his pot. Hurriedly ran in to open the lid of the pot to see, what appeared in front of him was a thick layer of thick brown juice sinking at the bottom of the pot, fragrant and fragrant, arousing people's appetite. He took a little bit and put it in his mouth to taste it, and it was delicious. Inadvertently, a new condiment, oyster sauce, was invented!

After inadvertently inventing oyster sauce, Lao Li Tou also smelled a business opportunity, and from then on he no longer went to sea to fish, but devoted himself to boiling oyster sauce at home and selling it for money, and after more than 100 years of development, it has become the current Lee Kum Kee - although there is no drop of oyster sauce in it!

After boiling for half an hour, the fishy smell in the pot gradually faded, and the aroma of meat began to slowly diffuse, before Li Xiaojun reappeared in front of them.

Xiao Wu asked, "Miss, can you eat?" ”

"Almost!" Li Xiaojun asked Zhou's mother to scoop up the meat, "Strain the remaining soup with a white cloth, wash the pot, add water and continue to cook." ”

Xiao Wu stared at the steaming oyster meat like a gluttonous monkey, "Can you eat this?" ”

"Yes!" Li Xiaojun looked at this half-sized boy and said with a smile, "Go and prepare green onions, garlic, sea pepper, and peppercorns, and I'll make you a stir-fried oyster!" ”

Xiao Wu hesitated, "What is Sea Pepper?" ”

Li Xiaojun remembered that there were no chili peppers in this era, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, if there is no sea pepper, then dogwood!" ”

This time, Li Xiaojun didn't pull his crotch anymore, a stir-fried oyster was made with color and flavor, except for Aunt Zhou's pain, everyone else ate with a smile, especially Zhou Bin took out a pot of wine out of nowhere, hehe smiled, "Hey...... It's a shame that such a good dish doesn't go with wine! ”

Aunt Zhou glared at him fiercely, but Li Xiaojun ruined the atmosphere, "Ah, Uncle Zhou, you still have wine, give me some taste!" ”

Zhou Bin's face showed embarrassment, "Miss, this old man's wine is not good, it can't be put on the table, you better don't drink it!" ”

Li Xiaojun said indifferently, "It's okay, drink, it's an atmosphere!" ”

Zhou Bin had no choice but to pour her half a cup, "Miss just taste it, don't let others know." ”

The wine of the Ming Dynasty is mainly divided into two kinds, one is rice wine, such as Huadiao, daughter red, sweet and mellow, not easy to get drunk, and only rich people can afford to drink. The other is liquor, also called stinky wine, which is fierce and intoxicating, and is the favorite of the peddlers and pawns.

Li Xiaojun took a sip, it was neither sauce fragrance nor strong fragrance, he only felt extremely bland, and couldn't help frowning, "It's really not good!" ”

Zhou Bin was embarrassed, but he heard Li Xiaojun say again, "Let's drink better in the future, let's improve the quality of Meixianglou, and we must start from everyone." ”

Aunt Zhou pouted on the side, "Hmph, I can't afford to eat and drink good wine!" ”

After eating the oyster meat, the oyster juice was almost condensed, Li Xiaojun added some salt, sugar, light soy sauce, and starch to it, stirred and cooled, and the first oyster sauce of Daming was freshly baked.

"Is this oyster sauce?" Mother Zhou looked at the brown grease, dipped a little bit of the bottom of the pot with her fingers and put it in her mouth, her eyes suddenly narrowed into a slit, "Ah, it's so fresh!" ”

Xiao Wu also tasted it, "Well, it's really fresh, and it will definitely be delicious to add a little bit when cooking." ”

After Zhou Bin tasted it, he said cautiously, "This can be sold for a lot of money in the market, right?" ”

Li Xiaojun said proudly, "Of course you can sell it for money, otherwise you think I can make it out and eat it myself?" ”

Xiao Wu said excitedly, "Great, we finally have an entry in the building." ”

Li Xiaojun sighed and said, "It's hard to find raw materials here without the sea, and how much money can you make if you can't mass produce them." ”

Zhou Bin's face quickly darkened, and after a while, he suddenly became excited, "Although Nanjing does not produce oysters, it is not completely absent, I will go to visit tomorrow, if I can meet the fishermen from Songjiang, negotiate the price with them in advance, and it is not difficult to send them over." ”

Li Xiaojun looked at him with some surprise, he didn't expect that this old man still had a bit of business acumen, and he knew the truth that channels were king. However, what surprised him even more was still behind, Xiao Wu interjected, "We might as well move to Songjiang, I heard that this thing is very cheap over there, and you can have as much as you want." ”

I go, I even understand the location advantage, who said that the ancients were very ignorant?

Li Xiaojun thought for a while and still rejected his proposal, she still wants to save Zhenniang, besides, it is not easy to move in this era, not to mention the chaos on the road, her connections are in Nanjing, and she suddenly moved to Shanghai, and she is not familiar with life, and she is not bullied to death!

What's more, in this era, Shanghai is far inferior to Nanjing.

Sure enough, Zhou Bin also thought of what she thought of, do you think we live on the painting boat and leave as soon as we say it? ”

Li Xiaojun adopted Zhou Bin's suggestion, "You have to make a good living to do this, our Meixianglou's livelihood is all on this!" ”

After speaking, he glanced at Cuiyun and Xiao Wu again, and said with a smile, "Their fate is also in your hands." ”

Zhou Bin suddenly felt Alexander, "Miss, don't worry, the old man will definitely do this." ”

"That's fine!" Li Xiaojun pointed to a full bowl of oyster sauce and ordered, "Keep half of it for yourself, and you can take out the rest and sell it to see how much it can be sold!" ”