Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 21 The sweet-tongued fat man
  Li An first taught his mother how to blanch the pigs, and then started the formal marinating process.

Marinating is actually very simple. Put cold water in the pot, add various accessories and soy sauce, bring to a boil over high heat, and then marinate over low heat for about an hour.

Of course, this is a simple version. For a more complicated version, you need to boil a pot of old soup first and use the old soup to marinate it.

In order to make the color look better and taste better, sugar-coated sugar is added to it.

Whether it's making old soup or frying sugar, the cost will increase a lot, so Li An made a simplified version.

"Is it that simple?" Ms. Liu said with some doubts.

"Mom, the most important thing about this secret recipe is the ingredients, not the method. You will know it after a while." Li An confidently said.

Mrs. Liu lit the fire hesitantly, and when the water in the pot was about to boil, there was a faint fragrance in the heat.

As time passed, the scent became stronger and stronger.

"Isn't this too fragrant?" Ms. Liu swallowed.

"Mom, it only smells delicious when you eat it. Now that the water is boiling, you can change it to a low heat, and then cook it for half an hour. But don't rush to open the pot, just soak it in the pot and wait. I'll be back from school."

Li An was also a little greedy. If it hadn't been for the academy classes to start soon, he would have really wanted to wait until the marinade was ready to eat.

"Oh, I know." Mrs. Liu responded.

Even though she had agreed before, she was still unsure and was more interested in giving it a try.

Now this fragrance gives her a lot of confidence. Just based on this fragrance, someone must be willing to buy it.

Maybe this business can really make money.

At this moment, Mr. Liu was full of energy.

Li An explained again and went to the academy.

……

"Li An, why do you have a scent on your body?"

Zeng Chuan asked when Li An passed by him and smelled a faint fragrance.

This fragrance is very tempting. I just finished my lunch break and I was feeling a little hungry. When I smelled this fragrance, I felt even hungrier.

He sniffed, trying to find the source of the scent, but found that it seemed to be coming from Li An, so he asked.

"fragrance?"

Li An was stunned for a moment, then raised his arm and smelled it, and found that he did have a faint scent of marinated meat.

He had been in the kitchen for so long before, so it was normal for his body to be stained with the smell of braised food, but as he walked along, the smell had almost dissipated.

Even he himself wouldn't have smelled it unless he got closer and smelled it.

I didn’t expect the little fat man’s sense of smell to be so sensitive.

"Yes, did you smell it? Did your mother make something delicious for you?" Zeng Chuan asked.

Li An rolled his eyes when he heard this and smiled: "Yes, my mother made me something delicious using a secret recipe. Do you want to try it?"

He planned to go to the pier with his mother after school to sell the braised water.

Although Mr. Liu only bought two pairs of pigs, after they were marinated, they were not light enough with wooden basins.

Isn't the little fat man just a free labor force?

Maybe he likes it and will have many loyal customers in the future.

Zeng Chuan didn't know what Li An was thinking, so he swallowed and said hesitantly: "Isn't this bad?"

"Haha, what's wrong? We are friends. After school, you come with me to my house and give it a try." Li An said with a smile.

"Hehe, then I'm not welcome." Zeng Chuan rubbed his hands and said.

Perhaps because he was thinking about the delicious food, the little fat boy was in a trance during class. Master Zhou discovered it and had to slap his palms several times before he calmed down.

What Li An didn't know was that not long after he left, the neighbors around the house his family rented smelled the fragrance.

Many people came to his house in search of the scent and asked Mr. Liu.

Mr. Liu told them that he was in the food business and that the aroma came from the food he made, and he did not say what he was making.

After hearing this, many people asked what it was, how it was sold, and wanted to buy some to try.

However, Li An didn't tell her how to sell it, and Liu didn't know how to answer.

I can only evade that the things are not ready yet, and I will notify them after they are ready.

……

"Congratulations, Master!"

Everyone bowed and saluted, and then straightened up after the Master left the school. "Li An, let's go quickly. I was beaten by my master for your delicious food. You have to let me eat more later." Zeng Chuan urged.

"That's because you were distracted in class and left after I packed up my things." Li An said with a smile.

Li An packed up his things and led Zeng Chuan to the rented house.

When he took Zeng Chuan into the courtyard, Mrs. Liu in the kitchen heard the noise and came out.

"A Niu, today Zhuangzi..."

When Mrs. Liu saw Zeng Chuan next to Li An, she stopped and asked, "Aniu, what is this?"

"Hello, aunt. I'm Zeng Chuan, Li An's classmate. He said that his aunt made delicious food and asked me to come over and try it. I'm disturbing my aunt."

Without waiting for Li An's introduction, the little fat man took the initiative to introduce himself.

The little fat man looked a little cute with a smile on his face. He spoke like an aunt and was very polite. In addition, he was Li An's classmate, which made Mr. Liu more fond of him. He smiled and said: "Don't disturb, don't disturb, come in quickly." sit."

"Mom, you don't have to be so polite. Have you dealt with those things as I told you?" Li An asked.

"Whatever you say, this kid, he is a guest when he comes." Mrs. Liu glared at Li An.

"Aunt, Li An is right. He and I are friends. It makes me feel embarrassed that you are so polite." Zeng Chuan said with a smile.

"Okay, Auntie won't be polite to you anymore, just treat this as your own home." Mrs. Liu said with a smile, then looked at Li An and said, "Everything has been cut as you said."

"I gonna go see."

As Li An said this, he walked into the kitchen and saw several wooden basins on the table by the window, filled with chopped pig offal.

He picked up a piece of large intestine from the wooden basin containing the large intestine, stuffed it into his mouth and ate it.

Although the taste is much worse than the braised large intestine of later generations, it is still very delicious to Li An who has eaten boiled vegetables for so long.

When Li An entered the kitchen, Zeng Chuan and Mr. Liu followed him. Seeing that Li An was eating deliciously, he swallowed and asked, "Is it delicious?"

In fact, he wanted to ask if he could let me try it too, but since Mr. Liu was nearby, he was a little embarrassed.

"Try it." Li An turned sideways.

Zeng Chuan was not polite, took a piece from the basin containing pig lungs, and ate it.

"Hmm~ It smells so good... It's so delicious. Auntie, the food you made is so delicious." Zeng Chuan praised.

"Haha, if you like it, just eat more." Mrs. Liu smiled.

"Well, thank you Auntie."

Zeng Chuan was not polite when he heard this. He tried other dishes and praised Mrs. Liu every time he took a bite.

Mrs. Liu was so happy that she kept letting him eat.

Li An rolled his eyes and said, "Mom, it's getting late. Let's take these to the dock and sell them."

"Sell?" Zeng Chuan looked at Li An in confusion.

"Yes, these are made to be sold. Since you have eaten so much, forget the money and help with the work." Li An said with a smile.

"You kid, Zeng Chuan is a guest, so there's no reason to let the guests work." Ms. Liu said angrily.

"Auntie, you just said you wanted me to treat this as my own home. Isn't it right for me to do some work for my own family? If you don't let me help, I will be embarrassed to come here in the future." Zeng Chuan said.

Li An: "..."

He felt that he should learn more from the little fat man and see how beautifully he said it.

When Mrs. Liu heard what the little fat man said, she praised him and made Li An roll his eyes.

"Mom, if you don't leave, it will get dark." Li An reminded.

Mrs. Liu then came back to her senses and said, "By the way, many people from Zhuangzi came to inquire about it and wanted to buy some. I didn't know how much to sell, so I told them to inform them later."

When Li An heard this, he brightened up and said, "Mom, then go and call them over. Remember to tell them that everyone who wants to buy something should bring a big bowl."

"What's the price?" Ms. Liu asked.

Li An picked up a large bowl and estimated that if it contained braised pig offal, it would be about a pound full. He said, "Five cents per square bowl."

"So expensive?" Ms. Liu was surprised.

"Mom, this is meat. The price is not expensive at all. Go and call someone. If you want to buy it, buy it. If you don't want to buy it, let's go to the dock." Li An said.

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