Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 71 Opportunities to make money

"Don't be too crowded, everyone can try the food." Li An shouted looking at the crowded crowd.

Naturally, we also had food tastings at this opening. Of course, the free food tastings were all about pigs in the water.

People are irresistible to free things. Once they heard that they could try something for free, the crowd became even more excited.

Ang Lee was worried about causing a stampede, so he could only come out to maintain order.

"Don't be crowded, just wait in line."

At this moment, two people ran over to help maintain order.

Li An was stunned when he saw the two of them. He turned around and saw Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye not far away. He smiled and greeted them: "Ze Cheng, Zhong Huai, why are you here?"

Gu Tingye pretended to be displeased and said, "You are so mean. You didn't notify me when your store opened. If Zecheng hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known. Why, are you afraid that we will eat your food for nothing?"

Li An knew that Gu Tingye was seeing a joke and said with a smile: "I was afraid that these things wouldn't catch your eyes, so I didn't inform you."

Officials like Sheng Changbai and Gu Tingye usually don't eat pork, so Li An didn't notify them.

"Brother Ziqian, is this really pork? Why is it so fragrant?" Ru Lan sniffed and said.

"Haha, it is indeed pork, but it is made using a special method to remove the fishy smell." Li An said with a smile.

The ancients called pork a cheap meat. Many people thought it was because the pigs lived in dirty and smelly conditions and grew up eating leftovers.

In fact, it is not only that, but the more important reason is that the pork in ancient times is different from the pork in later generations.

Later generations of pigs have been specially bred to taste good and not have that strong fishy smell.

However, compared with the pork of later generations, the taste of pork in ancient times was much worse, and the fishy smell was also stronger.

This fishy smell is not like what some novels say. The ancients did not understand castration or anything like that.

In fact, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, castration had already begun in pig farming.

The fundamental reason is the variety problem, and many seasonings in later generations either did not exist in ancient times, or have not yet become seasonings.

When ordinary people eat meat, they basically cook it simply. Even the pork of later generations, if the pork is cooked without adding any seasonings, few can eat it, let alone the pork of ancient times.

Su Shi wrote that the rich refused to eat it and the poor did not know how to cook it, which somewhat meant why they should not eat minced meat.

Just follow his recipe of Dongpo pork and Dongpo elbow, ordinary people would not be willing to do that.

"Is it true, as you just said, that eating it can strengthen your body?" Sheng Changbai asked in surprise.

"Uh..." Li An scratched his head and said, "Absolutely."

There is definitely no way to strengthen the body, but eating more meat can naturally strengthen the body. It is not false propaganda.

Hearing this, Gu Tingye became interested and said with a smile, "Then I'd like to try it."

"You don't mind it?"

Li An was a little surprised when he heard this. He saw Mo Lan frown when she heard Ru Lan say it was pork, and there was a hint of disgust in her eyes.

I didn't expect that a young master like Gu Tingye would want to try it.

"It's not like I've never eaten pork before, so there's nothing to dislike about it. It's so fragrant, so it shouldn't taste any different." Gu Tingye said.

"Haha, I also want to watch it often. If pork can be made delicious, it will benefit the people." Sheng Changbai said with a smile.

Hearing this, Li An glanced at the crowd of people surrounding his door, pointed to a restaurant diagonally across the street, and said, "You go find a seat there, and I'll get some."

"Okay, we'll go over there and wait for you."

Sheng Changbai came with his three younger sisters. It was really inconvenient to have so many people.

Li An finally squeezed into his store, told his parents, packed it with oil paper, and went to the restaurant opposite.

Li An unpacked all the packaged braised meat and introduced them one by one: "This is pork, this is pork liver, this is pig heart..."

Following Li An's introduction, Mo Lan's face turned pale, and she felt like vomiting, and quickly turned her head away.

Rulan's face didn't look good either, especially when she heard about pig intestines, she immediately gave up the idea of ​​trying it. “Try it and see!” Li An said.

"I'll try it."

Gu Tingye picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of pork liver, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.

"It tastes like a special fragrance and is delicious." Gu Tingye said with his eyes shining.

After saying that, he picked up something else and tasted it.

"I'll try it too."

Hearing this, Sheng Changbai picked up the chopsticks and tasted it.

"I didn't expect pork and pig offal to be so delicious if cooked properly." Sheng Changbai said in surprise.

Li An smiled and said to San Lan who was standing aside: "Let the three sisters try it."

"No, I haven't been feeling well these days and I can't eat meat." Mo Lan quickly refused.

The thought of it being pork and pig offal made her feel sick.

Even though Gu Tingye and Sheng Changbai both praised it for being delicious, she didn't have any appetite.

"Zi...Brother Ziqian, I'm not feeling well too." Ru Lan said a little unnaturally.

"Then I'll ask the waiter to come over and order you some other food." Li An said.

"Zi Qian, you don't know what they like to eat, so let their maids do it." Sheng Changbai said.

He was very dissatisfied with the performance of Ru Lan and Mo Lan. He originally wanted to tell Gu Tingye when he came here this time, but Ru Lan insisted on following after knowing about it.

Mo Lan didn't know where she got the news, but she wanted to follow him.

Sheng Changbai simply asked someone to ask Minglan and brought them all out.

However, Ru Lan and Mo Lan did not hide their disgust at the braised food Li An brought over.

It's not that he wants to force the two of them to eat these, but he told them when they came here that they don't have to eat and they can't show disgust.

The two of them agreed very well, but unexpectedly they forgot about it in the blink of an eye.

"Fourth sister, fifth sister, this is really delicious, try it." Minglan said.

Everyone looked around and saw Minglan holding a pair of chopsticks in her hand and chewing in her mouth. While talking, she picked up another piece of pork liver and started eating it.

"No need." Mo Lan quickly refused: "I'm going to order something else."

Ru Lan was a little hesitant, but when she thought about Mo Lan not eating, if she did, Mo Lan would look back and laugh at her, so she refused.

"Don't worry about them. This is a restaurant and they can't be hungry." Sheng Changbai said.

"Haha, this meat is well cooked and goes well with wine. Waiter, bring me a pot of hot wine." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"It's not even noon yet, why are you drinking?" Li An said speechlessly.

"It's okay, just warm up. By the way, the Shangyuan Festival is in a few days. I heard from Zicheng that the Shangyuan Festival in Yangzhou is very lively. Let's go and join in the fun." Gu Tingye said with a smile.

"How can Yangzhou compare with Bianjing? I guess you won't be interested in shopping by then." Sheng Changbai shook his head.

"Every place has its own characteristics. Bianjing is very lively, but when it comes to the Lantern Festival, it is so crowded that it is impossible to have fun." Gu Tingye said.

"I'm afraid I won't have time by then, so I'm going to set up a quiz booth." Li An said with a smile.

Last year during the Lantern Festival, Li An got an idea when he saw those riddle booths.

Now he owes Gu Tingye more than a thousand taels of silver, and he promised to pay it off in two years.

The Lantern Festival is a good opportunity for him to make money.

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