The splendid life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 17 Kamaboko
"It's okay, I caught four fishes today, and the one they took was the smallest one." Yao Yu explained.

Xie Zhimo nodded, "It's because of your hard work."

"It's not bitter, I'll go to Sister Fengzhen's house to borrow a knife." Yao Yu chose a big fish, wrapped it with wild vegetables, and then went to Li's house.

Seeing that it was Yao Yu who came, Wang Fengzhen went to the kitchen to get a knife, "Sister Fengzhen, wait a minute, this is the fish I got this afternoon, you can eat it."

Wang Fengzhen saw that it was wrapped in wild vegetables, but it was also a big fish. The meat of the fish was sold for eight or nine yuan a catty, and the better ones were sold for ten yuan. "This is impossible."

"Sister Fengzhen, don't be polite to me. I need to borrow a knife for a few days from now, so you just accept this fish." Yao Yu said.

Only then did Wang Fengzhen accept it, and then went to the house to get the knife and handed it to Yao Yu.

"I'll send it to you when I'm done using it," Yao Yu said.

"It's okay, I won't get up until midnight tomorrow, you can just deliver it at that time." Wang Fengzhen felt a little embarrassed holding the fish in her hand, and said it was borrowing a knife, but after all, their family took advantage of it.

"Then I'll go first." Yao Yu still has a lot of things to do when she gets home. First, she has to clean up the two fish, then one for dinner, and the other, she is going to try fish cakes.

It was the first time for Nuoer to eat fish at such a young age, so she didn't know what to do. Yao Yu scolded the Xie family thousands of times in her heart. "These thorns have to be all picked out, eat slowly, and don't get stuck."

Fortunately, Nuo'er was smart and understood the essence in a while, but even so, Yao Yu picked the spines of the fish in Nuo'er's bowl first.

After Yao Yu finished his share, he started to toss another fish. Yao Yu's knife skills are not very good, so it took a long time to remove the bones and skin of the fish.Yao Yu didn't take out the fish meat until he was sweating profusely, and then chopped it with a knife. This step is much easier. It would be great if there were eggs and beef. Yao Yu shook his head, what a pity.

Without seasoning, Yao Yu could only beat the fish to make it sticky, then shape it into a square and steam it in a pot.

Yao Yu didn't know if he could succeed, and there was nothing he could do if he failed, anyway, there were plenty of fish in the river.

Xie Zhimo and Nuo'er saw Yao Yu staring nervously at the pot, and they also stared curiously together, as if something good would come out of it.

Two quarters of an hour later, Yao Yu lifted the lid of the pot, and a smell of fish wafted out, "Wow, this is even more fragrant than the chicken last time." Nuo'er sighed.

Xie Zhimo agreed very much. Although he had dinner just now, he felt hungry again when he smelled the aroma. Yao Yu took out the fish cake, but there was a lack of flour, so the fish cake was not very formed, but it was not bad. The cake is cut into pieces of about the same size, and then shared among three people.

The fish cake has no fishbone, so I don't worry about Nuoer getting stuck. After eating a piece, Nuoer also found this problem, "Is this one without thorns?"

"No, Nuo'er can eat it at ease." Yao Yu picked up a piece of fish cake. If some salt and vinegar were added, the fish cake would definitely taste better.

Xie Zhimo ate several pieces, "This is the first time I have eaten such fish."

"Really?" Yao Yu originally wanted to sell fish cakes in the town, but was afraid that someone in the town would sell them.

Xie Zhimo nodded, "It's indeed the first time, even in Jiangzhou, I haven't seen fish eaten like this."

"Great." In this way, Yao Yu felt that his chances of selling this fish cake increased by one point.

After Yao Yu returned the knife to Sister Feng Zhen's house, she went to the ground to dig a small pot of earthworms, then washed and lay down.Thinking that he was about to make money, Yao Yu was so excited that he didn't rest much all night.Fortunately, he could take a nap while fishing, and Yao Yu went to the river early in the morning.

Yao Yu didn't get up until he had caught a whole basket of fish, and it was still the same as yesterday, with wild vegetables between each fish and amaranth on top to cover it.Because there were too many fish, Yao Yu borrowed a knife and went directly to the river to clean the fish.

In fact, fish bubbles can also be eaten, but the fishy smell without oil and salt must be strong, so Yao Yu threw them all away and saved a fish to eat, and borrowed ten catties of noodles from Wang Fengzhen. Yao Yu made all the remaining fish fish cakes.

It is estimated that five catties of fish should be mixed with one catty of flour for molding. Do not put too much flour, so as not to interfere with the fragrance of the fish. Sure enough, after adding flour, the fish cake looks much better when it is formed.

It was three days after Yao Yu used up ten catties of flour. Fortunately, the weather was getting cooler and the fish cakes could be stored for a few days. Seeing the fifty catties of fish cakes formed, Yao Yu felt that the hard work of these few days was worth it.

In the early morning of the second day, Yao Yu packed fifty catties of fish cakes and went out without eating breakfast. Yao Yu had no choice but to walk to Hehua Town.

Yao Yu took fifty catties of fish cakes and wandered around Hehua Town first to find out the market, and finally decided to sell them to the inn.Hehua Town is divided into two cities, the East and the West, and everything is similar, except that there are more inns in the East City. Yao Yu walked into an inn that looked pretty good.

Seeing that the person who came was a rural woman, the waiter in the shop became a little impatient, "What do you want to eat?"

Yao Yu said nicely, "I want to find the shopkeeper. I came from the mountains..."

Before he finished speaking, he was kicked out of the shop by the waiter, "Who cares about the things in your mountains, hurry up, don't dirty my shop."

Yao Yuhu was almost pushed to the basket on the ground by the waiter in the shop, and sighed, the dog's eyes look down on people, as expected in any era.They ran to several inns in a row, and without exception, they were all kicked out. Seeing that it was almost noon, Yao Yu's stomach groaned, but she didn't have a copper coin on her body, and she couldn't even afford a bun.

Yao Yu got up, "Try the last one again, if you don't have one, go back first!"

There are two largest inns in Hehua Town, one is called Manchuan Inn and the other is called Bafang Inn. Yao Yu plans to visit these two.As far as the name is concerned, Yao Yu finally chose the Bafang Inn, thinking that the owner is willing to receive guests from Bafang, and the same should be true for the food.

Yao Yu took a deep breath, walked into the Bafang Inn, and the waiter came up to him, "Guest officer, what do you need?"

The store waiter looked the same, Yao Yu smiled and said, "I want to find your shopkeeper, if I have something, ask him if he will accept it."

The waiter nodded knowingly, "Sit down, I'll call the shopkeeper right away."

After a while, a bloated middle-aged man came out. The man sized Yao Yu up, and then said, "I'm here, but you want to sell something?"

"Yes." Yao Yu didn't talk nonsense, put the basket on the table, and then lifted the lid.

"What kind of pastry is this?" Shopkeeper Wen looked at the white and pastry-like thing, a little curious.

"It's fish cakes." Yao Yu replied concisely, "Do you have a knife? Shopkeeper Wen, would you like to try it?"

Shopkeeper Wen hurriedly called the waiter to get a knife, Yao Yu cut off a small piece and put it on a plate and handed it to Shopkeeper Wen.

Shopkeeper Wen took it, "Is this to be eaten directly?"

"You can eat it directly. If it's too cold, you can steam it, or dip it in sauce for a better taste." Yao Yu explained.

Shopkeeper Wen nodded, picked up the chopsticks and fed the fish cake into his mouth, a strong fragrance instantly filled the whole mouth, biting down, it was soft and glutinous, after tasting one piece, shopkeeper Wen said curiously, "There is no thorn in it. ?”

"I took care of all the fishbone." As for how to deal with it, Yao Yu certainly wouldn't say.

Shopkeeper Wen has a bit of a headache recently. He was already competing fiercely with Manchuan Inn. That restaurant has recently introduced a lot of new dishes. If they have fish cakes, they can win the game. Thinking of this, Wen Zhanggui said, " How are you going to sell it?"

Yao Yu didn't directly discuss the price, "This fish cake is suitable for a large number of people. Except for children, you can sell it to more people in the future. I think the elderly in government and business will like this dish."

Shopkeeper Wen's eyes lit up, isn't it? His own mother likes to eat fish, but it's just that she is old and easy to get stuck. She hasn't eaten much in these years. Every time I talk about this, I feel very regretful.

Seeing Shopkeeper Wen's expression, Yao Yu said, "I'm going to offer thirty Wen a catty for this fish cake, what does Shopkeeper Wen think?"

"Thirty cents?" Shopkeeper Wen shook his head, "It's too high, the fish can be up to ten cents a catty, and it costs thirty cents to make this pastry."

Yao Yu said with a smile, "A fish that costs ten yuan a catty includes fishbone and fish head. My workmanship is more than that price. Besides, I sell thirty yuan to shopkeeper Wen, and shopkeeper Wen can turn around and sell it for a higher price."

Shopkeeper Wen pondered for a moment, it is true, if it is pushed to the high-end crowd, it may be sold for hundreds of copper coins.

"I sincerely want to make this business with Shopkeeper Wen. Of course, it's okay if Shopkeeper Wen doesn't want to. There will be a bright future." Yao Yu said and was about to leave.

Seeing that Yao Yu was about to leave, Shopkeeper Wen hurriedly said, "Just at this price, but there are a few things I want to discuss with you again."

Yao Yu sat down, "Shopkeeper Wen, please tell me."

"Since you sold it to Bafang Inn, you are not allowed to provide it to other inns." Shopkeeper Wen said.

If you give it to the Manchuan Inn, the loss outweighs the gain. Yao Yu obviously knew what shopkeeper Wen was thinking, and said, "It's natural. If there are too many people selling it, I can't sell it at a good price. It's just whether shopkeeper Wen will always be willing." Take this fish cake?"

"of course."

"Treasurer Wen is really bold. Since there is no objection, why don't we sign an agreement?" Yao Yu said. There was a prejudice against women in ancient times. Who can tell what happened in the future, so black and white words are the most reliable.

(End of this chapter)