Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 5 Yushanju

Chapter 5 Yushanju
Shrimp fishing was very busy every day, until March of the lunar calendar, large-scale spring sowing began, willows spit green and apricot trees bloomed, shrimps also entered the breeding season with the rise of water temperature, and the activity of shrimps increased production It also slowly declined, and when there were not even a few black wolf fish in the breeding season in the shrimping net, the shrimping work stopped.Looking at the four hundred catties of dried shrimps, more than 600 catties of dried shrimps, and a big bag of dried black wolf fish, Liu Tao and Brother Jinyang smiled happily.However, these dried shrimps and fish have to be sold by themselves.

Because Liu Tao's body is thin and short, and her brother Jin Yang is similar to her, the two of them seem to have no interest in the new love in this new world, and they don't even have much passion for holding hands, let alone Said to hug and kiss.Once they discussed this matter in private, they all thought it was because of their young age, and besides, the other party's body was not developed yet, so they couldn't attract the other party's interest.

On this day, Brother Jin Yang's father, who is Liu Tao's future father-in-law, is going to Fucheng together with Jin Yang Liutao. Rich people can afford high-end dishes.They brought a bag of dried shrimp and a bag of dried shrimp, and five or six catties of dried black wolf fish to Fucheng for sale.They didn't want Liu Tao to go, but Liu Tao herself said that she could cook shrimp dishes to facilitate sales, so she replaced her father.The father-in-law said that he would also stop by to see Jinsha, who was studying in Fucheng, and the mother-in-law brought a lot of things to Jinsha and the teacher who taught.

Passing by the town, this town (township) is called Xifeng Town, and it has six natural villages under its jurisdiction. Goudong Village, where Liutao is located, is also under the jurisdiction of Xifeng Town.The carriage was driving on the main road in the town, and a very energetic woman came out of a grocery store by the side of the road. When she saw the cart, she hurriedly called out: "Brother-in-law", Liu Tao took a closer look, isn't that aunt?

I saw my aunt here. Although the relationship between the two parties is not good, politeness is still necessary. She can only jump out of the car with Jin Yang and shout: "How is Auntie?"

"Hello, Auntie."

"Ah, it's Liu Tao and Jin Yang." He turned to his father-in-law: "Brother, what are you doing so early in the morning?"

"Ah, it's the child's aunt, let's go to Fucheng..."

My aunt saw the two bags on the carriage as soon as she squinted her eyes, sniffed her nose and smelled a fishy smell of fish and shrimp, and guessed that it was something like dried shrimp.

"Brother-in-law, this is going to sell dried shrimps. You don't need to go to Fucheng, just sell them in my shop!"

The father-in-law turned his mind quickly, and hurriedly said: "It's not to sell, but to deliver goods to others. It's all agreed, and you can't talk without counting!"

"Ah, that's it. If you have any more in the future, can you give them to me? They are all relatives, and I can't cheat you..."

"Okay, let's take advantage of the cold weather and leave first."

Liu Tao and Jin Yang wanted to leave her quickly, and immediately climbed into the carriage and shouted: "Goodbye, Auntie" and "Goodbye, Auntie". Seeing their carriage go away, Auntie went back sullenly.

On the way, Liu Tao asked her father-in-law: "Elder-in-law, is that small grocery store a big business for my aunt's?"

"Hmph, this grocery store is not too small in this town!" It was obvious that the father-in-law was also somewhat dissatisfied with the brother-in-law's daughter-in-law.

After leaving Qifeng Town, the carriage picked up speed and entered the gate of the Fucheng before noon. The Fucheng is very large, and there is more than one commercial street. There are all kinds of industries, and there are many rich people.

What they entered was a street full of merchants. There were many taverns and restaurants on the street, and there were also snack restaurants occasionally. People could smell the aroma of wine and meat on the street.They don't know where to sell.When they came to this new world, the two of them didn't know how to sell their goods, and the father-in-law was not a person who often went out, so they could only bite the bullet and find someone to inquire about.

They stopped in front of a food stall, and the father-in-law asked the owner, "Shopkeeper, do you know where to sell ingredients?"

The shopkeeper just set up a cloth tent and set up four tables, just like a roadside food stall in Yanzhou. He also sold steaming steamed buns to customers. He looked at the three of them shrewdly and said, "Are you Out of town, if you don’t buy my food, I won’t tell you!”

The father-in-law had no choice but to spend six cents to buy three meat buns. After paying the money, the shopkeeper pointed to a middle-aged man who was eating chaos at the small table and said, "He is a know-it-all in Fucheng. If you understand something, just ask him if you have anything to do."

The father-in-law and the two of them felt like they were being tricked. Fortunately, after spending money, they still had steamed stuffed buns to eat, so they didn't bother with him anymore.The father-in-law saw that the middle-aged man was very conspicuous in the apricot-yellow top, so he went up to answer: "Brother, may I ask you something?"

The middle-aged man was drinking soup lazily, put down the bowl and asked, "What do you mean?"

"We are from the countryside. We want to sell dried fish and shrimp in Fucheng, but we don't know where to sell them?"

"Do you distribute or retail? There is a place for distribution, and there is a place for retail?"

"It's best to sell it at once, because my home is far away, and I have to go back at night."

"Okay then, I'll take you to a place. If the stuff is genuine, I guarantee that you can sell it at a high price. If you can't agree, I can introduce you to the next one, but..."

Listening to his words, the three of them thought in their hearts; this is a good man they met.But he paused at this point, stretched out his hand and said, "I won't ask you for more, I'll give you twenty copper coins, first give ten, and then I'll give you ten more..."

"Ah, do you still want money?"

"You said that I would accompany Kung Fu, run errands to guide you, and sell goods to you. Would you be happy if you don't give me some hard work money? Besides, I will accompany you all the way. If you can't sell it in an hour If so, will I get a full refund?"

It's not bad for the three of them to think about it. After all, they are not familiar with this prefecture. Instead of blindly bumping into each other, it's better to spend money to buy a smooth deal. The middle-aged man also got in the car and directed his father-in-law. go all the way.Liu Tao and Jin Yang could tell that this was an ancient version of a tour guide, and it also had elements of a broker.Along the way, there were quite a few people wearing shirts like his, all of whom were guiding the way or introducing business to outsiders. The two strongly doubted whether they were employees of the same company.

Not far from the carriage, it stopped at the downstairs of a plaque that said "Yushanju". This Yushanju has a tall and three-story building. upscale.It was at the mouth of the meal, and there was the sound of finger-guessing orders from inside, and diners could be seen from the windows next to the street.The middle-aged man told his father-in-law to wait a moment, went to the back door of Yushanju by himself, came back after a while, and told his father-in-law to lead the carriage to the back door.

They entered the back door and moved their things in. In the backyard, two women were choosing vegetables, and an old man who looked like a shopkeeper was sitting at a small table, gesticulating with a pen and paper with a sad face.Seeing that the three of them had taken the pockets in front of them, he patted his head and came over to examine them.

He first pulled the dried shrimp and asked, "How do you eat this thing?"

Liu Tao replied: "This dried shrimp can be made into dried shrimp and radish soup, it can be fried with burdock, it can be made into braised dried shrimp with garlic, it can be stewed in oil and roasted with green onions..."

"Well, you can make so many dishes, so who can cook it, you can?"

The father-in-law looked at the shopkeeper and asked himself, and said embarrassedly: "No, it's not me, it's this, this girl."

The shopkeeper was delighted after hearing this: "Okay, let's go now, I guess there is still time, come on, Mrs. Liu, quickly lead the little girl into the back kitchen and let her make two dishes of dried shrimps, bring one to me, and the other." Give it to those two guests..."

Mrs. Liu was the one who chose the vegetables, she stood up when she heard the order, but Liu Tao didn't dare to call his wife: "Auntie, please lead me in?"

Mrs. Liu was very satisfied with the polite little girl, so she directly led her into the back kitchen. Liu Tao saw that there were three chefs working hard in the back kitchen. Mrs. Liu and a fat chef explained their intentions, and the fat chef didn't care about the little girl Liu Tao. He didn't trust her, so he just led her to a separate stove, told her where the condiments and other things were, and then went about her own business.

Liu Tao saw that the fire was suitable, so he first boiled water in a pot, and then went out to get some dried shrimps. He saw the spare celery and red and green peppers in the kitchen, so he planned to make a spicy dried shrimps.She first mixed the dried shrimps with salt and water, and then found all the noodle sauce, rock sugar cooking wine, chili oil and fried sesame seeds...

While she was working, the other two chefs looked over from time to time, seeming a little puzzled.After a while, a young man dressed as a waiter came in and asked the fat chef: "The distinguished guest has arrived, when will today's new dishes be ready?"

The fat chef glanced at this side and said: "It seems to be coming soon, wait for a quarter of an hour."

"Then hurry up, don't let them overturn the table again..." The fat chef waved his hand impatiently to let him go out.

Liu Tao also heard these words, and didn't care about them, she just concentrated on cooking.The dried shrimps are supposed to be soaked for two or three hours in advance. Now that there is too little time, I will cook them with water on low heat. When frying the shrimps, she cut the celery and red and green peppers diagonally into pieces, cut the green peppers into rolling blades, crushed rock sugar and mixed with soy sauce and white vinegar. , rice wine sauce.Then take out the dried shrimp and pour water, put oil in the hot pan, sauté pepper and star anise dried chili, then take out these three things, add ginger and garlic to fry until fragrant, add dried shrimp and stir fry, and then mix the mixed variety Simmer the seasoning sauce for a while, let the dried shrimp fully taste, then pour in fine celery and green and red peppers, add onions and stir-fry over medium heat when it is half-cooked, put it into two plates and sprinkle with sesame seeds, two plates of spicy shrimp Dried fresh out of the oven.

At this time, the spicy and delicious smell of the dishes came out in the kitchen. The three chefs looked at the dishes that the little girl put on the plate in surprise. At this time, the guy came back again, smiled at Liu Tao, and picked up the One of the plates was given to the so-called honored guest, and Liu Tao picked up the other plate and walked quickly to the backyard.

While Liu Tao was cooking, the shopkeeper Jin chatted with his father-in-law. It turned out that two distinguished guests came to the capital two months ago. The family is looking for famous dishes from all over the world.When they came to Yushanju, they were very angry at the brand of Yushanju and questioned the shopkeeper, saying: "You are really brave. You dare to call a dilapidated restaurant Yushanju and compete with the royal dining room of the imperial palace. Is there a national law?"

The shopkeeper argued: "We are Yushanju, which is the jade of gold and jade. The last word is residence, and your last word is room. There are two missing characters in the three words. The word "dining" is broadly defined, that is, ordinary people can call eating meals, so what is the relationship between our Yushanju and the imperial dining room you call, there is a difference of one hundred and eight thousand miles?"

"Okay, you are sophistrying, aren't you capable? I know you also have a backstage. Since you are so arrogant and dare to call yourself the royal family, I will come to your place to eat every day. Can we pay for the meal? You must give us what you are good at. The special dishes are for two months, and you can't repeat the same one every day. But you don't have to worry about the money, I will double the food money for you!"

"Two months, that's sixty days?"

"Yes, sixty special dishes, you are such a beef fork, I don't think it will be difficult for you?"

The shopkeeper, Mei Zhe, could only agree. He estimated that with one special dish every day, the three cooks in Yushanju now have their own unique skills, and each of them can make a lot of them. There are about 30 chefs now. More, the remaining 20 or so slowly figured out how to make up enough.Next, he worked out recipes with the three chefs, and the first month passed smoothly, and a lot of follow-up researches were made.However, something went wrong in the last ten days. The taste and color of a braised pork rib was similar to the sauce-flavored pork ribs made for them in the past, which angered them and said, "What kind of behavior are you doing? Swindling and cheating, this is called disrepute, if you don’t correct it, then your brand will be taken off by yourself…”

They overturned the tables, which not only scared away many diners but also ruined the reputation of Yushanju. We had to cook the dishes for the next day for them immediately.Today, there are still five or six days left in two months, and I can't think of any special varieties for this recipe.A few days ago, news came from his boss, who was an official in the capital, that he had offended a bigger official than him, and they came here to find him bad luck. If he offended them, his official position might be lost.Tell the shopkeeper, you must take good care of these two uncles, the main store in the capital has already made them steal 3000 taels of silver.No, counting today is the last five days of two months, the three of us in the back kitchen are racking our brains to think about recipes...

They were still talking, when Liu Tao came out with spicy dried shrimps. Seeing the delicious spicy dried shrimps, the shopkeeper picked up his chopsticks and tasted a couple of mouthfuls. The reaction of those two distinguished guests to this dish.At this time, the guy also ran over, excitedly said: "Shopkeeper, the guests are satisfied with the food, they are full of praise..."

Following his words, the fat chef also came over, and he couldn't stop praising Liu Tao. Only then did the three of them know that he was the head chef of this Yushanju, and they were also very worried by those two in the past few days. Liu Tao's arrival saved their lives.

Next, the fat chef took a closer look at the things they brought, and was satisfied with the dried shrimps and dried shrimps. When he heard that the dried fish was made of black wolf fish, he shook his head in shock. He had never heard that black wolf fish meat could be eaten. , but also rare delicious.Liu Tao said: "You don't believe me, I will make a plate now, I will eat it for you to see first, and then you can taste it?"

Shopkeeper Jin's proposal: "Let's not just sit here anymore, let's go, go to the private room and have a banquet, thank you little girl for helping us out of the siege. Little girl, don't be idle, go and make this dried fish a dish. That jack-of-all-trades don't leave, come together, this savior was led in by you, so I should thank you too..."

They went into the private room to drink tea, and Liu Tao went to the kitchen to make a stewed dried black wolf fish.When she served the dishes, the dishes made by other chefs also came one after another.Shopkeeper Jin, Fat Chef, and Wanshitong watched the three of them eat the dried fish without hesitation, and they were no longer afraid, and each took a piece to taste.This dried fish is different from that made by Liu Tao at home, because the restaurant has a complete range of seasonings, making the dried fish more delicious.

A plate of dried fish was left with a few chopsticks per person, and the few people couldn't get enough of it, but they all praised the deliciousness of the dried fish, pushing each other to drink.This wine is Laobaigan, but the alcohol content is less than forty degrees. The father-in-law knew that he could not drink enough, so he repeatedly refused the wine offered by the fat chef and the shopkeeper. He watched the golden seedling and willow peach wine drink seven or eight times in a row. Cup, probably more than four or two.The father-in-law couldn't persuade them to stop drinking, but just warned them to take it easy with his eyes.They were all good drinkers trained in college at the beginning, and they haven't had a drink since they crossed over. Today, they are in a good mood and have good wine and good food. After that, they will ignore the warning, and everyone has been drinking six or seven taels.It seemed that they were fine, but the jack-of-all-trades and the fat chef drank a little too much.The shopkeeper, Jiujing Winery, watched the two children who came to drink every cup, and couldn't help but be speechless in surprise.

After eating, they began to discuss the price of the ingredients they brought. After discussing with the shopkeeper and the fat chef, the price of dried shrimp was 100 copper coins per catty, the price of dried shrimp was [-] copper coins per catty, and the price of dried fish was [-] copper coins.Dad sells fresh shrimps in the county for fifteen copper coins a catty, and seven catties of fresh shrimps can produce one and a half catties of dried shrimps, which means that every catty of dried shrimps earns more than [-] copper coins.Seven catties of fresh shrimp yields one catty of fresh shrimps. If seven catties of fresh shrimps are equal to one catty of fresh shrimps, the profit per catty of fresh shrimps is doubled.Don't forget about the dried black wolf fish, it's all done.

Thirty catties of dried shrimp is worth six taels of silver, and 35 catties of dried shrimp is worth ten and a half taels of silver.Nine catties of dried fish cost one tael and eight taels of silver, a total of 17 copper coins.The shopkeeper remembered that Liu Tao used a lot of ingredients to cook today, so he made up a whole number of 18 taels of silver.He also proposed that as many such good things as there are in the future can be sent at this price, and as many as there are can be purchased.In the end, he also paid the copper coins that were not given to Wanshitong, and gave ten copper coins as a reward, and everyone was very happy.The shopkeeper also discussed with his father-in-law whether Liu Tao could come over for a few more days and teach some chefs Liu Tao's dried shrimp and dried fish dishes. After teaching them each dish, they can also give it to them. paid.

They went to the academy to see Jinsha, but Jinsha was not in the academy, so they could only leave their things for their husband and go home.

They returned home happily and told their mother-in-law the good news. Her mother-in-law was surprised to hear that the things were sold for such a high price that exceeded his likeness.After everyone talked for a while, the mother-in-law suddenly remembered what was called "I was fooled". When everyone asked why, the mother-in-law began to beat her chest and sigh.It turned out that the aunt came to his house at noon and said to her: "I have made an agreement with my elder brother (Jin Yang's father), and it is a good thing for everyone to come to collect dried shrimps and sell them at his grocery store. "

(End of this chapter)