Reborn to be rich

Chapter 35 Preparation
It is said that Hu Yue'e has a heartache about Zhang Guodong's handing over the secret recipe of tofu brain to Zhang Yigong. Zhang Guodong explained to his mother for a long time that his mother still can't let go.

"Mom, all kinds of food can be found in the recipes now. As long as people are willing to watch, they can learn it sooner or later. Don't you like jelly? I will give you the method of making jelly tomorrow."

"Give Heizi the method of jelly, and leave the method of noodle to your Aunt Qibo. At that time, all the good places in front of the temple will be occupied, and our village will sell food by itself." Hu Yue'e said happily.

There is more than a week before the Qingyun Temple Fair, Zhang Guodong has decided to set up a tent there to sell some clothing business, and the food can only be handed over to other members of the team.In fact, he still has two favorite foods in Yongkang County in his heart, so it would be more troublesome not to sit up.

On the second day, Zhang Guodong came to Uncle Jiu's house early in the morning.

"Guodong, why are you looking for me so early?" Uncle Jiu's family had just finished breakfast and was about to send a pair of children to their parents' home, and went to dig stones in the ditch with his wife.

"Uncle Jiu, I have a good business for you today, I don't know if you are interested." Zhang Guodong put it off first.

"It must be a good thing that you can find Uncle Jiu! Yanzi, go get Guodong a glass of water!" Uncle Jiu put down the tools in his hand and led Zhang Guodong into his home.

"Isn't the temple fair in this temple coming? Uncle Yi Gong and I were thinking about how to make tofu nao yesterday. I didn't expect it to be done. Today I thought about whether we should set up a mutton steamed bun stall at the temple fair. As long as the taste is good I'm so worried that I won't be able to sell it." Zhang Guodong said the purpose of his trip.

"It's not easy to make! Steamed mutton is a secret recipe of someone's county restaurant, how could it be so easy to figure out."

"As long as you are willing to try, you can't figure it out. When I was in high school, a classmate told me this method, and I also secretly wrote it down. If you are willing to try it, I will hand it over to you in a few days after the temple fair. You, I dare not say that earning 7 or 800 in the past three days is not a problem." Not to mention anything else, there are only a few villages near Zhangjialing with a population of over a thousand. Recently, everyone has earned a lot on rocks. At that time, if you see someone selling mutton steamed buns, will you still be reluctant to pay?

"I knew you won't forget Uncle Jiu when you earn money. I'll order sheep with you at Uncle Yongmai's house right now. Tell me what else you want! Uncle Jiu, I have never done this kind of business. Then it's all up to you."

Aunt Nine just walked in from outside the house and heard Zhang Guodong talking about earning money. She almost touched the water glass on the ground. It was very difficult for the family to have 10 yuan before. Now the two of them have been busy digging stones for more than a month. I am very satisfied with saving enough 100 yuan, but everyone in the village knows that Zhang Guodong’s family earns 7 yuan a month. He said that if he earns 800 yuan, it must be more than this.

"Guodong drinks water, and there is no tea at home..."

"Nine aunts don't need it, just put the water here, whoever is not poor now, work harder in the future and have money to earn."

"Then you give us a hand. Your Uncle Jiu and I have no culture, only your own hard work, and it's hard work for you!" Aunt Jiu said, tears came down, in fact, Jiushen is not much older than Zhang Guodong , she looks beautiful and has been working in the fields after marrying Uncle Jiu, she looks much older than Zhang Guodong.

"Why are you crying? Go out and cry, we're talking about something!" Seeing Aunt Nine crying, Uncle Nine couldn't hold back, so he yelled at his wife to go out.

Ninth Aunt also knew that men in the village were taboo to women when they talked about things, so she went out to Aunt Fifth's house. Recently, many people from the second team went to Aunt Fifth's house when they had nothing to do. When Zhang Guodong brought in more goods, he bought a lot. Aunt Fifth was too busy. Everyone will come to help, in fact, this is also their gratitude to Zhang Guodong.

"Uncle Jiu, go to Uncle Yongmai's house to buy a few sheep, preferably fatter ones. Then ask someone to kill the sheep and soak them in water. This is a ton of mutton and 25 seasonings are used to make clear soup. , When buying, pick the right ones to buy."

"Okay, I'll fix it by noon, Guodong, come to Uncle Jiu's for lunch!"

"Okay, no problem! I also want to tell you about the steamed buns used in this steamed bun. It's best to use stone marks to suppress it. My ninth aunt alone will definitely not work. I'll make more later. Mozi, let the rest of the team make this bun! Everyone will earn some money then." Zhang Guodong thought of the stone-pressed buns that have been passed down for many years in Yongkang County, and the taste is really not comparable to other buns.

In the county town, a bowl of mutton steamed buns costs 5 cents, and half a serving of steamed buns costs 90 cents. Although this price may not seem high, people who only sold mutton steamed buns in the [-]s did not know how much they paid.

After leaving the courtyard of Uncle Jiu's house, Zhang Guodong went directly to Liping's house.

"Why is Guodong here today? Come and sit in the room."

"Sister Li Ping, is her father there? I just went to my Uncle Ninth to talk about something and wanted to talk to you."

"Here, Guodong is here!" Liping's father came out of the house, apparently just woke up.

"It's like this. My uncle Jiu plans to sell mutton steamed buns in the temple. The steamed buns still need to be pressed with refined noodles. Are you willing to make special steamed buns at that time?"

"Yes, why don't you want to! Your ninth uncle actually has the skill of making mutton steamed buns. You did it! In fact, everyone can see it. You have a good heart and think about how everyone can earn some money. What do you think? Do it, our family will listen to you." Liping's father said excitedly.

"This stone bun must be pressed with stones. You first find a few flat stones, and I will grind them into the shape of the pressed bun. I will also grind some new good wheat this year, the kind that can't have a little wheat husk. Mutton steamed buns must be made of fine flour."

Liping's father quickly found some stones, and Zhang Guodong found 4 stones that could be used as molds, washed them with clean water, picked up a sickle blade, and started carving slowly.

It was very difficult to grind the moulds for pressing buns. Zhang Guodong took more than an hour to complete the work, and left after asking Li Ping's father how to carve.

Going out and walking to the door of Heizi's house, I saw my mother Hu Yue'e sitting at Heizi's house chatting.

"Guodong, come in!" Hu Yue'e saw Zhang Guodong yelling, there was inevitably a hint of showing off in his words, now who doesn't know that his son is capable, everyone should ask her enviously when they go out.

"Mom, you are resting here! What do you want me to do!"

"Didn't you say that you would make the team members earn money? I told your aunt just now about making jelly. Don't you know how to do it? Teach your aunt how to do it when mom comes to your aunt's house to eat jelly. "

Heizi's mother was a little embarrassed. Heizi's house was opposite to Zhang Guodong's. Hu Yue'e had been talking to Heizi's mother the most. The secret recipes for these snacks were actually very simple, nothing more than seasoning water.

"I know how to make jelly, but it doesn't taste good!" Heizi's mother said.

"Auntie, this way we can relax! It will be monotonous if you only sell jelly in the temple. I told you the method of dough and rolling, and their seasoning water is also different. The jelly needs to be fried at the end. Leek, chopped green onion, let me make it for you with some seasoning when I get home first!"

Zhang Guodong taught Heizi's mother how to make jelly and noodles. Unexpectedly, there were more and more people around, and some of the first and third teams came to see it. Everyone happened to be the judges, and everyone ate a few mouthfuls of Zhang Guodong. Everyone can't help but praise the finished product.

After confirming that Heizi's family had learned it, Uncle Jiu came in and wanted to take him to lunch, Zhang Guodong told his mother and left.

Uncle Jiu also put down money at noon, and brought four dishes from the restaurant in the village, and asked Aunt Jiu to fry four more. The table was very rich.What Zhang Guodong didn't expect was that the fourth grandpa, the fourth grandma, and the eighteenth uncle all came together.

At the dinner table, the fourth grandpa kept praising Zhang Guodong for being smart, and the family would still need Zhang Guodong's support in the future, so he was directly regarded as the future leader of the family, and Uncle Nine, Uncle Eighteen and others took it for granted.

After the meal, Uncle Yongmai brought over two sheep. These two sheep were relatively big and fat. They were rare good sheep.

Uncle Jiu and Uncle Yong Mai quickly killed one of the sheep, and everyone cleaned it together.

In rural areas, two pots are generally used for cooking. The diameter of the larger pot is more than one meter, while the pot at Uncle Jiu’s house can be more than 1.2 meters. Put a sheep in it, and then add a bowl on top of the scorpion, and fill it with clean water.

Bring to a boil on high heat and add 25 seasonings, and start stewing the lamb without covering the pot.

The mutton stew takes at least 4 hours. During this period, Zhang Guodong went to Liping’s house to see that they had ground two stone slabs. Liping’s father was also starting to grind flour at Uncle Yigong’s house. Zhang Guodong brought 200 bricks from his own house. In the yard of their house, a long stove has been set up. This stove can allow up to 8 stone slabs to press buns at the same time.

When the mutton is stewed, there is not much stock left in the pot. Zhang Guodong shaved off all the bones of the mutton, wrapped the whole mutton in a cloth bag and put it in the cellar. The mutton needs to be refrigerated for at least 2 hours before it can be used to make steamed buns. cut meat.

Looking at a group of children by the stove staring at him with leaking water, Zhang Guodong fished out the meat residue in the pot and shared it with everyone, then scooped out the stew soup and put the bones in it to cook again.

This cooking lasted more than 6 hours. When the marrow in all the bones was boiled and dispersed into the soup, Zhang Guodong took out the bones and asked Uncle Jiu to take the boiled soup into the cellar to cool.

Zhang Guodong continued to come over early the next morning. When he took out the mutton soup from the cellar last night, the upper part of the broth had all turned into fat. Zhang Guodong took a basin and put them together.

"The meat and soup cooked in the past few days must be stored in the cellar and refrigerated. Next time, the meat will be boiled directly with the original soup, so that the taste of the soup will be better. I estimate that there will be at least 4 in the three days of the temple fair. Sheep are enough to sell." Zhang Guodong smiled.

"Guodong, let's make some for ourselves this morning! The child was so hungry that he didn't sleep well last night. I'll go and call you and your fifth aunt's family." Uncle Jiu was very happy. He can butcher 50 catties of mutton and sell about 400 bowls. Zhang Guodong said that if he sells 4 mutton, it will be 1600 bowls. Although he thinks the mutton smells good, he is still not very confident in his mouth after not eating.

"That's all right, I'll make some soup and you watch it first, and then go after you learn it." Zhang Guodong first used a small pot to get half a pot of water, then boiled the water and added two tablespoons of the original broth, then added salt, monosodium glutamate, etc. The seasoning adjusted the soup, and the familiar smell of mutton steamed bun soup floated to the whole yard.

Uncle Nine called Zhang Guodong's parents over every once in a while. Zhang Xiaoyue and Xiao Guorui saw that her brother had cooked food here, and surrounded him unwillingly to leave.

"Third brother, please taste how our meat and soup are. If you don't have a special steamed bun, use a pot helmet instead." Uncle Jiu handed an old bowl and a large piece of pot helmet to the old man, and the old man gave it a few times Tear up the buns by yourself and hand them over to Zhang Guodong.

Zhang Guodong first cut 3 large slices of mutton, then cut some mutton liver and blood, and mutton haggis. The delicious mutton steamed buns came out.

"Third brother, how is it?" Uncle Jiu asked hopefully.

Zhang Guodong's father added some chopped green onion, ate a big mouthful of mutton, and another mouthful of steamed buns. He paused and said, "The steamed buns are not ready!"

Indeed, the general Guokui soup will swell after a little soaking, and the water absorption is too heavy.Zhang Guodong made a bowl for everyone, and everyone ate it and said it was delicious. Although the steamed buns were not very good, the soup tasted good, and the mutton was so rotten that it melted in the mouth, far better than the sheep raised with feed in later generations. It tastes much better.

After the children finished eating, they shouted for another bowl. Fortunately, Uncle Jiu let everyone eat another bowl. The leg of lamb that had just been taken out of the cellar was half-eaten.

After breakfast at Uncle Jiu's house, Zhang Guodong came to Sister Liping's house contentedly. Zhang Guodong had already told Uncle Jiu all about the key part of making steamed buns with mutton. In the past few days, Uncle Jiu had cooked at least 3 sheep.Only the last bun is left to see when it will come out.

"Guodong is here. Let's see how these two stones are grinding. The refined noodles at home have woken up. Is it possible to make steamed buns?" Sister Liping also helped her parents with work at home during the holidays. Yesterday she After grinding the flour for one day, only the first [-] catties of wheat for one hundred catties, no one in the countryside dares to be so extravagant.

"Okay, let's try it today to see if it works. This steamed bun also pays attention to craftsmanship, and you can become familiar with it if you make a lot of it." Zhang Guodong guided Li Ping and her mother to meet at the table, and Li Ping's father lit a fire to heat up the stone slab. , the original 8 fire outlets were only made of four templates, and the other four had to be blocked with stones.

The stone has been burned very hot, Zhang Guodong has wiped the module several times with the skin of the meat, Liping put the reconciled dough into the mold, Zhang Guodong put the mold cover on the dough, and after a little hammering with an earthen hammer, Liping's father A large rock was pressed against the cover, and it was time to control the fire.

In his previous life, Zhang Guodong had seen people press steamed buns with stones, and he made one bun every 20 minutes, but he had never done it himself.The shape of a steamed bun came out, but the heat was too hot and it was burnt. In order to pursue the best and best steamed bun effect, Zhang Guodong stayed at Sister Liping's house for a whole morning, and finally let them make a steamed bun. The most satisfying bun came out.

"Guodong, do you think how many buns we need to prepare?" Finally, a satisfactory pressed bun was made. The texture, lace, and heat of all the buns are very good. Even if this bun is sold alone, someone will buy it.

"I made an agreement with my uncle Jiu! You pay a dime for each bun, so prepare a thousand buns first! The buns are thick and won't break easily. After you make them, you can send them directly to Uncle Jiu and let him store them in the cellar." The money will be calculated after the temple fair is over." Li Ping's father is also very happy to have obtained such a skill of pressing steamed buns, and he plans to make more in the next few days so that he can sell buns at the temple fair, and it will definitely not be bad at that time.

(End of this chapter)