jdhmnovel Chapter 398 Making Wine 1
Chapter 398 Making Wine 1
Luo Meihua pointed at the chicken and duck eggs on the table and said, "The golden ones are preserved eggs, three for five cents. The brown ones are century eggs, two cents each. Or if you want to try both, I'll give you two duck eggs and one chicken egg for five cents. When you go back, dip them in soy sauce and vinegar. If you like spicy food, add some chopped chili peppers. It's a unique flavor."
The people in the town still have some purchasing power. Besides, those who come to the shop every now and then to buy braised food are already gluttons and are very curious about food.
After hearing Luo Meihua's explanation, it is impossible not to be moved.
"Hahaha, then I have to try it. Give me the five-cent one first, and then give me these two together. I'll go back and try which one tastes better." The old man said, pointing to the different eggs made from chicken and duck eggs.
"Okay, I'll get it for you right away." Luo Meihua said, and Wang Baoyu took out the corresponding preserved eggs and preserved eggs from the bamboo basket.
Since they wanted to try the first one, they naturally wanted to try the second one. At the end of the morning, about one third of the preserved eggs and preserved eggs they brought were sold.
When it was almost lunchtime, Lu Xiaocao saw that things were not so busy, so she looked at Luo Meihua and said, "Sister Meihua, when we came out, didn't my sister ask us to take some preserved eggs to the surrounding shops? When do you think we can go?"
Luo Meihua looked at the pedestrians hurrying by on the road, reached out and took off her apron, "I'll go now. You two keep an eye on the shop."
"Don't worry, Sister Meihua. We are here to take care of you."
Luo Meihua didn't waste any time. She put a few preserved eggs and cooked eggs in a basket and left the shop.
The first place we went to was the liquor shop next door. Their boss often came to the shop to buy pork heads. When Qingqing came out today, he specifically asked for six preserved eggs each for free.
After going to the wine shop, Luo Meihua turned and went to the tailor shop a little further away. The owner of the tailor shop was a filial son. After seeing that his mother loved the vegetarian chicken and dried tofu made by the Wen family, he came to buy them almost every day.
Then we went to a noodle shop across the street. They used Wen Ji’s braised offal as their marinade, and people came to buy a pot of it every day.
And the buns next door...
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The little boy from Qingfeng Bookstore now likes to come to Wen Ji to buy braised food the most. The shopkeeper is very kind and every time he sends him to buy braised food, he will let him eat some.
He was even more excited when he learned that we were going to buy half a braised chicken today.
He didn't expect to get chicken legs or breasts, but he could get a chicken wing or a chicken head or neck, which would taste really good.
"Half a braised chicken." The waiter trotted to the big window of Wen's shop and said to the people inside.
At the same time, he laid out the copper coins he brought on the table.
When Lu Xiaocao saw that it was him, she greeted him with a smile, then put the copper coins into the box, took the last chicken out of the pot, cut the chicken in half with a knife, and chopped the chicken's neck with the last knife, leaving the part of the neck connected to the chicken's body a little longer and the part connected to the chicken's head shorter.
"Hey, little guy, which one do you want today?" Lu Xiaocao asked, pointing at the divided chickens.
"Boss, the half that takes the lead."
"Okay, do you need to chop it into pieces?" Lu Xiaocao asked with a smile.
"want."
Following the waiter's request, Lu Xiaocao chopped half a chicken into pieces in just a few strokes. Then, she took the plate handed to her and put the chicken in with a knife. If you didn't look carefully, you would think there was a whole half chicken on the plate.
Lu Xiaocao placed the plate on the wide enough windowsill, and then said, "Wait a minute, little brother. Our shop has introduced preserved eggs and preserved eggs, which are made from chicken eggs and duck eggs respectively. When I came out today, the boss specifically told me to watch you and give you a few. Please take them back to the shopkeeper Jiang to taste. Sister Baoyu, help me get six eggs each."
"Yes." Wang Baoyu agreed and handed the egg with a mud shell to Lu Xiaocao.
When the servant heard that he was asked to bring something back to the shopkeeper, he hurriedly thanked him. Then he saw the eggs wrapped in mud that Lu Xiaocao brought over and asked curiously, "What is this?"
Then Lu Xiaocao introduced the preserved eggs and the transformed eggs to each other, including explaining clearly how to eat them.
"Then I would like to thank you on behalf of our boss." The servant said politely.
With the purchases from regular customers and the gifts they selected, the unique taste of the preserved eggs soon made them famous in the town.
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Gu Qingqing didn’t know all this. She had been taking care of Xiao Wen Nuan since early morning to prevent her from causing trouble at her second sister’s place.
Over there, Wenrou and Shengxi came over with a bucket of water and were cleaning the vat that had been delivered this morning inside and out.
Since you are going to make wine, it is best to use a new vat. New vats are free of oil and water, so the grapes will not go bad.
"Mom, water!" Little Wen Nuan looked at her second sister playing in the water, and she wanted to go over and play too.
"Hey, our little Nuannuan, do you want to try playing in the water? Come on, mom will take you." Gu Qingqing, who was already a little restless to sit still, said as she pulled little Nuannuan over and started to tease her to play in the water in a serious manner.
Without blinking, she took out a piece of clean coarse cloth from somewhere and started to wipe the jar.
When Wenrou discovered it, there were already two washed jars beside her mother, and she was washing the third one in her hands.
Wenrou almost jumped up and down. She dropped the coarse cloth in her hand and ran to Gu Qingqing. She snatched the cloth from her hand with both hands, then held one of her arms with both hands and tried to lift her up.
He was still mumbling, "Mom, why are you washing the jars? Hurry up and take a rest, or my sister will scold me if she knows you are working."
Gu Qingqing smiled at the little girl and said, "I'm not as bad as your sister said. I just had a poor appetite a few days ago. You've seen me feel better these days. Besides, you see I'm sitting down."
The second girl was a little stubborn, mainly because she knew too well how annoying her elder sister could be when she started nagging, so for the sake of her own ears, she simply didn't listen to her mother and got angry and refused to let Gu Qingqing do any work.
Seeing this, Wen Shengxi came over to help Wen Rou, "Sister, just sit over there quietly."
Gu Qingqing felt like crying but had no tears. Was she going to be taken care of by the little one at home now?
She was about to defend herself a few more times when she suddenly heard Xiaoyang and Xiaoguang's laughter coming from outside, followed by Niu Li's voice, "What's going on? I heard the child's cry from a long distance away."
As the other person's voice fell, Gu Qingqing turned her head and saw someone coming in. "Auntie is here. I said I was helping to wash the jars, but the two little ones now think I'm in the way."
Gu Qingqing handed the coarse cloth in her hand to Wen Shengxi, and then complained to Niu Li.
It would have been fine if she hadn't said anything. As soon as she did, Niu Li glared at her fiercely, "It's because the children feel sorry for you as their mother. You're pregnant now, why are you still doing those chores? It's just a few jars, isn't it the same to let the children wash them? You should just stay put."
Niu Li told Gu Qingqing to stay still, but she went over with a smile, took the coarse cloth from Wen Shengxi's hand, looked at the jar on the ground and started to help clean it.
Gu Qingqing watched this scene with her eyes wide open. She was about to speak with a chuckle when another voice came from the gate, "Sister-in-law, you are walking fast. I saw you were coming home, and I tried my best to catch up with you."