The beauty of the lady

Chapter 32 Teaching
"We don't want banknotes, but cash. Three ingots worth 50 taels, ten ingots and ten taels, and the rest can be exchanged for loose silver."

Shopkeeper Li didn't say a word, and said to the guy next to him: "Go to the cashier to get the money, according to what this girl said."

"Understood, shopkeeper."

Not long after, the guy came back, holding a cloth bag in his hand, which looked heavy inside, and after putting it on the table, shopkeeper Li pushed it over.

"Let's see, 300 taels."

Zhou Mei took the cloth bag, and after opening it, she saw that the silver inside was of different sizes. She didn't know how much it was, so she raised her head and asked Zhou Zhuang, "Dad, is it right?"

"Yes, yes, exactly 300 taels." Zhou Zhuang nodded repeatedly.

Hearing what Wednesday Zhuang said, Zhou Mei handed over the money to Wednesday Zhuang, and then said to shopkeeper Li: "Uncle Li, we will have a meal here at noon today, please send someone to buy pigskin first, pigskin Few people eat it, and five copper coins can buy three or four, and if it is ready, it can be sold tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, he said to shopkeeper Li: "Uncle Li, do you have ready-made chickens here?"

"Of course there are. We have vegetables here in winter, let alone chicken and duck." Shopkeeper Li nodded with a smile.

After Shopkeeper Li ordered to go down, the guy in charge of purchasing left the door in a hurry.

When she came to the kitchen, she said to shopkeeper Li: "Perhaps after Xiankeju's pigskin jelly starts selling, some people will want to collect pigskins, so I suggest that Uncle Li let people buy more now. There is a way to keep it fresh. Don’t wait until the time is right to collect pigskin, but even if it is difficult to collect it in the future, Uncle Li should not feel that it is a disadvantage. This kind of food is still particular, and it is not something that can be made by eating three or five times. Even if it is made in time, it will not be as authentic as here."

Hearing that Zhou Mei had even thought of this, Shopkeeper Li stroked his mustache and smiled, his eyes brightened.

"This pigskin jelly has a nice name, it's called crystal jelly."

Not long after, the clerk bought back five pieces of pig skin, which cost five copper coins in total. After all, the pig skin is not easy to clean up, and the pig hair is also not as good as the meat. The fat meat is now five A copper plate is a catty, and you can buy it back to squeeze oil, but you can't squeeze anything out of pig skin.

She sat in front of the stove with a piece of pigskin, took out a burning firewood from the stove, and put it on the pigskin to burn, and the pig hair turned into charcoal ashes immediately, and then she asked the three chefs in front of her, Draw gourds in the same way to burn the pig hair, and then let them cut the whole pig skin into pieces, and then put them into a large pot to boil.

Shopkeeper Li and Wednesday Zhuang were sitting at the door of the kitchen, watching Zhou Mei directing the three best chefs in Yuzhou Mansion.

"Brother Zhou, you are a very powerful girl."

Zhou Zhuang also nodded proudly, "Yes, she has been busy at home this year, taking care of her mother and younger brother."

"Aren't you home?"

"I work in a restaurant in the town. Her mother is sick, and she still needs money to take medicine. Our family has no land, so there is nothing we can do about it."

"Oh, I don't know what's wrong with Mrs. Zun? If you can help me, Brother Zhou just ask."

"This, how did this happen." Zhou Zhuang was flattered. At the beginning, shopkeeper Li still looked awkward.

"I'm just introducing you to a good doctor in Yuzhou Prefecture. Of course, you will pay for the money, so it's not considered a favor." Shopkeeper Li said with a smile.

"If that's the case, I will thank shopkeeper Li for our family." Zhou Zhouzhuang stood up and saluted shopkeeper Li, then sat down and said to him: "The mother-in-law hurt her body when she gave birth. It's leaking, but it's not very serious, the doctors in the town said that if you can meet a doctor with good medical skills, and keep alive with good medicine, you won't be in serious trouble."

"If that's the case, it's easy to say. When brother Zhou brings his wife to Fucheng, I'll let someone help spread the word."

"Yes, thank you, Shopkeeper Li."

"Don't be too polite, I should be the one thanking you, you girl is really amazing."

"Yes, yes yes." Wednesday Zhuang nodded hurriedly.

In fact, at the beginning, he wanted to say that Mrs. Zhao made this dish, but he knew Mrs. Zhao's identity was sensitive, and he didn't want to pull his wife out, and Sister Mei asked him to tell the truth, although it would be harmful to his daughter's reputation. not so good.

Here, the pot has already boiled, Zhou Mei asked someone to stop the fire, and then asked someone to fish out the pigskin, run through the cold water, and asked a few staff to carry the two large pots of pigskin slowly to the spacious site The pig hair follicles were picked out with an awl.

Here, Zhou Mei looked at the clean whole chickens in the basin, and asked a chef, "Master, do you cook all your chickens fresh?"

"Yes, dozens of them can be sold in the shop every day." The chef said proudly.

"Wouldn't that be a waste of time?" Zhou Mei raised her eyebrows slightly, and then said to the three of them, "Since we can sell so much every day, why not cook them in advance, I only need three chickens here, don't worry." After the block, put the hot water in the pot again, then add water and start to stew, then pour the spices into it, and keep the chicken soup for later use. Not to mention the cold weather, even if it is summer, it will be used up quickly on the day it is cooked. It won't break, and it saves time."

The three chefs have been cooking in Xiankeju for more than ten years. This time, a little girl pointed them out, and it was a bit embarrassing inside, but the shopkeeper was sitting at the door.

In the end, I had to listen to her words, and after chopping up three chickens, I started to tidy up.

When everything is packed, the shop will start to open, but it doesn't matter, she is here, the three of them are not too much of a hindrance, and it's easy to do, it just takes time.

The chicken soup came out, and the pigskin had been cleaned up, but it became thin strips. Then she asked people to put the cut pigskin into the pot and start to boil it. During the cooking process, they had to be stirred occasionally. As time went on, the kitchen was filled with a faint smell of meat.

When the pot of pigskin gradually thickened, Zhou Mei said to the three of them, "This is made according to the ratio of four to one. Five pieces of pigskin are just like the soup of three chickens. , Pour in the chicken broth and continue to stir, then put soy sauce and other seasonings into it one by one, which is what I agreed with you in advance, and finally stir and boil, wait for another two hours, put it into the iron prepared in advance plate."

Next to it was a rectangular iron plate about ten centimeters high, one meter long and half a meter wide. Even if it couldn't fit five pigskins, there wouldn't be much left.

"Just this iron plate is enough to sell [-] plates." Zhou Mei smiled lightly, which did not match the age of that little face, "The pig skin is five copper plates, and the chicken soup is also ready-made, nothing more than adding a little more seasoning , the cost is no more than ten copper plates.”

(End of this chapter)