Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 22

After killing the small fish, Zhang Xiuqing asked someone to wash it with clean water, then found a few big face plates, poured salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, chives, shredded ginger and other seasonings, and put the drained small fish Go in and dip.

For the fried fish to be fully flavored, it is best to soak for two to four hours. Because time is tight, after about an hour of soaking, Zhang Xiuqing asked people to fish out all the small fish, put them aside, drain and fry them.

The proprietress asked one of the coal stoves to be moved to the open space outside the store. Zhang Lingen first threw some wood shavings into the coal stove, then struck a match, lit the waste newspaper and threw it in quickly. When he got up, he picked up the tongs and squeezed the coal balls in one by one.

Raw coal stove is not difficult, just pay attention to three points. First, it is best to use combustible materials such as shavings and waste paper to ignite the fire; second, these things used to ignite the fire should not be stacked closely together. ; Third, when the briquettes are stacked, they must be aligned hole-to-hole.

Zhang Xiuqing took a big cattail fan and fanned it vigorously at the air vent below. After a while, the coal balls caught fire.The waiter at the side hurriedly put a large iron pot on it, and when the pot was smoking, Zhang Xiuqing picked up the vegetable oil bottle and poured half a pot of oil into the pot.

No matter in which era, Chinese people's interest in watching the excitement has never changed. As soon as this side opened its posture, several passers-by slowed down.A middle-aged woman in her 40s with a vegetable basket in her hand, wearing a Dacron shirt on top, card pants on her bottom, and curly hair asked familiarly: "Little girl, what are you doing?" What are you going to do? Fried dough sticks?”

Zhang Xiuqing raised her head and smiled: "It's not deep-fried dough sticks, it's deep-fried fried fish. All the fish caught this morning are fresh."

At this time, the material conditions were difficult, and most people lived their lives on calculations. They ate vegetarian dishes on weekdays, steamed as much as possible, and cold as much as possible. So careful and careful, but few people will eat fried fish, the reason is that it is too troublesome to make, it is time-consuming and expensive, and it will make the house full of oily smoke. If you really want to eat, you can go to a restaurant or go Come back to the deli scale to taste.

Many people who were not in a hurry to go home stopped and made a fuss.

The middle-aged woman looked left and right at the frying pan, as if looking at a diorama.Zhang Xiuqing stood by the side waiting for the oil to boil, and saw that she looked very idle, so she took the initiative to chat with her: "Sister, your hair is newly permed, it looks really good, but it looks a little dry, you Do you have some pomade or something to condition your hair?"

"Wipe it, it's useless." The middle-aged woman had seen Zhang Xiuqing's two shiny black braids a long time ago, and said enviously: "Little girl, your hair is so good, do you use some hair care products?" ?”

Zhang Xiuqing pursed her lips and smiled: "My family's conditions are not good. I can't even afford shampoo. I can't afford hair care. But when it comes to hair care, I do know some basic common sense, which I read from books. Sister, if you rush home to cook, it’s the same if you come back tomorrow, I will come here to explode the fish tomorrow.”

The middle-aged woman originally felt that staying at home alone was too busy, and she wanted to find someone to chat with her, but the people around her were either at work and had no time to chat with her, or they liked to talk about their parents. She was not interested in these things, and now it was hard When I meet someone I can talk to, I'm not willing to leave: "I'm not in a hurry, little girl, what common sense do you know? Can you tell me? To tell you the truth, this perm looks good or not, that is, after the perm is done. , the hair was dry and yellow, and there were split ends. I went to the barber shop and asked the perm master, and he said it was normal.

Zhang Xiuqing likes to deal with this kind of outspoken people, so she didn't deliberately tease people's appetite, and said everything she knew.Because I don’t know if there is any olive oil on the market, I didn’t mention it. I just talked about some common items in daily life: “Sister, you also know that a doctor needs to prescribe medicine to cure a patient’s disease, and the medicine prescribed It is divided into two types: external application and internal administration; similarly, if we want to repair dry and split hair, we also need to provide nutrition to it, and the way of providing nutrition is also divided into external application and internal administration..."

This kind of rhetoric is really fresh, not only the middle-aged women were fascinated by it, but also many old, middle-aged and young women passing by pricked up their ears, only to hear Zhang Xiuqing continue: "Let's talk about external application first, I will introduce two simple ones to you. The first method is to make a homemade tomato hair mask, mash the tomato, add a small amount of flour, stir to a suitable concentration, apply it to the washed hair, massage with both hands for a while, wrap it in a hot towel, and leave it for fifteen After 10 minutes, rinse it off with warm water, and keep using it a few times, and the hair will restore its original color; the second is egg white hair mask, crack the egg, put it in a bowl, and remove the unused egg yolk Come on, apply all the remaining egg whites to the washed hair, and the next steps will be the same as before, with this maintenance method, the hair will become super smooth..."

No matter what age women are, they all have a heart for beauty. More and more people gathered around to listen. Middle-aged women listened without blinking, for fear of missing something.A young girl in her twenties next to her was full of excitement, and interjected and asked, "Thank you for telling us, tell us again, how to take it internally?"

Stared at by so many fiery eyes, Zhang Xiuqing in her previous life would probably have fled long ago, but now her mental age is 49 years old. Oral administration is food tonic, black sesame and walnut are super tonics for hair, eat as much as possible; seaweed, kelp, wakame and other things contain a variety of nutrients, eating these can prevent gray hair; if possible, eat every week Twice soy milk, usually go to bed early and get up early, and keep a happy mood. If you persist in this way for a few years, you are guaranteed to have black and smooth hair, and you will look younger than your peers..."

Speaking of this, a pot of oil was just hot, Zhang Xiuqing waved her hand to signal these women who were getting closer and closer to back off, and said in a soft voice: "Everyone, don't get too close, and be careful not to be scalded by the splashed oil... "

The spectators immediately retreated in a swarm. Some people were far away, and they couldn't hear Zhang Xiuqing's words clearly, so they asked others.All of a sudden, the surroundings were full of voices of women talking about how to care for their hair.

The lady proprietress of the deli also listened with great interest, and together with the shop assistants, praised Zhang Xiuqing for being smart and capable, and Zhang Lingen for being a good teacher.

Zhang Lingen felt proud and bitter at the same time, if it wasn't for the fact that his family couldn't afford to study for Xiuhong, how could Xiuqing, whom he pampered and grew up, be surrounded by others like a juggling monkey.

There are more and more people watching the excitement, there are three floors inside and three floors outside, especially after Zhang Xiuqing finished talking about hair care, he added a piece: "When the little fried fish is ready, I invite everyone to taste it for free. If you think it's good If you eat, just help me start a business, today is the first day we will sell small fried fish, and we will definitely give you a discount; it doesn’t matter if you eat it or not, just treat it as a personal show."

In order to make a big hit, Zhang Xiuqing had previously discussed with the proprietress, using the "free tasting" method to attract customers. Once the reputation is established, the subsequent business will be easy.

The proprietress thought that she couldn't bear the child and couldn't trap the wolf. Zhang Xiuqing, a country girl, could be willing to part with the fish money. Could it be that the proprietress who opened a shop in the city couldn't bear to part with the few briquettes?Therefore, he agreed without much hesitation.

This year is not an era when the supply exceeds demand in later generations. Buying big things requires a ticket, and buying small things depends on the face of the salesperson. Although the service attitude of self-employed is relatively better, there has never been a free food delivery. Case.

Children are greedy, young people like to watch the excitement, and old people like to take advantage of it. Now, no one wants to leave.

Frying small fish is a technical job. If you are not careful, you can easily burn yourself, and it is easy to burn the fish inside and out.Zhang Lingen didn't want his daughter to suffer, but he had never fried fish before, so he had to help his daughter.

The proprietress winked at the chef who was specially invited to cook cooked dishes in the store, and signaled him to go and learn a little bit. After all, Zhang Xiuqing couldn't come to help her fry fish every day. It would be good for everyone to learn her skills earlier.

Zhang Xiuqing put more than a dozen drained small fish into the oil pan, and then stood still on the side until the skin of the small fish was fried yellow and the fish meat was hard, then turned over and fried again, until both sides were golden, then used a colander Take it out and put it in the basin next to it.

Zhang Xiuqing moved very quickly, half of the washbasin was blown up in a short while.At this time, another coal stove was turned on, and Zhang Xiuqing poured the drained small fried fish into the pot.People in southern Jiangsu love to eat sweets, so sugar must be added. In addition, there are seasonings such as balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, etc. Cook on low heat for 15 minutes. have eaten.

Whether this small fried fish is delicious, you must pay attention to two key points: first, it must be fried well, until the bones are crispy and the meat is crispy, and there are no thorns; second, it must be cooked well, until it is fragrant and hooked People drool.

Zhang Xiuqing kept her word, and when it got colder, she really gave everyone the little fried fish for free.So far, she has set a precedent in the catering industry, that is, to let customers try food for free before selling.

Because there were too many people, the proprietress was afraid that there would not be enough points, so she brought a pair of scissors from the shop, cut the big one into three pieces, and cut the small one into two pieces.All of a sudden, adults yelled, children cried, Zhang Xiuqing was afraid of a stampede, so she hurriedly yelled and lined up.

The crowd rushed to the side to line up.

Seeing how long the line was, the middle-aged woman simply stopped and took out her wallet: "How much is a catty?"

While frying the fish, Zhang Xiuqing said, "On the first day today, it will be sold for one yuan a catty, and from tomorrow onwards it will be sold for one yuan and two catties..."

The middle-aged woman was very straightforward: "That's okay, give me two catties, I will buy it home and eat it slowly, if it tastes good, I will buy it again tomorrow!"

Someone made a start, and more people followed suit.

"I want it too, give me two catties!"

"I want a catty!"

"Can I buy half a catty?"

The proprietress smiled from ear to ear. She is very good at business, and quickly took advantage of the shareholders' wind to introduce other cooked dishes in the store: "We have other cooked dishes in the store, and they all taste very good. You can try them first. It's not tasty, you don't have to buy it..."

Zhang Xiuqing was surrounded by the two iron pots, so busy that she wanted to throw her feet up, but a stone fell to the ground in her heart, with a smile on her face, she opened her mouth and shouted: "The fried fish that are fried and sold now are sold at a low price. The quantity is not much, first sold first served..."

Shao Han stood far away from the crowd, stared at her silently for a long time before turning and leaving.

(End of this chapter)