The general is happy: the fierce wife of the peasant family is ruthless and stunning

Chapter 38

After hitting it off with Tan Lanfang, Qin Ya sorted out the leftover snails at home.

She had already fried all the crucian carp and placed it in the house to air-dry, intending to make it into dried fish.

The remaining snails have been soaked for three days and three nights, and the sediment has been cleaned up, so it's time to fish them out.

Pour out the salt water soaked in the snails, replace them with clean water, wash them well, and cut off the tails of the snails one by one with scissors, pour them all into the pot, add firewood and boil.

After cooking for about three or four hours, after the snail meat fell off from the shell, Qin Ya separated the meat from the shell, picked out the meat and put it in a bowl aside.

It took a lot of time to pick out the snail meat. There were dozens of catties of snails, and five bowls were filled with the meat.

It takes a lot of effort to carry the shell, and the people here may not know how to eat it. Qin Ya thought about it, why not just pick out the meat, guessing that the people here have never seen snail meat, and they must think it is a delicacy.

After finishing these, she went to find Tan Lanfang next door.

Tan Lanfang was already ready, waiting for Qin Ya to come and call her.

The two packed the snail meat in porcelain jars, picked a lot of wild fruits, and dried chilies from Tan Lanfang's house. After preparing the raw materials, they went to the market in the town together.

Qin Ya has never been out of the village since she crossed over here, and she has to rely on Tan Lanfang to lead the way.

The two walked a section of the dirt road and came to a river.

Tan Lanfang explained: "There are two roads to the town, one is a dirt road, and it is estimated that a donkey cart will take two or three hours. This waterway is relatively close, so you have to pay for the boat, and the donkey cart ride costs only five yuan. , it costs [-] Wen to take a ferry, but after all, the distance is short and there is little delay."

Most people in the village go to the town by donkey cart.

It was also the first time Qin Ya knew that she could still walk by water.

Not long after, the ferry was full of passengers, except for Tan Lanfang and Qin Ya who belonged to Yunding Village, the rest were wealthy people from other nearby villages.

The ferryman's name is Li San. His family's ancestors have been fishermen for generations, and they make a living by fishing.

During the recent fishing moratorium, he took a boat out to commute to nearby villages and towns to earn some money to subsidize his family.

Li San is a warm person and knows everyone well.

Not long after, I started chatting with Qin Ya: "Are the two eldest sisters going to the town to sell things? Seeing that you are carrying baskets, there won't be much in them."

Qin Ya also likes this boatman very much, and has her own little calculations in her heart.

She replied with a smile: "I'm going to sell things, but I'm not sure how much I can sell, so I only packed a basket."

"What is it?"

The country people are simple and simple, and they didn't think about what it was, so they asked naturally.

Seeing that he asked, Qin Ya didn't hide it.

"It's some snail meat. I've made a few dishes, and it's barely a snack. Can I have some for you?"

Li San has been a fisherman for so long, and this is the first time he heard that snails can be eaten.

Curiously, he leaned his head over to look at Qin Ya's basket.

There are rows and rows inside, and there are some meatballs that are as small as a little finger in a large bowl.

"Sister, don't tease me. What are these snails? The snails are hard. There are a lot of them in the river. You must not know what I do. You frame me like this."

"I didn't frame you."

Qin Ya said, and handed him a handful of snail meat, "Taste it."

Li San didn't doubt that there was him, so he took it and handed one to his mouth.

Originally, I had the mentality of trying, but I didn't expect to take a sip, and suddenly felt the sour, spicy and delicious taste in my mouth, very appetizing.

I couldn't help but ate several mouthfuls.

While eating, he praised: "Tsk tsk, it's so delicious. I, Li Sanchang, have never eaten such a delicious thing at my age. Sister, what the hell are you doing?"

"It's really snails."

Tan Lanfang couldn't bear to look at him with his stupidity, and Lan Meizi also opened his mouth to explain to him.

"What, the snail is really edible?"

Qin Ya nodded affirmatively.

"Can you eat it? Didn't you try it just now?"

Tan Lanfang also laughed at him teasingly.

"Oh, it's a big loss for me. I usually catch a bunch of these things when I fish. If I knew it was edible, I would give it to the two elder sisters. Why do I have to find a way to pour it back into the river every time? .”

Li San had a painful face.

When Qin Ya heard the words, her faith moved and she knew that her chance had come.

"Does Sange Li often catch snails?"

"Yeah, not only snails, but also tons of carp, which are usually thrown back."

After all, Qin Ya and Tan Lanfang were women, and they couldn't do much work. They originally wanted to recruit another person to join the team. Since Li San had so many raw materials, they were naturally very happy.

Qin Yadao: "Sister Lan and I are going to the town to buy snail meat, do you want to go together? If it is sold, we will also give Li Sange two points of the profit, and then all the snails will be taken from Li Sange .”

When Li San heard this, he immediately thought it was a good thing, and the three of them made an agreement on this.

When he arrived in the town, Qin Ya and Tan Lanfang wanted to pay him the fare, but he also confiscated it.

"We are partners now, you two and I are so polite, please take back the money."

Qin Ya originally planned to directly turn the snail into a cold dish. After all, there was no pot to fry it in the town, so she had to boil the snail meat and eat it with peppers and sour fruits.

Li San knew the whole story, so he recommended the small stove he put on the fishing boat.

"Although this is not as big as the earthen stove at home, I usually put it on the boat and cook noodles when I'm hungry. It's not a problem to fry a few bowls of snail meat."

Qin Ya stopped being polite to him immediately, and took the pots and pans from Li Sanchuan and went directly to the town to find a lively place.

Start to set up the pot to heat the oil, and when the oil is cooked, pour the cooked snail meat into it and stir-fry for a few more times. It took less than half a stick of incense, and the first plate of fried snail meat came out of the pan.

As early as when they were laying out pots and pans, some people watched the freshness and gathered around to see what they were doing.

When the aroma of the fried snail meat came out, everyone was crying, and couldn't help but want to taste this never-before-seen delicacy.

Qin Ya is used to doing business, and she cleverly took advantage of the psychology that everyone likes to take advantage.

At the beginning, they only gave away but did not sell. After a while, two large bowls were given away.

Let everyone around you taste this taste.

Gradually, there were more and more people, and later, some people took money and wanted to join in, wanting to buy a few catties and go back to give their wives and children a taste.

Once someone opened this hole, the influence of the herd mentality came out. Slowly, everyone began to collect money and scrambled to buy it.

The snail meat brought by Qin Ya this time was not much, only five bowls, and two large bowls were sent out scatteredly, and the remaining three bowls were emptied in a short while.

In order to shape the marketing of hunger, she also specifically claimed that the snail meat is limited, and only two taels are sold at a time, ensuring that more people can taste the taste of snail meat.

(End of this chapter)