Author: Tang Yasong

In the early morning a few months ago, the door of a medium-sized house in Lihua Lane opened with a creak.

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl rushed out of the door, braved the heavy snow, broke off the ice under the eaves of her house with her bare hands, put it into the wooden barrel she brought out, and transported it to her house.

She wore a roughly made deerskin skirt and fox fur jacket over her thin clothes, a fox fur hat with sparse stitching on her head, and her hands were wrapped in cylindrical objects made of fox fur.

After she had cleaned up the ice on her own eaves and even on the roof, she even started to break off the long ice on other people's roofs.

Of course, it was not easy to get on the roof of other people's houses. So she walked to a more remote place, breaking the ice in the puddles or pools along the way one by one, and transported them to her own house like ants moving.

If someone were to pass by, they would definitely sigh that this woman was really not afraid of death. She actually dared to walk outside alone in such a cold weather so early in the morning. Not to mention bandits and villains, there was heavy snow and ice everywhere.

, can easily kill someone half their life.

This woman not only goes to secluded and uninhabited places, but also specializes in knocking and transporting ice. She is simply crazy.

But the busy girl has no awareness of this at all.

Although his hands were red from the cold and almost numb, due to the constant movement, heat gradually began to evaporate from his body.

And her eyes were shining with eternal fire.

That fire is the fire of her hope for the future. It is not only the hope to explore the missing memory and the truth behind herself, but also the beautiful hope to survive in this simple world.

This woman is undoubtedly Chu Yunmeng.

When the amount of ice was almost gone, Chu Yunmeng moved like ants moving, transporting the ice to the cellar that had been dug long ago.

After several days of moving, the cellar, which occupied nearly one-third of the entire house, was filled with ice.

"Well, if the ice is properly stored, it should be enough for more than half a year."

Looking at the ice in the cellar, Chu Yunmeng nodded with satisfaction. His mind was already imagining how he would become famous in Yingdu in half a year.

This cellar is far away from the ground, and there is no light or living creatures, so it is very cold, even colder than outside where there is ice and snow and the howling wind.

Maybe it was the deerskin skirt and fox fur jacket that kept him warm enough, or maybe it was the burning hope for the future, but Chu Yunmeng didn't feel cold at all.

On the contrary, she felt full of energy, like fire and the sun.

So, after dealing with the ice, she faced the wind and snow again, and while it was still dark, she wrapped herself in a fox fur scarf, hid her head in it, pushed a small cart, and wandered towards Nanshi

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Yingdu South City is the largest food market in Yingdu.

Ingredients that can be found in almost all of Ying are gathered here, and it is also a transit place for bulk purchases of ingredients.

But the latter has nothing to do with Chu Yunmeng.

Because after buying a seat in the lobby of Yunmengju, she spent a lot of money and only had thirty silver cloth coins left from selling half of the venison and wild boar meat[1].

Who made that mysterious man only lend him his house, but not any money? Now he has a large business site, but the start-up capital is tight.

She came to Nanshi just to investigate the food culture of this era, understand the ingredients, and have a taste of it. Then, she bought some ingredients as much as she could and went back to slowly prepare for her own restaurant business.

These days, after carrying the ice, Chu Yunmeng would take advantage of the lack of people to visit Nanshi.

First, she wanted to be clean; second, because of her embarrassing situation, she didn't want to expose herself too much to others.

We already know almost everything about Yingdu’s eating habits, ingredients, etc.; we just have to go to other restaurants and restaurants to conduct on-the-spot inspections and conduct competitor surveys.

But her wallet didn't allow it, so she could only skip this step and go directly to the next step.

Chu Yunmeng already has the prototype of a business plan in her mind. She has almost thought about what dishes to cook this season, what to promote first, and what to promote next.

Her restaurant will open in two days, and today she will make full use of the money she has on hand to buy back the ingredients she needs.

I believe that in this era, no one knows the importance of fats and oils for cooking better than Chu Yunmeng. So this time, this was the focus of her purchase.

Although there was some fat in the wild boar and venison she originally had, the amount was too small and not as good as domesticated meat.

Fortunately, in this era, although ordinary people eat less meat, they still raise enough livestock and poultry.

The scholar-bureaucrats never tire of fine meats, and naturally prefer lean meats over fat meats. Therefore, fat meats have always been in an embarrassing situation, and are always given away as a companion to lean meats.

Chu Yunmeng only buys fat meat and not lean meat. Those smart butchers naturally know that this is more cost-effective than giving away the fat meat as a side dish, which will definitely open the door to convenience, and the price will naturally not be much higher.

So, she pushed the cart slowly and came to a butcher's stall.

The butcher's surname was Hu. After her inspection, she found that he was a smart, not pedantic, and decent person.

"Uncle Hu, I want to buy only fat meat, not lean meat. Can you sell it separately?" Chu Yunmeng went straight to the point.

Butcher Hu looked at the young girl in front of him and was stunned for a moment, unable to react for a moment.

He couldn't figure out the identity of the girl in front of him for a moment because there were too many contradictions in her.

Looking at the expensive leather dress, she looks a bit like the daughter of a wealthy family or the steward of a noble family; but the crude stitching is too unlike her.

Moreover, why do wealthy people buy fat meat? Isn’t lean meat delicious?

But if you are from a poor or ordinary family, how do you explain the leather?

But he soon woke up and hurriedly said, "Okay, how much do you want?"

"Do you have fifty pounds?" Chu Yunmeng didn't have to go back and forth and directly reported the number he wanted.

The fat from fifty kilograms of fat meat, plus a little fat from wild boar and venison, can support a small restaurant with a good business for ten days.

What's more, considering the current limited seasonal ingredients, the demand for fats and oils may not be that great.

When Butcher Hu heard such a big number, he was dumbfounded: "Girl, what do you want so much fat for?"

Naturally, Chu Yunmeng didn't want to tell others such a big secret as cooking with oil, so she had to make up a reason:

"Oh, if you want to worship God at home, you need to prepare a lot of ever-burning lamps."

After saying that, Chu Yunmeng rolled his eyes inwardly. He originally wanted to attract diners to his restaurant, but Butcher Hu was too curious.

The two finally agreed on the price, fifty pounds of fat meat and two silver cloth coins.

After finishing the payment, Chu Yunmeng pushed the heavy cart forward tremblingly.

After walking only two steps, he couldn't help but turn around and said to Butcher Hu: "Uncle Hu, my restaurant Yunmengju will open in Lihua Lane in the east of the city in two days. Come and try it when you have time!"

No matter what, Chu Yunmeng bets that Butcher Hu doesn't have such a sensitive sense of smell when it comes to food, and even if he does, he doesn't care about it.

Revised version Chapter 2.

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