"Mom, this braised food is so delicious, much better than the ones sold in the city.
Following the method taught by Ye Chuqiu, Zhao Hehua made a large pot of braised meat and cut it into pieces herself. Her eyes lit up immediately. She couldn't even believe that this was food she could make.
"I'll try it, I'll try it."
When Lin Sanhu heard that there was food, Lin Sanhu came over. Zhao Hehua pushed him away with a smile, "Just wait, mother hasn't tasted it yet."
After saying that, she handed the things she had prepared to Ye Chuqiu. Ye Chuqiu tasted a piece of braised donkey meat and nodded, "Not bad, it tastes good, and it's good to go with wine."
"Mom, how about my daughter-in-law cut a portion of beef for you at noon and add two or two meters of wine?" Zhao Hehua asked.
"Okay, I'll have this for lunch."
Ye Chuqiu said, taking the plate of food to his room.
Although she looked very stable in front of Zhao Hehua, she was actually very happy inside. She didn't expect that Zhao Hehua was so talented at cooking. This braised food was even more delicious than she imagined.
a bit.
The braised donkey meat has no fishy smell at all, it is fragrant and spicy, and paired with Erliang sweet rice wine, it is really delicious.
While roasting on the fire and eating meat, Ye Chuqiu's happy eyes narrowed.
There is actually braised food available now, but they don’t add chili peppers, and most of them are sweet, so it doesn’t suit Ye Chuqiu’s taste. Ye Chuqiu likes spicy food, so she added chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, and she felt very satisfied.
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At this time, Sichuan peppercorns were still a kind of medicinal material that had to be bought in drug stores. Many people had not yet realized that this stuff was delicious in cooking, as were chili peppers. At this time, people called it peppercorns. I heard that it was introduced from Fanbang.
Not long after it was introduced to Dayue Kingdom, only a few people used it for cooking, and most people still had a wait-and-see attitude towards it. At least in Linjia Village before, few people used chili peppers for cooking.
Ye Chuqiu realized that this was a business opportunity. Seeing that Zhao Hehua's craftsmanship was about to start, she planned to set up a stall in the city next year to sell braised food.
In the afternoon, Lin Dahu and Lin Erhu came back, carrying several sacks of charcoal.
In the past few days, the two brothers went to the mountains to burn charcoal. Firstly, the weather turned cold, so the family also had to burn charcoal. Secondly, the colder the weather, the more people in the city needed charcoal for heating.
The two brothers thought about burning more charcoal and then selling it in the city to make some money.
Ye Chuqiu was 100% supportive of their idea. For this reason, she specially read out the method of making charcoal kilns from the sacred book she signed and taught it to the two brothers.
In addition, she also said that the two brothers only need to hand over 60% of the money they make from selling charcoal to the public, and the remaining 40% can be divided between the two brothers.
This made the two brothers even more motivated. After eating every day, they went to the mountains to chop firewood and burn charcoal. They were not afraid of hardship or fatigue, which made Ye Chuqiu feel ashamed.
"Mom, can you see how our charcoal is burning?"
When they got home, the first thing the two brothers did was to take out their newly burned charcoal and light a fire for Ye Chuqiu.
This charcoal is very black, and is completely different from the charcoal that Ye Chuqiu burned before. The charcoal that was burned at home before was all obtained from the fire at home. Compared with this charcoal, it can only be regarded as the ashes of vegetation at best. It burned for a while and was extinguished.
This charcoal not only burns for a long time, but also has strong firepower. It is indeed made in a special charcoal kiln.
Until dinner time in the evening, the pot of charcoal burned by Ye Chuqiu still had sparks, which made Ye Chuqiu very satisfied. After the meal, he specially praised the two brothers, "Not bad, you guys burned the charcoal very well. I think
Next time I pick it up and sell it in the city, I'm sure I can get a lot of money in exchange for it."
"Really?" Hearing Ye Chuqiu's words, the two brothers also smiled, "Mom, how much do you think our charcoal should cost per pound?"
"In my opinion, it can be sold for at least one penny per catty."
"Mom, one penny per pound is a bit too expensive. A pound of whole grains is about the same price." Lin Dahu said.
"For one penny, why don't you buy a pound of whole grains for me?" Ye Chuqiu glanced at them, "Now a pound of beans costs five pennies, okay?"
"One penny per pound of charcoal is still too expensive. People will die if they don't eat food. If the charcoal is too expensive, no one will buy it." Lin Dahu said.
"If you don't have ambition, you don't know that people will light even a pound of charcoal worth a penny or a pound of charcoal."
Ye Chuqiu said: "You two brothers worked so hard to burn charcoal, both by cutting down trees and burning kilns. After working so hard for so many days, you only got a few hundred kilograms of charcoal. If you don't sell it for a penny a kilogram, how can you have any money?"
Is it profitable?"
"Anyway, idle time is idle, as long as you can make some money to live on." Lin Dahu scratched his head and said: "The original plan of us brothers was to sell ten pounds for one penny."
"One penny and ten pounds? Then don't sell it. These charcoal girls have bought it for you. Do you know how much the food you eat every day costs? After working for seven or eight days, you need dozens of pennies?"
Ye Chuqiu felt a little incredible, even a little shocked. She originally thought that burning charcoal was a way to make money, but now it seems that it is a ghost!
"Mom, in fact, ordinary people can't afford such good food as ours. If you only eat two meals of whole grains and dried wild vegetables every day, you can earn dozens of pennies in seven or eight days and save a little." Lin Dahu added.
When Ye Chuqiu heard what he said, his heart became heavy. Look, how difficult it must be for people living at the bottom of society to make money. After all the hard work of burning charcoal, they would not be able to save even a few cents after eating and drinking.
But for them, they are happy and satisfied if they can save a few pennies.
More people work hard and toil all their lives just to survive.
"Don't burn charcoal in the future. I don't think you can make much money."
At first, when the two brothers went out to burn charcoal, Ye Chuqiu was happy that they had found a way to make money on their own, but now, she doesn't think so anymore.
The technical content of making charcoal is not high. Everyone in the countryside can do it, but it just requires hardship and hardship. But in this society, the most indispensable thing is people who can endure hardship.
In this case, it was better to leave this matter to others. She couldn't bear to let her children suffer like this.
Besides, after suffering a lot and still not making any money, it was natural to give up immediately.