On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Zhaozhao, Chen Dawang, and Chen Ermei took Chen Xiaoni to the town to attend the New Year's Fair.
As for Chen Damei, who is still in confinement, Zhang Genshan and Wang Sanmei stay at home to take care of her.
On the day of the New Year's Fair, you can buy and sell freely. You can buy with money and exchange with things.
Of course Chen Zhaozhao would not miss such a good opportunity to make money.
She and Chen Dawang went to sell wine and the leftover chili sauce.
After the things could not be sold to the supply and marketing cooperative, the only thing left at home was the wine kept for home.
What is sold now is what will be brewed later.
Because every year at the annual fair, Chen Dawang goes to sell wine and has a group of regular buyers.
In previous years, I sold wine to support my family, but now I sell wine just to fulfill the promise made the previous year.
It is worth mentioning that Chen Zhaozhao planned to make sour radish for sale this winter, but did not do it.
Some of the radishes are still in the ground, and some have been pulled out and made into dried radishes.
The four of them arrived in the town quickly. They arrived not too early, so the town was already full of people.
"It's so lively~" Chen Zhaozhao sighed.
This simple liveliness really made her miss it so much.
They first found a place to park the trolley and sell things. Chen Dawang was watching over them while Chen Zhaozhao and Chen Ermei took Chen Xiaoni shopping.
Because there were so many people, Chen Zhaozhao put Chen Xiaoni on his neck, which attracted countless people's attention.
First, the girls, one big and one young, are so beautiful.
Secondly, it is really rare for such a beautiful big girl to actually give a little girl a horse.
This is usually done by the child's father, and the girl's family does not have such great strength.
Someone couldn't help but curiously asked: "This is your sister. You are so kind to your sister, aren't you serious?"
Chen Zhaozhao smiled easily, "This is my daughter, it's not heavy."
"Who is your daughter?" People around her exclaimed, "She looks like a sister. Look at how beautiful she is. How wonderful!"
Chen Zhaozhao was very happy to be praised for being young and beautiful.
Then someone teased Chen Xiaoni and asked where her father was?
"Dad is still at work." Chen Xiaoni said cutely.
She has a father!
Looking at her smiling and proud expression, it made the people around her feel indifferent.
There are a lot of things selling on the street, including fried rice cakes, melon seeds, peanuts, candies, etc.
There are even more people selling vegetables and meat.
There are also people setting up stalls to write couplets.
These days there are no printed couplets for sale, they are all handwritten. Many people write them themselves or have them written by others.
However, there are printed New Year pictures for sale, but the sales in the town are very limited, only the God of Wealth and the Door God.
Chen Zhaozhao and the others didn't want to buy much, but they just took a walk around.
Chen Ermei also carried several large bags.
The three of them returned to Chen Dawang's place and found that everything was sold out.
"Why are they selling so fast?" Chen Zhaozhao asked in surprise.
"Zhao Zhao~"
Before Chen Dawang could answer, a loud female voice came.
Chen Zhaozhao looked over and greeted with a smile, "Aunt Zhang!"
"Zhaozhao~ Oh, long time no see, Xiaoni is a little cuter again~" Zhang Juxiang greeted them with a smile.
Chen Zhaozhao asked Xiaoni to greet someone, and after a brief exchange of greetings, Chen Zhaozhao knew that Zhang Juxiang had bought everything.
In addition to selling some wine to regular customers, Zhang Juxiang bought the rest, as did the chili sauce.
"Zhaozhao! Is there anything else you can sell at home? I want to buy it all." Zhang Juxiang looked at Chen Zhaozhao with bright eyes.
Today is a rare day where I can talk about business without restraint.
This feeling is so refreshing!
"Did you buy it for the hotel or for yourself?" Chen Zhaozhao asked with a smile.
"If you have a lot, go to the restaurant. If you don't have a lot, eat it by yourself." When Zhang Juxiang said this, she immediately expressed her bitterness.
"You don't even know that our chili sauce is now used as a seasoning for other chili sauces. Without your chili sauce, the customers say the taste is a bit inferior.
If it weren't for the alcoholism, this business would have gone backwards. It would be really difficult for us. We don't know what will happen next year."
"You bought so much wine, add a little when cooking, it will make the dishes taste more fragrant."
"Is this so?" Zhang Juxiang's eyes lit up.
"Just use one-third of the usual amount of alcohol. It will definitely make the food taste better. I've tried it."
After all, it is a wine containing the essence of Lingquan, which is first-class in removing fishy smell and enhancing flavor.
Chen Zhaozhao did try.
But she didn't try it on her own, after all, her magic hand was different.
She asked Chen Ermei to try it. The ordinary ingredients she bought had not been touched by any water containing spiritual spring, and only a little bit of wine was added.
The taste is enough to impress.
And because only a little is added, the wine flavor evaporates during the frying process, and there is no wine flavor in the dish, only the aroma.
"But..." Zhang Juxiang was reluctant to give it up, "Many people like to drink this wine. Wouldn't it be too wasteful to use such a good wine for cooking?"
Chen Zhaozhao chuckled when he thought about the way his father stared at her when she asked her second sister to use the wine as cooking wine.
For wine lovers, this is indeed a waste.
"Let's do this~" Chen Zhaozhao thought for a moment, "I'll make some cooking wine for you."
"Cooking wine?" Zhang Juxiang felt like a door to a new world had opened.
"Yes, I'll make the special seasoning wine for cooking when I get home today, and I'll give you a sample to try tomorrow."
"Okay!" Zhang Juxiang agreed.
Chen Zhaozhao thought he could try the cooking wine business.
"But if it is used well and there is a huge demand in the future, I will give the recipe to the soy sauce factory. After all, I don't dare to make it myself with the above documents."
"Okay, no problem." Zhang Juxiang nodded.
Even though she bought the items from the supply and marketing cooperative, she doesn't use them alone. Another restaurant also uses them.
But it doesn't matter, as long as the taste comes out, then the competition will be fair.
After returning from the market, Chen Zhaozhao immediately mixed wine.
She makes wine just like she makes special vinegar, adding well water and wine, nine ounces of water and one ounce of wine, it becomes a pound of cooking wine.
Prepare it and use it for cooking at night, and the deliciousness will be doubled immediately.
Her cooking wine is made by diluting the original white wine with water. In this case, the amount of cooking wine must be more than that of white wine.
But overall, it’s more cost-effective than just putting in the liquor.
She was busy in the kitchen when the postman called outside.
Chen Zhaozhao responded and hurried out and received two letters.
"Mom, who is the letter from? Is it third aunt?" Chen Xiaoni ran over and looked up at her and asked.
Chen Zhaozhao nodded, "There is one letter."
One is from Chen Sanmei, and the other is from Fang Dongchao.
Chen Sanmei mainly makes daily arrangements and sends New Year blessings.
Fang Dongchao told her about the profitability of braised pork, and she was very happy when she saw the numbers above.
Because of the distance, I don’t have the internet to save money these days.
If you mail it, the amount would be too large and conspicuous.
Fang Dongchao opened a bank account for her and deposited her money in it.
She will go and get it from him next year.
It's a pity that her bonus is only for braised pork. If the pig behind her got into the water, it would be a lot of money.
But the contract is there, so she can make money from jealousy.
You can't be too greedy, and because she provided good ideas for free, the boss was more willing to give her bonuses, which is also a good thing.
The next day, New Year's Eve.
After breakfast, Chen Dawang and the others began to decorate the house to prepare for the New Year, while Chen Zhaozhao went out.
In addition to getting cooking wine for Zhang Juxiang when she went out today, she also had other important things to do...