"Sister, come and see, there is a fish here, such a big fish, and it's still alive!"
Xiang Jin was reaching out to check the dryness and wetness of the two powders she had made, when Xiang Lan's surprised and happy voices came from the kitchen next door.
Xiang Jin walked over and took a look, and there was indeed a big fish lying in the big wooden basin at their house, drinking water with its mouth open. It weighed at least ten kilograms.
At this time, their grandfather came in and said, "Yesterday, we were releasing water to catch fish in the reservoir over there. Your grandmother went to buy a few fish with the people from our bay head. In the morning, your second uncle and your Yang Huibiao
Brother sent it."
"Uncle and cousin Yang Hui have been here before?" Xiang Jin was a little surprised.
Her grandfather nodded, "They came not long after you two sisters left. Because there was still business in the town, they didn't stay long, put down their things and left."
"Oh, that's it. Grandpa, if not, you can have lunch before leaving tomorrow. How can the three of us eat such a big fish? I'll make you two delicious dishes tomorrow.
The fish and vegetables are out.”
Her grandfather laughed and said, "We also have fish at home? Silly boy, your family can't finish it. Then you can call your grandpa Zeng and Aunt Liao over to eat together. Your grandpa Zeng and his family are the only ones with you."
There are two of you, Grandma Mo, and you, Aunt Liao, are alone. If they celebrate the New Year alone, they will look deserted. Anyway, you don’t have many family members, so everyone celebrates the New Year together. It will be lively!"
Xiang Jin thought about it carefully and felt that her grandfather's proposal was a good one, so she nodded, "Okay! Then I'll go talk to them after the afternoon."
Her grandfather nodded, and then Xiang Jin asked Xiang Lan to cook the pot and they cooked!
"Now, I will teach you the last three ways to eat. Please watch carefully, listen carefully, and remember carefully?!"
After lunch, Xiang Jin went to teach everyone how to cook.
She first taught everyone how to make hot spicy soup. This time she used ingredients she brought from home as teaching materials.
After she made the food, she filled half a bowl for everyone present so that everyone could taste it.
Everyone nodded after tasting it, and some people said, "It tastes really good. It feels hot and warm in the stomach after drinking it. It's so comfortable!"
Someone agreed, "Yes, yes, there are a lot of things in it, including meat, peanuts, beans, and dough."
Xiang Jin said, "Actually, the meat inside can be replaced by internal organs such as pig liver, pig intestines, pig blood, and pig lungs. But I don't have these things at home, so I can only use pork. The reason why it is put in
The skin on the top is because you just drank that soup
You're not hungry, we country people are all serious people. If others see that your food only contains soup and a few slices of meat and organ slices, they will think it's not worth it, no matter how delicious your soup is.
, that person also doesn’t want to come and patronize us.”
Everyone nodded and said yes, yes, and then someone asked, "Can you put the pig lungs, pig hearts, pig intestines, pig blood, and pork in it together?"
Xiang Jin said, "Of course, the more ingredients you have in it, the more people will like it, and then your family will have more customers and business.
I have said that people like to be honest, especially when doing business. We must be honest and honest and cannot cut corners. If you cut corners, your business will also cut corners. If you are really honest, people will like to come.
Visit your store.
Let me tell you one more thing, like this spicy soup, it can also be eaten with pancakes, such as scallion pancakes, steamed buns, pot helmets, etc. This will also be an income for you."
Everyone then nodded again and said this was a good idea.
Then Xiang Jin said, "Okay, let's talk about the second dish. This second dish is called butter tea. The recipe is very simple. Since there are no ingredients, I won't make it. I will give you the steps.
Remember, everyone. If you can remember, just remember. If you can’t remember, just take good notes. I’ll speak more slowly.”
Hu Yulan was so excited that she pulled her son Ai Can over, "Remember, don't miss it. Mom will prepare delicious food for you when the time comes!"
Fatty Ai Can has been acting as their secretary for the past two days. He nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, I'll write it down for you word for word."
Xiang Jin started to explain, and then everyone held their breath, listened carefully, and memorized it.
Suddenly Ai Can, the little fat man, couldn't write a single word. Then he turned his head to look at Xiang Yao who was also helping her mother take notes. Xiang Yao covered her notebook and refused to give it to him. He became anxious, and then his voice became louder.
When it gets older, "Show it to me, show it to me?"
Xiang Yao tilted her head and stared at him, "Write it yourself. Why are you reading mine? Don't read it!"
The two people were arguing a little too loudly, so they listened to Xiang Jin's explanation, and then everyone looked at them in unison.
Hu Yulan felt a little embarrassed when her explanation was interrupted, and then she patted Fatty Ai Can on the shoulder, "What are you arguing about? Didn't I tell you to take notes?"
Fatty Ai Can felt a little aggrieved, "I can't write a word!"
Xiang Jin said aloud, "You can use pinyin to replace the characters that cannot be written."
"Oh oh oh, Aunt Xiang Jin, please slow down a little, I will fill in the sentence I missed just now," Ai Can, the fat man, nodded quickly and prayed.
Xiang Jin nodded slightly and asked him where he had written down his notes. Then Fatty Ai Can said that he had written down his notes somewhere, and then he said with some embarrassment that because he had an argument with Xiang Yao just now, he didn't remember the rest.
live.
Xiang Jin then repeated the words she had said one by one. Fatty Ai Can was stunned immediately. Xiang Jin frowned slightly when he saw that he didn't start writing. "It's not that I didn't remember it."
Come on, why don’t you stop writing?”
Hu Yulan hurriedly slapped her son again and urged, "Write quickly, write quickly!"
The little fat man came back to his senses, said "oh oh" a few times and quickly wrote it down in his notebook.
Seeing that he stopped again and was still looking at her, Xiang Jin asked, "Remember?"
Fatty Ai Can nodded hurriedly, and then Xiang Jin went on to the next sentence.
At this time, Hu Yulan felt a mixture of emotions in her heart, including gratitude, emotion, regret and apology.
Originally, she was worried that Xiang Jin would not teach them attentively, or that she would look down on them and endanger them during the teaching process.
So she studied very seriously, just for fear that she would be unhappy or that she would kick them out if she didn't like them.
She thought that even then she had learned a few ways to eat, and by then they would be enough to support a store on the street.
But it didn't happen in the past two days. She treated them the same as everyone else, and there was no difference between them.
She will taste the things she makes, and she will give her recognition if they are good, and she will point them out if they are not good, and then ask herself to improve.
Now she deliberately stopped, repeated everything she had explained before, and asked her son to take all the notes. Thinking of this, she felt indescribably moved and regretful.
Do you regret why you treated the three of them like that?
In fact, now that I think about it, it's really not easy for the three of them. The two children are extremely unpopular in Lao Xiang's family. That woman Yang Juyun has worked hard for Lao Xiang's family for many years, but in the end she was taken over by that bastard Xiang Hai.
She was dumped and her two children were kicked out with her.
Although they sold grain and pigs for thousands of dollars, they did not have a house. The married girl threw water. Yang Juyun had been married here for more than ten years and was divorced. It was impossible for her to return to her parents' home with her children.
of life.
At that time, they were in a hurry to repair the house, and her family, who had taken over the outside work, really had no way to lay the foundation for them. However, their family was cautious and thought that she would rather let outsiders do the work than let them earn the money.
money.
Now that she thinks about it, she regrets it so much! It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be!
After Xiang Jin finished explaining, he said to everyone, "Now let's learn the last way to eat, soy milk and fried dough sticks. Everyone should listen carefully and take notes. I will demonstrate the fried dough sticks for you, but you will have to go to the soy milk by yourself afterward."
Yes, I will only talk about theoretical knowledge.
Grinding soy milk, I think everyone knows it. Yes, you soak the soybeans you grow at home, then grind them into a paste on a stone mill, remove the bean residue inside, and then blend the thick soy milk with an appropriate amount of water.
Remember, there should be neither too much nor too little water. If there is too little water, the soy milk will be very thick and it will not be profitable for you to do business. If there is too much water, there will be no soy milk flavor and others will not want to drink it.
Put the blended soy milk into a pot and boil it to what extent? Bring the soy milk to a boil and cook it until there is no green bean smell.
Also remember that the soy milk must be stirred repeatedly during the cooking process, otherwise the soy milk will settle and stick to the pot and burn.
After the soy milk is boiled, you can put some sugar in it to increase the taste, or it can be left with the original flavor. Of course, this is all based on the preferences of the guests.
Now that we’ve talked about soy milk, let’s talk about how to make these fried dough sticks. I mixed a bunch of noodles here with old noodles in them. The main function of adding old noodles is to make the fried dough sticks fluffy and soft, and taste good.
Taste.
Now please pour all the sesame oil you brought today into the pot, and then cook it over low heat."
After everyone heard this, they hurriedly took action, poured all the oil into the pot, and burned the oil on Yao Tama over low heat.
Xiang Jin then said, "Now, I'm going to roll this dough out with a rolling pin. Now, just like this, roll it into a long strip. You don't need to roll it too thin, just this thickness is suitable, and then use a knife to roll it out."
Cut it into strips of this width. Now, make another cut in the middle. Remember, don't cut off both ends.
Since there is not a lot of oil in this pot today, I made the length of the fried dough sticks a little smaller. The usual length of the fried dough sticks is the length of a chopstick.
Now that the oil is hot, let's put the cut noodles into the pot. If you want to make the fried dough sticks longer, just hold the two ends of the noodles and pull them slightly like this.
When putting the fried dough sticks into the frying pan, you should put one end into the frying pan first, and then gently put the other end in. If you just throw the whole noodles into the frying pan, the oil will splash out and it is easy to hurt people.
When the whole fried dough stick is fried and floats, turn it over, and take it out when both sides are golden brown."
While talking, Xiang Jin picked up two fried dough sticks and told Xiang Yao that she could stop the fire and stop burning the pot.
After the fried dough sticks had cooled down a bit, Xiang Jin cut them into small pieces with a knife and gave them to everyone to try.
After everyone tasted it, they all nodded and said it was delicious. Xiang Jin said, "This needs to be paired with soy milk to taste delicious, especially soaked in that soy milk. I won't describe how delicious it is. You can reply.
Go home and try it.”
Everyone nodded again, Xiang Jin clapped his hands, and then said to everyone, "Okay everyone, there is only so much I can teach you. I hope everyone can learn from it and use it later.
The food I learned from books are all special snacks from other provinces and regions. They are not available in our place. If you want to open a shop in the future, whether it is on the streets of towns or villages near us, or in our
In the county town, any food can be your store's signature snack.
Of course, I can't guarantee that in provincial capital cities, because everyone knows that provincial capital cities have a relatively large number of people who come here frequently, so what if people from other provinces go there to open a store.
But if you want to open a store, I suggest you only make a certain series of specialty snacks.
For example, if you want to open a cake shop, specialize in making cakes; if you want to open a noodle shop, specialize in making noodles; if you want to open a rice noodle shop, specialize in rice noodles, spicy soup, and camellia oleifera. These are all shops you can open. If you want to sell soy milk and fried dough sticks
Yes, it can also be sold with steamed buns, steamed buns and boiled eggs.
If you want a store to be unique, it is recommended to be specific and remember to mix things up.
However, these are just some of my personal opinions. It’s up to you to adopt them or not. It’s up to you!
Okay, it’s getting late, so I won’t go into details. Everyone, if you open a store, I wish you a prosperous business and abundant financial resources!”
After saying that, Xiang Jin nodded slightly to everyone, and then called Xiang Lan to go home with her.
Everyone said words of gratitude to her, thanking her for teaching them these new ways to eat, and so on.
Xiang Jin waved her hand and said clearly that she would teach those she could teach as much as she could, and not teach those she couldn't.
Everyone expressed their understanding one after another!
Just as the two sisters were about to turn around, Xiang Yao's mother called out to her, "Girl Jin, wait a minute?!"
Xiang Jin turned around and looked at her in confusion, "Auntie, is there anything else?"
Xiang Yao's mother said, "Wait a minute, wait a minute?"
Xiang Jin nodded, and then she saw Xiang Yao coming over carrying a stainless steel basin. There were several pieces of tender tofu in it, which weighed at least four or five kilograms.
"Girl Jin, this is our home-made tofu. You can take it back and try it."
Xiang Jin shied away, "No, no, no, no, Grandma Yang, you can eat it yourself. We have it at home. My mother bought two pieces yesterday."
Then Xiang Yao's mother came over, and her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law forced it to her, "Take it, take it, your house is yours, and ours is ours. You see, you have been even more serious in the past two days."
You taught us so many ways to eat fresh food without even drinking a sip of water. We don’t know how to thank you. Two pieces of tofu are nothing."
Xiang Jin said, "Actually, it's nothing. We all live in the same bay, so we should try our best to help each other if we can. It's really not a word of gratitude."
"Take it, take it," Xiang Yao's mother directly pulled her hands up and placed them on the basin.
Others present also persuaded her to accept it.
Xiang Jin smiled helplessly, "Okay, then I'll thank Auntie and Grandma Yang."
"Hey, thank you, it's not something valuable."
Xiang Jin held the basin and greeted everyone present, "Are you leaving?"
Everyone smiled and nodded at her, Xiang Jin turned around and left with Xiang Lan.
When the two sisters went back, they happened to catch up with Grandpa Zeng and Grandma Mo at their home. When they saw them coming back with a basin, her grandfather asked, "What are they bringing back?"
Xiang Lan looked arrogant and proud and said, "Tofu, it was given to me by Xiang Yao's family. I thanked my sister for teaching them how to cook it."
Xiang Jin, his grandfather, Grandma Mo, and Grandpa Zeng looked at the two sisters and smiled. Xiang Jin put the basin on the table and they had a clear look. Their grandfather said, "Oh, how much do you need to eat with so much of this?"
Where’s Dun?”
There was a smile on Xiang Jin's lips, "Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng, please take some back to eat later. There is so much, our family can't finish it."
Grandma Mo declined and said, "Our family also has some. At noon, their family also gave us two yuan."
Xiang Jin said to her grandfather, "Grandpa, take two pieces with you when you go back tomorrow and make fish head and tofu soup. It's delicious!"
His grandfather said, "Do you know if your family bought it?"
Xiang Jin said, "It's okay. Your family has a large population. Even if you buy it, it won't be much more if you take two yuan back. If you don't buy it, it's just fine!"
Her grandfather nodded, "Okay, then bring two dollars."
Following Xiang Jin, he looked at Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng, "Why are Grandpa Mo and Grandma Zeng here? I was planning to come back and put away my things and then go to your place?"
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng laughed, and Grandma Mo said, "We already know what you are going to say when you go to our place. We heard your grandpa say it, but what we are going to say is the same thing as what you are saying.
That is, your family, together with your Aunt Liao, will come to our place to celebrate the New Year dinner tomorrow afternoon. I have already greeted your Aunt Liao, and now I will tell you something."
"Ah?" Xiang Jin was startled.
Grandma Mo deliberately said with a bluff, "Why, I can only come to your house for a meal every time, but you can't come to our house for a meal?"
Xiang Jin waved his hand, "No, no, we have a big fish at home, and I want to invite you over tomorrow to eat that fish together."
Grandma Mo said, "We also have a big fish at home. It was a gift from your grandpa and the others. He needs to eat it, otherwise what will happen if it dies after being left for a long time?"
Xiang Jin was stunned again, and then she heard her grandfather say, "Your Aunt Liao has another one. She brought one to your family in the morning."
Xiang Jin suddenly felt dumbfounded.
Grandma Mo took her hand and said, "It's settled. Anyway, your mother will have to do business for half a day tomorrow, and your grandpa will be back again. You two little kids may not be able to make any complicated meals at noon."
Eat, let’s schedule that meal at three or four o’clock tomorrow afternoon. We’ll eat early then, and after eating, you’ll come back early.”
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, then we will have New Year's Eve dinner at your house tomorrow, and come to our house the day after tomorrow to eat it. Our fish should also be eaten early."
Grandma Mo just laughed and said, "I can't come to your house to eat the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year. Everyone has to keep money at home. Doesn't coming to your house to eat mean taking that money away?"
Xiang Jin said, "Who cares about that? The day after tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year. If you eat big fish on the Lunar New Year's day, you will have plenty every year. What a good sign? Just the day after tomorrow, just the day after tomorrow. Look at those people who go to other houses on the Lunar New Year's Day.
If you go to play cards, doesn't losing mean you are giving money to others?
Some card players have to play at other people's places all day long and don't even go back for lunch. Then the owner of the house has to cook a meal for them. Then they eat their own food and run away.
, wouldn’t that be equivalent to taking other people’s wealth and running away with it? From this it can be seen that it is impossible to do anything.”
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng both laughed. Grandma Mo said, "Okay, okay, then I'll come to your house to eat the day after tomorrow."
Grandpa Zeng said, "It's a pity that your grandpa has to go back tomorrow, otherwise I would have had a few drinks with him."
Her grandfather smiled and said, "No problem, no problem, I'll drink with you when I get back. Anyway, I'll be back in a few days."
Grandpa Zeng nodded, "Okay, let's get together when you come back then!"
Then Grandma Mo said to Xiang Jin, "I brought you some glutinous rice flour and fermented glutinous rice. They are all made at home. Then you can make glutinous rice balls and eat them. You have to eat glutinous rice glutinous rice and cook the glutinous rice balls."
Now, scoop out yours first, and then put the glutinous rice into it and cook it."
Xiang Jin nodded, and then Grandma Mo asked again, "Do you have brown sugar at home? If not, I'll get some for you."
Xiang Jin said that they had it, and their family had always had it.
Grandma Mo nodded, "Oh, okay!"
Then Grandpa Zeng asked, "Girl Jin, how did you originally plan to cook that fish tomorrow?"
Xiang Jin said, "I originally planned to make a tofu and fish head soup tomorrow, and also cut off the fish body and make another pepper fish or boiled fish fillet for you."
Grandpa Zeng nodded, "Well, okay, then you can cook our fish tomorrow, okay?"
"Sure," Xiang Jin agreed without thinking, "But what kind of fish do you want to eat?"
Grandpa Zeng said, "The fish head and tofu soup is light. How about boiling the fish fillets in water? Will this be warm?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "Okay, no problem!"
"Okay, then it's settled?!"
"It's settled!"
Grandma Mo then changed the topic, "Have you finished teaching them all?"
Xiang Jin nodded, "The teaching is over!"
Xiang Lan then interjected, "My sister taught them many ways to eat. I counted them all. There are more than a dozen."
Grandma Mo and Grandpa Zeng were surprised, "Isn't that much?"
Xiang Lan nodded vigorously, "Really? Now they can go to the street to open a shop and do business."
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "Actually, it's not much. I just taught a few things."
Grandpa Zeng nodded, and then sighed, "You will suffer a big loss this time."
Xiang Jin said, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, those things are of little use to me. Just teach them. If a guy from the Bay can help, just give him a little help."
Grandma Mo said, "But you can teach your uncles how to eat?"
Xiang Jin said, "My uncle and the others only need to master a few ways of eating. It is not necessary to master them all. Knowing more is not necessarily a good thing. When the time comes, they want to sell this one and that one. In the final analysis
They can't do anything. They master a few things and concentrate on those things, which is good."
Her grandfather nodded after hearing this, "Yes, I think what Jin Yatou said makes sense."
Xiang Jin said, "Besides, what I teach them is different from what my uncle and the others cook. There won't be much competition at that time. At most, people are tired of eating the same thing and want to change their taste."