sinovels Chapter 115 Cold Skin and Cold Noodles
Chapter 115 Cold Skin and Cold Noodles
The brother I bought this time, the older one is 17 years old, and used to serve the young master of a wealthy family in the capital. Although he is only a third-class servant, he can read, embroider, and cook a little.Because the young master he was serving had eloped with someone, the master's family sold all the servants who served the young master to the countryside in order to cover up this matter.
The youngest was only eight years old. Because the family was poor and could not afford food, he was sold by the elders. He traveled from the north to the south, suffered a lot, and almost died. The older one took care of him because he was pitiful.
When Lin Xiazhi proposed to buy the older brother, the older brother knelt down and kowtowed and begged Lin Xiazhi to buy the younger one together. Lin Xiazhi is not a particularly hard-hearted person, so he asked the people in the younger one to confirm that the younger one’s background is okay. , just bought two together.
The two people's previous names must not be used anymore, Lin Xiazhi asked them to follow Lin's surname, the older one was named Lin Xiaoqiu, the younger one was named Lin Xiaodong, and they were named according to the seasons like him.
The two knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Xiazhi: "Thank you, young master, for your name."
Lin Xiaodong learned all the rules from Lin Xiaoqiu, and they also sincerely thanked Lin Xiazhi, kowtowing their heads very sincerely.
"Get up quickly, you don't need to kowtow, our family doesn't have so many rules." Seeing others kowtow to himself, Lin Xiazhi is still not used to it, and now Zhao Da's family has been corrected by him, and two brothers Lin Xiaoqiu and Lin Xiaodong came again .
After people brought them back, the first thing they did was tell them about the rules of the Lin family. The most important thing is not to kneel down at every turn. As long as their family doesn’t cheat or feel sorry for the master, everything else is negotiable. Do things well. The Lin family will not beat and scold servants at will.
When Lin Xiaoqiu was in the capital, he was very cautious in everything he did, for fear that he would lose his life if he made a mistake. He cherished the relaxed atmosphere of the Lin family.
Zhao Da and Zhao Dong were in charge of the tofu house. The father and son had already moved to the tofu house. Before that, Qian had to stay at the Lin family to take care of the master, and took Zhao Nan to live in the guest room.
It is not good for a family to be separated for a long time, so Lin Xiazhi asked Qian to take Zhao Nan to live in the tofu house.
In this way, the guest room on the Lin family's side was vacant, but Lin Xiazhi didn't plan to let Lin Xiaoqiu and Lin Xiaodong live in the guest room. After all, it was all about the guest room, not for the servants.They arranged for the two brothers to live in the brick house at the back. Zhao Dong lived in that room before. There are ready-made tables, chairs and beds in it. After cleaning the dust, they can move there and live there.
It was originally intended to be repaired to make tofu or kimchi and sauerkraut. The area is not small. Let Lin Xiaoqiu and Lin Xiaodong share the same bed temporarily. When Lin Xiaodong grows up, he can use another room for Lin Xiaodong to live alone.
Lin Xiaoqiu used to be someone else's servant, so naturally he was quick to clean up his and Lin Xiaodong's room.
Help Qian to clean the house and cook together.
Two people can do things faster than one person, not to mention that Lin Xiaoqiu is young and fast, he is proficient in all these tasks, and he cleaned up in a few strokes, and it was not time to make lunch.
With Lin Xiaoqiu, Lin Xiazhi will not let Zhao Nan go to the backyard to help with things. After all, Zhao Nan is only 9 years old. Lin Xiazhi always feels that he is using child labor, and he has a sense of guilt in his heart. Not only Zhao Nan, but also Lin Xiaodong He was called to the front yard by Lin Xiazhi, ready to teach them how to read.
Zhao Nan was the one Lin Xiazhi planned to train to be Lin Chengzong's book boy, so naturally he couldn't be illiterate.As for Lin Xiaodong, I really didn't think about how to arrange him at once. The left and right are just more mouths, and we can arrange them when we are older.
Although Zhao Nan and Lin Xiaodongdong felt that it would be difficult for them to do things, but Lin Xiazhi also knew that the two children were bought servants, so they couldn't do nothing like the young master, so he arranged for them to clean the house every day. The sanitation of the hospital, sweeping away the fallen leaves and dust.
As for Lin Xiaoqiu, after all, he is a newly bought servant. The Lin family doesn’t know what his character is like, so Lin Xiaoqiu is only asked to accompany Qian’s every day to help make noodles, watch the donkey pull the stone mill, and cut pickles. He did not ask Qian to teach him the skills of making jelly, cold noodles, and cold skin immediately.
After the work on Qian's side is finished, Lin Xiaoqiu will let him follow Li Xiu to make clothes for the family in the remaining time.
As expected, he came from the capital, but the handicraft of ordinary servants is also very good, but his hands are not delicate enough to touch expensive fabrics, let alone embroider those complicated patterns.But after all, he has seen the world, even ordinary cotton cloth can be made with that kind of high-end feeling according to the practices of those high-ranking families.
Most of the patterns and embroidery techniques in these places in Jiangning County were passed down from the capital, and what is popular now is outdated in the capital. Lin Xiaoqiu saw that Li Xiu, the husband-in-law, likes embroidery, and picked out some things that are fashionable in the capital now. In this way, the embroidery made by Li Xiu is more exquisite.
With Lin Xiaoqiu's help to share the family affairs, Qian's spared time to study how to make cold noodle and cold noodle products stably, while Lin Xiazhi went to the county town to discuss the food stall with his uncle.
Except for the bean sprouts at the beginning, Lin Xiazhi told Zhou Xiaozhu how to produce bean sprouts. The other cooperation between Lin Xiazhi and Zhou Xiaozhu has always been that Zhou Xiaozhu took the finished products from Lin's house and sold them in the county. Lin Xiazhi did not bring tofu The practice of brain and jelly is taken out, and Liangpi and cold noodles are no exception.
Liangpi and cold noodles are both made of white flour and the price is not cheap, so Lin Xiazhi set a price for them that is not low, forty yuan a catty.
One catty of cold noodles or cold noodle can be divided into six parts, one can be sold for ten yuan, and one catty can earn twenty yuan, but in addition to cold noodles, there are also condiments. In order to make cold noodles delicious, condiments cannot be saved, so Almost a catty of cold noodles can earn ten cents, and the profit is not low.
If it is said that cold noodles are relatively easy to be imitated by others, it is certainly not easy for ordinary people to think of Liangpi. Lin Xiazhi is not worried about his high price.
After Zhou Xiaozhu tasted the cold noodles and cold noodles prepared by Lin Xiazhi, he agreed without hesitation. He was more cautious, and only wanted five catties of cold noodles and five catties of cold noodles on the first day.
The location Zhou Xiaozhu rented was relatively good. It was near the pier. They sold tofu nao in the morning and jelly noodles at noon and evening. The business was pretty good.
People who usually come to buy tofu nao and jelly are very interested in hearing that Zhoujia stall has released new products today.
Zhou Xiaozhu introduced that cold noodles and Liangpi are both eaten cold, and they will not sweat profusely in summer. Some businessmen with money in their pockets directly asked Zhou Xiaozhu to serve him a bowl of cold noodles and a bowl of Liangpi. Taste all tastes.
The golden cold noodles are served with refreshing bean sprouts and cucumber shreds, and topped with Zhou Xiaozhu's secret seasoning, which whets the appetite.
Some time ago, the chili sauce that Lin Xiazhi gave Zhou Xiaozhu was useless when he was selling jelly. Today, selling cold noodles and cold skin is the first time chili has entered the public's mouth.
The first customer to eat cold noodles mixed with chili was sweating profusely from the heat but still couldn't stop saying it was delicious, and then ate the bowl of cold noodles, completely forgetting that Zhou Xiaozhu said just now that eating cold noodles with cold noodles is not good. The sweating thing.
The cold noodles still taste like noodles, but the cold noodles are different. The soft and glutinous taste surprised the guest. After eating a bowl, he asked Zhou Xiaozhu to serve him another bowl.
From the way the guest ate, he could tell that the cold noodle and cold noodles must be delicious, and other people who were a little bit tempted paid for it and asked Zhou Xiaozhu to bring them a bowl of cold noodle or cold noodle.
The first guest ate a full bowl of cold noodles and three bowls of cold noodles before he stopped talking. It cost forty Wen in total. Can afford it.
After Zhou Xiaozhu paid the bill, he took the initiative to give him a jelly, which made the guest even happier. When he returned, he would publicize to his companions how delicious the new food at Zhou's stall was.
It's a pity that after his companions rushed over after hearing the news, only two bowls of jelly and cold noodles were sold at Zhou Xiaozhu's stall.
A total of four people came, and the four strong men grievously shared the two bowls and ate them. They felt that they had just filled their stomachs and they were gone. They shouted that there was not enough food, and asked Zhou Xiaozhu to prepare more tomorrow.
They just didn't eat enough, and the guests who rushed over couldn't even taste the cold noodle and cold noodle, they could only listen to those who had eaten it say how delicious it was.
Zhou Xiaozhu once again felt the feeling he had when he was selling bean sprouts all by himself years ago. He was so happy that he couldn't find his way around, so he hurriedly asked Lin's family to deliver the goods in the county with a word that he would ask for [-] catties of cold noodles and [-] catties of cold skin tomorrow.
Zhou Xiaozhu knows that the price of cold noodle and cold noodle is very expensive, and the portion of one portion is not very much. An adult man needs to eat at least three or four portions. Even if my brother has a small appetite, he needs to eat two portions to be full. Let’s buy it. The people who are here are just trying something new, and it is not necessarily that the business will be so good in the future.
The two foods add up to [-] catties, which is quite a lot. Fortunately, Zhou Xiaozhu's cold noodle and cold noodle won't go on sale until almost noon, so there is enough time.
Qian got up early in the morning to work, and with Lin Xiaoqiu's help, she finally finished it before noon.
Liangpi and cold noodles are on fire, and there is an endless stream of customers who come to Zhou Xiaozhu's place to eat. There is no place to sit, and the guests are willing to stand and eat.
Ever since Zhou Xiaozhu's stall started selling cold noodle and cold noodle, he couldn't do it all by himself. He needed seasoning, tidy up the dishes, and collect the money. come to help.
Zhou Xiaozhu is very busy here, and the Li family in Wangshan Village has also ushered in a big happy event. The pigs that their family has raised for half a year can be slaughtered!
The average farmer's pigs can grow to [-] catties a year, and the Li family's pigs have grown to [-] catties in half a year. This is the envy of the people in Bad Wangshan Village.
The Li family's chicken sold well in Jufulou, and their pigs were also well-raised. The Dong shopkeeper in Jufulou asked Li Mao to slaughter them and send some to Jufulou.
A big fat pig was bled to take out the internal organs, boiled water and scalded. After a busy day, it passed away in the morning.
The Lin family’s method of dealing with pig offal has been popularized in nearby villages. Pig offal has become a meat that many people can often afford. Most of the pig offal and pig blood that the Li family slaughtered on the first day were bought by people in the same village at a low price. Mao sent ten catties of pork and ten catties of pork ribs to the Lin family, and two catties of pork to Jufulou.