Becoming a Farmer's Widow: Raising Kids and Getting Rich with My Best Friend

Pei Yue, who had opened a chain of restaurants, was extremely busy every day. After not sleeping for several days, she actually died of overwork.

She transmigrated into the body of a widow na...

Chapter 57 Formulating the Next Step

Brown rice is two coins per pound, coarse noodles are two coins per pound, all pork is five coins per pound, vegetables are two coins per pound, free-range chickens are ten coins each (each weighing four pounds), all mutton is six coins per pound, and fish is two coins per pound (any type of fish).

Hmm, not bad, I even added a fish, but I haven't thought of what to make with it yet.

Slice the lamb leg meat, add light soy sauce, pepper, and some scallion and ginger water, pour it in, mix well until sticky, then add sesame oil and mix well again, set aside to marinate.

"Yueyue, I'm here! Are there already guests outside?" Yuanyuan came over with Fan Mu by the hand.

Pei Yuezhi explained, "This is the first time someone has ordered food here."

“I’m planning to make stir-fried pork liver tomorrow, let’s wash the liver together,” Pei Yuezhi said.

Remove the fascia from the pig liver, otherwise it will affect the taste. Cut the pig liver in half lengthwise, slice it thinly, and then add salt and cooking wine to the pig liver.

Gently squeeze the pig liver until the salt grains dissolve.

Wash the pig liver several times until the water becomes clear; then the pig liver is clean.

While Liu Yuanyuan started washing the pig liver, Pei Yuezhi prepared some side dishes, including thin-skinned green peppers and carrots.

However, the guests are in a hurry to eat, so we've only prepared enough for this meal; we'll prepare the rest later.

Cut the chili peppers into strips, the carrots into slices, the onions into strips, and prepare ginger slices, garlic slices, and the white parts of the scallions for stir-fried lamb into chunks.

Then prepare a sauce: light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, chicken bouillon, a little sugar, cornstarch, and a little water.

After washing the pig liver, it needs to be drained of water. Now, stir-fry the lamb.

Using the same method as before, heat the oil over high heat, add the lamb, quickly stir-fry until it changes color and is just cooked through, then remove it from the pan.

Heat the oil again, add some scallions, and stir-fry to make scallion oil. Then add ginger and garlic, stir-fry until fragrant, and then add scallions and stir-fry briefly.

Then add the lamb, a little wine, light soy sauce, a pinch of salt and pepper.

Stir-fry quickly, add a little vinegar along the edge of the pan, add some sesame oil, stir-fry evenly, and serve.

Add cornstarch, a little white pepper, light soy sauce, and cooking wine to the pork liver, and gently mix well.

Marinate for fifteen minutes. During this time, Pei Yuezhi bought some fried peanuts from the mall and made a vinegared peanut dish.

Heat a pan and add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, aged vinegar, and sugar. Simmer until thickened, then let it cool for a while.

Add some diced onion and green bell pepper to peanuts, drizzle with sauce and mix well. This is a simple and delicious way to make peanuts with aged vinegar, perfect with drinks.

Next, stir-fry the pork liver. Use plenty of oil and heat it over high heat until it just starts to smoke. Add the pork liver and stir-fry quickly for about ten seconds.

Now add all the side dishes and stir-fry them together for a few dozen seconds, about forty seconds, no more than one minute, then pour in the sauce.

Stir-fry until the sauce thickens, then remove from heat immediately. The stir-fried pork liver is ready; it's especially good with rice, and if you make it a little less spicy, it's also great with drinks.

Finally, mix a cucumber with sugar, MSG, aged vinegar, light soy sauce, sesame oil, a little water, minced garlic, cilantro, and a pinch of salt. Smash the cucumber, cut it into diagonal slices, and gently mix.

A few more customers arrived. Seeing that someone had ordered some delicious dishes, they were tempted. A few acquaintances gathered at the table and ordered two dishes as well as scallion oil noodles.

Unexpectedly, she became a human billboard. Pei Yuezhi asked the others to wait a moment and then returned to the kitchen to quickly stir-fry the dishes.

Fortunately, they only ordered simple stir-fries, which were all dishes they had made before when eating boxed lunches.

However, the sudden appearance of a customer to order food still made people a little nervous.

Despite her nervousness, Pei Yuezhi was quick and skillful in cooking, and Liu Yuanyuan treated her very well.

It was my first time ordering from the menu, and the reviews were overwhelmingly positive.

After a busy day, having served three or four tables of guests, the two boys returned. Since there were no guests, they had a simple meal, and the task of cleaning up the front hall was left to the children.

After they finished tidying up, they went to read their books.

Pei Yuezhi and Liu Yuanyuan also began preparing the things they would need for the next day.

The pig liver has been cleaned. Now, let's prepare the rest of the ingredients and head home to rest early today.

Actually, the dishes I've made these past few days have been mostly different, and there's already a lot of variety. I can make some of the dishes I've made before.

Tomorrow's meal will be stir-fried pork liver, twice-cooked pork, braised green peppers, and braised eggplant.

They took out all the ingredients, and the two worked together seamlessly, finishing in no time.

“Yuanyuan, my next plan is to open a regular restaurant. We can only make money from boxed lunches at noon, and there are no customers in the afternoon. If we open a regular restaurant, we can serve dishes to order and cook during dinner time, and I think that will be quite popular.”

Liu Yuanyuan nodded: "I think it's pretty good. Although it's quite stable now, the income is still a bit slower."

As the two were talking, the system, which hadn't spoken for several days, suddenly announced: "Ding, mission triggered: Menu creation. Mission rewards: 1 free shopping mall card, 1 50% off shopping mall card."

"Another free shopping card!" Pei Yuezhi was very happy to hear about this reward. Last time, she used the free shopping card to get so many clothes and shoes for free, and she had to make good use of it this time.

When I told Liu Yuanyuan about the new mission, she was indeed very happy.

The menu can be finalized now, but the new model cannot be started too early.

After all, Pei Yuezhi is the only one cooking right now, and Liu Yuanyuan still needs someone to help in the kitchen if she wants to entertain guests.

Let's create a menu first and claim the rewards.

After discussing for a long time, the two finally settled on some of the dishes, but decided to write them down on paper. They originally planned to carve the words on a wooden board, but there were too many dishes, so they could do that later. Anyway, they weren't going to start doing that yet.

Pei Yuezhi thought about writing something, then suddenly remembered that the two children didn't seem to have any writing brushes, ink, paper, or inkstones yet; the reward they were supposed to receive was supposed to be given to them.

However, since the price was a bit high, and I was afraid they would think something was wrong, I didn't give it to them for the time being.

But I've been in school for several days now. Even though all I do at home is memorize texts, I can't go on without writing.

Anyway, neither of them knew about prices.

After returning home, Pei Yuezhi first went to her room to take out two sets of writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, then opened the door to the two boys' room.

"Chao'er, Nian'an, look what I've prepared for you!"

Pei Yuezhi handed the item over as if it were a treasure.

Fan Chao's eyes lit up when he saw these: "Mother, you bought us the Four Treasures of the Study! But they must be very expensive."

“Yes, Aunt Pei, this must have cost a lot of money.” Li Nian’an also looked surprised.

"Here you go, you've already bought it, so take it now." Pei Yuezhi put it on the table.

"Thank you, Mother."

"Thank you, Aunt Pei."

Both of them thanked them at the same time.

Pei Yuezhi was about to leave when she remembered the menu, so she pulled the two of them to sit down.

"Chao'er, I remember your uncle taught you to write. Now that you're in school again, how's your handwriting? And Nian'an, how's your handwriting? You two write a few words so I can see."