Chapter 43 Big Business
Xiao Qihang was obviously stunned. He looked at Pei Yian and then at Ji Zhisui. For some reason, he felt a little disappointed. He had originally thought that these two people with such good looks were siblings.
It turns out that these two are husband and wife. From this point of view, they are a perfect match, handsome and beautiful...
Ji Zhisui who was standing aside was a little confused. After the last conversation, he only called himself Sui Niang to others. Did he take the wrong medicine today and suddenly called himself like this?
Although she had doubts in her heart, she did not ask any more questions. Public was not the place to discuss such private matters, so she could only remain silent.
Seeing Xiao Qihang standing there blankly without any reaction, she couldn't help but call out, "Mr. Xiao? Mr. Xiao?"
"Ah, what's wrong?" Xiao Qihang came back to his senses when he heard someone calling him.
"How much food should I prepare?" Ji Zhisui was really unsure for a moment.
Xiao Qihang was a little disappointed at first, but he cheered up after hearing that there were delicious foods, "The more the better!"
Their merchant ship will have to travel outside for two or three months, so of course the longer the better. He also believes in Miss Ji's craftsmanship.
"Okay." This is a big order, she needs to go back and prepare it well.
"Young lady, take this to buy ingredients and prepare more meat!" Xiao Qihang took out ten taels of silver and gave it to Ji Zhisui.
"Thank you, Mr. Xiao. I will send it to you tomorrow morning." With the ten taels of silver, she could prepare without hesitation and had a rough idea of the amount.
Ji Zhisui held the heavy ten taels in her hands, her eyes widened. Ten taels... this is ten taels of silver! The Pei family's initial assets were only ten taels of silver.
After she came to this world, the most she had come into contact with was one or two taels of silver. The feel of these ten taels of silver was really different!
If I get a few more big orders in the future, plus the money from setting up a stall, it will be no problem for me to buy a small yard on North Street.
Along the way, she felt a little dizzy, with curved eyebrows and joy written all over her face.
Her appearance also infected the people around her. Pei Ersao was also in high spirits. The depressed mood of having her seat taken away from her and the burrito seller was swept away.
What's wrong with learning to sell spring rolls from them? It still tastes bad and there are no repeat customers. Unlike Sui Niang, she directly attracted a big customer who gave them ten taels of silver!
Pei Yian thought silently in his heart that he seemed to be inferior to others in one aspect. He was not as rich as others. He worked hard to earn a few hundred coins by copying books, while others could get ten taels of silver with a wave of their hands.
This won't do. He has to find a way to make more money to make Sui Niang happy.
Although Ji Zhisui was happy, he only dared to keep the ten taels of silver in his pocket and only took it out after returning home.
"Grandma, Tiantian, Xingxing, look what this is!"
"Third sister-in-law, I know, this is silver!" Pei Tiantian answered first.
Pei Xinghai also nodded in response.
"Oh! This... Where did you get so much money, Sui Niang?" Mrs. Pei was more shocked than happy.
This is ten taels of silver. Didn't they say business was bad this morning? How come they suddenly brought back ten taels of silver this afternoon?
"A big shipping client asked me to pre-order some food to take on board. This is the money he gave me."
"Then Sui Niang, have you decided what to do?" After her joy wore off, Mrs. Pei began to worry. What if Sui Niang hadn't made up her mind yet?
"I've thought about it, grandma, don't worry! I'll go to the street to buy food first." Ji Zhisui had some ideas when he asked Chen Wu about the merchant ship issue.
Now that I have ten taels of silver in my hand, those ideas will be easier to implement.
She went to the butcher's shop and bought thirty pounds of pork. She asked the boss to cut the pork into small pieces, spending one or two taels of silver.
The butcher was naturally happy to meet a big customer. He also recognized that the young lady in front of him was the one who wanted to buy pig offal last time. He generously gave all the remaining pig offal to Ji Zhisui. There was just the pig small intestine that she needed to make sausages.
I sold over twenty catties of chicken breast for four hundred coins, and then went to the street to buy more than ten catties of radishes, cabbages, bamboo shoots, cucumbers, etc., spending about a hundred coins.
Ji Zhisui also did not forget to buy some pottery jars, clay jars, etc. to store these foods.
The quantity you bought is not small, and these can be delivered to your home.
The biggest items are seasonings such as salt, sugar, cooking wine, and spices such as star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves. These are indispensable, but also expensive, costing three taels of silver.
After buying the ingredients, time was tight and the task was heavy, so no one dared to delay and started to get busy.
Ji Zhisui was responsible for the preparation of various ingredients, and the other members of the Pei family were also busy, processing the ingredients and helping out.
In the small courtyard, everyone was busy.
Add salt, sugar, soy sauce, cooking wine and other seasonings to the meat processed by the butcher, mix well and marinate for a while.
Wash the pig intestines sent by the butcher, soak them in vinegar to remove the odor, then stuff the marinated pork filling into the pig intestines and tie them tightly with a thin rope.
The processed pork sausages were hung in a ventilated place to dry. Unfortunately, Mr. Xiao's order came too suddenly, so he had to take them on board to dry before he could eat them.
She planned to make the remaining ten pounds of pork into pork jerky, which could be used as a snack to satisfy her cravings.
Cut the whole piece of lean meat into large thin slices, put the slices into a bowl, add appropriate amount of salt, sugar, soy sauce, cooking wine, minced ginger and garlic and other seasonings, marinate for half an hour to allow the meat slices to fully absorb the flavor of the seasoning.
Spread the marinated meat slices flat on a basket and leave them outside to air dry.
Next, process the chicken breast, throw it into the pot, remove it from the pot after cooking, rinse it with cold water, and tear the chicken breast into small pieces.
Then add soy sauce and salt for seasoning, and bay leaves for flavor. After marinating for a while, pour it back into the pot and stir-fry over low heat. After it is dry, it becomes a dish of hand-shredded chicken breast, which is very good to go with steamed buns, pancakes, porridge, etc.
Pickling these vegetables is relatively simple. You just need to put them in a ceramic pot, cover the vegetables with boiling water, then add salt and appropriate amount of sugar, pepper and a little white wine. This will help keep the ingredients fresh to a great extent and make them taste better.
It was already late in the evening when we finished preparing the ingredients. We had a quick meal and then washed up and went to bed.
Although he had been busy all day, he made a lot of money today. Ji Zhisui was extremely excited. Looking at the piggy bank, he couldn't help but got up, picked up the bank and went outside to count the money.
One tael, two taels... eight taels of silver... and quite a few scattered copper coins. She was grinning foolishly as she held the increasingly full piggy bank.
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