The two of them walked slowly back toward the hotel. The professor's house wasn't far from the hotel Jiang Ning and his friends had rented, and from where they planned to set up their stall. They had considered that if they rented a house too far away, the two of them would spend too much time on the road. After all, they had to transport everything themselves, because they finished all the things in the rented house before selling them at the stall. They were lucky to have rented the professor's house.
The price that the professor and his wife rented them for the room was not expensive at all, and was even much cheaper than an ordinary house.
"The house issue has finally been dealt with. Now we can prepare to set up the stall with peace of mind." Jiang Ning said as he stretched.
Chen Yan: "Yes, it can be considered as a major accomplishment."
After all, it is more convenient to deal with scholars and easier to communicate.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Jiang Ning and his family to have rented a house for such a long time and still not be able to rent it.
Sometimes, it is not only the landlord who considers whether the tenant is compatible with him or her, but the tenant also considers what kind of person the landlord is. After all, they have to deal with each other frequently, and it would be difficult if one of them is difficult to get along with.
Jiang Ning remembers that the first store she rented for her private cuisine was so successful that the boss not only raised the rent, but also said that he would not rent it to her anymore when she was planning to re-sign the contract after it expired, as they wanted to open their own store.
So after coming here, Jiang Ning became more cautious about renting a house. Otherwise, if others saw that she was making money and became jealous, they would report her and she would be labeled as an "investment profiteer".
Early the next morning, Jiang Ning and Chen Yan simply packed their luggage and moved to the professor and his wife's home.
After moving, the two went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy bowls, plates, condiments and other things needed for setting up a stall.
Although the prices were very cheap, they still couldn't withstand the large amount that Jiang Ning and his friends bought. After paying the rent and buying the necessary items for setting up a stall, Jiang Ning only had five dollars left.
Jiang Ning and Chen Yan returned home and began to study what kind of breakfast they should sell.
Jiang Ning: "I see people here usually take things that are easy to carry in the morning, like eggs, steamed bread, etc."
Chen Yan: "After all, people are usually quite busy in the morning and don't spend too much time on food. Why don't we consider selling some buns and steamed buns now, and then we can adjust it later based on the situation."
Jiang Ning nodded in agreement. The boss was the boss after all, and he immediately decided what to sell in the morning.
The next step is to consider what kind of braised dishes to buy at the factory gate. First of all, the price should not be too high. After all, everyone works in the factory and has to support their family. It is impossible to spend all their money on food.
So these days, Jiang Ning and Chen Yan were not only looking for a house outside, but also looking at which vegetables could be bought without tickets or money.
The first ones are pig offal and pig tails, which are about 20 cents per pound, which are just right for making braised dishes. So the meat dishes have been determined, and the next ones are vegetarian dishes. This is easy to deal with. In the suburbs, many elderly people do not have much land to grow crops, so in order to support themselves or help their families, many people will grow some vegetables and sell them. These can be bought with money, and there is no need to exchange them with tickets, so this is not a problem and can be solved.
Originally, she wanted to sell some more braised eggs, but eggs are quite precious now, and you need a ticket to get them. She didn't have the means to do so at the moment, so she had to give up temporarily.
Early the next morning, Jiang Ning went to the vegetable market and bought ten kilograms of pig offal and pig tails, and then went to the suburbs to buy potatoes, leeks, and fungus. There were not many varieties, but as long as they tasted good, it was fine.
It was almost noon when I got home. I saw her quickly put the pig offal into a basin, put white flour and alkali in it and started kneading it. The first step in making braised food with pig offal is to remove the smell, otherwise no one would dare to eat it.
After watching for a while how Jiang Ning kneaded the pig offal, Chen Yan found a basin and poured the remaining pig offal into it. He followed Jiang Ning's example and poured white flour and alkali into it, but he didn't control the amount well. He poured most of the white flour in a small bag into it. Jiang Ning didn't feel anything, but Chen Yan felt very distressed. After all, he didn't make a penny and was even making things worse here. This was all money.
Seeing his frustrated look, Jiang Ning stopped what he was doing and taught Chen Yan how to wash it. Actually, there was no big trick. He just had to remove the layer of oil on the pig intestines first, then add alkali and white flour, rub it several times, then turn it over and wash it a few more times, and there would be basically no smell.
Soon Chen Yan learned how to process pig offal by following Jiang Ning's example.
System: "You are truly amazing. You can even order a big guy to wash pig offal for you."
"Of course not. I still have some skills." Jiang Ning said with a smile.
Before noon, she planned to make some braised dishes for the professor and his wife to try. Then, in the afternoon, she would braise all the vegetables she had bought, soaking them in the brine for an hour or two until they were fully flavored. Then, around five o'clock, she would take the braised dishes to the factory to sell, just to see if they were good enough.
So while Chen Yan was processing the pig offal, Jiang Ning started to make a fire and prepared to try a pot of braising pig offal that she had just processed.
She quickly placed the pig's offal in a pot and added slices of ginger and some wine to remove the fishy smell. After this step was completed, Jiang Ning added the pre-made marinade package to the water. In this package, she also added cinnamon, star anise, tsaoko, bay leaves, peppercorns, fennel, lemongrass, cloves, and nutmeg. Then she added salt, soy sauce, scallions, ginger, garlic, wine, and a small amount of sugar. When the water boiled, Jiang Ning first put the pig's tongue in to cook, and then added the pig's stomach, large intestine, pig's heart, pig's liver, and pig's kidneys in that order. When it boiled again, she added the potatoes and black fungus and cooked for three or four minutes before stopping. After that, she let them soak in the brine. The longer they soaked, the mellower the flavor.
Fortunately, this brine can be reused, otherwise Jiang Ning would go bankrupt just buying these spices.
The braised dishes have been soaked for almost an hour and it is time to have lunch. They invited Uncle Zhou and Aunt Pei to have lunch together last night to let them try the flavor.
"Girl from the Jiang family, what are you cooking? Why does it smell so good? I could smell it from a long distance away. We came out by smelling it." Uncle Zhou joked.
Aunt Pei beside her also nodded with a smile.
"That's just in time. I just went in and wanted to call you out for dinner."
"Uncle Zhou, Aunt Pei, please sit down and try Jiang Ning's cooking skills."
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