The next thing was simple: they just had to light a fire, prepare the ingredients, and start stewing. This stew uses a lot of firewood, and since they were burning charcoal at home, the firewood consumption was extraordinary. Yan Bingfa decided that after they returned, they would go up the mountain to chop firewood. They went straight to work, gathering their men and heading up the mountain. Shuwen and Shufeng also went with them.
Braising meat is a relatively easy job. Once the ingredients are prepared, all you have to do is watch the firewood and occasionally look into the pot. She handed this task over to Zhou and started burning charcoal in the backyard. She would start this afternoon and finish it tomorrow morning, which would save her time.
Zhou had cooked with Chunxiao twice before, so she knew the approximate time. When Yan Bingfa and the others came back with firewood at night, it took them some time to cook the first pot, and the yard was still filled with a strong fragrance.
"Fortunately, it's far from the village. If it were where we are, I'm afraid the villagers would come to ask about it every day."
Tian washed her hands and fetched water for the two children to wash their hands.
"That's right. That's why I said it's great for Chunxiao to live here. Being somewhere has its advantages."
"Will this charcoal be available tomorrow morning?"
"You'll have to ask Chunxiao about this. We don't have any idea."
Yan Dahe then went to the backyard to ask Chunxiao again.
Chunxiao said that if it was early, only 50 to 60 kilograms would be left, but if it was daylight, it would probably all be out. Finally, everyone decided that Dahe would go early in the morning, while Yan Dashan and Shufeng would go up the mountain to continue chopping firewood tomorrow.
Zhou lit the lamp in the kitchen. After braising two pots, she called Chunxiao to add water and ingredients and then started the second round. Today they were braising two pots at the same time, but there were too many things. It would probably take more than ten hours to braising two pots at the same time. The two decided to leave two pieces of pig intestines and a dozen pig trotters to cook tomorrow, and braise four pots today.
After Chunxiaotan closed the furnace, the two of them braised the intestines for several more hours before they finished. Zhou tasted the braised large intestines and found it unexpectedly more delicious than meat. This was really unexpected. The last time they slaughtered a pig, the large intestines at home were thrown away. She only blamed herself for not knowing how to eat them.
Chunxiao took a knife and cut the large intestine into small pieces for them to sell tomorrow. They had braised a lot today, so tomorrow they could only take a portion. It was up to them to choose.
The next day, Tian came with Shuwen and the Zhangs. They immediately saw the braised and sliced pig intestines. Curious, Dahe couldn't resist trying one. It was cold, but the flavor was undeniably delicious. He nodded repeatedly, "Delicious! You can bring more today. I guarantee someone will like it."
Zhang had to carry the stove, scale and firewood, and Zhou and Shuwen could only carry about 100 pounds, but a hundred pounds was enough for them to sell.
Not long after the few people left, Zhou got up. Chunxiao didn't see her when she got up. It was only half an hour later that she saw her coming back from outside with a backpack.
"Mom, what have you been doing?"
Zhou put down the backpack and said, "There are not many eggs left at home. I went to the village and collected more than 400 eggs. People were very happy when they heard I wanted to collect eggs. I collected so many from just a few families." She pointed to the backpack and showed it to Chunxiao, "I think we need to raise chickens as soon as possible, otherwise if we collect eggs too often, this business will be difficult to hide.
"Mom, we don't need to hide this business. People can't learn it, so we have to let others know about our ways of making money. We can make food based on our own abilities and we don't have to worry about the villagers' opinions."
"That's right." Zhou fetched some water and washed the eggs in the yard. "Go light the stove. We're going to finish the two pots of stew we didn't finish yesterday, and braise these eggs as well."
Oh, I really have a life where I can’t sit still.
Not long after lunch in the afternoon, Tian and his family came back, and Daha followed them back. The charcoal in their backpacks was not sold out.
"This charcoal is not selling well now, but my wife and sister-in-law are doing well."
"Today, many people asked why we opened so late. They said that other businesses should have opened on the third day of the Lunar New Year and blamed us for opening late. Many people also asked for eggs, but left when they didn't have any."
"Our meat is selling very well. At first, no one wanted our large intestines, but they've become popular since then."
Zhou smiled from ear to ear when they said they sold out the eggs. "I collected over 400 eggs in the village today. You can bring more eggs tomorrow. We've finished braising everything this morning. You guys should hurry up and eat."
After putting things away, they happily went to eat. After dinner, they went up the mountain again. Now that the family has two businesses, hard work means making money, so they are all very motivated.
Although Yan Bangfa was at home, he didn't eat lunch at noon. It was not until he came down the mountain in the afternoon that he ate the braised sausage made by Chunxiao. He then believed that large intestines could really be made so delicious, even more flavorful than meat. "I didn't expect that this thing would change so much in your hands. This is very profitable. I only bought one piece for 10 coins, and it can be sold for hundreds of coins. In this case, I might as well sell large intestines from now on." He took a few more bites while speaking.
"Dad, that's not right. First, we can't have so many large intestines every day. Second, a wide variety of varieties can satisfy the needs of different people. Some people don't like it and are unwilling to try it because they think it's dirty. Third, if we only want these large intestines, I'm afraid the price will have to go up."
Yan Bingfa nodded. "You're right. It's better this way. One shouldn't be too greedy. You've already finished braising this. Do I have to go and collect it again?"
"Let's go tomorrow afternoon. We can still sell these for two days. From now on, we can sell 80 to 90 kilograms a day, so we can just collect them a day in advance."
"Now that you've given me a number, I have a rough idea." Yan Bingfa ate his meal with big mouthfuls. "I think the weather is bad today. It looks like it's going to rain. Rain is good, as it'll be cooler and the charcoal will sell better. Dahe told me that we haven't sold out of the charcoal today."
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