After hearing these words, Xu Qinyu gradually formed a general idea in her mind.
The crew members on these fleets are all men. They mostly don't cook when they are on the boat, and they mostly eat bread and buns. They must want to eat something greasy, and these wontons and buns are indeed not greasy enough. She bought a pair of large and small intestines and pig's stomach yesterday for only thirty cents. Even if the pork stall owner gives her the normal price in the future, it will still be two cents per pound. Pig offal is cheap, but it tastes great if it is processed and braised well. You can also braise some vegetarian dishes and make some pancakes. The braised large intestine and pig's stomach can be cut and put into the pancakes together with some braised vegetarian dishes. It is both greasy and delicious.
Pig offal is cheap, but it is oily, filling, and tastes good.
Many modern people like to eat braised pork intestines, at least she likes it very much.
This food is a type of roujiamo.
There are many types of roujiamo, including donkey meat hot bread, pork roujiamo, sesame cake with braised meat, etc. There are also various kinds of rolls. In fact, they are all similar. It all depends on how they taste.
In fact, there is also roujiamo here, also called pork bun. It is a steamed bun, more like a steamed bun. After it is cut open, two pieces of braised pork belly are stuffed inside. They are sold for five cents each.
There's no way around it. White flour and pork belly are both very expensive, so the selling price is naturally high.
A set of pig intestines weighed about ten pounds, and after the large intestines were braised, only three or four ounces would be left. However, she wouldn't scrape off much of the fat inside, because these people only eat oily food. In this way, after the large and small intestines were braised, there would be about half a pound left. The ones she bought probably weighed about six or seven pounds after being braised...
But if you want to set up a stall, you need a cart and a stove. The pots at home are not enough, so it’s best to buy an iron pot. You also need a bigger clay pot and a bigger stove. The clay pot is used for stewing dishes. After stewing, you can directly move it and the stove onto the cart and push it to the dock to sell...
Xu Qinyu pondered as she walked towards Osmanthus Lane.
In this case, the cart, stove, iron pot, and casserole will cost several taels of silver, so I must go back and discuss it with my family first.
Not only that, you also have to buy spices, which are expensive.
I definitely can't afford pepper, but some other local spices are about the same price as Sichuan pepper, so I have to buy them. I also need rock sugar. Rock sugar is expensive, about the same price as these spices, so it will cost several taels of silver. However, these spices can be bought by kilogram and can be used for a long time.
It was already 9:00 PM when we returned to Guihua Lane, almost the time for every household to have breakfast.
The snow in the yard and on the roof had been cleared, probably by her cheap husband.
Wen was coaxing Feng Jieer and Yan Ge'er, but Pei Jianing didn't see it, so he must have still stayed in the room.
Xu Qinyu went back to the room and took a look. Sure enough, Sister Ning was lying on the bed again, staring at the beams of the house with her eyes open in a daze.
Xu Qinyu felt somewhat helpless and shouted, "Sister Ning, come out. We have something to discuss at home."
Pei Jianing wanted to ask what this had to do with her, but she didn't say it out loud. Fourth sister-in-law was even more unlucky than her. She had nothing to do with their family originally, but because of Xu Qinhui, the third daughter of the Xu family, Fourth Brother's wife became Fourth Sister-in-law. She knew that it must be Xu Qinhui who was behind the new emperor's edict. She had seen Xu Qinhui shyly and seductively when she saluted the new emperor, who was still the second prince, in the palace.
Pei Jianing disliked Xu Qinhui very much, and concluded that it was Xu Qinhui who caused Xu Qinyu, the second daughter of the Marquis of Dechang, to become her fourth sister-in-law and be exiled with her.
Thinking of this, Pei Jianing sighed, lifted the quilt and got out of bed.
When everyone arrived at the main hall, Xu Qinyu told everyone about her plan, and then said, "There are a lot of things to buy and make, plus spices, so the remaining money on hand will definitely be spent."
Upon hearing this, Wen became a little worried, "Yuniang, it's not that mother doesn't allow you to do it, but is this business really easy? The pig offal you mentioned smells really bad. I heard that even the people in the village don't eat it very much. Often, butchers who can't sell it will take it back to feed their own dogs." Not to mention the nobles in the capital, they frowned when they heard the word "offal" and would never eat this stuff.
"Don't worry, mother." Xu Qinyu said, "I guarantee it will be delicious, just like the fish I cook. I think this business can be done, at least until the spring." It's not that she will stop doing it in the spring, but that she has more choices. She doesn't have to just make roujiamo, she can make the stall bigger, and she doesn't even have to set up the stall at the dock all the time. The dock does have a lot of customers, but there are also many customers on East Street and West Street. They are all wealthy people and are willing to spend money on food.
When it comes to cooking, she knows how to cook anything, including the eight major cuisines, thousands of snacks, and both traditional and casual dishes. There is nothing she can't do.
She is extremely familiar with the interplay between ingredients, the matching of ingredients, the control of heat, and the proportions of seasonings and ingredients. Her talent in cooking is probably on par with that of a genius.
Thinking about the fish cooked by my daughter-in-law, there is really nothing wrong with it, it is very delicious.
Seeing Wen's hesitation, Xu Qinyu also understood that she wanted to use up the last money in the family. In Wen's eyes, this was a gamble with great risks.
After thinking about it, Wen finally agreed. The food in the house was enough to last for a month. Even if Yu Niang squandered the remaining money, she could earn some money by doing embroidery and washing clothes for others this month, which was enough to support the family.
Pei Weixuan also said in a calm voice, "Okay."
Even those who were used to the delicacies in the palace could not find any fault with the food she cooked.
Even the food she cooked was more delicious than the delicacies in the palace. The taste could not deceive anyone.
Xu Qinyu looked at Pei Jianing expectantly again, "What do you think, Sister Ning?"
Pei Jianing nodded without saying anything.
Only after the whole family agreed did Xu Qinyu prepare to go out. She planned to go to the Xia family first and borrow the donkey cart from Xia's wife. She would buy a large clay pot for braising meat later. Clay pots retain heat well and dissipate heat slowly, making them perfect for simmering. She already had an iron pot at home, so she hadn't planned to buy another one for now because ironware was too expensive. She also needed to buy a few clay pots, as she didn't have any at home, for making fermented bean paste and pickles. She also needed to find a carpenter to make a small cart, as well as wooden basins and barrels.
As soon as she left the main room, Pei Weixuan stood up and followed her.
Xu Qinyu turned around, a little puzzled, "Fourth brother, you don't have to follow me, I can go out by myself, you can rest well at home."
My cheap husband is weak, so I don’t dare let him follow me outside.
Pei Weixuan glanced at her and asked, "Can Yu Niang drive a carriage?"
He actually knew that she planned to go to the Xia family to borrow a donkey cart first.
Xu Qinyu suddenly realized that she really didn't know how to drive a car and had never driven one before.
In the end, of course, Pei Weixuan went with her to the Xia family. When Wu heard that she was planning to work at the docks, she was very supportive and told her which carpenter had good skills. When she learned that she used offal, radish, cabbage, and eggs to cook, she told her, "Young lady, you can go to the nearby village to buy eggs and radish and turnips when you have time. Eggs in the town cost one penny each, but they are much cheaper in the village, two for one penny. Radishes and turnips are also cheaper than in the town."
This can also save costs. In fact, winter bamboo shoots can also be added, but winter bamboo shoots are only available on the mountain. With such heavy snow, it is not convenient for Xu Qinyu to go to the mountain to dig bamboo shoots.
Each of her roujiamo is served with a fried egg, which makes the taste more rich and delicious.
She was a little tempted. In fact, although the offal was cheap, the spices used to marinate it were expensive, so the cost was really not low. However, it was snowing heavily and it was not convenient for her to run to the village. She decided to wait and see.
After borrowing a donkey cart, Pei Weixuan took Xu Qinyu to the carpenter's shop first. Xu Qinyu communicated with the carpenter for a long time. The cart she wanted was the common cart used to set up stalls in modern times. The overall structure was a large wooden cabinet with a chopping board on top. The wooden boards on the side could be removed to place a stove and a casserole for ingredients inside. Things and other sundries could be placed under the wooden cabinet. There was also a shed on top of the wooden cabinet, covered with oilcloth, and the shed extended a little to protect it from wind and rain, and the cart would not be exposed to the rain, killing two birds with one stone.
The carpenter also praised Xu Qinyu for her clever idea and was eager to make such a cart as soon as possible.
Such a cart is not cheap. The wheels and oilcloth are made by the carpenter, and the total cost is one tael and five cents of silver.
Xu Qinyu paid a deposit of one or two taels of silver and got on a donkey cart to go buy other things with Pei Weixuan.
She also held an oil umbrella and sat behind her cheap husband who was driving the donkey cart. The oil umbrella had to take care of two people, so half of her shoulder was against her cheap husband's back, and she excitedly told him what she wanted to buy.
Pei Weixuan was driving the car in the front, with the girl leaning against his shoulder. She had a nice scent on her body, not powdery, but very light and natural.
She excitedly told him what she was going to buy next, and for some reason, his originally stiff back slowly relaxed a little.
Pei Weixuan sighed slightly.
Soon, the two went to buy spices again.
Xu Qinyu had previously bought dogwood, peppercorns and star anise, and bought four other spices, spending four taels of silver.
This is the best-tasting braising recipe she has created using the least amount of spices.
People here braise meat with ginger, garlic, soy sauce and rock sugar, and at most add some dogwood. She definitely wouldn't be so casual.
Originally, she needed pepper and two other spices, but these three were not locally produced. They were brought back from other countries by caravans and were ridiculously expensive. Anyway, she couldn't afford them for her small business.
I also bought two bags of old rock sugar, which cost me two taels of silver. The prices of granulated sugar, rock sugar and brown sugar are the same. Braised food requires rock sugar, so you can't save on that.
Other large casseroles, ceramic pots, wooden barrels and basins, as well as a large stove were also bought.
I also bought a lot of oil paper. I will use it to wrap the roujiamo when the time comes.
She hadn't bought much radish, cabbage and eggs before, so she bought a lot more as the weather was cold and the prices were cheaper.
After counting, he found that he only had one tael of silver left in his hand, and he still had to pay half a tael of silver for the cart, which meant that he only had half a tael left in his hand.
Fortunately, we had bought a lot of food before, so there was no need to worry about food and drink at home, and we didn’t have to spend money for the time being.
After thinking about it, they spent nearly twenty taels of silver to settle down. Xu Qinyu couldn't help but click her tongue. She was also very skilled and bold. She thought that if the people at the dock thought her roujiamo was too expensive, she would push it to the East Street and West Street to sell it. She would leave the lid of the casserole open and the smell of the braised large intestine would make people salivate. She didn't believe that no one would buy it.
Her roujiamo is priced at eight cents each, which is a bit expensive.
Because a pound of white flour costs eleven cents, it can only make seven pancakes. She doesn't steam buns, so she can't let the dough rise. She can only let it rest for a quarter of an hour. The pancakes she makes in this way have a crispy and chewy crust and a soft inside. The ingredients are substantial and they are very filling.
Her roujiamo is bigger than ordinary pork buns.
The dough used for ordinary pork buns is a flat steamed bun, and one pound of white flour can steam into more than ten or twenty of them.
Her roujiamo cannot use pork belly because the cost is too high. The cost of the marinade is a bit high, and it would not be profitable to use pork belly. Moreover, the fat intestines she braised are oily enough, so there is no need for pork belly. She adds fat intestines and pig stomach, braised radish and cabbage, and a fried egg. The filling is full and topped with a little topping. It tastes oily but not greasy, fragrant and satisfying.
After returning home, Pei Weixuan went to return the donkey cart.
The cart will take two days to make, but fortunately the weather is cold and the ingredients can be stored. It is freezing and snowy outside, so the ingredients she bought can be stored for a few days without any problem.
After returning home, Xu Qinyu boiled water and cleaned all the clay pots, ceramic jars, wooden basins and barrels she had bought.
In the afternoon, she also steamed a pot of egg cake.
Egg cake is also easy to make. Add melted rock sugar and flour to the eggs, mix with a little bit of water, choose a small casserole, brush some oil on the bottom, pour the stirred egg liquid in, and steam it.
After steaming, take it out with the casserole and turn it upside down on the chopping board, and a plump and fluffy egg cake is ready.
The steamed egg cake tastes sweet, soft and smooth, but it’s a pity that there is no milk or goat milk. It would taste better if some milk was added.
Feng Ge'er and Yan Jie'er especially liked this egg cake. Xu Qinyu and the others each tasted a bite, and the rest was given to the two children. She also left a piece for Shao Ge'er.
After steaming the egg custard, Xu Qinyu worked hard for the whole afternoon, making some fish balls. For dinner, she had fish head and tofu stew with fish balls and cabbage, which she cooked on a small stove over low heat. The casserole was bubbling with fragrant steam, and the whole family sat around the small stove, eating the hot pot by the fire.
Shao Ge'er's share was also taken back home by Zhuzi.
Seeing such a heartwarming scene, Wen Shi felt a little sore in the eyes and a sharp pain in the heart for some reason.
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Two days passed in a flash, and Xu Qinyu took the time to push the custom-made cart back. The carpenter's work was really good. The cart was very stable and solid to push, and it did not shake at all when walking on the snow. The tarpaulin canopy was also very strong and could block all rain and snow.
After pushing the cart back and having dinner in the evening, Xu Qinyu started to get busy.
Of course, you have to braise the pork intestines and pig stomach first.
There was only one pig stomach, not a big portion.
She cleaned the large and small intestines and pig stomach in the morning.
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