Chapter 375: Preparing Hot Pot Base
Seeing that the stupid woman had a lot of talk in her mouth, Han Muchen came up to her with amusement.
"What's wrong?"
"Old Five forgot to buy star anise!"
Qin Chuchu looked up and looked at the man with dissatisfaction, then looked at the bags in front of her, feeling extremely depressed.
After all the effort I put in to get it done, there's one thing missing and I can't go on.
Before the man could speak, Feng Qi asked curiously.
"Princess, what is star anise?"
The name is weird, I've never heard of it before.
Before Qin Chuchu could say anything, Aunt Liu beside her also echoed with curiosity.
"Yes, Princess, what is star anise?"
“…………”Qin Chuchu.
Her eyes swept back and forth between their faces.
It is possible that Ruofeng Qi doesn’t know what star anise is, after all, he can’t cook.
But Aunt Liu, the head kitchen manager, didn't even know about it. This is a bit hard to understand.
"Aunt Liu, don't you know what star anise is? It's those little flower-like things on the distant mountains."
She looked at Aunt Liu to remind her, thinking that maybe she had a bad memory and had forgotten.
When she was practicing in the distant mountains before, there were people everywhere on the mountain. Logically, they should know each other.
"Princess, I don't know!"
Aunt Liu looked confused and stared straight at Qin Chuchu, judging by the princess's expression, as if she should know him.
Qin Chuchu looked as if she was suddenly enlightened. No wonder Lao Wu failed to buy the star anise. It turned out that people here didn't use it at all.
This is the main ingredient. Without it, the food will not be fragrant when fried.
Thinking of this, I looked up at the direction of the distant mountains.
It seems that the hot pot ingredients cannot be prepared now.
Seeing his sister staring at the distant mountains in a daze, Xiaoshan called out.
"sister."
"Oh." Qin Chuchu came back to her senses and waved at the young man in front of her.
"No need to worry. Go back now and find some more people for me. We will go to Yuanshan later."
"Yes." The young men hurriedly stood up and went to look for help.
Half an hour later, on the hillside of a distant mountain, four or five hundred people, each holding a bag, were picking star anise with their butts bent.
Qin Chuchu kept moving through the crowd, her voice almost breaking.
"Look carefully, the plump ones are star anise, and the ones with thorns are wild grass. They are poisonous. If you mistakenly eat them, they will kill you.
If you're not sure, try it. The medicinal one is star anise, and the sweet one is mangosteen. If you're still unsure, take this to me and try it."
She held star anise in one hand and reed grass in the other, and kept shouting at the crowd in front of her.
When I was learning cooking, I discussed this with my classmates, so I have a very clear memory of it.
The young men did not dare to be vague and picked the fruits very seriously.
In one morning, everyone's bag was almost full.
I didn't expect them to pick the fruits so quickly. If I had known, I wouldn't have called these people over. Qin Chuchu waved at them.
"Okay, let's go back!"
The huge team returned to the square in front of the tent.
Ask everyone to pour out the star anise in the bag, check each other again, and start weighing after confirming that no wrong ones were picked.
The flavor of fresh star anise is not that strong, so a larger amount is added.
Eighty grams were added to each packet of ingredients, and the rest that could not be used were hung out in the square to dry and store.
Qin Chuchu was so busy that she didn't even have time for a nap at noon and continued to work in the square.
It was not until dusk that the material packets were prepared, a total of 10,000 portions.
Looking at the mountain of oil-paper bags piled up in front of me, each one can be boiled at least dozens of times, and I guess it should last for a while.
He also handed the dozens of methods for making the base ingredients that he had written earlier to Feng Qi.
"Find someone to send these things down!"
She originally planned to cook the hot pot base here and then distribute it to various stores, but later gave up.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter nowadays. Although the soup base is quite salty, it is not suitable for long-term transportation, so I thought of distributing the recipe to each store.
Let them cook as much as they need, which will ensure a better taste.
"Yes." Feng Qi nodded and hurriedly asked someone to make arrangements.
Watching several large trucks of material bags being taken away, Qin Chuchu let out a long sigh.
Now everything is easier. Even if the shops are doing good business, these ingredient packets can last for more than half a year.
I have to say that it is not difficult for capable people like us to make money. Although the busy period before was quite tiring, it passed quickly.
You can enjoy the days ahead!
Suddenly, he remembered something very important and looked at the living devil in front of him seriously.
"Where are the banknotes from the past few days?"
She stared at the handsome face in front of her. She was so careless that she actually forgot such an important thing.
Looking at the stupid woman's nervous expression, the man raised the corners of his lips in amusement.
"Inside the house!"
She has been busy writing prescriptions these two days and I thought she had forgotten about this matter. Now looking at her serious expression, it seems as if she wants to keep it for herself.
Following the direction of the man's finger, Qin Chuchu looked towards the tent and rushed in without saying a word.
Money matters must be taken seriously!
“………………”The man remained silent.
As if he really wanted to keep it all for himself, he quickly followed in.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw the stupid woman lying on the chaise longue with her butt sticking up, counting the silver bills in her hand one by one.
Five hundred and six, five hundred and seven, five hundred and eight...
The man came over and sat next to her, looking at her money-grubber look with amusement.
"How much have you saved?"
"Oh, I saved it... Oops, where was I counting?"
Qin Chuchu blinked her big black eyes, stared at the man, and then looked at the banknotes in her hand.
I was so busy talking to him that I forgot where I was counting and just rolled my eyes at him.
"Can't you just not interrupt?"
I finally counted more than five hundred taels, but now I have to count again.
“…………” The smile on the corner of the man’s lips expanded infinitely, and he pinched the stupid woman’s chin.
"My beloved has counted to five hundred and eighty taels!"
"Oh, yes, five hundred and eight, five hundred and nine..."
Qin Chuchu nodded and started counting seriously again. Although she was not short of money, she still felt extremely precious when she saw the banknotes in front of her.
He was interrupted twice in the middle, but fortunately the man remembered, and after counting the banknotes, it was already dark.
"Ah!!!!" She yawned.
I looked at the sky outside and then at the banknotes in my hand. I finally understood what it meant to count money until my hands were tired.
"How much?" The man still had a joking look on his face.
I just like to see stupid women who are obsessed with money.
"The total is seven hundred and sixty-five thousand nine hundred taels!"
Qin Chuchu shook the thick banknotes in her hand, and her smile was so wide that the corners of her mouth almost reached her ears.
I didn't expect the polarization here to be so serious. In such a famine year, hot pot can still sell so well. It really is easy to make money for the rich.
If we continue to sell at this rate, I estimate that we can make back all the money we spent previously.
The more I think about it, the happier I am!
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