Chapter 3175 Come to the door
Bai Erlang could only nod and agree, "Okay, then I want to eat steamed pork ribs with rice flour tonight!"
Bai Shan immediately said, "I'll ask my sister-in-law to do it in a while."
He looked at Yin Huo again and said, "I'd appreciate it if you could keep an eye on the dock and the situation in Jiangnan."
Yin or said no problem.
Bai Shan was very happy and asked, "Is there anything you want to eat? Tell me and I will ask my sister-in-law to make it for you later."
Yin Huo smiled slightly and said, "I prefer the vermicelli in pork stewed with vermicelli."
It's been hot lately, and Bai Shan doesn't want to eat anything too greasy. After thinking about it, he decided he liked it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's have this for dinner."
Bai Erlang: "Don't forget my steamed pork ribs with rice flour."
"Don't worry, I won't forget it."
Two pigs were slaughtered today in the Guantian farm outside the city. The meat was cut into pieces, and every Guantian farm that was about to start the autumn harvest was given a piece of meat.
It was not very big, only about ten pounds, so everyone just tasted it, and the rest was taken to the county town to sell.
It’s just that the butchers in the county town are fixed, and everyone prefers to eat mutton, so pork is a little less so. There are already people selling pork, so if they increase the amount of meat now, they will have even less to sell.
So Xiao Qian brought back a lot of things. There were guards in the mansion and her own guards. There were a lot of people and the consumption was also high.
Bai Shan asked for the menu, and she went to the kitchen and found all the ribs and meat she needed.
In fact, Xiao Qian was also a little worried. "Every official farm raises so many pigs. If we sell them all to the county town, will the county town be able to eat them all? And what about the other butchers?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I have my own way to solve it. You just need to help them let outsiders know that the pork in our farm is delicious."
Xiao Qian nodded: "Okay."
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law, how about you give them some oil residue tomorrow, and make some steamed pork with rice flour for them to try the day after tomorrow?"
"Will it be a loss?"
"Just break it down into small pieces. Just do the work and I'll cover the costs. Don't worry, maybe we can even make it back in the end."
Although Xiao Qian didn't understand, she still did as she was told.
The next day, after the people in the farm slaughtered a pig and pulled the pork to the vegetable market, a servant brought a large plate of reheated oil residue, which smelled delicious and attracted many people who came to buy vegetables and meat early in the morning.
Some people gathered around to take a look and then left hesitantly, while others asked about it, and when they found out it was a free taste, they all went up to eat a piece.
All the meat in the pork stall was sold out, unlike yesterday when there was still a lot left.
Mingda stopped the servant who had returned to report and asked curiously, "We've sold out of pork. What about the pork from the other stalls?"
"They've all sold out, too. Even the mutton seller next door sold out early. I don't know what's going on today, but so many people are willing to spend money to buy meat."
Mingda was surprised and said to Zhou Man, "I thought we were going to take away the other butcher's business."
Zhou Man said: "Indeed, it will happen over time."
She said, "Even ordinary people have money to buy meat occasionally. When they smell such delicious food, they or their families get greedy, so it's normal to buy meat."
"But this behavior may happen once or twice, but it won't last long," Zhou Man said. "Unless they make a lot more money than before, they will be willing to spend money on meat for a long time."
Mingda: "But every official farm raises pigs. Selling so much meat won't be a quick process."
"Yes, and after we kill the pigs, we need to buy piglets later." Zhou Man smiled and said, "But I asked Bai Shan, and he's not interested in the ordinary people in the vegetable market, at least not yet."
"Who will we sell all this meat to?"
"Of course, we sell it to those who can afford meat. Pork is cheaper than mutton and chicken. Those who couldn't afford meat before can now afford it."
After a few days, Mingda knew who these people Zhou Man was talking about.
Xiao Qian followed Bai Shan's instructions and made a dish with pork every day and placed it on the stall for anyone interested to taste for free.
Even Zhou Silang, who was busy running a shop in Longchi, heard about this and sent a message back, "...telling him to ask the men to bring some of the dishes made by the lady when they deliver official documents and letters to Longchi so they can heat them up and eat them later. Otherwise, they would have to go out to eat there, which is too expensive."
When Xiao Qian heard that they were going out to eat, she quickly asked, "Aren't they living in the other courtyard? Why aren't they cooking?"
The yamen runner paused and whispered, "They've already started the fire, but Zhou Si is dissatisfied with everyone's poor cooking skills."
Xiao Qian agreed.
Then the restaurants and hotels in Longchi came to the door first, and finally the restaurants and hotels in the county town could not bear it anymore and came over when they heard the commotion.
When Zhou Man and Mingda came back from the medical office side by side, they saw a lot of people crowded at the entrance.
The two were blocked outside. The people in front had no idea that their master had returned and were talking noisily with the people inside.
Zhou Man tried to stand on tiptoe to look inside, but he couldn't see anything. He could only hear everyone mumbling something like "Please give me some advice, Madam" and "Please give me some advice, Madam".
It didn't sound like a bad thing, so Zhou Man didn't rush to squeeze in. It was really impossible to squeeze in for a while, so she patted the shoulder of the person in front of her and asked curiously, "What's this for? Which lady from the county government are you inviting?"
"Who else could it be?" The man whose shoulder she patted asked without turning around, "Who else in this county government office's backyard could be called Madam besides Mr. Zhou's sister-in-law?"
He said, "There are only a few female relatives. The princess and Lord Zhou are of course not to be mentioned. County Magistrate Bai's parents can also be respectfully addressed as Madam. The rest are Lord Zhou's sisters-in-law, right?"
Zhou Man nodded, thinking his analysis made sense, so he asked curiously, "What do you want her to do?"
"It's not us, it's them." The man also stood on tiptoe like Zhou Man to look forward, and lowered his voice slightly. "They came to ask Mrs. Zhou for advice on cooking pork. I couldn't hear it clearly, but people say her cooking is delicious. Dishes made with pork are no worse than those made with mutton, and the taste is also very good."
"The prices are good, so everyone's come knocking. I'm here to join in the fun." He lowered his voice even more. "If you ask me, they're just taking advantage of County Magistrate Bai's absence from the city, and Master Zhou's being at the medical office and unable to attend to his family, so they're blocking the door. If there was anyone in charge of the county government backyard right now, they wouldn't dare to do this."
Zhou Man raised his eyebrows and nodded.
Mingda heard this and frowned, "I'll have someone drive them away."
The person blocking Zhou Man's side suddenly stiffened, turned around and looked, his eyes widened instantly, and he realized that it was Zhou Man who had been talking to him for a while.
(End of this chapter)
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