Chen Ming smiled and told the buyers that if they returned the skewers after eating, he would give them a peanut. The skewers were not valuable, but they were very difficult to peel. After the neighbors finished eating, a child actually returned the skewers, then took a braised peanut and put it in his mouth, eating it with great satisfaction.
There was no small table at home, only two small stools placed at the door, where people would occasionally sit and eat. Some people even bought a bottle of wine from the wine shop next door, and ate braised skewers or braised peanuts while drinking. The wine shop owner was so happy that he came to buy a few more braised skewers.
Seeing that the school was about to close, Zhang and Chen Ming carried a large wooden basin filled with braised skewers outside the school. Many students had already smelled the smell and were hungry, so those with a few dollars in their pockets went to buy some. While selling, Chen Ming told them that his shop was at the back door of the school and that family members could also buy some there if they wanted to eat.
Chen Shi and Zhang Shi didn't expect that all the ingredients they bought today would be sold out. It was already dark, and there were still families of students from far away coming to his house to buy braised skewers.
Today is the first day, and we didn't buy many ingredients or skewers, but after deducting the gross profit, we actually made more than 800 yuan. This is much more than what they made from running a miscellaneous business. If they become famous in the future and sell more things, they will make more money.
Chen Shi laughed out loud with joy.
Chen Afu said, "We are in a hurry today. We can go to the restaurant to buy some chicken, duck and goose hearts, livers, intestines and other internal organs later. These things are not delicious when stewed or roasted, so the restaurant will definitely be willing to sell them. But these things are delicious when braised, and they are easy to wear." Nowadays, people want whole chickens and ducks, so it is not easy to collect chicken feet, duck webs and necks, only these internal organs.
Chen Shi smiled and said yes repeatedly that if this business was good, they would change Chen San's dried fruits into Chen San's braised skewers.
Chen Afu also suggested that they must strengthen the brand of "Chen San Lu Chuan" and the special recipe of Chen San Lu Chuan. Because the stewed skewers look simple, there will definitely be people who will learn to sell this kind of thing. If they first make the "Chen San Lu Chuan" famous and it really has a unique taste, people will selectively buy their stewed skewers.
Chen Shi thought this was the case, so he found two large wooden boards and wrote the four characters "Chen San Lu Chuan" on them with a brush. He hung one board in front of his house and took the other board to the front of the clan school when he sold the braised skewers.
These words were not written very well, and they were totally out of proportion to Chen Shi's handsome appearance. Not to mention Chen Afu's complaints, even Chen Dabao shook his head secretly, and it took him a lot of effort to suppress the words "let me write" from blurting out.
After dinner, Chen Shi and Chen Ayu started to sharpen skewers again. Chen Ayu suggested that since the family had to run a sundry business and a braised skewers business, he should just drop out of school and go home to help, and Chen Shi agreed. If they couldn't handle it anymore, they would have to hire someone.
The next morning, after Chen Afu and his friends got up, they saw Zhang leading Chen Ayu and Chen Aman to work. She said that Chen Shi had gone to the restaurant to collect poultry offal.
If you want to make more money in a small business, you have to work hard from dawn to dusk.
Chen Afu thought to herself that she was a lazy person and would definitely not be willing to work so hard to earn such a small amount of money.
After they had breakfast, Wang and Chen Afu took A-Lu to Qianjin Medical Clinic. Dabao wanted to go, so they didn't take him with them and asked him to help Third Grandma run errands.
Before leaving, Chen Afu specifically told Zhang that if she collected the intestines of chickens, ducks and geese, she should not braise them after washing them. She would do it when she came back. The heat must be controlled well, otherwise they would become old and not tasty after being stewed for too long.
The Dashun Dynasty was more civilized, and it was not fashionable to wear veils and hats. Girls would show their true faces when they went out. However, girls from wealthy families rarely went shopping. Even if they did, they would be surrounded by people.
Dingzhou Prefecture has a large army and relatively good public security, so Chen Afu does not need to hide his face in broad daylight.
Qianjin Clinic was in the south of the city, far from here, so they hired a donkey cart and walked for half an hour to get to the clinic. It turned out that the old man Shi, who was treating A-Lu, looked at A-Lu's leg, massaged it, and said that A-Lu had recovered very well. Others would take a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, but he looked very well in sixty days. For safety reasons, it was better to let him throw away the crutches after three months.
After hearing his words, Wang and the others were very happy. Especially Chen A-lu, who would be 90 days old next month and could go to a private school. He bought a few more prescriptions before leaving the clinic.
It was already noon when they finished seeing the doctor. They went to a noodle shop to eat noodles and then hired a donkey cart to go home.
As soon as the donkey cart entered the alley, the aroma of stew could be smelled. When we arrived at Chen Shi's house, we saw a few children waiting in front of the stew pot with a few copper coins in their hands. When the stew in the pot was ready, they bought some stewed skewers and ate them with satisfaction.
Chen Shi whispered to Chen Afu and laughed, "Today I went to the restaurant and bought more than ten pounds of poultry offal. Except for the intestines, I braised everything else."
Chen Ahfu washed her hands and saw that the intestines had been cut and cleaned. She cut the intestines into about five centimeters long sections, put them into the braising pot and boiled them for about thirty seconds before taking them out. They were cooked, but not very flavorful. She took another large bowl, scooped some brine into it, and soaked the intestines. After they were thoroughly flavored, she took them out, drained them, and put them on skewers, with one skewer threading four sections.
This time, Chen Ahfu also saw two pig heads and four pig trotters in the stew pot. Chen Shi said not to touch these two things, and he would send them to Mr. Zeng, who was in charge of clan studies, and Mr. Chen Ahtang's husband.
Chen Ahfu thought to himself that Chen Shi was smart and a good person. They should be able to continue their cooperation in the future.
They earned more today than yesterday. In addition to the gross profit, they earned more than a yuan, which made Chen Ming's family very happy.
However, Zhang said that the man selling braised food in the front street had come to the door of the shop several times. If nothing unexpected happens, that shop will also be selling braised skewers in a few days.
Chen Shi smiled and said, "Just sell it at his house. We have a special secret recipe that his family can't compare to." He smiled at Chen Afu and said, "Afu gave the secret recipe to Uncle San. Uncle San is grateful for your kindness."
The sticks that Chen Shi and his son had sharpened were not enough, so they went out to ask someone to help them sharpen them.
The next day, September 10, Chen Ahfu and his mother went out for a stroll. This was an excuse to Chen Shi's family, but in fact they were going to a silver shop to sell jewelry.
Wang wanted to go with them, but when she saw that Chen Shi's family was too busy and they hadn't found a helper yet, she felt embarrassed to go and said she wanted to help out. She also whispered to Chen Afu that they would go out to play today, and she would go with them to sell things after Chen Shi's family hired someone. She was also worried that they couldn't find the way, so she asked them to take a car when going out and coming back.
Chen Ahfu nodded. Even if Wang didn't tell her, she wouldn't walk such a long way. Besides, she decided to go to the silver shop to have a look.
Chen Ahfu later felt that it was God's will that made Wang change her mind temporarily. Otherwise, she didn't know how she would deal with that situation.
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