Chapter 51
The fat kid tried the duck neck and pig heart again, sucking his fingers as he asked the crucial question: "When will they go on sale? Will there be any more of this pork offal? Don't let it run out!"
Su Miao replied, "Stir-fried pork offal is still limited to 50 kilograms a day. As for the braised food, if everyone likes it, we can make it tomorrow. However, we don't know how the sales will be, so we'll make one pot first and add more later if we sell more."
"Only one pot? Then I have to come early to buy it tomorrow."
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There were quite a lot of braised foods brought. In addition to letting customers who bought pork offal to taste them, Su Miao specially picked out the chewy pig head meat and braised eggs for Uncle Wang, and gave the rest to the surrounding vendors and merchants. Doing business is about harmony and making friends, as these are all potential customers.
Because they didn't have self-service porridge, they could close the stall in less than an hour. Su Miao and his father went to the market first to order goods for tomorrow.
To make new products, we have to find new ingredients. We still get pig tongues and pig hearts from the bearded chef, and collect eggs in the village. Now we have to order chicken feet, duck feet, etc.
In such a large market, there are two shops selling live poultry, the kind that customers can buy whole and kill at home.
There are only two companies that sell the slaughtered chickens and ducks, and the daily supply is limited. Moreover, a chicken or duck only has a pair of claws and a neck, so the two companies have to pool their resources.
There were not many customers at this time, and the owners of the two stalls gathered together to eat melon seeds and chat.
While Su Yuanzheng was buying tofu for tonight, Su Miao went over to ask the price: "Auntie, do you also kill a batch of chickens and ducks in the morning and a batch in the afternoon?"
The proprietress, wearing a red polka-dot shirt, said, "Yes! We start killing them before daybreak. We kill more than a dozen at a time. We have more chickens than ducks."
Another thinner lady boss also said: "My family has less than theirs."
"If I buy all the chicken feet, duck feet, and duck necks from this morning, can you give me a friendly price?"
The proprietress asked curiously, "Bai Yuan? What are you going to do with this? Normally, if we give it to our customers, they get mad."
"We need a large quantity to make braised food at home, so we'd like to order the morning batch from you."
The red-dressed lady boss didn't quite believe the girl's words: "You make braised food? Where is your shop?"
"We don't have a store yet, so we're selling pork offal takeaways at the entrance of the sugar factory every day."
When the thin lady boss heard this, she quickly came over and said to the lady boss in red, "That's the self-service porridge place! Oh, don't you always ask your husband to buy pork offal?"
The red-dressed lady boss's eyes lit up immediately, and her attitude became much more enthusiastic. "It's you! I heard that the boss's daughter is not only capable, but also tops the class in the first grade. Is that you?"
Su Miao nodded calmly: "Yes, it's me."
"You want to make braised food at home? You don't want to make pork offal anymore?"
"We still do it. We still do it. Now that the weather is cold, we won't be serving porridge self-service for the time being, so we've added new styles." Su Miao explained.
"That's fine. Every morning, there should be about thirty chicken feet, a dozen duck feet, and fewer duck necks. How about this? I'll give you one cent less of the market price for each item: five cents each for chicken feet and duck feet, and nine cents each for duck necks."
Su Miao wasn't too happy with the price: "Can't it be any lower? Look, the chickens and ducks on your stall are almost sold out, and there are still so many leftovers. I bought up the first batch early this morning, which saved you a lot of trouble!"
The red-dressed proprietress slapped her thigh and laughed, "Oh my! You little girl know how to bargain! It's really just a few cents. Do you think this will work? Do you need to clean the braising liquid before putting it in the pot? Tell me how to clean it, and I'll do it. Let me earn some money!"
Su Miao thought about it and felt that this was a good idea. It would be best to outsource the preliminary cleaning work. It would be too much effort to do everything by himself.
"The nails on the chicken and duck feet need to be trimmed, the outer skin of the duck feet needs to be peeled off, and the outer skin of the duck neck needs to be peeled off as well. Do you think it's possible to do that?"
"Yes! Yes! We have been doing this for more than ten years and are very skilled. We can finish it in no time." The proprietress thought that if she could get a higher price, she would even be willing to pick stars.
Su Miao nodded. "Okay, then I'll go by the price you mentioned. My dad will come to buy the goods every morning. If he doesn't need to buy goods on a certain day, he'll let me know a day in advance."
Seeing that the two of them had already finalized the business, the thin lady boss quickly said, "There's also my place, do you want it? I'll give you the same price! I can also help clean it up."
"I want them all, I want them all, hey! My dad is coming!"
Su Miao waved to his father to come over and get acquainted with the place, and said that he would come here to place orders in the future.
Su Yuanzheng had already gotten used to his daughter's character of quietly doing things, and he had negotiated the supply in no time.
The next morning at 7:30, Su Yuanzheng went to buy all the ingredients. From today on, there were a lot more things.
Making braised food takes time, so he and Su Miao first cleaned the ingredients and put them in the pot, and then prepared the pork offal. Fortunately, everything was not complicated and could be done in half an hour.
To make a new pot of braised food, you cannot simply add raw water to the old braising liquid and boil it. You have to prepare a small pot of new braising liquid with spices and then pour the old braising liquid into it.
In order to prevent mistakes, Su Miao only poured one-third of the brine, leaving some as a safety measure.
With the addition of the old brine, the new brine quickly releases flavor, and braising food goes particularly smoothly.
When Su Yuanzheng finished frying the pork offal, the braised dishes were ready to be served. It was exactly 11 o'clock.
Put the braised food into a thermos bucket, pour some brine in to continue soaking, and the father and daughter are ready to set up the stall again.
Today's stall is different. Su Miao moved down a one-meter-high wooden board with "Su Ji Food Shop" written on it with chalk.
menu
Laoyou Fried Pork Offal - 2 yuan/jin
Braised pig heart and pig tongue - 2.5 yuan per catty
Pig head meat - 3 yuan/jin
Starting from half a catty!
Chicken feet, duck feet, duck necks, eggs - 2 mao/each, root.
In addition to two thermos buckets for pork offal, I also brought a small table and a small stool today, as well as a chopping board for cutting braised food on the table.
After yesterday's warm-up, Su Ji's business came as soon as work started.
The father and daughter had a clear division of labor. Su Yuanzheng weighed and cut the braised food, while Su Miao packed, collected money, and explained everything.
Regular customers all say that Su Miao is becoming more and more capable and can stand on his own at such a young age.
Uncle Wang had a delicious braised pig's head yesterday and couldn't stop thinking about it. He came to buy some today and said, "You two have a division of labor! That's great! It'll be quicker this way!"
“Uncle Wang, because there are a lot of bacteria on this money, I can’t touch the meat after I touch it, otherwise it will be unclean.
So Dad will be in charge of cutting the meat for everyone, and I'll take the money. This is your double combo: half a pound of pig's head and half a pound of pig's tongue. They're new today, and with every pound you buy, you'll get a free chicken or duck foot. Which one do you like?"
Uncle Wang smiled happily: "Is there such a good thing? Then give me a duck foot, I will take it back tonight to eat with my son."
Hearing that there would be a giveaway today, the crowd became even more excited. Su Miao's hands cramped from counting the money, and Su Yuanzheng swung his kitchen knife so hard that sparks flew.
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