Chapter 85 The first business license in the country is also called Zhang.
Zhang Ze sat on the first floor and thought about today's menu. Now that he has five-spice powder at home, he plans to make five-spice blue crab, which will also be the main product of his future shop.
It’s a pity that the grill is not ready yet, otherwise I could grill oysters and scallops for my family today.
Hualong wants a five-jin one, cooked with garlic, so he has to buy some fine vermicelli.
He had to get a fish, so Zhang Ze looked at some groupers that had not been sold yet when he found time to go fishing, and chose a dense-spotted grouper.
We already have three big dishes, and it will be enough to buy two pounds of pork and some vegetables.
Zhang Ze took out his bicycle and rode to the market.
The bicycle was delivered to him after his house was renovated, and it was transported by water.
Today, Wenshui City is full of large and small rivers, making water transportation very convenient.
I went to the market to buy some vegetables and put them in the bamboo basket hanging on the back seat. The moment I put the things in, a big flower dragon, a spotted grouper weighing over four pounds, and five blue crabs weighing one pound also appeared in the basket, and then I went home.
After returning home, Zhang Ze moved the bicycle into the house and closed the door. He then took the bamboo basket and carried it to the kitchen to start preparing today's ingredients.
First, process the fish. The dense-spotted grouper is also called sesame grouper. It is a fish that is not very famous, not in large quantity, and relatively cheap among grouper species.
The largest fish is no more than 60 centimeters in length, and Zhang Ze's is considered relatively large, weighing three and a half kilograms.
The spotted grouper has an interesting characteristic, which is that when it grows to 35 to 40 centimeters, it may undergo a sex change, from female to male.
Therefore, the sisters of the dense-spotted grouper are not worried about not finding a mate. The worst that can happen is that they can change their personality.
However, gender reassignment is not certain to happen; it is a matter of probability.
Zhang Ze took the pork, vegetables and lobster out of the bamboo basket and put them aside. He took the fish out and put it in the sink and drained the blood with a kitchen knife.
After the blood has almost flushed out, they will start to process the internal organs.
This time Zhang Ze kept the fish belly, which is still very delicious.
After the grouper is processed, place it in a large bowl, then start processing the lobster and blue crab.
The well water in my hometown is very cold, enough to freeze blue crabs to death, but the same cannot be said for tap water, which will at most drown them because of the fresh water.
Zhang Ze didn't want to bother. He had to make the crab with five spices anyway. Unlike steaming or boiling the blue crab, the crab's legs would break if it was alive.
They were killed one by one with chopsticks, very simply.
Every shell was full of paste when opened, and it was either yellow or red, mainly because he specifically picked female blue crabs.
After all the ingredients were processed, soon the kitchen was filled with sizzling sounds.
A rich and pleasant aroma slowly drifted outside and upstairs through the open window. Zhang Wu, who smelled the aroma, immediately ran down, opened the closed kitchen door and watched Zhang Ze cook.
The two coal stoves and two pots were already burning. Zhang Ze was busy here and there, and everything looked very organized and not messy at all.
The five-spice blue crabs were cooked first. Now they were almost done. He opened the lid of the pot and saw that the juice had almost been dried up and it was ready to be served.
When Zhang Wu saw that the dish that smelled so good was actually blue crab, his eyes widened in disbelief: "Brother, can mantis crabs smell so good?"
"That's because of the seasoning and the good ingredients." Zhang Ze saw that he was drooling, so he picked up half of it and handed it to him, "Here, have a taste."
"Hmm!" Zhang Wu couldn't help it any longer, and immediately grabbed the crab leg and took a bite.
It was a little hot, so he let go and sucked some juice.
At that time, few rural people had ever tasted such a strong flavor. Zhang Wu never expected that blue crabs could be so delicious.
"Brother, I have never eaten such delicious mantis shrimp in my life."
Zhang Ze laughed when he heard this: "Your life is so short, there are so many things you haven't eaten!"
In later generations, people enjoyed the original freshness of seafood as their living conditions improved. But now people have lost interest in seafood, and this strong flavor has directly reduced the dimension of the taste.
At this moment, Zhang Wu felt that pork was just a little bit delicious.
Well, pork is true love and irreplaceable.
Next, garlic lobster, grouper and braised pork came out one by one.
At lunch, Zhang Ze's cooking skills once again won praise from his family. Zhang's mother even complained that he didn't call her when he made new dishes so that she could learn.
In fact, Zhang's mother is better than him in cooking. He only knows some cooking methods of later generations, but he cannot compare with Zhang's mother in terms of cooking temperature.
After lunch, Zhang Ze rode his bicycle to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to inquire about the status of the business license.
But when the staff heard him asking about the business license, they became unexpectedly enthusiastic.
Come to think of it, the promotion started after the Chinese New Year. However, when the staff appeared on the road, those who set up stalls at their doorsteps closed their doors quickly. It was no use knocking on the door and calling for help.
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The street vendors ran even faster when they saw them. They finally caught one, but they didn't know if he listened to them or not. Anyway, there was no news at all and no one came to ask.
Nearly two months have passed, and this time someone finally came. How could they not be enthusiastic? They were afraid that a bad attitude would scare the person away again.
The staff enthusiastically took him to the place to register the business license. Zhang Ze felt relieved to see this situation. It seemed that Wenshui City really needed to take some action this year, but no one was willing to cooperate.
After filling in the registration information and submitting two photos, Zhang Ze left the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
Of course, it is impossible to get the business license on the same day. After it is processed, a staff member will come to his home to inform him.
He did not go home afterwards. Instead, he bought some fruits and went to the aquatic product station to find the station director Lu Xuanguo.
"Aze is here." After sitting in the position of director of the fishery station for a while, Lu Xuanguo put on a pair of glasses and looked a lot more gentle.
Zhang Ze put the fruit aside, exchanged a few words with him and then sat on the sofa.
Lu Xuanguo sat next to him and started to make tea. After the tea was ready and they both drank a cup, they got down to business.
"Uncle Lu, how's your inquiry going?"
Lu Xuanguo sighed softly: "The current situation is still not very clear, and they are a little hesitant and want to wait a little longer."
Zhang Ze was not the only one who was concerned about buying the boat. He was also a little anxious. The sooner they got the boat, the sooner they would be able to use it.
Currently, boats going to small islands near the coast such as Lumen Island are all manually rowed by boatmen. Boats going to Nanping Island are not much better, and transportation is very inconvenient.
"Uncle Lu, I went to the Industry and Commerce Bureau today to register for a business license. They seemed very anxious. I think there should be no problem with the ship sales. Talk to them when you have time."
"Now that you have registered for a business license, what do you want to do?"
"My family just moved here today. I'm afraid my mother won't be able to stay here without knowing anyone, so I want to open a small shop to keep her busy so that she won't think about going back to the countryside."
Lu Xuanguo nodded, and then said in a somewhat reproachful tone: "Why didn't you tell me you were moving in? I could have arranged for someone to help."
"It's nothing. I basically bought new ones here." Zhang Ze explained with a smile. He knew in his heart that the other party was just being polite.
Lu Xuanguo nodded: "Since you have already obtained the business license, I will go and persuade them again, maybe this matter can make them feel at ease."
(End of this chapter)
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