Chapter 101: Soaking Soybeans (Part 3)
It seems that even though there are many people selling braised pork offal in the town, everyone knows that her braised pork offal tastes delicious after having tasted it.
Some people who come from well-off families would rather spend a few more cents to buy better tasting food.
Besides, she also gives away free braised soup. Other places generally don’t give away free soup, and even if they do, the free soup can’t compare to her braised soup.
She braised it with spices and seasonings, and adjusted the heat and flavors well, so the taste is naturally different. Jiang Zhiluo is confident about this.
Jiang Zhiluo explained with a smile: "I have been quite busy these past few days and haven't paid attention to this."
"Since business is good, I'll continue making braised pork offal."
Lin Zhuzhu smiled instantly.
She was really worried that Jiang Zhiluo would stop doing the braised food business.
She knew that Sister Jiang was a capable person, and maybe one day she would really look down on the braised food business.
But it's good to be able to do business for one more day. Not to mention that she gets commission, this braised food helps her attract a lot of customers.
As a result, her butcher stall business was booming.
Naturally, you will earn more.
"That's good, Sister Jiang. If you need anything from me, just tell me. Don't be shy."
"If you're busy, you can ask Brother Zhou to deliver it. I think he's reliable."
Jiang Zhiluo smiled and said, "The little brother Zhou you're talking about is Zhou Zhaoxi, right? He had something urgent to do that day, so I had to trouble Zhou Zhaoxi to help deliver it."
Lin Zhuzhu nodded and said, "Well, no wonder you trusted him and asked him to deliver it. He is really cheerful. If he hadn't explained it to me when he came to buy meat yesterday, I would have been worried that you would give up your braised food business."
Lin Zhuzhu has a very good impression of Zhou Zhaoxi.
The young man was sunny and cheerful. He looked at her without any contempt or disdain in his eyes. His expression was pure and honest, which made her feel very comfortable.
Jiang Zhiluo nodded, Zhou Zhaoxi could indeed be trusted.
If it were someone else, she would not trust him so much, let alone hand over a bucket of prepared braised food to him.
If she really is too busy with business and needs help, she might really consider hiring Zhou Zhaoxi.
But I'm still busy for now.
"I'll talk to you later if I'm too busy."
"This time I came here to buy not only pig offal, but also some meat."
Lin Zhuzhu said straightforwardly: "Buying meat is easy, how about pork belly?"
Lin Zhuzhu always weighed the meat for Jiang Zhiluo on a high scale, and the price was much cheaper than that of others.
Jiang Zhiluo usually buys a lot of pork belly, mainly for cooking at home.
But this time Jiang Zhiluo wanted to make chili meat sauce instead of pork belly. "Give me a pound of pork belly and five pounds of lean meat."
Pork belly is better for stir-frying, while lean meat is better for making chili meat sauce.
At the beginning, she didn't make much. She made a little first, let her family taste it, and then sold it at the market to see how the market feedback was.
If business is good and everyone likes it, she will make more in batches.
I have limited money now and I need to use it to build a house, so I can only be thrifty and start a small business first.
Fortunately, the business of braised pork offal has been good because of its unique taste. I can earn more than one or two taels of silver every day, which can also relieve the pressure brought by building a house.
Lin Zhuzhu cut a little more and put it on the tall scale. Jiang Zhiluo calculated the cost of buying lean pork belly and pig offal, and gave Lin Zhuzhu copper coins.
She was about to take the things home, but then she remembered she needed fermented black beans.
But there is no one selling fermented black beans here, so she has to make it herself.
"Sister Lin, I'll put the pork and offal here with you first, and come get it later."
"Don't worry, you can come and get it anytime."
Jiang Zhiluo then went to the grocery store to buy soybeans.
After the last incident at Songji Grain Store, it closed down, and Jiang Zhiluo went to another grain store.
A pound of soybeans costs five cents.
Jiang Zhiluo thought the price was reasonable, so she bought some more soybeans.
After buying everything, Jiang Zhiluo went to get the meat and the pig offal and went home.
As soon as she got home, Jiang Zhiluo got busy.
"Zhiluo, what is this?"
Old Madam Cui looked at the soybeans, peppers and meat that Jiang Zhiluo bought with some confusion.
Generally speaking, if Jiang Zhiluo was going to cook, she wouldn't buy so many pounds of lean meat at once.
Jiang Zhiluo knew what Mrs. Cui was wondering about, so she explained, "Mom, I'm planning to make chili meat sauce and sell it."
"So I bought some things and came back to try them out first."
Looking at Jiang Zhiluo's calm and confident expression, Mrs. Cui understood that although Jiang Zhiluo was just trying it out, she had her own plan in mind.
Jiang Zhiluo is usually confident in whatever she wants to do.
Old Madam Cui knew that Zhiluo was working so hard for the family.
She didn't take more rest, and was busy with business matters as soon as her body was well.
"Whatever you need, I'll help."
Jiang Zhiluo said, "Mom, the main thing is to make the fermented black beans first. After that, we can make the chili pork sauce directly."
"We need some more peanuts. Peel them first and stir-fry them later."
You'll also need some chopped peanuts to make the chili con carne.
Old Madam Cui didn't know what fermented black beans were, but she didn't ask much. She just did whatever Jiang Zhiluo told her to do.
Mrs. Cui was very quick and nimble. She quickly took out some peanuts from her home and peeled them.
Jiang Zhiluo soaked some soybeans she bought.
"These soybeans can only be used after soaking overnight."
Madam Cui nodded and said, "Well, then soak there."
"Mom, we still need some mushrooms. It just rained, so I'll go to the mountain and pick some."
In fact, there were people selling mountain products at the town market, but Jiang Zhiluo was reluctant to buy them.
She thought that since it had rained, there must be a lot of mountain products on the mountain, so she might as well go up the mountain and pick some.
My family has picked mushrooms in the mountains before and made soup with them. It tasted very good.
Every penny saved counts.
When Mrs. Cui heard this, she quickly put down her work and said, "The soil on the mountain is still wet, so it's hard to walk on it. I'd better go up the mountain and pick some."
Jiang Zhiluo shook her head and said, "It's okay, Mom. I'll go check it out. I also want to see if there are any other ingredients."
If there are any medicinal herbs, she can also identify them.
If you can pick medicinal herbs in the mountains, you don’t have to go to the clinic to buy them.
Jiang Zhiluo persuaded Mrs. Cui and went to the mountain with the backpack on her back.
It had rained for three or four days, but the forests were still damp and the ground beneath our feet was not dry.
In places where the soil is soft, you can create a pit by stepping lightly.
Fortunately, she was wearing woven straw sandals, so she didn't have to worry about mud getting on them.
After walking for a while, Jiang Zhiluo saw many mushrooms on the mountain, and some large wood ears on some tree trunks.
It's pleasing to the eye.
Jiang Zhiluo stepped forward and picked all the mushrooms and fungus into her backpack.
"With so many mushrooms, we can not only make soup, but also mushroom dumplings and mushroom steamed buns."
They have been here for so many days, but they have never made dumplings once.
The villagers only make dumplings during the Chinese New Year and other festivals.
Picking mushrooms and wood ears, Jiang Zhiluo continued walking deeper. Not knowing where she went into the deep mountains, she found a pepper tree on the edge of a cliff.
"Peppercorn tree?"
Jiang Zhiluo was really surprised to see the Sichuan pepper.
You should know that she had bought peppercorns before when she made braised pork offal, and she also bought a little bit of peppercorns in the town in the afternoon, which cost her more than a hundred coins.
Here, Sichuan peppercorns seem to be a kind of spice, so they are expensive.
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