Chapter 78 Raw fish fillet porridge, demand-determined theory

It was dawn, Jiang Ning woke up first, Liu Mingan was still asleep.

The light shone into the room through the window paper. Liu Mingan lay on his side, his head gently resting on Jiang Ning's shoulder, sleeping peacefully, with a smile on his lips.

Jiang Ning broke free from the hand that had been holding her all night, and got out of bed gently. After getting dressed, she glanced at the camellia porcelain hairpin on the table, tucked the hair on both sides of her face behind her ears, and walked to the kitchen.

There was a basin in the kitchen, half filled with water, and two fish, a grass carp and a sea bass, both alive and kicking. Jiang Ning thought of the bucket that Zhang Shun brought yesterday, and knew that the fish was sent by them.

In that case, let's just make a simple fish fillet porridge.

Light a fire, boil water, wash the rice and put it in the pot. While the porridge is cooking in the pot, Jiang Ning starts to prepare the fish.

Sea bass has relatively few bones, only one main bone and some small teeth, and the meat is relatively tender, suitable for cooking porridge. As for the grass carp, it will be boiled in water for lunch.

Jiang Ning reached out and grabbed the sea bass, knocked it on the head with the back of the knife, and the fish fluttered for a while and then stopped moving.

Remove the gills, scrape the scales, cut open the belly, and take out the internal organs. Jiang Ning scooped up a ladle of clean water, rinsed the fish and the knife, and it was ready to be sliced.

Cut from the fish head, cut the fish tail, and then cut a slice from the fish back, take out the whole piece of fish meat along the fish bones, and then cut the fish meat into thin slices with a slanting knife. When marinating, just add a little ginger and salt.

Jiang Ning originally wanted to fry the remaining fish head, fish tail and fish bones in oil and throw them into the pot to cook together, but there was only one pot, which was too inconvenient to operate, so she just threw them away.

After a while, the porridge had become thick, and Jiang Ning stopped adding firewood to the stove. She shook the fish slices and put them into the pot, using the temperature of the porridge to boil the meat, and finally sprinkled a handful of chopped green onions and a little salt before serving.

Jiang Ning was about to take a bowl to serve the porridge to cool down, when Liu Mingan walked in from outside the kitchen and called her "Jiang Ning" with a smile.

"There is no chicken here. I slept past the hour..."

"They sent this fish. I forgot to tell you yesterday..."

Liu Ming'an kept talking to Jiang Ning while filling a bowl with porridge. He observed her expression calmly. Seeing that she was normal, he slowly let go of his worry.

There was no way. He was guilty.

He was impulsive last night and wanted to hold Jiang Ning's hand while sleeping, and then secretly let go when she was about to wake up. Unexpectedly, he slept too deeply and woke up later than Jiang Ning.

Zhou Yi said that pursuing a girl with a cold temperament like Jiang Ning should be done slowly. Rushing will definitely backfire. Therefore, Liu Ming'an was worried, fearing that Jiang Ning would be disgusted with him if she found out.

Fortunately, Jiang Ning did not seem to have any abnormality. He must have accidentally let go of her hand after falling asleep last night.

Liu Ming'an secretly breathed a sigh of relief, took the bowl and spoon to the table, and ate breakfast with Jiang Ning.

The porridge was cooked soft, the rice was fragrant, the fish slices were tender, the meat was delicate, and delicious. The two flavors blended perfectly together, and I felt relieved when I swallowed it.

"It's delicious! Jiang Ning, your cooking skills are better than those of the people in Fusheng Restaurant!" Liu Ming'an praised sincerely.

"Really?" Jiang Ning replied casually.

"Yes," Liu Ming'an confirmed with a smile, and then said meaningfully: "Whoever marries you must be lucky!"

"Just because I can cook?"

"No, you are good in every way." Liu Ming'an said seriously.

Jiang Ning paused while chewing, her eyes flashed, and she didn't say anything.

After dinner, Liu Mingan went to clean the kitchen. After that, he went to Jiang Ning's room and said he would help her tie her hair.

This time, Liu Mingan was much more skilled, and it took half the time. The hair was more delicate than yesterday.

"When I have time, I will go to the boss lady to learn a few more hair styles." Liu Mingan looked at the flowing cloud hair style with satisfaction and said with a smile.

In the next few days, the two of them were just like in Lotus Village. Jiang Ning read books while Liu Mingan wrote and painted. At night, Liu Mingan would find an excuse to sleep with her, but he didn't dare to hold Jiang Ning's hand secretly anymore.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Mingan went out to set up his stall. He didn't sell all his calligraphy and paintings, and earned more than 200 coins in total.

"My luck is not good today. I only sold one calligraphy and painting." After packing up his stall and going home, Liu Mingan said a little frustrated. After

arriving in the town, the expenses are much higher than before. If he only has this little money, he will eat up all the money sooner or later.

Hearing this, Jiang Ning walked to Liu Mingan's side and took his calligraphy and paintings to look at them.

The calligraphy is very good, and the paintings are also very artistic. If it is not a problem of product quality, then it can only be a problem of target customers.

"I think you can change your thinking and lower the threshold a little to make more people accept it." Jiang Ning put down the scroll and said.

"What?" Liu Mingan was a little confused.

"In short, paint something that is easy to understand and accepted by the general public."

Liu Mingan still seemed to understand. His paintings did not seem to be profound. They were just some landscape paintings, just for the sake of beauty.

Jiang Ning explained carefully: "How many ordinary people have the leisure to appreciate landscape paintings? Most people don't even know how to read. In their eyes, a painting worth a thousand gold coins is not as practical as a big steamed bun made of white rice. What you paint is out of their daily needs, so your customer base can only be a small number of people."

Liu Mingan understood now, but he didn't know how to change, so he had to continue to ask Jiang Ning: "Then what should I paint?"

"There will be a market only if there is demand. You must first figure out what the people really think."

"Thousands of people are thousands of faces, everyone is different, right?"

"But there are always some things in common. The essence of human existence is to pursue beauty. This is an uncontrollable instinct. So what kind of life do you think is perfect for ordinary people?"

Jiang Ning was persuading Liu Ming'an to think. The modern market economy concept had a huge impact on an ancient person. Liu Ming'an was very smart. She only said a few simple sentences, but she had already understood it.

What kind of life is perfect?

​​Liu Ming'an thought for a while and answered: "No worries about food and clothing, children around, good health, and everything goes well."

Jiang Ning nodded, indicating her agreement: "So you can start from these visions. For example, having no worries about food and clothing means you are rich, so you can draw the God of Wealth. Even illiterate people can understand it at a glance and think it is auspicious and festive, and a good omen. But don't be too worldly, it's better to add some new things, for example, if others draw the God of Wealth holding a gold ingot in his hand, then you can draw him holding a treasure bowl. With your painting skills, you will definitely be able to beat those crude paintings, so why worry about not being able to sell them?"

Liu Mingan seemed to have an epiphany, and excitedly grasped Jiang Ning's hand: "Jiang Ning, you are so smart! You know a lot!"

Jiang Ning curled her lips and replied "thank you".

Liu Mingan went straight back to the house and repainted seven or eight paintings according to Jiang Ning's suggestions.

When Jiang Ning finished preparing dinner and went to call him, she found that the Goddess of Childbirth, Yue Lao, Lao Shou Xing, the God of Wealth, etc. were all there. There was no poetic landscape this time. Instead, a bunch of gods were invited, all of whom were the simplest aspirations of ordinary people in the world.