Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Braised and vegetarian dishes are a dazzling array and...
Su Tianli stared at the things in the house with wide eyes, extremely surprised!
It turned out that on the table, stools, and sofa in the living room,
The stove and pots in the kitchen were filled with all kinds of food - braised kelp slices, braised lotus root slices, braised tofu slices, braised mushrooms...
Su Tianli asked in surprise: "Grandma, Juan, what are you doing?"
Old Mrs. Su and Sun Fujuan looked at each other, both feeling a little uneasy.
Finally, it was Sun Fujuan who spoke up, "Second sister, I, I...I want to go to the big place tonight and try it out."
Su Tianli looked at Sun Fujuan, then at the various braised snacks that filled the room, and roughly guessed what she had.
really--
Sun Fujuan said, "Second sister, I want to go to Dadadi to sell these snacks at night to make some money. Second sister, you... you won't object, right?"
Su Tianli found it funny, "Why would I object?"
But she immediately said to Old Lady Su: "Grandma, you are not allowed to go!"
Old Mrs. Su showed an expression of "I knew it would happen" but still wanted to struggle, "Lizhi, actually I can also go and sell things... It's not tiring, I, I'll just sit aside, at most it will hurt my voice a little..."
"No!" Su Tianli flatly refused.
Old Mrs. Su begged, "Lychee..."
Su Tianli threatened her, "If you say anything more, even Ajuan won't be allowed to go!"
Sun Fujuan got anxious when she heard this. "Grandma, stop talking! I can go alone!"
Old Mrs. Su was also anxious. "You are a young girl. Going alone and coming back alone in the middle of the night... What if something happens? No, no!"
Su Tianli smiled and said, "I'll go with Ajuan!"
"ah?"
"What?!"
Old Mrs. Su and Sun Fujuan both widened their eyes.
Su Tianli has already started trying various ingredients.
It seems that grandma and my sister made a series of marinated dishes today.
The marinade should be prepared by Mrs. Su herself, and the marinated ingredients are quite delicious.
In addition, they also sharpened a large bundle of bamboo sticks!
It should be used to skewer these braised dishes.
The braised kelp slices were very soft and sticky, and there was the largest amount. I don’t know where they bought them from, but after soaking, they were very large in quantity.
The braised shiitake mushrooms, like the kelp, were also soaked and there were quite a few of them, but not as many as the kelp slices;
The braised radish was stewed until very soft and absorbed enough soup, it was especially delicious!
The braised lotus root slices were crispy, with the fragrance and sweetness of lotus root and the freshness of the marinade. They were also delicious, but there were not too many of them. I guess they thought the lotus root was expensive when they bought it.
There were few braised tofu slices, and you could tell it was made with old tofu.
When Su Tianli was tasting the food,
Old Lady Su and Sun Fujuan widened their eyes nervously.
Every time Su Tianli tried something, they would ask anxiously,
"How about it?"
"Is it tasty?"
Su Tianli tried them one by one and nodded repeatedly, "Very good!"
Sun Fujuan asked hopefully, "Second sister, if you were shopping at the night market, would you buy this braised food?"
Su Tianli thought for a moment and said, "I'll consider the price of these things."
Old Mrs. Su and Sun Fujuan looked at each other.
Su Tianli explained: "If I have the chance to go to the night market, I will definitely want to buy more meat! Because I eat these kelp and radish every day!"
When Old Lady Su and Sun Fujuan heard this, they thought it made sense and immediately became dispirited.
Su Tianli added: "But if the price is cheap, I will still try it."
Sun Fujuan was anxious, "Second sister, then...how should we set the price to be cheap?"
Su Tianli first asked Sun Fujuan, "How much did you spend on these things today?"
Sun Fujuan counted on her fingers, "Dried kelp costs one yuan per pound, and I soak one pound here! Look, sister, I've cooked several large pots!"
"Dried mushrooms are two yuan a pound, but I couldn't bear to buy a whole pound, so I bought half a pound for one yuan! And it's all ready!"
"Radishes cost three cents a pound. I bought ten pounds."
"Lotus roots are five cents a pound, and I bought ten pounds!"
"Tofu costs two pieces for five cents, and I bought the fifty-cent piece, and they gave me a whole plate!"
…
As she spoke, Su Tianli did the math in her head, and the final total was - the cost was three dollars and twenty cents!
Su Tianli asked again, "What about the spices used for the stewed buns? How much did it cost?"
Old Lady Su said quickly: "We matched the spices, and the cost was actually very little..."
"That counts too." Su Tianli insisted.
Old Lady Su said, "Cinnamon, grass fruit, fennel, angelica, star anise, plus ginger, garlic, onion, soybean paste, soy sauce, salt... all of these cost two dollars and seventy cents, but only less than one-tenth of the spices were used... oh, it's really hard to estimate."
Su Tianli nodded, "Then the cost of the ingredients is 3.2 yuan, and the cost of the spices is 2 yuan."
Then she looked at the bamboo sticks and asked, "Where did these come from?"
Sun Fujuan quickly said: "This is free, I cut it with a knife!"
"Where did the bamboo come from?" Su Tianli asked.
Sun Fujuan whispered, "Two streets away, there is an abandoned river bank. These bamboos growing by the water... have no owner."
Su Tianli was stunned and nodded repeatedly.
After a moment of silence, Su Tianli said, "The cost also needs to include the bamboo sticks, our coal briquettes, and our round-trip travel expenses..."
She thought for a moment, "Then the cost is only about six dollars and fifty cents!"
Sun Fujuan was dissatisfied, "Second sister, your estimate of the cost is too high!"
Su Tianli smiled and said, "It's not expensive! You'll know in a moment!"
As she spoke, Su Tianli counted the bamboo sticks again. There were about three hundred of them.
She shook her head. "Then these sticks are far from enough."
When Sun Fujuan heard this, she immediately said, "There are still some bamboos! I'll go cut more right away!"
After saying that, she left in a hurry.
Su Tianli took the already-cut bamboo sticks and asked Old Lady Su, "Have you cooked these bamboo sticks?"
Old Mrs. Su exclaimed in surprise, "Do you need to cook more?"
Su Tianli said seriously: "It must be cooked...it must be clean and hygienic!"
"I'll cook it right away!" As she said that, Old Mrs. Su immediately went to the kitchen with the bamboo sticks.
Su Tianli smiled, took a pair of clean chopsticks, and began to count the ingredients one by one.
Of course, lotus roots, radishes, and tofu were small in quantity and were quickly counted out.
For things like kelp and mushrooms, the quantity is too large to be counted, so Su Tianli could only count a certain amount first, pile them together, and then according to this approximate amount, push the other ingredients into "small hills" one by one, and then estimate the quantity.
After Old Lady Su brought the first batch of bamboo sticks that had been boiled in boiling water back to the house,
Su Tianli started to string the skewers together.
Old Mrs. Su also came to help.
Su Tianli instructed Grandma Su, "Grandma, string five pieces of kelp onto a skewer... Wash your hands before stringing."
Old Mrs. Su agreed, went to wash her hands, and came back to string the skewers.
Su Tianli only let Old Lady Su string kelp together, while she herself strung a mixed variety of vegetables.
That is, only four items are strung on one skewer.
It can be a piece of radish, a piece of tofu, a piece of kelp, or a mushroom;
It could also be a piece of lotus root, a piece of radish, two pieces of kelp and a shiitake mushroom...
By the time Sun Fujuan had finished sharpening the remaining 300 bamboo sticks, it was already dark.
Old Mrs. Su was busy cooking skewers.
Because the family was busy, everyone didn't have time to cook rice.
Su Tianli went to the company cafeteria, bought a box of white rice, poured the rice with the marinade from her home-made braised dishes, mixed it with the braised dishes, and had a delicious meal.
After everyone finished dinner, Grandma Su and Sun Fujuan were busy skewering the food, while Su Tianli went to the kitchen to prepare the sauce.
Shaoguan borders Hunan Province.
Therefore, the eating habits of Old Lady Su and Sun Fujuan tend to be in that direction - they usually like to eat chili peppers and cured and pickled meats.
So we have dried chilies at home, and even a few green chilies.
Also, the ginger, onion and garlic they bought to make the brine during the day also had...
Su Tianli made two kinds of dipping sauces:
One is a non-spicy dipping sauce with ginger, scallion, soy sauce and salt - chop the ginger and garlic into small pieces, pour salt and soy sauce on them, then pour hot peanut oil on it, and finally add a few spoons of marinade, and you're done!
One is a spicy dip - prepared the same way as the non-spicy dip, except that you add chopped dried and green chilies before pouring the hot oil.
Then, Su Tianli brought out two kinds of dipping sauces, used kelp as a sample, dipped it in two different dipping sauces, and asked Old Lady Su and Sun Fujuan to try it.
Old Mrs. Su opened her eyes wide, "Delicious!"
Sun Fujuan was also surprised, "Sister! This braised kelp tastes even better with this dipping sauce!"
Su Tianli, "Don't you see how much oil I put in?"
Sun Fujuan suddenly realized, "No wonder you calculated the cost so high!"
Su Tianli smiled and said, "Hurry up, get dressed and we'll go!"
Sun Fujuan responded quickly.
Old Mrs. Su was anxious, "Litchi! Litchi, please let me go..."
Su Tianli pretended to be stern and said, "No!"
"I promise I won't get tired!" Old Lady Su said hastily, "Only with an old lady like me, you two young girls won't be bullied!"
Su Tianli smiled, "Grandma, as long as we stay together, nothing will happen. If you are really worried that something will happen to us, then we can bring some self-defense items..."
"Besides, Juan and I are going there by bicycle, and there's only enough space for two people. If you want to go, there really won't be enough space."
Old Mrs. Su was stunned. "You guys...are going there by bicycle?"
"Yes," Su Tianli said, "We can only go there by bicycle. Otherwise, there might not be buses when we come back, which would be even more troublesome!"
Sun Fujuan looked anxious and whispered, "Second sister, I don't know how to ride a bike."
"It's okay, I will!"
In this way, everyone started to prepare at once.
It was my first time to set up a stall to do business, so I was quite flustered. When I was about to go out, I realized that I had not prepared this or that...
After a period of chaos, Su Tianli and Sun Fujuan finally went out!
However, Su Tianli's bicycle was too broken.
In addition, Su Tianli didn't quite know the way, so it took them almost an hour to get to the Dadadi Night Market.
It was almost nine o'clock at night.
Su Tianli and Sun Fujuan set up their stall in a hurry.
However, at this time——
The snack vendors at the night market have started to pack up their stalls!
To be precise, most of the ingredients they brought have been sold.
A wonton vendor pushing a cart took a look at the skewers sold by Su Tianli and Sun Fujuan and said half-jokingly and half-sarcastically, "Sisters, why are you here just now? The night market will be closed in two hours!"
Sun Fujuan felt extremely awkward, embarrassed and ashamed.
Su Tianli said openly: "Brother, this is our first time here, so we have no experience."
Brother Wonton laughed and said, "Come before 4pm next time to grab a good spot! After all, people doing business here also need to eat!"
After saying that, Wonton Brother pushed the cart and left.
Su Tianli quickly stopped him, "Brother, we are setting up a stall here. If we need to go to the toilet, where can we go? Also, if we want to get some tap water... where can we get it?"
Wonton brother stopped the cart and pointed in a direction, "Hey, if you want to use the toilet, go to No. 23 Middle School. There is a dry toilet there. If you want to get water, you can also go to No. 23 Middle School. It costs one cent per bucket, but you have to look at the face of the security guard."
"If you use a lot of water, just find a family nearby and give them five cents, and they will provide you with water for the day!"
Su Tianli suddenly realized what was going on and hurriedly thanked him. She also gave the wonton brother a skewer of skewers brushed with chili sauce, which marked the beginning of his business.
The wonton brother didn't hesitate to take it and started eating, nodding his head repeatedly, "Mm! Sister, your skewers are really good!"
Su Tianli smiled, "Thank you, brother!"
Then the wonton brother took another look at the pot of skewers that Su Tianli brought and asked in confusion, "You guys... just sell skewers?"
Su Tianli nodded.
Wonton brother had a painful look on his face, "You guys can make such delicious skewers, but have you ever thought about... cooking some lo fun or something? Rice noodles or river noodles will do! They are already cooked noodles, boil them, add a little of your brine, and add a little sauce... Wow, it will be unbeatable!"
When Sun Fujuan heard this, her eyes widened immediately and she slapped her head in annoyance, wondering why she didn't think of this!
Su Tianli smiled and said to Brother Wonton: "Thank you, brother! But we live far away, and it's not easy to carry a stove here."
Brother Wonton pouted towards the distance, "Find someone! Buy a coal stove and put it in someone's house nearby, and buy the coal briquettes directly from the residents. The residents buy coal briquettes for five cents for three, and you can buy them directly from someone for two cents each, so that they can earn a little! And pay some water bills to them, then everything will be solved!"
Su Tianli was surprised and delighted, "Thank you, brother!"
Wonton brother laughed, "Why thank you? We are all out here to make a living!"
As he spoke, he looked at Su Tianli and Sun Fujuan again, and asked curiously, "Huh? Just the two of you? Your father, uncles, and brothers from home didn't come?"
Su Tianli hummed.
She had already figured out that Brother Wonton, who was so talkative but sincere, didn't look like a bad person.
really--
The wonton man, who looked to be about thirty years old, shook his head immediately when he heard that Su Tianli and her sister came alone, "Oh, you two are too brave! This is not good..."
"Hey, from now on, two girls should not come over at night. If you want to come, ask a man to come!"
Su Tianli asked: "Brother, setting up a stall here...isn't it safe?"
Wonton brother shook his head, "Better be careful! Go back early, little sister!"
After saying that, Wonton Brother pushed the cart away.
Sun Fujuan, who was standing by, asked Su Tianli in a low voice, "Second sister, does this mean there are street urchins in the night market?"
This is also what Su Tianli is most worried about.
"Since we are here, we might as well make the best of it," Su Tianli said, "Let's sell out today's skewers first."
Next, Su Tianli started to sell loudly, "Braised skewers! Delicious braised skewers—2 cents a skewer! Fragrant skewers...cheap and delicious!"
Sun Fujuan is thin-skinned after all.
Although she is the main promoter of the night market stall business,
The whole day, she was busy making various preparations for setting up a stall to sell skewers...
But until now, when I was actually setting up a stall to sell my goods,
She got scared again.
So she never expected that her second sister, who looked pretty and decent, would be so open-minded and start howling directly?
Sun Fujuan just felt her face burning.
I also think my second sister is amazing.
Finally, she made up her mind and imitated her second sister, shouting, "Everyone... come and buy some braised skewers..."
But she was not as comfortable as Su Tianli, and she was timid all the time.
Su Tianli is very skillful.
She didn't shout when a young man passed by.
Whenever she met someone a little older, she would shout enthusiastically, "Uncles, the braised skewers are 2 cents a skewer, and three skewers are only 5 cents! You can have a full meal for only 5 cents!"
——What about the prices of snack stalls at the night market?
Based on the price of the wonton seller just now:
A small bowl costs 10 cents and contains 12 wontons;
A large bowl costs 20 cents, and contains 25 wontons;
Of course, the wontons are not big and do not contain too much meat.
Let’s take lotus leaf rice as an example. This is the main delicacy of night market snack stalls. It is mainly large in quantity and full in price.
One meat and one vegetable with rice: 15 cents.
Two meats and one vegetable with rice: thirty cents, you can add a bowl of rice and get a spoonful of seaweed soup for free.
So the 2 cents skewers,
In the crowded night market, the pricing is quite shocking!
Soon, a middle-aged woman stopped and asked curiously, "Can you eat a full meal for 5 cents?"
Su Tianli quickly called her, "Auntie, come and try it! It's delicious. If you're worried it won't taste good, just spend 2 cents to buy one first! If you think it tastes good, buy two more and I'll still only charge you 5 cents."
The middle-aged woman said cheerfully: "Then give me a bunch!"
Su Tianli quickly opened the lid of the pot and explained, "Auntie, we have three choices of skewers, 2 cents a string of kelp, 2 cents a string of mushrooms, 5 cents a string of whole family... How about you have a string of 2 cents kelp first? What kind of sauce should I use? Can Auntie eat spicy food?"
The middle-aged woman asked, "This chili sauce...is it spicy?"
"It's a little spicy," Su Tianli said. "I'm from Guangzhou, but I can eat it."
The middle-aged woman hesitated for a moment, "Can you brush half of it for me? Half spicy and half non-spicy?"
"Of course!" Su Tianli said as she readily put a string of kelp in the empty lunch box, first scooped a spoonful of non-spicy sauce on the head with a spoon, then used another spoon to scoop a spoonful of spicy sauce on the tail of the skewer, and then handed the skewer to the middle-aged woman.
The middle-aged woman handed Su Tianli two cents, took the skewer, and took a bite...
As soon as she took a bite, she was shocked by the rich aroma of peanut oil in the dipping sauce.
Then there is the burnt aroma and slight stir-fry of the chili sauce.
Then there is the ultimate aroma and salty freshness of the brine medicinal materials.
Finally, the thick and soft kelp tastes full of brine...
As she chewed, the different flavors of the various layers of kelp burst out in her mouth like fireworks!
Before she knew it, she had finished eating the whole string of kelp.
Su Tianli asked again: "Auntie, would you like another piece of kelp and a mushroom? Just give me another 3 minutes."
The middle-aged woman stared at Su Tianli's pot for a while and said, "I'll give you another eight cents, and you give me a kelp, a mushroom and a family portrait! I want the family portrait with tofu!"
"Okay!" Su Tianli happily took three skewers, poured half of them with hot sauce and the other half with non-spicy sauce according to the middle-aged woman's preference, and then passed them over.
The middle-aged woman just stood there, eating the skewers with big mouthfuls...
The rich aroma of brine fills the air.
It attracted many passers-by to watch.
As the saying goes, if there is one, there will be two.
Passersby saw the middle-aged woman eating with relish, and that the braised skewers at 2 cents a skewer were really affordable for everyone!
In addition, at this time, all the snack stands have actually been closed;
However, there are still many citizens waiting here - they want to find cheaper daily necessities, so they insist on waiting until the agreed closing time of 11 o'clock.
Once it reaches eleven o'clock, many vendors will lower their prices so that they can carry less stuff back.
So the night market is crowded...
Everyone is willing to spend 2 cents to have a midnight snack and kill some time.
Just like that, about an hour later, Su Tianli and Sun Fujuan sold all the 600 skewers they brought!
It's just past ten o'clock now.
So Su Tianli rode her bike and took Sun Fujuan home.
Along the way, Sun Fujuan was so happy that she almost went crazy and couldn't help but mutter:
"Second sister, you are so awesome! Alas, actually I am so useless. I really... don't have any courage at all! First, I dare not talk to people, and second, I dare not open my mouth to sell... Second sister, I am lucky to have you!"
"Second sister, I think what the wonton guy said makes sense! We can find a friendly family nearby, buy a coal stove and put it in her house, and then buy coal briquettes and water from her... In this way, we can sell noodles and rice and make more money!"
"Second sister, I can't believe that our 600 skewers were sold out in just one hour! According to our previous estimate, we should be able to make 20 yuan, right? Even if we deduct all the costs, we can still make 12 or 13 yuan!"
"Oh my god, this money is too easy to make, isn't it?"
"Second sister, let's come early tomorrow..."
"Oh, then I have to go out early in the morning to buy ingredients! Second sister, why don't we buy some meat!"
"Are you tired of riding a bike, sister? I also want to learn how to ride a bike, so you don't have to ride alone all the time. You must be dying of exhaustion!"
On the first day of opening, I was able to sell all the skewers, and it didn’t take long, and I made quite a lot of money…
Su Tianli was also very happy.
But she disagrees:
First of all, it is disturbing that the safety issue cannot be guaranteed. Although it seems to be calm tonight, it may just be that they are lucky.
Secondly, the market imitates and follows trends too quickly. Today, everyone who cares about the market has seen how popular their skewers business is. Just wait and see, imitations will appear as soon as tomorrow, and competitors will appear within a week at the latest. How to prevent this is also a problem.
Finally, doing a business like this... seems to make money, but it is actually very time-consuming and energy-consuming.
Su Tianli sighed.
I thought it would be great if there was a machine that could help me do simple but tiring tasks like sharpening skewers, stringing skewers, and cutting vegetables, which require no technical skills at all...
She thought so in her heart and pedaled the bicycle hard.
A Juan sat in the back seat of the car, hugged Su Tianli's waist, and whispered, "Second sister, let's go home quickly! When we get home, I have to close the door and count the money we earned tonight!"
Ajuan's joy infected Su Tianli.
She pedaled harder and harder, until the two wheels of the bicycle were like hot wheels...
finally--
It only took Su Tianli forty minutes to ride her bike from Dadadi Night Market to her home.
It saved me about ten minutes compared to the time I went there.
Of course, it is also possible that all the skewers were sold out and the two of them traveled light.
The two sisters returned home happily.
I haven't had time to count the money yet.
Su Tianli saw that Mao Li, Zhang Wei and Cheng Yu were all staying at her house? !
And everyone looked depressed and sad.
What is going on?
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