Chapter 91 Chapter 91 Grand Opening
Seeing that her child really wanted it, the woman could only sigh: "What are you selling? I've never seen it before."
Miao Ying laid out his dishes: "Fried skewers, vegetarian dishes are one cent a skewer, and meat dishes are two skewers for five cents."
The woman looked at the cabbage and potato skewers and thought that it would be better to buy some meat instead of spending a penny on vegetables, so she took two skewers of pork belly. The Miaoying skewers were also solid, with two pieces of meat on one. She also thought the chicken skin was good, so she bought another skewer of chicken skin and one skewer of pork belly, for a total of ten pennies.
The fire in the stove was burning brightly and the oil was hot. When the meat skewers were put into the pot, there was a sizzling sound and the aroma immediately spread out, attracting passers-by to stick their heads out to take a look.
Because the oil temperature was high and the fire was strong, the skewers of meat were cooked quickly. The woman wanted to take them, but Miao Ying did not give them to her immediately. Instead, he took out the sauce he made, coated them with a thin layer, and then wrapped them in oil paper and handed them to her. He kept the skewers for himself. After all, it was difficult for Huo Xing and Xiao Lin to make the skewers.
After the child smelled the fragrance, even the wooden cat was no longer interested, and his saliva was almost flowing down: "Mom, I want to eat this."
His mother had no choice but to open the oil paper bag and feed him a piece of meat. Pork belly is rich in fat, and it was full of oily aroma when he took a bite. Add to that the taste of the sauce on the outside, and he swallowed it whole as if he didn't feel anything and it disappeared.
The child stared at his mother eagerly again. His mother had no choice but to feed him another piece. This time the child finally tasted it and was very greedy. But he remembered that his mother had not eaten yet, so he quickly asked his mother to eat too.
After eating, she asked for ten cents worth of meat and two cents worth of vegetables. She was curious about how the skewers were made. However, their cart was built in a way that blocked the place where they fried the skewers. One reason was to keep the oil secret, and the other was that they were afraid that the oil would splash out and burn people.
Miao Ying took the money and handed the wooden kitten to the child. Only then did the mother and child leave Miao Ying's stall satisfied.
By this time, the fragrance had spread completely, and soon Miao Ying's stall was surrounded by people. Everyone came over to buy, after all, something that cost a few cents was still affordable.
In particular, some people bought cabbage and found that it was not fried directly, but was coated with a layer of batter before being fried in a pan.
I won’t say anything else, the sauce applied at the end tastes really good. Even a gourmet can’t tell what seasoning is used in it.
As more people came to the stall, Huo Xing was responsible for frying, while Miao Ying was responsible for applying the sauce and collecting money. The two of them worked in perfect harmony, and the stall was not too messy. Miao Ying had a good memory and would not make the mistake of remembering what someone wanted.
Since the opening, the two of them had hardly any rest. Huo Xing was sweating profusely from frying skewers, and Miao Ying felt like his hands were about to break from collecting money and packing the food.
Today was the first day of selling, and they hadn’t prepared much. After a busy while, the space for storing vegetables was almost empty.
"Gone?" The man who finally got his turn said in a loud voice, "It's gone in such a short while?" He just smelled the food, it was so delicious that his stomach was rumbling with greed. It was finally his turn, and it's gone?
"I'm really sorry, this is my first time setting up a stall today and I don't have much prepared. We'll come back tomorrow. I'll definitely save some for you."
"Can you give me some of this sauce? I'll use it for my next meal." He looked at the little bit of sauce left in front of him and licked his lips.
Miao Ying was helpless: "That's fine too."
"Wait a moment." The man ran away quickly and came back with several big steamed buns.
Miao Ying helped him cut the steamed buns and covered the middle with sauce, covering four steamed buns in total. In the end, he used the steamed buns to wipe Miao Ying's basin clean, and finally gave him two cents when he left.
After everything was sold out, Miao Ying opened the small box containing the money and saw that it was full of copper coins. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Miao Ying wanted to go to the market in the county town to see if there was anything suitable for making fried skewers, but their small cart couldn't be carried without someone, so Miao Ying had to go buy it himself, and Huo Xing waited for him on the side.
Miao Ying walked around the market. He had all the usual vegetables at home, so he bought some dried tofu from the tofu stall and some seasonings from the dry goods store. After that, he passed by a stall and bought two pancakes. It was already noon, and they hadn't eaten yet.
After they finished eating the cakes and were heading back, Miao Ying said, "We can make more sauce today. We can put more meat and vegetables tomorrow. Mother doesn't want to kill a chicken, so why don't we go to the village and buy some?"
"Tell me how much money you earn, and I'll agree to let you kill chickens," Huo Xing said.
"I want to go to the county town tomorrow and go to town the day after tomorrow." Miao Ying thought of the hunger marketing he had previously discussed with the restaurant owner, "This way we can keep things fresh."
Huo Xing knew that he always had a lot of clever ideas, and he also knew that he was basically right, so he left all the big and small matters at home to Miao Ying, and their family only needed to follow Miao Ying.
When he got home, Miao Ying couldn't wait to ask Xiao Lin to count the money with him, which included copper coins and small change.
Miao Ying and Xiao Lin counted the money carefully and found that there was about one or two taels of silver in total.
The main reason is that they set up the stall on the first day and were afraid that they would not be able to sell anything, so they prepared less. If they prepare more tomorrow, they should be able to double their sales.
After counting the money, they will immediately start preparing the ingredients for tomorrow's stall, especially the sauce. The key to whether the fried skewers are delicious lies in the preparation of the sauce.
Fortunately, Miao Ying was already very good at making sauce and rarely made mistakes. Xiao Lin had already washed the wooden sticks they brought back, as they were greasy from being stained with oil, so he used soap nuts instead.
Mother and grandmother had gone to the vegetable garden to chop cabbages, and Huo Xing also went to cut meat. They had to finish cutting all the remaining meat, otherwise the meat would go bad in a day.
While his mother was not back, Miao Ying went to the chicken coop and caught another chicken. When Li Hongying came back, the chicken had turned into a pile of chicken feathers.
After cutting the meat, Huo Xing also disassembled the chicken, separated the meat and bones, washed the chicken offal and cooked chicken offal noodles in the evening. The different parts of the chicken were cut into appropriate sizes and put on skewers. In the end, only a bare chicken frame was left. Miao Ying did not waste it and marinated the chicken frame as well.
By the time all these things were done and they started to thread the skewers, it was already dark. Li Hongying was already making noodles and waiting for Miao Ying to stir-fry the chicken offal.
Miao Ying put down the skewers in his hand and prepared to stir-fry the chicken offal. Li Hongying took over his position and continued to thread the skewers.
After finishing the meal and putting the skewers on, Miao Ying went to take a look in the kitchen. There were still a lot of things missing. This afternoon, all the vegetables at home had been used up. If he wanted to cook more, he would have to buy vegetables from others.
Their family's business is not very stable now, and they don't want to be too conspicuous in the village, so Miao Ying decided to let Huo Xing buy from Ye Feng's house and get the meat from his mother's house as well.
They set up their stall earlier the next day, still at the same location as yesterday. They had just set up the stall when someone arrived. Miao Ying took a look and saw that it was the man who had dipped all his sauce on the steamed buns yesterday.
"Finally, I'm here." He stood in front of the stall, waiting for Miao Ying and the others to open fire.
Miao Ying quickly put all the dishes on the table for him to choose from. The man selected twenty cents' worth of meat and five cents' worth of vegetables. Huo Xing lit the fire and started frying the food. When his food was put into the pot, the people behind him also came. From early in the morning, the business was booming.
Most of the people who came today were repeat customers, but they didn’t buy much, just two skewers of meat and two skewers of vegetables.
Until someone arrived, Miao Ying looked up and saw Fu Lingyao, the Third Master of the Fu family, staggering over. "I heard yesterday that there was delicious food here, but when I got here, the stalls were all closed, so I came here early today. I didn't expect it to be you guys."
Miao Ying also smiled: "Mr. Fu, what would you like?"
"Let's have some of each." He had eaten what Miao Ying cooked last time and knew that his cooking skills were good, so he was not picky this time and let Miao Ying choose for him.
Miao Ying fried some for him, but there was too much to wrap in oil paper, so he simply placed it on their small tray. "Would you like to eat here?"
Fu Lingyao held a small tray and stood beside their stall to eat. After eating the first boatload, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "It has to be you. Last time you said you could make a lot of delicious food. Now I have seen it."
Miao Ying couldn't chat with him for long because there were more people in front of the stall now, and he had to keep taking skewers, applying sauce, and packing them up, so he had no idea how much money Fu Lingyao threw into his cash box.
I prepared a lot of things today, and basically bought everything I wanted to buy. I definitely made more money than before, but I also got home later than before.
As the sun set, Miao Ying took a look at the remaining dishes, then ate them all at once. After brushing them with sauce, he gave a portion to the vendors nearby. Then he said, "We won't be here tomorrow. If anyone asks about it tomorrow, please let everyone know."
The vendors nearby couldn't understand it. The things on their stalls were selling so well, but they were seeing the money going into their pockets, so why didn't they want to take it?
Miao Ying smiled and said, "We are busy at home. If you don't come tomorrow, you can come the day after tomorrow."
The vendor took a big bite of the meat and said, "I'll make sure to bring this message to you tomorrow."
When closing the stall, Miao Ying seemed exhausted, so Huo Xing did the rest of the work, and Miao Ying sat aside waiting for him.
After finishing the cleaning, the two of them walked slowly towards home as the sun slowly set in the sky.
When they counted the money at home, they found that today's sales were more than twice as much as yesterday's, because they also prepared twice as much. They thought they came home late and would have to stay up all night to prepare things for tomorrow's stall, but they didn't expect that when they got home, everything was almost ready.
"While you two are busy outside, we must take care of the housework."
Miao Ying smiled, remembering the chicken rack he had marinated last night. He decided to fry it now and have it as an extra meal for his family in the evening.
When they went to the town, they prepared fewer things than today. The meat was bought by Li Hongying from the butcher today, and no chickens were killed today, so there would not be much to sell tomorrow.
Miao Ying has been in this world for so long, and he feels more tired these two days than before. He is so tired that he has no mind to think about anything else at night and just falls asleep on the bed.
Before falling asleep, Miao Ying calculated the money he had earned in the past two days. The money he earned now was not enough to cover their initial investment. Earning a few cents was still not enough.
Miao Ying licked his lips and thought of the fried chicken racks he had made in the evening. Fried chicken racks were a good thing, but unfortunately their family didn’t have that many chickens. What should they do?
Huo Xing returned to the bed and looked to see if Miao Ying was about to close his eyes. He patted his back gently. Miao Ying hummed and soon fell asleep.
The sky is big, the earth is big, and the sleeping emperor is the biggest.
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