Chapter 371 We Can Cooperate
Jiang Yu and Guan Li were putting in the side dishes such as cabbage stalks and frozen tofu that needed to be cooked for a while at the square table. When they heard this, they put down their work and looked up at Shen Qing.
Needless to say, Jiang Xiangnan and Jiang Xiangbei didn't even bother to care about the dipping sauce and were waiting to hear what their mother had to say.
The same was true for Su Mu and the other three.
Shen Qing said, "The hot pot shop is in the capital. It takes more than ten days to travel from the capital to Chenzhou. Not only does it take a lot of time to go back and forth, but it also requires a lot of manpower to escort, so I need to be able to deliver the food to your door."
Su Mu looked hesitant.
Her ranch has many people and many cattle and horses, so sending them there is no problem. However, it costs money to buy food, drink and lodging along the way. Besides, her aunt's hot pot shop is in the capital. Even if it is very prosperous, how much can it cost in a year?
If the cost of a round trip transportation is evenly distributed to each kilogram of chives, the cost will immediately increase a lot...
Shen Qing asked, "Su Mu, your family has people and horses, and the beef and mutton are very good. Have you ever thought about sending the beef and mutton to the capital to sell?"
Su Mu opened his mouth, but no sound came out for a long time.
Yes, before they just wanted to wait for merchants to come and buy them, and never thought about shipping them out to sell!
No, no, my parents had thought about it before, but they were unfamiliar with the place and didn't dare to open their mouths to sell it. Even if they shipped it somewhere else, they would have to ship it back the same way...
She told the truth: "I, we don't know how to sell it elsewhere."
Shen Qing thought that many people were not suitable to be businessmen. Apart from anything else, the fact that they had to negotiate business with others or hawk goods on the street eliminated many people!
Just like the eldest and second sons in her family, asking them to go out and sell things would be more difficult than asking them to farm ten acres of land.
If you do the math, you're lucky enough to lose everything!
She smiled and said, "Then we can cooperate. You can transport your own cattle, sheep, and chive flower sauce to the capital, and you can directly pay us the money. You can sell the rest and give it to us."
Not only Su Mu was stunned, but Asu and the other two were also stunned in surprise.
They can negotiate big business without going to the capital?
Can a woman from a village really help her master's ranch sell beef and mutton?
Now there is also chive sauce!
You have to know that the money from beef and mutton does not belong to them, but if there is chive sauce, they can earn their own money by picking it diligently.
Su Mu stumbled and said, "Really? Okay...but, but auntie, can you sell it?"
After saying this, she felt extremely regretful and asked if this was not an unlucky thing to say that would bring bad luck!
No wonder my own beef and mutton are not selling well. If it were someone else’s business, they would have gone bankrupt long ago.
Shen Qing pointed at the hot pot and said, "That's perfect. Let's try this hot pot and see how it tastes and whether we can sell it."
Everyone rushed into action, preparing the dipping sauce even more excitedly and quickly than before, and sat at the table with their plates in hand, all with serious expressions.
Shen Qing laughed, picked up the long wooden chopsticks made from tree branches, and started to put the beef and mutton rolls into the pot.
The soup base is made of milky white mutton soup, with only salt as the seasoning. Thinly sliced beef and mutton rolls are put in, and they soon expand and become large, tender and refreshing slices of meat.
Shen Qing began to assign tasks: "Let's have mutton soup tonight, use beef bones tomorrow, and try water the day after tomorrow. Consider comprehensively which one is more suitable, or all three soup bases will do.
In addition, how to match the dipping sauce and whether to add or subtract can also be discussed and changed;
By the way, Sumu Asu, the four of you are most familiar with beef and mutton. When you eat later, decide which part is the most tender and delicious, so we can set the price!"
There is no way. After all, it is not meat-free in China. How can we eat a beef and mutton hotpot in peace?
Being able to eat these things comes with a mission.
For the family, especially Sumu and his three friends, it is better to have a mission!
These are more reassuring than eating meat in the past.
If the food tastes good and suits the tastes of the people in the capital, they won’t have to worry about not being able to sell it and having no money to buy daily necessities and food to fill their stomachs!
Everyone followed Shen Qing's example and began to use specially made long chopsticks to pick up the beef and mutton rolls and put them into a small double-handled iron pot to boil them, and then put them into different dipping sauces to taste.
Jiang Xiangnan, Jiang Yu, Guan Li and others thought everything was delicious!
The beef was firm, the lamb tender, the dipping sauce flavorful... How could they possibly describe it? They couldn't.
Su Mu put the thin slices of beef into his mouth, and his eyes lit up after just a few chews!
In the past, when they were at home, they had to chew beef in big bites. It was very tough and difficult to bite. They were fine as they had long been accustomed to it. However, the guests who came and went were not used to it. It seemed that chewing beef in big bites was not suitable for the nobles in the capital.
Now that it’s sliced into thin slices, the beef retains its toughness and crispness, and paired with a variety of dipping sauces, she doesn’t know how to put it, she just thinks it tastes even better!
It's much more flavorful than just plain boiled beef!
She tried sesame paste again, but it wasn't very refreshing and a bit greasy. She wondered if adding peanut butter would make it any better....
After eating most of it, Jiang Xiangnan suddenly remembered his barbecue skewers and shouted, "Eat slowly, I'll go grill some lamb skewers!"
Su Mu and the others acted as if they didn't hear anything.
They often eat roasted food at home, and it's not hot pot that can be sold for money, so why do they go out to eat roasted lamb?
Shen Qing comforted him, "Don't worry, Lao San. Just roast it slowly. Once it's done, maybe we can open a shop selling grilled beef and mutton skewers."
You can also test it out in a hot pot restaurant first, and if the response is good, you can set up a special shop.
Hearing that roasting lamb could become a business, Gerile Anur jumped up and volunteered, "I'll go roast it together!"
“I bake better!”
Shen Qing laughed: "Go ahead, I'll leave some food for you."
After Su Mu and the others were about 80% full, they began to give Shen Qing feedback on their tasting experience.
While Shen Qing was listening attentively, he was thinking about drawing the blueprint as soon as possible and letting the craftsmen in Jincheng try to make it first.
The red clay stove with the double-handled iron pot is too high, and the safety factor is not high because you have to rinse and scald the food from time to time....
After a while, the beef and mutton skewers skewered with branches were grilled and served on the table.
The skewers are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, oozing with oil. They are topped with just a simple amount of salt and chili powder, but the ingredients are good and they taste sweet and delicious.
"Mom, whether it's hot pot or barbecue skewers, I think they are all delicious. They are so delicious that I can't comment on them." Guan Li said guiltily.
She really thought they were all delicious, but she couldn't explain why. Otherwise, the meat would be wasted once it went into her stomach.
Jiang Xiangxi, Jiang Yu and others did the same, lowering their heads in shame.
"This is just the first meal. It's normal for you to think it tastes the same. Wait until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow...eat it many times in a row, and you'll naturally be able to tell the difference.
"Okay, just focus on eating, there's more tomorrow." Shen Qing soothed.
No matter how delicious something is, you can’t eat it every day.
Others: ...did they hear right? They can even have multiple meals in a row!
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