The old Chinese doctor in the courtyard

Chapter 257 Prosperity

Chatting with the old party secretary while interfering in the daily affairs of Madianji was different from being in Wali.

The old party secretary Wang Shengting was old, and the location of Madianji was also different, so Li Shengli's approach became much more conspicuous.

The large canteen in Madianji Village is at most one or two kilometers away from the demolished city gate, and the buildings in the city are vaguely visible.

There are also many buildings within a mile or two of the surrounding area. It is not an exaggeration to call it a city.

Winter is not suitable for groundbreaking. The large canteen in Madianji is made of corn stalks and sorghum stalks tied to log piles to form a grass fence.

The corn stalks and sorghum stalks were bare, and the leaves on them were probably used as feed for large livestock.

These straws were left behind, either to make mats or to make straw curtains. The straws from the two seasons were not used to make fire grass.

Whether it is used as feed for large livestock or as raw material for retting, only part of what is burned by the village members' homes is distributed by the village, and most of it has to be hauled around by oneself.

The back-shaped porch can block the wind, and the enclosed area is simply leveled, and small straw sheds are built inside to keep out the snow.

The tables are also simple. Some have city bricks supporting door panels, and some have city bricks supporting stone slabs.

Although it was mid-afternoon, there were still guests at a dozen tables. As for the benches, it was simpler. The city bricks next to the tables were benches. If the height was inappropriate, you could add or remove them at will.

After looking at more than a dozen tables of guests, most of them were dressed in the same color, similar to Li Shengli's short attire.

"Shengli, this is just like the big car shop on the roadside earlier, with a dedicated space in the back to store large livestock and carriages.

Most of these guys are handlebar type. "

Seeing Li Shengli standing motionless at the entrance of Caoweizi, Wang Shengting gave a brief introduction.

“The business is good, and I know how to put the parking space at the back.

When the road is consolidated in the spring, heavy-duty vehicles must be able to park in it.

This time, we still need to report to the commune and the district. Don’t just handle the matter on your own. Important matters must be handled in a formal manner.

Let's go take a look at the stove. "

After entering Caoweizi, Li Shengli smelled a strong smell of mutton, so he sat down at the table and ordered dishes. After smelling the smell, Li Shengli felt that the starting point of the Madianji canteen was not very high.

The village cadres from the two communes were sitting at the counter surrounded by straw, chatting wordlessly.

If you work in a hayloft in the middle of winter, you will definitely get cold.

The old party secretary didn't have a good impression of the village cadres because of the public food issue. Although the people had been changed, something had happened.

In the future, when cadres stationed in the village work in the village, it will not be easy to get the support of the old party secretary. As for the commune members, after being cheated once, it is already a matter of face for the commune to send cadres to the village.

The old party secretary really wants to be cruel. If these two can stay in Madianji for half a month, they will be considered stubborn.

Ignoring the two village cadres who nodded, old party secretary Wang Shengting led Li Shengli to the kitchen.

"Fuck, this is just a piece of cake, is it for nothing?"

The smell of boiled offal, especially haggis, is unbearable to most people. Nowadays, there is not so much technological work, and the strong smell of offal reaches Li Shengli's nose along with the brown foam rolling in the pot.

"Old party secretary, what did these pieces of material do before?"

I wiped my nose and looked at the edge of the iron pot with the pot on it. This work seemed a bit confusing.

"The cook of the village banquet, these are his children and several apprentices.

Although his skills are average, he can still fry and fry. "

Glancing at the cauldron of boiling hot soup, the old party secretary didn't find anything wrong. Isn't that the way to stew haggis?
After listening to what the old party secretary said, and looking at the only seasoning on the earthen stove, which was half a jar of coarse salt, Li Chenggong scratched his head.

This can be regarded as a generation gap. Rural people live a life that does not allow for any waste. Although the foam has turned brown, it is still somewhat oily.

“The scum needs to be knocked off, spices need to be added to the soup, and there must also be pepper noodles and crushed chilies.

Aren’t there sheep hooves and heads in the village?

When stewing haggis, you need to use the soup used to stew the head and hooves. You don’t need anything else. The soup is clear and delicious or white and delicious.

Sheep blood and blood sausage must also be available, and the stewed head and hooves must also be priced.

Haggis offal is not finished in just one bowl of soup. Stir-fried haggis, fried liver tips, and fried belly are still necessary.

Do you know these skills?

What about food?
Even if you don’t make pancakes, you still have to get some sorghum rice, sweet potato nests, etc. When the guests come, you force them to feed you mutton soup? "

Turning around and glancing at the dozens of tables of guests enjoying their meals, Li Shengli still scratched his head.

This canteen has turned these few ingredients into an earthen oven. Now when feeding pigs and cows, they also need to add some salt grains.

Li Shengli reached for a chopstick on the stove and dipped it into the haggis soup in the pot. Just as he thought, there wasn't much salt, and the entrance smelled like pot water.

"Old branch secretary?"

After seeing what he had been doing for several days, Li Shengli called him bullshit, and the village cook in Madianji was also a bit over the top.

It's not that he doesn't know how to make what Li Shengli said, but there is no seasoning in the village. If you buy it now, it doesn't matter whether the supply and marketing cooperative in the village has it.

I'm afraid this pot of spices, chili and pepper noodles won't cost you even one dollar. It only costs five yuan to buy a sheep in the water. If you add another dollar of spices to it, you can't lose money on the business?

"Sheng Li's words work better than mine."

He glared at the village cook who couldn't help himself on the table. This was also Wang Shengting's wife's family. That was the way it was in the village. If there was a good business, the family with the closest relatives would naturally come first.

Furthermore, this person is also a good craftsman in the village, but Li Shengli didn't make detailed arrangements beforehand, so this matter was a bit casual.

"You are Doctor Shengli. My name is Xu Laoqi. I can do what you just said. I will follow your arrangements from now on."

Xu Laoqi is not Wang Qingping. He is a diligent person in the village and has been favored by Li Shengli.This was the one who broke Ma Laosan's waist with a string of trees. If Li Shengli hadn't taken action, his family would have been able to provide for Ma Laosan in his old age without being involved in a lawsuit.

This is a tragedy in life. A broken waist of Ma Laosan can destroy his family.

"Look at the oil stains on the slate table outside. This business has been going on for a few days. How much can a hanging piece of water cost?
Ji Xiang ran back to the village and asked Ma Fengxia to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy spices, pepper, and chili peppers for the stew.

Ma Xiaobao, the poor man, also said hello and asked him to kneel down in our courtyard. "

Seeing Xu Laoqi scratching his head, Li Shengli knew that Madianji's cafeteria was messing around.

If you want to solve the matter, you have to go through it all over again, ask Wang Jixiang to go back to the village to get some spices, and at the same time arrange things to talk about on the way.

Li Shengli took the old party secretary and turned around and walked out of the earthen stove in the kitchen.

"You two go through the accounts and see how much a piece of shit can be sold for?"

After leaving the kitchen, the old party secretary was not polite. He pointed his chapped big hand at the two village cadres, and the two of them honestly compiled the accounts.

"Old party secretary, call Xu Laoqi, let's find a quiet place to talk."

In front of the cadres stationed in the village, Li Shengli had to hide himself. He said something to the old party secretary and stood beside him.

The old branch secretary didn't move, he just shouted outside, and Xu Laoqi ran out.

The three of them found a corner and just sat down. The two cadres stationed in the village also got their accounts. Not counting the haggis left in the pot, a hanging haggis could be sold for 13 yuan.

A big bowl of pure haggis, which costs [-] cents, is still very popular among handlebars. Many people have eaten it for a long time and come here with something to eat. There is definitely a market for it.

After getting the canteen's accounts, Li Shengli made an estimate and found that there was still room for improvement in this business, and sheep blood was not included.

"Hebei Province's blood sausage, sheep's blood tofu, fried meat with blood, stir-fried miscellaneous vegetables, fried liver tips, and fried tripe, do you know how to cook these dishes?"

After having the account and sitting down, Li Shengli's question was directly thrown to Xu Laoqi.

"It's a city. Earlier I worked as a busboy in restaurants in the city. I worked in various restaurants and food shops, and I even worked as a second chef for a while.

Later, when the war broke out, I settled in the village. I know all the things you mentioned, and my craftsmanship is pretty good. "

After hearing Xu Laoqi's reply, Li Shengli seriously suspected that this guy was bragging. A pot of haggis turned him into swill, so he could only try it now.

"Don't brag. If there is boiled sheep blood in the village, ask your apprentice to go back and get it. I will try your skills.

The old branch secretary, two cents is too high, so he can make a small bowl of blood sausage and a bowl of sheep blood.

It costs [-] cent for blood miscellaneous soup, [-] cents for haggis soup, and a big bowl of [-] cents for stewed sheep head and sheep's hooves. It's a combined price. It depends on how much it is.

After the lamb's trotters are stewed, cut off the exposed tendons, and then make a dish of fried tendons with green onions. They are available for [-] cents or [-] cents. Check out the market.

Aren’t there idle people in the village about sheep’s hooves and wool from sheep’s heads?Once it is shaved off, we are doing big business, and we can add up to a lot.

The nails on the sheep's hooves, which are also used in traditional Chinese medicine, have been collected. The cooked sheep bones here can also be used to make bone meal, so they should be kept. "

Seeing Li Shengli standing up to defecate, the old party secretary Wang Shengting was also convinced.

Just now on the road, he was said to be extravagant, but when he turned around, he didn't even let go of the hair on the sheep's hooves.

Wang Shengting didn't expect to be able to sell items like sheep nails and bones for money. This young man was really impeccable in his work.

Xu Laoqi on the side also gritted his teeth after hearing this. With such a person so delicate that he could only smack his fingers, how could Madianji not be prosperous?

After a while, Wang Jixiang ran back with a bag of condiments. Li Shengli pointed his hand, and Xu Laoqi was left to do whatever he wanted.

If this thing doesn't work well, Li Shengli will have a place to arrange it for him. He was asked to wash sheep's intestines a year ago.

Not long after Wang Jixiang came back, Xu Laoqi's apprentice also came back with a basin of sheep blood.

Li Shengli and the old branch secretary tasted Xu Laoqi's cooking. Although the haggis stewed in the pot was a bit old, Xu Laoqi's cooking was okay. The dishes stir-fried without oil still had the taste of stir-fried vegetables.

The dishes cooked by Xu Laoqi were tasted by the village cadres and the remaining diners. After receiving unanimous praise, the path for the Madianji Canteen was decided.

"Xu Laoqi, just do as I say. If you are short of food, ask the old party secretary for it, and get whatever household items you need.

My standards are simple, we can't compare with those restaurants with big names, but if your cooking is worse than the canteens in the city, I will make you responsible for retting the manure in the spring.

Try my way and see how much you can get for a piece of water plus sheep blood.

We can't just have prosperous business without making money, right?

If making pancakes, you have to ask for food stamps when necessary. Try whole grains or miscellaneous grains. Try to ask for less or no food stamps. Listen more to the opinions of diners.

You should also prepare some loose wine. This thing doesn't have to taste good, just kill it. "

Whether the business in the cafeteria is prosperous or not cannot be determined in a day or two. Li Shengli has made arrangements for Xu Laoqi.

The old branch secretary had arranged for cadres to be stationed in the village, so the matter was left hanging on the side of the road. As always, don't read the advertisements to see the efficacy.

No matter how good the food tastes, no matter how prosperous the business is, if you don't make money, you have to return to the way Xu Laoqi used to cook in a big pot.

"Shengli, my old man has finally figured out that you are a capable person who can do everything. Don't be idle these two days. Let's take a look at the whole village.

Whether Madianji is popular or not depends on you.

My old man has nothing to offer, but there are hundreds of people fighting in our village. From now on, I will listen to your greetings.

Then there are women. If you fall in love with someone's family in the village, you can tell the old man that she is another family's daughter-in-law. I can also make her available. You can make arrangements for me. "

Seeing his ability, the old party secretary Wang Shengting had nothing to say. Li Shengli still needed what Madianji could do.

Through these several exchanges, it was nothing more than houses, food, thugs, and women in the village. The first two items had been agreed upon, and all that was left was the thugs and women.

(End of this chapter)