Rebirth of the leisurely life in ancient times

Then add the chopped pork belly, blanch it with green onion and ginger, skim off the foam and remove it from the pot. Without adding oil, stir-fry the meat and set aside.

After frying the sugar color, pour the meat into the pot, add ginger, onion, and bay leaves and stir-fry until fragrant, add water to cover all the ingredients, add salt and soy sauce, cook over high heat, and finally reduce the sauce.

While the braised pork was cooking, Xia Zixuan used another pot to make stir-fried chicken. She put oil in the pot, sautéed the chopped ginger, garlic and chili, then added the marinated chicken and stir-fried until golden brown... then added an appropriate amount of water and simmered for a few minutes.

The stir-fried chicken is ready, and the braised pork in the pot over there has also absorbed the juice. The moment the pot is opened, the sweet aroma of the braised pork spreads out.

She was cooking leisurely here, while Shopkeeper Chen outside was already waiting outside eagerly, but he was embarrassed to urge her, so he could only wait there.

He didn't even notice that there was a person walking behind him. This person had a piece of cloth around his waist and should be the cook of this restaurant.

He walked over to Shopkeeper Chen and sniffed the kitchen, saying, "Shopkeeper, what smells so good? And is this spicy? How can there be something spicier than dogwood?"

This person is a chef in a restaurant. He has no other hobbies except cooking. There are people selling recipes in the restaurant, but the food he cooks is always so-so and never tastes as delicious as this one.

When Shopkeeper Chen saw it was him, he knew why he came. This guy was a cooking geek. "It's a little girl selling recipes. It smells good, but I don't know how it tastes. Wait a little longer! It should be ready soon."

Just as Manager Chen and the chef were looking forward to it and drooling.

Here, Xia Zixuan finally put the braised pork into the plate, and then took out the chicken. She opened the kitchen door and saw the shopkeeper and a stranger standing outside the door looking in the direction of the kitchen. They must have been attracted by the smell.

She smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Chen, the dishes are ready. I don't know if you can eat spicy food, but it would be better to prepare some rice or steamed buns."

Well, mainly because she wanted to eat too.

(She didn’t eat much in the morning, and she didn’t finish her lunch just now, so she was hungry too (? ? ?? ))

"Okay, okay, thank you Miss Xia for reminding me." Without waiting for Shopkeeper Chen to call for help, the cook said, "Shopkeeper, wait a minute while I go get some rice."

After saying this, he turned around and left, fearing that Manager Chen would not let him eat.

The chef hurriedly brought three bowls of rice and gave one to Xia Zixuan. It didn't make sense for a young girl to be so busy and have to watch two grown men eat!

He can't do that kind of thing.

Xia Zixuan took the rice and thanked him. Shopkeeper Chen said, "Miss Xia, we can talk later. Let's try the food first!"

After saying that, without waiting for Xia Zixuan's answer, he couldn't wait to pick up a piece of the colorful braised pork with chopsticks. It melted in his mouth, was sweet but not greasy, and had a very good taste.

"Good, not bad, this braised pork is really delicious."

The chef was pleasantly surprised and said, "Boss, please try the fish. It doesn't smell fishy anymore."

Shopkeeper Chen picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and found that it did not have the fishy smell that he had eaten before. The fishy smell was really removed!

Shopkeeper Chen gave a thumbs up and said, "Miss Xia is amazing!"

Xia Zixuan smiled slightly, "No, the shopkeeper is trying the chicken to see how it tastes."

Finally, when he saw the chicken, Shopkeeper Chen asked, "Miss Xia, what are these red and green things on the chicken?"

"The red one is chili pepper, and the green one is string pepper. They are both peppers, and they taste different from dogwood. These two are spicier, but they taste better."

"The ginger in the fish is to remove the fishy smell. You can put a little bit in when blanching meat or cooking."

**

After the three of them finished their meal, Shopkeeper Chen said, "I wonder if Miss Xia can sell each of these recipes for 100 taels of silver? And would Miss Xia sell the ingredients in these recipes, especially the chili peppers?"

One hundred taels of silver per dish was already a high price in this small town. Normally, the good dishes they collected only cost around fifty to eighty taels of silver each.

Xia Zixuan thought that one hundred taels of silver for one recipe would be fine, "Okay, one hundred taels for one recipe, the ingredients can be sold, but I want to cooperate with your restaurant."

When Shopkeeper Chen heard about cooperation, he asked, "I wonder how Miss Xia wants to cooperate?"

Xia Zixuan looked at Shopkeeper Chen and said, "I want 30% profit for all the dishes made with my ingredients in your restaurant. I will sell peppers to the restaurant at 10% lower than the market price, 15 cents per pound, and ginger at 12 cents per pound."

Shopkeeper Chen frowned slightly and said, "Miss Xia, this 30% profit is too much. We have more than 30 restaurants across the country. I can only give you 10% profit at most, otherwise I will not be able to report to you."

Xia Zixuan said calmly, "Twenty percent cannot be less, and you have to know that I don't only have this kind of chili and recipe."

Shopkeeper Chen lowered his head and thought that if, as the girl said, there was really more than one recipe and ingredients, then their boss would definitely be able to accept the 20% profit.

He looked up and said, "20% profit is fine, but I have one condition, that is, any ingredients you sell to the restaurant cannot be sold to other restaurants within five years."

"Okay, I promised the shopkeeper that we can sign a contract and write down everything we just said."

"Okay, I'll get some paper and pen."

After Manager Chen brought paper and pen to write the contract, both of them signed their names.

After signing the contract, Xia Zixuan said, "Manager Chen can have someone go to my house to get the chili peppers tomorrow. You can use them sparingly, just one or two in each dish, so that everyone can get used to the spiciness of the peppers first.

Otherwise, if I put three or four today, I'm afraid that everyone won't be able to accept it at once, and it will irritate their stomachs. You don't need too much ginger each time, and you can limit the supply every day, first come first served."