Rebirth, end of the world, time travel, escape famine, make money!

By the time I had dealt with all this, more than half the time had passed and the sky was gradually getting dark.

Liu Caixia couldn't stop yet and had to start making braised meat. It didn't matter if the meat was braised, as there was no rush to eat it in the evening, so she could just soak it overnight.

She was thinking about trying her business tomorrow morning.

No opening date had been chosen, and no preparations had been made. There weren't many things in the shop, just two long tables left over from the past. The tables were badly worn out, and one of the legs was a little limp.

If the tables are new or intact, the previous owner might have moved away, and leaving two tables behind is also to make the shop appear less empty, and to make it look better whether renting it out or selling it.

Liu Caixia didn't mind either. As long as the food she made had a place to be put, it would be fine.

I don't have that much money and energy to decorate the shop properly now, so I'll just use it as it is for now.

"Mom, are we going to make braised meat next?"

"Yes, we'll start cooking the braised meat soon. You and Li Yao go light the fire and fill the pot with hot water. I'll boil the meat in a bit."

"Okay, mother."

Liu Xiaolu is still very active in her work. I don’t know if there is nothing to do after coming here. After all, there is no computer, TV or mobile phone for her to play with, and even if there is, she can’t take it out.

Li Yao worked more actively, and Li Wan'er also followed behind her brother, eager to help.

Liu Caixia ignored the two of them and went to help Old Mrs. Li.

The pig offal had basically been washed clean, and even the pig's head and feet had been cleaned up by Grandma Li. If you looked closely, you couldn't see any remaining pig hair on them.

The most important thing when cooking is cleanliness.

Liu Caixia took the pig's trotter and took out a bone-cutting knife that she had prepared long ago. The knife was very new and a modern product. She said they brought it from the Western Regions. People in the Western Regions used it specifically for bone-cutting, after all, the animal husbandry there was more developed.

Old Mrs. Li was not a talkative person. She believed whatever Liu Caixia said. Liu Caixia was very satisfied with this.

She took out the boning knife and removed the bone from the pig's thigh. The outer circle of meat was shaved off. Old Lady Li was still puzzled: "Madam, what are you doing?"

Liu Caixia cleaned the entire circle of pork outside again, and threw all the offal and pig heads into the big pot full of water.

I smashed a piece of Jerusalem artichoke and garlic and put them in, threw in a few dried chilies, poured in a bowl of white wine, and covered the pot with a wooden lid.

Just wait for the water to boil.

After the water boils, skim off some of the foam and impurities on the surface and cook for another ten minutes.

Taking advantage of this gap, Liu Caixia took out all the spices she had bought, grabbed a little according to her feeling, put them in a piece of gauze, and pressed it back and forth repeatedly with a wooden stick to break the spices inside into pieces.

When you put it into the pot and stew it, the flavor will be cooked out faster.

The firewood burned very vigorously and the water in the pot boiled soon.

"Let's light up the pot inside. It's time to cook dinner. We can just simmer this over low heat for a while."

Liu Caixia directed Li Yao to work, while Mrs. Li went to prepare dinner. Liu Caixia was left to prepare the braised pork by herself.

I opened the lid of the pot and used a large soup spoon to scoop out the black foam in the pot and pour it away. Then I stirred it again. Some foam came out again and I scooped it out and poured it away. After repeating this several times, no more foam came out.

Just scoop up all the ingredients and put them in a large wooden basin on the side.

Liu Caixia checked the pork and offal with her hands. There were some white flocs on them. After she cleaned them all up, she added water to the pot again and put in the marinade bag wrapped in gauze to boil.

Wait until the water boils, then put all the ingredients in, simmer on low heat for an hour, soak for an hour, and simmer for another half an hour.

After taking care of these things, dinner was ready.

There was no meat to eat in the evening, and something was cooking in the big iron pot, so I couldn’t cook. I just heated up all the buns I had bought earlier.

Some wild vegetables, oil and salt were added to the multi-grain porridge. Each person took a bowl, and the other took a bun and ate happily.

"Ma'am, can we really open tomorrow morning? Can we sell all these things? Why do I feel that we are doing business so hastily?"

Liu Caixia felt the same way, but she was too embarrassed to deny herself, after all, no one had confidence. She had to pretend to be indifferent and laughed: "Hahaha, Aunt Li, don't worry, we opened temporarily, it's normal that we are not prepared. Look at our current situation, there is no time for us to prepare.

Besides, if business is not good, it won't be a big loss for us. We need to eat these things. If we can't sell them, we can just keep them for the New Year. You also know that we have other relatives and friends on the way, so there is no need to worry about not being able to finish the food.

If business is good, we will make money, right? So don't worry. We won't lose money."

Old Lady Li nodded, feeling more relaxed: "That's good. When we opened our shops in the past, we had to invite people to come and see the auspicious day, and we had to set off firecrackers and so on. We haven't prepared anything yet, so will there be any customers when the time comes?"

"So, tomorrow all of you will start shouting on the street. After dinner, have Xiaolu write some promotional slogans with pen and paper. Put them up at the door of the store tomorrow, and write some orders to hand out on the street. This will definitely attract some customers. Also, I have confidence in our food, so we will prepare some for tasting. People love to get a bargain, don't they? When they see there are free tastings, they will try them and think they are delicious, so some people will be willing to pay for them."

Liu Caixia winked at Liu Xiaolu, and Liu Xiaolu knew that her mother was going to order her around, because her calligraphy was pretty good.

She has learned a lot of words during this period, so this task can only be completed by her.

"Don't worry, Grandma Li. I will write well. My grandfather said my handwriting is good."

"Good, good, good! Xiaolu is a capable girl. That's great."

After dinner, Liu Caixia went to check the braised meat in the pot. She poked the pig intestines and heart with chopsticks and found that they were already tender.

She poked the pork leg that she had tightly wrapped with cotton cloth. This was a modern technique she learned. Since there was no special cotton thread, she used cotton cloth to tightly wrap the boneless pork leg and then put the whole thing in to marinate.

After the stew is done, remove the cotton thread and cloth on the outside. The pork leg meat is pressed tightly together and will not fall apart after being stewed into shape.

Cut in half and sliced, very chewy and flavorful.

Liu Caixia used to like to buy it and eat it. Now she doesn't know if it's good or not. It's mainly because she has never made it before and she eats too much. She poked it with chopsticks and it felt cooked.

Liu Caixia extinguished the firewood in the stove hole, leaving only some sparks, and let them simmer in the pot for a while. The more bubbles, the better the flavor.