Seed dealers in ancient times

Zheng Jiang stopped here and was thinking about how to expand his business. Zheng Huan hurried to the shop panting and whispered something in his ear.

"Oh? That's strange."

"Did the master see you or not?"

"A visitor is a visitor, so there is no reason not to see him. Let's go, go back."

Zheng Jiang stopped back to the house and went straight to the teahouse. At this moment, two middle-aged men were drinking together: "Master Han, Master Qiu, I've been waiting for a long time!"

Hearing the sound, the two put down their teacups one after another: "Hey, Mr. Zheng is busy with his affairs, so you are being polite, but we two old fellows came to bother you uninvited."

Zheng Jiang glanced at the gifts in the teahouse for a while, and smiled: "Master Han Qiu is a young man, I don't know if the two of you will come to the door in person today, but there is something to order."

"Master Xiao Zheng is too polite. How can you say that you are dispatched? I have something to discuss with you. I brought some small gifts today, which is not a respect."

Zheng Jiang stopped and sat down on the main seat. He didn't accept it or say nothing, but said: "Young students can't talk. The two masters took time out of their busy schedules to come over. If you have anything to say, you may as well speak directly."

Han Qiong and Qiu Lin looked at each other, then smiled and said: "Master Xiao Zheng is really quick to talk, no wonder everyone says that Master Xiao Zheng is straightforward, so let's speak directly if we have something to say."

"Nowadays, no one in Jincheng knows the name of Zheng's seasoning shop. The two of us have been paying attention for a long time. This pepper is really rare. I don't know where it is produced. It is really admirable that Master Xiao Zheng can use it so wonderfully. Very good." Qiu Lin said: "Lao Han and I discussed M communication carefully, thinking that Xiao Zheng is such a talented person, it would be a pity not to make friends. We are willing to buy the secret recipe at a price that satisfies you, and we hope to inform you of the origin of the pepper."

Zheng Jiang stopped chuckling, and knew that the two men were here for the chili peppers: "I can tell the two masters about the place of production right now, and it's in Yangmu Village outside the city."

Han Qiong and Qiu Lin raised their eyebrows. They naturally found out that the peppers are grown in Yangmu Village. It's a pity that those stupid villagers would not sell them peppers if they could get a high price. It doesn't work.

"Xiao Zheng is going to play charades with us."

"Master Han, Master Hu, now that this year is over, it is inappropriate to bring so many gifts now, and future generations will never dare to accept them."

Han Qiong said in a trembling voice, "The price is negotiable!"

"It's not a matter of price. The secret recipe is a housekeeping thing. I can't just sell the secret recipe and forget about it." Zheng Jiang stopped and said, "If we talk about the secret recipe, I can't do it. If the two masters are interested in making chili peppers For business, I can supply the two at the cost price, and at that time, I only need to put the name of Zheng's seasoning on the shop."

Qiu Lin stood up: "Since Mr. Xiao Zheng has no intention, we don't force it. There is a lot of trouble today."

After saying that, he winked with Han Qiong, and the two went out one after another.

"Zheng Huan, send the two masters out."

Han Qiong and Qiu Lin left the Zheng family's house, and the two stood with their hands behind their backs. They looked back at Zheng Huan who had returned with m eyes, and said in a cold voice, "I don't know what is good and what is bad, and I want my shop to be named after the Zheng family. It's fantastic."

"Since it's shameless to give him face, then don't blame you and me for being rude."

Two days later, Zheng Jiangding and Chu Xian went to M to Yangmu Village, M was to inspect the work of Doubanfang, and the second was to assign new work.

Sun-dried millet spicy, Zheng's bean paste, pepper, chili noodles, fermented soybeans, ginger, garlic; three star anise cumin, comfrey tangerine peel pepper, and a large number of seasoning spices are placed on the entire m table.

In Doubanfang, a m-sized cauldron was set up, and the guys formed a m group, waiting for Zheng Jiangting to show off his skills.

Seeing that everyone was waiting impatiently, Chu Xian picked up m pieces of apron and tied it to Zheng Jiang: "Can we start now, Master Zheng?"

Zheng Jiang stopped using the spatula, feeling that it was raw, and he hadn't been on the stove for a long time: "This is the beginning, you can watch every step."

The guys quickly gathered around and stared at the pot carefully.

Zheng Jiangting first poured the spices into a hot pot and stir-fried. Before the spices were untreated, if you didn’t smell them closely, you wouldn’t be able to smell them very much. Only the smell of peppercorns is very overbearing, and you can smell it even if you don’t get close. spicy taste.

But when the spices are heated and crushed in a pot, the fragrance is stimulated, which is a kind of fragrance different from that of pepper.

Stir-fry the spices, put the dried peppers in water and chop them up for later use, then add oil to the pot and boil on high heat, because it is not easy to buy butter, I can only use lard as the next best thing, put the white lard into the pot to see The guys were terrified. After all, they were all poor villagers. Seeing that the pot of oil and water was so big and half used, who wouldn't feel sorry for him.

"The oil temperature is suitable for adding shallots, parsley and celery in the future, deep-fry the oil until fragrant, and pick up the shallots when they are yellowed."

"I can already smell the fragrance!"

Zheng Jiangting smiled and said nothing, picked up the residue, and then poured the seasoning into the oil pan. The oil pan exploded in no time, and the aroma burst out with Zheng Jiangting's stirring, straight to the nose: "When frying the ingredients, you need to Control the fire temperature, otherwise the bean paste and fermented bean paste will stick to the pan, which will affect the taste.”

"It's so fragrant!" The guys couldn't help swallowing. They thought that making bean paste was already an eye-opener, but they didn't expect the stir-fry ingredients to be even more fragrant. The spices and oil in the m pot are just white. Yinzi: "Is this really the seasoning for antique cooking?"

"This is the bottom of the pot cooked by Qingfenglou antiques. When it cools down, it will condense into lumps. Every time you want to cook antiques, put m pieces into the pot and boil. Put the duck intestines in the loin slices and rinse them. It is crispy, spicy and refreshing. , that taste is really like Immortal Sai.”

When the material is fried red, the color is bright, and the fragrance is strong, it can be served. Put it into a special rectangular container and let it stand for a few hours to condense into m pieces, then cut it into equal pieces with a knife, and then you can m piecesm The block was sold.

The aroma of the hot pot base is addictive, even though it was made in Doubanfang, the aroma still cannot be suppressed, and it floats from the house through the yard to the outside, attracting the villagers who are hoeing outside to probe and sniff their noses frequently, what's more. Everyone gathered outside Doubanfang.

"Hey, Aunt Yu, what are you doing at Doubanfang today? Why is it so delicious?"

“What else can you do in Doubanfang besides making Doubanjiang.”

The aunt surnamed Yu shouted: "Everyone is not going to work in the field, what are you doing around here, even if you want to see making bean paste, you can't see it."

"Oh, look at how you treat Doubanfang like a cub, making it look like your own."

Although the woman surnamed Yu didn't answer, she acquiesced to this statement in her heart. They signed a long-term labor contract with the Zheng family. Although they were said to be their slaves, the boss treated them well. She can still take care of her own family. Under such good conditions, who doesn't cherish Doubanfang, she just treats the affairs here as her own business, for fear that others will steal her secret recipe.

In order to speed up the condensation of the hot pot bottom material to see the effect, Zheng Jiang stopped and put some ice cubes under the container. The weather in the beginning of spring is not too hot, and the oil is easy to condense. In the afternoon, the oil and water slowly condense and become solid. Huahua's lard has turned orange-red.

Zheng Jiangting took it out and cut off m pieces. The bottom material is red as a whole, but it is divided into three layers. The bottom m layer is spices, bean paste, soybean paste and other ingredients, the middle m layer is lard, and the top m layer is for Some whole dried chilis are beautiful and delicious.

The solidified bottom material smells less fragrant than when it was fried, but it will be fragrant again when it is re-boiled.

"Antique cooking base is good here. With such m pieces of ingredients, not only the soup is delicious for antique cooking, but also fish, noodles and vegetables are delicious."

Zheng Jiang stopped talking and everyone was greedy: "Then can we buy some and go back and try it?"

Chu Xian said with a smile: "The bottom material I made today was originally for everyone to learn from. Later, every guy can take m pieces to go back and try something new."

The guys looked at each other and looked at Zheng Jiangting one by one: "Master, it's true!"

Zheng Jiang stopped to help Chu Xian's waist: "My boss has spoken, so it is true."

Everyone cheered: "The master's husband is really kind-hearted!"

People in the country speak frankly, they don't boast like the people in the city, and they go around in circles. It was the m time that Chu Xian encountered such a situation, and he blushed with embarrassment at the m time, and he twitched Zheng Jiang to stop. corner of the clothes.

Zheng Jiang felt that Chu Xian like this was very cute, and wanted to see how his husband looked when he was praised, but he was glared lightly by M, and he laughed and said: "Okay, okay, let's go to Cai Let Rin get the base material."

"The boss really protects the master husband so tightly that even if we want to praise the master husband, he will send us away."

"Do you still want to get the base material? If not, then I will call Cai Lin..."

"Take, take, take!"

The guys dispersed in a swarm.

Seeing this, Chu Xian heaved a sigh of relief, let go of Zheng Jiangting's clothes, turned her back and said, "I won't come here to help you with business in the future."

Zheng Jiang stopped spinning and went forward to grab Chu Xian's hand: "Isn't everyone saying that because they like you?"

Chu Xian pursed her lips, and pushed Zheng Jiang to stop: "Don't get so close to me, I just guarded you to make the base material. Nowadays, my whole body smells spicy. It's a pity that I just left Chen's house yesterday. New clothes bought by the cloth shop."

"Just buy more clothes. Anyway, our family is not short of that money now." Zheng Jiang stopped to sniff Chu Xian's slender neck: "It's just that you don't smell spicy either."

Chu Xian frowned when she heard the words, raised her sleeves and smelled it, and asked a little nervously, "Isn't it the spicy smell?"

Zheng Jiang stopped leaning forward and quickly pecked Chu Xian's thin lips: "It tastes like strawberries."

Chu Xian's thin lips moved, and he raised his hand to cover his mouth. He raised the end of his eyes and looked at Zheng Jiangting. The smile leaked from his eyes, but in an instant, the smile turned into fright, and turned to look at Zheng Jiangting on his arm. I pinched m severely.

"Hey!" Zheng Jiang stopped trembling and moaned in pain, thinking about what happened to him, he turned his head and saw the guy who was going to get the bottom material turned back, staring at the two of them motionlessly.

Zheng Jiang's eyes froze, Emma, ​​this is too embarrassing: "Then what, I'm helping the master... Cough, everything is divided?"

A few elders and women looked at the stern-faced boss on weekdays and were at a loss. They covered their mouths and tried not to laugh out loud.

"Cai Lin, I'll leave the rest to you. There are still things to do in the city, so we'll leave first."

"My boss, go slowly!"

The smiling faces of the guys were rippling with the spring breeze, and they sent the two into the carriage.

"The relationship between the boss and the master's husband is really good. It would be great if I can find m husbands like the boss in the future."

"Come on, don't think that there is hope if you are a little brother, and don't look at what the life of the hostess looks like."

The carriage ran farther and farther, Chu Xian turned her head to see the pale face of the man leaning on the carriage, leaned closer and laughed, "The image of integrity and rigor of some people is gone now."

Zheng Jiangting raised his eyelids and looked at his younger brother's face trembling with smiles, and simply let him smile for a while.

"Why don't you speak?"

Zheng Jiang stopped moving his eyes, and unexpectedly reached out and pinched Chu Xian's chin and leaned forward to kiss him. The two of them breathed heavily, and the carriage drove a long way...

In the end, Chu Xian leaned in Zheng Jiangting's arms, twirling Zheng Jiangting's hair with her fingers, her brows furrowed.

Zheng Jiangting looked down at him: "What's the matter, do you have something on your mind?"

"If it can be like the m in the story book, then Kiss can get pregnant without so much trouble."

Zheng Jiangting tightened his eyebrows: "Who said that you can get pregnant with your own mother, I'm afraid it wasn't written by someone in the middle of the boudoir, so read less in the future, and mislead your children."

"Also, what are so many troubles! If there are troubles, it should be my troubles. You were not very happy when you consummated the house before."

Chu Xian glared at him: "What are you talking about in broad daylight? Others can't laugh at it!"

Zheng Jiang stopped to look at the blown flowers, fell silent, and softened his tone: "Okay, okay, I'm wrong, it's all my fault."

"Isn't it you? During the Chinese New Year period, my mother told me every day that the wife gave birth to a little fat man, and the husband gave birth to a good girl. You go out to socialize every day, so your ears are clean. "

While talking, Chu Xian became angry with herself, and blamed herself for being weak.

"Don't be angry, there's no rush for this matter, isn't it not long since we got married?" Seeing that people's eyes were red, Zheng Jiang stopped and said immediately: "Let's ask the doctor to come and see if we go back, okay? My problem must be my problem, let the doctor prescribe some medicine for me."

Chu Xian knew that he said this on purpose to tease him: "The doctor can cure the body, but he can't cure the brain."

Zheng Jiangting also knew the importance of incense in this era. Although Zou Yun didn't force the two of them explicitly, the concern of the elders always made people full of pressure. He coaxed Chu Xian and said: "This is really not m person When I go back, I will have a good talk with my mother."

The two returned to Zheng's house, and before Zheng Jiangting had time to run to Zou Yun's place, Hu Jinxin ran over in a hurry.

"Do you know that Qiu's family is planning to open m's antique cooking shop, and the plans are almost ready, and it will open tomorrow!" Hu Jinxin said angrily: "I only found out when I received the invitation today, and sent someone to check m Fan, the dishes are similar to your Qingfeng Restaurant!"

Zheng Jiangting was not too surprised. A few days ago, Qiu Lin and Han Qiong were shut down by him. They failed to buy the secret recipe. They must have tried to hit him with other methods. Opening a hot pot restaurant is nothing more than trying to build a good business for him. snatch away.

There was a supper shop opened in the east of the city before, and the dishes were similar to those of Qingfeng Tower. Later, m inquired and found out that it was opened by the Han family.

Hu Jinxin looked at the calm expression on M's face, and hated that iron could not be steeled: "You don't want to make a statement!"

"Master Hu, they have the money to open a shop. I can't go and smash other people's shops. They can open it as soon as they want. Anyway, antique cooking and barbecue are the same dishes, and the same is the same."

"If the business is gone, how will your restaurant still be open? Nowadays, people have to learn everything, and only lo mei can sustain it."

Zheng Jiang stopped laughing and said, "Then the Han and Qiu families didn't buy peppers from my shop. No matter what you say, the cost is higher than mine. What am I afraid of? Since the Qiu family wants to open an antique cooking shop and divide my customer flow, then I simply divided up the passenger flow, and I don’t even want to get a good profit from anyone’s restaurant.”

"I have m business right now, I don't know if Mr. Hu is interested."

Hu Jinxin raised his eyebrows: "What business?"

Zheng Jiang stopped laughing mysteriously.

Two days later, when the Qiu family's antique cooking business was in full swing, Zheng's seasoning shop suddenly added m kinds of antique cooking bases, square m pieces, thick by m inches, and heavy by three or two. You can brush meat and vegetables, cook fish and noodles.

There is a small pot in the shop, which is the soup with the base material boiled, and the fragrance can be smelled in the street.

The common people who didn’t go to Qingfeng Tower looked at it and tasted it, and the business of the restaurant’s envious Choujia Antique Cooking Shop was booming. When they were worried about buying chili peppers and trying to make the base material, Zheng’s shop unexpectedly came out with boiled peppers. The ready-made base material was crushed in Zheng's shop in m time.

"Everyone pay attention to order, don't worry, everyone can buy it! There is no limit today!"

But when the people in the M area in the south of the city received the news and hurried halfway across the city to buy base materials, firecrackers rang out on the main street in the south of the city. To everyone's surprise, the newly opened m store also sold base materials. Not only that, but the seasonings in Zheng's seasoning shop in the north of the city are also available here.

The clerk knocked on the gong: "Fathers and folks, if you want to buy Zheng's seasonings, you don't have to travel halfway across the city. Today, we also have a shop in the south of the city, and the taste of the seasonings is kept just like the ones in the north of the city!"

"Is this Zheng's seasoning with a semicolon?"

"Look at the name, isn't it? This one is called Chunhui Cai."

"Look carefully, there are m lines of small characters on the signboard saying Zheng's."

The clerk said: "Everyone read that right, although the owner of the shop is different, but the goods are obtained from Mr. Zheng, everyone just buy! The new store is open, buy five and get free!"

"Quick, quick!"

Two sedan chairs stopped not far from the shop, and Zheng Jiang stood with his hands behind his back: "Business looks good."

Hu Jinxin smiled and said: "It's true that you are such a kid. Nowadays, ordinary people buy ingredients and cook them at home, and other restaurants also buy ingredients to cook. I am afraid that the business of antique cooking in restaurants is not so easy. In the end, the money Still in your pocket."

"Hey, it's wrong for Mr. Hu to say that. Not only is it in my pocket right now, but some ass is also in your pocket."

Zheng Jiang invited Hu Jinxin to join him, and sold them at a price of a few cents above the cost to open a seasoning shop for Hu Jinxin to expand the market, and now both of them are profitable.

Hu Jinxin laughed loudly: "We are in the same boat. Let's go, let's go to the restaurant for a drink or two."

"What's going on today? It's only been open for a few days, and the business suddenly looks like it's running out of water."

The staff of Qiu's Antique Cook put on a tablecloth and sat cross-legged on the bench, all of them frowning, and they could count the customers in the shop with one hand when they had their meals.

"The six sons are back!"

After a while, m men dressed as clerks ran back to the store from the street: "I'm afraid there won't be any business today."

"What's the matter? But Qingfenglou has new dishes?"

The guy called Liuzi waved his hand: "It's Zheng's seasoning store that has new products. They sell the base ingredients in the shop. The ready-made ones are easy to apply and fresh. They bought the base ingredients and made them at home. Who would come to eat in the restaurant! Not only that, there is also a new m seasoning shop in the south of the city."

"Is the bottom material expensive? How do you sell it?"

"M pieces are sold for m pieces, and they seem to have three or two weights. The guy over there said that m pieces are enough to cook m times of antique cooking, and other dishes can be cooked several times. People are afraid that you can't do it, so they teach you The precautions for cooking antiques are also [-] yuan, which is the same price as m jars of bean paste."

"It makes me want to buy it."

"Don't tell me, I smelled the melted bottom material in the pot, and I wanted to swallow. If it weren't for the crowded people... the shopkeeper!"

Qiu Lin came out of the store and listened to the guys talking in the m group. Hearing such m words, his face turned black: "I spent money just to invite you to chat here, why don't you hurry up?" !"

"Yes, we are going!"

Qiu Lin hammered his fist on the door panel, his old face and cheeks hardened into balls.

"Hahahahaha, I didn't expect Qiu Lin to have today. Seeing his unhappy face makes me feel happy!"

Zheng Jiang stopped to swallow a glass of wine. He said that there are so many restaurants in the south of the city, so he had to come all the way to this street in a sedan chair because he didn't want to go to see Qiu Lin.

"Why does Master Hu have any trouble with Qiu Lin?"

"This old guy has a big family business. He wants me to betroth Chang Zhi to Qiu Yongnian several times. If I don't agree, he will stumbling with me in the business. That ignorant toad doesn't even pee. Look in the mirror."

Zheng Jiangting's brows tightened, that dead fat man was coveting Chuxian back then, and at the same time, he was thinking of marrying a good-looking and beautiful wife, really don't let him take up all the good things.

"I have heard that the young master of the Chou family is a dandy and lustful, and there are many concubines at home. It is really not a good match. Mr. Hu should be a good marriage."

Hu Jinxin picked up the wine glass and toasted Zheng Jiangting's m cup: "As a parent, I have far-reaching plans for it. I must not watch Chang Zhi fall into the tiger's mouth. My wife left early. I have brought Chang Zhi up all these years, and he is the only one in the family. M child, I know exactly what Qiu Lin's plan is, how can he follow his wishes. On the surface, the Hu, Han and Qiu families are aristocratic families, but in fact they have long been at odds."

"It's fine for him to do business honestly, and his methods are not clean. Now that you have entered the m profession of a restaurant, it can be regarded as a hard bone for him."

Zheng Jiang stopped laughing and said: "Qiu Lin's eyes are higher than the top, he looks down on my small business, he doesn't want to join me, he can't be friends, he is restless, so he can only be the right one."

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