Lucky husband

After much consideration, Li Chengzhi finally decided to give it a try. He approached old man Li and old lady Li and talked about why he made such a decision.

The two children in the family need to study, and they may both take the imperial examination in the future. Farming alone is really not enough. Even if the old couple's pension money from the separation of the family is counted, it is not enough for them to use it for several years. We must find another way Looking for a way to make money, he thinks he can try the broth rice noodle proposed by the third sibling.

Both old man Li and old lady Li thought for a long time, and finally agreed to give Li Chengzhi a try.

Having made up his mind, Li Chengzhi didn't bother Li Chengshi to ask someone to buy rice noodles. He got up early by himself, went to Fucheng to buy rice noodles, and felt the taste of rice noodles by the way.

Li Chengzhi went to Fucheng eight years ago, when his third brother joined the army, he went to Fucheng to find a caravan going to the border to pick up things for his third brother, that's why he dared to go to Fucheng alone.

He set off early in the morning before dawn, and finally arrived at the gate of Fucheng at noon. Li Chengzhi found a clean-looking breakfast stall in Fucheng.

Li Chengzhi didn't know how to eat rice noodles or what to do, so he asked a few more questions, and learned that the rice noodles at this stall only had one flavor—big bone soup rice noodles, and his noodles were the same.

The store bragged about how delicious his big bone soup was, so Li Chengzhi sat down and ordered a bowl of big bone soup rice noodles.

Things in Fucheng are more expensive than in the county. A bowl of rice noodles costs a full twelve copper coins. The bowl is only as big as Li Chengzhi's palm. The rice noodles are sprinkled with a few green onions and two thin slices of pork.

After eating the rice noodles in the bowl, Li Chengzhi was only half full. He ordered another big steamed bun and dipped the steamed bun in the soup to eat. A big bowl of rice noodles with soup and a big steamed bun finally made him full. up.

When eating rice noodles just now, Li Chengzhi compared the soup made by his daughter-in-law. He thought the taste should be comparable. This soup has a richer taste. He also took pains to research, and his own soup tasted better.

In addition to the taste of the soup, there are ingredients and side dishes. Overall, he thinks such a bowl of rice noodles is good.

With a contest in his heart, after paying the money, Li Chengzhi went to the grocery store in Fucheng that he had dealt with, the name was Hui Qiankun.

The owner behind Huiqiankun Grocery Store is very rich. It is said that there is a big backer behind it. Basically, there are shops in every prefecture, prefecture, and provincial capital of the Dayu Dynasty. At that time, he wanted to send letters and things to the third brother. After organizing several caravans, Hui Qiankun was finally determined.

The location of the grocery store is not on the busiest streets in Fucheng. On a slightly remote street, there are four shops in total. The shop is very large, and the items inside are the same as its name - Huiqiankun, although it is a grocery store. Shops, in fact, there are goods from all over the world, as long as you can afford the price, you can buy what you want in it.

Hui Qiankun's shopkeeper was still the same as before. As soon as Li Chengzhi passed by, he recognized Li Chengzhi and asked him with a smile: "Young man from the Li family, why did you come to Fucheng?"

No wonder Hui Qiankun's shopkeeper was surprised. At first Li Chengzhi came to deliver things to his brother. When the border war stopped, Li Chengzhi went to Fucheng to pick up his brother. The two brothers even came to the grocery store to thank him for a while. Fan, why did he come to Fucheng again today?

Li Chengzhi smiled and saluted the shopkeeper of Hui Qiankun, telling the shopkeeper that he came to buy some dry rice noodles.

Rice noodles are all made of rice, and the price is not cheap. It costs [-] copper coins per catty, which is almost twice as much as white rice.

Generally, there are not many people who buy rice noodles, not to mention that Li Chengzhi still came from the village in the county, and he bought two catties of dry rice noodles. The shopkeeper thought it was a little strange and asked a few more questions.

Being fairly familiar with the shopkeeper, Li Chengzhi expressed his idea of ​​wanting to sell rice noodles in the county, and he wanted to hear what the shopkeeper of Hui Qiankun had to say.

At the beginning, the two brothers Li Chengzhi and Li Chengshi had a good impression on the shopkeeper. Now that they are not too busy, the shopkeeper chatted with Li Chengzhi about the taste and types of rice noodles he had eaten in Fucheng.

Li Chengzhi memorized everything carefully, and expressed his sincere gratitude to the shopkeeper. What they were going to make was soup rice noodles, and the shopkeeper's words gave him a lot of inspiration.

After buying the rice noodles, Li Chengzhi started to rush back.

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long. When it was getting dark, he saw Shanghe Village. After walking for a while, it was completely dark. After walking for a while in the dark, he finally returned to Shanghe Village.

It was getting dark, and Li's family lit several torches in the yard and on the road outside the door. Granny Li walked around in the yard, and circled around several times. Bai Xiuhe cleaned up the house over and over again, and finally heard There was movement at the door—Li Chengzhi came back.

After worrying for a whole day, he finally let go. Li Chengzhi's nose was red from the cold. He just ate a bowl of rice noodles when he arrived in Fucheng at noon, and he was already hungry. Bai Xiuhe hurried to the kitchen to bring out the warm meal feed him.

With dry rice noodles, Bai Xiuhe got up early the next morning to soak the rice noodles and boil pork bone soup in a big pot.

A large pot of soup was boiled from morning to noon. As soon as the lid was lifted, the smell of bone soup immediately filled the whole stove. In the bowls, scoop up big bone soup and boiled meat on the bones in each bowl, sprinkle with chopped green onion, and a bowl of fragrant big bone soup rice noodles is ready.

Li Chengzhi went to the kitchen to help serve the rice noodles. Seeing the clear white rice noodles soaked in the slightly whitish soup, sprinkled with green onion and pieces of meat, he was more appetizing than the rice noodles he ate in Fucheng.

After scooping out five large bowls of rice noodles and two small bowls of rice noodles, one-third of the soup in the pot was missing. Bai Xiuhe thought about it, added some water to the pot, and added some firewood to continue cooking.

The rice noodle at noon was well received by the entire Li family, especially the old man and the old lady Li. They experienced a drought when they were young. At that time, the things produced in the fields did not grow, and they could only eat trees without food. The teeth suffered at that time, and now they are beginning to loosen. The soft rice noodles are easy to chew, and they feel very pleasant to eat.

In addition to the favorites of the elderly, children also like it very much, especially the four-year-old Li Mingyue. She has small teeth and fell in love with the texture and taste of rice noodles at the first bite. She ate the small bowl given to her dry. clean.

The rice noodle meal at noon gave Li Chengzhi confidence in Jiang Zhiyun's high-soup rice noodle. He believed that with his wife's cooking skills, the rice noodle business would definitely be able to continue in the county.

I bought a total of two catties of rice noodles, and only ate a quarter of them for lunch. In the evening, Li’s family still ate rice noodles. The taste of the bone soup that was boiled for an afternoon did not fade, and it was still very delicious.

There was still a catty of rice noodles left unsoaked, and Mrs. Li said that the family would have another meal together when Muxiu was here.

The smell of bone soup wafted from the kitchen of Li's family to the room of the second room, making Li Ming, who smelled the fragrance, so greedy that he cried and made noises. How could Qian Xinghua be willing to buy bone stew for no reason, and gave Li Ming with an egg? dismissed.

Li Ming had just finished eating the eggs, and was anxiously watching the kitchen at the door of Li's courtyard. Granny Li saw this scene, and directly dragged her second son to scold him, which made Li Chengli's shoulders even more hunched.

After a busy day, when the night was dark and quiet, Li Chengzhi was lying in bed, discussing with Bai Xiuhe how to do the business of soup rice noodle.

As the Chinese New Year is approaching, most people have saved some money at this time. People from various villages and towns will go to the county town to buy new year's goods.

The idea was from the third brother and sister. Li Chengzhi felt that he had the confidence to do business in the county. Part of the reason was that he had a third brother who was working in the county government, so he wanted to distribute it to the third brother and the third brother and sister.

Before starting a business, they had to buy a lot of things. The couple had no money now, so Li Chengzhi was going to borrow money from his parents and return it to his parents when he earned money.

Bai Xiuhe has no opinion on these matters, and she will listen to Li Chengzhi's arrangements.

Early the next morning, Li Chengzhi went to Mrs. Li to borrow five taels of silver, and then hurried out.

There is a ceramic kiln and a tile kiln near Changping County. Li Chengzhi originally thought that utensils such as casserole should be fired in a ceramic kiln, but he thought on the way that the bottles and jars fired in a ceramic kiln are relatively fine, not The casserole described by the third sibling.

In order not to make a joke, Li Chengzhi decided to go to the pharmacy first and ask where he bought the medicine jar. Although the medicine jar has a rough surface, the inner structure is more similar to the casserole described by the third sibling. The kiln for firing the medicine jar should be able to make it casserole.

The answer given by the pharmacy was beyond Li Chengzhi's expectations—it was a brick kiln.

After inquiring clearly, Li Chengzhi ran to the brick kiln, and described with the master craftsman of the brick kiln what kind of casserole he needed.

The master cooks all kinds of bricks, tiles and medicine pots all the year round. He has never made casserole before. Fortunately, he is a veteran in this field. After listening to Li Chengzhi's description, the master has an idea and probably knows how to make things. , I have to take my apprentice to do some research and it should be successful.

Large items like casserole are not often made. The master chef asked Li Chengzhi to pay a deposit of [-] Wen, and come back in five days to see if the finished product is ready.

Before, Jiang Zhiyun’s idea was to cook soup in a big casserole, and serve rice noodles in a small casserole instead of a bowl. After asking the master craftsman of the brick and tile kiln, Li Chengzhi learned that the casserole was suddenly filled with hot things and it would easily burst, so he gave up using a small casserole. The idea of ​​cooked rice noodles is still served in bowls like the breakfast stalls in Fucheng.

After finalizing the casserole, Li Chengzhi went to the carpenter in the county to order a wooden cart that could hold the large casserole.

The casserole itself is not light, and with the soup in it, it is impossible to rely on people's backs or carry a load, so a cart must be made.

In addition to carts, there are also wooden tables and stools. There is no shop for stalls, and they just close the door as soon as they sell out. They have to take home the tables, stools, bowls and chopsticks that the guests eat.

After these things are ordered, five liang of silver goes to two liang, and when everything is ready, another two liang of silver has to be given out.

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