All-round way to money

The twelfth lunar month is about to celebrate the new year.Father Chu slaughtered the pigs that could be killed in the family, and two people, Chu Qianjun and Chu Ran, followed each other and transported the pork to the town.This time, the whole pigs were shipped over at Chu Ran's request, and the leftovers were not kept in the water.

When we arrived in the town, we began to unload the meat.The cripple is an old hand at dealing with internal organs. This thing is not clean in cold water, and it smells strong in hot water.He was wearing leather gloves, first put cold water, then warm water, and then hot water.There are herbs in the water, so it couldn't be more clean.

After processing, together with the leftovers, use the big pot and stove in the store to fill up the ingredients and open the stew.There is no shortage of big pots and stoves in pork shops. Usually, pigs have to be boiled to remove their hair.There are three big pots in the backyard.A pot of marinade, a pot of sauce.

The pots and stoves are all in the yard, and the smell dissipates the fastest.

Before it's ready, Xiang'er has attracted all the greedy people who came to the town to buy new year's goods.

The old shopkeeper of the Wang's restaurant came with a young boy, who was holding a big wooden basin, and the shopkeeper Wang held a money bag in his hand, "Brother, don't worry about what you did, I'll take care of everything."

In this winter, I am not afraid that the meat will go bad. Years ago, this meat was able to attract a group of customers.

Father Chu laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, "Brother, to tell you the truth, the marinated ones are all leftovers from the water, and there is no good meat at all. There is no big pot and stove at home, so I plan to marinate it and take it home to cook. For the New Year’s Eve dinner, because I eat at home, there are enough ingredients, all of which are good ingredients. The meat in the case is sold, and it may not be enough for the ingredients.”

Shopkeeper Wang scolded his mother in his heart, but he still couldn't tell that this old boy Chu Polu was going to raise the price.Gritting his teeth, he said, "What's the relationship between us? I'll give my brother a little evenly, and it will be calculated according to the price of the hind legs, okay?"

"That's so embarrassing, my old brother has to scold me later."

"Okay, don't argue with me here, it's a deal. It's two and a half silver, give me fifty catties first." Ordinary meat is thirty yuan a catty, and the hind legs are the most expensive. Ten Wen a catty, a plate of stewed pork back home is only three taels, even if it is sold for fifty Wen, it is three times the profit.

Father Chu would sell it easily, "brother, there are really not that many, just two pots, how much can you make in total. Let's do this, I will give you twenty catties for the marinated one, and twenty catties for the sauced one. ,Ok?"

"Okay. Get the meat for me."

Shopkeeper Wang gritted his back molars and recognized it.

"It's not ready yet. My daughter said that the longer it is marinated, the more delicious it will be. You put the barrel here. Before the store opens tomorrow morning, I will definitely send it to the store for you."

Humph

What can shopkeeper Wang say? After standing here for a long time, the smell of meat rushes into his nose.As a restaurant owner, he wants to eat it just because he smells it, but he is still worried that he won't be able to sell it.I can only admit it.If it was an ordinary thing, he would have left long ago. Are you used to his stinking problem?

Early the next morning, sure enough, before the door opened, the cripple delivered a big pot of meat, one side was marinated and the other side was sauced.They are all pig hearts and livers, with two ribs, only two pig feet and two pig tails.When shopkeeper Wang saw it, his anger was relieved by seven points. If he was doing business, he was afraid that the things he bought would be expensive.Yesterday I felt that Chu Polu was not particular, but today I saw that he didn't give away large intestines, small intestines and lungs, which is quite honest.

The meat was still steaming, so he sliced ​​it into two slices as if it was served first, then he tasted it himself.Ouch, that fragrance.There is a bit of licorice flavor, there is also a fresh taste that I don't know what kind of smell it is, and there are some medicinal materials, which are delicious in marinade.It is the easiest to make old and hard pork liver, and I don’t know how they make it, it is not hard at all.Relying on this lo mei that day, the number of customers increased by [-]%, and the money earned by two pigs was more than enough.

That night, I came to buy lo mei again, and the butcher shop closed early.Father Chu and the lame man were eating stewed large intestines and sauced pig's trotters, enjoying a mouthful of meat and wine.When Chu Ran was picking out the meat in the morning, Father Chu still thought that this girl was so sincere.Those leftovers are worth a little bit.You should get more large intestines and small intestines.I usually throw away things for nothing, isn't it good to exchange them for money?As a result, during the meal, my daughter cut up a plate of braised large sausage, which was delicious.Only then did I realize that my daughter is not stupid at all, she left all the good ones behind.

Shopkeeper Wang is here, can you not let me go?It was really polite, but I didn't expect that he was not polite at all, so he really sat down, Chu Ran returned the chopsticks and bowl, and he poured wine for himself, and started drinking.

That plate of braised sausage was not enough for him to eat alone, so Chu Ran served another plate and ate it all.He wanted to go to the third set, but Father Chu said nothing.What are you doing?Big eaters are coming?

"Brother, I don't want anything tomorrow, so just give me braised sausage, okay?"

"Brother, how can there be any goods? There are only so few things, pointing to the Chinese New Year."

"I'm rich, why can't I buy it for the New Year? I don't want more, just give it a hundred catties." But he saw that he only gave him ten pig hearts in the morning, which means that this old boy at least killed After killing ten pigs, doesn't one pig have ten catties of intestines?

That's really not the case.The large intestine, small intestine, and pork belly are all added, and they are all about [-] catties.

"Brother, there really aren't that many. The intestines are too clean. A pig's large intestine is less than two catties when it is marinated. I have to save some wine for the old man at home." I can't give it all. You, whoever comes to your door to be slaughtered, is not slaughtered for nothing.

The shopkeeper Wang is not an ordinary person, "Why don't you do it like this, brother, you make me a whole pig, half marinated and half sauced, the weight is calculated according to the hairy pig, and the price is calculated according to fifty yuan per catty, how about it? I want it a day. The amount of a whole pig." It's nothing more than profit.According to this calculation, a pig of two hundred catties a day is worth ten taels of silver. No matter how expensive his materials are, a pig is still five or six taels of profit.Do nothing else and earn a lot.

Father Chu laughed, "Brother, if I have money, why don't I want to make money? We are not outsiders. To tell you the truth, the sauce for meat sauce was brought from home. The smell outside is not right. It really is gone. .It’s the ingredients for the stewed pork. If you really want it, I’ll have to go to the county town tomorrow to get the ingredients.” He was also telling the truth.

"...Okay, stewed pork is also fine, you can do whatever you want. You can give me the amount of a pig a day ago." In fact, it was just a few days ago, and there were many people who came to buy new year's goods, more than half of them. He had to send him to the restaurant opened by his son in the county seat. After the Chinese New Year, his small restaurant might not be able to sell a pig's meat in a month.

Father Chu thought for a long time, and then went to the back kitchen to ask Chu Ran. Anyway, after he was really embarrassed, he gave the correct words, "Okay, I will close on the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month. Before that, I will give my brother a head a day ago." The amount of pork. But we have to agree, only braised pork for my brother, there is still a little sauce left at home, and I sell the corner ingredients that can’t be sold in the usual shop. Brother's business."

There is nothing to grab or not. If a restaurant can only rely on other people's craftsmanship to attract customers, it will not be far from closing.

No matter how unhappy he was, shopkeeper Wang didn't say much. It's just a few days of business, it's not worth offending anyone.It really makes people anxious, if they don't sell it to their own family, they will open their own stewed meat shop, which will squeeze their own business.But my son sent a letter back from the county seat, the stewed meat is selling well, and the county grandpa's family has sent it to deliver the goods.Climbing into the family of the county magistrate, the business of his own restaurant in the county will be easy in the future.

That's how the business was negotiated.

Until the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the dozen or so pigs brought over were all sold out.Wang's restaurant ordered half of the order, and the rest sold loose meat and stewed pork, and they were all sold out.In the shop, there was an Erdao dealer who delivered pigs all the year round, and he sent over a dozen pigs, all of which were cleaned up and kept frozen in the cellar.Before Chu Ran left, he made lo-mei ingredients and taught Uncle Lame how to do it, how much meat and water to put in a pot, how many bags of ingredients, and stones from the Yushui River were also placed in the well in the yard.Before leaving, I went to the cloth shop to buy different fabrics, needles and thread, and bought a cart of charcoal back.

Leave the cripple to watch the shop, one pot of meat a day, as much as you can sell, if it is not easy to sell, just put it in the pot and keep it marinated, the longer the time, the more delicious it will be.I'm not in a hurry to sell it, as the meat won't spoil.

Because I came back with a cart full of things, I walked slowly on the road, and I also brought goods from several people in the village who came to the town to make New Year's goods. They were all pulling the carts in winter and summer, and Chu Ran and her two aunts helped push them.

"Huh? There are wild animals. Dad, you go first, I will chase you later." In the woods by the roadside, there were paw prints on the grass. Chu Ran immediately took out the slingshot and was about to shoot it. It was on the side of the road, no What a waste.

"Sister Ran, I'll go too." Goudan, who followed his parents to town to join in the fun, said.In his hand is a 1.5-meter-high long|gun that is about the same height as him. It's a kid, there's nothing bad about it.

just go.

Parents don't care at all.The folk customs of Chujia Village are just on the side of the road, so there is nothing to be afraid of.Even Chu's father didn't think it was strange that Chu Ran was going hunting.Just say don't go too far and leave it alone.

Chu Ran took Goudan with him. Goudan was fourteen this year, and it was time for delicious food and fun, so he was very excited. "You should walk more lightly. The prey is scared away. Take your breath and don't pant." Chu Ran had to teach.

Goudan'er blushed, "Okay, okay, sister, I understand." Immediately stopped and adjusted himself.It's not the first time to hunt, but it's just the first time with Chu Ran. He thinks that with a girl, he is the main force. The leader of the village is second only to the village chief. He is excited about this .

After walking not far, he caught up with a little rabbit that was limping.

This thing, if it was before, Chu Ran wouldn't have felt anything, but it's just a little black rabbit.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute. Let's see, is there a nest near here?" The leg looked like it was scratched by a tree branch, maybe there was something on Chu Ran, and the little black rabbit was not afraid of her , but sat on the edge of an old tree root, as if waiting for her.

Goudan'er is still very obedient, "It's great to have a litter. If you can catch a litter and take it home, you can have hundreds of them next year." The reproductive ability of rabbits is quite impressive.It's just that it's not easy to catch alive, and you have to catch a male and a female.Even less so when it hits a rabbit hole.If you can catch it, just throw some grass and you can live.There are more rabbit-raising households in the village than sheep-raising households.

The little black rabbit was quite afraid of dogs, so Chu Ran asked him to wait on the spot, went to the side of the little black rabbit, picked it up, and looked at its leg, it was indeed scratched, the blood was frozen in the winter The wound was on the verge.I took a cloth strip from the sewing kit, rubbed the wound with the snow on the ground to melt the blood, took herbs from the space, and wrapped it up.It could be regarded as saving its life. "Okay, go back to the cave quickly, don't run to the side of the road, I will die."

I don't know if it understood or not, Chu Ran pushed her twice, but she didn't go away, and even pulled the corner of her skirt with her mouth, and pulled her into the depths of the woods.What is this for?

With the slingshot in his hand, Chu Ran was on high alert.She gave Goudaner a wink and signaled him to respond outside, and then she followed the little black rabbit inside.

After walking for about a mile, we were almost in the middle of the forest. There was an old tree that had obviously been struck by lightning. The tree was dead, and the roots were hollow. This must be a rabbit's nest, right?

The little black rabbit dragged Chu Ran to the tree hole. Before Chu Ran looked into the hole, she took Qing Xiao in her hand. Who knows what's inside, it's always right to be careful.

Inside is a litter of gray rabbits, six of them. "Let me save you?"

Chu Ran was able to enter the hole with his whole body. After thinking about it, this should be the child of the little black rabbit. This kind of rabbit with a bit of spirituality, brought home and raised it for meat?It's unbearable, especially the little black rabbit.Forget it, stop raising it.Seeing that there is still a little dry grass in the nest, I don't see the mother rabbit, these bastards can't eat grass without milk, and it's hard to live, no wonder the little black rabbit must be looking for food when it goes out.

After thinking about it, I took out a small bundle of grass from the side of the rabbit hole in the wild, and took a piece of flint from the Phoenix Tomb deep in the rabbit hole and put it in the hole. This thing can generate heat, and the grass will not burn. It will freeze, and the little rabbit will not die if there is grass juice to drink.Bury the stone in the ground.The grass is placed next to the little rabbit.After finishing, come out again.

Not bad, no surprises.

Put the little black rabbit back, "Okay, you can stay here too, don't go out until the injury is healed."

If you can't understand it, that's it.Putting the rabbit back, Chu Ran walked out.

But the little black rabbit ran out again, still grabbing the hem of Hao's skirt and not letting him go.

"I can't stay with you. Although I have also been a little black rabbit, we are now interspecies, so I can't stay here." Chu Ran naggingly explained to the little black rabbit that she felt that the little black rabbit Did the black rabbit treat her as the same kind?

The little black rabbit kept looking up.

Um?Chu Ran followed its gaze and looked up. This ancient tree was completely hollow.The top of the tree is broken, and from the inside, you can see that there seems to be something on the top of the tree.

"Let me take that?"

The little black rabbit didn't respond.Okay, this is not the world of Xianxia, ​​it cannot be so intelligent.

Use lightness skills, step on the tree trunk, and go up in twos and threes. Not to mention, you can't see that thing from above. It should be put in from the inside. There is a hole the size of a blue ball one meter below. , should be put in from there.

Cut a hole with the Qing Xiao, and took out a small bundle. The bundle skin is made of linen, and the inside is made of brocade. I don't know what it is.Throw it into space and fly down.

It didn't look like it was just put in.

"It's not safe for you to stay here. I'll give you another place." In case someone comes back to pick up something, it's normal to hunt rabbits for food.At any rate, he gave himself a treasure, so let's save it to the end.

He dug out the fire crystal again and put away everything.A few tens of meters away, a soil nest was dug, the exterior was camouflaged with branches, and grass and fire crystals were placed inside.just left.This time the little black rabbit didn't follow.

"Sister, is there a rabbit nest?" Goudan saw that Chu Ran came back after tossing and tossing for so long, but he was empty-handed.Just ask.

"Yes, but I confiscated it. It looks so pitiful. I made a nest for it. I also found some grass. Let's go, let's go back."

"Oh." Goudan was very disappointed, and the trip was for nothing.

"Go home and make pear paste for you, okay?" Chu Ran coaxed the child.

Children are easy to coax, as soon as they hear that there is something to eat, they are immediately happy, "Okay." It should be super loud.

When catching up with the main force, you can see the shadow of the village.When the adults saw that the two children came back empty-handed, they thought they didn't find any prey and didn't take it seriously.

When I got home, my mother had already cooked the meal.Grandma Chu is also here as a companion.I gave half of the things I bought back to the old house. I didn't have time to make new clothes, so I only gave the fabric, and let Grandma Chu make it herself.The old lady has no objection, she is not too old to move, and it's not that she has no clothes to wear, but she prefers to keep the fabric.In the coming year, when the grandson marries a daughter-in-law, it can be a bride price.

After eating, Chu Ran was not in a hurry to look at the package, but took out some sorbets stored in the warehouse, peeled and cut them into pieces to make pear paste.Promise the dog egg.After putting the pears in the pot, she asked Chu Niang to help watch the fire, and then went out again, saying that she was going into the mountains to find some firewood, so she went into the mountains.Then I took out the bag, and when I came back, it was already dark, so Father Chu came out to pick it up.

When I got home, I closed the door, lit the oil lamp, and then took out the bundle to show my parents, "Father, I found this in the woods today..." Then I told the process of finding this thing.

Without stopping, he opened the bundle, and inside were several strings of pearl necklaces, several gold and jade bracelets, some jewelry, and a small wooden box with a small seal of a chicken blood stone inside.The four characters Haiyan Heqing are printed on it, not the name of a person, and no background can be seen.But this seal is undoubtedly the most valuable in this bag of jewels.

When Father Chu saw the seal, his face changed.

He took the seal and went to the east room. Xiao Yu was still not asleep, and was lighting up the lamp to paint, drawing pictures for each batch of pottery to be produced in the kiln during the New Year.The village said that this batch will be sent to the county. If it sells well, it will be able to buy better charcoal.

Chu Polu showed the seal to Xiao Yu to let him identify the authenticity.

"is that true?"

Xiao Yu looked at it seriously for a long time. "I'll take another look when the light clears up. It's probably true."

"Didn't you say it was lost? How did it appear here?" Chu Polu seemed to be talking to himself.It was a treasure in the palace of the former dynasty, and the emperor's private seal.One of the few treasures that the last emperor carried with him when he fled, was later said to be lost. The emperor of this dynasty even gave orders to look for it. A hundred years have passed, but they have never been found.

"Isn't it normal to appear near here?" Xiao Yu replied calmly.

Chu Polu turned cold, stared at Xiao Yu for a long time, and then said, "Guo Hui Yiyao, you better be a little confused."

After speaking, he turned around and left, but the small seal was not taken away.