Yun Chao planned to slowly increase the number of cattle to prepare for the land reclamation on the north bank of Wolong Valley.
Winter is the time when cattle are at their cheapest, and Yun Chao plans to increase the number of cattle to more than ten before the Chinese New Year.
Yun Chao is relieved when Shi Shi takes care of things.
I gave him dozens of taels of silver. He had seen the oxen and oxcarts before, and he knew the approximate prices of the stones. Plus, with the toothy man Lao Zhang, he didn’t have to worry about being cheated.
The troops were divided into two groups. Yun Chao led four boys and drove two ox carts to stop in front of the Lion Tower.
When I heard that Yun Chao from Wolong Village was coming, the fat shopkeeper came out to greet him in person, with a smile on his face.
Seeing the fat shopkeeper's smile, Yun Chao felt a little uncomfortable. It seemed that this guy didn't smile so brightly before. Did Shizilou get rich?
Yun Chao's guess was indeed correct. The Lion House has indeed been making a lot of money recently, and it is almost full every day. The fat shopkeeper's waist is almost broken from exhaustion.
Yun Chao didn't hesitate and went straight to the essentials.
"Shopkeeper, I have cultivated a new thing. Do you want to try it?"
When he heard that Yun Chao had something new, the fat shopkeeper was overjoyed, and immediately followed Yun Chao's request and gave up his private kitchen, and no one else was allowed to enter.
In order to keep the secret of cooking, the fat shopkeeper opened a small kitchen for himself, and no one was allowed to enter without permission.
Jia Mancang and Li Xing were guarding the door, while Yun Chao quickly fried a plate of vinegar-soaked mung bean sprouts.
It's a pity that there is no chili, otherwise a plate of hot and sour mung bean sprouts would have tasted even more unique.
The fat shopkeeper has grown tired of eating soybean sprouts these days.
I originally expected Yun Chao to come up with something new, but when it was served, it turned out to be bean sprouts!
Although mung bean sprouts and soybean sprouts look different, in the opinion of the fat shopkeeper, they should be similar. At most, they are different in color, one is green and the other is yellow. The taste should not be too different.
As high as my previous hopes were, I was now as disappointed as I was, and I couldn't help but give Yun Chao some face, so I could only reluctantly pick up a chopstick and prepare my feelings.
As a result, after taking a bite of mung bean sprouts, the fat shopkeeper's expression was wonderful.
acid!
sweet!
crisp!
Cool!
Compared with soybean sprouts, it has a different flavor!
In the middle of winter, there aren’t many refreshing vegetables. A plate of mung bean sprouts soaked in vinegar will suddenly clear up your mood, which was still cloudy!
"Okay! Good stuff! Brother, tell me, how are you going to sell jade sprouts like yours?"
This time Yun Chao didn't let the fat shopkeeper guess, and he didn't open his mouth as much as the lion. Just like the soybean sprouts, it was still a hundred coins per catty.
The fat shopkeeper didn't expect that Yun Chao, who was even more obsessed with money than he was, didn't ask for prices all over the place. Could it be that the sun was coming out from the west?
However, when the fat shopkeeper pretended to be casual and asked Yun Chao how he cooked the dish of bean sprouts just now, Yun Chao gave him a sarcastic response.
This time, the fat shopkeeper understood.
What kind of conscience did this boy have to realize that he was waiting for him here!
"Ahem, brother, do you think this will work? You name a price. I want both methods of cultivating jade sprouts!"
Yun Chao was stunned. He originally planned to sell the recipe of vinegar-frozen bean sprouts to the fat shopkeeper to earn a small amount of money, but who knew that the fat shopkeeper also wanted to make bean sprouts.
But it's not surprising. The fat shopkeeper wanted it last time, but the two parties couldn't agree on the price.
This time the fat shopkeeper mentioned the old saying again, and it seemed that he was mentally prepared to increase the price.
"Shopkeeper, to tell you the truth, the cultivation methods of the two kinds of jade sprouts are almost the same. I already said it last time, one thousand taels. As long as you bring out the thousand taels, I will tell you the cultivation methods of the two kinds of jade sprouts. How are you?"
"Okay, it's a deal!"
Yun Chao was stunned. The fat shopkeeper didn't even figure out the price, and he agreed directly without even thinking about it. It really caught people off guard.
"Shopkeeper, I have another recipe for a dish, the squirrel fish I mentioned before. I wonder if you are interested in it?"
In order to increase the sales of fish, Yun Chao is also willing to go all out and prepare to use his special skills.
The fat shopkeeper was naturally happy when he heard that Yunchao had new dishes.
However, he was not taken advantage of, and of course he had to see it before making a decision.
Yun Chao once again walked into the fat shopkeeper's special kitchen and started a performance without an audience.
I picked a carp weighing more than two kilograms, removed the scales, gills, internal organs, fishy lines, and cleaned it inside and out.
Remove the keel and belly bones, and cut the fish meat into small cubes with a cross-cut diagonal knife. The knife should reach the skin, but the skin should not be broken.
For this trick, Yun Chao worked hard in his previous life. He had no choice but to make his junior wife like eating squirrel fish.
Yun Chao marinated the fish in rice wine and salt water, then patted it with dry starch to reveal the pattern.
Fry in a pan with 70% to 80% hot oil, wait until the shape is set and the color turns golden, then take it out.
Then use the lower jaw of the fish as the head, pat it with dry starch and fry it, and arrange it in the shape of a squirrel on the plate.
While frying the fish, Yun Chao heated up another frying pan, heated the pan with cold oil, fried the icing sugar until it changes color, added water and rice vinegar, and after boiling, added the gravy, poured in the sesame oil, and poured it on the fish on the plate.
Sprinkle in some pine nuts, and you’re done with a squirrel fish that’s full of color, flavor, and flavor!
As soon as Yun Chao put the prepared squirrel fish on the table, the fat shopkeeper's eyes narrowed to a slit!
Smelling the sweet and sour taste, the fat shopkeeper felt that Yun Chao's so-called specialty dish should have a similar taste to vinegar-roasted bean sprouts, so the sense of surprise was not strong.
Who knows, but after tasting it, I realized that the two are not the same concept at all.
too delicious!
Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside!
Bright red color!
The aroma is overflowing!
Sweet and sour!
The acid is so refreshing.
Sweet is so sweet.
The key is that the shape is beautiful, like a beautiful squirrel, which makes people unable to stop eating!
Seeing the fat shopkeeper eating up such a beautiful dish, the guys at the Lion House stared blankly.
Especially the chefs, they wanted to catch the fat shopkeeper and throw him into the frying pan.
It's so abominable. You only know that you are eating alone, but you should also let us have a taste!
In a hurry, the fat shopkeeper quickly ate up the whole squirrel fish, wiped his mouth, and patted his belly with satisfaction: "Brother, tell me, how much money do you plan to make this dish?"
