"A bowl of green vegetable and lean meat porridge costs four cents. If you buy a bowl, you will get a small plate of cold courgette. If you buy only the cold courgette, it costs one penny."
The bowl she bought was an earthen bowl with a capacity of about 500 milliliters. A pound of rice, meat and vegetables can cook about fifteen bowls of porridge. After taking into account the food and labor costs, she didn't earn much.
“It’s a bit expensive.”
The customer who asked about the price was hesitant. They carried sacks and moved goods on the dock. When they made a lot of money, they could earn fifty or sixty coins a day. But when the goods were small, ten coins a day was pretty good.
Therefore, they would like to break a penny into two pennies for use, and they are not willing to eat a bowl of porridge for four pennies.
"Guest, my bowl of porridge contains meat and vegetables. It is large and thick, and the courgette recipe is unique. You can have a bowl and try it first." Shen Zhiyao continued to sell it with a smile.
Shen Yueya said earnestly from the side: "Uncle, the vegetable, lean meat porridge and courgette made by my sister are really delicious."
This was what they ate in the morning. It was so delicious that she wanted to eat it every day.
"Then bring me a bowl."
Among the customers who asked about the price, only three paid. When the others heard the price, they hesitated and went to other stalls.
Shen Zhiyao was not in a hurry. She served a full bowl of porridge to each of the three guests, while Shen Baiqiu was holding a plate and pretending to pat courgettes.
"How do you make this courgette? It's refreshing and delicious, and every bite is crunchy."
“The porridge is also delicious and fragrant!”
The vegetable and lean meat porridge has a smooth texture and a glutinous taste, and the courgette is appetizing and refreshing.
As soon as the guests ate the porridge with green vegetables, lean meat and patted courgette, they couldn't help but praise it. They drank the porridge and patted the courgette, and the food was delicious and satisfying.
People follow the crowd, and other people who come to look for food, when they see someone eating here, they also come over to ask about the price.
Finally, in one morning, Shen Zhiyao sold twelve copies of her green vegetable and lean meat porridge, and five copies of Pai Hugua alone.
Fortunately, she didn't do much, so there wasn't much left.
When the stall was about to close, someone from the government came to collect the stall fee.
No matter how many days you want to set up a stall at the pier, the stall fee is at least one month at a time.
After paying the stall fee, Shen Zhiyao pulled up the cart and the three sisters went home along the way they came.
The three of them ate the remaining porridge for lunch. Shen Zhiyao fried three vegetables and some pancakes.
After eating and resting for a certain period of time, she started chopping vegetables to prepare Bobo Chicken.
Shen Baiqiu and Shen Yueya helped her, stringing vegetables with bamboo skewers.
The Bobo chicken was put into the pottery bowl. Shen Zhiyao fried some crispy meat, then took out the cold skin, took a bunch of guys with him, and went to the dock again.
These two kinds of food she ate were very novel and smelled delicious. People who came looking for the evening food asked curiously.
Shen Zhiyao briefly introduced:
"This is cold skin, with spicy red oil flavor and mild sesame sauce flavor. It costs ten cents a portion."
"The other one is Bobo Chicken. Vegetarian dishes cost one penny for two skewers, and meat dishes cost two penny for one skewer."
The person who asked the question stared at Bobo Chicken: "Sell it in bunches. Your selling method is quite new, and the price is not cheap. I just don't know if it tastes good."
"You will know if it tastes good or not." Shen Zhiyao took out a bunch of vegetarian dishes and handed them to him.
Can you try it first?
The man stretched out his hand to take it, and as soon as he took it into his mouth, he was immediately conquered by the spicy and delicious flavor.
"Little girl, it's so delicious. Give me ten skewers of vegetarian dishes and ten skewers of meat dishes."
On the wharf, in addition to those who work hard moving goods, there are also people who go south to north to do business, stop by Tongfang County, and do other things.
The man who tasted Bobo Chicken was dressed in ordinary but not shabby clothes. For him, eating a dish worth more than 20 yuan was not a problem at all.
Shen Zhiyao quickly picked out the vegetables for him and put them on the plate. Seeing that he was eating generously, she tried to say:
"The cold skin I made is also very tender and smooth, and very appetizing. Do you want to try it too?"
With Bobo Chicken in front of him, the man looked at the clear cold skin and looked forward to it, "Here comes one, spicy."
"Okay." Shen Zhiyao took out enough cold skin and side dishes and mixed a large bowl for him.
The Liangpi was refreshing, elastic, soft and chewy. When the man took it into his mouth, his eyes lit up and he exclaimed: "Little girl, the Liangpi you made is delicious!"
Shen Zhiyao smiled: "As long as you like to eat."
Except for this guest, there were not many others who came to eat, and the alley was too dark for the aroma of wine.
"Sister, can I take some Bobo Chicken to the front of the dock for people to try?" Shen Baiqiu saw that there were not many people around, so he scratched his head and came up with an idea.
Shen Zhiyao nodded: "I have the same idea."
The brainwaves collided.
As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately took out about twenty skewers of vegetables, used chopsticks to remove the vegetables from the bamboo sticks, and put them on a plate. Then she used a knife to cut each unused long bamboo stick into several fingers. Long and short, wash them and put them on the edge of the plate.
"Go on, be careful and stay safe."
Shen Zhiyao handed the plate to Shen Baiqiu.
As soon as Shen Baiqiu left, several people came side by side. They walked straight to the man who was still eating cold skin at Shen Zhiyao's stall, patted him heavily on the shoulder, and said teasingly:
"Sheng Xiaoliu, what are you eating here? It tastes so delicious?"
"Every time it's meal time, you run very fast. You kid really has to eat all the food on the pier every time you arrive."
Sheng Xiaoliu chewed the cold skin and said without raising his head: "The food here has never been seen in other places, and it is very delicious!"
They were merchant ship's crew members. They traveled around with the merchant ship for a year, and they had seen or eaten almost all the food in various places in Da Qi Chao.
After hearing Sheng Xiaoliu's words, several people immediately looked at the Liangpi and Bobo Chicken on the stall to the right behind him.
At first glance, I saw the girl setting up the stall. She had a fair and bright face, a tall figure, and a noble air about her. She looked like a wealthy woman.
Sitting next to her was a little girl who looked to be about four or five years old. The little girl was thin and had a little dark skin color, but she was well-behaved and had big, cute eyes.
Sheng Xiaoliu must have taken care of her food business just because she saw that the girl was good-looking.
Several people made unreliable guesses.
"What do the guests want to eat?" Shen Zhiyao asked at the right time.
Seeing her smiling face, several people's faces turned slightly red, and they had a subtle feeling of being caught guessing others.
"How do you sell this food, girl?" Several people began to ask about the price.
Shen Zhiyao told them, and also gave them a skewer of Bobo Chicken with vegetarian dishes for each person to try: "Today is a big opening treat. All guests who come for the evening meal can taste a skewer of Bobo Chicken for free."
"You have vegetarian dishes and pork here, why do you call it Bobo Chicken?"
One of the people heard the name of Chi Shi and asked curiously.
Shen Zhiyao smiled calmly: "Because it is served in a pottery bowl, and chicken is the main meat dish, it is called that."
As she spoke, several people ate the vegetarian dishes given to them in one bite.
