Chapter 120: Jumping back and forth on the edge of death
Chapter 120: Jumping back and forth on the edge of death
"Comb, comb!" Zhao Xiaojing hurriedly stopped him. "Just this one day! I'll make it through this last day! Look, I've already bought the pig's feet!"
"Not even for a day! I bought it, it won't go bad if I put it in the refrigerator!"
"No, no, it won't go bad if it's kept in the refrigerator, but the weather is hot and the freshness will change. The taste will be different if it's made today and tomorrow! It's really just for this day. I've already ordered enough for tomorrow, and I will definitely have a good rest tomorrow!" Zhao Xiaojing made up an excuse with great difficulty.
In fact, for food like pork trotter rice with heavy marinade, there is no difference between keeping it in the refrigerator overnight and cooking it freshly. Unless you are a gourmet, you really won’t be able to tell the difference in taste.
"Really? Can you promise to have a good rest tomorrow?" Su Yuchen was not good at cooking and was skeptical.
Zhao Xiaojing nodded frantically.
She did the math and found out that she had made 12 pork elbows today. Although it seemed like a lot when she bought them, each one weighed about 2 to 4 pounds, and the total was 43.2 pounds.
But raw meat will shrink and lose weight after being stewed, and about one pound of raw meat will only be 700-800 grams after stewing. Zhao Xiaojing stewed the pig's feet for a long time, and the heat was just right, so the final product was only about 700 grams.
In the end, these twelve pig feet were sold in a total of 112 portions, which means that one pound of braised pig feet can produce about 3.7 portions of rice.
She still needs to sell 388 servings to reach the target, so she has to make at least 105 kilograms of braised pig's feet, which is equivalent to 150 kilograms of raw pig's feet.
The first batch of 20 pig trotters she picked up today were all quite big, weighing a total of 67 pounds. When Su Yuchen went there later, it was almost evening, and the 12 pigs she bought were not big, weighing about 32.4 pounds each.
If she can make and sell all of these nearly 100 kilograms of pig's feet tomorrow, she only needs to make another 50 kilograms tomorrow, and she will be able to complete the task by noon the day after tomorrow at the latest!
Su Yuchen looked at Zhao Xiaojing's anxious expression, shook her head helplessly and let go of her hand. Although she didn't think it was necessary to work so hard, seeing that Zhao Xiaojing really wanted to do it, she let her do it.
That night, because the production was divided into two batches, Zhao Xiaojing finished later than yesterday and went to bed secretly at nearly four in the morning.
When she woke up the next day, even though Zhao Xiaojing had a strong body after using enhancers, she had dark circles under her eyes and felt so groggy that she could hardly hold on.
After frying sauerkraut and shredded potatoes in the morning, Zhao Xiaojing was pushed onto a recliner by Su Yuchen.
"Alright, alright, take a break. I'll go to the stall alone, I'll just bring the scale with me. Cutting pig's feet and serving rice doesn't require any skills, I got used to it yesterday!"
Zhao Xiaojing wanted to say something else, but seeing Su Yuchen's unquestionable look, she shut up obediently.
When she was shopping this morning, she bought an extra large steel bucket and two small steel buckets. At this moment, Su Yuchen had already started to sort the pig's trotters. She took out half of the pig's trotters, put them in a small steel bucket and took them to the stall.
After I finished installing the equipment and before I even went out, another group of neighbors surrounded the door. There were more people coming today than yesterday.
Zhao Xiaojing quickly stood up and greeted everyone, then after collecting the money, she was busy preparing meals for the neighbors. Su Yuchen wanted to take over from her, but after looking at the time and the number of people, she swallowed what she was about to say and rode her stall bike out.
When Su Yuchen came back from setting up the stall at 1:30, both of them were exhausted.
Zhao Xiaojing has been in the kitchen today, and neighbors who come to buy food have been coming in non-stop. Originally, only a few neighbors who had already bought food came to buy again, but as they were buying, other residents passing by also started asking.
After asking this, I found out that this was the source of the aroma of braised meat at midnight every day, and more people came to buy from it.
Zhao Xiaojing alone has sold 53 copies.
Su Yuchen was also very busy.
I didn't go to set up the stall last night, so a group of students who had eaten there and brought new customers came over to eat but they were disappointed. I kept thinking about it until noon today.
When it was time for lunch, a group of students started rushing out. Some went to explore the way first, and when they saw Su Yuchen's stall, they started calling their roommates.
As a result, a group of students gathered around the stall and started to complain. They also asked to add WeChat so that they could find people more easily in the future. Su Yuchen dealt with them while making pork trotter rice. He also had to add more rice to the students from time to time. Even Su Yuchen, who was a tough guy in society, could hardly bear it.
In the midst of the chaos, the school also sold 97 copies.
Two people are paired with one another, and they find that the pig's feet in the stewed pot may not be enough to sell in the evening...
"Are you really okay? I think you're a little shaky when you walk."
Yesterday, I ordered 35 pig's trotters from Boss Huang. In order to prevent staying up late today, they were soaked in water when I brought them back in the morning. Now, Zhao Xiaojing has blanched them and started a new round of braising.
Su Yuchen frowned as he watched Zhao Xiaojing shaking her head from time to time while busying herself, and she seemed to be walking unsteadily, so he hurried over and grabbed her.
Zhao Xiaojing shook her head again, her face turning pale. "Comb, I feel a little dizzy."
Su Yuchen was startled, and quickly helped Zhao Xiaojing sit down and touched Zhao Xiaojing's forehead. "Your hands are a little cold, and your head is a little hot. Do you have a fever?"
Zhao Xiaojing shook her head and felt dizzy. Su Yuchen turned off the fire and went out. He bought a thermometer and took the temperature. It was 38.7 degrees. She really had a fever.
"It must be because you have been busy all the time. Not only did you stay up late, but you even sweated a lot today and stood in front of the air conditioner! You scolded me last time!" Su Yuchen dragged Zhao Xiaojing into the street stall cart in a bad mood, and rode to the clinic.
Zhao Xiaojing smiled guiltily, and leaning against Su Yuchen, she felt her whole body heavy and soft.
After making pork trotter rice last night, she came back and in order to cool it down, she turned on the fan in the air-conditioned room as she had just started sweating. She held the fan and blew the cool air into the braising soup bucket, and she stood aside and enjoyed the cool breeze for several hours.
In addition, I have been busy recently. These past two days, I went to bed at three or four in the morning, woke up very early during the day, bought ingredients at the vegetable market, and then hurried back to continue cooking. I was sweating all over, and the air conditioner blew me dry...
Zhao Xiaojing had been relying on her strengthened body and felt good about herself physically and mentally. But when she got a fever, she suddenly felt like she was on the brink of death.
I have finally been reborn, I can’t do stupid things again.
Zhao Xiaojing was taken by Su Yuchen to see a doctor in a daze, and took a bunch of medicine in a daze. Su Yuchen then sent her back to the rental house to sleep.
She slept soundly and when Zhao Xiaojing finally woke up, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.
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