PFC Chapter 210
Chapter 210
Some seasonings for meat floss and pork jerky were taken out by Zhong Ruyi from the space in advance, and now the two of them were busy in the kitchen.
It just happened that the last wave of customers had finished their meal and left. Otherwise, given how busy the store was on weekdays, Sun Tao would not have had the time to make the jerky.
"...Take a bowl and put ginger slices, rice wine, chili powder, pepper powder and sugar in it. I have already put salt and five-spice powder. OK, after you put them in, just do this, pinch and knead repeatedly. It will take about a quarter of an hour."
Zhong Ruyi watched Sun Tao from the side and taught her how to do it.
After marinating, place the marinated pork pieces on a winnowing basket and let them dry for about two days before steaming them.
If there was an oven or dryer it would be much faster, but I can't take out the oven in the space, I can't explain it, and there's no place to plug it in.
After teaching how to make pork jerky, he started teaching how to make pork floss. After half a day, Sun Tao felt like he could hardly lift his hands.
"Ruyi, are we going to make these to sell in the future?" Sun Tao rubbed his wrist, feeling that cooking for a whole day was not as tiring as this half afternoon.
Zhong Ruyi nodded, "Yes, I will sell these dried meat and meat floss in the future, and of course there will be other things, but I haven't decided yet."
Sun Tao smacked his lips, "If it sells well, then won't we have to make it every day?"
"Yeah, isn't the purpose of opening a store to do business? We'll sell if someone wants to buy!"
Seeing that she was so tired that her nose was covered with sweat, Zhong Ruyi comforted her, "Don't worry, if you are too busy, you can just hire someone else. We can't do all the work ourselves, that would be so tiring!"
After she said that, Sun Tao felt that it was not possible. She and her three children were bought with money, so how could she let Ruyi spend money to hire someone to come back to work?
No, no, I still need to be more diligent to repay Ruyi’s kindness.
Sun Tao silently made up his mind that he must work harder and not let Ruyi spend money to hire people, otherwise he would be like a freeloader.
Zhong Ruyi didn't notice Sun Tao's little thoughts beside her. She was thinking about whether she should go to the mason to buy another batch of jars?
Otherwise, once the pork is dried, there will be no containers to store it, and all the big jars and small jars in the store will be used to store chili sauce.
Speaking of chili sauce, I need to make more chili sauce and sell it together with pork jerky and meat floss at the Anning Street store.
Two days later, a batch of pork jerky was ready and filled a dozen small jars, and meat floss also filled a dozen jars.
Sun Tao said, "Pork jerky is easy to make, but it takes time, while pork floss does not take time but it is very laborious to make."
These days, she cooks in the kitchen during the day and makes meat floss at night.
Although both are delicious, if she has to choose, she still prefers pork jerky which is less labor-intensive to make, while meat floss is too labor-intensive to make.
Now when she stirs the spoon during the day, she feels her wrists sore and painful that she can hardly lift her hands.
"Aunt Sun, when the convenience store on Anning Street opens, do you want to stay in the restaurant here or go to the convenience store?" Zhong Ruyi asked her.
When she visited the convenience store on Anning Street before, there were only two empty rooms and a kitchen. Although the store was large, there was no way to separate out another room.
It is estimated that the Yu family did not use this store for food business before, because the kitchen is not very big. The kitchen plus two empty rooms are less than one-third of the entire store.
It would be perfect to use it as a convenience store. The kitchen is only used for daily cooking. If you want to run a restaurant, you have to clear an empty room.
Sun Tao thought for a while before saying, "I want to stay here."
Zhong Ruyi nodded. She also wanted Sun Tao to stay in the restaurant. After all, her cooking skills were really good. Customers who had eaten there told her not to change the chef, otherwise the food would not taste the same.
The convenience store needs to find new people, but it’s not too urgent. Let’s harvest the wheat in the field first.
Half a month later, the braised food shop and the restaurant hung up wooden signs at the same time: The owner of this shop has returned to the village to harvest wheat and his return date is uncertain. Thank you for your understanding.
Manager Ding, who had sent his waiters to settle the monthly dividends, heard from the waiters who came back that Zhongji and Ruyi restaurants were both closed, with signs hanging on the doors saying that they would be closed at an uncertain time.
"I went to Miss Zhong's restaurant first, but there was no one there. I then went to the braised food store, but there was no one there either. I looked at the wooden sign, and it said that they had gone back to harvest wheat."
Shopkeeper Ding stroked his beard and nodded to indicate that he understood. "Then let's wait until they come back before sending it to them."
Food is the primary need of the people, and the grain in the fields is their only life throughout the year, so it is normal for the Zhong family’s two stores to close and go back to collect grain. There are also several restaurants in the town that have also closed and gone back to collect grain.
The clouds in the sky were slowly dispersed by the wind. Zhong Ruyi sat under the tree and wiped the sweat off Cuicui.
The two men had just come up from the fields and were soaked from the heat.
"Cui Cui, you stay here and watch over the things first. I'll go back and be back soon." After giving Zhong Ruyi instructions, she hurried towards home.
She was going to fish out the watermelon that she had put into the well in the morning. The weather was too hot, so she had to eat some watermelon to cool down.
By the time she finished cutting a watermelon and brought over a pot of mung bean soup, Zhong's father and the others were still working in the fields.
"Dad! Mom! Eldest brother and sister-in-law! Second brother and third brother! Come back and have some rest!"
She shouted at the top of her lungs, and from a distance she saw Zhong's father waving at her. After a while, they all arrived under the tree where Zhong Ruyi was.
"Dad, Mom, have a bite of watermelon first and take a rest before you continue working." Zhong Ruyi handed each of them a piece of watermelon.
After being soaked in the well for a long time, the melon was icy cool and I felt alive after eating it.
"Ah! It feels so good!" Zhong Laosan threw the melon rinds he had eaten onto the ground as fertilizer.
Zhong Ruyi poured him another bowl of mung bean soup, "Third brother, here you go."
Zhong Laosan took it and gave it to Chen Dongzhi next to him, then went to pour himself a bowl.
The Chen family does not have as much land as the Zhong family. These days, Chen Dongzhi has been helping out on the Zhong family's land. He will finish harvesting the Zhong family's land tomorrow and then go to harvest his own.
Many people in the village are like this, helping each other, so no one thinks there is anything strange about Chen Dongzhi's behavior.
Aunt Tian, who was standing next to them, was jealous when she saw them eating water melon and mung bean soup. Her second son hadn't come over yet, let alone help bring them water or soup.
She was angry and looked at the Zhong family members beside her eating water melon affectionately. She could only instruct her eldest son to go to their own field to pick a ripe water melon to quench their thirst.
The brothers of the Tian family were all sweating profusely and smelled strongly of sweat. They were still waiting for Tian Laoer from home to bring them some water.
But after waiting for a long time and seeing no one coming, I knew he didn't take it seriously at all.
The three daughters-in-law of the Tian family were all extremely resentful. This second son of the Tian family did not work at home and now even did not care about such an important matter as harvesting grain.
He was already angry that his parents-in-law were partial to him and didn't let him work in the fields. As a result, they worked in the fields all day and didn't even have enough water to drink.