Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 127: First time setting up a stall

"Hey! He's coming out, he's coming out." The villagers outside the door looked at Hou Xiaoge curiously when they saw him coming out carrying the signboard.

"Heiwa, your uncle said he would go back and discuss the price with you. How about this braised meat?"

"Yes! Heiwa, you have to give everyone a discount on this first day of opening."

"Hei Wa, what kind of meat do you have?"

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The villagers looked at Hou Xiaoge coming out and asked with a smile.

“Haha! It’s definitely cheap, so everyone can afford it and eat well.

Come on, everyone, make way for us to set up the stall first." Hou Xiaoge came out and said as he stuck the sign pole at the door.

"Hou Ji Luzhu, this is a good name." A literate villager in the village said with a smile.

"What a great name!"

"I'll have to taste it later."

After a while, a ceramic stove was carried out by my eldest cousin and his men. My aunt shoveled a bucket of firewood from the stove and poured it into the ceramic stove, then put a few pieces of charcoal in it.

Qin Province has been producing coal since ancient times, so this thing is not expensive, one pound is only one big yuan. Many restaurants have already used charcoal for cooking, but this charcoal cannot be used for heating, it is easy to cause poisoning.

When the still steaming pot of stewed soup is placed on the ceramic stove, the lid is opened and the offal just taken out is put in. After a short while, the aroma immediately comes out.

Because it was the first time and other family members didn't know how to do it, Hou Xiaoge had to do it himself.

The pork was cooked, but the pancakes had not yet been soaked. Hou Xiaoge took dozens of pancakes and stuffed them directly into the broth.

"Heiwa, is it ready? How much is it? Give me a bowl." Some greedy people couldn't wait to walk to the pot.

"Wait a little longer while I prepare the seasoning.

As for the price! A full bowl of stewed pork, with at least 300 grams of meat and dried tofu, costs only 8 cents, and comes with a cornmeal pancake.

But today is the first day we open the shop, and all the customers are from the village. We charge everyone six cents and give them a pure cornmeal pancake.

A full bowl like this is really worth it!" Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.

When the villagers heard that they could buy three taels of cooked meat and a pancake for six cents, they all showed joy on their faces.

"Okay, okay, hurry up, I want a bowl." A young man couldn't wait.

"Give me a bowl too!"

"We can also improve our food. We can bring it back and add some water to cook a pot, and the whole family can have a meal."

"Yes, why didn't I think of that!"

However, due to time constraints, Hou Xiaoge did not prepare the chili oil, minced garlic, and chopped green onions. He let the stew simmer and quickly asked his family to help.

While the family was working, Hou Xiaoge hurried back and took out the pork head and pork belly from the pot, as well as the two pounds of dried sweet potatoes and white wine left over from cooking the meat.

The pork head and pork belly that have been braised for three or four hours, with the background of red oil, make people's mouths fragrant just by looking at them.

"Hei Wa, how much is this braised meat? It looks so delicious!"

The crowd was pressing towards the door, and Hou Xiaoge quickly asked his uncle and others to maintain order.

“These two pieces of meat are a bit more expensive, so you can cut them directly and eat them with wine, or you can cut them into stew later.

"Pork heads are sold at four cents per ounce, and pork and ears are sold at five cents per ounce. But since we just opened today, we'll charge everyone three and a half cents per ounce." Hou Xiaoge shouted.

"This price is cheap. Outside, a roujiamo has at most two taels of meat, and it costs 20 cents! Heiwa, give me two taels of meat."

"Yes, it is indeed cheap. Give me one or two to satisfy my craving."

"I earned two cents as a laborer yesterday, so I won't do it today. Give me half a catty. I have some wine at home. Let's drink it."

There were no electronic scales in those days. The scale they used was a small copper scale that Hou Xiaoge had looted. It was used in pharmacies to weigh medicine. It was only about 20 to 30 centimeters in size and very delicate.

The job of weighing is my uncle's, Hou Xiaoge is responsible for collecting money, my aunt and mother are responsible for cutting the meat, and my uncle-in-law will be responsible for scooping the braised meat later.

It takes one or two ounces of meat, and 31 grams is just two slices. Many villagers just put the meat into their mouths after it was weighed, while those who were reluctant to do so would wrap it in cheap straw paper the size of a palm.

The more extra stuff there is, the oil paper prepared by Hou Xiaoge. This paper is expensive, and Hou Xiaoge will not allow anyone to wrap anything less than half a pound.

"Yangmin, do you have any wine? How can we eat meat without wine?" Some villagers smelled the meat, and the alcohol bugs in their stomachs were awakened.

"Yes, the best dried melon wine, which usually costs one cent, but today it's five cents a cup.

This way, one ounce of meat and a cup of wine cost exactly four cents." Hou Xiaoge directly took out the wine jar from under the table.

Sweet potatoes cost a little over one cent per pound, and one dollar can buy at least 60 pounds. 60 pounds can produce at least 10 pounds of liquor, and the unscrupulous ones can make 20 to 30 pounds by adding some water.

Hou Xiaoge makes his own wine in his space, so it is naturally the best. The cost is less than one cent per pound. The wine cup Hou Xiaoge takes out is a three-cent wine cup, and he sells it for five cents per cup, making more than double the profit!

"Good good!"

There was meat and wine for four cents, so how could people not be satisfied? They excitedly paid for the food.

Due to the lack of water, many villagers did not wash their hands, so they naturally did not want to dirty the braised meat with their hands. Besides, they would not want to get the oil on the meat.

After weighing the meat, they opened their mouths wide and let their uncle put the meat into their mouths. After eating, they came to their eldest cousin and opened their mouths wide to drink a cup of wine.

For a moment, a famous scene from a TV drama appeared in front of the meat stall, where people ate meat and drank wine without using their hands, just their mouths.

Of course, some people bought more. After buying, they put the oil paper in their arms and went back excitedly to share with their families.

After selling the braised meat for five or six minutes, the stewed soup started to boil. As the stewed meat soup started to boil, the pancakes were also filled with the soup.

Hou Xiaoge handed over the job of collecting money to his uncle, and then instructed his brother-in-law and sister-in-law to start scooping out the stew, cutting the stew, and adding side dishes for seasoning.

In a white bowl the size of an adult's palm, cut up various pork offal, add a few pieces of dried tofu, cut the pancake into pieces, pour the fragrant broth on it, and finally add Qin Sheng's fragrant but not spicy chili oil, minced garlic, and chopped green onions, and a bowl of stew is ready.

A large bowl like this, including the soup and other miscellaneous ingredients, is definitely more than half a pound, so six cents is definitely a good deal.

"My dear, this six cents is totally worth it. Take this stew back home, add a few bowls of water, and soak the steamed buns. It will definitely be enough for three or four people."

"No, I have to go back and get a bowl so that the family can eat together."

"I'm just eating here by myself. I'll cut two taels of pork belly and add it in later."

The price was so cheap and the taste was so good that Hou Xiaoge’s family was so busy that they could not handle it.

In less than an hour, the big pot of braised pork was sold out, leaving only some broth in the pot, and the two kilograms of wine had also been sold out.

However, there was still a lot of braised meat left on the other side, and almost half of the pork head and pork belly were sold.

The remaining broth had been flavored several times and bone broth had been added several times. Hou Xiaoge did not take it back as the old broth, but gave it to several village elders who helped maintain order.

As it got a little dark, the families finally packed up their things, closed the door and went home.

"Quick, calculate how much money you earned today?" Before entering the house, the aunt couldn't wait to ask.