Chapter 84 Cold Shrimp
The person asking the question was He Shunzi, who was jumping out of the bullock cart.
He Shunzi had gone to deliver things several times before and also bought food from the stalls several times. Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu both knew him.
"Brother Shunzi." Zhao Dahu curled his lips, "We can't eat anything delicious..."
There was a cry in his voice when he spoke.
"Why?" He Shunzi was a little confused.
Following Madam Xia, there are times when you can’t eat delicious food?
Zhao Erhu pulled Zhao Dahu back in disgust, "Brother Shunzi, don't listen to his nonsense here, the thing is like this..."
After understanding the cause and effect of the whole thing, He Shunzi Hahaha laughed, "So you two are worried about this matter?"
Isn't this a worrying thing?
Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu looked at each other.
"Brother Shunzi, do you have any ideas?" Zhao Erhu asked.
"Of course there is a way." He Shunzi said, "These small lanterns are indeed common, but it is difficult to find a basket. The adults are busy doing other things to make a living, so they are not willing to do this. Yes, but the adults don’t want to do it. The children are willing to do a lot.”
The weather is hot now, and the crops in the fields are growing slowly. Even the grass is not growing well in the sun. There is not much life in the fields, and the children have the most work every day. Just helping to weed pigs and catch bugs to feed the chickens.
However, these two tasks do not give children a strong sense of accomplishment. If they do not do them, they will be scolded, but if they do, there will be no rewards.
It's different if you let them pick small lanterns. You can exchange money for what you pick. Whether you save it yourself or give it to your family, they feel a sense of accomplishment. They will also be praised for their ability and make money.
And He Shunzi now supplies vegetables and eggs to Dexinyuan. He often walks around several nearby villages and gathers some children to pick small lanterns in exchange for money. It is not difficult.
"Don't worry about it. Just leave this matter to me. I guarantee that I will send a big basket to Madam Xia in a few days." He Shunzi took over the matter.
"Thank you, Uncle Shunzi." The two brothers thanked each other happily.
“You’re welcome, it’s all a trivial matter.” He Shunzi said with a smile, “But please tell me first, is Madam Xia going to do something rare to eat when she is looking for this little lantern?”
"I really don't know about this, Aunt Xia didn't tell me." The two brothers answered truthfully.
But judging from the way Aunt Xia is focused on finding this little lantern, she must be doing something very important to eat.
This way.
He Shunzi straightened up.
Then ask Madam Xia when you come to deliver this little lantern. If you are really hungry for food, then shamelessly ask Madam Xia to buy some.
During this period, he often sent some food to Dexinyuan. Manager Fu and others were full of praises and took special care of him.
Eaters are short-tongued. He will have to coax these people well in the future.
He Shunzi had other things to do, so he didn’t stay long and drove the bullock cart away.
Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu happily went back to report to Xia Mingyue the results of their search for fake physalis seeds.
Xia Mingyue was also very happy that she could find fake physalis seeds so smoothly. She praised Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu and called them to eat the freshly prepared cold shrimps.
Mix the rice paste made from ground rice with a little clarified lime water, cook until thickened, and use a slotted spoon to pour the cooked rice paste into a basin filled with cold boiled water.
The rice cereal leaked out of the colander drop by drop, and settled into the cold water, becoming white and fat water droplets, looking like peeled shrimps.
Cold shrimp also got its name from this.
Soak the prepared cold shrimps for enough time, changing the water twice during this period to ensure that the cold shrimps are cool enough by the water, put them into a bowl, and pour in the brown sugar water that has been rinsed and allowed to cool. The water is cold and sweet, and the cold shrimps are chewy and crunchy, very delicious.
In such a hot dog day, eating a bowl of cold shrimp with a hint of sweetness makes you feel like the heat has been driven away from your body, and your whole body feels refreshed.
Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu had just run back from outside. They were so hot that they were sweating all over. After eating a bowl of cold shrimps, they just wanted to shout out how happy they were.
And I felt that one bowl was not satisfying enough, so I just stretched out the bowl and asked for another bowl.
Xia Mingyue was afraid that the two children would be agitated if they drank too much at once, so only one of them added a small spoonful, and asked them to drink the rest later.
Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu agreed and stopped asking for it. They only helped Xia Mingyue and the others with the chores they could do, but their eyes glanced at the wooden basin filled with cold shrimps from time to time.
Want to eat.
A big bowl!
No, it’s two big bowls!
If possible, three big bowls are not impossible.
They can skip dinner...
After a period of continuous learning, Song and Ding Quan have almost mastered the basic skills.
And the things they need to prepare to open a food stall are basically in place and they can start business.
Continuing the method of promoting Jiang Erniu stall last time, Xia Mingyue continued to recommend Xia Ji Jinqiu County Chengnan Street branch to customers.
In order to ensure the quality of this branch when it opened, Xia Mingyue specially went to Ding Quan and Song's home on the morning of the opening to provide guidance.
The product passed the test. Ding Quan has experience in doing business and attracting customers. The effect of the South Street branch on the opening day was as prosperous as that of Jiang Erniu.
But just like Jiang Erniu when he opened a branch, to ensure that there were no mistakes in the early stage, Ding Quan and Song also adhered to the principle of small quantities in the early stage and were not greedy for too much.
Seeing this, Xia Mingyue was quite satisfied with Ding Quan and the Song couple.
But Xia Mingyue quickly frowned.
The business of Jiang Erniuna's North Street branch is getting better and better, and the quantity of goods requested is increasing. Ding Quan and Song's will also gradually increase the quantity of goods requested in the future, and as the central kitchen, Xia Mingyue needs to prepare more and more goods here.
In addition, we have to run the food stalls on West Street...
Even with the help of brothers Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu, he was still too busy to hit the back of his head.
Need to add more staff!
Xia Mingyue and Lu Shi began to look for suitable manpower, and even spread the word about recruitment, hoping that some capable people who wanted to find work could recommend themselves.
On the second day after Xia Mingyue spread the news about the recruitment, people came to the door one after another.
Some are familiar, and some are unfamiliar and unknown.
There are eldest girls about the same age as Jiang Zhuguo who have not yet left the court, there are also young daughters-in-law who have just been married and no longer need to breastfeed their children, and there are also aunts whose children have grown up and need to earn more money to support their children's marriages. There was even an aunt with gray hair.
Xia Mingyue and Lu went back and forth to choose, and after asking about each other's character and family situation, they decided on one for the time being.
The surname is Zhou. Her husband lost his life fighting in the army many years ago. The family has a six-year-old son and an eight-year-old sister-in-law, who are all looked after by her parents-in-law.
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