Chapter 175 Jelly
Jiang Anning told them the idea of making Hu spicy soup.
"...The climate here is indeed very special. It's better during the day, but it's really cold in the morning and evening."
“Even in today’s season, it’s still as cold as winter from time to time.”
“So I thought, let’s adjust what we sell according to the climate.”
Jiang Anning's smile was peaceful and reassuring: "The weather is cooler this morning, so people are definitely more willing to eat something hot, such as tofu noodles and spicy soup. After eating it hot, you will feel warm. A sweat will make you feel better throughout the day. ”
"If a person is comfortable and in a good mood, then he will naturally be more energetic when doing work, right?"
Aunt Fang picked up the miscellaneous beans in her hands. She picked out the red beans and put them in a pile, picked out the mung beans and put them in a pile, and picked out the soybeans and put them in a pile.
Hearing this, he couldn't help but stop what he was doing: "What you said makes sense. People don't just want to be comfortable in this life."
"If I were to eat cold food and cold dishes on a cold day, I would feel lack of energy."
"It's just..."
Aunt Fang looked embarrassed: "We don't know how to make this spicy soup you are talking about."
Don’t say you did it,
They just haven't heard it.
Even if you want to do it and want to learn, you don’t know where to start.
"We all know that tofu brain."
Aunt Fang sighed: "But crafts like this are only the skills of others. How can a guy who eats teach us casually?"
Today's masters and apprentices pay attention to inheritance.
Even if they wanted to learn it, they would probably have to spend a lot of money to buy someone else this skill.
I'm afraid the price won't be cheap, it should be at least two hundred taels.
It's like the two brothers next door were recruited by Jiang Wei at a high price.
"It's precisely because I haven't heard of it that I suggested that aunt and sister-in-law Guicheng do it."
Jiang Anning smiled faintly: "Aside from wanting to take advantage of the weather to show off that the right time, place and people are right, it's also because no one here has done this before. We can make it fresh by making it."
"After all, some people will be curious, so naturally they won't worry about not being able to sell it."
"As long as there are three or two people willing to try it, I believe this spicy soup can definitely retain people."
"When there is one, there will be two, and if there are two, there will be three. People will spread the word by word of mouth, and one will spread it to ten, and ten will spread it to hundreds. Naturally, our spicy soup will become famous."
Jiang Anning said confidently: "Besides, let's make spicy soup instead of tofu. There is another advantage, that is, most people have seen this tofu."
"If some people want to imitate and learn, they also know where to go and who to find."
"Not to mention that there are many people who make a living selling tofu."
"If someone sees that our business is getting better and wants to follow suit, then those people who originally made a living by making tofu will only be in a better position than us laymen."
Aunt Fang and Sui Ran couldn't help nodding.
"Don't tell me, it's really true."
"But the people around me have never heard of or seen the spicy soup, but we have neither heard of it nor seen it!"
Sui Ran looked worried.
"Others can't do it or learn from it, and the same goes for us."
Hearing this, Jiang Anning smiled and said, "Since I mentioned this matter, I am absolutely sure that my aunt and sister-in-law Guicheng can quickly learn how to make spicy soup."
"Then I'm afraid this bunch of repairs will cost a lot of money, right?"
Just thinking about it, Aunt Fang felt that this was not something she could afford to learn, so she became frustrated before she even started.
"This bunch of repairs is neither expensive nor cheap."
Jiang Anning looked at the two of them with a hint of joking: "Let's see if Aunt Duan and Sister-in-law Guicheng are reluctant to let go."
Aunt Fang and Sui Ran looked at me and I looked at you. They were both confused and said in unison: "What is it?"
"I want to sit back and enjoy the profits, and share 10% of your daily profits, Auntie and Sister-in-law Guicheng."
After Jiang Anning finished speaking, Aunt Fang and Sui Ran were a little unable to react.
After a while, Sui Ran finally became excited and said, "You mean, you can make this spicy soup?"
"Sister-in-law Guicheng is really smart."
Jiang Anning said with a smile: "Yes, I know how to make spicy soup."
"I just don't know if my aunt and sister-in-law Guicheng are willing to let go."
Of course I’m willing to give it up!
There's nothing reluctant about this.
Sui Ran originally wanted to repay Jiang Anning, but he couldn't find any chance.
Now that she had the opportunity, how could she be willing to let it go?
Aunt Fang had similar thoughts.
Although Jiang Anning's help to her aunt was far less than the amount of money she spent on Sui Ran and his wife.
But it's not bad either.
Especially the matter of Jiang Genshan staying in a prostitute overnight... This matter was like a thorn, piercing deeply into her heart.
If she hadn't been able to follow An Ning's actions and gain persuasion from others, she might not have been able to be so calm at this time.
Not to mention, to get any truth.
What's more, the reason why he was able to force out the truth from Zhou Ran that day was also because of Jiang Anning's help.
If not for this, she and Jiang Genshan would have been at loggerheads long ago, and there would be no way to turn back.
Not to mention, she still made money by following Sui Ran and his wife out to set up a stall these two days.
Maybe this money is insignificant in Jiang Anning's eyes.
But for families like them who work in the soil, it is already a huge amount of income.
Their place is not suitable for growing crops. They work so hard all year round and there is not much food left at all.
Excluding the tax part, it can barely make a living for the family.
It’s not easy to even eat enough.
Half a bowl of rice requires three bowls of water. The rice is always cooked very thinly, so that the whole family can have an extra mouthful and drink an extra mouthful of water.
But the money she earned in the past two days was enough for their family to buy a month's worth of rice and have a full meal.
Even with the money that fell into my hands, I could still chop half a catty of meat and buy two big-bone sticks, which I could use to improve the food for the whole family and add fuel to the fire.
In the past, she would have never dared to think about this.
Now An Ning proposes to make spicy Hu soup. It is clear that he wants to help the two of them and live a better life.
What else could she say?
If you still make excuses like this, this won't work, that won't work, isn't it too ignorant of good and evil?
"Hey, An Ning, let alone 10%, you deserve 20% or 30%!"
Aunt Fang said, glanced at Sui Ran, and saw something similar in his eyes, so she said with confidence: "If you ask me, we should give you 50%, no, no, no, no, 60%!"
This ordinary master-disciple relationship also requires three years of service!
An Ning helps them like this, so he deserves to be the leader! Sui Ran also followed up and said: "An Ning, don't worry, we are all people who are not afraid of hardship. As long as you are willing to teach, no matter how difficult it is, we will study hard and hard until we have learned it for her. We will never I’ll live up to your wishes.”
Aunt Fang nodded, meaning something similar.
“It’s actually not difficult to make this spicy soup.”
Jiang Anning smiled and reassured the person: "Auntie and Sister-in-law Guicheng, you don't have to be so nervous. It's no good. You're putting too much pressure on yourself, and you will get sick instead."
"It's difficult. The only difficult thing is that making this spicy soup requires a lot of spices."
She frowned slightly: "It must have this spice, so that the spicy soup will be pure and delicious."
"It is also more effective in driving away cold air."
But she was really not sure whether the spices were available in their Jiang'an County.
Jiang Anning was annoyed, feeling that the topic was discussed too hastily without any preparation.
If Jiang'an County doesn't sell this spice at all, wouldn't it mean that Aunt Fang, Sui Ran and the others would be happy in vain.
Aunt Fang and Sui Ran became nervous just by hearing the word "spice".
When they cook at home, where are the spices and spices?
That's Sui Ran. Because of Jiang Guicheng's ability, he could always go into the woods during the cold winter months and hunt down one or two pheasants, hares, etc., and beat her teeth as a sacrifice. Only then did he focus on stewing meat. Learned some crafts.
But even so, the spices that Sui Ran had actually come into contact with were very few, and they were just a few common ones, which were relatively easy to find and buy.
But what Jiang Anning was talking about was obviously not something they could meet often.
"However, you don't have to worry too much about this."
After Jiang Anning was annoyed for a moment, she quickly calmed down and thought of a few more solutions.
"Even if we don't have it here, the ship dealers who pass by will definitely have it in their hands."
"There may also be those businessmen from other regions."
"The only difficult thing is probably that we may not be able to meet these people for a while. If we can't find them in Jiang'an County, we will have to wait for more opportunities."
Jiang Anning felt distressed again.
Aunt Fang looked at her with a sad face and knew that this might not be an easy task, so she hurriedly comforted her: "This is also something that can't be helped. Don't be too worried or anxious. Everything must be done carefully." A fate.”
"Isn't that what the old saying says? There are times in your life that you must have, but there are times in your life that you don't have to force."
Sui Ran reacted and followed the person's words and said: "Yes, if this idea can be realized, it is naturally good."
"But if it really doesn't work, it only means that we have no fate with this matter yet."
"You must not put too much pressure on yourself."
She was very open-minded: "No matter how much we are capable of, how much we can eat, and how much we can live a good life now, your brother Guicheng and I are already very content."
It is naturally good to improve the quality of life to a higher level,
After all, who doesn’t want to make more money?
However, if it is really impossible, it would be very rare to be able to maintain the good life now.
It’s always good to be content!
Jiang Anning saw that the two of them were saying words of comfort to her, but in reality they still had a forced smile. She didn't want to dampen their hopes, so after thinking about it, she told them about another plan.
"It doesn't matter if you can't make spicy soup for a while."
She smiled and said: "Actually, besides this spicy soup, I have another idea, which I also made based on the weather in Jiang'an County."
"I originally thought that if the weather gets cold in the morning and evening, we would make spicy soup in the morning and evening so that we can eat enough to warm ourselves up and sell it."
"When it's daytime, the weather becomes hot again."
"We might as well make something cool to eat."
Aunt Fang and Sui Ran were immediately interested: "What are your plans?"
After much thought, they could only think of the iced beans and flowers they ate that day.
But this tofu curd is almost the same as tofu nao.
At least in terms of technology, cost and raw materials, there is not much difference.
In terms of taste, one is sweet and the other is salty.
Those who can make tofu curd can naturally also make iced tofu curd.
This corresponds to their previous worries.
"I plan to make jelly!"
Jiang Anning smiled generously and confidently, and once again said a word that neither Aunt Fang nor Sui Ran had heard of.
"Jiangfener?"
"What is this?"
The two of them expressed curiosity in unison, and their admiration for Jiang Anning deepened.
This girl An Ning is too powerful, right?
One after another, they were told things that they had never heard before and were very new.
Jiang Anning said "Huh", thought about it a little in her mind, and simply explained to others: "It's just a snack that is more suitable for summer, a summer snack."
"The jelly tastes tender and smooth, and can relieve heat and reduce internal heat. It is very suitable for eating when the weather is hot."
"It is usually made with the fruit of the jelly tree or the jelly grass."
Aunt Fang exclaimed when she heard this and became even more worried: "What are these jelly trees and jelly grass? Do we have any here?"
She had never heard of this thing before, and I'm afraid it wouldn't be easier to find it than those spices, right?
Sui Ran was similarly worried.
Such strange things must have never appeared here before, so they have never heard of them, let alone seen them.
"This thing is easy to find."
Jiang Anning smiled: "There was a jelly fruit tree growing near the place where we caught fish and shrimp last time. I took a look. Although there weren't many fruits hanging on it, I think it should be enough for us. It’s summer.”
She smiled confidently: "Besides, even if the jelly fruit is not enough, there are other substitutes."
Grandma’s note said that the raw materials that can be used to make jelly are far more than just jelly fruits.
It's just that using jelly fruit is more convenient and trouble-free.
"Huh?"
Jiang Anning's simple words shocked Aunt Fang and Sui Ran: "What kind of jelly fruit trees grow in the woods here?"
Why have they never heard of it?
If there really is something edible, it stands to reason that people of the older generation should pass it on by word of mouth and pass it down from generation to generation.
But they have really never heard of this kind of jelly fruit.
Jiang Anning touched her nose, feeling a little guilty.
She couldn't say that this jelly fruit tree was planted by her mother-in-law and her father when they first moved here, right?
And it should not be just one tree planted.
But the only one she met was that one tree.
Maybe I planted others, but they didn't survive.
Or is it some other reason?
Jiang Anning frowned slightly, feeling that Aniang was leaving more and more secrets.