Chapter 84 Fish Soup Reception
Han was so cold that he rubbed his hands and white smoke came out from his mouth, "We mainly brought Yongnian here to buy ingredients. If you have any good-looking ingredients here, please bring them out to us." , we have to rush back soon!"
Seeing that everyone was shivering from the cold, Su Tai hurriedly asked Shen Yi to go to the backyard to get ingredients, while she quickly went to the kitchen house, ducked into Mu Shikong Vegetable Store and bought one hundred kilograms of ginger and ten kilograms of pepper for 600 coins.
After grinding again, the boss gave her a green onion and went back immediately.
Slice the ginger and green onions, put them into a boiling pot, then add a handful of peppercorns and some caramel.
Caramel is a precious thing, and ordinary people are reluctant to eat it, so they reserve it for entertaining guests. Honey is exclusive to wealthy families.
Apart from this, they can't buy other sugar here. They heard that there is brown sugar in Longxia Kingdom, but Langya Kingdom and Longxia Kingdom are too far away, and the relationship between the two countries is not good, so things from there cannot be circulated.
She also tried to buy brown sugar and other things from the seed shop and vegetable shop owners, but every time she mentioned items other than the products sold in the store, she was automatically blocked, and the message could not be conveyed accurately at all.
If you keep telling her a few times, people will get impatient. After that, she knows that opportunism won't work.
It’s also good to use caramel sugar if you don’t have brown sugar. It adds a sweet taste.
When she entered the main room carrying a large pot of green onion and ginger water, everyone looked over curiously.
Su Tai poured a bowl for everyone and said warmly: "Drink some, it will keep you away from the cold and warm up. A bowl occasionally in winter can prevent wind and cold."
Mrs. Han happened to be too cold, so she immediately picked up the pottery bowl, took a sip, and widened her eyes in surprise, "It's sweet, spicy, and tastes good."
"Mom, it still smells good!" Su Ming said loudly and took another big sip.
The others also picked up the bowls when they saw it.
After drinking a bowl of green onion and ginger water, everyone let out a sigh of relief.
Mr. Han obviously liked green onion and ginger water with maltose, so he poured another large bowl.
Just as Shen Yi came out with a pile of materials, everyone's attention was attracted.
Su Tai took the opportunity to go to the kitchen to cook a pot of fish soup for them.
First, pour oil into the pot, put down the three prepared crucian carp weighing more than one pound and fry them until both sides are golden brown. Then add boiling water, add onion, ginger and pepper and simmer for a while. Taking advantage of this interval, she ran to the main room to take a look.
Song Yongnian was touching a piece of bright red cotton with joy and couldn't put it down, "Brother Shen, this piece of material is thicker and softer than the fine linen in the town. Is it really only fifty cents per foot?"
Shen Yi smiled and nodded, "It has always been this price. If you want to get married, bright red is the most suitable. Our family has the most red and blue materials, and less other colors."
"Red and blue are enough! Yongnian, listen to my aunt, this year you are buying land, building a house, and marrying a wife. I'm afraid you don't have much money on hand. You can just buy a few feet of cloth to make clothes." When you have some extra money next autumn, you can buy it again," Han advised.
Shen Yi agreed very much, "There will be thinner cotton cloth in the spring next year, which will be cheaper. You don't need to buy too much now."
Under their persuasion, Song Yongnian finally chose only ten feet of red cotton and ten feet of blue cotton.
Seeing that they were almost done discussing it, Su Tai hurried to the stove, put a handful of vegetables in and boiled them, and the fish was finally cooked. The thick aroma spread from the kitchen to the main room, and several people sitting there swallowed their saliva in unison.
Su Chunlin asked: "What did Xiao Tai cook? It smells so weird!"
"Dad, I've stewed fish soup for you. Let's all have some." Su Tai came in with the fish soup and asked everyone to start eating.
Su Chunlin and others took a closer look and took a breath of air.
"Brother-in-law! Is your family getting rich? My sister gave me a pot of fish soup and three fish in return!" Su Zhan looked incredulous.
Mrs. Han was so heartbroken that she couldn't help scolding her: "As expected, if you don't have a mother-in-law in charge, you won't be able to run a household. How can anyone live like you? You've made the Shen family poor in less than a year!"
Seeing that Mr. Han was about to take action, Shen Yi hurriedly protected Su Tai behind him, "Don't be angry, mother-in-law. These fish were all caught in fish baskets in the Daxun River. They cost no money and took no effort. I never married a little girl before. I can’t even catch Tai when I’m young. If I marry Xiao Tai, I’ll have more fish than I can eat. She’s blessed and has no shortage of food and clothing. I’m still taking advantage of her, so don’t scold her.”
Han was so shocked by Shen Yi's words that she froze in place. She blinked hard before she realized what she was saying. She was speechless, but she couldn't continue to lecture her daughter. After all, her daughter was already married and her son-in-law didn't have any objections. She could just point fingers. Not suitable anymore.
Su Chunlin was both pleased and helpless, "Shen Yi! Tell me honestly, after Xiao Tai married you, did you have a lot more money to spend here?"
Shen Yi shook his head without thinking, "Father-in-law, I made a lot of money after marrying Xiao Tai. Not to mention anything else, just selling oil and ingredients, and selling wild boar meat before, I made a lot of money. You all know that without Xiao Tai’s idea, I wouldn’t be able to do these businesses. She just wants to eat something good, so I have to satisfy her, otherwise what’s the point of making money?”
Mr. Han envied Su Tai when he heard this, "Come on, since you two are in love with me, let's just leave it alone and let's eat, eat, eat!"
She has grown so big that she can count the number of times she has eaten fish with one hand, and she has never tasted such a big fish. I heard that big fish nourishes the body, so she should eat more today.
The Han couple moved their chopsticks, and the others followed suit.
After taking the first sip of soup, the room instantly fell silent, leaving only the sound of slurping.
Crucian carp has a lot of bones. Under Su Tai's reminder, everyone was so focused on eating that they couldn't think about anything else. They didn't react until the fish soup in the pot was gone, and everyone looked at each other in embarrassment.
Su Tai smiled and said: "Mom, I have prepared a few fish for you, all alive, and I will take them back later. The remaining ones will be given to Su Yan for me as a token of my gratitude.
There is still some fish soup in the pot. I will put it in an earthen pot for you. You can take it back to Xiaoyu and your cousin. "
After tasting the deliciousness of the fish soup, Han couldn't say no to her this time. She just looked at Shen Yi and asked, "How do you sell your fish?"
"Mother-in-law, the size of the fish depends on it. If it is less than two kilograms, one kilogram is worth forty coins. The bigger the fish, the more expensive it is. We can eat it ourselves. Under two kilograms is enough." Shen Yi replied obediently.
Han made a calculation silently in her mind, and clapped her hands excitedly, "In this way, after the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, you can send me some fish, of this size, forty cents per pound, as much as I want."
"Mom, what are you going to do?" Su Tai looked confused.
Han shook his head and said, "Of course it's for sale! There must be many people from your grandfather's side and Ximen Village who want to buy a fish for the New Year. In the past, they had no money and no place to buy it. I'll let it go later." If so, aren’t everyone rushing to come to your door?
I don’t want much, forty-five cents per pound is not too much! ”