Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Li Yu and Han Xiaomei washed the pig offal many times until there were no more problems.

Han Xiaomei and Han Zheng had only eaten pig offal once, and due to the incorrect cooking method, it had a strong strange smell, so they both couldn't understand why Li Yu bought this thing.

Li Yu didn't say much about this and just asked them to wait.

*

Afraid that there would not be enough firewood during the braising process, Li Yu and Han Xiaomei went to collect a lot of firewood before the process began. On the way back, they met Old Lady Wang who was buying vegetables in the village, and Li Yu took the opportunity to ask if there were any potatoes.

"There are still a dozen or so, do you want some?" Old Mrs. Wang was very excited. There were several more vegetable vendors in the town recently, and she could never sell all her vegetables, so her business was becoming increasingly difficult.

Li Yu said: "If they are all good, then I want them all."

"Don't worry, my potatoes are big and delicious. If they're not good, I'll give them to you without asking for your money."

Seeing that Old Lady Wang had bright eyes and clean clothes, Li Yu said okay, and asked Old Lady Wang to wait a moment. After she sent the firewood home, she would go buy some directly.

"Don't bother you." Old Lady Wang said, "I'll take you home."

"That's a big trouble for you."

"No trouble, no trouble."

"By the way, do you have any eggs at home? I want to buy some too."

"Yes! How much do you want?"

"Twenty."

Old Lady Wang said happily, "We have enough eggs at home. Wait, I'll get them for you."

*

Old Lady Wang lived in the village, surrounded by neighbors. It was mid-afternoon, and several neighbors were sitting together chatting. Seeing Old Lady Wang's overjoyed look, Aunt Qian, who lived to the east of Old Lady Wang, deliberately said, "Auntie Wang, what have you been doing? I see you haven't sold all your vegetables today!"

Old Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes. It was really boring that this Qian guy was staring at her all day instead of living his own life.

What does it have to do with her whether the vegetables can be sold out? !

Turning around, Old Lady Wang smiled so hard that her teeth were showing. "Of course my vegetables are sold out. Look, Xiu Wen's wife bought a dozen potatoes and twenty eggs. I have to send them to her."

Mrs. Qian: “…”

Old Lady Wang rushed home like a gust of wind, and then left like a gust of wind. Aunt Qian gritted her teeth and said, "Isn't it just a few potatoes and eggs? If you don't know, you would think she has made a lot of money."

The others laughed and agreed, and then talked about Li Yu, "It's obvious that the girl from Xiu Wen's family doesn't know how to live. There are so many wild vegetables nowadays, but she bought potatoes and eggs to eat. She is really a spendthrift."

"No."

*

Li Yu had been resting at home for a while when Old Lady Wang came over. She was indeed not lying. The dozen or so potatoes were all good, and it was obvious that they had just been dug out of the ground. As for the eggs, they were clean and large in size, and it was obvious that Old Lady Wang had put a lot of thought into them.

Li Yu thanked her quickly and gave Mrs. Wang money according to the market price. Then he closed the gate, boiled the eggs first, and then fried the ingredients.

After heating the pot, pour in oil, peppercorns, dried chili peppers, onions, ginger, star anise, cinnamon and more than a dozen other spices in turn. After frying until fragrant, pour in clean water, washed pork belly and internal organs except pig intestines, cover the pot and stew.

There was a pungent but pleasant smell floating in the air, and Han Xiaomei sniffed hard.

She had a feeling that the pig offal made by her second sister-in-law must be delicious.

Li Yu braised two pots in total, and it was already evening when the last pot of pig intestines came out of the pot.

The whole courtyard was filled with the aroma of meat. Han Zheng, who had a poor appetite due to illness, smelled the aroma and unconsciously felt like eating.

In the kitchen, Li Yu cut some meat, picked out three eggs and put them in a bowl.

"Xiaomei, take these to Uncle Wu."

The aroma rushed into Han Xiaomei's nose. She took a deep breath, took the bowl and ran out.

Watching her walk away, Li Yu returned to the kitchen, put the remaining meat into a clean vegetable basin, poured in the soup, and quickly cleaned the pot and cooked rice.

When the sun had completely set, Han Xiaomei came in holding a bowl and carrying a large bundle of vegetables.

"This is what Aunt Wu gave us." Han Xiaomei panted tiredly, "She said it was for us to eat."

Li Yu took a quick glance and recognized that these were wild vegetables that were difficult to dig nowadays but tasted great. He thought that Uncle Wu was too polite and that most people would not be willing to give them to him.

But since he gave it to her, she accepted it without hesitation and would give them more braised food later.

Retracting his gaze, Li Yu walked towards the main room with the bowl in hand: "Put the wild vegetables there first, close the door, and get ready for dinner."

Han Xiaomei shouted happily and quickly closed the door and washed her hands.

Dinner consisted of braised pork, braised potatoes and braised eggs. Li Yu cut some pork belly, pork heart, pork lungs, pork liver and pork intestines and put them together, looking tempting in color.

"Eat it all and try its flavor." Li Yu picked up a piece of pork belly with his chopsticks for each of them.

Han Xiaomei quickly put the meat in her mouth, and instantly, the aroma of meat filled her mouth. Different from the meat she had eaten before, this time the meat was salty and delicious, with a little bit of spicy taste, and it was extremely delicious.

Seeing Han Xiaomei eating, Han Zheng picked up the meat and ate it without any hurry.

Li Yu stared at the two of them closely: "How is it?"

Han Xiaomei's eyes lit up, "Delicious, sister-in-law, this is the most delicious meat I have ever eaten."

Han Zheng nodded beside him, "Second sister-in-law's cooking is the best."

Li Yu smiled. Apart from anything else, with their affirmation, she was more confident in doing a good job in the braised food business.

*

The next day, Li Yu wrapped the meat in oil paper, placed it together with the chopping board and kitchen knife on the cart that he had rented yesterday afternoon, and pushed the cart to the town with Han Xiaomei.

The two got up early and there were not many people when they arrived in the town. After paying three cents for the stall fee at the entrance of the town, Li Yu led Han Xiaomei to find a spot.

The stalls in the town are not fixed, and whoever arrives early can grab a good spot. The two walked around and finally Li Yu parked the car next to a stall selling sesame cakes.

After setting up the cart, Li Yu did not put the meat out immediately. Instead, he went to a nearby grocery store to buy a scale. After cleaning it with the store's water, he put out the chopping board and meat.

The meat was soaked in the soup overnight. When it was opened, the aroma was fragrant. A middle-aged man who was buying sesame cakes smelled it and couldn't help but look at Li Yu's stall.

Noticing his gaze, Li Yu greeted him, "Would you like some, sir? These meats are delicious when put in sesame seed buns."

The middle-aged man met Li Yu for the first time and didn't quite believe her words, "These are pig offal, right? Can they be delicious?"

"It's delicious. The braised pork offal made by my second sister-in-law is the best in the world." Han Xiaomei said quickly.

The middle-aged man shook his head, thinking that Han Xiaomei was lying. He had been to the state capital for business, and the best restaurant there, Zui Xiang Lou, couldn't make this pig offal well, so how could an ordinary girl make it delicious?

Seeing this, Li Yu was not annoyed, but just said: "My sir, my meat is indeed delicious. If you don't believe me, you can come and try it. If you think it is not delicious, you don't have to buy it. I don't want your tasting money."

Several other customers who were buying sesame cakes heard this and encouraged the middle-aged man: "It's free anyway, why don't you try it?"

The middle-aged man nodded reluctantly.