The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

"It seems that there are not many guests today!"

Today's profit is much less than yesterday's, so Lin Zhi said this.

In fact, Lin Zhi had a premonition during dinner.

Normally, most of the meals have to be cooked from scratch, but today’s meal had a large dish of braised food, and you could tell at a glance that it was leftovers.

"It's not much indeed." Daya nodded: "Then should we reduce the stock tomorrow?"

In fact, there are a lot more customers today than yesterday, but most people buy one or two portions, so by the end of business, there are still some leftover braised food that have not been sold.

Lin Zhi thought for a moment and shook his head: "Let's prepare as usual! It will take about two or three days for passenger flow to recover."

Daya listens to Lin Zhi and does whatever Lin Zhi says.

After they divided the money, they went to sleep. Even Lin Zhi was no exception. She didn't get enough rest last night, so she yawned all day.

She fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed and had no dreams all night.

After a busy morning, Lin Zhi decided to go out to the market and see if there were any fresh ingredients to buy home for cooking.

When she passed by the vegetable market, she heard various hawking sounds one after another, making people feel the strong breath of life.

"Shopkeeper Lin, are you coming to buy some groceries?"

As soon as he arrived at the pork stall, the stall owner greeted Lin Zhi warmly. The stall owner knew that Lin Zhi was his big customer, so he naturally did not dare to neglect him.

"Yeah, I came out to take a look and see if there are any good things." Lin Zhi replied with a smile, and walked up to the stall and started chatting with the stall owner.

At this moment, Lin Zhi's attention was suddenly attracted by a piece of pork belly on the stall.

The piece of pork belly was fat and lean, with distinct layers, like a work of art.

Its surface had an attractive luster, without the slightest trace of blood or spots.

Moreover, the fat part is distributed very evenly, which makes people salivate when they see it.

Lin Zhi couldn't help but stretch out his fingers and gently press the piece of pork belly.

Miraculously, when she let go, the pork belly quickly returned to its original shape and was very elastic. There is no doubt that this is a piece of high-quality pork belly, and it will be very delicious if used for cooking.

"How much is this pork belly? I want it all!" Lin Zhi pointed to the neatly arranged pork belly on the stall and said loudly.

The stall owner looked up after hearing the voice, with a bright smile on his face: "Oh, Shopkeeper Lin, if you want these pork bellies, just take them. You don't have to pay for them!"

Lin Zhi shook his head and insisted, "How can you buy something without paying? Hurry up and weigh it for me!"

However, the stall owner did not listen to her at all. He quickly picked up the knife and threw the piece of pork belly accurately into the basket that Lin Zhi was holding. Then he urged, "Manager Lin, please leave quickly. Don't delay my business!"

Faced with the stall owner's enthusiasm and stubbornness, Lin Zhi felt a little helpless, but was also embarrassed to continue the stalemate.

So she could only thank the stall owner again and again, and then left the stall with the free pork belly.

Next, Lin Zhi continued to walk along the street, picking various ingredients with great interest.

She first bought a fresh and lively sea bass, then picked out a fat duck, and also purchased some vegetables needed to go with the dishes.

As for the green vegetables, there was still some in stock at home, so there was no need to buy more. After completing the shopping task, Lin Zhi set out on the road home with satisfaction.

After arriving home, Lin Zhi quickly put the fish into a basin of water, allowing them to swim freely; then he put the ducks in a cage to prevent them from running around; finally, he soaked the pork belly in salt water to keep the meat fresh.

After everything was arranged, Lin Zhi couldn't wait to take out her beloved pen, ink, paper and inkstone, ready to start writing her novel.

Yesterday, after careful consideration, she finally decided on the beginning of the novel. Now she just needs to follow the general idea to conceive the plot.

As the saying goes: The beginning is always the hardest.

Now that the difficult beginning has been written successfully, the subsequent writing will naturally become smoother and more unobstructed.

Lin Zhi was full of confidence, his ideas flowed freely, and the pen in his hand danced on the paper, as if he had endless inspiration and creativity.

After Li Chong and the other two came back, Lin Zhi asked them to kill the ducks and fish they had bought first.

The slaughtered fish and duck are first placed in the kitchen. Lin Zhi starts cooking after the employees go out to set up the stall.

The first thing to make is Dongpo pork, because this dish needs to be slow-cooked and takes a long time.

This is a famous traditional Chinese dish, famous for its tender meat, bright red color, and rich flavor.

Lin Zhi first carefully cleaned the fat and lean pork belly, carefully put it into the pot to blanch it, and when the pork belly changed color slightly, he quickly took it out. His movements were smooth and fluid, without any delay.

Then she picked up the knife and cut the pork belly into even-sized cubes. Each piece was square and perfect, like a carefully carved work of art.

Then, Lin Zhi added a little white sugar into the pot and slowly stirred the spoon. The sugar gradually melted and gave off bursts of tempting aroma.

When the sugar turned into caramel color, the heat was just right. She quickly poured the chopped meat into the pan and stir-fried it quickly.

The meat and caramel blend perfectly, as if covered with a layer of golden coat, making you salivate.

Afterwards, Lin Zhi added appropriate amounts of soy sauce, cooking wine, ginger slices, scallion segments, star anise, cinnamon and other seasonings in turn, and continued to stir-fry evenly.

For a moment, the kitchen was filled with a rich aroma, which made people's appetites whetted.

In the last step, Lin Zhi gently puts the fried meat cubes into a stew pot or casserole, adds enough water, boils it over high heat, and then simmers it over low heat.

Lin Zhi put the chopped meat into a casserole, added water and simmered it.

Then he turned around and started making the three-cup duck dish.

In fact, the cooking steps of Three Cups Duck are quite simple. First, you have to clean the duck meat and chop it into small pieces suitable for eating. Then cut the ginger into thin slices and cut the green onions into sections.

Everything is ready, you can start firing.

Lin Zhi poured a little cooking oil into the wok, and when the oil temperature gradually rose, he put the ginger slices and scallion segments into the wok and stir-fried them until fragrant.

After the aroma of onion and ginger is fully released, she pours the processed duck pieces into the pot and stir-frys them continuously until the surface changes color.

At this time, add appropriate amount of rice wine and soy sauce in turn, and continue to stir-fry so that every piece of duck meat is covered with sauce. It looks tempting and makes people salivate.

Next, Lin Zhi poured enough water into the pot, making sure the water level was higher than the duck pieces, then threw in a few rock sugars, first boiled the water over high heat, then switched to low heat and simmered it slowly.

After about half an hour, turn the duck pieces over from time to time so that they can be heated more evenly and taste better.

When the stewing time is almost done, turn on high heat to thicken the soup until it becomes thick and sticky. A delicious three-cup duck is ready and can be served.

After finishing the three cups duck, the next step is steamed fish.