Chapter 15: Something Amazing
In this way, a bowl of fragrant and brightly colored chili oil is made.
The lo-mei has almost been put to room temperature, and Shen Xiangmiao cut the pork belly, tenderloin, pork liver, etc. into thin and appropriate slices, and began to string bamboo skewers.
Put on the lo-mei with bamboo skewers, put it on top of the marinade, and continue to taste.
When all the work was almost completed, Shen Xiangmiao heard the cries of chickens coming from the yard, and the chickens in the village crowed one after another.
Soon, the wooden door of the room was pushed open, and Lu Shi rubbed his eyes and yawned while pulling his hair back and holding it in place with a wooden hairpin.
Seeing Shen Xiangmiao standing in the courtyard, Lu Shi was startled: "You kid, why do you get up so early?" ”
When he got up just now, he saw that there was no Shen Xiangmiao on the bed, and Lu Shi thought at first that it was just a night, but seeing that Shen Xiangmiao was dressed neatly and busy, she obviously got up early.
"I want to finish the skewers earlier, so that I can get up early and go to town." Shen Xiangmiao said as she wore a skewer neatly.
Looking at the marinade skewers soaked in the marinade have piled up like a hill, you can guess that Shen Xiangmiao must have gotten up in the middle of the night to start making these.
Lu's eyes were slightly red: "Why don't you call me to help you get it together?" ”
"My mother is so tired every day, seeing that you sleep soundly, I didn't call you, just this little work, and I will be busy in a while." Shen Xiangmiao said with a smile.
His own sons and daughters are the most filial and sensible, Lu's heart warmed, his eyes were slightly wet, and he came to help after washing his hands.
There weren't many skewers left, and the mother and daughter worked together to complete it soon.
Shen Xiangmiao went to wake up Tie Dan, and Lu went to prepare breakfast.
Erhe noodle wotou is served with thickly boiled stick noodle porridge, and with freshly marinated skewers, it is naturally particularly refreshing and sweet.
After breakfast, after cleaning up, the mother carried a bamboo basket on her back, packed lo-mei and other things, and walked to the town.
It was still early, but there were many pedestrians on the road, carrying bamboo baskets, carrying bamboo baskets, and pushing carts, most of whom were people from nearby villages, taking their family's agricultural and sideline products or handmade things to the town to sell.
An ox cart slowly drove from behind, and when the driver saw the three of them, he shouted to stop the oxen pulling the cart.
"Daughter-in-law Fucai, bring the child to the car and sit in the car." The old man who drove the ox cart said.
Lu Shi turned around and saw that it was Shen Xianghe in the village, and he should call Uncle according to his seniority, and said with a smile: "Uncle, you're welcome, it's almost time to get to the town, let's just take two steps." ”
The car was full of bamboo baskets, straw sandals and other things, and there was almost no place to sit down, and Lu Shi didn't like to make trouble for others, so he resigned.
"Look at your politeness, Miao Yatou and Tie Dan are young, I'm afraid I'm tired after walking so far, come up and sit." Shen Xianghe is as his name suggests, with a docile personality and a kind smile on his face.
Shen Xianghe stretched out his hand and strung the hemp rope from a few baskets that occupied the area, and put a few on the back of the oxen, so that there was a lot of space on the cart, enough for the three of them to sit.
"Then we're welcome." Lu Shi smiled and took Shen Xiangmiao and Tie Dan into the ox cart.
Shen Xianghe shook the small whip in his hand, and after the ox "mooed", he stepped away, and the car slowly drove forward.
"Daughter-in-law Fucai, I see that you are carrying a bamboo basket on your back, and you are also planning to go to the town to sell things?" Shen Xianghe chatted.
"Well, I'm going to sell some food for some money." Lu Shi did not hide it.
"Selling food, then you have to go to the east end of the street, where they all sell food, knick-knacks, jewelry, etc., and next to a school, there are many rich and noble people who go there, and the west end of the street is full of vegetables, fish and livestock, and the people are miscellaneous and not very clean." Shen Xianghe proposed.
"Then we'll listen to my uncle and go to the east end of the street." Lu Shi smiled.
Shen Xianghe has two sons and a daughter, both have married and had children, the eldest son is in the town blacksmith shop to make iron, the second son is a carpenter, the daughter and her husband opened a shop selling rouge gouache in the town after marriage, Shen Xianghe is also an active person, often in the village to collect some hand-woven baskets, baskets of straw shoes, embroidery or something, for those who are inconvenient to go out at home to the town to sell, that is, to earn some commission, but also to make the people in the village earn.
Therefore, this Shen Xianghe is very familiar with the situation in the town, and what he said naturally cannot be wrong.
Shen Xianghe saw that Lu Shi agreed simply, and a trace of satisfaction appeared on his face to be trusted.
They exchanged some words with each other, and after a while, when they arrived in the town, the Lu family got out of the car with Shen Xiangmiao and Tie Dan.
"Thank you, uncle, for giving us a while, otherwise I don't know when I came over." Lu Shi thanked him again and again.
"You're welcome, it's not early at this time, it's time to dry it later, you should hurry up and find a place to set up a stall." Shen Xianghe added: "If you are not in a hurry, I will rush back when it is half dark, and you can go to the west of the street to find me, and the car will be empty when you go back." ”
"Done." Lu Shi smiled and agreed.
Shen Xianghe nodded, drove the ox cart to the west.
Shen Xiangmiao, Lu Shi and Tie Dan walked down the street.
The streets were as lively as ever, and there were many stalls that got up early to sell things, and the streets were full, and there was almost no room for them.
Shen Xiangmiao was sharp-eyed, and saw that there was a gap next to a baked cake stall, perhaps because the stove where the baked cakes was steaming, and the people around were afraid of the heat, so they avoided it.
"Big brother, is there anyone using it in the next place?" Shen Xiangmiao asked.
"No, no." The seller of baked cakes was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old eldest brother, who looked lively and nimble: "If you want to set up a stall, even if you set it up, the stove is a little hot." ”
"It's okay." Shen Xiangmiao smiled, weighed the wooden board she brought, took out the casserole of Shengzhuang's marinade and marinade skewers, and placed it on top.
Most of the marinade skewers are immersed in the marinade, and long bamboo skewers are exposed on the outside, but this does not affect the aroma of the marinade to disperse. In addition, there are those who sell lo-mei, but it is rare to sell them with a chisel like a sugar gourd.
So soon someone came over and asked.
"It's unusual to sell this braised vegetable on skewers, how can you sell it?" A middle-aged man wearing a muslin shirt, a slightly chubby, fair-skinned man walked over.
"Two pennies for vegetarian food, and five pennies for meat." Shen Xiangmiao replied with a smile.
"Obediently, what you sell here is not cheap, you can buy a baked cake for two pennies, and it is not cost-effective to buy a string of vegetarian marinade from you." The middle-aged man said this, but there was no sarcasm on his face, obviously just joking.
Shen Xiangmiao smiled: "What price is what taste, abalone ginseng wing belly is worth a lot of money, one can be sold for a few taels of silver, it is said that you can buy thousands of baked cakes, but you can eat all the thousands of baked cakes, and you can't eat the delicious taste of abalone ginseng wing belly." ”
The middle-aged man immediately laughed a few times: "Your answer is really interesting, it's okay, you take a string of braised tofu and I'll taste it first, and if it's delicious, I'll buy it next to it." ”
Shen Xiangmiao took out a bunch and handed it to the other party, and pushed the plate of chili oil over: "If you like spicy food, you can dip it and eat it." ”
The middle-aged man waved his hand and took a bite of braised tofu.
This meal made him discover something amazing.