newbobooks Chapter 400: Buy Vegetables and Get a Free Recipe
Chapter 400: Buy Vegetables and Get a Free Recipe
Zhou Guo smiled as he looked at the long courtyard wall, which was said to belong to the Wang family. He said to the old man, "Master, just wait. When I become capable, I will build you a house as big as this and hire eight or ten cooks. You can have them cook whatever you want to eat and brew whatever wine you want to drink."
If the old man had any wine in his mouth, he would have spit it out. He said with a smile, "Do you know how big the Wang family is? They have such a big house to live in. And such a big house can't be built casually. Only people with status can build it. If anyone can build it casually, wouldn't it be a mess? You have the money to build one and I have the money to build one. Then where will ordinary people live?"
Zhou Guo nodded thoughtfully, "Even if we can't build such a big one, then we can build a slightly smaller one. When my uncle gets promoted to a higher official, if all the ancestral graves in the family are filled with smoke, and God opens his eyes, if one of my brothers or sisters is lucky enough to pass the imperial examination and become an official, then I can build one."
The old man sighed, "This cake is too big. I may never be able to eat it in my lifetime. How about drawing a smaller one next time?"
Zhou Guo chuckled and said, "Master, everyone has to have dreams. Who knows, maybe one day they will come true."
The two returned to the stall chatting and laughing, and found that there were a lot of people surrounding it, and Li was drowned in the crowd.
Zhou Guo hurried forward to help greet the guests.
One wanted meat, another wanted sheep mushrooms, and several others wanted toon buds and ferns. There were so many people talking at the same time that Zhou Guo couldn't even hear what was being said.
Several Chen families nearby were also busy greeting customers. The sheep mushrooms had only been out for a short time, and there weren't so many available to buy in previous years, so they were still very popular.
She took the time to take a look and saw that every family was busy. This was good. If there were so many families and only their business was good, that would not be good.
The two of them were too busy to handle it, and even the old man had to come to help, and the three of them were able to barely keep the place together.
Their stall was surrounded immediately, and other stalls didn't seem to have so many people. Zhou Guo was confused, "Why are there so many people now?"
Many of them require Chinese toon sprouts and ferns.
A woman smiled and said, "We all came here to buy vegetables because of what the store owner said. She said that if we come to your house to buy wild vegetables, we will be given a recipe. If we buy a lot, there will be a pretty little girl to deliver them back to us. We all want to buy some to try."
"Yes, yes, how is this dish made? Can you explain it to us in detail? I heard that even the chefs in big restaurants can't make it, right?"
“Ah? Hehehe…” Zhou Guo could only laugh awkwardly. “The chefs in the restaurant only know how to cook big dishes. They have never seen these unknown wild vegetables in the mountains. How can they cook them? Aunts, I tell you, go back and do it this way…”
After a burst of endless talk, everyone nodded in agreement. Those who could survive in the county town all had their own way of survival. Otherwise, those who had no land would have starved to death long ago. They would not be short of money for seasonings, so they were very excited to hear it.
When the people who came over heard that they were talking about various ways to eat this dish, they couldn't walk anymore. After listening for a while, it seemed to be quite delicious.
When this group of women were happily carrying their things back, the people behind them came again.
Zhou Guo just kept talking and talking, two people talked, one talked too, his saliva dried up and his throat started smoking from talking.
Fortunately, the number of bags filled with ferns and camellia buds gradually decreased.
Chen, who had just had some free time after a busy day, was stunned. She couldn't help but ask Li, "Why does Guoguo seem to say she's not tired? She's been talking for more than half an hour, right?"
Li smiled bitterly, "I can't help it. All the customers who come here come to her to complain. I told them that they were not happy even though I told them. They thought I was too old and unpopular. You said that they still need young girls to sell vegetables. It's a waste of time."
Chen looked behind and said, "That's fine. Look, in just a short time, you've already used up two sacks of bracken. Oh, I won't talk to you anymore. I have guests... These goat mushrooms were picked from the mountains yesterday. They're very good. How many do you want..."
The old man stood by and sold the last few pounds of wild boar meat.
Looking at his apprentice who was talking nonstop, he stood up and left. After a while, he brought back two bowls of mutton soup.
One bowl was given to Li and one bowl was given to Zhou Guo.
"Master, put it wherever you want." Zhou Guo waved his hand, grabbed the bamboo tube, drank a sip of water and continued talking. The mutton offal soup had a strong smell. After drinking it and talking about it, the smell of mutton offal soup would make people feel uncomfortable.
The old man shook his head and had to pick it up and drink it himself. After taking a sip, his brows raised.
Zhou Guo spoke for more than an hour before he sent away the guests one after another.
She then remembered the bowl of mutton soup. She turned around and saw that even the bowl was gone. She asked in a hoarse voice, "Master, where is my soup?"
The old man said calmly, "I drank it. It will be cold by the time you drink it. Wait, I'll get you another bowl. The mutton soup here is much better than the one in town."
Li said, "Come, you come to my place to sell goat mushrooms, and I'll sell wild vegetables. If anyone else comes, I'll teach them how to cook."
Zhou Guo didn't try to be brave. Her throat was itchy and dry, and she had been doing it for over an hour. Now she didn't want to utter a single word.
But as soon as I got to this side, someone came to buy goat mushrooms. It was a man. He asked as he picked, "How much is it? There are so many ways to eat wild vegetables, how can you eat goat mushrooms?"
I also learned this from what others taught me.
Li wanted to speak, but found that she couldn't cook. She could only stir-fry, stew chicken and meat, which everyone could do.
Zhou Guo smiled and said, "There are many ways to cook goat mushrooms. You can blanch them like bracken, season them and eat them together. You can also roast, fry, braise, stew or steam them. Goat mushrooms are delicious and will taste good with any other ingredients. If you dry them and store them properly, they will not go bad for a long time. Although they are not as tender and smooth as when eaten fresh, they are more fragrant."
She saw that the man was well dressed, wearing silk, and must be a good eater. She didn't know whether he was going to roast her or was joking when asking about the method. She only gave a general idea, and he must have known the details himself.
The man nodded and looked at the bracken and Chinese toon beside him. "Give me three handfuls of each, and weigh me ten kilograms of goat mushrooms."
Zhou Guo happily began to weigh things. She said she could make money by working for a day.
The prices of things on the stall were visibly decreasing.
She looked towards the shops nearby and saw that every one of them had sold a lot, and only half of the ones that sold well were left. It was only around 9:00 in the morning, so the ones she brought today should be sold out.
Chen came over and said, "Yesterday they said there were too many people selling, so everyone waited until the second half of the day to sell out. It's still early now, so we should be finished before them."
Li said, "That's good. I see fewer and fewer people are buying vegetables. I wonder if there will be many people at noon."
Chen confirmed: "There are more people than now. Some families have just finished eating the vegetables they bought yesterday, so they will come out to buy vegetables at noon. In previous years, we always have another wave at noon."