Chapter 27 Selling Fish
When you leave the village, you have to pass through the fields and cross the river to reach the main road to the town.
It is said that the road is the one that has been walked out of various villages over the years. There may be more people walking there, and there are usually marks of carts made of ox carts and mules and horse carts.
It took about an hour to walk from Xinghua Village to the town, which was about two hours. Looking at his short legs, looking at his father and mother, his second uncle was still carrying a burden, Ning Yue was really worried.
Ning Yue wanted to grit her teeth and walk for a while, but her calves were short, so she could only let her mother carry her on her back. When she was tired, she would let Yao Jiati carry her back.
Lying on Yao Jiati's generous back, Ning Yue felt mixed feelings. This was her father's back, and she could hardly remember her father's appearance before.
When we walked to the town, the sun was already rising high, and a stone tablet was erected at the entrance of the town with the words "Changting Town".
The town is a long strip with a main road leading to the end. There are several other alleys that divide the town into several parts. The town is quite large, and the road surface is paved with bluestone.
There is a school on the left, so we live in some families with wealthy families. On the right is the daily market place for ordinary people, including grain shops, grocery shops, iron shops, wine shops, clothing shops, stalls, peddlers, and all kinds.
"Zuixianglou" is the only restaurant in the town, where Zhong Gui works as a hall. Several people walked to the back door and saw Zhong Gui and a man receiving goods. They waited until they finished their work before coming forward to say hello.
When Zhong Gui saw that it was his grandfather, he hurriedly said to the man and walked over.
"Grandpa, why are you here? Brother Yao San, second brother, are you here to the market? Sister-in-law, oh, Xiao Yue'er."
Li Niang nodded and took a step back. Ning Yue was staring at Zhong Gui, as the only person in the village who worked in a restaurant.
Yao Xingfu: "Guizi, your third brother is here to find you to build a line. They have fish in their family and want to sell some to the restaurant."
"Grandpa, no one can make fish from now, and fishy!
Yao Jiati: "Guizi, do you think this is OK? Let's talk to your boss and make a fish for him to taste. It's delicious. If it's not delicious, we will give the firewood money and ask him to give us a chance."
Zhong Gui thought for a while and said, "It's true, I'll tell you about the second shopkeeper. It's good for me normally, so I'll try it."
After a while, Zhong Gui came back and said it was OK, but time was tight and he had to prepare to open the door later.
Entering the back, there is a small patio and yard, with a road leading to the backyard on the side, and the other road leading to the front yard, with the kitchen in the middle.
The restaurant's kitchen is quite large, with a row of four stoves, all the food is separated on the board and arranged neatly. On the left are cut vegetables and on the right are placed, which is still very regular.
Time is tight, and it is Li Niang's business to burn the fire and put water on the pot. Yao Jiaxiao killed the fish and clean it up.
According to the method at home, Li Niang cut the fish into a diamond-shaped back, touched a little salt, and the water boiled. She took an oblong plate and put it on the fish, and put it in a pot to steam it.
Ning Yue swept around and saw onions, carrots, and there was a pot of oil next to it. I don’t know what it was squeezed.
He pulled Li Niang's clothes and said, "Mom, hug."
Li Niang picked up Ning Yue, and Ning Yue said in Li Niang's ear: "Mom, can you cut that thin strip into shreds?"
Li Niang knew that her daughter had something to do again, so she held Ning Yue's hand a little tight, and said softly: "Yes, that's onion!"
"I don't know, cut it into thin strips, put it on the fish after a while, pour a few drops of soy sauce first. Use the clean oil for the fish to drizzle it without adding water, just pour it on with oil. Remember."
"Mom knows, she can do it."
Ning Yue: "Dad, what's that red one!"
Yao Jiati: "What is that? Ask your uncle."
Guizi: "I don't know what it is. It seems to be called radish. It tastes strange when cooked and rarely eats it."
Ning Yue: "Uncle Gui, can I take a look? Can I just cut it for me?"
Guizi turned his head and looked at the man next to him before cutting a section of his finger for Ning Yue.
Ning Yue asked Yao Jiati to cut it into slices, cut a few small mouths on the slices, cut each mouth into an inverted triangle, and put it aside.
In a few minutes, the aroma in the pot came out. The man next to him was shocked. He walked to the edge of the pot and smelled it. He glanced at Yao Jiati and the others.
Almost at the end, Li Niang wrapped the scallion and took the fish out and put it aside, spooned dry water, poured the clean oil shreds into the pan, placed the scallion shreds on the fish, and dripped a few drops of soy sauce.
Ning Yue asked Li Niang to put a few carrot flowers on the side. The oil was hot and she drizzled it directly with the oil. In an instant, the fresh fragrance filled the kitchen came to her face, and everyone couldn't help swallowing.
The man rushed forward, took the chopsticks and picked it into his mouth. The umami flavor, a hint of flowery fragrance, was so delicious that he wanted to swallow his tongue.
Suddenly: "Shopkeeper Tian, you are so delicious, what's the food? I won't give it to us to try it. I'll eat it secretly by myself. Wow, it's so fragrant, it's so beautiful."
It is indeed beautiful, with green onions, red fish with sauce, red edge flowers, white plates, and complete color, fragrance and flavor.
A tall man with a beard snatched the fish, picked up a large piece of fish with chopsticks and drank it.
While eating, he pointed at the shopkeeper Tian, stared at the fish, and then swallowed it and said, "Hello, okay, let's be your brothers. If you hide such delicious fish, you are not a human."
The people in the kitchen looked at the bearded funny guy, and the shopkeeper Tian sighed: "I didn't say a word. How much did you say, can you still listen to someone say a word."
While eating, he said, "You said, you can't say one, two or three, I'll beat you up."
Manager Tian: "I have only tasted this fish. It was my family who came to me to sell it. Before the price was negotiated, you can eat the fish. You can pay for the money."
Bearded man: "I pay for it. Lao Hu has been eating it in one bite in my life. It's so delicious. I'm the first time I've eaten it, I'm here to get one."
"I said, the price has not been negotiated yet, how much can you give."
"Well, it's fresh and fragrant, without a trace of fishy smell, the meat is smooth and tender, and it looks good. One or two taels. If you get this fish to the city, haha, someone will buy it if you have ten taels."
Ning Yue: "Uncle, how much is ten taels!"
"Ah! What a cute little girl, what are your name? Come with me, I'll give you candy."
Li Niang immediately picked up Ning Yue, and Yao Jiati stood in front of her, Ning Yue was covered in black lines.
Manager Tian: "Come on, you're scared. This fish belongs to them. Do you want to eat it?"
The bearded eyes seemed to accidentally pass through Ning Yue's parents. Ning Yue saw Yao Jiati's back tightening and a hand behind her clenched into a fist.
This is a dangerous person, not an ordinary person, Ning Yue's big almond eyes stared at him.
The bearded man looked at Ning Yue and suddenly laughed: "Am I that scary? The little girl called Uncle, I bought how many fish there are."
Ning Yue: "I called me, uncle."
"Ah, oh, okay, I bought it, it's a pity, Lao Tian, serve the food soon, they're still on it."
Manager Tian: "Just remember now, just wait for death."
Bearded man: "Hurry, don't forget the fish, put two fish." He left with a fish plate in his hand.
Manager Tian: "Brother Yao, can you help me make two fish first? We'll talk about the matter later."
Yao Jiati clicked on it, so he made two more.
In the end, the Yao family's fish were sold to Zuixianglou for 100 yuan. All the six fish they brought were made on the spot, and three of them were eaten by bearded men.
When he left, Manager Tian gave him six taels of silver. Sanliang was bought by bearded fish, and the other three taels were made of six fish money and the method of making fish. The amount of fish sold later was calculated.
So, this time, the six fish took six taels of silver, walked out of the restaurant, and looked at each other, laughing out loud.
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