Chapter 270 Salted Fish
It’s very hot, so it’s not easy for you to bring it over. I won’t bargain anymore, just follow the price of dead fish for 30 cents per pound. That’s it?” The boss’s wife offered her very sincerely.
Mu Xiu thought about it and felt that the price was OK, but she turned to look at Chen Xiangyang. The fish belonged to Chen Xiangyang, and he still needed to make the decision.
"The boss's wife is also a cheerful person, so let's do it." Chen Xiangyang nodded immediately and agreed. This was already higher than his expected price.
"You go around here, I'll ask my son to settle the score in the backyard." Liu Xuenu pointed to the alley on his right.
Chen Xuhui led the ox cart, Chen Xiangyang supported it from behind, and walked towards the backyard one by one.
But Mu Xiu's eyes turned, and he followed the boss lady who had turned around and was about to leave, and shouted sweetly: "Boss lady."
Liu Xuenu stopped and looked at Mu Xiu in confusion.
"Boss, your hotel is doing very well, and the boss must have no idea about his skills!" Mu Xiu pointed out with a thumbs up.
"That's right, my family's door is a famous person in the county who knows how to cook. In the past, there were still many wedding banquets in this county town, and the birthday party would definitely come to you to find my house to take care of it. Everyone praised it." Mu Xiu's words greatly pleased Liu Xuenu, and Liu Xuenu said proudly.
"Looking at so many people waiting to eat outside, you know, boss lady, if you go back to your house to make a banquet for people, there will be a plate of fish on the table. Moreover, the fish is obviously bigger than other fish and tastes fresher. When you look at it, you can feel that your home is authentic..." At this point, Mu Xiu paused for a moment and continued: "Our fish, which is called rice-flavored fish, has a delicate meat and a fragrant smell at the mouth."
The boss's wife looked at Mu Xiu who was boasting with a smile, and couldn't help asking, "I bought all the fish, what else do you want to do?"
"That...professor, there are still a lot of fish in our village. It's not to see if you need it or not." Mu Xiu explained his intention.
"I'll see how this fish tastes like when I make it, and then decide whether to continue buying it." Liu Xuenu was indeed a little moved. The fish Mu Xiu brought this time could not be bought at all, judging from the quality of it.
"Boss, I'll come to see if you still need fish in the evening. Now, let's go to another place to ask first. After all, this is a good season to eat fresh fish." Mu Xiu said the truth.
"How many kilograms do you have?" Liu Xuenu asked in thought.
Mu Xiuxin calculated that there were eight families in the village, about thirteen acres of fish. According to the yield of Chen Xiangyang's family, one acre of land was more than 200 kilograms, about 80 to 100 fish, that is, there were more than 3,000 kilograms, that is, there were more than 1,000 kilograms, that is, more than 1,000 fish.
"It's a bit too many, more than three thousand kilograms, more than one thousand kilograms." Mu Xiu replied.
"There are so many. I can only hold a banquet in this restaurant. This fish cannot be compared with other fish, so it is difficult to put it on." Liu Xuenu looked puzzled.
"Then do you collect salted fish?" Mu Xiu asked suddenly.
"Salted fish tastes bad, and there is no such recipe. I can't make it at that time." Liu Xuenu immediately shook her head.
"Look at this. I brought salted fish today. I will lend it to you in the kitchen. When I cook it, you can try it. The rest will be put out today. Those who come to eat will all give you a small plate. If it tastes delicious, we will make the fresh fish into salted fish and sell it to you." Mu Xiu said sincerely.
Although Chen Xiangyang's fish was selling smoothly today and there were many people in the county town, they were brought to sell every day and could be sold out for ten or half a month, but the time to harvest rice could not be delayed, so I had to fish out all the fish in the past two days.
"Okay, you try it, come with me." Liu Xuenu also wanted to add more new dishes to the hotel that could attract customers. Moreover, she has a good impression of Mu Xiu, who is clean and well-organized and polite.
"Thank you, proprietress." Mu Xiu followed Liu Xuenu to the kitchen.
At this moment, Chen Xiangyang and Chen Xuhui had helped pour out all the fish, and Liu Xuenu's two sons, Hao Xi and Hao Hong, also praised the fish.
"Mom, this fish is weighed, it's 163 kilograms in total." Hao Xi said to Liu Xuenu.
"Boss, take this little girl into the kitchen. She wants to fry a salted fish. You and your father should check it out." Liu Xuenu pointed at Mu Xiu and said to Hao Xi.
"What's the good thing about salted fish? Who can come to the restaurant to eat salted fish?" Hao Xi immediately looked dissatisfied.
"This big brother, like shredded potatoes with vinegar, spicy and sour soybean sprouts, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, these are all home-cooked dishes. Why do so many people come to restaurants to eat? Even shredded pork noodles, egg noodles, and restaurants also sell them? It is because the taste outside is different from the ones made at home." Mu Xiu's words immediately made Hao Xi speechless.
Liu Xuemei didn't expect Mu Xiu to say this. She nodded repeatedly and said, and she began to look forward to the dishes made by Mu Xiu.
"Uncle Chen, Brother Chen, you guys sit here to rest first, I'll be ready soon." Mu Xiu explained, then followed Hao Xi into the kitchen.
There are two large stoves in the kitchen, side by side on the left, which are all made hot dishes. At this time, the fire is blazing, the pot and spoon are jingling, and cold dishes are placed on the right side against the wall. There is a counter in the middle for the shop to cut vegetables and place ingredients. Although this condition is very simple compared to later generations, it is already very rare compared to the present.
At this time, Chef Hao flipped the fried spoon twice, and took the spoon with his hands. A plate of red and green fried pork with fragrant green peppers was poured onto a plate. Without saying a word, Hao Xi went up and picked up the plate and walked forward.
"The head of the family, this little girl said she wanted to show off her skills and let her try it?" Liu Xuenu said to Chef Hao.
"You just do it on this stove." Chef Hao was so busy that he said, pointing to the innermost stove.
"Okay." Mu Xiu put down the basket and reached into it. With a thought, a salted fish had appeared in the basket. Mu Xiu stretched out his hand and brought out a salted fish of about five kilograms from the basket.
"Hey, what a big fish." Chef Hao exclaimed. After removing the internal organs, a fish can still be so big.
"This was pickled last winter. Uncle, look, the meat is still oily and bright." Mu Xiu picked up the basin, put the salted fish in, and brought it to the pool. There was tap water in the kitchen. Mu Xiu turned on the faucet, washed the salted fish first, and then soaked it in the water.
Chapter completed!