The happy little days of the Ye family

After the Tang family and his son returned, the seven members of the Ye family sat around the hall and continued to discuss the details of selling braised pork rice.

Mr. Ye said: "Before, braised pork rice was sold in oil paper, but for this braised pork rice, you still need to buy a batch of bowls and chopsticks."

Father Ye had already thought of this, "I plan to buy a batch of big bowls, with half a bowl of rice on the bottom, covered with braised pork, and then drizzled with some braised pork juice. It looks good and is affordable."

Ye Donglin: "Dad, there is no water on the dock to wash dishes, so we need to prepare more dishes and chopsticks."

Father Ye calculated carefully, "There are at most a few dozen merchants on the pier, plus the patrolling agents, as well as the stewards on the ship and on the pier, 60 dishes and chopsticks are enough."

Mrs. Ye thought of another question: "How much braised pork and braised vegetables should be prepared? It's hot now, so we can't keep what we can't sell."

In the summer, the meat goes bad easily. If it cannot be sold on the same day, it will not be used the next day.

Father Ye: "I used to sell braised food at the dock. What I prepared was a pair of pig guts and half a pig's head, plus 20 kilograms of braised food."

"We still sell braised pork in the morning as before, and braised pork rice at noon. A pig head, a pair of pig meat, plus pig trotters and pig tails are enough. 30 kilograms of vegetarian dishes should be enough."

Ye Mu asked again: "Where's the rice? What kind of rice do you use for the double dish?"

“Both the double and triple dishes use brown rice, and the braised dishes use triple rice.”

The people in the room became more and more happy as they talked, and the matter of selling braised pork rice at the dock was settled.

Thinking about braised pork rice, Father Ye got up early the next morning.

After breakfast, Father Ye drove the newly purchased donkey cart to the town. Father Ye came early, and the pig heads and pig meat at the butcher stall were not sold.

Ye's father generously rounded up the pig heads, pig guts, pig trotters and pig tails on the stall. The owner of the butcher stall was so happy that he happily gave Ye's father a pound of ribs.

Father Ye thought that rich people might be disgusted with pigs getting into the water, and the braised pork ribs tasted good, so he spent money to buy an extra pound of pork ribs to make braised pork ribs.

Father Ye thought it would be troublesome to come to town every day to buy meat, so he directly decided with Butcher Zhang on the pig heads and pig meat he would use every day.

"Brother Zhang, we are going to continue making braised pork. Can you help me keep a pair of pig guts and a pig head every day? There are also pig tails and pig trotters. I want these too, and they will be delivered to my house every morning."

Nowadays, everyone is short of oil and water, and they all like to buy fat meat. Pig heads, offal and pig trotters are not easy to sell.

Hearing that Father Ye had wrapped all the leftovers, Butcher Zhang was very happy and said quickly: "Okay, okay, I will have someone deliver the meat to you early tomorrow morning."

"Brother Zhang, I may need so much meat every day in the future. Can the price be more favorable?"

Butcher Zhang said with a bitter face: "Brother Ye, I have bought pigs from your house before, 12 kilograms per kilogram of live pigs. Now the pig meat and pig heads are sold cheaply. No matter how low the price is, I will lose money. .”

"How about this? When I deliver the meat, I'll give you a pound of ribs and a few pounds of big bones. What do you think?"

Father Ye asked again: "Brother Zhang, will this pound of ribs and big bones be given away only tomorrow or every day?"

Seeing that Father Ye relented, Butcher Zhang quickly said, "I'll deliver it every day. As long as you order the pig's head and pig's water from my place, I'll deliver it to you."

"Okay, the weather is hot now, and the water will smell if left for a long time. Brother Zhang, please bring the meat over early tomorrow."

After buying the meat, Father Ye went to the drug store to buy some aniseed ingredients.

When Father Ye came out of the drug store, he felt heartbroken. Aniseed was really expensive. This light aniseed actually cost him more than 200 yuan, which was more expensive than the meat he bought.

Father Ye bought meat and aniseed and hurried home. The weather was hot and the pig water would smell if it was not handled quickly.

After Ye's father returned home, he gave all the meat and aniseed to Ye's mother, and then drove the donkey cart out.

Old Mrs. Ye took the pig into the water from Ye's mother and asked Ye's mother to rush back to the house to do embroidery.

Pig excrement has a strong smell, and Mrs. Ye's hands are used for embroidery. Old Mrs. Ye is afraid that the strong smell of pig excrement will stain the delicate silk. Besides, her hands will get rough easily if she works frequently.

"Xiuxiu, you go back to the house and do the embroidery. The old man and I will take care of the pig heads and pig water, and you can be responsible for braised meat."

It's the slack season now, and Mr. Ye happens to be at home.

Ye's mother still cherished her hands. Seeing that Mrs. Ye really didn't need her help, she went back to the house to continue doing embroidery.

Father Ye drove the donkey cart to Yueya Town.

Father Ye did not look for Li Erzhu, but Li Erzhu's eldest brother Li Dazhu. Li Dazhu's kiln specializes in making ordinary pottery such as bowls, plates, pots and water jars.

Father Ye picked 60 ordinary bowls. Thinking that ceramics were easily damaged, he picked up five more bowls.

After choosing the ocean bowl, Father Ye picked up 65 pairs of ceramic chopsticks that matched the ocean bowl.

Father Ye saw that there were many exquisite ceramic deep dishes on the shelf beside him, so he picked out a few pure white ceramic deep dishes, which were intended to be used to hold braised meat.

After leaving Li Dazhu's house, Ye's father went to Uncle Li's house, which made bamboo furniture. Bamboo furniture is much lighter than wooden furniture and is most suitable for setting up stalls.

Father Ye chose a waist-high long table, which was used to place the braised pork.

Father Ye doesn't plan to buy any stools. There is only so much space in the stall and there is no room for stools. When the time comes, he can just stand and eat with the big bowl, and then return the big bowl after eating.

After buying the table for selling braised pork, Father Ye stopped by Kaoshan Village and Lijia Village to collect some things suitable for setting up stalls at the dock or in the town.

After lunch, Father Ye came to Dashan Village with a cart full of groceries. Father Ye came to Dashan Village mainly to collect some aniseed ingredients for braised pork.

Father Ye has not been a salesman for several months, and several villages near Taohua Village have been divided up by other salesmen.

Only Dashan Village is too remote and there are many hunting dogs in the village, so most of the vendors are reluctant to go there to sell their goods.

Father Ye often came to Dashan Village last year, so many times that the hounds at the entrance of the village were already familiar with Father Ye's scent, and they even wagged their tails at Father Ye enthusiastically.

Father Ye has not been to Dashan Village for a long time. Every household in the village is short of a lot of things. As soon as Father Ye came to the village, he was surrounded by enthusiastic aunts and aunts.

"The weather is really too hot. Boss Ye, bring me a thin piece of fabric. The ginger-yellow one is pretty good. I want this one."

"This bright red fabric is good. My daughter is getting married in the second half of the year. Give me a 13-foot piece of this bright red fabric."

"Boss Ye, you're here. The facial fat at home has been used up a long time ago. Please give me two more boxes."

"Mr. Ye, I want these large pieces of cloth, as well as the soles and insoles."

"Give me half a catty of rice wine."

The villagers made a lot of money by selling winter bamboo shoots, dry goods from the mountains and honeysuckle. They bought things without blinking an eye. In less than a quarter of an hour, most of the items on the donkey cart were sold.

The aunt in the village was still picking things, and a group of little kids came. Each of these little guys carried dried bamboo shoots and dried mushrooms, and exchanged all the candy cubes brought by Ye's father.

After dinner, Ye Mu took the cleaned pig guts and pig heads out of the well.

After Ye Mu blanch the meat, sauté the onion, ginger, and garlic, add the pig head to the water and stir-fry, and then add the well-preserved old brine.

There was more braised meat this time, but the brine was not enough. Ye Mu added some water to the brine, and then added some salt and aniseed to it.

Ye's mother and Ye Qingqing were cooking braised pork in the kitchen, while Ye's father and others were discussing the final price of braised pork rice in the house.

Ye Donglin: "Dad, how much do you plan to sell these braised pork ribs for?"

"I plan to sell the braised pork ribs for 16 yuan for half a catty. If there are only two catties of braised pork ribs, I will sell the braised pork directly. The braised pork ribs will not be added to the braised pork rice."

“In the morning, we still sell braised pork as before. Pig tails are 25 cents each, braised pork ribs are 16 cents and a half catty, pig head meat is 10 cents and a half catty, pig offal is 8 cents and a half catty, pig trotters are 7 cents and a half, and vegetarian dishes are 5 cents and a half catty. .”

"We sell braised pork rice at noon. The three-piece version costs 18 cents each, the pork head with vegetarian dishes costs 15 cents, the pork offal with vegetarian dishes costs 12 cents, and the vegetarian version costs 8 cents."