Joe's Farming

Since I have decided to start the preserved egg business.

There needs to be a charter for calculating costs, setting prices, and who will do it.

Qiao Yu quickly ate two mouthfuls of rice and wanted to start assigning tasks to everyone.

Before he could say anything, Gu Feng picked up a piece of pork ribs for him and dipped it in chili before putting it in his bowl.

"eat first."

Gu Feng said in a gentle voice.

"Oh."

Qiao Yu then started to eat the ribs obediently.

"Brother Gu, I want to eat radishes and drink a bowl of soup." Qiao Yu simply ordered people to come.

Gu Feng used the bowl prepared beside to serve him soup and radish, and said lovingly, "Drink it."

Then he said to everyone, "Please stay for a while after dinner. Qiaoer has some work to do."

Qiao Yu was simply shocked by her husband.

I asked him quietly, "How did you know I was going to assign work to everyone?"

Gu Feng smiled and said, "Qiao Er looks like he's going to make a lot of money. I see that."

Qiao Yu chuckled.

Although he originally wanted to live out his retirement here and do nothing.

But who doesn’t like to make money?

Besides, the things he sold were not rare and expensive, nor did they drive up the prices.

He earned this money with a clear conscience and it could also increase income for local villagers, so why not do it?

"The new store can't just sell hot and sour noodles. We can also sell preserved egg and lean meat porridge, soy milk and fried dough sticks in the morning. Preserved eggs must be supplied."

Gu Feng nodded, fearing that the new store would be even busier than the snack bar by then.

-

After dinner, Bai Lan went to wash the dishes.

Everyone else sat obediently in the main room, waiting for Qiao Yu's arrangements.

cough--

“It takes time to make this preserved egg, so I’m in a hurry and plan to start making it tomorrow.

Da Zhuang, you are responsible for collecting the duck eggs. The more the better, because we will be doing salted duck egg business later.

The duck eggs were given to Su Qing and Li Xin. Su Qing knew how to make them and was responsible for teaching Li Xin.

Brother, you and sister-in-law are going to build a new house soon, so I won’t make any arrangements for you for now.

If you are free and can help, I will pay you."

Hong Xiu immediately waved her hands: "Count, what money? Brother Gang and I eat and drink for free at home every day.

Brother Gang has his own things to do, so I want to be one of them and make preserved eggs too."

Gu Gang also said: "I didn't have anything to do before the house was built, so I'm one of them."

Qiao Yu had no choice but to thank them: "Okay, thank you, brother and sister-in-law."

Qiao Yu looked at the three children who were looking at him eagerly, as if to say, little daddy, we are here too.

"Every day you have to feed the sheep, take care of the dogs, and learn things from Grandpa and Li Xin. Help if you can. Daddy won't force you.

But everyone who does the work will be paid, that’s for sure.”

"Great! My brother is the best!" Li Xin shouted.

Qiao Yu smiled and said to Da Zhuang, "I won't let Xiao Bai go to town anymore. Let him come over to help.

However, Brother Wen wants to open the door to welcome guests tomorrow, so he still has to go to town before he can recruit anyone.

I'll tell you the truth first, so you don't blame me for not letting you work together."

Da Zhuang almost jumped up when he heard this: "Boss, you are the best boss. Xiao Bai and I thank you."

Qiao Yu nodded when he heard this, but he always felt something was strange.

After everyone had finished making arrangements, Gu Feng looked at Qiao Yu and asked, "Qiao'er, what about me?"

Qiao Yu asked back: "Aren't you going to recruit people?"

Gu Feng was stunned when he heard this. It seemed that he had indeed forgotten about this matter.

"Yeah. I'll recruit in two days. There's no rush."

Qiao Yule said: "No! You are not anxious, but I am. The day is coming soon, and we have to prepare for spring ploughing.

We don’t have enough farm tools at home, so we need to order some more. And you need to ask the master from Funing Temple to help you.”

When everyone heard that they were going to Funing Temple to invite the master, they hurriedly asked what happened to Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu looked at the three children and said with a wry smile, "It's nothing. Li Xin, don't say anything nonsense. If you have any questions, just ask me."

He was afraid that the children would be scared, after all, they were adults, but children still needed to be protected.

Li Xin nodded obediently.

Everyone became even more curious, so Qiao Yu just perfunctorily answered the question by saying that he wanted to calculate an auspicious day for Xindian.

After washing up, Gu Feng asked Qiao Yu: "Why am I the one who goes to invite the master, and Qiao Er doesn't go?"

Qiao Yu then expressed his concerns.

Since that master was able to save Xu Yuan, he must be very powerful.

If it were discovered that he had changed his "heart", the consequences would be unpredictable.

So I just don't take the risk.

Gu Feng was unhappy when he heard it.

"Then I won't go either. What if it's really as powerful as Qiao Er said, and he figures out that my husband is not ordinary? What should I do then?

I go to the store every day to guard it. I don’t believe any evil spirits will appear in the store.”

Qiao Yu:......

That's not necessary.

I'm not a ghost, so how could the master see from a distance that Gu Feng has a ghost aura?

"Then... I'll accompany you to that Funing Temple, but I won't go in. I'll wait for you in the car. Is that okay with you?"

Gu Feng was satisfied and said with a smile, "Okay."

-

The next day, Qiao Yu got up and went to find Bai Lan to teach her how to make century egg and lean meat porridge.

Of course, Xiaoxing took his own little notebook and waited by the side to learn together.

The century egg and lean meat porridge made by Qiao Yu was very simple, unlike what he had seen on the Internet before.

It is so troublesome that you need to marinate the meat first, then stir-fry the meat, stir-fry the preserved eggs, etc.

He always cooks according to the principle of keeping it as simple as possible.

The purpose of marinating and stir-frying meat is simply to enhance the flavor and remove the fishy smell.

Then he would just keep the step of curing the meat.

Qiao Yu liked the texture of the melted meat and preserved eggs in the lean meat porridge, so he asked Su Qing to cut the pork into smaller pieces than minced meat.

Then add shredded ginger, a little sweet potato starch and soy sauce and marinate.

At this time, Bai Lan had already cooked the rice porridge to half done, so Qiao Yu put the preserved eggs and ginger that had been cut into pieces in advance into the pot.

"Sister Lan, keep stirring to avoid burning the bottom."

Qiao Yu ordered.

"Hey! Don't worry, Boss."

Then Qiao Yu asked Su Qing to pick out the shredded ginger from the marinated meat and put the meat into the pot.

At this time, the unique aroma of century egg and lean meat porridge was already wafting from the pot.

"Boss, it smells so good. It tastes different from what I ate yesterday."

Bai Lan said.

"Well, preserved eggs are a magical food. In the summer, they are cooked into soup with cucumbers, which is also delicious and refreshing.

The porridge will be ready in another quarter of an hour. Add some chopped green onions after it is removed from the pot. I will go and cook the salted duck eggs. "

"Little daddy, let me help you." Qiao Xing shouted hurriedly.

In fact, there was no need for his help at all, as Su Qing on the side had already started to fish out the duck eggs.

Qiao Yu boiled fifty salted duck eggs in one go. The weather was still cold now, so it would be no problem to keep them at room temperature for more than ten days after they were cooked.

However, a problem also arises. Salted duck eggs cannot be kept in salt water for a long time after being pickled.

So how to save it is a big problem.

It seems that unlike century eggs, water-pickled salted duck eggs need to be prepared in a predetermined manner.

This way, after it’s done, it can be handed directly to the customer without having to worry about storage issues!

Next, the Gu family enjoyed the most delicious porridge this year.

Especially the chopped green onions at the end, which are the finishing touch and enhance the aroma of the meat porridge to a higher level.

Even the old man who usually only drinks one bowl of porridge asked for a second bowl today.

The salted duck eggs were also pickled very successfully. The red oil in the center of the egg yolk was bright in color, tasted rich, and the egg white was not salty.

Bai Lan exclaimed: "No wonder the boss wants to use the water pickling method, I used to just wash the eggs, rub some white wine on them and store them in a salt jar.

The egg yolk is okay, but the egg white is so chewy that I have to wash it down with a bowl of porridge."

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Now that I have learned it, I will just use this method to pickle eggs in the future. However, the recipes for preserved eggs and salted duck eggs are our family's way of making money, so they cannot be passed on to others."

Qiao Yu said the last four words seriously.

Everyone expressed their opinions immediately and promised not to tell anyone.

Qiao Yu then asked her husband who had been concentrating on drinking porridge: "Brother Gu, how is it? Which one is better, the preserved egg or the salted duck egg?"

Brother Gu said without hesitation: "They are all delicious."