Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

Luo Ding is a person with great action ability, and it has always been his style to do what he wants to do.After talking with Shen Chenai that night, early the next morning, he went to ask Shuanzi alone.

Shuanzi's hometown is in the Land of Abundance, a typical land of Bashu. Although he escaped because of a military disaster when he was a teenager, he still remembers a lot of basic situations at home.

So after listening to Luo Ding's narration, Shuanzi thought about it carefully before he said: "My hometown does have the habit of making bacon. Every time after the New Year's pigs are killed, there will always be leftovers in the house. Some pork that could not be eaten, at that time, the old mothers in the family would cut the pork into thin strips, marinate them with pepper and salt, then hang them on the beams on the roof of the stove, and dry them while smoking. "

When Luo Ding heard that it was really interesting, he hurriedly asked: "How about the anti-corrosion effect, can those meat strips hung on it really be able to keep for a long time without corruption?"

Shuanzi nodded affirmatively when he heard the words, and said: "It can be kept for a long time. If it is well preserved, there will be no problem in three to five years. The climate in my hometown is much more humid than ours. There is almost no time when people’s clothes are not damp, and under such conditions, the cured bacon can last for a long time without deterioration.”

Luo Ding smiled when he heard this, and felt that he had found a good way to preserve the quality of the meat.Seeing him smiling happily, Shuanzi hesitated, but he still said: "Master, don't be so busy being happy, the method I just mentioned can keep the meat from going bad for a long time, but if you want to use it well It has to have a prerequisite."

Luo Ding put away his smiling face when he heard the words, and asked Shuanzi, "What are the conditions, please tell me and I'll listen."

Shuanzi took a careful look at Luo Ding's face, and saw that he was really not angry, so he said: "My grandma once told me that she wanted the meat sticks hanging on the beams of the house to not deteriorate, and the meat at home The fire can’t be stopped. Only repeated and uninterrupted smoking every day can ensure that the pickled meat strips on the beams will never be corrupted. I didn’t believe it at first, but then there was a flood in our village in the middle of the night, and everyone was busy I ran away and didn't care about other things, and when the water receded, when I went back, many people's meat strips hanging on the beams of the house were all hairy."

Hearing this, Luo Ding frowned and said, "Are you sure that the meat strips grow hair because no one smokes them continuously? Is it because the meat is submerged in the water, so the hair grows?"

Shuanzi shook his head when he heard the words, and said with certainty: "No, although the water is big when it is flooded, the deepest place is just without windows. There are houses on high ground, and the flood is just overflowing. The bacon hanging on the beams of the house will not be flooded, so although I haven’t tried it on purpose, what my grandma said is very likely to be true.”

After Luo Ding heard it, he nodded and murmured softly: "That's right, then it's hard to handle, we can't find a stove to smoke them every day, right?"

Shuanzi saw that the boss was worried, so he volunteered to say: "Boss, Xiaocao's hometown is from Jinhua, Zhejiang, and their ham is the most famous. Do you want me to call him over and ask you?"

Luo Ding thought about it after hearing the words, and finally agreed to Shuanzi's proposal, and asked him to find Xiao Cao's child.

The reason why Luo Ding hesitated was because he knew that ham needs time to ferment. Generally, it would take at least two or three years for a returned ham to ferment. It is too long.

When the kid Xiao Cao was called over and asked, as Luo Ding had heard before, it took time to make ham.

Seeing Luo Ding's obviously disappointed look, Xiao Cao scratched the back of his head and asked, "Why don't you make bacon? That thing can be preserved for a long time."

Shuanzi smiled wryly and said, "We have just discussed that bacon needs to be smoked for a long time before it can be preserved. It is really troublesome."

Xiao Cao blinked his eyes and said, "Shopkeeper, there must be no salt in your house, so you have to smoke it to prevent spoilage. My grandmother's house is also in Bashu, where they are rich in mineral salt, and the bacon they make Even if it comes to our Jiangsu and Zhejiang side, it can be guaranteed that it will not deteriorate for at least one year."

Luo Ding's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked: "What you said is true"

Xiao Cao patted his chest and said: "Of course it is true. When I was young, every time my mother went back to my grandmother's house, she would bring back some bacon. We can eat those bacon from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, as long as we are careful Otherwise, if they get wet, there will be no problem eating them until the Chinese New Year."

Luo Ding asked very happily when he heard the words: "Is it difficult to learn how to make bacon at your grandma's side? Is there anyone here who can do it?"

Xiao Cao heard the words and replied: "It's not difficult to learn, almost every household at my grandmother's side can do it. My grandmother can do it too. She said that when she left home, my grandmother taught her by hand."

Luo Ding said happily when he heard the words: "Xiao Cao, can you take me to your house and meet your mother, I have something to ask her."

The young man listened to Luo Ding's request and said that there was no problem. He didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he took Luo Ding and the others to his home.

While Luo Ding was constantly searching for a suitable method, Shen Chenai was not idle. Last night, Shen Chenai, who was lying under the quilt, was constantly searching her memory, trying to find a way to recall the things behind the packaging bags. seasoning list.

After all, a young man has a good memory. After one night, he remembered several kinds of cooked food seasonings.

Relying on those tiny memories, Shen Chenai began to try to make cooked food, but because of his terrifying culinary talent, in order to ensure that everyone can survive, Mrs. Chen resolutely took the iron in Shen Chenai's hand. shovel.

Compared with Luo Ding's side, Shen Chenai's side has even less clues. Only relying on the few scattered recipes that Shen Chenai remembered, Mrs. Chen and him began to try again and again.

Luo Ding had been a firefighter in the army for a period of time, and he also had a great say in cooking, so from that day on, he could often see Luo Ding, Mrs. Chen and Shen Chenai together, Constantly discussing the recipe and taste of cooked food.

From that day on, Luo Ding's family had to cook at least two pots of big meat every day. After Shen Chenai and the others tasted the cooked food, they would distribute some to the neighbors. Ask them to tell their thoughts after tasting it. It would be great if you can give some opinions.

So the news that Luo's butcher shop might join the cooked food business has already been spread without Shen Chenai and the others making such publicity.

After a period of trial and error, Shen Chenai has preliminarily determined two sauce recipes that everyone has eaten and responded well to. Mrs. Chen has already started to cook old soup according to those two recipes. She wants to start a cooked food business. Old soup It is an indispensable craft of adding flavor.

And Luoding has also made some major breakthroughs recently. According to the method taught by Xiaocao's mother, the first batch of bacon produced is almost one more, and it is still well preserved, without any mildew or deterioration. It means that it seems that there will be no problems in a short time.

Being able to keep it under normal temperature for more than a month is already a surprise for Luo Ding.This more than a month is enough time for Luo Ding to go to the Yellow River Ferry in the south and sell the things produced by his family to any place he can imagine.

The two people who had achieved a lot reported the work results of these days to each other when they were resting at night.

Then Luo Ding asked Shen Chenai: "I plan to give Aunt Cao some silver taels as a kind of gratitude to her for teaching us the craft with all her heart. Her son Xiao Cao, through these days of contact, I also think he is a very good child. If you want to promote him, what do you think?"

Shen Chenai let out a sigh of relief when she heard the words, rubbed her dry eyes and said, "It's right to do this. Although Aunt Cao's craftsmanship is nothing in her hometown, it is something that almost every family knows, but in our place Bian Ye is still quite rare, if she can stabilize her for a few days and prevent her from teaching outsiders her skills, then she will be able to occupy the market first."

Luo Ding nodded when he heard the words and replied: "I think so too. The method of making bacon is not a unique secret. As long as it sells well, people who follow the trend will come out sooner or later. It's just that it's a day later. When the market is overtaken by us When it occupies most of the time, the people who emerge later will not pose any threat to us."

Although Shen Chenai was a little sleepy, his mind was still clear.After Luo Ding finished his plan, Shen Chenai also told Luo Ding her thoughts.

I just heard him say: "Compared to your side, I think what I'm encountering now is the problem. Aunt Chen has helped us a lot these days, and she didn't ask for anything in return. Although the two final formulas Only we know, but Aunt Chen has put in a lot of effort in the research and development, and now that Fang Zi has researched it, I don’t think it would be kind to exclude her.”

Luo Ding replied with a smile when he heard the words: "I have already thought of what you said, and I plan to talk to Aunt Chen tomorrow and ask her if she would like to be the manager of our cooked food processing workshop. And regardless of her If you are willing to be in charge, I will give her [-]% of the annual income from the cooked food in the future, which can be regarded as a thank you for her hard work these days."

Mrs. Chen, would you like to be the person in charge of the deli

Of course she is willing, the salary of being a steward is much higher than that of a servant, not to mention that Luo Ding also promised to give her a year's dividend every year.Although it's just dividends and not dry shares, Mrs. Chen is already very satisfied. With this money, her grandchildren's karma is here and she doesn't have to worry about it.

She used to hear that Luo Ding was kind and sincere, and she still didn't believe it.Now that she has worked as a domestic servant in their family for more than a year, Mrs. Chen has a deep understanding of those words.Among other things, from the point of view of being a human being, Luo Ding can't find any faults. His good reputation has brought him more people's trust, so his current family business can be better and better. Big, but also more and more prosperous.