Exile Transformation [Farming]

After lunch at noon, Mrs. Shen prepared to marinate the bacon. She was supposed to marinate in the morning, but she had to wait for the water to dry because she had to wash the pot, otherwise the marinated bacon might be spoiled.

Shen Yu saved three pieces, and he was going to make sauced meat.There are several types of sauced meat, salty, sweet, and five-spice. Anyway, there are quite a lot, but Shen Yu can only make soy sauce, which is the specialty of their nanny, Aunt Liu.

However, he has only seen Aunt Liu do it a few times, and he is not very good at it, and he dare not do more, so he just made two or three yuan deliberately, to see if it tastes good when it comes out?

If it is good, it is also possible to buy meat and cook it at the end of the year or the first month.Anyway, the temperature in the first two months before the opening was not too high, and it can't be bad.

Shen Yu boiled the spices and salt in soy sauce, let it cool naturally, and then put the meat into the soy sauce. He prefers pork belly, while old man Shen and the others prefer the fat on the back, just two pieces of pork belly and one piece on the back.

"Son, is this all right?" Mrs. Shen asked.

"Well, that's it. Tomorrow, I'll turn the meat over, and I'll turn it over in two days. I can pick it up and dry it in a few days."

Mrs. Shen sat under the sun, which was rare today, and she didn't sew a quilt, so she let a few daughters-in-law make it.

"I haven't seen bacon done like this before. It used to be marinated with some salt, then washed and hung on the stove. When you want to eat it, you can take it off and wash it and then stew it."

"Mother, you can add some Chinese prickly ash or star anise. They have a place that makes bacon like this. They are quite famous all over the country. Of course, some places like it, and some people don't like it."

"That's a good condition. If I could eat a bite of meat when I was young, I should laugh."

Shen Yu knew what Mrs. Shen said at the beginning of the founding of the country, when the dynasty was just established, there was just war, and a lot of waste was waiting to be rebuilt. Just like the victory of the War of Resistance in later generations, some things needed to be rebuilt, and the food and housing were naturally not as good as peace. when.

"I remember when I was young, there was not enough food in the fields. Your grandmother picked wild vegetables from the mountains. A basket of wild vegetables and two handfuls of cornmeal was enough for a family of four for a day. Finally, when the autumn harvest came, the officers and soldiers went to the farm again. Come collect your taxes."

"Actually, our family still has coarse grains. We live in the house next door. There is no corn scum. We just use the rice bran we feed chickens and pigs to mix with wild vegetables. It will taste good anyway."

"Our side is so biased, is it so difficult?"

Mrs. Shen shook her head, "It doesn't count, that's the previous dynasty. I heard that the whole country was in a famine year, the fields couldn't collect food, and the court wanted to collect taxes. Later..."

"What happened after that?"

Mrs. Shen smiled, "Afterwards, life got easier. A new dynasty was established, and taxes were exempted for one year. The next year happened to be a good one. It was a really good year."

She still remembers that during Chinese New Year that year, her mother made big pork dumplings, which was the deepest memory of her childhood.What she didn't say was that her uncle almost took her and sold her to Ren Yazi.

Later, within two years of the good times, the border became chaotic, and the imperial court conscripted. Originally, my father went there, but my eldest brother said that the family could not have a strong laborer, so he took the quota.

That year, the elder brother was fifteen.

"Mom, what are you thinking?"

Mrs. Shen shook her head, "No, didn't your father say to send the oil press to the village? Why hasn't anyone come to take it away?"

"I won't pull it for the time being. After thinking about it, I feel that our village's background is a little weak. Even if there is such an oil press, if other people know about it, it will be snatched away accidentally, and they will not be able to get it back."

Mrs. Shen didn't think of this, so she asked, "Then what should I do? Can't I just keep using it?"

"Yes, why not." Shen Yu smiled mysteriously at Mrs. Shen.

"Bad boy, what the hell are you thinking? Tell me now."

"It's very simple? Let's find someone to cooperate with. Many people are rare for an oil press. If there are too many oil presses, even a village partner can buy one, then it will not attract people's attention."

"Isn't it convenient for people in other villages to eat oil? Then how many do you plan to sell?"

This is just Shen Yu's idea and has not been discussed with others. If this matter is to be done well, it needs the consent of two other people.

Shen Yu also told the truth, "It hasn't been decided yet, but the price shouldn't be too high, but it shouldn't be much cheaper either. I guess it won't exceed five taels of silver."

"How much?"

"Actually, it's not that much. If five or two are shared equally by the whole village, eight in our village..."

"85 households."

"Yes, with 85 households, each household only costs seventy or eighty Wen. Even if there are fewer people, fifty households will only spend one hundred Wen. If you buy it back to the village and use it collectively, it will cost less than [-] Wen. Five catties of soybean oil. Although soybean oil is no better than lard, it has more oil and water, and consumes less food."

This, Mrs. Shen has a deep understanding. People who work in the kitchen all the year round don’t know the food consumption. In the past, when the oil and water were insufficient, two Shau Kei corn corn buns were not enough, but after the oil and water were brought up, two Shau Kei corn corn buns were not enough. It is enough, and sometimes four or five are left.

"Then who are you looking for to cooperate with? Shopkeeper Hu?" Mrs. Shen asked again.

"The first thing to ask about this is Carpenter Tan. He made it. If he thinks this opinion is good, then I will talk to shopkeeper Hu about it. If not, I have to wait and save more money. We Do it on your own." It is very troublesome, Shen Yu has always been a person who is afraid of trouble.

The thought of doing it by himself made Shen Yu feel a little numb.

"Then have you asked Carpenter Tan? We should talk about this kind of thing early, so as to avoid conflicts in the future, we still have to discuss the money distribution."

"Ah."

Shen Yu felt that it was time to go to Carpenter Tan, and check to see if there was any sign of the cotton machine.

I didn’t see the shadow of the cotton machine, but I received a sad face from Carpenter Tan, “Boy Yu, I don’t think you should come here before the Chinese New Year, but now your Aunt Hua is stuck in the house and can’t come out. cotton machine."

"Uncle Tan, this is a good thing. You should support it. Think about it. With the cotton machine, the quilt is soft and soft. A quilt can save a lot of cotton, and maybe it will be cheaper."

"Don't fool me. What does making a cotton machine have to do with the price of cotton? You can't afford it if you can't afford it." Carpenter Tan rolled his eyes, obviously not following his set.

Well, Shen Yu found that Carpenter Tan is much smarter. Is it true that Carpenter Tan was honest and quiet in Shanghai before?

"Well, I'm not here today to see the cotton machine." Shen Yu lifted a stool by himself, "I have business to discuss with you."

"I knew that you would go to the Three Treasures Hall for everything, even though I'm just a broken thatch, if you have something to say, just say it."

"In this way, I think that oil press machine is too outstanding..."

Before Shen Yu finished speaking, Carpenter Tan stared, "One is not enough, do you want to make another?"

Seeing him like this, Shen Yu hurriedly said, "It's not what you think."

Shen Yu thought about his plan and told Carpenter Tan in detail. Carpenter Tan was thoughtful, and his eyes towards Shen Yu gradually began to change.

After a long time, Carpenter Tan asked, "Who is the partner you are looking for? Is it credible?"

"If it is credible, it is Hu shopkeeper of Kelai Restaurant in the town. His family is the son of Jinyang Marquis Mansion. I have cooperation with him, so he should be a trustworthy person."

Carpenter Tan was noncommittal. After what happened, he would not trust anyone completely, "Did you make an agreement with him?"

Shen Yu shook his head, "No, I need to discuss it with you, Uncle Tan, after all, you and Aunt Hua made the second-generation oil press machine? I can't just sit down and make a decision."

Carpenter Tan looked at Shen Yu in surprise, "I have one condition, if you agree, this will be done."

Believe it or not, why not make money if you have money?

Shen Yu didn't expect Uncle Tan to be so talkative, "Whatever the conditions, as long as I can do it, I can talk about it."

Carpenter Tan said, "It's very simple. My wife and I don't need to show up."

Shen Yu frowned, "If you don't show up, what about the crafting skills? How to teach the workers?"

"It's very simple, as long as your Aunt Hua and I make each part separately, let them do the same, and finally assemble it, and finally the finished product."

Shen Yu didn't expect to be able to do this, so the division of labor on the assembly line has come out so early?

"Alright!"

Shen Yu solved a big Buddha, and he was about to fly with joy, "Okay, I will contact shopkeeper Hu tomorrow."

Just in case, Shen Yu also brought a jar of soybean oil about five catties.

It was a coincidence that he caught up with the restaurant and went to the county to buy it for the last time, including clear oil.

Shopkeeper Hu heard about Shen Yu's intentions, and seemed a little unbelievable, "You only made sorghum wine two months ago, and it's only been a few months since you made clear oil. You are so capable, I was right at the time. you."

Shen Yu blushed from being praised, where did he do it?Isn't it because he cast a good tire?If he hadn't been born in the 21st century, how could he know so many things.

Wait, this oil press and cotton machine seem to be the credit of the system.

At best, he was a porter.

"Shopkeeper Hu, would you like to come and see my clear oil?"

He told Xiao Er to pour half a cup of clear oil in a white porcelain bowl, and asked someone to fetch a blank porcelain bowl, and then he got half a bowl of soybean oil that Shen Yu had brought over.

After careful comparison, there is actually not much difference between the two, but Shen Yu used some methods to remove impurities, while the one bought in the county did not, and it seemed relatively clearer.

Shopkeeper Hu was not very excited, and ordered the kitchen to fry a dish with two kinds of oil to see how it tasted.

Needless to say the facts?It must be the oil that has removed impurities, and it tastes better.

"Brother Shen, how do you sell this oil? You can buy me 20 catties first."

Shen Yu shook his head, "I came to the shopkeeper today not for this matter."

Shopkeeper Hu was surprised, "If it's not about this, then why?"

"It's true that it's also about clean oil, but it's different."