Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 124 Preparation

"Mom, one pancake weighs two taels, and thirty kilograms of flour can only make two hundred and forty pancakes. This is the minimum number for one stall." Hou Xiaoge shook his head and insisted that it could not be less.

"Ugh!"

Wang Maimiao has recently figured out his eldest son's personality, who is rather stubborn. He sighed and stopped talking.

After everyone had arranged their work, Hou Xiaoge went straight out and entered the space.

In his previous life, Hou Xiaoge often helped his family cook meat during the Chinese New Year, set up a stall to sell spicy hot pot, and made hot pot base himself, so he was quite familiar with spices.

After entering this era, Hou Xiaoge has been collecting various spices. The place he goes to most often is the Chinese medicine store. The variety of seasonings in the Chinese medicine store is more complete than that in any vegetable market or grocery store, and the quality is also better.

Therefore, during this period of time, the eight common ingredients in Hou Xiaoge's space have already been collected, and there are also many other seasonings.

Compared with frying hot pot base, stewing meat is easier.

However, if you want to do business, it is better to use more refined seasonings, so Hou Xiaoge often experiments with braised meat in the space during this period.

If you have experience in making the base material, it is actually quite easy. Hou Xiaoge experimented three times and finally made it after wasting more than ten pounds of meat.

Taking out the seasonings from the space, Hou Xiaoge also brought back a few chicken skeletons, some pork shank bones and two crucian carps.

"Heiwa! Why are you selling chicken bones?" As soon as I entered the yard, the eldest sister came up to me and asked.

"These are all for making soup! They're delicious." Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.

After hearing Hou Xiaoge say that we were here to make the braised meat, Hou Xiazhu shut up. She knew that recipes are usually passed down to men but not women, so it was better not to ask too much.

"Mom, please help me boil some water. I'm going to make the braised soup. Come and make an appointment." The dough was already rising. When the aunt saw Hou Xiaoge making the soup, she tactfully walked out. Only Wang Maimiao was left in the kitchen.

"Hey!"

"Sister, come in and help!" Hou Xiaoge shouted outside the yard.

"Kid, why are you calling your sister? She will get married sooner or later. What if she takes the prescription away? You are not allowed to call her." Wang Maimiao was making a fire. When he heard this, he quickly stood up and said.

"Mom, I did get a book of prescriptions at that time. There were many prescriptions in it! But the world is in chaos now, so I can't show it to you.

Let the eldest sister learn! She is only twelve years old now, and it will take four or five years for her to get married. By then, our family won’t have to stick to this recipe.

"Give this recipe to my sister as a dowry, so that she can have a strong support in her husband's family." Hou Xiaoge explained with a smile.

Hou Xiazhu, who was eavesdropping outside the door, heard that her brother actually gave her the recipe as a dowry. Her eyes reddened and she felt warm in her heart.

“You are too generous, kid. If your father knew you were such a loser, he would definitely beat you to death.

Forget it, the son is grown up and no longer under the control of the mother. I don't care anymore, whatever you say is what it is! Anyway, you let the old family and your aunt's family take advantage of you, so it's okay for your sister to take advantage of you. "Wang Maimiao said with a wronged look.

"Haha! Mom, I'm worried that you'll be too tired working alone.

This stall is for you. I will go to the city to study after the New Year and will not have time to take care of it, so it will be easier for you to have your help." Hou Xiaoge comforted.

"What? You're going to school, why didn't you tell me earlier?

You kid, you think one thing after another, I can't figure out what's going on in your head." Wang Maimiao was also surprised to hear that Hou Xiaoge was going to study.

"Yes, I go to school in the city and have to live in a boarding school. I can only come back once every seven days at least, so I have to make arrangements at home in advance." Hou Xiaoge nodded and said.

After arriving in Qin Province, Hou Xiaoge has been thinking about how to arrange for his family and how to free himself to do other things.

But he is too young, only ten years old. After much thought, the best way is to send him to the city to study as a boarding student.

In this way, I can have time to do other things under the guise of studying, and I only need to go back regularly.

"That's right. You've finally become smart. Maybe you'll be a good student and become a high-ranking official in the future." After Wang Maimiao calmed down, he nodded in agreement.

"So when I left, you and my elder sister were the only ones left to do the housework.

The work of stewing meat is troublesome, and two people can do it faster. You don't want my uncle and aunt to help, right?" Hou Xiaoge asked.

“No, that won’t do. Giving them so many shares is already a huge loss. What if I let them learn the recipe and open their own stall?” Wang Maimiao jumped up like a hen with its feathers blown off.

"hey-hey!"

Hou Xiaoge tried hard not to laugh when he saw his adoptive mother being petty.

"Zhu Ni, what are you doing standing outside the window? Do you think I can't see you?

You also heard it outside that Heiwa wanted to give you the family recipe as a dowry.

I'm telling you, you should be nicer to your brother in the future." Wang Maimiao put his hands on his waist and called Hou Xiazhu in.

"Yes! Mom, I understand." Although Hou Xiazhu lowered his head, there was a smile in the corners of his eyes.

When making the braised soup, Hou Xiaoge explained all the ingredients to the two of them one by one, but they were completely confused.

I could only watch Hou Xiaoge put bones, chicken racks and crucian carp into the pot, grimacing with heartache.

"I'm telling you, none of these things can be less, only more. Cutting corners will easily ruin the whole pot of meat, do you understand?" Hou Xiaoge reminded them as he looked at the two people with distressed expressions on their faces.

There is no chicken essence or MSG these days, so we have to rely on these bones and ginger to enhance the flavor and remove the fishy smell. If Hou Xiaoge hadn't said anything, given the stingy nature of her family, they would definitely cut corners.

"Okay, let's simmer the soup slowly. Once it boils, turn down the heat. It will be ready in about two to three hours."

After it boiled, Hou Xiaoge skimmed off the foam several times. When the soup was pure, he covered it, let the Wang Maimiao die a little, and simmered it slowly over low heat.

As time passed, the aroma of the broth slowly spread out, and a group of little kids in the house were lying at the kitchen door to peek in.

"You can't drink this. It's used to cook meat. Wait until the meat is cooked before eating it!" Hou Xiaoge directly drove away the group of little rascals.

After the soup had been cooking for almost two hours, my uncle and my brother-in-law came back, each pulling a cart, both loaded with things.

"Uncle, did you buy another cart?" Hou Xiaoge raised the threshold and walked over to ask.

"Well! There are too many things. I will have to set up a stall in the future. So I just spent five dollars and bought one directly." Hou Yangmin patted the cart and said excitedly.

"That's right. From now on, when we set up a stall to carry pots, pans, and utensils, two carts will be enough." Hou Xiaoge nodded.

Although it was a small stall, there were a lot of things on it, including pots, pans, tables, stools, and all sorts of other things. It cost them fifteen dollars in total, which was all the money they had.

These are just the costs paid by the buyer; the cost of meat, wine, and salt are not included.

Fortunately, everyone paid for the meat according to their share. Hou Xiaoge knew that the two men didn't have much money, so he gave them ten dollars to buy the meat, considering that each of them owed him three dollars, and only then did he buy the meat.

"This is the pork and offal you asked me to buy. Pork is 28 cents per pound, so I bought five pounds. Two loads of offal cost fifty pounds, three dollars. A pig's head cost one and a half dollars. Together with the dried tofu and bean skin, the total cost was eight dollars.

I have two silver dollars left. I'll give it to you as flour money. " Hou Yangmin handed the remaining money to Hou Xiaoge.