Something is wrong

Author: Fried Chicken Family Bucket

Something is wrong

Xu An went to the morning market today for another purpose besides selling vegetables, which was to see if he could find another way to make a living.

The daily output of the vegetable garden is limited, and today's output is considered high. When the output is low, there may only be a few tomatoes, which is only enough for one meal.

Even if we have today's output every day, the income is less than 60 yuan, and the maximum income is 1,800 yuan a month. It is better to work part-time on the construction site. At 80 yuan a day, you can earn 2,400 yuan a month. Compared with

Selling vegetables costs 600 more.

After looking at every stall, thoughts came to mind one after another, but Xu An quickly rejected them.

Mainly because he only had less than 100 start-up capital, so he could only veto all the items that required electrical equipment, such as grilled sausages and egg-filled cakes and egg waffles, which were popular among students.

The only ones left to consider are sandwiches and braised foods that can be made at home and sold directly in the market.

But in the town, petty bourgeoisie food like sandwich is not popular. Two slices of bread sandwich some vegetables and meat. For people who have to work in the fields or go to work, they will be digested in just two times and are not full at all.

You can consider braised food, it has a strong aroma and good taste. Cut it up and put it on the plate, and it will be a dish on the table.

But after looking at the price of the frozen products, Xu An said goodbye.

Frozen chicken feet cost 15 yuan per kilo, frozen chicken wings cost 18 yuan per kilo, and frozen chicken legs were cheaper at 8 yuan per kilogram. Pig offal and other miscellaneous items were more expensive than pork, and beef was even more unthinkable.

Except for spices, the remaining money can only buy three or four kilograms at most. This small amount will be gone after one person tastes it.

It seems that it is more reliable to go to the construction site to do odd jobs. After being reborn, I have become stronger and can easily move hundreds of kilograms of things. The construction site is my final destination.

Find time in two days to go to a construction site in the city and see what temporary workers at the construction site are getting paid. The wages should not be lower than those of apprentices.

After wandering around the market, when I returned to the stall location, most of the vegetables in Xu Guoqiang's stall had been sold.

Seeing that there were not many vegetables left, Xu An went back and helped sell them. After teaching people several different ways to make the vegetables on the stall, they were all sold out quickly.

Several people also asked Xu An to put out other vegetables next time and tell him some recipes.

Everyone knows how to cook these days, but most of the meals they cook are just for filling their stomachs and are not delicious. In the past, if you could eat enough and eat meat every meal, no matter how it tasted, it was a good life.

But with the development of the economy, people have more spare money in their pockets, and they are more interested in the taste of food.

These days, the Internet is not as developed as it will be in later generations. If you search for any dish you want to cook online, you will find all kinds of different recipes from all over the country. Even in later generations where the Internet is quite developed, most of the people who can play with mobile phones are young people.

These recipes dictated by Xu An may seem commonplace in later generations, but now they give everyone a sense of freshness. This recipe sounds delicious.

Today, with Xu An's help, Xu Guoqiang arrived home almost an hour earlier than usual.

The second uncle was overjoyed when she saw Xu Guoqiang selling out all the vegetables so quickly. She handed him a change of clothes and said happily: "Chinese cabbage and green beans are so popular today. You can pick more tomorrow and take advantage of the opportunity."

It’s easy to sell and sell more points.”

The children of Xu Guoqiang's family were already in college, and they were the only two people left at home. Xu Guoqiang changed into clean clothes directly in the yard and put the clothes stained with a lot of mud by the well.

"It's not that the food is popular today, it's that Anzi's mouth is amazing."

"What's the matter with Anzi?" Second Auntie sat down by the well, poured some water from the well, and began to wash the clothes.

"He also went to the market today to set up a stall selling vegetables, right next to me. He has a eloquent mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he coaxed a bunch of people to buy all the vegetables on his stall. I was trying to rub him the wrong way.

The light was so bright that I sold out and went home early."

"It's so awesome. Grandma Qi used to set up stalls. I didn't expect him to have such ability."

"It's a pretty good kid. I'll get up early tomorrow morning and pick more to sell at the market."

"Didn't you say that you took advantage of Anzi today?"

"We'll still be sitting next to each other tomorrow," Xu Guoqiang said proudly.

When Xu An returned home, he heard the deafening cries of the two little ones at home from a long distance away, which completely muffled the sound of Grandma Xu's words.

"Why are there two crying bugs at home? They cry so loudly that my brother's ears are almost deafened by crying."

"elder brother!"

"Wow, ah, brother!"

When the two heard Xu An's voice, they immediately stopped talking, broke away from Grandma Xu's hand, and ran towards the courtyard door.

As soon as Xu An opened the courtyard door, the two of them hugged Xu An's calves, one on the left and the other on the right. His legs were covered with tears and snot.

Fortunately I was wearing shorts, otherwise I would have had to change into a pair of pants.

"Sit tight, it's time to take off."

After hearing this, the two of them sat down on Xu An's muddy feet and hugged Xu An's calves tightly. Come on, I have to wash two pairs of pants now.

After shaking for a moment and feeling that the two of them were seated, Xu An strode forward, and Xu Kang and Xu Le let out a scream of joy.

After a while of fussing, they were sent to play in the sand under the tree.

I looked at the sky, it was clear and cloudless, and it was relatively cool at this time of the morning.

Xu An took Grandma Xu out, laid her down on the rocking chair under the longan tree, and then went to prepare the meal for lunch.

Lifting the stone covering the well, he pulled up a rope from the edge of the well. There was a plastic bag tied to the end of the rope, which contained more than half a kilogram of pork left over from yesterday.

There is still so much meat, so let’s have the Hakka stuffed bitter gourd, stir-fried cabbage and tomato and egg soup, two dishes and one soup, perfect.

While Xu An was preparing the dishes, there was a knock on the courtyard door. When he opened it, he saw Xu Heping coming, carrying two seabass in his hand.

With a playful smile, he stuffed the two fish into Xu An's hands, ran to Grandma Xu and squatted down: "Hello Grandma Qi, are your legs feeling better?"

"It's peace. Why did you bring fish when you came to see Anzi? You won't be allowed to do that next time. If you bring fish to your door again next time, Anzi will kick you out."

"Grandma Qi, my parents are out for something. I'm here to have some food at your house. These two fish are my ration."

After saying that, Xu Heping ran to Xu Kang and Xu Le and played with them in the sand.

Now that they were all delivered to his door, Xu An was not too polite and began to think about what dishes he could cook with these two fishes.

Although the fish head is not big, there are two, so let’s have the fish head tofu soup; the fish slices and the fried seabass fillet.

"Heping, go to Majia Village to buy a piece of tofu and come back, and have fish head soup for lunch."

"Okay."

Xu Heping didn't take the money from Xu An's hand and swooped out.

There are five people eating, two young men and two greedy cats who can eat two large bowls of meat, so they have to cook half a catty of rice to eat.

When I opened the rice jar, I saw that the rice was almost at the bottom, and the bulge at the bottom of the jar was clearly visible.

There is only more than a kilogram of rice left. I have to buy some rice tomorrow. But I think my sister-in-law will come over tomorrow. If there is too much rice in the house, it will be hard to be poor by then, so I might as well buy it the day after tomorrow.

Stuffed bitter melon is a Hakka dish. Cut the bitter melon into three-finger-thick pieces, blanch it in a pot for one minute, and set aside.

Cut the meat into minced meat, add an egg, a little light soy sauce and salt to taste and mix well.

Normally, you need to add starch and stir evenly, but there is no starch in the kitchen, so Xu An skipped the step of adding starch. Although it will affect the taste a little, it is not a big problem in general.

Stuff the mixed meat into the hollowed-out bitter melon, heat the oil over high heat, and fry both sides of the bitter melon until golden brown.

Prepare a secret sauce and pour it on the bitter melon, cook until the juice is reduced and it is ready. Plate it and you're done.

Xu Heping was so greedy after smelling the smell, but Xu Kang and Xu Le were also there. He was too embarrassed to eat secretly, so he could only swallow hard.

The next thing to make is fish head and tofu soup.

Fry the fish head marinated in ginger slices and salt in hot oil until both sides are golden brown and slightly burnt. Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer until the soup is thick white. Add the tofu and cook for another five minutes. Finally, add an appropriate amount of salt to taste and sprinkle

Add the chopped green onion and coriander and bring to a boil.

Blanch the seabass fillets in boiling water until half-cooked, sauté the minced garlic, add millet and stir-fry evenly, add the fish fillets and stir-fry until cooked, season with appropriate amount of salt, sprinkle with chopped green onion and coriander and it's done.

The last stir-fried cabbage is even simpler. Saute the minced garlic, add the cabbage and stir-fry until soft. Season with salt.

It took an hour and a half to prepare three dishes, one soup and one rice. It was already 11 o'clock at noon, which happened to be dinner time.

Except for Xu An, everyone was already greedy for the aroma. When the dishes were served, it was obvious that there was some expectation in Grandma Xu's eyes.

Who doesn't want to have a good meal when life allows it?

The five people swept away the food on the table like a whirlwind. Half a kilogram of rice would be enough for five people. Xu Heping looked at the empty pot and muttered that he could still eat a big bowl.

"Anzi, when did you learn this cooking skill?"

"When I was setting up the stall, I often heard them talking about how to cook the vegetables after buying them. After listening to them often, I will understand."

Xu Heping just sighed and didn't go into details. He suddenly smiled mischievously and said, "Do you know the great uncle of Grandma Wu's family?"

"Xu Dongliang?"

"Yes, that's him." Xu Heping nodded: "He went to work on the construction site with other people in the village, and after two days there he just complained.

We all know that working on a construction site is tiring, but we didn’t expect that what’s more terrible than tiring at the construction site is the food on the construction site.

The vegetables are all boiled in water, and the green and yellowish color is off-putting. Finally, I saw a meat dish. There were three pieces of meat in one pot, and they were all fat.

If you haven't finished the last meal, add some other vegetables to the next meal and continue cooking, making the whole pot stew.

The cooked rice is either too watery and looks like porridge, or it's undercooked and makes your teeth clatter after one bite.
To be continued...