Chapter 94 Malatang

Author: Suisui

Chapter 94 Malatang

About an hour later, Manager Lin came to Gu's house again, bringing with him a lot of people, baskets and ox carts.

Liu Er didn't come over. Su Mo's eyes flashed slightly as he stood aside and watched everyone carrying the watermelons.

In addition to the warehouse, there are also watermelon sumacs from the bedroom that have been taken out and placed in the living room.

Manager Lin brought many people with great strength, and they were all good at moving goods. They quickly put all the watermelons in the Gu family's house into baskets and put them on the oxcart.

An oxcart can hold four baskets, which are tied and fixed with hemp ropes. The baskets are padded with hay, and the hay they prepared is stuffed into the gaps between the watermelons to prevent the bumps on the road from damaging the watermelons.

The next day, Mr. and Mrs. Li came over early, bringing home-made pancakes and a pot of hot soy milk.

Li said yesterday that she would treat Su Mo as her own sister, and she meant it.

Su Mo was not polite to Mrs. Li either. She was having her menstrual period. Although she took painkillers, she still felt weak and didn't want to work at all.

The pancakes and soy milk were both warm. Su Mo went to the backyard to pick a few cucumbers, washed them and ate them directly with the pancakes.

Seeing Mrs. Li and Chen Heyun standing there, she raised her eyebrows slightly and told them to sit down: "Sister-in-law, Brother Chen, sit down and eat some together."

Li and Chen Heyun sat down very cooperatively.

They had brought the pancakes themselves for Su Mo's breakfast, so naturally they would not eat them, so the two of them picked up a cucumber, broke it in half and ate it.

The cucumber was crunchy, sweet, and very refreshing. Li couldn't help but sigh: "If I buy this in the county, I don't know how much it can sell for."

It's strange to say that the vegetables they grow always taste a little worse than those grown by Su Mo.

Does growing vegetables also depend on talent?

Su Mo didn't know what she was thinking, so he smiled and shook his head.

"I make a lot of money from watermelons now. I don't grow many cucumbers, so I won't sell them."

"Too."

Li nodded in agreement.

She knew that Gu Ping'an and Gu Jinnian were both studying and literacy. Although studying cost money, four hundred taels of silver was enough.

After breakfast, Su Mo told his three children to stay at home while he and Li and his wife went to the county town to purchase the needed ingredients.

Malatang is the same as hot pot, the most important thing is the soup base.

The Yong Dynasty has quite a lot of condiments, and it is allowed to slaughter cattle and eat beef, so there is no need to worry about the soup base.

Su Mo took the lead to buy condiments.

Chili and Sichuan pepper are naturally essential, and then there are some spices.

After buying it, I went to the vegetable store and bought some ginger, white garlic, coriander, green onions, etc...

Finally I went to the meat stall.

It cost two kilograms of lean pork, half a kilogram of pork belly, and several kilograms of pork suet. Seeing that Su Mo had bought a lot, the stall owner responded to her request for pork bones. He waved his hand and charged only three cents for the two big bone sticks.

After buying the pork, I went to the beef stall and also bought some beef, beef suet, and a few beef bones.

Mr. Li didn't understand. The bones couldn't be eaten, so what was the use of them?

Su Mo smiled and said, "You'll know when you get back," and then said nothing.

There is no point in talking about some things. Only actions can make others understand.

The three of them drove the ox cart back to Luoshan Village at noon.

Chen Yuanhai saw that only Su Mo and three people were sitting in the bullock cart, so he sent it directly to the door of Gu's house.

When we entered the house, it was almost lunch time, just in time to make spicy hotpot.

"This is my first time making it, so I'm not sure how it will taste. Sister-in-law, please take a look at the steps first, and then you can try it yourself."

Su Mo lit the stove fire and began to boil butter.

In another pot, bone broth is stewed over high heat.

"It would be best to simmer this bone soup for a longer time, as it would taste better, but now we don't have enough time. We can add some milk into it when we prepare the soup base..."

Su Mo followed the records in the recipe book and explained it to Mr. and Mrs. Li while doing it.

The two of them also concentrated on studying.

Su Mo’s vegetable patch includes vegetables, potatoes, cabbage and baby corn, all of which are very suitable for making spicy hotpot.

In addition, Su Mo also took action and rolled out a bowl of noodles.

Pour the cooked side dishes and noodles into the prepared soup base, bring to a slow boil over low heat, and transfer to a large bowl.

"Okay, let's try it!"

Su Mo took out a bowl and chopsticks and handed them to Li and Chen Heyun.

"It may be a little spicy. When you prepare the soup base in the future, you can decide more or less chili according to the taste of the customers."

Chen Heyun and Li nodded.

Looking at the red oil above, they lowered their heads and sniffed it in perfect agreement. The pungent spicy smell hit their noses, making them almost sneeze.

This is a bit spicy...

After thinking about it, I picked up my chopsticks and took a bite.

It was still a little hot when it was freshly cooked, and the spiciness stimulated the taste buds, but it was unexpectedly delicious. The two of them took a big breath, chewed faster, and swallowed the food in their mouths.

The remaining spiciness caused the mouth to secrete saliva like crazy, and the tip of the tongue was even more numb, but the two of them couldn't stop eating this taste.

The two of them realized what they were thinking, and immediately looked at each other with burning eyes.

This business can work!

Su Mo looked at the expressions of the two men and suddenly understood.

If she can achieve something good, she doesn't need to worry about the next thing.

After lunch, Su Mo saw off Mr. Li and Chen Heyun and wrote down the recipe for Malatang.

"Sister-in-law, you are going to do big business in the future, so you have to learn this word quickly, or you won't be able to read the account books in the future."

How come Li and Chen Heyun don't know this truth? It's just that they have no way to learn it.

In the past, I had no money and could not find anyone to teach me. Now, although I have money, after all, I have become a merchant. Those scholars look down on the merchants the most, so how can I be willing to teach them how to read?

As for asking Su Mo to teach? They really couldn't bother Su Mo anymore.

The two of them responded in a nonchalant manner, but felt extremely worried in their hearts.

Su Mo looked at the two people's slightly disappointed backs, his eyes flashed slightly, and after cleaning up the kitchen, he picked up the banknotes and went to the village chief's house.

She did not hide the fact that the watermelons were sold, but no one knew how much money they sold for.

Originally, she had planned to sell the wheat after the seven acres of experimental fields were grown, so that she would have money and start preparing for a village school.

But the plan couldn't keep up with the change, so she naturally didn't have to wait a few more months.

The village chief was not at home, but went to the experimental field to watch.

Hui Niang invited Su Mo to go in and sit and wait. Su Mo nodded in agreement. As soon as he went in to take a sip of tea, the village chief came in from the door, with some dirt on his shoes.

He looked at Su Mo with some surprise: "What's the important thing for you to come here?"

Su Mo nodded and said straight to the point: "As you know, I am now making Ping An and Jinnian literate.

Logically speaking, it is best to send them to an academy or private school in the county for enlightenment.

But after all, the journey is long and my two children are still young. I don’t want them to go to the county to study..."

Su Mo paused and continued: "I had been thinking about funding the construction of a village school in the village, but I had no choice but to give it up because I couldn't put the money to work.

It just so happened that I bought watermelons at home this time, so I came over to ask, what do I need to do to build a village school with my own funds?"
Chapter completed!