After selling fish for two days, Li Xia's fish stall had accumulated many regular customers.
Wild fish tasted delicious, and Li Xia sold them cheaply. The people were also enthusiastic and straightforward, so they were very popular.
Not long after he set up the stall, people started to surround him.
"Yo! Boss, you're very punctual!"
"Give me a carp today. I want more than one catty!”
"Alright!" Li Xia fished out one and weighed it in his hand. When the weight was suitable, he used straw to pierce through the gills to pick up the fish and hung it on the scale.
"1.60 taels per catty, you can give me 1.24 yuan.”
After receiving the money, someone immediately said,"Boss, two Crucian Carps. They have to be alive and kicking. Eat them in two days."”
"Pick a big grass carp!"
"Boss, give me two catties of river prawns."
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Li Xia's stall was filled with customers in less than ten minutes.
It was a clear contrast to the other stalls.
The other stall owners could only watch helplessly and sigh from time to time.
More and more customers were buying fish, and the scene was very noisy.
However, Li Xia's movements were orderly and not flustered at all.
He remembered every customer who asked for a few fish. He didn't make any mistakes.
About two hours later.
Most of the fish had been sold, leaving only a few small carp that were less than five taels.
He had also sold a lot of prawns. He had sold more than 20 catties of prawns, and only a little more than one catty was left.
As for eels and loaches, they were sold in relatively small quantities. They were only sold for a total of four to five catties.
There were quite a lot of eels, about 50 catties.
Li Xia sold it for 65 cents per catty, which was not considered expensive. Unfortunately, the sales were not good.
There were not many people who ate eels and loaches.
Perhaps most people didn't know how to do it.
Li Xia set up the dishes for a while more. Two customers came and bought the last of the fish and prawns.
This time, he sold about 91 catties of fish, earning 70 yuan and 98 cents.
The river prawns were about twenty-two catties. They sold for one yuan and twenty cents per catty, and the income was twenty-six yuan and forty cents.
The eel and loach weighed about five and a half catties, and the profit was 3.57 yuan.
The total income was 101.13 yuan.
Li Xia was a little excited. His daily income had exceeded a hundred.
This was the net profit.
For an ordinary person, this income was terrifying.
After packing his things, Li Xia drove the donkey cart and prepared to go for a stroll on the East Street.
If he remembered correctly, there was an eel noodle shop on East Main Street. The owner was from Su City and had moved here three years ago.
He had been making eel noodles for many years. His craftsmanship was not bad, and the business of the noodle shop was quite good.
Li Xia drove the donkey cart to the entrance of the eel noodle restaurant.
He tied the reins to the wooden pillar of the canopy and walked into the noodle shop.
"Young man, do you want some noodles?"
"Yes, boss, give me a bowl of your signature eel noodles.”
"Alright, please wait a moment."
It wasn't lunchtime, so there weren't many customers.
Not long after, a bowl of steaming eel noodles was served.
The boss was not tall and had a mustache.
He rubbed his hands and smiled." Young man, this is your first time here, right? Try my eel noodles. I guarantee you'll eat it today and come back tomorrow."”
There wasn't much business at the moment, so the shop wasn't busy. The boss was a good conversationalist, so he sat down at the table beside Li Xia.
The eel noodles in this shop looked like a bowl of plain noodles.
In fact, the eel was buried under the noodles so that the eel meat could absorb the soup.
The eel noodles came with two side dishes, one with shredded pork with pickled cabbage and one with shredded pork with green pepper.
Li Xia nodded slightly. This eel noodle restaurant was very authentic.
He picked up his chopsticks and took a few bites. The noodle shop owner asked,
"How does it taste?"
Li Xia nodded and said," The eel is very big, and it was fried quite well. The eel's blood was removed very cleanly, and the texture is crispy and tender. The freshness is also quite good."”
The noodle shop owner's eyes lit up and he said excitedly,"Hey! I didn't expect you to be an expert!"
Li Xia's compliments hit the nail on the head. The noodle shop owner beamed with joy and started chatting with Li Xia.
"Boss, your cooking skills are so good. You must have been making eel noodles for many years.”
"Yes, it's been ten years. This bowl of signature eel noodles has been continuously summed up and improved. The taste now is finally popular with many people.”
"Yes, it tastes really good." Li Xia took a sip of the soup.
The noodle shop owner sized up Li Xia and asked,""Young man, are you good at cooking?”
Li Xia's comments were very professional. Ordinary people wouldn't be able to say such things.
Most people would only say things like "delicious","delicious", and "fresh".
Therefore, the boss guessed that Li Xia was either a chef or a foodie.
"A little." Li Xia laughed.
"You're too humble."
From Li Xia's expression, the boss could confirm that this young man was definitely skilled in cooking.
"Just now, you only said that my eel noodles are good. Then can you tell me what needs to be improved?”
The owner of the noodle shop was a perfectionist. He hoped that his eel noodles could become more and more perfect.
Since he had met Li Xia, who was a professional, he wanted to hear his opinion.
Li Xia thought for a moment and didn't avoid it, saying,"
"I feel that although this eel is fried and tender, the meat is not firm enough. It should be because the eel is not fresh enough.”
As soon as he said this, the boss's expression froze.
"You, you tasted it?"
He did not expect Li Xia to have such sharp taste buds.
The key point of frying the eel meat at high temperature was to highlight the crispy and tender texture.
Even if the meat was not particularly firm, ordinary people would not be able to taste it.
However, Li Xia could tell.
His eels were collected from farmers, and the supply was not fixed.
Today, he would collect ten catties, and tomorrow, he would collect twenty catties.
Sometimes, they could not harvest it, so they could only use the not-so-fresh eel.
Although the eels could be raised for ten days without dying, the ones raised in the water tank were definitely different from those caught in the fields.
"What else do you think is lacking?"
The owner of the noodle shop quickly asked.
"The noodles are not strong enough. Eel noodles, eel noodles. In the end, you still eat noodles.”
"The texture of the noodles is also very important.”
The boss frowned.”
Li Xia smiled." Maybe my expectations are higher. I feel that the chewy noodles are springy when I eat them."”
The boss's eyelids twitched.”
Li Xia nodded and said," Your noodle soup is made of stock, so you can't put the noodles in cold water. It's warm water. It will affect the taste of the noodles to a certain extent."”
The boss widened his eyes. You even know that!"
"I'm drinking it, aren't I?" Li Xia laughed.”
As he spoke, Li Xia picked up the bowl and took a sip of the broth.
The boss slapped his head. Look at my brain."
"Alright, I'll stop chatting. Boss, how much is the eel noodles?”
"What money do you want! I'll treat you to a meal. Young man, don't go. Let's talk more.”
The boss was unhappy. He had not asked the most important question.
Li Xia said helplessly," Look, boss. I still have a bucket of seafood on my cart that I haven't sold yet. I have to sell it and go home."”
The boss followed Li Xia out to take a look. The plastic bucket on the cart was full of eels and loaches.
Isn't this a coincidence?
"Where did you get these eels?”The boss asked.
"I fished them from the river. I usually fish some fish to sell in the county town. When the fish are sold out, no one buys these eels and loaches.”
The boss slapped his thigh and said excitedly," Then sell it to me. I want to buy it."”
"Boss, your eel noodle shop should have a fixed supply, right?”
"No, I also collected them from a few familiar farmers. Sometimes, those people were busy farming and didn't have time to catch eels, so sometimes they were out of stock, so I could only use the not-so-fresh eels!”
Li Xia smiled and said," Then you can collect them from me in the future. I go to the river to catch fish every day. I can catch a lot of eels too!"”
When the boss heard that, he was overjoyed.
This was really a pillow that came from a nap, and they hit it off immediately!
"Young man, what's your name?"
"Li Xia."
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