"What's your name?" The boss of the eel noodle shop asked.
"Li Xia."
"Little Li, your eel…along with these loaches and small fish, I'll take them all.”
The boss waved his hand.
Li Xia smiled.
He chatted so much with the eel noodle shop owner just to get him to take all his things.
The sales of these eel loaches were not very good. It was best to have a fixed market to save time and costs.
Li Xia had an impression of the boss of the eel noodle shop.
That was why he walked into the noodle shop to eat noodles and chat with the boss.
The noodle shop owner had a good impression of Li Xia, mainly because Li Xia was able to find the shortcomings of his eel noodles.
The noodle shop owner was used to improving his eel noodles.
"Li, since you can catch eels every day, let's establish a long-term cooperation. In the future, you will provide eels for my noodle shop.”
"I'll take the eel for 68.1 cents per catty. As for the other loaches, I'll take 64.1 cents per catty.”
The owner of the noodle shop set the price.
"Boss, your purchase price is too high. Since it's a long-term cooperation, let's follow the market price.”
Li Xia shook his head and said,"
"Eel is 65 cents per catty, and the others are 60 cents per catty.”
"Alright, we'll do as you say. We won't suffer any losses and will work together for a long time.”
The noodle shop owner nodded. He was very satisfied with Li Xia.
The owner of the noodle restaurant immediately asked someone to bring a container to drain the water and pick out the eel to weigh it.
The eel was 48 catties in total, 65 cents per catty, and the income was 31 yuan and 20 cents.
Loaches and other small fish were 12 catties in total, 60 cents per catty, and the income was 7.20 yuan.
The owner of the noodle shop counted the money and handed it to Li Xia.
"Here, a total of 38.40 yuan. Count it.”
Li Xia stuffed the money into his pocket.
"Aren't you going to count?" the noodle shop owner asked.”
"I was watching you when you were counting the money just now. It can't be wrong." Li Xia smiled.”
"Haha, alright." The owner nodded and invited Li Xia back in.
"Little Li, now that your eel is sold out, can you sit down and talk about my noodles?”
The owner invited Li Xia to sit down and made a cup of tea himself. He then asked,"
"You just said that the real chewy noodles will make your teeth pop when you eat them.”
Li Xia nodded and said," You're an expert in making noodles. You must know that it's best to rinse the noodles with cold water. This will increase the toughness of the noodles."”
"But your soup base is made of stock. If it's too cold, it will affect the freshness of the noodles.”
The noodle shop owner slapped his thigh and said," Yes, you're right. That's why we can't let it be cooled down with cold water. There's no room for improvement!"”
"Actually, there's another way."”
The noodle shop owner's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly asked,"What is it?"
"When kneading the dough, add one or two eggs. The noodles made this way will become more chewy and taste better.”
Li Xia said.
This was a common technique used in the future when making noodles.
The egg was mainly used as an crystallizer. By beating it, a large amount of air entered the flour and formed an expanded volume.
Moreover, adding eggs would make it even more nutritious.
"Add eggs to the flour?"
This was the first time the owner of the noodle shop had heard such a statement, but it seemed very reliable.
"Boss, you'll know once you try. I'll be leaving first.”
Li Xia stood up and said goodbye.
"Sigh! Xiao Li, don't go…"
The noodle shop owner was still thinking. Seeing that Li Xia was about to leave, he wanted to ask him to stay.
However, he wanted to go into the kitchen right away and try out the new method that Li Xia had mentioned.
"Then, Li, you have to send me the eels tomorrow. I'll wait for you!”
"Alright."
Li Xia had befriended the owner of the noodle shop so that he could ensure that the owner of the eel would be willing to accept it in the future.
Eels were more common in the fields. If more people sold them, the market price would definitely fall.
If Li Xia didn't reach an agreement with the noodle shop owner, it would be even harder to sell the eel in the future.
Li Xia left the noodle shop and drove the donkey cart to the meat factory.
There was still a pound and a half of lean meat at home. Li Xia wanted to buy some pork ribs and make braised pork ribs for lunch.
Ribs were the most expensive part of pork.
There were no meat coupons. They were 1.8 yuan per catty.
Li Xia bought two catties of ribs and paid.
Using ribs to make braised pork ribs was the best.
Because there wasn't too much gristle or other parts in the ribs, the braised ribs would taste better.
Moreover, the ribs were smaller, the meat was thinner, and the texture was tender.
Li Xia stopped when he passed by Yongji Hall.
The old Chinese doctor happened to be sending a patient out and saw Li Xia stopping at the door.
The old Chinese doctor sized Li Xia up.
Traditional Chinese medicine had the technique of inspection. Seeing that Li Xia's face was ruddy and did not seem to be sick, he asked,
"May I ask what you want?"
Li Xia jumped off the donkey cart and took out a plastic bag from the back and opened it.
"Do you accept medicinal herbs? I picked this up from the mountain yesterday."
"Oh? What kind of herb is it?"
There was only one Chinese medicine clinic in the county town, and there were more patients.
Once there were more patients, there would not be enough medicine.
Especially the rarer herbs, they were even more scarce.
The old Chinese doctor's interest was piqued. He walked over and lowered his head to take a look at the bag.
"Eh? This is Chong Lou?"
The old Chinese doctor was shocked." So many?”
Li Xia nodded and said," That's right. There's only one herb inside. Do you accept it?"”
"Retract! I want them all!"
The old Chinese doctor glanced at Li Xia. This young man was really timely. He was in need of this medicine the most now.
Chonglou's medicinal effects were to clear heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and pain, cool the liver, and shock the body. It was usually used more often.
However, this Seven Blossom Leaves Flower was still relatively rare and difficult to purchase.
I didn't expect this young man to pick so much!
"Young man, you came just in time!”
"I usually charge five yuan per catty, but today I charge twenty cents more.”
"Alright." Li Xia naturally agreed.
The old Chinese doctor called his two disciples out and picked them together.
The price of the medicinal herbs was high, so when weighing, the weight of the snakeskin bag could not be counted.
The weeds in the building had to be picked clean.
In the end, he weighed 12 catties of Chonglou, which was 5.20 yuan per catty, and earned 62.40 yuan.
Li Xia kept the money.
Selling precious herbs like Chonglou was really profitable.
However, whether or not they could find it depended entirely on luck.
When they returned, there were no heavy objects on the cart, so the speed was much faster.
"Phew!"
The donkey cart stopped steadily at the entrance.
Li Xia opened the gate and led the donkey in.
Next to the woodshed was a pigsty. Li Xia's family had raised two little pigs in the past.
However, after a few days, Li Xia started to make fun of her.
Li Xia tidied up the pigsty and temporarily changed it into a donkey shed.
He took off the carriage cover and led the donkey into the shed. He cut some corn stalks and threw them into the pig feed trough.
Donkey Che lowered his head, took a bite, and chewed happily.
When the two children saw Li Xia return, they ran over with their short legs.
Li Xia squatted down, grabbed one with each hand, and held it under his armpit, letting the two of them take a " plane ".
"Ah ~! Hahaha!"
"Wuuu ~! It's flying!"
The two little fellows shouted excitedly.
After playing with them for a while, Li Xia went into the kitchen to make lunch.
An hour later, lunch was ready.
Three dishes and one soup, both nutritious and delicious.
Li Xia ate a bowl of eel noodles. He wasn't particularly hungry, so he didn't eat with the two milk dumplings.
He first watched the two milk dumplings finish their lunch. Because the food was too delicious, the two little fellows accidentally ate too much. It was not good for their stomachs to keep doing this.
Therefore, Li Xia had to be careful.
Li Xia packed the food and put it into the net.
The two little cubs were a little sleepy, so Li Xia coaxed them to sleep first before bringing lunch to Chu Mengxi.
A few minutes later, Li Xia rushed to the textile factory.
……
Yongshun textile factory.
Chu Mengxi waited at the entrance for a while, but she did not see Li Xia. She was a little anxious.
He wasn't afraid that Li Xia wouldn't bring him lunch.
Instead, she was worried that something had happened to him.
There was a young man called Wu Zhengping in the maintenance room of the textile factory. He was energetic and a good person.
He had always been one of Chu Mengxi's admirers.
Previously, when the news that Chu Mengxi was going to divorce Jie Liuzi's husband spread out, Wu Zhengping, with the help of a few female employees, launched an attack on Chu Mengxi.
Chu Mengxi ignored him, which made him very disappointed.
However, he had not given up yet.
Wu Zhengping's uncle was the head chef of the canteen of the textile factory, so he usually ate better food.
Coincidentally, he saw Chu Mengxi pacing back and forth at the entrance of the factory and confirmed that she had not eaten lunch.
Wu Zhengping hastened his footsteps and walked over.
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