Bai Erlang could only nod his head and agree, "Okay, then I'll have steamed pork ribs tonight!"
Bai Shan immediately said: "I'll ask my sister-in-law to do it in a while."
He looked at Yin He again, "There is something on the other side of the pier, please help me keep an eye on it, and the situation on the Jiangnan side."
Yin or said no problem.
Bai Shan was very happy, and asked, "Do you have anything you want to eat? Tell me together, and I will ask my sister-in-law to make it later."
Yin You smiled slightly and said, "I prefer to eat the vermicelli in the stewed pork vermicelli."
It's hot recently, and Bai Shan doesn't want to eat something too greasy, so he thinks he likes it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll eat this tonight."
Bai Erlang: "Don't forget my steamed pork ribs."
"Don't worry, I won't forget."
Guantian Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city killed two pigs today and cut them into pieces. All Guantian Zhuangzi who wanted to harvest in autumn got a piece of meat.
It's not very big, only about ten catties, everyone just taste it, and the rest will be sold in the county.
It's just that the butchers in the county are fixed. Everyone prefers to eat mutton, but pork is not as good. There are pork sellers in the first place, and now they increase the amount of meat, and they can't sell it.
So Xiaoqian took a lot back. There are guards in the mansion, including his own guards. There are a lot of people and the consumption is great.
When Bai Shan ordered the menu, she went to the kitchen and found all the ribs and meat she needed.
In fact, Xiaoqian was also a little worried, "There are so many pigs raised in every Guantian Zhuangzi, and they are all sold to the county town. Will the county town be able to eat them? And what about the other butchers?"
Bai Shan smiled and said: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I have my own solution, you just help them let outsiders know that the pork in our village is delicious."
Xiaoqian nodded: "All right."
Bai Shan thought for a while and said: "Sister-in-law, how about you give them the oil residue tomorrow, and then make some tamales for them to taste?"
"Are you going to lose money?"
"It's fine to divide it into small pieces. You just do it. I will pay the money. Don't worry, maybe we can earn it back in the end."
Although Xiaoqian didn't understand, he still followed suit.
The next day, after the people in Zhuangzi killed the pig and took the pork to the vegetable market, a servant sent a large plate of reheated oil residue, which was delicious and attracted many people who came to buy vegetables and meat in the morning people.
Some people looked around and walked away hesitantly, while others would ask each other out loud, knowing that it was a free tasting, they went up to eat a piece one after another.
The meat in the pork stalls is all sold out, as if there was a lot left yesterday.
But Mingda stopped the servant who came back to report, and asked curiously: "Our pork is sold out, what about the meat from other pork stalls?"
"They are all sold out, and even the mutton seller next door sold out early. Today, for some reason, many people are willing to spend money to buy meat."
Mingda was surprised, and said to Zhou Man, "I thought we would take over the business from other butcher stalls."
Zhou Man said: "As time goes by, it will indeed."
She said: "Even ordinary people still have money to buy a meal of meat once in a while. It is normal for them to buy meat if they or their family members get hungry after smelling such a delicious smell."
"But this kind of behavior can be one or two, but it won't last long," Zhou Man said: "Unless they earn a lot more than before, they will be willing to spend money on meat for a long time."
Mingda: "But pigs are raised in all the official farms, and it's not a short-term thing to sell so much meat."
"Yeah, and after killing the pig, the piglets will be brought in later." Zhou Man said with a smile: "But I asked Bai Shan, his ulterior motives are not with the ordinary people in the vegetable market, at least not now. "
"Then who are you selling so much meat to?"
"Of course it is sold to those who can afford meat. Pork is cheaper than mutton and chicken. People who can't afford meat in the first place can afford it."
After a few days, Mingda knew who Zhou Man was talking about.
According to what Bai Shan said, Xiaoqian made a dish of pork every day and put it on the stall for free tasting to those who are interested.
Even Zhou Zhoulang, who was busy opening a shop in Longchi, heard about it, and Tete sent someone to send a message back, "...it is said that the younger ones will help him to bring some official documents and letters to Longchi. They can eat the dishes made by the big lady after reheating them, otherwise they have to go out to eat over there, which is too expensive."
As soon as Little Qian heard that they were going out to eat, she quickly asked: "Don't they live in another courtyard, why don't they start a fire?"
The yamen servant paused for a moment and then whispered: "The one who fired is because Master Zhou disliked everyone's poor craftsmanship."
Little Qian agreed.
Then the restaurants and restaurants on the side of Longchi first came to the door, and finally the restaurants and restaurants on the county side couldn't bear it anymore, and they also came to find them when they heard the movement.
When Zhou Man and Ming Da came back from the medical office side by side, they saw a lot of people crowded at the door.
The two of them were blocked outside, and the people in front didn't even know that the master was coming back, and they were chatting noisyly inside.
Zhou Man tried his best to stand on tiptoe to look in, but he couldn't see it. He just heard everyone talking about "asking my wife for advice" and "asking my wife for advice".
It didn't sound like a bad thing, so Zhou Man was not in a hurry to squeeze in, and she couldn't squeeze in for a while, so she patted the shoulder of the person in front of her, and asked curiously, "What is this for, please?" Which wife from the county government office is it?"
"Who else is there?" The person who was patted on the shoulder by her said without looking back: "Who else can be called a wife in the backyard of this county government office, except Mr. Zhou's sister-in-law?"
He said: "There are just a few female relatives, not to mention the princess and Mr. Zhou, Gao Tang, the county magistrate of Bai County, can also honorably call his wife, so the rest are Mrs. Zhou's sister-in-law?"
Zhou Man nodded, feeling that his analysis made sense, so he asked curiously, "What are you going to ask her for?"
"It's not us, it's them." The man also tiptoed to look forward like Zhou Man, and lowered his voice slightly, "I'm here to ask Mrs. Zhou to teach me how to cook pork. I can't hear it very well, anyway. According to outsiders, the dishes she cooks are delicious, and the dishes made with pork are not inferior to mutton at all, and the taste is also very good."
"It's cheap and high-quality, so everyone came to the door. I'm here to join in the fun." He lowered his voice, "If you want me to say, they just took advantage of the fact that Magistrate Bai was not in the city and Mr. Zhou was in the medical office. They didn't care about the family, so they blocked the door, as long as there is someone who can take charge in the backyard of the county government, they would not dare to block it like this."
Zhou Man raised his eyebrows and nodded.
Mingda heard it from the side, and frowned, "I'll ask someone to drive them away."
The person standing in front of Zhou Man's side froze suddenly. Looking back, his eyes widened instantly, and only then did he realize that it was Zhou Man who had been talking to him for a long time.