That afternoon, Luo Jianjia went to town.
What she wants to eat is fried rice with eggs. Although there are eggs and rice at home, since the clientele is a wealthy and prestigious person who comes and goes, it is natural to pay more attention to the food.
For example, the rice used to make egg fried rice cannot be the ordinary rice eaten on weekdays.
After arriving in the town, Luo Jianjia went straight to Yunji, the largest food store.
Ordinary rice is three cents a pound, a little better is four cents, and the best is five cents a catty.
Luo Jianjia looked at five cents a pound of rice, then compared three cents and four cents, and bought ten catties.
Really speaking, the rice of five cents is not particularly good. However, in such a remote town, it is already the best and most expensive rice that can be found.
Besides rice, Luo Jianjia went to the grocery store to buy some seasonings.
In cooking, in addition to ingredients and heat, seasoning is also very important.
If you don't have the right seasoning, the food you make will taste really bad.
After buying these, Luo Jianjia went back.
Although the bamboo basket on her back contained about ten pounds of things, Luo Jianjia seemed to have nothing on her back and carried it very easily.
After returning home, Mrs. Zhao looked at the five cents a pound of rice in the pocket, touched it carefully, and couldn't help but said to Mr. Chu, "This rice is so good, and the color is so bright."
Boss Chu just looked at it, but didn't touch it. However, the longing was evident in his eyes.
"In the future, when we have money, we will have a meal." Luo Jianjia said.
Zhao Shi immediately smiled and said, "Okay, we will also eat the rice that big families eat every day in the future."
Early the next morning, seeing that it was almost time, Luo Jianjia went to the kitchen.
As usual, Luo Jianjia boiled bone soup, washed and steamed rice, while Zhao went to the vegetable field to pick fresh vegetables.
After the rice was steamed, Luo Jianjia and Zhao worked together to process the ingredients.
Today, she quickly cooked two dishes, one was stir-fried small green vegetables, and the other was stewed with beans and eggplant.
Thinking that her daughter-in-law would have to fry today's main dish, egg fried rice, Zhao Shi was afraid of her hard work, looked at the ingredients, and said, "Jianjia, my mother will cook for you today, you go out to rest first. I'll call you when I'm done. "
In the past, everything at home was done by the Zhao family.
Even after Luo Jianjia got married, she was still doing it.
Now that she didn't have to do so much work suddenly, she felt uncomfortable.
"Mother, no need, I'm not tired at all." Luo Jianjia said in a relaxed tone.
She was full of energy, and this little work was nothing to her.
Besides, only the dishes she cooks can make people stronger, not Zhao.
Seeing that her daughter-in-law was not the same as before, Zhao's eyes were full of relief.
Seeing that his daughter-in-law was preparing to cook, Zhao hurriedly went to set the fire.
After finishing these two dishes, Luo Jianjia started to make egg fried rice.
Although Luo Jianjia's fried egg fried rice is very delicious, she also has confidence in herself.
But she didn't dare to fry too much, because she was afraid that others would not like it, would not sell it, and wasted it.
Mr. Zhao cut up diced cucumbers and diced carrots and put them aside for later use.
Heat the pan with oil.
As soon as the oil was poured in, Zhao, who had been cooking for decades, noticed something abnormal.
She sniffed and muttered, "It's so fragrant, why is the smell of this oil different from just now?"
Luo Jianjia smiled and nodded: "Well, I just bought it yesterday."
Zhao shi was slightly startled after hearing this, and asked, "Is it very expensive?"
Luo Jianjia told the truth: "Well, it's more expensive than before."
Zhao shi glanced at Luo Jianjia, pursed his lips, wanted to say something, but didn't say anything, and continued to burn the fire seriously.
After the oil is hot, add the cooked rice.
Although Luo Jianjia fried the egg fried rice a lot this time, she didn't feel tired at all. The three catties of egg fried rice was fried quickly and fragrantly.
After smelling the smell, Mr. Zhao praised again and again: "This polished rice is really good, it tastes really fragrant."
Luo Jianjia also found out.
Although the three cents and five cents are not much different, the taste is completely different, and the money is not wasted.
There are many things that are expensive.
"How much does this cost?" Zhao asked.
Zhao Shi seemed to be afraid that his daughter-in-law would sell it too cheaply, and added: "Our rice and oil are expensive, and the seasonings are not cheap, right? They can't be sold too low."
Saying that, Zhao shi looked at the expensive oils and seasonings on the side with some distress.
Luo Jianjia had already calculated the cost.
A pound is equal to sixteen taels.
Workers eat a lot of rice for a meal, and it costs four or five taels to say less about a meal, and sells one kilogram to three or four people.
This is still not open to eat, if open to eat, then eat more.
However, their egg fried rice is not sold to the working people.
An egg fried rice is about three or two, and one pound can fry five servings.
This time, the oils and seasonings she used were all new and high-quality ones, which were a bit more expensive than the ones she used before.
Add eggs and vegetables.
Not counting the labor costs, there are two or three articles.
If you add the labor costs of her, Zhao Shi and Boss Chu, firewood costs...
"Five pennies."
"Ah? It's so expensive!" Zhao shi was taken aback.
She had thought about selling it more expensively, but she didn't expect her daughter-in-law to be more powerful than her.
She thought that three yuan was almost the same, but her daughter-in-law thought it was more expensive.
In an instant, she asked worriedly: "Can it be sold? Or would it be cheaper?"
"Our ingredients are not cheap, and we sell too few and not enough." Luo Jianjia explained.
Seeing what the Zhao family wanted to say, Luo Jianjia said, "Why don't you try it today."
Hearing this, Zhao shi nodded and said nothing.
She didn't want to sell egg fried rice to the people who ate at the dock, but to the merchants who came and went.
Five cents is not expensive for them, it can even be said to be very cheap.
Zhao Shi hesitated for a while, but nodded anyway and chose to trust his daughter-in-law.
When the egg fried rice was finished, it was almost time for the meal. Boss Chu and the others loaded the things into the car, and the three of them walked towards the pier.
The regular customers who often come to eat are very curious when they see the addition of a small wooden barrel, and ask casually.
"Wow, it smells so good, what is this?"
Zhao Shi smiled and replied, "Egg fried rice."
The man smelled the fragrant smell, swallowed his saliva, and asked, "Why is it fragrant, what is it fried with? How much does it cost?"
"Um... that... um..."
Looking at the man's eyes, Zhao Shi wanted to say it immediately.
But the price was really high, so she was a little embarrassed to answer, and she was hesitant to say it.
"Auntie, how much is it?" The guest was a little anxious.
Luo Jianjia looked at the movement here, and replied calmly, "Five cents a share."
As soon as the man heard the price, the man suddenly took a break and whispered, "It's so expensive."
After speaking, he took his eyes away from the egg fried rice, made a portion of rice and vegetables, and sat on the side to eat.
Later, many people asked about the price of egg fried rice.
However, no one actually eats it.
Zhao Shi was a little anxious, and looked back at Luo Jianjia from time to time, wanting to ask her opinion.
Luo Jianjia naturally noticed the situation here.
However, there were no ships coming from the dock at this time, and there was no customer base for her, so she was packing her things with her head down.
When she finished clearing a table, she looked up and saw a large boat docked, she put down the rag in her hand and walked towards Zhao.
After walking over, he saw Zhao Shi looking sadly at the egg fried rice in front of him.
"Jianjia, you're finally here, look at our price..."
Before Zhao Shi could finish speaking, Luo Jianjia interrupted her.
"Mother, let me try it first." After speaking, she gave Zhao Shi a reassuring look, and stood out with an egg fried rice.
In order to sell, she specially prepared several pairs of new chopsticks.
Her goal is very clear, that is, wealthy merchants, both men and women, to be precise, the family members of the merchants.
If it was in her previous life, she would have gone directly to sell it.
But now, in order to save unnecessary trouble, she wears a veil every day, following the local customs.
Looking at a group of people who got off the boat not far away, Luo Jianjia tried to ask, "Do you want to try the fragrant egg fried rice, Madam?"
The lady glanced at Luo Jianjia's clothes with a look of disgust.
She looked down at the rice in her hand again, and even covered her nose, as if she saw something dirty.
"Take it away, take it away, and send it here, too," said the lady in peach pink satin clothes.
Luo Jianjia didn't feel ashamed or embarrassed, she turned around and walked towards another group of people.
Unexpectedly, before she left, she heard the child beside the lady say, "Auntie, it's so fragrant."
The lady immediately grabbed the child beside her and coaxed: "Good, let your father take us to the county town for dinner later. It's in shambles and there's nothing good here."
"I don't, I just want to eat, I want to eat." The child insisted.
The lady was about to reprimand the child when she saw a man in his thirties or forties with short beards approaching.
As soon as the man came over, the child ran over.
The man immediately picked up the child.
The child immediately pointed to the egg fried rice in Luo Jianjia's hand and started talking.
"It's so dirty here, and the food isn't clean. What if I have a stomach upset?" the woman retorted.
The child was coquettish in the arms of the man.
The merchant was not so particular, so he picked up the new chopsticks prepared by Luo Jianjia and tasted it.
As soon as he entered, the merchant's eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at Luo Jianjia in surprise: "It's really fragrant!"
Being praised, Luo Jianjia smiled, but the smile was hidden under the veil and no one could see it.
The woman looked at the way her man looked at Luo Jianjia, and then looked at Luo Jianjia's pair of seductive peach blossom eyes, her heart immediately became uneasy, and the eyes she looked at Luo Jianjia also became unkind.
The man didn't think much of it. He thought egg fried rice was delicious, he wanted to eat another bite, but his son stopped him.
"Dad, I want to eat too."
When the man realized his son beside him, he turned his chopsticks and put the egg fried rice into his mouth.
"Is it delicious?" the man asked.
"Wow, it's delicious." The child said excitedly.
The child is very innocent, and his eyes lit up when he said this.
"Xiang'er, try it too." The man wanted to let the concubine on the side try it.
But the woman was angry and didn't want to try more, and she wanted to belittle Luo Jianjia's cooking.
The man didn't give her this chance, and praised: "It's even better than the egg fried rice I ate in Fucheng, Adin, go buy a few and bring them with you."
"Yes, sir."
The woman stomped her feet in anger, and glared at Luo Jianjia again.
Luo Jianjia could see the woman's attitude towards her, but in the past month or so, the food she cooked had been disliked by many merchants who came and went, and she was already used to it.
Even if he saw it, he didn't see it, and led the man's servant to his stall.
When the woman went to the county seat in a carriage, and saw that her man was so focused on egg fried rice, he didn't mention the woman who sold the rice at all, and she felt much calmer.
Luo Jianjia didn't know what was going on, so she concentrated on finding other clients.
Because the price is not too expensive and the taste is relatively good, after trying it, basically all the customers go to try it.
Business is really good today. In addition to selling ten catties of rice dishes, they also sold three catties of fried rice with eggs.
Ten catties of rice dishes made about 20 cents. Because of the high cost and high price of egg fried rice, it was more than the set meal, which was more than 30 cents.
In this way, egg fried rice is more profitable than the set meal.
Luo Jianjia roughly counted them, and the two summed up to about 60 characters.
Hearing the number she reported, Boss Chu and Mrs Zhao were so shocked that they couldn't recover for a while.
"How much... how much?" There was a trembling in Boss Chu's voice, and there was a hint of uncertainty.
"More than sixty characters." Luo Jianjia said firmly.