The biography of Gu Qi, a poor girl

The rice was washed and soaked by Gu Danian before he got up early to go out. After Gu Qi steamed it in a pot, he began to think about what to do.

There are not many people, and there is no need for large dishes, and it is not appropriate to cook the soup too slowly.

Gu Qi glanced at the kitchen and saw that all kinds of vegetables were abundant, so he picked two eggplants, washed them, cut the heads and tails, and cut them into strips.Then soak in salt water, which takes about the time of a cup of tea.

Taking advantage of this effort, I just took some pork.Gu Qi's knife skills are good. With a move of his wrist, the not-so-light kitchen knife quickly flew up and down along the texture of the flesh.

The silver light flickered, but for a moment, the meat slices with the same thickness were evenly spread out on the chopping board. When you turned your hand, the meat slices turned into shredded meat. When you turned your hand again, the hand raised the knife and fell, and the shredded meat instantly turned into minced meat.

The corners of Gu Qi's mouth were slightly raised. After using the knife for so many years, it was not in vain.

Add cooking wine, sauce (early soy sauce), salt, and starch to the minced meat, mix well for easy marinating and flavor, then chop the garlic, take an appropriate amount of chopped green onion and fennel, and pour the oil into the pan.

After frying until fragrant, pour in the marinated minced meat and stir fry, drain the oil and set aside.

Then take the eggplant soaked in salt water, stir fry it on high heat, then simmer on low heat until it is soft and tender, then pour in the fried minced meat and turn on high heat to collect the juice.

A small amount of sucrose is added to enhance the flavor before the pot is served, and a minced meat eggplant will be counted.

Gu Qi's cooking skills in the previous life can only be regarded as ordinary level, but in this situation where most ordinary people can only cook with the most common cooking method, and try it with little sauce, this braised pork The attractiveness of the eggplant at the end is still quite large.

The rich sauce scent drifted into the courtyard along the heat, which soon caused Liu Qingshan and Gu Danian to swallow unconsciously.

"Gu Qi, this girl is very good at cooking. I have followed the eldest young master to many restaurants, and it is rare to see such craftsmanship."

Liu Qingshan patted Gu Danian on the shoulder and couldn't help but envy: "You usually have a good taste in your mouth."

hehe...hehe...

Gu Danian couldn't help the corners of his mouth twitching, how could he have the courage now to let this ancestor cook for himself every day.

As it approached noon, Gu Qi's hands speeded up, and within a few quarters of an hour, he filled a dish of fried pork with elm ears, a dish of chopped green onion and eggs, as well as braised pine mushrooms and shredded radish with oil.

In this way, several dishes were sent to the yard, and the braised rice was just enough for the heat.

Soaked in advance, each grain of rice that absorbs water and moisture is white and plump, softer than direct cooking, and the rice flavor is more intense.

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The Dakang Dynasty did not have the habit of drinking drinks before meals.Gu Qi asked Liu Qingshan if he wanted to drink in advance, but Liu Qingshan declined, saying that he had other things to do in the afternoon, and he was afraid of making mistakes when he was drunk.

Gu Qi no longer persuaded him to drink, so he directly served the meal: "I didn't enter the mountain yesterday, and there are not many meat dishes at home. Don't mind Uncle Qingshan."

"This is already very good. It's full of color, fragrance, and it's no worse than going to a restaurant." Liu Qingshan was the first to be attracted by the minced meat and eggplant.

Eggplant is common, but it is rare to make such a thick red sauce.A piece of eggplant in the mouth is salty, fragrant and soft, the minced meat is quite competitive, and the return is still slightly sweet.

"There are several restaurants under the eldest young master's name, but unfortunately they are not taken over by me. Otherwise, I will let the eldest young master hire you to take charge of it with a lot of money."

"Uncle Qingshan is joking." Gu Qi smiled and didn't pay much attention to Liu Qingshan's words.

Not to mention that she doesn't really like to cook, and every time she cooks, it all depends on her mood. Even if she likes to cook, she won't really be a cook.

It is rare to live a new life again, so naturally you have to live easily and freely, without restraint.

Every day, I go to work in a regular manner, clock in at a certain time, and do more with less money.I haven't done it in my last life, and it's obviously not that easy to get used to in this life.

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The three chatted while eating. After a while, Liu Qingshan couldn't help but talk about what he had done in the past few years:

"Actually, as early as a few years ago, the eldest young master started to do business in Gangneung County and several surrounding counties.

The Zhou family's home is in Yuzhou Prefecture. Before the disaster, Yuzhou was not very wealthy, but it was also a prosperous one.The Zhou family has been in Yuzhou Prefecture for decades, and the Zhuangzi farmland under his name is not only ten thousand hectares, but also thousands of hectares, not to mention the business of shops and restaurants.And these are jointly managed by the first master and the second master.

When the eldest young master was young, he managed the business with the eldest master. A few years ago, he started the business of Yunzhou Mansion separately from his own family, but he and his family are both stable.

I just didn’t expect Yuzhou to be hit by a sudden disaster. The harvest of the farmland in Yuzhou is not as good as one year, and the shop is connected to the back of the house.

The family's revenue has dropped sharply, but the expenses have become larger and larger. In the next two years, the eldest young master will fill the hole in the family.

Until Yuzhou Prefecture reached the point where it couldn't support it with money, the talents of the family moved to Jiangling County one after another.

The business at the front of Yuzhou Mansion was also helped by the eldest young master, including the business of several grain shops.

The eldest young master has reopened several rice grain shops to various towns and counties under Jiangling County for the past month.This is what brought me to He Songzhen for the past two days. "

Gu Qi was curious: "The Zhou family's grain shop in Yuzhou Prefecture used to sell grain from their own village?"

"Most of them are owned by their own households. They will also be collected from other farmers, not much, only [-]-[-]%.

In fact, the price of food in Yuzhou Prefecture is much more expensive than other prefectures.However, Dakang has always imposed a grain ban among the states and capitals of the past dynasties, and offenders have confiscated grain shops and fined them a lot of money.

If the rice grain business wants to be big, it needs enough farm support. "

Speaking of this, Liu Qingshan said with a rare frown: "This is also the trouble for the eldest young master to accept the rice grain business again.

In the past few years in Jiangling County, the eldest young master has mostly engaged in the business of silk and satin cloth shops and restaurants, and the land under his name is only about [-] mu.Now, to spread the rice grains of the Zhou family again, it is the most important thing to be able to buy grains at a suitable price in Yunzhou Mansion. "