NOVEL NEXT Chapter 46 Pickled Fish
Cai Die knelt in front of the old man and cried: "Dad, it's all my fault!"
"Miss Cai Die, why are you showing mercy?" Agent Zhang asked.
"My father and I were singing here. That day was the first time I met Wang Xiucai... In the audience, someone was humiliating me with words... Wang Xiucai saw me crying alone, so he gave me a sugar glutinous rice cake and comforted me. … Later, my father said that he would drug Wang Xiucai and mark him with a foxtail mark. I couldn’t bear that Wang Xiucai would go crazy because of me, so I reduced the dose of green pleated mushroom powder!”
Detective Zhang: "Are you repaying the favor out of love?"
"Whether it's admiration or repaying a favor..." Caidi glanced at Wang Xiucai, "I can't repay dad's kindness. Sir, please don't hurt dad. I am the one who poisoned you, and it has nothing to do with dad."
The fifty-year-old man struggled for a while under the yamen servant's hand, and yelled: "Everyone is responsible for the work. I ordered the administration of the medicine, and the harm to others has nothing to do with her."
Captain Zhang quickly walked to Cai Die and asked, "You said that dad's kindness cannot be repaid, so why should you take the responsibility for him? This use of force to hurt people's lives is beyond your ability."
"How can I repay the kindness of raising someone?" Cai Die choked with sobs.
The government officials and police officers escorted the two men back to the county government office for trial, and Lou Laner also returned to Liuxiang Snacks.
In the outer room of the snack shop, she told the story of the arrest to the people in the shop and the diners. Everyone ate melon and listened with gusto.
"So in the end, Wang Xiucai was not entangled by the fox demon, but by the opera singer and his daughter who jointly sought wealth and death!" Lou Lan'er paused, took a sip of water, and continued, "And the man in the back mountain of Liujiazhuang Will-o'-the-wisp, and because there are buried bones nearby, the police are still checking..."
"Sister Lan'er, was it also the father and daughter who sang the opera that murdered the bones?" Xiaodouzi listened with rapt attention. This was much more interesting than storytelling.
"We have to wait for the trial at the Yamen. Zuo Zuo has brought the buried bones back to Kaitang County." Lou Laner tried his best to restore today's experience.
After hearing this, Mao Xi glanced at Mu Zhiyuan: "Brother Mu, do you think the father and daughter are just trying to make money? Since Wang Xiucai has been invited to the county government to make a record, there is no need for the murderer to do anything again to expose him. Own."
Mu Zhiyuan thought for a while: "I don't think it's that simple, and the scholar in Kaitang Town who was marked with a fox tail was just crazy. Why did he kill Wang Xiucai? Just because Cai Die loved Wang Xiucai, his father Want to kill him?"
"There are also the missing pages of jute paper, and the jute paper on the bodies buried in the ruined temple. What a coincidence!" Mao Xi analyzed.
"Indeed, we can only wait until the county government office completes the inspection to see what County Magistrate Zhou's final verdict is." Mu Zhiyuan did not want to get involved in this matter.
The case of the scholar fox demon may be implicated in the imperial examination administered by the Ministry of Rites. Fortunately, Shui Xi's snack shop was not implicated this time. It is better to do less than to do more. Mu Zhiyuan leaned against the wall and listened quietly to everyone's discussion.
However, Mao Xi is a straightforward person who likes to get to the bottom of things: "Lou Lan'er, when you have time, go to Kaitang County to find out."
"Yes, Lou Lan'er, we want to know too." The owner of the scissor shop said curiously.
"Tell us about it tomorrow!" Aunt Axiang of the steamed stuffed bun shop was eager to pay attention.
The surrounding diners were also curious. It seemed that these people regarded Lou Lan'er as half a "storyteller."
Early the next morning, the remaining eight copper hot pots ordered by Mao Xi were ready and delivered by the grocery store owner himself.
After paying the balance, the store owner asked Shu Xi if he wanted to order other kitchenware?
"I'll use this copper hotpot first. If business is good, I'll order some more faucet hotpots from you in the winter. The store will do it carefully for me!"
When the grocery store owner heard that there was still business, he immediately became energetic. He came close to Shu Xi and whispered: "Miss Ah Shu, do you want to reserve a tank? Let me tell you secretly, Liu Xiangniang from Ruifeng Tower is here with me. I ordered a batch of jars, saying they are for making sauerkraut!"
"Making sauerkraut?" No wonder Liu Xiangniang stopped asking her for sauerkraut after she opened Liuxiang Snack Shop on Cross Street.
But now that peppers are grown in Liujiacun, Liu Xiangniang may have figured out her recipe for pickling spicy sauerkraut.
The grocery store owner continued: "When I went to deliver food, I saw people from Liujia Village going to her place to deliver food. That person seemed to be your second uncle Liu Yongde. I told you secretly because I have a good relationship with you. .”
This Liu Yongde had ordered a batch of jars from the grocery store owner before and said he wanted to make rice wine himself. However, he still has not paid the balance and has become a deadbeat. He remembers it clearly.
"I've stopped doing the sauerkraut business in Ruifeng Tower a long time ago! But are you sure that all the tanks ordered by Shopkeeper Liu are for making sauerkraut?" Mao Xi inquired in reverse.
"It's hard to say, but she ordered 20 tanks. Miss Millet, if you want a tank, remember to find me again~"
"Boss, I don't want the clay pot. Why don't you order two casseroles for me?"
"What is a casserole?" The grocer had never heard of it.
Mao Xi took a pen and paper and simply drew: "Boss, this needs to be made of clay. I want to try it. If it is good, I will order 20 pieces from you."
"No problem!" The grocery store owner took the drawing paper and walked out happily. He looked at the drawings and didn't pay attention. He slipped and fell.
"When did my second uncle start a business with Ruifenglou? You don't need so many tanks for pickling sauerkraut. Does she want to pickle other vegetables, or brew her own rice wine?"
Considering that the price of pork and mutton in the current market has increased, and that the price of pork and mutton in the virtual mall has also increased, this Ludago's rabbit meat can only last for a while.
"Find some time to go to Niujia Village and look for Sister Sanhua. Maybe their beef and mutton will be cheaper."
While Mao Xi was thinking about reducing the cost of purchasing ingredients, she looked through "Collections of Ancient and Modern Recipes" to see if she could get any inspiration for new dishes.
Suddenly I came across an article about how to make pickled fish: "Fish bream", marinate the fish with salt and rice wine, cut the meat into pieces, spread it with fried glutinous rice, ginger, and pepper, put it in a jar, and press it tightly with stones. , pickled for half a month and ready to eat. It can be steamed or braised, and is delicious with wine. "
Since pork and mutton are expensive, but fish is cheap, it is better to take advantage of the current cheap price of fish to make some pickled fish, which can also be sold as a dish in the future.
The second-season rice at home has already eared, and there is just enough time to raise some grass fish. Mao Xi plans to take some time to go to Xishuimen to find a fish shop to buy some fry.
"Brother Ludago, can you make big wooden barrels for pickling fish?"
"That's simple. How many do you want? I'll make them when I'm free."
"Three of them, we will pickle the fish in the store and make fish bream. What do you think?"
"Fish bream! Shit, I like to eat fish bream wrapped in lotus leaves and steamed. It tastes great with wine!" Luda was already salivating just from his imagination.