noffsinger Chapter 88 Is Lu Yunqing the fish?
Chapter 88 Is Lu Yunqing the fish?
Seeing that they were all silent, Dongfang Jin looked at everyone and continued, "Although I am a woman, I have never left the Fang family before."
In my heart, I thought all the villagers were like the Fang family.
However, seeing those villagers that day left me with an indescribable feeling.
Grandpa Xu sighed upon hearing this.
Lin Lizheng looked helpless as he listened.
The others also looked confused.
Dongfang Jin smiled and said, "I once told Uncle Lizheng that it is not true wealth for an individual to be rich, nor for a family to be rich, nor for an entire clan to be rich."
What should I do?
That very day, the moment I saw Sister Lin Min and Xiao Fang tapping sesame seeds, I made up my mind.
Make sesame paste and sesame oil.
So, after I went to the county, I conducted an experiment at the county government office, and it was very successful.
The spinach we're eating today has sesame paste in it, and that fragrant sauce is from that.
Aunt Gu then asked, "Is the sesame oil you put in the soup the same as the one in the sesame paste?"
Dongfang Jin nodded: "I asked Brother Lin Yu at the time, are there many people growing sesame here?"
He said not many, but every family grows them; I hadn't revealed this at first.
Lin Yu nodded in agreement: "Yes, no matter how much Master Xu and that guard Dong asked, Xiao Jin wouldn't say anything."
Dongfang Jin smiled and continued, "I know that giving this to Uncle Lizheng's family rashly will definitely bring trouble to them."
If that were the case, I wouldn't be helping people, I would be harming them. So I'm waiting, waiting for an opportunity.
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone turned to look at her.
"After I prepared it in the county, I also lured the county magistrate to a hot pot dinner, and that's how the fish took the bait."
Everyone understood.
Gu Chenglin...
Is Lu Yunqing the fish? Was this something my wife had planned all along?
No wonder Grandpa Chu said she had foresight...
Grandpa Xu gave her an approving look.
Lin Li gave her a grateful look.
Seeing this, Dongfang Jin felt a little proud: "That very night, the county magistrate sent the recipe for this sesame paste and the instructions for eating it in hot pot to the capital."
With them leading the way, who else will pay attention to Uncle Village Chief's family?
Furthermore, I also told the county magistrate that the highest position the village head's family could attain was Anyang Prefecture, not even the prefecture level.
Lin Lizheng excitedly said, "Xiao Jin, my family can handle all twenty-four towns in Ling'an County."
Our family just chants Amitabha Buddha's name; we never even thought about going to the county.
You should know that a county has twenty-four towns, and each town has more than a dozen villages.
Is this girl talking about the prefecture?
Oh dear! Don't scare him.
A state has twelve prefectures, and each prefecture governs at least twelve counties.
He also heard that in Dongzhou and Yunzhou, some prefectures had as many as thirty-six counties.
Dongfang Jin looked at Lin Li, who was clutching his chest: "You can make sesame paste your family's signature product."
Didn't I tell you yesterday that you can let the Lin family members grow sesame and peanuts, as long as you manage the division well and there's no trouble?
In the past, people grew sesame and peanuts for their own consumption, and sold the surplus at the market. But how much could they sell for?
If your family is going to do this in the future, and there are so many people in the clan, what will they all do? I see there is still a lot of wasteland here, should we cultivate it?
"Plant them, no matter how much they plant, your family will buy it all. Little by little, you'll get things started, won't you?"
Lin Lizheng is now looking forward to the grand blueprint drawn up by Dongfang Jin.
Lin Yu and Lin Jiang stood up excitedly, and the effects of the alcohol had sobered them up considerably.
Madam Feng and her two daughters-in-law were also extremely excited.
Grandpa Xu nodded repeatedly, saying "Not bad, not bad..."
Dongfang Jin then said, "Once your business grows bigger, will the villagers in the surrounding villages also start planting it?"
In the past, we planted too much and couldn't sell it, but things are different now, aren't they? Your family is a regular main user.
You might not even need to go to pick it up; someone will deliver it to your door.
When you harvest sesame and peanuts, if you give them an extra penny or two, wouldn't everyone be eager to plant them?
This way, not only will your family become wealthy, but it will also benefit the surrounding villagers—a win-win situation, wouldn't you say?
Lin Li was slapping his thigh, only able to say "yes," "right," "not bad," and "good!"
After Dongfang Jin finished speaking, she and Gu Chenglin exchanged a glance and smiled at each other. Who should they do next?
Finally, she turned her gaze to Sun Xing and his wife: "Third Brother, Third Sister-in-law, what do you think of today's braised meat?"
When Sun Xing and his wife were asked this, a voice inside them cried out, "Here it comes, here it comes..."
Sun Xingping calmed himself down and said, "It's delicious. This pig's head is usually used for sacrificial offerings during the Lunar New Year."
Another reason is that it's used by particular families when raising the roof beam of a house.
But usually very few people buy it, and also, no one with money eats pig's trotters.
Even when we went to deliver the pigs, they were piled up everywhere, nobody wanted them.
Dongfang Jin then looked at Yang Zhu: "Third sister-in-law, do you think raising pigs is tiring?"
Yang Zhu nodded nervously: "Tired."
"Your pig farm is near the river, right?"
Sun Xing and his wife nodded. Yang Zhu said, "We chose to raise pigs there because the villagers disliked the smell of our house and came to make trouble every day."
Dongfang Jin nodded, agreeing that it was true; livestock had to be kept outside the village, since there were too many people living inside and it was indeed too noisy.
"Let me tell you, the best part of this braised pork isn't the good cuts of meat, but the stuff inside the pig's belly."
Apart from gall, each of them has its own unique flavor.
Then there are the parts that others don't want: heads, tails, pig's trotters.
Everyone was dumbfounded...
So, you can eat intestines too?
Everyone's caught in an indescribable vicious cycle...
Yang Zhu's expression was very strange: "Xiao Jin, is that thing really edible?"
Dongfang Jin said confidently, "Yes, but it takes a bit of effort to clean."
I have a cleaning method here, I'll tell you later. Besides, this stuff is practically free, and your family definitely has ways to buy these things.
Sun Xing came to his senses: "There are channels, but these things you mentioned are all thrown away. Nobody wants them. To put it bluntly, even dogs wouldn't eat them."
Dongfang Jin pouted, realizing she didn't know what she was talking about. Suddenly, a whole bunch of ways to cook fatty intestines—braised, stewed, simmered, fried, and so on— popped into her head.
He swallowed hard. "Third Brother, don't underestimate this stuff. If it's prepared properly, the taste is absolutely amazing."
Each part also has its unique medicinal value. For example, the liver is excellent for nourishing blood and improving eyesight…
Grandpa Xu stroked his beard: "I heard about this when my master was alive. Pig liver does have the effect of improving eyesight and replenishing blood, but none of us know exactly how to make it."
And the first impression this thing gave us was just one word... dirty.
So, as time went by, it faded from memory.
Dongfang Jin: "..."
Whether the emperor of the Cang Sheng Kingdom really went too far, or whether these things simply didn't exist, no one can say for sure.
In modern times, what things are off-limits for consumption...?
Dongfang Jin looked at the couple and continued, "It's getting cold, so we can make more and store it. Besides, we don't need to simmer this braising liquid every day. The longer this braising liquid is used, the better."
You don't need to worry about not having a place to sell, Chenglin's two friends work in the county.
One is named Li Xiuwen and the other is named Li Fengshou. They are quite well-known in the county. You can find out if you ask around.
They were honest men, and the two brothers owned a shop near the East Wharf.
You can rent it there to sell. The meat can also be chopped up and put in pancakes or steamed buns.
When selling braised meat, be a little creative and give each person a little bit of everything, putting it all in one bowl.
If people working nearby want to buy them, you can rent the bowls to them, charging a reasonable fee. When they return the bowls, you can refund the money.