noffsinger Chapter 227 Ma Mei's Technique
Chapter 227 Ma Mei's Technique
It's funny how these people managed to reach an agreement so quickly.
Sometimes that's how the world works, or rather, that's the essential logic of society: if you have a common enemy, you're friends; if you don't have an enemy, you're enemies.
They shared a taxi back home.
Once they arrived in Ningcheng, they immediately found someone to go to Xu Wen's Haiya Women's Clothing Store and bought a lot of new and beautiful clothes.
When they received the clothes, they tried them on one by one, and they had to admit, the clothes were really beautiful. They were even a little reluctant to send the clothes to the garment factory to be disassembled.
But they had no choice; for the sake of business and to make more money, they had to go all out.
So the group of people took the clothes to the clothing factory where they usually sourced their goods, and asked the factory staff to help them analyze the clothes.
"Look, can you help produce this garment here? It doesn't need to be exactly the same, but it should at least be similar in appearance, and if you can reduce the cost, that would be even better."
The people from the garment factory took the clothes and carefully examined them from front to back.
And with their permission, they even unstitched the clothes and began examining them piece by piece.
Finally, the garment factory worker nodded and said, "We can make these clothes, but it will be quite time-consuming because we need to experiment, and you'll have to pay for the development of these clothes."
Hearing the garment factory's words left the women's clothing store owners feeling helpless, but now that the die was cast, they had no choice but to pay the garment factory to help with research and development and production.
As for the research and development time, the garment factory gave them one month. It will be at least one month before they can get a large quantity of goods to sell.
After leaving the garment factory, the group looked rather unwell. There was still a month left, and they didn't know how they were going to get through it.
Just as the owners of these women's clothing stores in Ningcheng were frantically trying to imitate it...
In the Qunyi Brigade, Hu Dahai was sitting leisurely at home, immersing his consciousness into his mind.
At this moment, in the balance of his mind, the water in that copper cup was full again.
Hu Dahai immediately converted all the holy water he had recently accumulated into a cubic meter of storage space.
"Recently, the accumulation rate of this holy water has become slower and slower," Hu Dahai sighed.
As his strength grew, many of his actions seemed unsurprising to those around him.
Therefore, naturally, the amount of holy water provided has decreased.
However, Hu Dahai didn't take it seriously. His health was getting better and better, and after drinking the holy water, he felt that the improvement in his body was limited. It could probably restore his body to the state of someone in their 30s, which was the limit of the holy water.
"Dad, dinner's ready."
Ma Mei, wearing an apron, limped out of the kitchen.
Since Ma Mei came to our house, she has taken care of all the housework, cooking, cleaning, and even Hu Dahai's and Hu Guanbao's clothes.
Hu Dahai got up from the recliner and went to the kitchen.
Although it was just him and Ma Mei eating lunch today, Ma Mei still laid out a whole table full of dishes on the table.
There is fish, meat, and vegetables.
Hu Dahai picked up his chopsticks and took out a piece of braised pork.
"Hmm, this meat tastes really good," Hu Dahai praised.
Ma Mei's face showed some excitement: "Dad, after you taught me a few things last time, I started thinking about how to cook it. As long as you think it tastes good, Dad, you should eat more."
As Ma Mei spoke, she pushed the bowl of braised pork in front of Hu Dahai.
He didn't eat a single bite.
"You eat too." Although Hu Dahai was strict with the children, he was very kind to Ma Mei.
"Yes. I'm eating," Ma Mei said with a smile.
After eating the meat, Hu Dahai picked up his chopsticks and ate a few bites of fish.
"Hmm, this fish is quite good. It tastes different from what I've had before," Hu Dahai said in surprise.
He remembered that the fish didn't taste like this before. Today's fish was especially fresh, with a faint sweetness, mixed with the aroma of beans and meat.
"What did you add to the fish today?"
Ma Mei smiled and said, "Dad, you have a really sharp tongue. You figured it out right away."
"Today's fish, I added a little sauce that I made myself. This sauce can be used to mix with rice, or you can use it to mix with fish or meat when cooking."
"Sauce?" Hu Dahai was taken aback, not quite understanding.
Ma Mei quickly got up, went to the cabinet behind her, and took out a glass bottle.
These are glass jars used for canned fruit. Ma Mei collected all the jars that everyone had finished eating, washed them clean, and gave some to Hu Guanbao and Hu Wangfei to use as water cups.
Some are also used to garnish pickled foods or sauces.
"Dad, this is the sauce I made myself. It contains soybeans, beef, shiitake mushrooms, and shrimp oil. I stir-fried it first, then simmered it until cooked. It has a salty, sweet, and savory flavor."
Ma Mei forcefully opened the bottle cap and handed it to Hu Dahai: "Dad, this can also be used as a dish. Do you want me to scoop some out for you to try?"
"Okay." Hu Dahai pushed the bowl over. It was a bit troublesome for Ma Mei to get a spoon, so she just picked up a pair of unused chopsticks from the table and scooped a big mouthful for Hu Dahai.
Hu Dahai dipped his chopsticks in the sauce, tasted it, and then quickly mixed it with rice and ate it.
"Hmm, not bad." Hu Dahai felt that it tasted like beef sauce from a later era.
No, it's not just beef sauce, it's a mixture of mushroom sauce, beef sauce, and sweet bean sauce.
He found it hard to believe that Ma Mei could make such delicious sauce in these times.
Logically speaking, Ma Mei doesn't have much experience. Let alone beef, even pork is something her family probably only eats a few times a year.
"Where did you learn this from? Or did you figure it out yourself?" Hu Dahai asked, puzzled.
“I…” Ma Mei said somewhat embarrassedly, “I’m home alone and don’t have much to do. I was just thinking that I wanted to make sure you all eat well. With the money you gave me, Dad, I bought some ingredients and decided to try making them at home.”
“When I was at home, I watched them make sauces, and I thought that if I used better ingredients, I could definitely make something even tastier.”
Hu Dahai suddenly realized, "I didn't expect you to have such a talent. Your sauce would definitely be a great dipping sauce for hot pot."
"It can also be used as a sauce for rice or noodles, and it definitely has a huge market."
As he was saying this, he suddenly noticed that Ma Mei was staring intently at him.