latelenovela Chapter 147 Voluntary Investment
Chapter 147 Voluntary Investment
"Anyone can cook seafood, but the key to making it delicious is the secret recipe of the marinade. It requires many kinds of spices, including star anise, bay leaves, ginger, etc. I will teach you the specific ratios later. If we can all read, we can write it down. We still have to learn to read in the future."
Li Yuer put the mixed spices into the basin and said, "Brother, please clean them."
After washing the spices, drain the water. "Next, we prepare the base sauce and add the garlic cloves into 60% hot oil."
"Put in the garlic cloves!" Li Erlang pushed the stunned Li Dalang, and Dalang quickly put in the garlic cloves with skillful techniques, and there was no splashing.
Li Dalang can cook, although not as good as Li Meir, but he can cook well. He is not averse to cooking and does not have the bad habit of keeping away from the kitchen.
"Add a spoonful of soybean paste and chopped pepper sauce." Li Meir took out the soybean paste she bought from the market, which is similar to soybean paste. Since there is no Pixian bean paste, she can only use these two instead.
After Li Dalang cooked the sauce and fried it to bring out the aroma of the sauce, Li Yuer said, "When the sauce is thick, add the broth, then the spices, green and red peppercorns, dried chili peppers, salt, chicken juice, sugar, and pepper. It will taste better if you have bone broth. Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes."
Li Yuer closed the stove door to reduce the fire.
While the marinade was being cooked, Li Yuer taught them how to prepare the spice packs. "This is how the spices should be mixed. You can decide how much spices to use based on the size of the iron pot."
"Yu Baoer, we must not lose this spice bag in the future. If it is lost and someone picks it up, they will learn how to use it secretly." Li Erlang said.
"Of course." Li Meir tied a bag of spices she had just prepared and said, "Don't tell even relatives."
Li Laosan asked: "Should we tell grandpa and grandma?"
Li Yuer said: "We have to make money with our family, but they also have to invest. How much they invest is up to them."
"What if they don't agree?" Li Erlang asked.
"No way." Li Mei'er said uncertainly: "We are all adults this year. Except for Yu Bao'er, we should be able to manage our own money."
Li Yuer thought about it and said, "How about this, let's see how much money they are willing to pay first. Maybe they are not willing to invest."
After the marinade is ready, add the seafood and cook for another five minutes.
"Will it take five minutes to make the meat seasoned?" Li Mei'er asked. "When I was selling fish at the dock, I heard people in the town say that it takes fifteen minutes to stew meat."
Li Yuer explained: "Seafood is different from pork. Seafood must not be boiled for too long, but stewed instead."
"stew?"
"Yes, just simmer for a quarter of an hour after the fire has ceased."
The braised seafood tasted so delicious that even Old Man Li was attracted to come out.
"Yu Baoer, what delicious food are you making?" Old man Li walked over with his hands behind his back.
Looking at the braised seafood in the pot, he felt his eyes were not as blurry as before.
"Grandpa, this is braised seafood. It just so happens that you came at the right time."
Li Yuer picked up a small bowl for Old Man Li. Old Man Li didn't seem to be afraid of the heat and directly picked up a piece of sea cucumber and put it into his mouth.
"Fresh! Fragrant! What's that smell? Delicious!"
Old man Li ate with relish, and in a short while, he had finished a small bowl of braised seafood.
Li Yuer and the others naturally would not treat themselves badly, so they ate some as well.
Although there was a lot of food left in the pot, there were many people in their family, so Old Man Li refused Li Meir's offer to add another bowl for him and walked away with satisfaction, his hands behind his back.
After dinner, Li Yuer asked for some seafood to be served on the table. Everyone said the food was delicious. They took a bite with their chopsticks and finished it in a short while.
Old man Li smacked his lips and said, "This spicy fried snail would be even better if it were paired with some wine."
Old Mrs. Cai rolled her eyes at him and said, "Save the wine for tomorrow."
Old man Li laughed and didn't ask for it anymore.
Fan likes the lotus crab the most. She said: "I think the lotus crab is really delicious. It is golden yellow and looks very noble."
"I like seafood with sauce, it's refreshing." said Boss Li.
As for braised seafood, everyone likes it and never gets enough of it. They all can’t wait to open the sea so they can eat their fill.
Li Yuer told the story of selling barbecue.
The first to raise an objection was Li Lao Er: "Yu Baoer, is this feasible? We don't have any connections and we haven't done this before. I think we will most likely lose money."
Mrs. Cai thought about it and said, "I think it's feasible. What about you, old man? How much loss can you make selling food?"
Old man Li has been an honest man all his life. He has made a living on the sea, fishing, selling and eating fish.
Doing business was indeed a distant and luxurious thing for him.
"I listen to the old woman."
Li Yuer sighed in his heart. His grandfather didn't have much of his own opinion, but he listened to his grandmother and agreed.
Mrs. Cai looked at Boss Li, who scratched his head and said, "I'll listen to my mother."
Mrs. Cai nodded and said, "Yu Baoer, what do you mean by investment?"
Li Yuer explained: "It means that the amount of income will be distributed in the future according to how much money is invested."
"Then we two old men will invest twenty taels." Old Mrs. Cai said bluntly.
Boss Li said: "Let's bet two, no, five taels!" He stretched out five fingers and gestured vigorously.
Li Erlang smiled secretly, that's great, they invest less and get less, so I get more, hahahahahahaha!
Li Laoer is Li Yuer's biological father, so he had to support his daughter's ideas. In the end, he gave ten taels of silver. The five taels more than what Li Laoer gave was what Fan asked him to pay.
After some discussion, Li Yuer simply made a note of the accounts.
Li Yuer talked about asking the teacher for advice again.
All things are inferior, only reading is superior. When she proposed this matter, it was easier to pass than setting up a stall to sell barbecue.
When I learned that Master Guo was a juren and a teacher at the town's public academy, Yucai Academy, I was extremely happy.
Boss Li patted his son on the shoulder and said, "Dad doesn't expect you to get a good score in the exam. As long as you can read and not be blind like dad, that's enough."
Li Dalang nodded and said, "Dad, don't worry, my elder sister and I will study hard with the teacher and learn to read and write."
Boss Li didn't feel anything about girls having to learn to read and write, but he didn't object either. His mother wasn't a sexist, and neither was he. But he just didn't think it was useful for girls to go to school.
The girls in their family cannot marry into a wealthy family, let alone take care of the household chores. All they can do is not make the mistake in counting the money when buying groceries in the future.
Mrs. Fan held the sea cow and said to Li Yu'er, "Yu Bao'er, it's not that your mother and father don't support you, but we have never done business before and are afraid that you will lose money and have no one to rely on in the future. Don't worry, the money in your mother and father's hands will be left to you in the future.
When you first start doing business, whether you make a profit or a loss, don't get angry. Your parents will take care of everything, ah!"
Li Yuer was instantly touched. Her parents didn't support her at all just now. It would be a lie to say that they didn't care at all. She didn't expect that they were planning this.
Li Yuer took Fan's hand and said, "I know that my father and mother treat me the best. Don't worry, we won't pay any money."