Chapter 513: yearning for life
Chapter 513 The Yearning for Life
Meng Gui came to Xiaoyao City for more than a year. In the past year, he witnessed the rapid development of Xiaoyao City with his own eyes.
The building materials workshop where he works has also undergone earth-shaking changes in a short period of time.
There are also many cement factories, wood factories, furniture factories, and steel bar factories related to pouring.
When he entered the workshop, the monthly payment was 2 taels a month. When there were many orders in the workshop, with overtime and subsidies, he could earn 4 taels a month.
He saw that others were rushing to take out loans to buy a house, and thinking about the stability of the workshop, he also took out a loan for a house with two bedrooms and one living room.
Having a house, although he is happy, the debt is in his heart, and it also gives him the idea of opening up an income channel.
Especially after knowing that my colleague went to a stall to sell clothes at night and made a lot of money, the thought of making money became even more urgent.
He is short and short. Even if he bought a house, the southern border still practices monogamy, but there are more men than women, and no one likes him so far.
If I can make more money, I might be able to get my wife.
He also tried to go to the clothing factory to buy some clothes to sell, but he had bad eyesight and unpleasant mouth. After the season was over, he didn't sell a few pieces.
Clearance sale and ended up losing some money.
Meng Gui was laughed at by his colleagues because of this.
Meng Gui couldn't bear it, but silently vowed in his heart that he must make a name for himself and make everyone admire him.
Every day after that, he would go to the night market to observe carefully what he could do.
Soon, he discovered that the stalls selling snacks in the night market were also very popular.
Suddenly, he thought that some workshops have cafeterias, while others do not. Everyone needs to eat at noon, and it costs money to eat in the cafeteria, and it also costs money to eat outside.
Meng Gui suddenly had the idea of setting up a stall outside the workshop.
Before he came to Southern Border, Meng Gui worked as a firefighter for an inn. Later, the business was really bad and he couldn’t support everyone. He had nowhere to go, and he didn’t want to sell himself as a slave, so he signed up to come to Southern Border.
He observes in the back kitchen and will know a few home-cooked meals by heart.
I think that the taste is not inferior to the cafeteria. If I can set up a stall, I will definitely make money with the daily flow of people in the workshop.
However, in order to be safe, Meng Gui decided to make a signature dish for himself.
He saw that the roast duck restaurant was doing well, so he thought about getting a duck himself.
Stewed duck and roasted duck still felt a little unremarkable. Suddenly, he saw someone selling tea eggs.
Meng Gui immediately bought two tea eggs and tasted them carefully.
The salty and fragrant tea eggs are very tasty, and they gave him an inspiration.
Perhaps, the secret recipe for making tea eggs can be used to make duck.
To this end, he spent a lot of money, a whole five taels of silver to buy a recipe for tea eggs.
For the first time, the duck he marinated with a tea egg recipe was very light and unpalatable.
He thought it was a matter of proportion, so he increased the dosage of the tea egg recipe.
But the taste of the duck is still not up to expectations.
He went to the cafeteria to eat, and suddenly he ate a plate of very tasty kippers.
Inspiration popped into my mind.
Would it taste good if the duck was soaked and marinated first, and then marinated?
He hurried off work and returned to the apartment to experiment again.
In addition, some new oil-consuming and old soy sauces from the food factory were added to the tea egg recipe.
The was marinated, and before the marinated duck came out of the pot, the whole apartment exuded an irresistible fragrance.
The neighbors all gathered around and asked, "Meng Gui, what are you doing? The nose is going to smell off for us, can you give us a taste?"
Meng Gui was definitely not willing to give them food before he wanted to.
However, he now needs everyone's opinions and evaluations, so he smiled and said, "I'm not familiar with it yet, just wait a while, everyone can taste it."
I didn't expect Meng Gui to be so generous. The big guy hurriedly moved the bench and sat in the corridor of the apartment waiting for Meng Gui's braised duck to come out of the pot.
After a while, the fragrance became stronger and stronger, and even the hostess ran up and waited to take a sip.
Seeing so many people crowding around, Meng Gui seemed to see many customers crowding around his booth, constantly throwing money into the cash box, and looking forward to the braised duck in the pot even more.
Finally, Meng Gui felt that the time was up.
The moment he lifted the lid of the pot and picked up the braised duck, the golden and shiny braised duck looked very attractive.
Everyone swallowed their saliva and couldn't help saying: "It's so fragrant, it's so fragrant, I didn't expect you to be silent and have such incredible craftsmanship."
Meng Gui was very beautiful when he heard this.
He has marinated two ducks in total, and learned to slice them like others. As a result, the technique was too bad, and everyone urged them to cut them.
He took the lead to the front of the host. The host was very satisfied. He knew how to honor himself first. He picked up a piece and tasted it.
The steward said excitedly, "This is too delicious!" Wanting to try it again, he looked at the people behind him, then retracted his hand and asked, "I'll give you a duck, can you help me marinate it?" Said: "I won't let you do it in vain, you can help me make one, and I will give you twenty pennies."
Twenty pennies is quite a lot. The other party is the dormitory manager. How could Meng Gui accept it?
The imperial court is very strict on corruption and bribery. If someone reports that he is using his power, and he is not paid, even if he does not get fired, it will be a big trouble.
The dormitory said firmly: "If you don't accept it, then forget it, I won't ask you to braise the duck."
The dormitory has all said this, and if Meng Gui refuses to accept it, it will offend people.
He quickly put it away, and was very happy. The braised duck was approved by the dormitory manager, which means that it is very likely to become the sign of the stall.
Neighbors tried it, and they all praised Meng Gui for his good craftsmanship, saying that he could open a restaurant.
This gave Meng Gui great confidence.
I was thinking about where to set up a stall at the entrance of the workshop.
He found that the traffic at the intersection of the workshop was the largest, and after asking if he would not be driven out, he went to the market to buy a scooter.
went to buy the wooden benches, the big rice bucket pots and pans and other things needed for the stall.
In order to have a place to park the scooter and cook food, he also rented a family's villa yard.
This time, the investment was huge and the preparations were sufficient. He looked at the various vegetables he bought with a firm gaze, and said in his heart: If this time is not successful, he will work in the workshop honestly and never bother again.
On the day of Meng Gui's holiday, he pushed his scooter and carried his hope to the door of the workshop.
At this moment, the big guy has entered the workshop to work, and there are not many people on the road.
Meng Gui took the things off the trolley in an orderly manner, and propped up the honeycomb to keep the rice warm. In between, he fryed a few home-cooked dishes and poured them into a large iron plate, accompanied by freshly cooked brine. duck.
The attractive dishes immediately attracted many passers-by.
(end of this chapter)