Food: Random stalls, customers chase me all over the country

Chapter 105-Work started a little early this year
Few places open for business on the second day of the Lunar New Year. In previous years, Harbin often opened for business after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

But there are some changes this year. Everyone seems to have reached some tacit understanding and opened for business very early.

Wang Fan discovered that many of the gray ingredients in the system mall were now available for purchase.

Even the snack stall next to Wang Fan's has many people open for business.

After Ma Weiliang, the young man, set up his stall, he walked straight to Wang Fan's RV and said to him with a smile, "Happy New Year, Boss Wang! Do you have anything delicious to eat today?"

Wang Fan smiled and said, "Happy New Year, Xiao Ma. I'm going to make braised pork ribs and some braised dishes today."

Second Uncle also poked his head out and asked curiously, "Xiao Ma, why are you opening your shop today? Didn't you say before the New Year that you wouldn't come until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year?"

Ma Weiliang said, "I originally planned to come after the fifth day of the New Year, but my little brat insisted that someone from the south would come in the next two days. He made it sound very convincing. I figured we couldn't refuse to receive Qi if he came to visit, right? So he came right after the New Year."

"Hey? Brother Xiao Ma, are you like that too? I'm pretty much the same. My daughter said it's all over the internet, and a lot of people from the south have even posted their train tickets, saying they'll arrive in the next two days. Aren't they rushing me and my husband out of the house? Hahahaha."

Liu Mancang also came over, greeted a few people and joined the chatting group.

"Boss Wang, Brother Wang, you guys had a really open event yesterday. My daughter was here, and I even had a free meal of your braised dishes last night, hahaha."

Ma Weiliang looked at Liu Mancang and Wang Fan in confusion. "Activities? There are still activities on the first day of the new year? Isn't your daughter just in junior high school? What activities are she participating in? And there are even braised dishes for her to take home?"

Liu Mancang chuckled, "Brother Xiao Ma, don't you know this? The internet is full of news about yesterday's event."

After saying that, he took out his cell phone to show Xiao Ma Ge and explained the whole cause and effect.

Xiao Ma Ge immediately stamped his feet and said angrily, "Oh, it's all my fault for drinking too much at noon yesterday. I missed it. This loss is too big!"

Liu Mancang laughed heartily. "Isn't that a missed opportunity? Ever since my daughter came back yesterday, she's been wanting to run to the kitchen, helping her mom wash the vegetables and then the dishes. It feels like she's grown up all of a sudden. The braised dishes she brought back yesterday were delicious too. The flavors were incredible. My wife and I drank a bottle of Shaodaozi with those dishes, and we slept so soundly last night."

The second uncle's face was full of smiles when he heard the compliment, but he said modestly: "I was just messing around, hahaha, I just messed around, I didn't expect so many people to come, hahaha."

While listening to their chatting, Wang Fan had already started selecting today's ingredients in the system mall.

“猪纯排，宰杀时间：2小时前。价格：20块/斤（超过100斤18块/斤）。推荐指数：96点。”

“猪腔骨，宰杀时间：2小时前。价格：10块/斤（超过100斤8块/斤）。推荐指数：96点。”

“猪大骨，宰杀时间：2小时前。价格：12块/斤（超过100斤10块/斤）。推荐指数：96点。”

Wang Fan did not buy pork ribs, but ordered 200 kilograms each of pork elbows, pork ribs and pork bones. Then he asked for 100 kilograms of white radish, 100 kilograms of lotus roots and 100 kilograms of edamame in the vegetable area.

After making the purchase, Wang Fan checked the system and discovered that his level had quietly reached level 28. Today was already the fourth day of the mission. Looking at his sales records, Wang Fan couldn't help but smile wryly, and couldn't help but sigh at the breadth and depth of Chinese cuisine.

Including the first day of trial operation, he only used pork front elbow, beef tendon, beef shank bone and pig ear in the past four days. However, there are many kinds of meat in his braised meat recipe. If he wants to braise all of them, he estimates that it will take a year if he changes the recipe every day.

But he had no regrets, as he understood the principle of biting off more than he could chew. Besides, his second uncle would be in charge of the braised meat business in the future, so it would be enough for him to understand the two things: pork and beef.

The goods were delivered shortly after the order was placed. Several stall owners stopped chatting and started working. Wang Fan and his second uncle closed the door of the RV and started making the goods.

The pork front ribs and pork bones are already cut before they are delivered. They have a special bone cutting machine, which is not only fast but also good. If you buy them and chop them yourself, it will not only waste a lot of time, but the RV will also be shaken up and down, and those who don't know why will think it's something.

Pure pork ribs are long strips of ribs on both sides of the pig's spine. They are considered the most expensive part of the bones. They are a good choice whether for making soup, braising meat or grilling.

The pig bones are the thigh bones and shin bones. What Wang Fan wants is not just two bones. There is a lot of meat hanging on these bones. The pig bones have been cut in half, so one hand can only hold one. Moreover, this thing will expand after being heated, and it will only become bigger.

Wang Fan first blanched the pork bones. This thing is harder to cook than pure pork ribs, so it must be put into the pot first.

Moreover, pig bones are rich in bone marrow, which can enhance the deliciousness of the stew.

Wang Fan only did part of the blanching, just to demonstrate it to his second uncle, and then stepped aside to let his second uncle practice.

My second uncle was also very meticulous in his cooking. He poured the water three times until no more foam came out of the pot.

Wang Fan would also say a few words from time to time on key steps to deepen his second uncle's impression.

"During the blanching step, adding cold water after the water boils is called slamming the water. The purpose is to lower the water temperature and force out the blood from the braised meat and bones. If the temperature rises too quickly, the outside may be cooked but the inside is still raw. The blood will then be locked in the meat, making it taste fishy."

There was a notebook on the table next to the second uncle, and a pen was pinned to his ear. Whenever Wang Fan spoke, he would write it down in the notebook. The second uncle had never been to school and learned to read and write from the instructor when he was in the army.

As for why it wasn't Wang Fan who wrote it down, it was mainly because Second Uncle felt that Wang Fan's handwriting was too ugly and he couldn't understand it.

Second Uncle's handwriting is not very beautiful, but it is square and anyone can see it clearly. Wang Fan's handwriting is just the opposite of his appearance. It is no exaggeration to say that it is ugly.

When he was writing in a hurry, he would look back at the words and think carefully about what he had written.

In the words of my second uncle, "I put some ink on a spider's legs and let it crawl. What it crawls out is more beautiful than your handwriting."

Wang Fan was also helpless about this. It seemed that some people were born with beautiful handwriting, while some people were born with handwriting that looked like a spider crawling.

(End of this chapter)