The growth of the eldest daughter-in-law of the farm gate

Chapter 25 Sweet Potato Flour

Li Mingli arrived home after having dinner at Li's house.Li Mingmei brought Li Mingli the reserved meals, and the Li family members were also sitting beside them. Li Mingli said to Zhao Yunlan while eating: "Sister-in-law, I bought all the ginger and cornel you wanted, and I spent all fifty coins. It’s just that this ginger is too expensive, and not many people buy it.”

Zhao Yunlan: "Well, I also know Jiang Gui, as long as I can have it."

Li Mingli took a bite of his meal and continued: "I went for a walk in the town today, and sure enough, as my sister-in-law guessed, there are two sellers of bamboo flower baskets in the town, and the styles are similar to ours. I went to inquire about it." , one was sold by the son of the old lady who bought the basket last day. The other one was an outsider from the west side of town."

This bamboo flower basket is really simple, a craftsman who knows how to weave can buy one and take a look at it to weave it.Zhao Yunlan thought, if she keeps doing this to make money, she can only continue to produce new styles and gradually accumulate word-of-mouth. The money is not much, but it can be regarded as a living.

Mrs. Wang didn't say anything, and there was no expression on her face. Old man Li was holding his forehead worriedly, and Li Zhizhi and Li Mingmei were beside him, full of righteous indignation and wanted to say something.

"Well, let's not bother with it after we have found out clearly. As long as we don't hurt our Li family, we don't want to cause trouble." Zhao Yunlan continued, "And our family's basket and dustpan are also learned from my father and grandpa outside. Come on, this kind of thing is not easy to pursue." Zhao Yunlan is also helpless, there is no such thing as rights protection in ancient times.

After all, the bamboo basket business cannot develop for a long time. Zhao Yunlan now only wants to make sweet potato flour as soon as possible.

When I woke up the next day, the sky was gray, "Sister-in-law, it's probably going to rain today." Li Mingmei chatted with Zhao Yunlan while tidying up in the kitchen.

"Yes, I'm going to carry the dustpan under the eaves." Zhao Yunlan went to the yard to carry the sweet potato starch dried in the dustpan.Twist it by hand, it's okay.

Zhao Yunlan didn't want to wait any longer: "Little sister, bring another dustpan and a sieve, I'll sift this powder again."

"Hey, here we come."

"Boil another pot of hot water and have breakfast later. I'll make it for everyone to try." Zhao Yunlan kept telling Li Mingmei while sifting the powder.

The powder sieves out some big scum, and the powder in the dustpan becomes finer.Zhao Yunlan took it to the kitchen to prepare the paste, and Li Mingmei's water was almost ready to boil.Zhao Yunlan took out the colander that had been prepared earlier, started to make the paste, stirred and kneaded the dough, then put it in the colander, and poured the roots into the boiling water pot.The white paste turns into transparent vermicelli one by one in the pot.

"Sister-in-law, it has changed, the color has changed." Li Mingmei shouted beside her,
Li Mingli and Li Mingzhi hurried over, eager to see what was in the pot.

"Be careful, both of you, don't get burnt. Later, each of you will have a bowl, and you will see enough." Zhao Yunlan told the two brothers to scoop up the noodles and run through the cold water, setting aside the amount for the whole family to eat. Ask the two brothers to find a wooden stick to support, hang it up, and hang it under the eaves.

Zhao Yunlan continued to prepare vegetables in the kitchen. Peas should be put in the hot and sour noodles. Zhao Yunlan went to the warehouse to scoop up a small bowl to fry the peas. The onion, ginger, garlic and dogwood were also prepared.At home, there was still some vinegar left over from the town, so Zhao Yunlan found it and put it away, and prepared the seasoning in each bowl.

Zhao Yunlan also thought that Xiaobao was still young and couldn't eat spicy food, so she had to make a steamed egg for Xiaobao alone, and then made some pancakes, fearing that this noodle alone would make her hungry, and pancakes would also be good.

After Zhao Yunlan was busy making dough, she began to blanch the noodles. The noodles just passed through cold water, and now they will be blanched again, so it doesn't need to cook for too long.Put some wild vegetable leaves and scald them in the pot together.

A bowl of noodles came out of the pot, and the taste slowly came out, "Little sister, come and bring the bowl."

Zhao Yunlan asked about the taste: "That's the feeling, just smelling it makes me feel appetizing."

All the people in the upper room were seated, Zhao Yunlan said: "Everyone, let's start, how about this taste!"

The third and fourth children couldn't wait a long time ago, and started eating before Zhao Yunlan opened his mouth.Old man Li took a few sips, and said without fear of burning, "This taste is really strange, not only sour but also choking, the more you eat, the more appetizing you are."

Seeing that what he ate was different from the ones in other people's bowls, Xiaobao clamored to eat from Zhao Yunlan's bowl. Zhao Yunlan was amused by Xiaobao's anxious look, so she had to pick a piece of flour and feed it to Xiaobao.

The smell of dogwood made Xiao Bao spit it out, and burst into tears.Zhao Yunlan hurriedly fed Xiaobao with water, smiling at Xiaobao while feeding.

Look at this from Wang's side: "You said you insisted on giving it to him, it's just that he doesn't understand, don't you know if he can eat it?"

"Mom, hehe, it's okay, he will grow his memory after eating it, let him feel it for himself. I didn't give him much, it's reasonable." Zhao Yunlan laughed again as she spoke.

Seeing his mother laughing all the time, Xiaobao didn't cry anymore, but started laughing instead.

"Sister-in-law, what kind of food is this? I didn't expect sweet potatoes to make something like noodles." Li Mingli asked suspiciously, staring at the food in the bowl.

"Well, I read that the vermicelli is made from sweet potatoes, so it should be sweet potato flour!" Zhao Yunlan said without blinking. "What do you all think of this food, father, mother, please tell me."

Old man Li said: "It tastes good, I still want to eat it."

Wang: "The taste is really good. What are your plans?"

The brothers and sisters of the Li family also nodded, agreeing with what the old couple said.

"I plan to start this catering business. It will be a regular business of our Li family. It's just that we can't talk about this method yet." Zhao Yunlan said to the Li family, and the Li family brothers and sisters nodded again, "Sister-in-law, we don't I will talk about it, how can I tell others about making money." Li Mingli promised.

"This method can't be said, but you said you saw it in a bookstore, now you have to go and buy the book back." Wang was worried.

Old man Li is not afraid of wasting money now, "Yes, hurry up and buy the book back."

"Father, mother, we can be regarded as learning food from other places. Even if we buy the book, I am afraid it will be passed on from other places in the future. I will go to the town to see it later or buy the book. We need to seize the time to do business, we seize the opportunity first, and then we will reveal it slowly when someone in the village asks." Zhao Yunlan's eyes were a little dazed, and sure enough, telling a lie would require many lies to cover up, so she had to find opportunities by herself Let's go to the bookstore and make a show alone, Zhao Yunlan thought.

"Also, we can't call it sweet potato powder when we are doing business, otherwise people will probably guess that it is made of sweet potato. The taste of this powder is hot and sour, so let's call it hot and sour powder." Zhao Yunlan Continue to exhort.

"Well, the name fits well." Old man Li agreed with the name while drinking the last soup.

Here Zhao Yunlan continued: "Little sister and I will go to the town, we will buy some rags and come back to make hair flowers."

"Well, sister-in-law." Li Mingmei grinned happily.

"What do you do with flowers? Didn't you say that you don't weave baskets?" Wang asked suspiciously.

"Mother, it was my younger sister who discovered the hair flower business. The little girls in the village asked her to buy it when they saw the hair flower on her head. That's why we thought of this way to make money." Zhao Yunlan explained.

"You can't make money from the village. People in a village have helped our family more or less. We can't lose our heart just to make money." Wang said cautiously.

"Hey, mother, don't worry, my sister-in-law has told me about these pros and cons. We are going to sell them in the town. I will give them the bouquets of Sister Dahua and the others." Li Mingmei replied honestly.

Only then did Wang feel relieved: "If you have a charter, you can do it like this! Hurry up and go to the town! It will rain soon."

"Sister-in-law, I want to go with you too." Li Zhizhi urgently grabbed Li Mingmei and begged Zhao Yunlan.

"Go, go, let's go together." Zhao Yunlan agreed with a smile.

The three of them set off with their baskets on their backs, coir raincoats on their backs.

(End of this chapter)