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Chapter 96 Honey Sweet Roasted Sweet Potatoes

The Song Haonian brothers went out to sell furs, and they also brought a lot of mountain products - dried game, mushrooms, etc. They were going to the provincial capital, where people like these things and can sell them at a high price.

Naturally, Lily couldn't avoid some worries, but she knew that they would rush back by the end of the year at the latest so that they could celebrate the New Year with their families, so she concentrated on preparing the supplies for the New Year.

The weather is getting colder and colder. The only edible fruit in the mountains is wild jujube. The wild jujube is moistened by the clouds and mist in the mountains all the year round. It matures slowly in autumn. In late autumn and early winter, the greenness completely fades and the taste is the best.

Unlike jujubes, which are only sweet, jujubes are usually only the size of a fingernail, and taste sour and sweet. In early winter, the flesh is slightly shriveled, not much flesh, but the peel is very tough, and the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes.

All the vegetables in the field are harvested, or hidden in the cellar, or dried in the sun, or made into pickles. The vegetable field no longer needs people to tend it. A big basket of wild jujubes can be sold for a few dollars at the market.

Zizyphus jujube is a small thing, no matter how much you eat it, you can’t get enough to eat. It’s cold in autumn and winter, and people are often cold and hungry. Make tea and drink.

The cold of last winter was deeply etched in her memory, Lily specially told Lamei to save some fire every day when lighting the fire, if it gets colder, she will have to rely on the fire to light the brazier.

The fire is soft and not resistant to burning, Lily was worried about this, Lamei said nonchalantly: "Sister, I will burn the fire for you, and I am not afraid of the cold."

Lamei is used to the cold. In winter, her hands and feet are covered with chilblains, which are red, swollen and itchy. She also said that she is not afraid of the cold.Lily was terribly cold last winter, so you must be fully prepared no matter what.

Every household in Qingliu Town burns firewood, probably only Mr. Liu's family can burn charcoal. Lily made a special trip to Liu's Mansion to see Mrs. Sheng, she has seen the charcoal in the kitchen.

Mrs. Sheng said: "This thing has strong firepower, and it is easy to use. The only thing is, the smoke is too strong. The masters use silver frost charcoal bought from outside. This kind of charcoal is simple, and there is one in Zhuangzi. Burnt, if you want, I'll ask someone to bring some to you later."

Baihe was overjoyed: "We can't compare to the family, and we are not rich people, just this charcoal is very good. If it is convenient for the aunt, I will send four or five hundred catties to me, and I will pay according to the market price."

Mrs. Sheng nodded, and said, "Have you figured out what is delicious about this sweet potato? We collected so many of them, and there is no other way to eat them other than steaming or boiling them. I'm tired of eating them."

There are so many dishes that sweet potatoes can make, Lily thought about it, and said a dish of shredded sweet potatoes and a pumpkin sweet potato pancake.Mrs. Sheng was happy to hear that, she clapped her hands and called the little girl: "Light up the fire, today I will make a shredded sweet potato and try it."

Cut the sweet potatoes into hob pieces, wash off the surface batter with water, first slowly fry them in [-]% hot oil until they turn slightly yellow, take them out and wait until the oil is [-]% hot, then fry them again quickly, so that the surface of the sweet potatoes shows Attractive golden yellow.

Leave a small amount of oil in the pot, add rock sugar and a little water and stir fry continuously. The rock sugar is slowly fried, and the bubbles first increase and then decrease. Go in and stir fry evenly, then quickly take out of the pan and put on a plate.

There is a little girl with spirituality, and she has prepared a bowl of cold water. Mrs. Sheng picked up a piece of sweet potato with her chopsticks, pulled out the long silk, and dipped it in the cold water. The sugar silk solidified and broke, and she could easily feed it to her mouth.

Take a bite, the sugar coating is hot and sweet, and when you bite through the sugar coating, the sweet potato has another completely different sweetness. As you chew, the two different sweet and sweet flavors intertwine—delicious!
Aunt Sheng smiled, and she decided to present this dish to Master Liu, along with pumpkin and sweet potato pancakes. Lily said: "Sweet potatoes fill the stomach, it's not easy to digest, so it's better not to eat too much." It will be ready and presented in two days.

"Dear family, you've always been a bit particular about food, do you think this dish is still eye-catching?" The method of shredded sweet potatoes was suggested by Lily, and Aunt Sheng is proficient in the skill, but she still hopes to get Lily's approval.

Lily thought for a while and said: "If there are white sesame seeds, fry them and sprinkle some on them, it will definitely be more fragrant."

Mrs. Sheng couldn't help nodding: "I knew it, and I was right to ask you."

Lily said modestly: "I know a few coarse grains and small dishes. If you want to talk about serious dishes, let alone give advice to the aunt, there are still many that you have never seen before."

After coming out of the Liu Mansion, Lily’s nose was still lingering with the sweet smell of sweet potatoes. She suddenly remembered that when she was in college in her previous life, on rainy or snowy days, when she came back from a part-time job outside, the happiest thing was to buy a fresh sweet potato at the school gate. Hot sweet potatoes, eat them while they are hot, and the whole person will be satisfied and at ease.

If you eat it at home, you can bury it directly in the ashes of the stove, and use the residual heat of the stove to roast delicious sweet potatoes, but if you want to start a small business, your own stove is definitely not enough.

Lily asked a blacksmith to order two tin stoves, one of which was only slightly higher than her knees. They could be used to burn charcoal for warmth, and they could also be used to heat food in the kitchen, which was more convenient than setting fire on a stove.

The other one was as tall as a person. When she described it, the blacksmith was afraid to pick it up: "It's too big, I'm afraid it won't be good."

Lily said: "Just let go and try to make it. If it's not good, you can change it. I won't cut your wages." The blacksmith agreed.

The charcoal fire on Zhuangzi has not been delivered yet, Lily is not in a hurry to do business, and will eat two roasted sweet potatoes with Lamei first.

Pick sweet potatoes of the right size and wash them, remove the ashes from the stove, put the sweet potatoes in, cover with a thin layer of cold ash, and then pile them on a hot fire. When the hot water is boiled after the meal, the sweet potatoes Also almost baked.

Pulled one out from the ashes, it was all cracked and runny sugar, pressed by hand, it felt soft and soft, and there was no hard lump, it was baked.

The ashes were knocked off, and the sweet potatoes were too hot to hold. They kept blowing air on their hands while breaking them apart, only to see that the flesh was golden, the heat was tangy, and the color and fragrance were complete. It was obvious that they had eaten not long ago, and the two sisters felt that their saliva down.

The two sisters each took half a sweet potato, peeled it carefully and ate it. Lamei likes the sweet and soft flesh, so they ate happily.Lily likes the golden-red skin under the burnt black skin the most. It is tough and sweet when chewed.

Lamei said hopefully: "Sister, sweet potatoes are so delicious, you can make a lot of money selling them!"

For other small businesses, others say they just learn and leave. Lily most of the time relies on taking the lead and being clever in verbal exchanges to make more money. But this sweet potato, except for Master Liu's, is only owned by her family. The town is unique.

Of course, no one from Mr. Liu's family will come out to do the sweet potato business. If Lily sells roasted sweet potatoes, he will definitely make a lot of money.

Lily smiled and said: "Yo, we Lamei will settle accounts! Come on, big sister will give you a debut question..."

Lamei wrinkled her face: "I'm so relaxed..."

Two days later, the tenant of the Liu family brought a cart of charcoal and said, "Uncle Sheng ordered it to be delivered, five hundred catties, please weigh it."

Lily said: "I'm confident in Uncle Sheng's character, so I don't need to name it." The tenant Yang piled bags of charcoal for her under the eaves at the back of the house, poured sugar water for several people, and finally asked them to bring the charcoal money with him. To Uncle Sheng.

Five hundred catties of charcoal were stacked high behind the house, and Lamei was speechless: "Is this finished?"

Lily thought, with these charcoals, at least this winter will not be frozen, and with the income from selling sweet potatoes, this year will definitely be a fat year!

In the past few days, Lily went to the blacksmith's shop every day to discuss with blacksmith Ye how to make the stove.

I went to the carpenter Liu's father's house to order a wooden cart to facilitate loading and unloading the stove in the future. Otherwise, the stove would weigh at least one or two hundred catties. How could she carry it with her thin arms and legs?

A few days later, the stove was finished, and Blacksmith Ye asked Lily to look at it. It was a round iron stove with a wide fire channel, and it didn't focus on the concentration of firepower, as long as the firepower was even and durable.

A thick layer of yellow mud is attached to the inside of the iron sheet. After the yellow mud is completely dry, the stove can be put into use after a few more fires.

Blacksmith Ye asked Lily: "If someone thinks this stove is good and wants me to beat it, will I hit it or not?"

Lily said: "I am the only one who can use this thing now. Even if someone comes to ask you to turn on the stove, it will have to be next year. If you want to, then call them."

Lily doesn't plan to sell sweet potatoes for a long time. Next year, someone will grow sweet potatoes and want to bake sweet potatoes for sale. She also wants to sell her stove at a discount.

The car that Father Liu made for Lily is a two-wheeled shelf cart, with a foot near the armrest. When you are not pushing the cart, just put the foot down. The foot and the two wheels form a stable triangle, which firmly supports the plane inside the car.

Such a car is not only convenient to move, but also very stable, and can set up a small stall to do business anytime and anywhere.Lily took the cart to the blacksmith's shop and asked Blacksmith Ye to help her put the stove on the cart. She tried to push it by herself, but it was a bit difficult, but she could push it completely.

Lily was very grateful to the two craftsmen. In addition to paying enough wages, she also sent a few to each of them after the first batch of sweet potatoes were baked.

The next day, Lily put on winter plums and pushed the cart to the market to sell sweet potatoes.There is a stove in the small wooden cart, a pile of charcoal, a basket of sweet potatoes, tongs for stoking the fire, bamboo sticks for blowing fire, and tongs for holding sweet potatoes... Although it is a smoky job, it is well organized , It makes people feel clean and tidy at a glance.

The sweet potato has the same advantage: the aroma is strong and floats far.

Here Lily baked a few sweet potatoes, and after a while the whole set was full of fragrance, attracting many people to watch, and even some little dolls couldn't resist begging adults to buy sweet potatoes for them to eat.

The first person to eat it was full of praise, and several people rushed to buy it. Lily said calmly, "Don't worry, there are all of them."

Asking Lamei to collect the money, she put on gloves to fetch sweet potatoes for others, telling them from time to time: "It's hot, eat slowly."

Sweet potatoes are sold according to their size. They cost two catties for a penny. They are cheap and delicious. They became popular in the whole town within a few days.

(End of this chapter)