Nongmen Rice Flower Fragrance

Chapter 215 Vermicelli
After bidding farewell to Mrs. Zheng, Li Xin took everyone out of the county.

After returning to her house in the town, Li Xin told Wen Bo and Wen Hao about everything in the town.Although the two children can't help much, they still need to know something about the family affairs.

"Our family finally has a shop!" Wen Hao jumped up happily, but his reaction was very similar to that of Yue Ting.

"The eldest sister is thinking, when will the shop open?" Wen Bo asked.

"It should be relatively fast. Now that the cook has been found, all you need to do is to train the cook well. You just need to know these things, so you don't have to worry about anything. As far as you are concerned, now is a good time. Reading is serious." Li Xin smiled and patted the shoulders of the two.

"Sister, is it because we can't go when it opens?" Wen Hao suddenly felt a little depressed.The academy is closed for ten days, and when their own shop opens, it may not be the time for them to rest.Moreover, the opening of the shop is more important, and it cannot be opened when they are resting just because they want to participate.
The opening of my own shop is a big day!This is my first shop!However, I'm afraid I won't be able to go by then.

"It's okay if you can't go when it opens! You can go to play anytime when you rest later." Li Xin rubbed Wen Hao's head.

"Yes! Eldest sister is right, that is our own shop, and we can go there anytime in the future." Wen Bo also coaxed Wen Hao with a smile.

"I know, but this is our first shop!" Wen Hao was still a little frustrated.

"What about the first one! There will definitely be more and more shops in our family in the future. But ah! Don't always think about the shop, these are just means of making a living. In the end, you should study hard and take the exam." The imperial examination is the right way." Li Xin sighed.In this era, after all, the status of scholars is relatively high.If you are a businessman, even if you have a lot of money, your status will always be low and you will always be looked down upon.

Although I don't want to think like this with you, it's just that this is the current status quo.

Therefore, even if you open a shop at home, you can't focus on it. You still need to buy more fields.Scholars, farmers, businessmen, so it is better to buy more land and become a landlord. After all, it is still in the category of agriculture, and it is much better than being in the category of merchants.

The good thing is that in this dynasty, the treatment of merchants is not bad, compared to other dynasties, it is already considered very good.At least, as long as the merchant's family wants to, the family members can still take the imperial examination.Therefore, in order to improve their status, many merchant houses still let their children study, hoping to gain fame.

"Don't worry, sister! We will definitely study hard." Wen Bo said solemnly.

Because he has to be busy with opening a shop, Li Xin may have to stay in the county town for quite a few days.So, the next morning after returning to Sanshi Town, she went back to Osmanthus Flower Village first.Since she was going to live in the county for a while, she had to deal with the vermicelli.

Although at this time, you may not make a lot of sweet potato flour, but you can also teach you how to make vermicelli first.Now that the sweet potato flour has been made, the following steps are not complicated.If you want to come to her to teach it once or twice, everyone will know it.As for those who haven't learned, they will naturally learn with those who have learned, so she shouldn't have to worry too much.

After returning to Osmanthus fragrans Village, she went to the village chief's house before she could go home.When she saw the village head, she said that she would teach everyone how to make vermicelli, and asked the village head to notify people as soon as possible.

"Sister Xin, why are you in such a hurry? Is there something wrong?" The village head looked at Li Xin strangely.According to Sister Xin's temperament, if she wanted to teach everyone how to make vermicelli, she would have told him in advance, and then asked him to notify everyone.Because it was so sudden, too many people might not be notified in a short time. If some people were not prepared, they might travel far away or visit relatives somewhere.

"I bought a shop in the county town and plan to open a shop, so I may have to live in the county town for a while. I won't be able to come back and teach you how to make vermicelli for the time being. I'll teach you how to make vermicelli in these two days. Let's make vermicelli for everyone! We always keep everyone waiting, maybe many people are already waiting anxiously." Li Xin said with a smile.

"Since that's the case, sister Xin, you should go home and have a rest first! I'll inform everyone first."

"Uncle, don't be so anxious. Making vermicelli is also very fast. Why don't you start in the afternoon! I'll go back and ask someone to prepare something." Having already discussed the matter with the village chief, Li Xin went back to her home first. went.

When she got home, she looked at the things that had been prepared earlier.There are two main things to prepare. The first is a barrel with many uniform holes, and the second is a stick that will be used to dry the vermicelli later.These things, Li Xin had previously ordered the two people in the family who were helping to farm the land to get them out for her in their spare time.

It's not difficult to do anything, you can do it with some free time.For the barrel, in fact, an ordinary wooden barrel is fine, with small holes of uniform size drilled underneath, and these small holes determine the thickness of the vermicelli.And those sticks can be bamboo sticks or wooden sticks. Wooden sticks are more troublesome to get, while bamboo sticks are relatively simple.Just find some thinner bamboo branches, about a little thicker than your thumb.The bamboo stick itself is relatively round and does not require complicated processing.

Li Xin went back to look, and everything was ready.Originally, you don’t need to prepare much, just one barrel, and a few sticks are enough.After all, she is just demonstrating it to everyone, and it is not for use at home.

Seeing that everything was ready, Li Xin had nothing to worry about, so he stayed at home and waited for the afternoon to go to the village chief's house.

"Miss, is that vermicelli delicious?" Caiyun asked Li Xin curiously after returning home.This time when Li Xin came back, he didn't bring anyone else with him, only Caiyun and Caixia.

"Whether it's delicious or not, you'll know when you've eaten it. If you let me say it like this, you can't tell! If I think it's delicious and you don't, what should I say!" Li Xin smiled.

"When can I eat it then?"

"We should be able to eat it before we leave! Even if we can't eat it this time, we will always have a chance in the future."

In the afternoon, Li Xin also went to the village chief's house.When she arrived, a lot of people had already gathered in the village head's house, but almost only people from Osmanthus Village, and very few from other villages.After all, time is very tight, and it is impossible to notify everywhere at once.However, there are not too few people. If these people have learned it, they will be able to spread this kind of skill.

Moreover, the village head is indeed a very good person, not to mention whether other people will teach others everywhere.As for the village chief, as long as someone comes to ask for advice, he will definitely not hide anything.

"Sister Xin, you're here! Everything you want us to prepare is ready. Should we start now?" Seeing Li Xin coming, the village head asked.

Everything that should be prepared in the yard has been prepared, and the stove is set up, and the water in the large pot on the stove is already boiling.It seems that the village chief really started preparing early.

"Now that everything is ready, let's start!" Li Xin said.To make vermicelli, you first need to make a paste.Get two scoops of sweet potato flour and stir it with warm water, and it will slowly cook after stirring for a while.Then put more sweet potato flour in it to make a paste.

In the process of kneading the dough, Li Xin didn't have enough strength, so he asked the strong men in the village to help.

When the noodles are ready, the wire leakage will begin.You can try it before leaking to see if the dough is suitable. If the leaked vermicelli is not thick, not thin, and continuous, it is suitable.If the following strips are too fast, there will be broken strips, which means that the flour paste is too thin, and dry starch should be mixed with it before kneading to make the dough toughness; Some wet starch.It is advisable to adjust the powder before the leakage. .The temperature of the dough is preferably 30-42 degrees Celsius.

When the wire is leaking, the paste should be stirred evenly, and warm water is added while stirring, and the water temperature is 50°C.When the starch ball leaves your hands, grab a ball (handle) and let it hang down a little naturally. If it keeps falling, it will leak.When draining the silk, prepare a pot of boiling water, and only drain the silk when the water in the pot boils.When the thread sinks into the bottom of the pot and then emerges from the water, it can be taken out of the pot. After being cooled by a cold water tank, it is pulled into bundles by hand and threaded on a wooden stick.Then put it indoors, and take out the outdoor drying silk after cooling through.

At this time, the vermicelli is made, and then it is the process of drying the shreds. The vermicelli is taken to the leeward and sunny place, dried and packaged to be the finished product.

On the one hand, the village head's house has already set up a shelf, and the vermicelli can be hung up to dry immediately after being made.Li Xin made a few poles and asked the village head to have a try.Later, several people in the village tried it, and it was not difficult.Give it a try, and your memory will be deeper, so you can learn it the fastest.

After that, Li Xin mainly taught everyone how to make dough balls.Because of the quality of vermicelli, this is a very critical step.The temperature is not easy to grasp, like 30 to [-] degrees, so she just touches it by feeling, which is almost the temperature of the human body.Without a thermometer, it's just a matter of hand feel. Fortunately, I've touched it many times, so it's not difficult.

Moreover, it doesn't have to be that much preparation, it's enough that it's almost suitable, and it's impossible to be so strict.

Seeing more and more vermicelli hanging in the yard, Li Xin was also very happy.This is the first time making vermicelli after coming here!I haven't eaten vermicelli for a long time, and I really miss the taste.I just don't know when these vermicelli will be dried, and I hope to eat them as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)