Chapter 70: Improving the Oven

Qiu Ning suddenly became more and more confident, and Brother Wang inquired about the oven, and it turned out that those dim sum shops in the city also used the oven. It just so happened that there was a big family in the city who moved, and the oven at home didn't want to take it away, so it was directly taken to the blacksmith shop to sell. The owner of the iron doctor shop also said that if there is any problem, it can be repaired. But what? This style is not very fashionable, and it is an old item that has been used by others, so it is definitely not as good as a new one. Of course, this price is also a lot cheaper, only the new three layers are expensive.

When Qiu Ning heard this, he immediately felt that there was a play, if he could go and see it himself, and make some changes on the spot, and then ask the blacksmith master to help, maybe he could change the oven to be more suitable for his own use? It is also a kind of technological innovation in disguise, and the ovens of ancient times must not be as easy to use as modern ones, but it would be great if some changes could be made on this basis as much as possible.

"Brother Wang, tomorrow I will ask my master for a half-day off, and follow you into the city early in the morning to take a look. If you can use it, you can order it and pull it back to the village. It just so happens that moon cakes are made during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is not good to do them without an oven. ”

"That's the best, if you can take the time to take a look, make sure it's okay, big brother, I dare to pull it back. Otherwise, after paying the money and pulling it back, he said no, and it would not be easy to return the money at that time. ”

Qiu Ning was also worried about this, so he felt that he had to take leave, and when he saw it himself, he dared to guarantee that it could be used, no problem. Seeing that some people in the village had already started to mention the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes, they all asked themselves if they could make them here, so that they didn't have to go into the city to buy them, which were expensive and not very delicious. Qiu Ning also wants everyone to eat cheap moon cakes, moon cakes are simple raw materials, where can they be expensive? However, the moon cakes before the Mid-Autumn Festival are scaryly expensive, but those merchants seized the opportunity to slaughter the people. And for a solar term like the Mid-Autumn Festival, anyone who can take out some silver has to buy a few packs of mooncakes. Of course? Not only are you buying, but you also have to buy a few more packs, and your relatives who are usually lucky at home, or your father-in-law and elders, have to send a pack.

This is also why, the common people will say that the meat is lost, and no one is rich, but they can't help but give gifts during the festival, and it is not easy to give a gift but lose a layer of meat! So Qiu Ning decided that if he could make moon cakes, he would lower the price a little, although he also had to earn silver, but it would not be as dark as many merchants in the city. raised the original price several times, and this time in addition to making money, I also wanted to save some money for the villagers. Let everyone buy things happily and celebrate the festival happily.

"Brother Wang, don't worry, I'll go into the city with you early tomorrow morning to have a look. At this time, I will go back to Lao Xiucai's house to take leave, and I believe that the master will approve my leave. ”

Sister Wang nodded, "Qiu Ning, you can go and talk to Lao Xiucai." Although Lao Xiucai is old-fashioned and elusive, but people are not bad, you have to be old Xiucai, I believe Lao Xiucai will agree to give you half a day off. ”

When Qiu Ning saw the oven, although he was a little disappointed, he was not completely disappointed, and he could still use it. In fact, the principle of the oven is similar, it is just to heat the temperature in the oven and bake the things on the upper layer. But what? Modern times are more advanced, you can heat it up, and you can also control the temperature and time. However, in ancient times, it was indeed a difficult problem to control the temperature! Therefore, we must be optimistic about the heat, but there is no way to improve it, first of all, there was no computer in ancient times, and secondly, there was no electricity in ancient times! Neither. No matter how hard you try, you can't make an oven like a modern one.

After the little girl before the blacksmith master saw it, she nodded and shook her head, and was a little anxious that the little girl didn't buy it, "Little girl, if you have any dissatisfaction, I can help you change it for free, this oven has not been used much, it is a new seven-story one." ”

Qiu Ning smiled at the blacksmith boss with a black beard and a body of flesh, "Can the boss really change it as I ask?" ”

The boss of the iron doctor patted his chest, "This is natural, since I want to buy this oven, I naturally want to satisfy the person who bought it." But little girl, you're young, what are you going to do when you buy this thing, is it possible that you can make snacks? ”

Qiu Ning smiled and nodded, "Yes, it will be a little bit, I want to make the oven easier to use, won't this be the Mid-Autumn Festival soon?" I want to make some mooncakes to sell, but this oven is still too inconvenient. ”

As soon as the boss heard that it was used to bake moon cakes, his eyes immediately lit up, "Little girl, you just have to say, I will change it according to your requirements, and I can change it according to your requirements tomorrow." Since you want to sell mooncakes, you have to hurry up, and the city will start selling them now. The big families have already started to order, which street in the city are you selling it. ”

Qiu Ning smiled and shook his head: "Just sell it in the countryside, the moon cakes in the city are too expensive, and the villagers can't afford them, so I want to earn less and sell the moon cakes cheaper, so that everyone can eat cheap and delicious moon cakes." ”

When the blacksmith boss heard Qiu Ning say this, his heart was hot, "Little girl, just open your mouth, boss, I like your warm-heartedness, and we can discuss the price." In these years, you can only get rich by earning black-hearted silver, doing business seriously, what kind of money can you earn, just supporting your family, it's rare that you are not greedy for money, little girl. ”

Qiu Ning was very happy in her heart, the price was negotiable, and she was willing to help herself change it, this business was done. So Qiu Ning asked the boss to add two rooms of baking trays on the upper floor, which was too little before only two layers, and if two more layers were added so that more things could be baked. It's just that this oven still needs to be reinforced, the lower room is full of firewood, and the upper half of the floor is too high, if you move it down a little, it may make the temperature of the bottom layer the highest. Of course, this can be decided according to the different things and what kind of heat is needed to bake them. In this way, Qiu Ning discussed many details with the boss, and then finally ordered the oven, and the boss promised to let Qiu Ning come to pull the goods back tomorrow.

After Qiu Ning paid the deposit, he was not in a hurry to go back to Wangjia Village, and it was rare to enter the second city, so Qiu Ning decided to go around the city again. And the first thing to see, of course, is the dim sum shop, Qiu Ning wants to see what kind of goods each shop is, what the style is, and what the price is. Then buy some raw materials for making moon cakes, so that you can let yourself know the current market, and second, you can prepare the raw materials, try to make some in the village first, and then start to make them in batches. Of course, Qiu Ning decided to use the predetermined way, because it is impossible for him to buy too many raw materials at one time, first, he can't turn around, and second, if the business is not as good as he imagined, the raw materials he bought will be bad. So Qiu Ning decided, you must make a reservation, pay a deposit first, get the raw materials yourself, and then make moon cakes.