Chapter 30: Making Snacks
Even when a guest comes to the house, it is also a rare item to make a plate.
In this way, it is natural that demand exceeds supply.
The coachman was a middle-aged man in his thirties, looking at his loyal and honest appearance, with a kind smile on his face, he kept persuading Lin Shuqing: "Miss Lin, when I took this bean sprout, I was all wrapped up by the eldest son of the Chen family, saying that he wanted to celebrate the birthday of their father-in-law." ”
"You look at a basket of bean sprouts and sell them for a tael of silver, why don't you sell more while it's hot? It's also good to save some family business for the children at home. ”
Lin Shuqing took the small half of the bean sprouts again, smiled and didn't speak.
In the spare room of the family, she has ordered several seven-story wooden shelves to put dustpans to sprout bean sprouts.
It was hard enough to keep up with the daily supply of bean sprouts, mainly because the weather was cold, and all kinds of animals and plants grew slowly, even if she had a stove in the house, she had to consider the dryness and humidity of the room.
Bite off more than you can chew.
Seeing that Lin Shuqing didn't react, the middle-aged man persuaded again: "Miss Lin, the shopkeeper said let me beg you to help with this!" If he can't do it, he will go to the city and get you a bigger house with a stove and let you grow bean sprouts. ”
Before, the shopkeeper Wang was curious about how this bean sprout was grown, and many people wanted to know the secret recipe for the sprout to sprout.
Even if they knew that the beans would sprout when they touched water, no matter what, their beans had two sprouts, and the body was still beans, which was far from Lin Shuqing's sprouts.
There is only a little bit of bean sprouts, and I don't know that the taste is much worse, and the cost is not the same.
Some chefs try to make the tip of the bean sprouts, but when it reaches the mouth, it does not have that crispy taste at all, but it feels like eating a mouthful of bean skin.
So one or two came and went, and everyone stopped eating, still waiting for Lin Shuqing's bean sprouts.
"You tell the shopkeeper Wang, I understand his kindness, the family is really busy, now the bean sprouts can be sold at a high price, naturally it is scarce and expensive, and it will be worthless when the weather is hot later."
"Even if the bean sprouts are sold too much, they are not worth much, so let's think about what to cook in the spring." Lin Shuqing replied with a smile.
The process of sprouting bean sprouts is simple, and if you move to the city, it won't take long to learn this recipe. Although she didn't want to make a fortune with this, she had to earn some money, and she couldn't give it away for nothing.
If it weren't for the conditions at home, she would have wanted to set up a stall on the street to do a small business.
However, living in the village also has the advantage of living in the village, at least it will not be disturbed by too many outsiders, and if something happens, there are people in the village to help.
The coachman looked at Lin Shuqing's appearance of not entering the oil and salt, and sighed secretly in his heart.
The shopkeeper said, If he can persuade Miss Lin to sell more bean sprouts, he can give him a reward of half a tael of silver. Half a tael of silver, but his three months' salary, the New Year is approaching, and he can buy a lot of things when he buys New Year's goods.
But this Lin girl is not tempted no matter how much he persuades him, and he doesn't want to catch up with the transaction of sending money.
After all, I am young and don't know how many places to use money, and the benefits of using money.
Looking at Lin Shuqing, who put down the frame and rushed back to his house, the coachman sighed again.
If it's your own daughter, you have to take care of this girl who doesn't grow up.
Lin Shuqing naturally didn't know what the driver was thinking, so she took the replacement basket and prepared for tomorrow's work.
Thanks to the blessing of selling bean sprouts, the family has saved a lot of food.
Lin Shuqing thought, since winter is coming, can I make some New Year's goods.
In addition to oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, it has to be a little sweet and sour.
Earlier, there were persimmons sold outside, she bought a basket of red persimmons, and the villagers also asked her with a smile why she bought so much, most of the persimmons were astringent, and the taste was not very good.
It's enough to buy some to satisfy your cravings, and buy a big basket to waste.
Lin Shuqing smiled without saying a word, took the persimmon home and peeled it, ready to hang it outside to dry.
Tuo University major, she has seen a lot of videos of agricultural products making. This is a modern extension of their study of agriculture, the processing and sale of agricultural products.
It is not only necessary to know the processing of some simple agricultural products, but also to know how to optimize it to sell.
For example, what to pay attention to when selling fish, and the preservation and transportation of some grain.
Persimmons are the most common ways for farmers to eat.
One is to buy it home and put it in the straw pile to ripen it, and put a wooden stick on the persimmon, and when it is soft, it is naturally full of sweetness.
However, this method of covering ripe persimmons also has certain drawbacks, that is, the ripe persimmons must be eaten as soon as possible after they are soft, otherwise they will be bad.
And it's too soft and inconvenient to transport.
So Lin Shuqing covered a few and gave them to the children at home to try, and she was going to make persimmons for the rest.
Persimmon is a natural air-dried persimmon using the power of nature, and the dried persimmon is not only soft and delicious, but also can be stored for a long time.
She didn't plan to sell this persimmon, after all, it was not easy to make, and she had to hang it outside for more than a month.
There are no snacks in this era, and she blames her gluttony for staying for a long time.
In addition, Lin Shuqing also wanted to make something.
Sugar has been a valuable condiment since ancient times.
Sweet as syrup, syrup, modern syrup and ancient syrup are not the same thing.
Some of the loving grandparents who came to the orphanage brought her caramel candy, which was a fluffy pastry, but it was full of sweetness.
In this era, caramel was very valuable, and the others were stone honey, brown sugar, honey and the like.
The shopkeeper of the Brown Sugar King gave her a jar, she didn't plan to eat it directly for the children at home, after all, it was too expensive, so she still made something cheap.
So, the first thing that came to her mind was maltose.
Maltose, as the name suggests, must be made of wheat, and this first step is to use sprouted wheat, and secondly, to use glutinous rice and other things.
But there is no shortage at home, so she uses it openly.
It took a few days of hard work for Lin Shuqing to make a jar of maltose, which made the greedy eyes of several children in the family straighten.
She just took the chopsticks and stirred some maltose for the children to eat.
It was Lin Zhisheng who also got a small chopsticks maltose, his pink tongue licked the yellow sugar cubes on the chopsticks, and saliva flowed directly from his mouth to his chest.
Grape eyes stared at Lin Shuqing, and then looked at the sugar in his hand, smiling very happily.
Lin Shuqing saw it in her eyes and felt that she had finally done something with a sense of accomplishment.
My younger siblings are now well fed, clothed, and have snacks to eat.
The rest of the jars were put away by her.
A small jar is not much, and a little bit every day can be regarded as supplementing some nutrition for the children.
You can do it again after eating, anyway, it's convenient at home.
Lin Shuqing cleaned up the kitchen, and saw that Lin Zhili was still standing in place, looking at the cabinet where the maltose was placed, and his eyes were staring.