Li Mingli arrived home after dinner at Li's house. Li Mingmei brought Li Mingli the food set aside, and the Li family also sat next to him, Li Mingli said to Zhao Yunlan while eating: "Sister-in-law, I bought all the ginger and dogwood you wanted, and the entire fifty wen was spent, but this ginger is too expensive, and I don't buy much." ”

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

Li Mingli took a bite of food and continued: "I went to the town for a walk today, and sure enough, as my sister-in-law guessed, there are two houses in the town that sell bamboo flower baskets, and the style is very similar to ours. There is also a family from the west side of the town. ”

This bamboo flower basket is really simple, and the craftsmen who can weave can buy one and take a look at it to make it. Zhao Yunlan thought that if she kept making money by doing this, she could only keep coming out with new styles and slowly accumulate word of mouth, and she didn't make much money, but she could also make a living.

Wang didn't say anything, he couldn't see any expression on his face, Old Man Li was holding his forehead worriedly, and Li Mingming and Li Mingmei were indignant and wanted to say something.

"Well, let's stop worrying about it after we inquire clearly, as long as it doesn't hurt our Li family, we won't cause trouble." Zhao Yunlan continued, "And our family's back basket and dustpan were also learned by my father and grandfather outside, and 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, and Zhao Yunlan now only thinks about making sweet potato flour quickly.

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

"yes, I'll go and bring the dustpan under the eaves." Zhao Yunlan went to the yard and brought the sweet potato starch dried in the dustpan. I twisted it with my hand, and it was okay.

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

"Hey, here we are."

"Boil another pot of hot water, and I'll make it for everyone to taste later." Zhao Yunlan sifted the powder and kept explaining to Li Mingmei.

The powder sieves out some large slag pieces, and the powder in the dustpan is more delicate. Zhao Yunlan went to the kitchen to prepare the paste, and the water on Li Mingmei's side was almost ready. Zhao Yunlan took out the leaky scoop that she had prepared earlier, began to make the paste, stirred and kneaded the dough, and then put it in the leaky scoop, and leaked it into the pot of boiling water. The white paste turns into transparent vermicelli in the pan one by one.

"Sister-in-law, it's changed, the color has changed." Li Mingmei shouted beside her,

Li Mingli and Li Mingming hurriedly ran over, eager to see what was in the pot.

"You two be careful, don't get hot, wait a while, one bowl per person, see enough." Zhao Yunlan told the two brothers to scoop up the powder and pass it through cold water to set aside the amount of food for the family, and the rest asked the two brothers to find a wooden stick to support it, hang it up, and dry it under the eaves.

Zhao Yunlan continued to prepare dishes in the kitchen, peas were to be put in the hot and sour noodles, Zhao Yunlan went to the warehouse to scoop a small bowl of fried peas, and the green onions, ginger and garlic dogwood were also prepared. There was still some vinegar left in the town at home, Zhao Yunlan found it and put it away, and prepared the seasoning in each bowl.

Zhao Yunlan still thought that Xiaobao was still young and couldn't eat spicy, so she had to make a steamed egg for Xiaobao alone and make some dough cakes, afraid that this powder would be hungry quickly, and it would be good to go with cakes.

Zhao Yunlan finished working on the dough cakes, and began to blanch the flour, and the flour just now passed through cold water, and then scalded it again, so that it didn't take too long to cook. Put some wild vegetable leaves and blanch them in the pot.

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

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

Everyone in the upper room sat down, and Zhao Yunlan said, "Let's go, let's try this taste!" ”

The third and fourth couldn't wait for a long time, and ate without waiting for Zhao Yunlan to speak. Old man Li tasted a few bites, and said without fear of being hot, "This taste is really strange, not only sour but also choking, but the more you eat, the more appetizing it becomes." ”

Xiaobao saw that what he ate was different from what he was eating in other people's bowls, and he was clamoring to eat Zhao Yunlan's bowl, but Zhao Yunlan was amused by Xiaobao's anxious appearance, so she had to pick a stick of powder and feed it to Xiaobao.

The smell of dogwood made Xiaobao spit it out directly, and Wow Wow cried. Zhao Yunlan hurriedly fed Xiaobao water, laughing at Xiaobao while feeding.

Wang looked at this: "You said you have to give him food, he doesn't understand, don't you know if he can eat it?" ”

"Mother, hehe, it's okay, he will have a long memory after eating him, let him feel it himself. I didn't give him much, measured. Zhao Yunlan laughed again as she spoke.

Xiaobao saw that his mother had been laughing, and he didn't cry anymore, but laughed along.

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

"Well, I read that the book says that sweet potatoes are made of vermicelli, so it should be sweet potato flour!" Zhao Yunlan said without blinking. "What do you think of this food, Dad, Mom, tell me about it."

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

Wang: "It tastes really good, what are your plans?" ”

The brothers and sisters of the Li family also nodded straightly, agreeing with the old couple's statement.

"I plan to do this food business, which is a fixed business for our Li family, but this method can't be said for the time being." Zhao Yunlan said to the Li family, and the Li family brothers and sisters nodded again, "Sister-in-law, we won't talk about it, where can we tell others about making money." Li Mingli promised here.

"I can't say this method, it's just that you said you saw it in the bookstore, so you have to buy the book back." Wang was worried.

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

"Dad, mother, we also learn food from other places, even if we buy the book, I'm afraid it will come from other places in the future. I'll go to the town in a while to see if I'll buy the books back, but we have to hurry up and start this business, let's seize the opportunity first, and when someone in the village asks, we'll slowly reveal it. Zhao Yunlan's eyes were a little dazed, and sure enough, if she told a lie, she would have to use many lies to make a come, so she could only find an opportunity to go to the bookstore alone to make a show, Zhao Yunlan thought.

"Also, we can't call this sweet potato powder when we do business, otherwise people will probably be able to guess that it is made of sweet potatoes when they hear it, and the taste of this powder is sour and spicy, so let's call it hot and sour powder," Zhao Yunlan continued to advise.

"Well, that's a good name." Old man Li drank the last soup and agreed with the name.

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

"Yes, sister-in-law." Li Mingmeile grinned.

"What kind of head flowers, didn't you say that you don't make baskets?" Wang asked suspiciously.

"Mother, it was the little sister who discovered the head flower business, and the little girl in the village bought the head flower on the little sister's head when she saw it, so we thought of this way to make money." Zhao Yunlan explained.

"You can't make money from the village, a village has helped our family to some extent, we can't lose our heart in order to make money." Wang said cautiously.

"Hey, mother, don't worry, my sister-in-law has told me about these stakes. We're going to go to the town to sell them, and I'll give them their head flowers. Li Mingmei replied honestly.

Only then did Wang feel relieved: "If you have a charter, just do it!" Let's get to town! It's time for rain in a moment. ”

"Sister-in-law, I'm going with you too." Li Mingming eagerly grabbed Li Mingmei and pleaded with Zhao Yunlan.

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

The three of them carried the basket on their backs, took on their coats and set off.