Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 284 The book has its own golden house

Unexpectedly, just half a month after sending it out, Zhou Ziren's uncle came to buy facial cream made from flower buds. It turned out that Zhou Ziren's uncle Yu Chengzhou's family was in the tea business. The family had several horse-drawn caravans and had business dealings with the small Jin Kingdom on the northwest border of the Great Sheng Dynasty, and they often traveled between the two sides.

He brought tea, fabrics and other valuable items from the Great Sheng Dynasty and sold them to the Small Jin State. He also brought back some items that were not available in the Great Sheng Dynasty from the Small Jin State and made a profit from the difference. It was said that the business was very good.

Xiaojin State was a relatively wealthy small country with many cattle and sheep. The winters there were long and the weather was dry, and many people had to go out to graze frequently, so there was a great need for facial cream made from flower buds.

Hualei agreed, so the two agreed on the quantity and price, and Hualei began to produce facial cream in large quantities. However, Yu Chengzhou ordered more osmanthus facial cream, after all, it was a new product, and he wanted to test the waters first. He ordered less astragalus and ginseng facial cream, and only bought 300 bottles of each, just as samples.

In addition, he also bought a lot of toothbrushes, toothpastes and various soaps from Hualei, and also bought a small amount of down jackets and goose down quilts. He agreed to pick up the goods in half a month, signed a contract, and left a deposit of 1,500 taels before leaving.

Therefore, Hualei immediately organized people to make these facial creams. Because the osmanthus flowers in Baihua Manor were not enough, Hualei sent a message to Yuanying Manor to let the people pick fresh osmanthus flowers to replace the chicken and duck manure in the manor. Of course, if there were other fresh flowers, it would also be OK.

For a while, the three farms were all busy. The people in Baihua Farm were busy plucking the osmanthus flowers in their own farm, the people in Yuanying Farm were busy replacing the smelly ones with fragrant ones, and the facial cream group in Huaying Farm was busy making osmanthus facial cream.

Fortunately, the method of making the facial cream was relatively simple, so the finished product came out very quickly. Half a month later, Zhou Ziren's uncle Yu Chengzhou brought his carriage caravan to Huaying Manor, took away all the goods he had ordered, and gave him the remaining 2,500 taels of silver notes.

Hualei was very happy looking at the banknote in her hand, but she once again felt that her vision was too narrow. It was really impossible to measure and guess this infinite world and infinite space with limited vision and limited cognition.

Because in the many, many years that followed, Yu Chengzhou would come to Huayingzhuang every three months to make purchases, from toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, and facial cream in the beginning to down jackets and goose down quilts later, which brought Hualei a steady stream of banknotes.

Therefore, in the following period of time, Hualei also spent more time reading and studying, because in the past few years, the ships that returned from various places brought back many books, which Hualei had not had time to read, and there were also many single books bought from printing houses, which Hualei had not read for a long time.

"Books are the golden house", this saying is absolutely true. I found these facial cream recipes from the books I brought back from Liaodong Prefecture. It seems that there are many other books. I should take a good look at them and explore them.

However, it is probably too late now, because the sweet potatoes on the farm are ripe and they will be dug soon. Now there is no large agricultural machinery like in the past life, and sweet potatoes still need to be dug manually, so the progress is relatively slow.

There were quite a few sweet potatoes planted in Huaying Village, but there was no way to solve the problem. Therefore, Hualei asked Uncle Miao to find a group of villagers to help dig the sweet potatoes. However, the villagers were familiar with digging sweet potatoes at home, so they were very fast.

So, for the next half month, the fields in Huaying Village were filled with dug sweet potatoes. Hualei also found some people to start making sweet potato chips, which is not a very technical process, but if you want it to be delicious and chewy, the process is quite complicated.

Soak the sweet potatoes in clean water to remove dirt and impurities on the surface. Peel the skin after washing, and then cut into thin slices that are about half the thickness of an adult's fingernail. Soak the sliced ​​sweet potato slices in light salt water for a quarter of an hour to prevent them from turning black. Salt water can also disinfect and sterilize the sweet potato slices.

Put the soaked sweet potato slices into the steamer and steam them over high heat for about a quarter of an hour. The sweet potato slices are almost done when they are soft and cooked through but not too mushy.

Then put the steamed sweet potato slices in a hollow bamboo plate and place it in a well-ventilated and sunny place to dry until the sweet potato slices become dry. Then put the dried sweet potatoes back into the steamer and steam them again and dry them.

After "three steaming and three drying", the dried sweet potatoes are ready. Wrap the dried sweet potatoes with oil paper, put them in a ceramic jar, seal them well, and store them in a cool and dry place. They can be stored for a long time without going bad.

In order to enhance the taste, in addition to the original dried sweet potatoes, Hualei also made a batch of sesame dried sweet potatoes sprinkled with sesame seeds. When the dried sweet potatoes are steamed until soft, a layer of fried sesame seeds are sprinkled on the surface of the dried sweet potatoes, and then the soft dried sweet potatoes are gently patted with a flat wooden spatula, and the cooked sesame seeds are embedded in the dried sweet potatoes, and then they can be dried in the sun. When you eat them, the dried sweet potatoes will have a very fragrant sesame flavor.

Before they were finished, Lord Bai came to order 5,000 kilograms of dried sweet potatoes to be sent to Western Xinjiang. Hualei had no choice but to rush to make another 5,000 kilograms and send them to Mobei. In this way, they continued to make and send, and continued to make and send until the end of the year. There were still many sweet potatoes on the farm, and the villagers were going home for the New Year.

So, Hua Lei dried the remaining sweet potatoes in the sun to dry the mud on the surface of the sweet potatoes. Then he put a layer of wooden racks in the warehouse to prevent them from getting damp, and then put the sweet potatoes into the warehouse, preparing to continue making dried sweet potatoes after the New Year.

Then, the people who had a contract with the village were organized into a sweet potato group to start making sweet potato vermicelli. The sweet potatoes were cleaned, peeled, and cut into small pieces. The cut sweet potato pieces were put into a grinding plate, and appropriate amount of water was added to grind into sweet potato puree. The finer the better.

Then add water in a certain proportion and stir to make a fine sweet potato paste. Pour the paste into a pan and steam it in a steamer. After steaming, take it out and cool it down. When it is not hot, cut the steamed sweet potato paste into strips, and then dry it in the sun to make sweet potato vermicelli.

Hualei made the most classic hot and sour rice noodle in her previous life, adding some pickled cabbage and minced meat. The taste was really sour and spicy and it was so delicious that everyone in the village said it was delicious. So, Hualei put the hot and sour rice noodle in the steamed bun shop, and it was eaten with steamed buns. It was very appetizing and filling, and was liked by many people.