Lin Yu also invited Li Dahui along when she came out to promote her fans.

He has sales experience, and the two of them have worked together several times and have a great rapport.

Lin Yu told him, "Let's go ask the supply and marketing cooperative."

They went to the county town, where the supply and marketing cooperative was a row of large counters with salespeople standing inside.

Just tell the salesperson what you want, and they'll bring it out. Then the customer pays and gives a ticket.

Lin Yu went inside and took a look. The supply and marketing cooperative was also divided into sections, with some selling daily necessities, some selling food, and others selling fabrics.

Their goal is to get a table at the food counter.

As for how to get the supply and marketing cooperative to agree...

Lin Yu stood at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, observing the customers. Li Dahui also stood with her in a corner at the entrance, watching the customers.

He didn't know Lin Yu's purpose, but with his business acumen, he could glean some information from it.

Nowadays, everything is rationed, but people have very few coupons. For example, at food counters, many people can only buy two ounces of sugar even with their sugar coupons.

Lin Yu's eyes darted around. Their fans didn't need to buy tickets, and since it was a staple food, it could increase the variety on the table, which should have been a great advantage.

But getting people to believe that rice noodles are delicious is not so simple.

After all, people tend to distrust the unknown.

Lin Yu looked at the fans in her hand, turned around and left: "Let's go, Uncle Dahui, let's figure something out."

Li Dahui followed her.

They went to the vegetable market by the river, where many farmers would set up stalls selling vegetables they grew at home.

This is permitted here.

Lin Yu wasn't going to buy vegetables; she went to an old man and bought a few chili peppers and some scallions.

He went back to the supply and marketing cooperative counter and bought Sichuan peppercorns and a handful of peanuts and soybeans.

"Xiaoyu, would you like to cook?"

Lin Yu nodded: "Uncle Dahui, I want to be a fan. If we don't demonstrate how to eat this, how will people believe us?"

Li Dahui nodded: "You're right, so where shall we go to do it?"

"Go find Sister Dingxiang."

She still has some connections in the city, and every time she goes to the city she will visit Dingxiang and Niuniu to keep in touch with them.

Li Dahui guessed that she was going to find Dingxiang.

His current relationship with the machinery factory is through Dingxiang, but he usually goes directly to her husband, Zhou Jinian.

Zhou Jinian is the director of the logistics department of the machinery factory. Li Dahui has sent him game several times, and they now have a good relationship.

So before they went, they bought White Rabbit milk candy to give to Niu Niu.

Dingxiang was overjoyed to see the two of them. Lin Yu's eldest niece had not been to the county town since she was discharged from the hospital, so Dingxiang had not seen her for a long time.

"Oh, Xiaoyu, you're here! Come in quickly. Comrade Li Dahui, it's been a long time. Please come in and have a seat."

Lin Yu and Li Dahui sat down, and Niu Niu climbed onto Li Dahui's lap again.

Niu Niu really likes Li Dahui and thinks this uncle is as reliable as a mountain.

Lin Yu peeled a White Rabbit milk candy and stuffed it into his mouth. Niu Niu's eyes sparkled: "It's candy! Thank you, sister."

Dingxiang patted Lin Yu on the shoulder: "Xiaoyu, why did you bring things? You're treating me like an outsider."

Lin Yu smiled and peeled another candy for Dingxiang, saying, "Sister Dingxiang, I'm not being polite with you. I'm sharing this with you."

Dingxiang was given a piece of candy by chance, and she felt a sweet warmth in her heart. Since having a child, it seemed that she had lost the right to eat candy.

She always saves these rare treats for the children to sweeten their mouths.

It was only after eating this candy that she suddenly realized that she actually liked sweets too.

Lin Yu didn't stand on ceremony with her and said, "Sister Dingxiang, I'd like to borrow your kitchen to cook something delicious."

Dingxiang didn't ask any more questions, and nodded, saying, "Okay, you go do it."

Lin Yu went into the kitchen, and Ding Xiang went in to help her.

Seeing that she had also bought oil, he scolded, "You come here to cook something, do you need to bring oil? I'm not that stingy."

Lin Yu chuckled: "No, no, we just have so much money we don't know what to do with it."

"You're such a smooth talker," she retorted with a laugh.

Actually, Lin Yu smuggled the oil out of her space. She didn't have any oil coupons, so even if she had money, she couldn't buy oil.

So she and Li Dahui split up to buy things, and secretly smuggled the oil out of the country.

Oil is such a precious commodity these days, how could she possibly just come to Dingxiang House with hers?

The family of three is currently living on Zhou Jinian's salary alone.

Of course, this kind of thing doesn't need to be said aloud; they both understand it implicitly.

Dingxiang understood her thoughts and felt even more that Lin Yu was someone she could befriend.

Lin Yu poured some oil and fried the peanuts and soybeans, then added Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers.

We would actually need some bone broth or chicken soup, but given the limited resources, we can only make something simple.

Lin Yu added boiling water, cooked the glass noodles, and then added seasonings and side dishes. A bowl of fragrant hot and sour noodles was ready.

"Little Ding, what delicious food are you making?"

Lin Yu's hot and sour noodles smelled so strong that even the neighbors next door could smell them.

She was also holding the hand of a little girl, who ran over to talk to Niu Niu as soon as she came in; they must be good friends.

Dingxiang said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Director Huang, it was my sister who cooked the vermicelli."

This Director Huang is a retired engineer from the machinery factory, and now he stays at home taking care of his granddaughter.

Director Huang waved his hand: "It's alright, I'm not here to interrogate you. I just haven't had much of an appetite lately, but the smell of yours has suddenly whetted my appetite. I was wondering if you could share some with me, and I'll trade you some cured meat."

“My sister made this. Let me ask her.”

Lin Yu happened to come out of the kitchen and heard this, so she said, "Hello Director Huang, no need to change it. This is vermicelli made by our brigade's enterprise and we plan to sell it at the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Please all try it and give us your feedback."

After confirming several times that they were not just being polite, Director Huang agreed to try the hot and sour noodles.

They each had a bowl, but the hot and sour noodles were too spicy for the children to eat, so Niu Niu and the little girl named Xiao Xian each only ate a small bite.

As Lin Yu ate, she explained to them, "These are sweet potato noodles, so they're transparent and have a smooth texture. They go down in a flash."

It also absorbs flavors very easily. If you have some large bones, you can make a soup with it and add some glass noodles; it's delicious too.

Director Huang had been lacking appetite lately and couldn't eat anything, but unexpectedly, after taking a bite of hot and sour noodles, she once again felt the deliciousness of food.

It's not just the flavor of the seasonings, but also the fried peanuts and soybeans paired with soft, chewy, and smooth sweet potato noodles.

Take another sip of the sour and spicy soup.

My entire stomach felt extremely satisfied.

"Xiaoyu, how do you make this hot and sour vermicelli? Can you tell me?"

Lin Yu nodded and told her about the seasonings: "I'm going to make some more seasoning packets later, which can be sold together with the vermicelli. You can come and take a look."