Chapter 193 Dry Goods Store

Seeing that she had gone out, Ma Yinghe could only ask everyone to take a rest as soon as possible, otherwise they would be busy again when she came back.

Wen Zhenyi was lowering her head and thinking about what she was going to make tomorrow. When she passed by a newly opened dry goods store in the market, she walked in curiously.

"Miss Wen, what do you want to buy?" The boss was not unfamiliar with her. The business on this street suddenly became so good because of the breakfast shop opened by the Wen family.

Wen Zhenyi looked at the things here curiously: "Boss, what do you sell here?"

"I sell dried goods here, including dried abalone, dried sea cucumber, bird's nest, peach gum, soapberry, etc. I sell them all here."

As soon as Wen Zhen heard what he said, she already knew what to make for tomorrow's herbal tea: "Boss, do you have Tremella fuciformis?"

"Yes, yes, yes. The white fungus here is a good thing. I'll take it out and show it to you."

"good."

The boss placed a box of white fungus on the table and opened the lid for her to check: "Look, Miss Wen, the white fungus we cook is very soft and sticky."

Wen Zhenyi picked it up and examined it. The appearance was impeccable. There were nine in the box, and after soaking, it might be a little too little for a hundred people. "I want two boxes. I also want to see your soapberry rice, peach gum, and lotus seeds."

"Okay, okay, wait a moment, I'll get it for you."

She looked at the things the boss took out. They were all of good quality. She bought a lot of each and asked him to help deliver them to the store.

The boss smiled and agreed: "Miss Wen, if you buy more, I will give you another bag of dried osmanthus flowers."

"Thank you very much."

"You're welcome. I hope you can take care of our business in the future." The boss smiled and saw her out of the store.

It will be enough to make some barley tea tomorrow.

Wen Zhenyi had already thought about what to do tomorrow when he came out. When he returned to the shop, Shen Hanxing had already returned and was sitting under the eaves reading a book: "Brother Shen, you are back?"

Chen Hanxing put down the book: "I'm back. Grandpa Wang said that the food you cook is delicious. If there are snacks that can be stored for a longer time, he wants to buy some and bring them to his children and grandchildren to try."

"Okay, we can make more today. You can take these over. Is the place you need to deliver it to far?"

"It's not far away. His children and grandchildren all opened teahouses near the county town. It's considered a family business."

"That's not a big problem." Wen Zhenyi said as he walked into the kitchen: "Xiao Taozi, the owner of the dry goods store will send some white fungus over soon. Soak the white fungus, lotus seeds, soapberry rice, and peach gum and make sweet soup tomorrow."

Zhu Tao wiped the water stains from her hands and said, "Okay, I'll remember that."

Old Lady Wen and the others came out of the room: "Yi Yi, are we going to start preparing tea for tomorrow?"

"Yes, we need to start preparing. If we finish it early, everyone can relax more tomorrow."

"Okay, tell me, what do you want to do?"

"I need eggs, peanuts, walnuts, sesame seeds, and sugar. Let's make sesame peanut egg pancakes first."

"I'll get it." Lin Jie now knew exactly where the things were.

Ma Yushun also went to help move the things out.

Wen Zhenyi asked them to help beat the eggs, sugar and oil, then add flour and sesame seeds and mix into a paste.

She took out the baking tray she had made earlier from the warehouse. This baking tray was different from other baking trays. It had small circular grooves on it.

Old Ma and the others were peeling peanuts: "Yi Yi, do we need to peel the peanuts?"

"Grandma, please fry the peanuts in the pan for a bit. Once they've cooled down, rub them with your hands and the red coating will fall off. Then, help me break them up a bit, but don't make them too fine."

"good."

"Aunt Ding, please help me fry some flour. Use low heat, don't let it burn."

Wen Chengwen helped her carry a bag of flour into the kitchen.

Aunt Dou and the others were peeling walnuts, and Wen Zhenyi asked them to chop the peeled walnuts into pieces later.

Wen Zhenyi asked Zhu Tao to make the pastry and prepare to make mung bean pastry.

Ma Yinghe went to get the eggs: "Yiyi, do you want to use more eggs today?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"We may not have enough eggs. I'll ask your father to go to the market to see if there are any. If not, when Lin Jie goes back to the village to pull the bamboo baskets, ask your grandfather and the others to go to the village to buy some eggs."

"Okay, is that enough money?"

"It's enough, don't worry." Ma Yinghe said and asked the two of them to run errands.

Wen Zhenyi directed everyone to start working. Although there were many things to do at once, everyone had a clear division of labor so it wasn't too chaotic.

Several children were responsible for lighting the fire for them and also helped out by kneading some dough.

Wen Zhenyi is responsible for the temperature of the oven, and now she is the only one who can control the temperature of the oven based on experience.

Old Mrs. Ma took out the crushed peanuts and said, "Yi Yi, do you think this is okay?"

Wen Zhenyi took a look and said, "Okay." Then he asked Ma Ruier to help brush oil in the small round groove, and then pour the sesame egg pancake batter into it with a spoon.

Benben sprinkled chopped peanuts on it and called her when they finished a plate.

Wen Zhenyi put the baking trays into the oven.

The walnut crisps on the other side can also be made.

Aunt Ding brought out the fried noodles: "Yi Yi, the noodles are ready."

Wen Zhenyi took a look and said, "Aunt Ding, beat the oil, sugar and eggs, then add the fried flour and make it into a puff pastry, then add the chopped walnuts."

"Okay, what's next?"

"Next, roll them into balls and place them on a baking sheet. Remember to grease the baking sheet."

"Okay, I'll remember that."

Wen Zhenyi turned to look at the children: "Huzi, Mantou, come here."

The two children ran over: "Sister Wen, what do you want us to do?"

"Flatten the ball with your fingers and sprinkle some sesame seeds in the middle."

“Is it the same as making pancakes?”

Wen Zhenyi looked around, found a piece of dough nearby, rolled it into a ball, and pressed it in the middle with his thumb. The dough became flat: "Like this, when you press it, the edges will crack. That's okay, remember?"

Hu Zi and Mantou nodded: "I remember."

When Wen Chengwen came back, he was holding a basket of eggs. "Yi Yi, have you seen enough?"

Wen Zhenyi took a look and said, "Not enough. Let Brother Lin go."

"Okay, I'll talk to him."

Wen Zhenyi stopped Lin Jie who was about to go out: "Brother Lin, when you go to pull the bamboo basket, see if there are any extra ones. If there are any, bring them back for me."

"Okay, I'll go now." Lin Jie had been there once yesterday, so this time he didn't need anyone to accompany him.

Shen Hanxing was also helping out, doing what he could.

When Wen Zhen saw that Aunt You and the others didn't have much to do, he taught them the method of making coarse grain luguo and asked them to make this snack.