Ning Jing also took some peanuts to fry until they were half-cooked. She then crushed them and mixed them with Mi Pang. After pressing them down with a board, she cut them into pieces. The aroma made the children in the family drool!

Not only the children of the Fu family couldn't stand it, but even the older children of the Zhao family couldn't resist the aroma.

Zhao Genmu, in particular, had specifically sought refuge at his maternal grandparents' home to avoid a blind date last time.

Unfortunately, he could run away from the first day of the month, but not the fifteenth. Before the Lunar New Year, Wang Guihua finally dragged Zhao Genmu back by the ear.

However, even after he returned, Wang Guihua and Zhao Dazhu took turns trying to persuade Genmu, but they both failed.

Therefore, Zhao Genmu would hide in his room whenever he had nothing to do, and wouldn't come out to bother his parents.

Unexpectedly, the aroma from the Fu family's shop made him restless and unable to sit still.

He couldn't come out and bother his parents, but he had his younger brother and sister-in-law to help him.

They encouraged Zhao Genshu and Zhao Gendi to go to the Fu family and bring back rice cakes made by Aunt Ningjing.

When you bite into that rice cracker, the fragrant aroma of crispy rice and roasted peanuts blends together, along with a sweet taste, creating a feeling that brings immense joy.

Ning Jing originally only made about 5 jin of rice, but this amount was so much that, in addition to what she ate at home, some was also sent to the Zhao family and the village chief's family.

Unexpectedly, after the winter snow, the villagers, having nothing else to do, started wandering from house to house chatting while the snow wasn't too heavy.

Not to mention the village chief's house, someone came looking for Sister Guihua and saw that the rice cake was one they had never seen before, so they were immediately curious.

Wang Guihua wasn't the kind of person to be stingy. Seeing the person's curious expression, she took a piece of the rice cake that Ning Jing had given her and gave it to him to eat.

While eating, she laughed and said, "This was Ning Jing's idea; I heard it used a lot of sugar!"

When the man heard that there was sugar in the food, he hesitated for a moment before accepting it.

These days, it's not easy to find a piece of candy to sweeten your mouth.

The word of this dish spread throughout Xishan Village in less than two days.

Ning Jing, Fu Hongxing's wife, is an excellent rice cake maker.

Immediately, many people crowded into the Fu family home to ask Ning Jing how she did it.

Ning Jing smiled but didn't say anything. However, Wang Guihua, upon hearing the news, immediately ran over from home.

He pushed his way through the crowd and rushed in, then said to everyone, "No one's recipe comes from thin air, so why should I teach it to you?"

These words immediately scared away several families who cared about their reputation, but some people still secretly muttered that Ning Jing was stingy.

Seeing that several households were still unwilling to disperse, Ning Jing thought for a moment and then suggested that they exchange 3 jin of rice and 1 jin of peanuts for 3 jin of rice cakes, and she would provide the sugar.

As long as there's no reselling or speculation involved, the county revolutionary committee can't interfere in the rural areas by exchanging rice and peanuts like this.

Some people were unwilling to give up and went back in a huff.

Some, however, have their own judgment in their hearts: those rice cakes taste best when they're made with white sugar.

Three pounds of rice plus one pound of peanuts is just one pound more peanuts; at least they don't have to provide white sugar.

So, by all accounts, it's not a loss.

Hearing Ning Jing say this, Wang Guihua looked worried.

Tell her secretly, "Don't spend money to get in just to save face."

After seeing those families off, Ning Jing turned around and settled accounts with Wang Guihua.

The rice used to make that rice cake expands several times its original size after being fried, and when combined with syrup and crushed peanuts, it becomes quite heavy.