"Su Luo, I informed the villagers today that we will hold a village meeting this afternoon to discuss making soy sauce."
Over the past few days, many villagers have come to his house to eavesdrop and learn that Su Luo wants to lead everyone to do something big, but they don't know exactly what it is.
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Apart from the two children who had to attend classes with Xie Wanwan, Zhao Ruyun and Su Luo also went.
Not far from their house at the entrance of the village is a place where villagers often hold meetings. Whenever there is something to discuss in the village, they will come here to talk.
After lunch, people from every household in Changping Village, young and old, came to the village, except for those who worked in Shuiqingzhuang.
Chen Pingan made a special trip back for this meeting.
Su Luo and the village chief sat on the bench in the front row, where some of the village elders and clan elders also sat.
The weather was quite cold, so the villagers brought their own charcoal. They burned the charcoal themselves, so they were very generous with it.
Seeing everyone's enthusiastic discussion, the village chief stood up and spoke.
"Fellow villagers, you have probably all heard about the purpose of our village's meeting today."
That's right, just as everyone has heard. As the village head, I have discussed it with the elders of the clan, and my uncles and aunts have all agreed.
Su Luo from the second branch of the Chen family is willing to provide our village with the technology so that we can all make soy sauce together.
What is soy sauce?
The word has only been circulating in the village for the past few days, but they have never seen this thing before, let alone eaten it.
"Village chief, what is soy sauce? What does it look like? What is it made of? And how is it made?"
The speaker was Wang Tiezhu's father. Wang Tiezhu's grandfather was considered an intellectual in the village, and their family carried considerable weight in the village.
"Yes, village chief, please tell us what it's made of so we can be mentally prepared."
The villagers crowded around, eager to know.
The village chief gestured for everyone to be quiet.
"Everyone, please be patient and let me explain slowly. The raw material for making this soy sauce is something that everyone has at home; it's made from soybeans."
We'll go into the details later, but making soy sauce is definitely beneficial to our village. Not to mention anything else, it will greatly improve our village's standard of living.
Su Luo has helped everyone many times in the past six months. She gave eggplant seeds to the whole village and also provided the second crop of rice.
Next year hasn't arrived yet, but we already know it will be a good year. If our village makes this soy sauce together, every family will become rich ahead of time.
Every child in the family can afford to go to school, the elderly will no longer be burdened by needing medicine and medical care, and every household will have surplus grain in their granaries, enough to eat and wear—isn't that wonderful?
The village chief spoke with great emotion, and every word he uttered resonated deeply with the villagers.
What people lack most is what they want most.
After selling soybeans to Li Niu this year, everyone's lives have improved a lot.
Some villagers even built houses for Su Luo, so she didn't have to go home for meals and could still earn money. The lives of most people in the village have gradually changed.
"Village chief, is it really that good?" someone asked doubtfully.
“Village chief, we trust you and Su Luo. The fact that you've gathered everyone here to make this soy sauce must be for the good of the village.”
"Yes, but village chief, what does this soy sauce actually look like? Can we see it?"
Su Luo poured a little soy sauce she had brought from her own kitchen into the bowl in Chen Ping'an's hand.
The dark brown liquid emitted a soy sauce aroma.
Chen Pingan carefully carried the small bowl down.
Walking in front of hundreds of villagers, I let everyone know what soy sauce looks like, so they would have a clear understanding of it.
"Su Luo, please explain the effects and benefits of soy sauce to everyone again."
The village chief returned to Su Luo's side and asked her to speak with everyone.
Su Luo nodded, stood up, and said loudly.
"As you can see, what my uncle is holding is soy sauce. It's a condiment that makes dishes cooked with it more flavorful."
It's made from soybeans and has certain health benefits; it can also help prevent many diseases.
Isoflavones in soy sauce can lower cholesterol, reduce cardiovascular disease, prevent hypertension and coronary heart disease, and slow tumor growth.
Soy sauce used in cooking produces a natural antioxidant, and soy sauce made from soybeans using traditional methods is absolutely safe.
Su Luo could only give a simple explanation to the villagers, and they couldn't understand the diseases she was talking about.
"Yan Chuan's mother, if the whole village makes soy sauce, who will we sell it to? People don't know the benefits of soy sauce, so who will buy it?"
The villagers knew nothing; besides farming, they were completely ignorant of everything else.
This ignorance breeds cowardice; they cannot afford to lose, and failure would be a fatal blow to them.
However, Su Luo was not worried about selling it at all. Whether it was the people of Nanning Kingdom or the people of Beiliang, they all liked noodles and would love this soy sauce.
"Don't worry, everyone. I guarantee that as long as our Changping Village soy sauce is successful, I and the two Fumanlou will become our first customers in Changping Village."
Fumanlou is the best restaurant in Yongle County, and its dishes are also the best in Yongle County. With the addition of soy sauce, the dishes are even more delicious.
If even Fu Man Lou uses this soy sauce, wouldn't other restaurants and teahouses use it too?
Who wouldn't want to keep soy sauce at home so they could make dishes that taste just like those in fancy restaurants?
Seeing that everyone had quieted down and were immersed in the beautiful fantasy Su Luo was telling them, Su Luo continued.
"In the future, Fumanlou will not only open in Yongle County, but may open one in Anchangzhou next year, and later in the capital, and even in the whole of Nanning."
I promise everyone that wherever Fumanlou opens a store, our Changping Village soy sauce will follow, so you don't need to worry about not being able to sell it.
This is already the greatest guarantee for the villagers. Now everyone knows that Fumanlou belongs to Su Luo, so what she says cannot be false.
Following Su Luo might bring great wealth and honor, or it might lead to nothing, but the worst outcome would be no different from what we are experiencing now.
The only person they could trust was Su Luo. If anyone else mentioned her to them, they would definitely think they were liars.
“Yan Chuan’s mother is right, our family wants to do it.”
One of the villagers sitting below said.
"Who wouldn't want to do it? We want to do it too, but we can't get things done just by talking. We definitely need something else."
"I also feel that the village chief and the others haven't finished speaking yet."
Someone in the village stood up and said, "Yan Chuan's mother, village chief, what you're saying sounds very appealing, but how do we do it if the whole village does it together?"
Should we do it ourselves at home? Or should we do it together? What else do we need? And how should we allocate the resources?
To grow bigger and stronger, unified management is essential. This includes standardized ingredients, standardized batching, and the construction of a drying yard to ensure consistent flavor.
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