Since there was no decent preservation technology in this era, in order to extend the shelf life of the jam as much as possible, Su Qingluan heated it again at high temperature after adding all the seasonings such as sugar, salt and spices. She waited until the jam boiled and bubbled again before adding the pickled fresh flower petals, thus eliminating the residual microorganisms in the jam to the greatest extent.
Not only that, even the ceramics she bought were not afraid of high-temperature steaming because she had previously specified that they would be painted underglaze. Su Qingluan simply gave all the jars a "hot steam bath" by boiling water in a large pot and placing layers of steamers on top.
But this time, what was placed in the steamer was not buns or steamed buns, but a ceramic jar.
After high-temperature steam sterilization, Su Qingluan has done her utmost to prevent the growth of bacteria. In addition, a large amount of sugar, salt and spices are added to the jam, which are all natural preservatives.
Even without sterilizing the utensils, Su Qingluan had conducted antiseptic tests and found that the jam wouldn't spoil for a month or so at room temperature. However, to be on the safe side, Su Qingluan decided to set the "shelf life" at twenty days, just in case.
The work these past few days has been incredibly grueling. For the first two or three days, most people were able to persevere, but as the work continued, some began to tire.
So Su Qingluan came up with the idea of a shift system, letting the five teams take turns on the job in batches, and the situation finally improved a little.
However, anyone can take a break, even Liu Yunniang, the "deputy", may have the possibility of taking a break occasionally, but Su Qingluan, the general supervisor, cannot relax at all.
From the recipe of the jam to every detail of the production, since no one is familiar with the work process, Su Qingluan, the developer, has the most experience, so she has to keep a close eye on every link until the workers below are familiar with it.
Otherwise, if she is not careful, other things may be trivial, but if she angers the people in the Xie Mansion, she may not only lose a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to introduce her products to the upper-level circles, but may also sow the seeds of disaster for future business.
So this time we cannot fail at any cost.
Su Qingluan works so hard that not only those who are a little more delicate, but even those who are the most careless can see it. More than once, people have advised Su Qingluan not to work so hard, because there is no end to making money.
Su Qingluan couldn't explain the connection between this batch of trial-sale samples and only said, "No matter what, there can't be any mistakes in this batch of goods."
It's not that she didn't feel overworked, but the current situation didn't allow her to rest in peace.
Fortunately, this batch of jam is about to be completed - Su Qingluan looked at the schedule and found that it had been five days since her first "overtime and overnight stay out".
Today she will go to Mu Xingzhi to get the customized outer packaging, and then she can report to the Xie family!
When Su Qingluan rushed to Mu Xingzhi's place, it was already past noon. It was the time when every household was busy preparing dinner, and Mu Xingzhi's family was no exception.
So Mu Xingzhi asked her to stay for dinner before leaving, but Su Qingluan shook her head: "We have to finish assembling all these packages today. It would be best if there are no mistakes. We can deliver them to the other party tomorrow morning, and then I can breathe a sigh of relief."
Mu Xingzhi looked at Su Qingluan with a deep gaze: "You have lost a lot of weight in the past few days."
Su Qingluan subconsciously touched her cheek: "Really? I don't feel anything." She just felt a little tired.
Mu Xingzhi, however, was looking at the girl opposite him.
Although Su Qingluan originally had a pretty face, she was only thirteen years old after all, and her cheeks still had some baby fat, so she should be described as "cute" rather than "beautiful".
But now, due to the continuous running around, the flesh on Su Qingluan's cheeks has visibly disappeared, turning her originally chubby cheeks into an oval face, with the contours of her facial features becoming clearer.
In this way, the already beautiful face is presented more clearly and three-dimensionally in people's vision.
If Su Qingluan before would be patted on the head lovingly like a child, then the extraordinary beauty that Su Qingluan shows now after losing weight is enough to make people stop and stare.
But it is obvious that Su Qingluan herself did not realize this.
Mu Xingzhi looked at the other person's heartless appearance and said subtly, "Qingluan is becoming more and more like a grown-up girl."
He thought he had made his warning clear enough, but unfortunately, the other person had lived in the modern world in his previous life and was used to speaking directly, so Su Qingluan completely misunderstood the meaning: "Well, I have indeed grown a little taller recently, and my old clothes are a bit too small. I will make a new set after I finish this busy period."
Mu Xingzhi listened to Su Qingluan's words, and for some reason, he suddenly felt powerless. He was about to say something when Su Qingluan turned around, picked up her things, and ran away.
Su Qingluan didn't know that her understanding was a world apart from what Mu Xingzhi said. She was now only concentrating on the outer packaging designed by Mu Xingzhi.
Although she knew that there must be something fishy about the packaging design, whether it was the dark pattern in the background or the combination of various patterns, Su Qingluan had to admire this guy's first-class aesthetic taste.
The entire packaging, whether it is the independent small packages of three fruit jams or the large packages of the entire series, whether it is the main trademark of "Su Ji" or the individual color scheme of each product in the series, cannot be found fault with by Su Qingluan, who has seen all kinds of modern packaging.
Moreover, looking against the light, Su Qingluan discovered that the material of the packaging paper was also very exquisite - not only could the cardboard reflect specks of golden light under the setting sun, but even the main trademark of "Su Ji" was embroidered on both sides by Mu Xingzhi in order to achieve the three-dimensional feeling that Su Qingluan mentioned.
"This... the labor cost alone must be quite high, right?" Su Qingluan exclaimed.
Although Su Qingluan also knew that Mu Xingzhi was most likely not short of money, she still decided to ask for the "labor fee" back from the Xie Mansion on his behalf since he had helped her so much.
Finally, all the outer packaging was assembled. In order to prevent the jam from being opened by unknown persons and affecting the quality, Su Qingluan even sealed the mouth of the porcelain jar with beeswax and made a unique seal on the outer packaging with sealing wax.
Finally, after several days of busy work, Su Qingluan finally finished producing this batch of thirty cans, a total of ten sets of trial products, and was waiting for someone from the Xie Mansion to come and pick up the goods.
As expected, the next day Su Qingluan sent Liu Yunniang to the Xie Mansion to notify them to pick up the goods. The Xie Mansion no longer acted like a wealthy family and immediately sent two people in a carriage to follow Liu Yunniang back to pick up the things, and also invited Su Qingluan to go with them.
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