The medicinal herbs brought from the provincial capital haven't been carefully sorted yet. Right now, Liang Shuyan is sitting by the window, classifying some of the medicines.
Grandma Jin sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and pointed to a picture, saying, "Sanwang, look, the restaurant can't make cold noodles anymore. Let's stop making them for now. It's a waste of manpower and materials, and we won't make much money in a day. We should find a way to replace them."
Sanwang blinked and asked, "Grandma, what cuisine can you think of that can replace it? Sanwang is stupid and really can't think of any cuisine that can replace it!"
Grandma Jin said, "Why don't we make mala tang instead? Although our restaurant has hot pot, it's quite expensive and most people can't afford it. So let's just make a small mala tang so that even poor people can afford it. We'll prepare a small pot, and then add some vegetables, bean products, and meat. Each skewer will cost a certain amount, and customers can choose according to the quantity they want. As for the flavor, we'll temporarily offer two options: spicy and mild. We'll see how the market goes first!"
Sanwang's eyes darted around: "Grandma, I really didn't expect you to come up with this idea. Is this spicy hot pot delicious? Why don't you make some for us to try today? If it's good, we can sell it in restaurants, okay?"
Liang Shuyan is planning where to find a medicinal herb processing plant. Her cosmetics company needs to speed up production, but she doesn't even have a place to work, which is making her very anxious. After studying for a long time, she decided to buy a piece of land for the cosmetics company, build sheds, and hire workers. The first batch of face cream produced is Jin's Beauty Cream, which mainly moisturizes dry skin and corrects the dull yellow skin of rural people. The second product to be produced is Jin's Hand Cream, which mainly uses lard and wood ash as raw materials to make dry and chapped skin effective.
"Mother, your idea is good. We still need you to figure out a solution for the restaurant. I didn't think of such a good idea. How about we have a simple spicy hot pot today? You teach Daya how to make it, and you don't have to do it yourself!"
Grandma Jin shook her head, walked over and glanced at what Liang Shuyan had drawn on the blueprints, and said, "Are you thinking of opening a factory again? Our family's teahouse and restaurant business is already busy enough. I suggest you stick to this business for now and don't get involved in anything else. We can do it slowly later."
Liang Shuyan told Grandma Jin about her idea, and Grandma Jin exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my, that's right! Skincare products! If we can make good face creams and hand creams, our business will be booming! Ancient people's face creams were simple moisturizers, mainly made with lard. If they could really whiten the skin, I believe they would be very popular."
Fearing that Old Lady Jin might bring up modern matters, Liang Shuyan said, "Mother, it's almost time. Let's go to the kitchen and see what Daya is making. How about we try your spicy hot pot today?"
Upon hearing this, Jin burst into laughter, put on her shoes, got out of bed, and followed Liang Shuyan into the kitchen.
Jin Daya was picking vegetables in the kitchen. There was only one kind: chives. Jin frowned and said, "Daya, are you going to make noodles again?"
Jin Daya looked up and saw that Grandma Jin had arrived. She quickly rubbed her hands on her clothes and said awkwardly, "Mom, this, this is something else I can't do."
Grandma Jin coughed twice and said, "You really are used to living a poor life. All you know how to do is make noodles and flatbread. Get up and go to the vegetable garden to prepare some greens. We'll try something different tonight. I'll teach you!"
The ingredients for mala tang are actually quite flexible; you just need to prepare whatever vegetables you have at home. Liang Shuyan then said, "No need, Mom, you teach Daya, I'll go to the vegetable garden to find some vegetables!"
Grandma Jin thought for a moment and agreed. Even if Daya went to the vegetable garden, she wouldn't be able to find suitable green vegetables. Liang Shuyan knew what vegetables were used in mala tang, so she would naturally prepare some suitable vegetables for mala tang.
Liang Shuyan carried a basket and came to the vegetable garden. The two acres of land behind the house were originally planted with wheat, but after the wheat was harvested, Liang Shuyan planted some vegetables, such as spinach, bok choy, scallions, and peppers. She also dug up a few potatoes. The potatoes were very big and very uniform in size. She dug up a few and put them in the basket.
Ideally, she would have some vermicelli or similar items, and some bean products would be even better. However, there wasn't enough time for that now. She remembered that she had picked up some wild mushrooms on the mountain a while ago. She examined them with the system's magnifying glass and found that they were not poisonous, which put her at ease. Vermicelli was not available in this era, but Liang Shuyan liked to eat it, so she took some from the system.
The system seemed very unhappy: "What's wrong? You don't even know how to shop in the mall anymore. Are you so poor that you have no money, or so rich that you lack nothing?"
Liang Shuyan was speechless when the system asked her questions. It wasn't that she didn't want to come, but taking things from the space often made her lazy and aroused suspicion from her family. So, she gradually stopped coming.
She wanted to explain something to the system, but then she wondered, what was there to explain? She was the host; why should she explain anything to it?
After buying some vermicelli, she was surprised to find that the thatched hut in the system had turned into a large brick and tile house. She walked over quickly and touched it carefully. It was indeed exquisite. There were some beautiful patterns carved on the bricks, and the steps were made of high-quality stone.
Pushing open a vermilion door, I was surprised to find that there was water and electricity inside, although the switches were pull cord switches and the light bulbs were small 15-watt bulbs. However, compared to ancient oil lamps, it was already very advanced.
The important thing is that she walked to a wooden table by the window and saw her old cell phone. She exclaimed in surprise, "Oh my, my cell phone?"
Looking around, she found that the room was filled with things she used to own: her clothes, her books, and even the sheets on her bed were the kind of natural, unpretentious sheets she liked, the kind with leaves imprinted on them.
Liang Shuyan rolled around on the bed excitedly, then sat up: "So, I can come to the space from now on. I can mainly use my phone to contact some of my friends from the modern world and find out about their current living conditions!"
I picked up my phone and saw a hairy QQ icon. I couldn't log in; it displayed: "Unable to log in. You need to upgrade your value to V5 before you can log in to QQ?"
"What? This system increases my net worth just by logging into QQ? What kind of crappy system is this?"
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