"I'm not selling this, I'm selling something else. You'll know when I make it."
Qiu Rong was a little disappointed.
Such delicious soy milk, why isn’t it sold in stores?
Xue Huan: "Soy milk is not easy to sell in stores. If you like it, you can make it yourself when you have time. It's not difficult anyway."
Qiu Rong: "Is it okay?"
"Why not?"
"That's great, thank you, young lady!" Qiu Rong wanted to hug the girl and give her a kiss.
The day was spent grinding, filtering and cooking soy milk.
At first, they found it fresh and new, but later on... they got tired of it.
After the cooked soy milk has been left to stand for an hour or two, a layer of bean skin will condense on it. Pick out the bean skin and hang it on a clean rope to dry.
After one night, the tofu skin is dry and can be used to make spicy strips.
But before that, you have to marinate the tofu skin with salt and rice wine for a while.
As for the amount, it depends on personal judgment.
Xue Huan also loved eating spicy strips in the past, but because the production cost of spicy strips was too low, the hygiene of most spicy strips was questionable, so if she was craving for them, she would make some spicy strips herself.
Over time, I have mastered the essence of it and now I can control the amount of various ingredients well.
After the bean curd skin is marinated, blanch it in boiling water, then heat up a pan of oil and fry the bean curd skin until golden brown, then remove it from the pan.
You don’t need to pour out the oil used to fry tofu skin. You can continue to use it. Of course, you need to change the pot.
In another pot, stir-fry the minced ginger, then pour in the chili powder, peppercorns, cinnamon, star anise, and sugar in turn, stir-fry until fragrant, then add soy sauce and a small bowl of water and bring to a boil.
Add the previously fried bean curd skin and simmer for a while. When the bean curd skin is almost seasoned, you can remove it from the pot.
Slice the bean curd skin and serve immediately.
"Come, try it and see how it tastes." Xue Huan called a few people.
Ah Man cheered and rushed over, took a spicy strip and put it in his mouth. It was so spicy that tears came out, but he kept shouting, "Delicious!"
Zhenniang, however, couldn't eat spicy food very well. Although the taste was very mouth-watering, she only dared to take a small bite.
This bite almost made her ascend to heaven.
It was the first time I tasted something so spicy, and it was a bit too stimulating.
She quickly drank water.
For people who love spicy food, spicy strips are the ultimate delicacy, but for people who have a weak tolerance for spiciness, eating spicy food is a pain.
After all, spiciness, in the final analysis, is actually a kind of pain.
Based on the comprehensive opinions of several people, Xue Huan deliberately put less chili peppers in the subsequent process of making spicy strips, and made them sweet and spicy.
It's summer now, and things go bad easily. There are no preservatives here, so the spicy strips must be eaten on the same day they are made, otherwise they will be stale by the next day.
After making sure that Zhenniang and the others had learned it, Xue Huan stopped teaching.
It just so happened that the shop had also been renovated, so she went over to take a look and was very satisfied.
The plaques and shelves were also delivered one after another. After they were placed, Xue Huan took Zhen Niang and others over and asked them to adapt to the environment in advance, do some cleaning and other things, in preparation for the opening.
If there is anything missing, you must prepare it quickly.
In addition, she also gave Zhenniang a task - to customize a batch of snack packaging boxes.
Afterwards, she went to Yingxian Tower and asked the waiter to invite Ye Diao to the private room.
"Come, try it."
She pushed over a box of mixed snacks.
There were several kinds of snacks in the box, including three kinds of spicy strips, as well as her homemade dried meat, preserved fruits, candies (mint candies, nougat, sesame candies), and several kinds of pastries she had made before - egg yolk pastry, sachima, honey lotus leaf cake, mung bean milk cream cake, and red bean paste glutinous rice cake. This time, egg rolls were added.
"These are the snacks I plan to sell after the shop opens. Try some."
Ye Diao took a spicy noodle first and asked, "Is this the spicy noodle you mentioned earlier?"
Put it in your mouth and chew it, it’s delicious!
Xue Huan nodded.
Ye Diao ate one snack after another. There were not many in the box to begin with, so he finished them all in a few bites. Then he started to attack another snack.
In the end, he had made all but a few candies left.
He poured himself a glass of water and drank it in one gulp. He had eaten too much dry food at once and it was a bit choking in his throat.
"Tell me, how do these snacks taste?"
Ye Diao: "The spicy and salty spicy noodles are delicious, suitable for all ages. Even if you don't eat them as snacks, they are also very good with rice and rolls. The meat jerky is chewy and the meat is very fresh. It is better than any other meat jerky I have eaten before. The preserved fruit is also just the right amount of sweetness and not greasy at all. It is more suitable for women and children..."
He reviewed each snack from a professional perspective, and in short, every one tasted so good that he couldn't stop praising it.
Xue Huan was originally very confident in the snacks she made, but his behavior was a bit exaggerated, which made her feel a little unsure.
"Is it really that good? Are you just saying nice things for the sake of face?"
Ye Diao raised his eyebrows. "Xiaoxian, what you said is not right. Do I look like someone who would say something against his will just to save face? These snacks are really good. Would I lie to you?"
After trying these snacks, he became more confident in the snack shop.
"Is the adopted child ready? Let's sign it now. How much do you want me to invest?"
Xue Huan shook her head and said, "I've thought about it and I don't plan to cooperate with you anymore."
Ye Diao was dumbfounded. "No, Xiaoxian, why did you suddenly change your mind? Didn't we agree on this before?"
He could already anticipate how popular these delicious snacks would be, but in the end, she wouldn't take him to play?
Although the Ye family is wealthy and has plenty of money, they have actually reached a bottleneck period. If they cannot seek a breakthrough and make further progress, they may go downhill and get worse year by year.
And now, Zhao Xiaoxian is the opportunity for the Ye family's business to take another step forward!
Didn’t Yingxianlou’s business reach a higher level after she joined?
Xue Huan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Brother Ye. I haven't finished speaking yet. I was thinking that for a small business like snacks, it would be a bit of a waste of your talent to bring you in. So I'm thinking of partnering with my sister-in-law to see if she's interested in investing and making some extra money."
In this era without machines and mature production lines, snacks are destined to be unable to be mass-produced, so she plans to go the route of handmade boutiques.
She has no plans to open a chain store in the future. It's just one shop. If she brings Ye Diao in, it would be a waste of favor. After all, this shop doesn't really need his money or effort.
The reason why she wanted to recruit him was just to use his name to deter those villains who might covet her business.
But she thought about it these days and felt that if she cooperated with Ye Diao's wife, she could achieve the same effect. Moreover, this would also avoid becoming more and more involved in business with Ye Diao and causing dissatisfaction from Ye Diao's wife.
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