Tong Wenyao deliberately didn't put Xiaoxue back into the space. It slept next to Xing'er and could keep her warm. Guaiguai was afraid of the cold, so Tong Wenyao put it back into the space as soon as she got home.
In a daze at night, she saw that the bonfire outside was still lit. Tong Wen Yao sat up and looked into the yard. It was Tong Hong and Wu Ping chatting. Because the distance was a little far, she couldn't hear clearly, so she didn't care and continued to sleep.
Early the next morning, Tong Wen Yao got up, washed up, took a biscuit and went to the spicy snack workshop with her second aunt. She was going to teach her second aunt how to prepare the hot pot base today, and then her second aunt would prepare it by herself.
Tong Wen Yao plans to prepare hot pot base. The first one is spicy hot pot base. Put chili peppers, peppercorns, lard, garlic slices, allanto, etc. into the pot and stir-fry them. When they are almost done, take them out and pour them into a pot to cool. The oil inside will solidify the spices. Then cut them into squares. This is the hot pot base. When the time comes, you can buy pork bones and boil them. Then you can put the hot pot base in and cook them together.
The other one is the clear soup hot pot base, which uses similar spices but without the chili peppers. Stir-fry them together. When they are almost done, put them in a bowl and let them cool. Then cut them into small pieces. You can then use them with chicken to make the soup base, and the clear soup hot pot is ready.
Tong Wen Yao also wanted to make a mushroom hot pot base, but it was winter now and there were no mushrooms in the mountains, so she gave up. Maybe in spring she could launch a mushroom soup base!
They didn't waste the prepared hot pot base. Tong Wenyao liked spicy food, so she took several pieces and put them in her space, thinking that she would make them when she wanted to eat them. As for the remaining base, Second Aunt kept some and distributed it to the people in the spicy snack workshop. Tong Wenyao was busy all day and her whole body was filled with the smell of hot pot. She quickly wanted to go back and take a shower to wash off the smell.
This ratio was no problem for Auntie Er. After noting down the weight of the spices, she could weigh them on a scale. When frying, pay attention to the heat to avoid burning them. It was not difficult, and Auntie learned it in an afternoon.
Chuntao was very happy when she got the hot pot base. Since the Tong family came, life in their village has been getting better and better. Just like the last time when they built the kang, many men in the village went out to build kangs for others and made a lot of money. Their family was one of the beneficiaries, and they became more and more grateful to the Tong family.
At this moment, Tong Wen Yao just wanted to leave the workshop quickly and go back to take a shower, but she didn't expect that Village Chief Wu was coming.
"Wen Yao, you're back just in time. I have something to talk to you about!" Tong Wen Yao was a little puzzled. What did Village Chief Wu want to talk to her about?
In fact, at the beginning, Village Chief Wu went to Tong's house to find Tong Hong, but Tong Hong said that the idea of the kang was Tong Wen Yao's, so it would be better to find Tong Wen Yao. That's why Tong Wen Yao saw the village chief waiting at the door of the workshop as soon as she came out of the workshop.
Because the spicy noodle workshop wanted to keep the recipe secret and prohibited anyone from entering at will, Village Chief Wu was guarding the door.
"Uncle Qing, why are you here? You must have been waiting at the door for a long time. Why didn't you call anyone to call me?" Wu Qing smiled. "I didn't wait long. I was just about to call someone when you came out."
Tong Wenyao led Wu Qing to the office and poured him a glass of water. "Your white teacup looks much better than the gray ceramic one!" Tong Wenyao said with a smile, "If you like this teacup, you can take it back later." Wu Qing smiled and declined, "I don't usually drink tea, so what's the use of a teacup?" Tong Wenyao glanced at his expression, seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, and then said, "Uncle Qing, you can have some tea in your free time. If all else fails, you can fill it with hot water. You can take the teacup back later."
Wu Qing waved his hand and said, "I came here today for something. The craftsmen in our village have discussed and decided to give you a 20% share of the profit from building a kang." After that, Wu Qing put the 20 taels of silver in his hand on the table.
Tong Wenyao waved her hands hastily upon hearing this and said, "Uncle Qing, this is too much. Besides, I didn't do anything. The technique of building the kang was still developed by you guys through experimentation."
"Hey, that's not right. If you hadn't come up with this idea, how would we have known it? We'd still end up carrying bags at the docks and earning our hard-earned money."
Tong Wenyao knew that if she didn't want it, then they would take it for granted when something good came, and even become greedy. But 20% was too much, and they earned their money through hard work, so Tong Wenyao said, "Uncle Qing, 20% is too much. How about this? You give me 10% when the time comes, and after a year, you don't have to give me any more. Is that okay?"
Wu Qing was impressed by the kindness of the children. Not only did they hand over the family heirloom skills to them, but they also only wanted a 10% share, and only for one year. Finally, Wu Qing persuaded them to change the share to two years.
Tong Wenyao divided the twenty taels of silver on the table into two parts, and then pushed ten taels of silver to him. After accepting it, Village Chief Wu sighed.
"It would be great if you were a young man from our village. Our Wu family would also prosper." Tong Wenyao said, "Uncle Qing, our Tong family is now living in your Wu family. Just because our last name is Tong, do you not recognize us as people from Changjiang Village?"
Wu Qing laughed when he heard this and said, "You are the one who understands. It is me who is getting confused. The Tong family is from our Changjiang Village! The Wu family is also from Changjiang Village."
Before leaving, Tong Wen Yao also took away a few pieces of hot pot base for him. Of course, Wu Qing did not take the teacup. You can like it, but you can't take away what belongs to someone else. This white teacup is obviously a valuable item.
This was really a misunderstanding of Tong Wen Yao. She got this teacup from the ceramic workshop. Moreover, she planned to replace the teacup with this white one after the hot pot was made. The unified style would look much better.
After collecting the ten taels of silver from the table, Tong Wenyao returned home. Xing'er was at home taking care of her mother today, so she didn't come along. Work was in full swing in the open space next to them. Tong Bo was holding a blueprint and talking to the master craftsman.
After Tong Wenyao returned, she sneaked into the space to take a shower and wash her hair. After she smelled that there was no smell on her body, she came out. At this time, Xing'er had almost finished cooking. Tong Wenyao left the room and walked to the kitchen to see if there was anything else she could help with.
The dairy sheep in the backyard were bleating, and Wen Jiang took Xin'er to milk them, but it was Guo'er who really did the fighting. She carried the wooden bucket and placed it under the dairy sheep, then began to milk it with her washed hands. Fortunately, the dairy sheep was docile and did not kick her away.
When Xin'er saw this, she also wanted to squeeze, so she walked to Guo'er and reached out to squeeze. Unexpectedly, she squeezed too tightly, and the goat felt so much pain that it kicked the wooden barrel over, and the goat milk that had just been squeezed spilled onto the ground in an instant.
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