Chapter 254 Apple Crisps
The three of them talked and went straight to the mansion.
Lin Yuesha led the two back to her boudoir and asked Bai Cha and Long Jing to prepare food and make an eight-treasure box to send over.
"The fruit is crisp and sweet, but business is bad this year because of the barbarians causing trouble. If we can't sell it, it will rot."
Dr. Yan's mind was entirely on her father's apples. Her father's family didn't have much savings, so he used it all to buy apples and store them, hoping that the price would go up around the Lunar New Year so he could make a profit.
However, this year is a bad year, and forget about making money, we are destined to lose everything.
“A few days ago, his wife brought me food, saying that if they couldn’t sell the fruit, they couldn’t just watch it rot, so they planned to share it with the neighbors.”
Dr. Yan took a sip of the fruit and flower tea, and her eyes immediately lit up. It was sweet and sour, and delicious!
"Dr. Yan, please try these. I made them all."
When the eight-treasure box was placed on the table, Bai Youran and Doctor Yan were immediately attracted by the snacks inside.
"Look, there aren't just eight kinds, there are more over here."
Lin Yuesha is opening a shop, but she won't make too much of each kind. She'll let the servants in her household try it first and then ask for their feedback.
Those people kept saying it was delicious, and they had no opinions.
Now is a good opportunity. Bai Youran and Doctor Yan both come from official families, so they should have some experience.
"My goodness, it tastes so good!"
Bai Youran took a bite of honey-glazed pork jerky and immediately praised it highly. It was surprising to see that she was such a meat lover; she ate hand-shredded pork strips and spicy rabbit meat with gusto, her lips greasy. Her maid, Ruyi, coughed for a long time beside her, but she didn't even notice.
"White tea, Longjing tea, you should also take Ruyi to have tea and snacks."
Lin Yuesha covered her mouth and laughed. What kind of well-mannered young lady is she? Faced with the temptation of delicious food, everyone is the same.
In comparison, Doctor Yan's table manners were better, but she stopped talking and focused solely on attacking the food.
"It's so delicious!"
Bai Youran couldn't find any other adjectives. Realizing that she had eaten too fast and had completely ruined her image, she stopped pretending, dabbed her lips with a handkerchief, and praised her.
"Any objections?"
Lin Yuesha explained that these snacks were just a part of what her family's shop sold. She hadn't served the two of them peanuts because they were too oily.
"No objections. Did you do all of this?"
Bai Youran's eyes lit up with excitement as she resolved to become best friends with Lin Yuesha so she could easily freeload off her.
"Yes, my family is going to open a more upscale snack shop."
Once Bai Youran and Doctor Yan slowed down their eating, Lin Yuesha explained her ideas in detail, including the food tasting event she had been planning for a long time.
"These are minor matters; leave them to me."
Bai Youran took the initiative to put her arm around him, which was not difficult for her at all.
"Don't worry, they say good wine needs no bush. Your food is amazing, and your shop is in a great location, so your business is sure to be booming."
If business is bad, it's simply outrageous, and Bai Youran will enthusiastically recommend other girls she knows.
"After that, I made new varieties and sent them to you as soon as possible."
With Bai Youran's words, Lin Yuesha felt more at ease. It seemed she had underestimated everyone's acceptance of snacks.
"By the way, you asked me about the apples from Dad's family. Are you going to make fruit and flower tea?"
The female doctor slowly wiped her hands with a handkerchief and asked.
"No, if the apples are of good quality, I plan to buy them all."
A thousand pounds of apples isn't actually that much. Lin Yuesha thought of a popular modern snack: apple chips.
Dehydrated and air-dried apples have a more unique flavor that many elderly people and young children love, and it's absolutely genuine.
If she can't make that many, she can use the remaining apples to make apple cider vinegar to aid digestion.
Buying apples from Old Man Dian wouldn't cost much even if you just ate them yourself. The apple chips and apple cider vinegar could also be used as gifts, making it a sure-fire way to make money.
"Apple chips?"
Bai Youran considered herself quite knowledgeable, yet she had never heard of such a thing before.
"Oh, I'll send you a portion once I've made it."
Lin Yuesha couldn't explain; explaining would be tantamount to giving away the secret recipe, so she had to keep it to herself.
"Why don't we go to Dad's house now and check out the apples?"
Dr. Yan was very concerned about her father's situation and couldn't help but make a suggestion.
"good."
Lin Yuesha agreed. If the three of them hadn't been chatting, she wouldn't have thought of adding more products to her shop. Apple chips were indeed very popular, and she was confident.
After the three of them finished getting ready, they went to the old man's house together. The old man was at a loss about what to do with the apples in the cellar. He was thinking of sharing them with the neighbors, but he was afraid that the neighbors would give him money.
"Wouldn't this constitute forced buying and selling?"
This put my father in a difficult position again.
"Dad, I've brought you a customer."
When facing her father's family, Dr. Yan appeared much more relaxed, and a faint smile appeared in her eyes.
"Yan girl, where have you been? I just asked your aunt to bring you some food, but you weren't at the shop."
When the old man saw Doctor Yan, he also had a smile on his face, and the two exchanged a few pleasantries.
Lin Yuesha entered the cellar and saw it was piled high with apples. Some of the apples' peels were already rotten, so they definitely couldn't be stored any longer.
She washed an apple, took a bite, and found it tasted good. It would be perfect for making apple chips or apple cider vinegar.
"Dad, I've bought all these apples, but I have to come and pick them up tomorrow."
Lin Yuesha discussed with her father that these apples couldn't be stored for long, so she needed to process them quickly.
“But you want so many apples… You can see that some of these fruits are not very good.”
The old man was an honest man, and he knew that Dr. Yan wanted to help his family, but he couldn't take advantage of her for no reason.
“Father, my family owns a shop in the prefectural city and we were planning to buy a batch of fruit. Just then, Doctor Yan mentioned it, so I begged her to take me there.”
Lin Yuesha spoke with great artistry; her father was a fruit seller, but he was not lowly.
He sells, she needs, that's all.
"Don't worry, I have other uses for these outer skins, even if they're not good."
Apple cider and apple cider vinegar don't need a bright, shiny skin, so that didn't bother Lin Yuesha. She picked out a few more apples, cut them in half, and found that the cores inside weren't rotten, which put her at ease.
Some apples have smooth skin and look good color, but when you cut them open, the core inside is rotten and they are inedible.
Lin Yuesha's actions, on the contrary, earned her father's high regard, who considered her an expert rather than someone Dr. Yan had brought in to help.
"Sure, I have a stroller at home, I can deliver it to your door tomorrow."
The old man readily agreed and offered a relatively cheap price, but Lin Yuesha couldn't stand it and offered an additional 20%.
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