Chapter 257 Authentic
Thanks to Dr. Yan's skillful hands, Da Niu'er quickly recovered, able to eat and sleep well. Liu Quan's family was much relieved and full of gratitude towards Lin Yuesha. They weren't good with words, so they could only repay her by doing more work for her.
In just two days, the house and yard were cleaned up again, and even the uninhabited houses were wiped clean.
“Miss, no one has lived in this courtyard for a while. It’s very dusty. If relatives come to visit, we won’t be able to clean it properly, and it will take a while.”
As a servant, Liu Quanjia inquired in detail about the family's members, taboos, and other matters, and learned that the family had many relatives.
Although relatives live in Chenjia Village and the town, they might still come to visit and stay for a couple of days.
"You're so thoughtful."
Lin Yuesha nodded repeatedly, but since the family had just moved in, there were many trivial matters to attend to, so she prioritized the important ones.
One of the side courtyards was transformed into a large kitchen by Lin Yuesha, which was specially equipped with an oven similar to a drying oven. She went to several blacksmith shops and went to great lengths to customize this oven.
The apples they bought from their father's house couldn't be kept long, so Lin Yuesha spent the last few days slicing them with white tea and Longjing tea. The three of them were trembling with effort.
During dinner, Lin Yuesha's hand trembled as she held the chopsticks. She realized that she couldn't do these low-skilled tasks herself and should find someone else to do them.
“Miss, didn’t you say you had hired help at home, but you didn’t come with us from town?”
Bai Cha rubbed her wrists, suddenly remembering that her young mistress had mentioned this. If another person could share the burden, things would be better.
"Oh dear, look at my memory! I was supposed to send a letter to Aunt Sun last time, but I completely forgot."
Lin Yuesha patted her head and exclaimed in surprise, "That widow Sun who runs the wonton business is the most efficient worker. When the family opens a shop in the future, widow Sun will also help out in the shop."
She had considered that since Widow Sun and her son were not servants bound by a contract, they could stay in the backyard of the shop and help guard the house, so they wouldn't have to worry about finding a place to live.
"Yes, yes, have Liu Quan deliver a message to town tomorrow."
Lin Yuesha asked Longjing to go find Liu Quan, tell him about the matter, and ask him to set off as soon as possible.
As for Widow Sun, she must have already prepared everything and is waiting for her message. She will go directly to the backyard of the shop when the message arrives.
"White Tea, has the backyard of the shop been cleaned up yet?"
There were several rooms in the backyard of the snack shop, as well as a well and a woodshed. Lin Yuesha went there two or three times, and left the rest to the craftsmen to manage.
For those in the food business, hygiene is paramount.
The shop floor was paved with blue bricks, and the shelves were placed very high. The baskets and porcelain jars used to hold the goods all had lids to prevent rats from getting in.
Simple snacks were made in the shop's backyard, while for more complex ones, to avoid revealing the secret recipe, Lin Yuesha decided to make them at home.
"It's all packed up."
Bai Cha nodded. Her family came to visit her yesterday, but because it was late and they had nowhere to stay, Lin Yuesha was planning to let them stay at her residence.
Unfortunately, Bai Cha's family absolutely refused to agree.
A maid's family member is of very low status; how could they live in the master's house?
Staying at an inn would cost money, so Lin Yuesha suggested that the family spend the night in the backyard of the shop.
Unexpectedly, before leaving, Bai Cha's parents and younger brother not only tidied up the yard but also chopped a lot of firewood.
Lin Yuesha sighed, "This family is really down-to-earth."
"Bai Cha, we're opening a shop at home soon, so there's a lot going on. Come home for a couple of days at the end of the month."
On the first day of the fourth lunar month, Lin Yuesha was going to take white tea and Longjing tea to the girls' school. However, once she arrived at the school, it was not so easy to leave.
"Miss, I don't need to go back."
Bai Cha blushed, feeling like she was causing trouble for the host family with too many things to do, while Longjing didn't need to take a break.
"It's okay, there aren't that many rules and customs at home."
Lin Yuesha didn't care. She didn't need maids to serve her at night. If she was thirsty, she would drink water herself. She could also find a chamber pot to urinate. She really couldn't imagine that those young ladies from wealthy families had seven or eight maids around them and even needed help to dress.
That way, she would think there's something wrong with her legs.
There were still apples scattered all over the ground. Lin Yuesha looked worried. Even the head chef couldn't cut several thousand kilograms of apples!
That's the downside of Daqi; everything is done manually, with no mechanized operation whatsoever.
We can't always rely on hiring people to do these things at home, because not everyone has such good knife skills.
Therefore, Lin Yuesha put down the kitchen knife and began to think of a solution.
She likes to eat potato chips, which are sliced thinly and deep-fried until crispy. They are then sprinkled with salt and pepper and chili powder, making them a great snack or appetizer.
There's no reason why a snack that's popular in modern times should be absent in Daqi.
However, manual slicing requires skill. Hiring a chef from a restaurant to do it would be very expensive.
How can we enable ordinary people to master such skills? Lin Yuesha thought of modern tools.
In fact, true chefs despise these tools, as they seem opportunistic. However, when faced with large-scale operations, working without tools would be exhausting.
After much thought, Lin Yuesha decided to go to the blacksmith's shop again tomorrow to make the slicing artifact.
Take a piece of iron, make an opening in the middle, sharpen it, and rub it against a potato or something similar; a thin slice of potato will come out.
The size of the opening in the middle determines the thickness of the potato slices.
Besides that, there's the shredder that almost everyone has these days, perfect for making uniformly sized potato shreds—it's incredibly practical. I just wonder if Daqi's technology can replicate that.
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