The Lu family sold two acres of chili peppers. After deducting the money for paying the grain tax, they still had several hundred yuan left, which was much better than the villagers who farmed.
The whole village was incredibly envious.
Upon learning that they still had two acres of land left to make chili sauce, some villagers made sarcastic remarks.
"Chili sauce isn't a rare commodity. What woman doesn't know how to make it? Who would waste money on it?"
"It's better to sell it and get over eight hundred yuan!"
The Lu family, including the Third Master Lu, dried the harvested chilies in their yard. Lu Siqiao used a rake to turn the chilies over, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Luo Xiaoxue was responsible for sorting out the dried chilies and finding out the bad ones.
"Mom, you're not feeling well, why don't you teach me how to make chili sauce?" Lu Siqiao dragged all the chilies into the storage room and said to Luo Xiaoxue with an expectant look on her face.
Luo Xiaoxue's chili sauce recipe is simple: wash the pickling jar thoroughly, making sure there is absolutely no oil or water in it, then mix red chilies, garlic cloves, salt, high-proof liquor, sugar, etc. together, and put them into the jar to ferment.
The chili peppers are spicy and delicious, and also have a unique fragrance.
Lu Siqiao quickly mastered the technique and made the exact same taste.
While Luo Xiaoxue was taking a nap, Lu Siqiao took out fermented black beans, sesame seeds, pepper, Sichuan peppercorns, and other ingredients from the cupboard. She chopped up all the ingredients, including ginger and garlic, and simmered them for an hour. After taking a bite, she found it to be fragrant, spicy, and delicious, with a rich flavor that was no less than the brand of instant noodles she had eaten in her previous life.
She then took another piece of meat, chopped it into small cubes, and added various seasonings and so on.
From afternoon to evening, Lu Siqiao made four kinds of chili sauce.
Everyone tasted four different flavors of chili sauce and unanimously agreed that Lu Siqiao's fermented black bean chili sauce was the most delicious.
"It's really strange. It's the same recipe, so why does this chili sauce have such a unique taste? After eating it, my throat doesn't feel dry at all; in fact, it feels incredibly comfortable," Lu Mingfeng asked.
Lu Siqiao casually replied, "It must be because the proportions are different."
She couldn't very well say that she used the spiritual spring water from the space, which caused the chili sauce to change in flavor.
As expected, anything produced by Guoran Space is a masterpiece.
“Dad, let’s go to the town market tomorrow and buy some bottles, then pack them up and give them to Godfather to see which one he ultimately decides to use,” Lu Mingqiao suggested.
Lu Mingfeng naturally agreed.
At night, Lu Siqiao flashed into her space and harvested the apples she had planted half a month ago with one click. She was very happy to find that her personal points had increased to five thousand.
I spent another 20 points on the self-service to catch a batch of fish from the stream.
Skillfully gutting the fish, coating them with chili sauce, and using the stove he had built on the shore to dry dozens of fish.
I was busy until 2 a.m. before I finally got to bed and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day, Lu Mingfeng took Lu Siqiao to the market to buy bottles.
Many of them are rough ceramic jars, either too big or too small.
Lu Siqiao visited several places, but all of them shook their heads.
"Qiaowa, what kind do you want? Tell Dad!" Lu Mingfeng asked anxiously.
Lu Siqiao took out the drawn pattern, gestured to indicate the size, and said, "I want a transparent glass bottle that weighs about one pound."
Upon hearing that glass bottles were required, Lu Mingfeng exclaimed anxiously, "Wouldn't the cost be even higher if we used glass bottles? Would anyone even buy them?"
"Dad, we need to pay attention to packaging, otherwise, even the best chili sauce won't be affordable."
Lu Siqiao saw a stranger pushing a cart full of glass bottles of various colors and shapes. After asking, she learned that the man was a worker at the Y City Glass Factory. The factory owed him wages, so he took a batch of goods to pay off the debt.
Lu Siqiao was very happy. This large glass bottle, shaped like a lucky bag, was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and could probably hold about a pound.
"One yuan each, that's too expensive." Lu Mingfeng only found out after asking that this thing actually cost one yuan, and he exclaimed that it was too expensive and the cost was too high.
Lu Siqiao bargained with the boss, saying that they were from a chili sauce factory and wanted to buy thirty bottles as samples first, and that once they opened up the market, they would definitely need far more than that.
Upon hearing that there would be a long-term cooperation, the boss agreed to sell each bottle for 80 cents.
Lu Mingfeng and his daughter were leaving with bags and bags of bottles when a woman happened to see them.
“Isn’t that my older brother and Qiao Wa? Why are they buying so many bottles?” Lu Minghui is Grandma Ruan’s youngest daughter. She went to the market with her mother-in-law today.
She went to ask the owner of the glass bottle and was surprised to learn that the eldest son had actually set up a chili sauce factory and was even willing to spend 80 cents to buy a broken bottle.
"Mother, you go back first, I'm going back to my parents' home." Lu Minghui was in a hurry to return to Lu Family Village.
After returning home, Lu Siqiao packed eight bottles of each type of chili sauce and tied a knot at the mouth of the bottle with straw to hang the chili sauce flavor.
Looking at her unique decorations, Luo Xiaoxue exclaimed that they were exquisite.
"This doesn't look like chili sauce to me, it looks more like some kind of high-end gift." Holding the glass jar, she said with delight, "This chili sauce that used to sell for a few cents now looks like it could sell for two dollars after being packaged."
"Two yuan? Then we've worked for nothing! We need to sell it for at least three yuan to break even," Lu Siqiao said seriously.
A bottle of chili sauce costing three yuan was something Luo Xiaoxue never even dared to dream of.
"This chili sauce is delicious! It's fragrant, refreshing, and spicy, with an unforgettable aftertaste! Great..."
After tasting the chili sauce, Cai Ming exclaimed how delicious it was and immediately summoned the design department staff to design a logo.
"How about Siming chili sauce?" one of the staff members suddenly suggested.
By incorporating both Lu Siqiao's and Cai Ming's names, no one will be offended.
Cai Ming frowned, clearly somewhat dissatisfied.
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