Chapter 29: Rice Milk Maker Buys a Small Copper Scale…
Chapter 29
The three Lin brothers and sisters discussed their next itinerary together.
Cousin Lin meant that he would go to the second-hand market himself since he had been there once and was familiar with it.
He also bought an electric beater.
The sun was getting hotter and hotter, so I stopped letting my sisters run any further.
My sisters just need to bring the ceiling fan and push their bicycles and carry the washing machine home.
Lin Mujin meant the same thing, but she wanted to call the newspaper as she had already submitted the manuscript.
This way I don’t have to go out in the afternoon.
Cousin Lin reminded him, "I'll install this ceiling fan when I get back."
Lin Mujin was obedient, and even if she was asked to do it, she wouldn't be able to do it. "I understand, brother."
Then he took out six hundred yuan and quickly stuffed it into Cousin Lin's pocket, "More money, less money."
After saying that, he ran away quickly with the ceiling fan.
She spent a total of 750 coins today, and still had 250 yuan to pay later. She didn't have much money left.
Fortunately, the newspaper is about to pay the manuscript fee, so it’s not a big problem.
Cousin Lin called from behind, "Sister, wait for me."
Lin Mujin was afraid that her cousin Lin would quarrel with her over money, but she did not go far, waiting for her cousin Lin.
"Sister, let me help you."
She held the ceiling fan in one hand and the washing machine on the back seat with the other.
"Sister, I need to make a call, wait for me for two minutes."
Lin Mujin placed the ceiling fan at her cousin's feet. This thing was really heavy, weighing about seven or eight pounds. It was very heavy in the hand, and you could feel that it was made of real materials.
Lin Mujin actually hung up the phone in less than a minute. There wasn't much to say. It was always the same few words. Of course, she didn't forget to remind me to pay the manuscript fee on time.
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Cousin Lin came back in the afternoon with an electric beater in his hand.
Must try it.
I soaked two bowls of rice at home this morning, and it was already broken into pieces with a light pinch, meeting the requirements for making pulp.
Cousin Lin rinsed the blender several times and then started pouring rice and water into it, with the ratio of one to one.
Press the switch, the machine hums, and soon the white rice milk comes out.
Lin Mujin continued, holding the basin. "It's a machine, it's really fast."
In two or three minutes, the rice milk is ready.
Of course, it’s also because there is too little rice.
Cousin Lin asked, "Is the machine okay?"
Lin Mujin replied, "It's very smooth, no problem."
Cousin Lin breathed a sigh of relief. "I didn't buy anything particularly expensive. The boss said it's a famous inland brand, and everyone who bought it said it was cheap and useful. The price is four hundred and twenty dollars, one hundred and twenty dollars for four wheels, a total of five hundred and forty dollars."
He took out some money and said, "Here are the remaining sixty dollars."
Lin Mujin took it and said, "Thank you, brother."
I will use this money to buy some beef shank and make some braised beef so that my family can have a good meal.
Cousin Lin turned around and went to work. The ceiling fan was still waiting for him to install.
This job belongs to him alone.
Cousin Lin and Lin Mujin were helping out on the side.
It was pretty easy to install, and it was done in less than ten minutes.
Because there is only one ceiling fan, it is placed in the living room without any dispute. At night, you can still feel a little cool in the bedroom without closing the door.
Of course, Cousin Lin became the biggest beneficiary because he slept on the sofa in the living room.
As soon as Lin Muli pushed the door open, he felt the cool...wind.
I subconsciously looked up and saw, "It's a ceiling fan!"
Lin Mujin waved to him, "Come in quickly, I asked you to buy it..."
Lin Muli still looked up, "What brand is this?"
Without stopping, he took off his schoolbag, pulled out a small copper scale, and handed it over. "Fifty dollars for completing the task."
It is the gram scale used in pharmacies to weigh Chinese herbal medicines.
Lin Mujin thought to herself, how precious!
But I have to buy it, because when I want to cook at home in the future, it will definitely involve some recipes.
Therefore, some seasonings must be used accurately to the gram and cannot be used arbitrarily, so as to avoid having one flavor today and a different flavor tomorrow.
You can be free with home cooking, but it is better to have more stability when doing business with foreign countries.
And she also needs to use a small scale to calculate the cost, which is related to pricing.
"Have you learned it?"
This is also one of the tasks that Lin Mujin gave to my younger brother.
You can't just have a scale, you have to know how to use it.
Lin Muli puffed out his chest and said, "It's very simple if you know how to use it."
Explain while practicing.
Lin Mujin also learned it quickly.
Later, cousin Lin also came to join in the fun. Lin Muli patiently taught her again and she also learned it.
"Sister, have you noticed that the dough made at night is not as chewy as that made in the morning?" Lin Mujin said.
Cousin Lin was a little anxious. "Yes, I tasted it too. Is it because the rice milk is not good? Then I bought the rice beater for nothing."
Lin Mujin held her chin in her hand and thought, "Rice milk will definitely work."
This has been practiced by countless people.
She remembered that sausage shops would add tapioca starch to increase the chewiness of the sausage.
Cassava starch is very cheap, even cheaper than rice, so you can give it a try.
"Sister, I have an idea. I'll do an experiment tomorrow and calculate the cost at the same time."
Cousin Lin didn't say anything else.
Maybe she didn't want to say anything to spoil the fun, after all, she had already invested a lot of money.
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Lin Mujin held herself to the same rigorous standards as in an experiment. She added 5%, 10% and 15% cassava flour to three portions of rice milk, each 500 grams.
Then he started weighing various spices.
Since the prices of the spices are similar, I weighed them together, otherwise the gram count would be a bit too small.
Lin Mujin wrote the data in a notebook to facilitate subsequent calculations.
"Sister, can't this spice be used several times?" asked cousin Lin.
Lin Mujin nodded. "Yes, it's fine to use it four or five times. But to keep the flavor pure, you need to add a small amount of new spices each time."
This issue also needs to be taken into consideration so that we cannot generalize when calculating costs.
There is no need to calculate very precisely, an approximate number will be enough.
Lin Mujin recorded the data and said to her cousin, "Sister, think about what else you need to buy. You definitely need to buy iron pots, steamers, gas stoves, and gas tanks."
Cousin Lin sighed, "It's going to cost a lot of money."
Lin Mujin laughed and said, "If you want to make money, you have to invest money first."
It's not impossible to get something for nothing, but unfortunately they don't have the ability.
Lin Mujin continued, "Sister, why don't you buy a bigger iron pot and steamer so that you can wrap more dough. Rice isn't expensive anyway, so it's nice to give customers a little more so they can get a better deal."
The current price of ordinary rice is around 1.5 yuan.
You can bargain if you buy in bulk.
So the main cost of hot noodle wrappers is spices and side dishes rather than rice.
The basic version can be made by adding more dough and reducing the side dishes, which is both affordable and reduces costs.
Oh! She definitely has the potential to be a profiteer.
Cousin Lin also said, "We need to buy more bowls and chopsticks, as well as buckets and large basins. In addition to hot noodles, we also need to sell fried dumplings, so we need to buy a flat iron pan as well."
Lin Mujin subconsciously started to count the money, and had a bad feeling that the small amount of money might not be enough.
Even though the individual prices of the items are not expensive, the total amount is not a small amount.
But it’s not a big hurdle, there’s nothing that can’t be overcome.
She can borrow from her cousins.
But she didn't want to do that, because it was easy to borrow but difficult to repay. They would definitely not let her pay back the money, and there would be a lot of arguments.
So she was more inclined to ask the newspaper for an advance, write more articles, and ask Editor-in-Chief Wang for some leniency. It wouldn't be a big problem!
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