Sister-in-law Xiuhua felt that if she sold them for three coins each, she was indeed a little worried that she wouldn't be able to sell them.
Selling them for one penny each is definitely not a problem.
"Then it's settled. If we sell it every day, we'll definitely buy this much pork fat residue. From now on, we'll only fry pork fat the day before market day."
Then, pork crackling buns are only sold on market days, which is quite a unique feature of our place.
Wei Yuyan thought that maybe this way, everyone would be more interested in it.
"Okay, how do you do it? Will you teach us this afternoon or what? You're out of pork cracklings, right? I have some here."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua felt that if she made them herself, they wouldn't taste as good, so she thought it would be better to learn how.
"Okay, I'll come over this afternoon to teach you and Sister-in-law Zhang."
Wei Yuyan nodded and prepared to go back; the children needed to go home for dinner.
No need to cook lunch today, we can just have fried pork crackling buns.
"Sister-in-law, let's eat steamed buns. What will Xiao Hei and Xiao Hua eat?"
Qianqian was more concerned about whether her puppy would go hungry.
"Didn't you leave a bowl of noodle soup this morning? Take it out and pour it for them."
Wei Yuyan usually cooks a little extra, and gives the leftovers to the puppies, who are quite mischievous now.
He often ran back to play with his mother, making a mess of Aunt Guihua's house that was unbearable to look at.
Aunt Guihua said that her family's vegetable garden was almost destroyed.
Fortunately, Aunt Guihua loves dogs; otherwise, anyone else would have beaten them up long ago.
"Sister-in-law, look, this lotus root has sprouted."
Xiao Lei was eating a steamed bun when he went to check on the chicks and saw a tiny pointy thing emerging from a puddle nearby.
"Oh? Really?"
Wei Yuyan never expected that she would succeed in planting it.
This sprout is quite slow; it's been half a month, and only this tiny little tip has emerged.
I wonder if lotus roots will grow next year, or if I can dig a small pond in my new home.
It's specifically used for growing lotus roots. There are so many delicious dishes you can make from lotus roots, like lotus root sandwiches and lotus root balls.
"Sister-in-law, will it bloom with lotus flowers next year?"
Qianqian had some expectations.
"I don't know, maybe not, because it's still too small."
Wei Yuyan thought it would take at least two years to bloom, since it was still so small now.
"Okay, sister-in-law, Xiaohua took me to school today. After dropping me off, she went home."
Qianqian recalled the interesting things that happened today.
"Really? Little Flower, that's wonderful! Then your sister-in-law won't have to worry about your safety anymore."
Wei Yuyan didn't expect that Xiao Hua was much more sensible than Xiao Hei, who only knew how to run around like crazy every day.
Unlike Xiaohua, who can now be used as a bodyguard.
"yes".
Qianqian looked at Xiaolei triumphantly, as if to say, "My puppy is the smartest and the best."
Unfortunately, Xiao Lei didn't want to compete with her in these things. After eating, he went to his room to take a nap, otherwise he would easily fall asleep in the afternoon.
I heard that Master Wei is very strict. If anyone dares to doze off in class, they will be punished by standing or cleaning the classroom.
In the afternoon, Wei Yuyan went to Sister Xiuhua's house to teach the two sisters-in-law how to make pork crackling and cabbage buns.
"Actually, this is very simple. I'll explain it, and you can do it."
Wei Yuyan divided the materials in two, so that the two of them could work on them and learn at the same time.
"Hey girl, I have tons of cabbages at home, you can pick them from my garden later."
Sister-in-law Zhang figured that if she couldn't finish the cabbage, she could feed it to the chickens and ducks.
"My family is the same, let's take turns coming then."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua chimed in.
"Okay, the chilies are picked from yours now, but we'll give you extra money for vegetables every month."
Wei Yuyan's old house's vegetable garden has been neglected. At the beginning of the month, she dug up the land behind the new house and planted vegetables.
It's estimated that it won't grow until the end of November or December.
“Sister-in-law, no need, really. You pay us a lot of wages, and we are very grateful.”
We do this voluntarily; we're happy it serves a purpose, so why would we accept money?
Sister-in-law Xiuhua and Sister-in-law Zhang were hoping their steamed bun shop business would flourish, so their income would remain stable.
What's the big deal about a few vegetables?
"Alright then, since you've put it that way, I have no choice but to accept it. The water's boiling, so we can start steaming."
After the buns undergo a second fermentation, they are steamed.
"Should we sell it at the next market day or the time after that?"
Xiuhua's sister-in-law put all the buns into the pot and started steaming them.
"Next time, you just fried the pork cracklings today. The steamed bun shop must have plenty of pork lard, so there's no need to make pork cracklings on purpose."
We'll fry as much as the shop needs.
Wei Yuyan emphasized once again that this was a way to make use of waste, not a deliberate research and development effort.
"Understood".
Sister-in-law Xiuhua and Sister-in-law Zhang nodded, indicating that they understood.
From then on, I would fry some lard the day before each market day, enough to make quite a few fried pork crackling buns.
A few days later, on the first day of selling pork crackling buns, Wei Yuyan went to help out early.
Today, Li Cai and his wife were selling at the market, so she came to help out because there were a lot of buns to prepare and the pressure was high.
"Dear aunties, uncles, brothers, sisters, young men, and young ladies, we have new steamed buns today."
Pork crackling buns, only one penny each, first come, first served!
Wei Yuyan loudly promoted the idea, and Li Cai and his wife started to imitate her, shouting it out loud as well.
Fried pork crackling buns are indeed quite popular.
Today, the market had the equivalent of ninety extra fried pork crackling buns, but they sold out almost as quickly as usual, less than 15 minutes later.
"Great, these fried pork crackling buns are so popular!"
Yu Yan, how about we cancel the stir-fried pork and chili buns and sell more of these pork crackling buns instead?
Brother Licai sells whichever product sells quickly.
"What do you know? People are just eating it out of curiosity, plus it's cheap, I think that's already a lot."
If we sell over a hundred pork crackling buns, it'll probably take a long time to sell them next time.
This time, Sister-in-law Zhang had her own unique insights and refuted Brother Licai's words.
"Sister-in-law Zhang and I think the same thing. Fried pork crackling buns are not really special. They are just cheap, which is why people buy them."
In terms of taste, it's absolutely impossible for it to compare to our mushroom and meat sauce buns and chili-fried pork buns.
Wei Yuyan was quite impressed with Zhang Dasao this time; she was much smarter than Li Cai Ge.
Everyone was overjoyed with this successful start, and Wei Yuyan even bought three catties of pork belly.
As a reward, she let each of them take a pound home. Wei Yuyan returned home and began cooking.
Today I made pork belly with garlic sprouts. The kids love garlic sprouts, and I also made vegetarian sweet potato leaves.
The sweet potato leaves were given to me by Aunt Guihua; they were especially tender. They had just been stir-fried when a light rain suddenly started to fall.
Looks like I'll have to deliver the food today.
Wei Yuyan found two bowls, one for vegetables and one for rice.
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