Fifty servings of sour plum soup were quickly prepared, and Li Yan then weighed a few pounds of mint leaves. These summer-relief herbs cost a total of three taels of silver.
Li Yan plans to use them to make sour plum soup and mint drink, which are refreshing and thirst-quenching, and are really a great way to relieve summer heat.
After buying the herbs and saying goodbye to Dr. Zhou, Li Yan went to the grocery store and bought some salt, sugar and other seasonings. Then she returned to the snack shop carrying a lot of bags.
When Li Yan returned to the snack shop, Dayajie was helping to look after the shop in the front, while her cousin and Xiaocao were busy pressing noodles.
With this noodle pressing machine, making noodles is no longer a difficult task.
During the hour that Li Yan was out, the bamboo mat on the stone table in the courtyard was covered with pressed noodles.
Li Yan stepped forward and said with a smile, "Brother, you guys are pretty quick!"
Li Jianmin grinned happily and replied, "This thing is useful. It saves me a lot of trouble!"
"Brother, you'll need to work hard for the next two days. I plan to open a noodle workshop later. Then we won't have to go through all this trouble of pressing noodles every day."
After hearing his cousin's plan, Li Jianmin was really enlightened. He had never thought that they could also do business selling noodles!
Li Jianmin had an idea whether this business could be successful. The first thing that came to his mind was that restaurants and food stalls would be willing to buy the ready-made noodles. He knew that hand-rolling noodles was too labor-intensive.
Instead of spending time and effort on rolling noodles, it is better to buy ready-made ones.
Li Yan discussed the follow-up arrangements with her cousin, and then went to pack the supplies for tomorrow.
Li Yan walked to the kitchen in the backyard and took the two large pots in the kitchen to the well to wash them. These two pots had been idle since An bought them and had never been used, so they were covered with a layer of dust.
Li Yan planned to use these two pots to cook drinks tomorrow, so she naturally had to clean them.
After cleaning the stove, Li Yan put the pot back in the kitchen, looked at the amount of firewood stacked in the yard and saw that it was not enough, then walked out of the shop and waved to the open space in front.
When the two old men saw Li Yan waving, they stood up from the ground swiftly, picked up the firewood parked on the open space and rushed towards Li Yan.
Since the business of the market here has become increasingly prosperous, there are many more old men carrying firewood to the market to sell. Especially since there are restaurants and inns opened here, the amount of firewood needed is quite large.
Two men with hunched backs came to Li Yan, carrying firewood heavier than themselves.
"Girl, do you need firewood? My firewood is dried very well and produces less smoke when burned! It costs five cents for a bundle, and ten cents for a whole load." An old man replied.
Seeing that the other man had taken the lead, the other man quickly praised his own firewood.
Li Yan wanted to buy everything too, so she wasn't too picky. She pointed to the backyard and said, "I want all your firewood. Could you two old gentlemen help carry it to the backyard?"
When the two heard this, they were delighted. There was no reason for them to refuse. They immediately picked up the firewood on the ground and went to the backyard.
Since the establishment of this market, the two families have also benefited, and their lives have gradually become much better.
The two old men piled two loads of firewood in a corner of the yard, and then happily left with the money they earned.
After finishing the work in the shop, it was already evening, and my cousin Lin Qing went back first with my uncle.
Li Yan and Xiao Cao put the half-dried noodles into bamboo baskets and hung them in the air above the kitchen to prevent them from being eaten by mice at night.
Li Jianmin cleaned the used noodle making machine and carefully wiped off the water stains with a cloth. He then put the remaining noodle making machines on the mule cart, and the group headed home.
When the mule cart was driving in front of her house, Li Yan saw a man squatting by the wall of her house from a distance. When the mule cart stopped in front of her house, Li Yan realized that the man was Cao Jiang.
"Uncle, why are you squatting outside alone? If you have anything to say, go home and tell him."
Cao Jiang stood up immediately upon seeing the newcomer and explained, "It's nothing serious. The young lady asked us to help pick the herbs yesterday. We've rested up today. So, when do you think we should pick them?"
Today, he came to the Li family to ask after he came back with the relief food from the clan leader Li. However, the girl had not come back at that time. In the evening, he simply came here to wait. Miss Li hired people to help them build a house, so he had to fulfill his promise.
Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "Uncle Cao, you guys can take another day off tomorrow. We'll start harvesting the herbs the day after tomorrow."
After Cao Jiang got the confirmation, he said goodbye and left.
Here, the cousin unloaded the noodle press into the warehouse, then pulled the mule to the backyard to place it, while Li Yan began to prepare the ingredients needed to make cold noodles tomorrow.
"Auntie, do we have peanuts at home?"
Li Xiaomei shook her head. The fields at home were planted with wheat and soybeans. No peanuts.
Mr. Li: "What do you need peanuts for? Your grandma has some. I'll ask your eldest brother to get them for you later!"
After taking care of the mule, Li Jianmin walked to the front yard. He heard his grandfather's instructions and went straight home.
"That's fine, then I'll count it as my grandmother buying it!"
Mr. Li said with a fierce face: "It's just a few peanuts, why not buy them?"
"Master, I'm going to use this for food. I can't take something you've worked so hard to grow for free. If you don't want to pay me, then I don't want it!"
After hearing what his granddaughter said, Mr. Li did not refuse.
Li Jianmin quickly brought out the plump peanuts, and everyone in the family sat under the eaves to help peel the peanuts.
"What are you planning to cook next?" Li Xiaomei asked while peeling peanuts.
Without Li Yan's answer, Li Jianmin excitedly told everyone about the food his cousin mentioned.
Grandpa Li listened to his grandson's narration and nodded in agreement. Now that the weather is hot, it is a good idea to change to some cool and refreshing food.
Li Yan patted her butt and stood up. "I'll go knead the dough. Grandpa and Auntie, you two can help me try this food later."
Li Yan didn't wait for anyone to refuse her and ran into the kitchen to get busy.
Not to mention, after Li Jianmin’s description just now, everyone present was very much looking forward to it.
Li Yan quickly kneaded the dough and then took out a pasta machine from the warehouse.
Seeing this, Li Jianmin immediately went over to help.
"What is that thing in the girl's hand?" asked Mr. Li in confusion.
Li Xiaomei shook her head. She had never seen this thing before.
Daya, who had already seen the pasta machine in the store, immediately introduced it to the two of them.
After hearing what his granddaughter said, Mr. Li stopped peeling the peanuts and immediately stood up to check out the details out of curiosity.
Even though he had just heard his granddaughter's introduction, when he actually saw the noodles of uniform thickness being squeezed out of the noodle machine, Grandpa Li couldn't help but widen his eyes.
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