v2 Chapter 30： Two workshops

The first thing Shen Ruolan did when she returned to Kaoshantun was to visit Chun Yumin's new house in the mountains.

Chun Yumin’s new house was built in the mountains to the north of Shen Ruolan’s house. It was only one mile away from the house of Shen Ruolan’s house. It was four or five times the size of the house of Shen Ruolan’s house. There are more than one hundred wing rooms in total, in addition to repairing the floor dragon and warm wall.

Such a huge project requires a lot of workers to complete. Therefore, most of the villagers in Kaoshantuner and the surrounding villages are hired to do the work. Each person pays 50 yuan a day, settles in cash, and settles every day.

It was a surprise for the villagers to get this job. It is now November, and the autumn harvest is over. Everyone is idle and there is nothing to do at home, so they can eat and chew the money of the family. Son, now that you can find such a lucrative job, you don’t have to worry about running out of money for the New Year.

As a result, the men from the four villages of Kaoshantun'er, Sijiawazitun'er, Xiushui Village and Taohua Village all came to work, and hundreds of people built this mansion together, and the scene was very spectacular.

When Shen Ruolan went to see it, most of the house had been built, and the main houses were about to be covered. The surrounding wing rooms were also built to be more than one meter high. It will be completed in seven or eight days, because there are earth dragons and fire walls. The house doesn’t need to be dried. It only takes a few days to burn the fire wall and earth dragon to dry the house, and then you can live in it...

Shen Ruolan pretended to be watching the excitement and didn't tell anyone about the relationship between her and the owner of the house, not even her parents.

When Chun Yumin ordered people to build this house, he did not reveal his true identity. He only asked people to reveal that he was a young man from the city who wanted to go to the countryside to recuperate. Because the air in the mountains fits his body, he built this house. Of the house.

As for this son's surname, who is his name? He didn't reveal anything about the background, but only revealed that little information to let people know that he is not a bad person, and there is no bad purpose to come here, so as not to disturb his life by suspicion.

Shen Ruolan originally planned to open a vermicelli processing plant and a dried tofu processing plant immediately after returning, but because the workers were hired by Chun Yumin, her plan had to be postponed later, but the plant had to be planned.

She doesn't plan to manufacture at home. On the one hand, the noise will affect the quality of life of the family, so she plans to find two other houses in the village to open a vermicelli processing factory and a dried tofu processing factory.

There are currently two empty houses in the village, one belongs to Shen Dazhu's family and the other belongs to You family, but neither of these houses can be used.

The house in You's family is too small, similar to the two small rooms in the original Shen Ruolan's house, except for a large bed of Kang's face to turn around, let alone more than a dozen elders working in it.

The house of Shen Dahui’s family is big enough, it’s too dilapidated. I don’t know which generation of ancestors passed it down. The rafters on the roof are rotten, and the doors and windows are all ragged. Maybe it will collapse anytime, she doesn’t. She dares to open her own processing plant in a dilapidated house. If something happens, she will never get better in her life.

Therefore, two other big and sturdy houses must be found.

Soon, Shen Ruolan thought of where to look.

Didn't his older uncle and younger uncle deliberately learn her pastry skills? It just so happened that she taught them how to bake dim sum, provided that they had to sell her the house. In this way, she had a factory building and allowed the two people she hated to leave the village, which would kill two birds with one stone!

That night, she asked Shou Ya to find the older uncle and younger uncle, and discussed the matter with them.

Wang Wanfu is a short-sighted, careful eye. His eyes can only see the inch in front of him. Shen Ruolan is reluctant to let them customize the oven. Now that Shen Ruolan says he wants to buy their house, he immediately disagrees.

He has a deep obsession with family. He feels that if the house is sold, this person will have no home. If there is no home, what does it mean that this person is still alive?

He didn't expect to rebuild a better home after he made a lot of money. He only saw this little thing in front of him. He felt that he had tossed his home for those invisible money and couldn't commit it. Who knew that after learning her things in the future? Can you make money? If he can't make any money and his home is gone, wouldn't it be a panic?

So, flatly refused.

Qi Laishun was smarter than Wang Wanfu. Wang Wanfu refused. He didn't refuse. Not only did he not refuse, he also made suggestions that would benefit him.

"Hey, Lan'er, that's what my uncle thinks..." He accompanied the smiling face and said his plan.

"Don't you still have the craft of making crystal jelly? Why don't you pass that craft to me too. If this house is the case, I won't need any money. I'll exchange it for the secret recipe for making crystal jelly. Do you think this will work?"

Fearing that Shen Ruolan would disagree, he anxiously added: "Don't worry, even if I learn it all, it won't affect your business. When I learn it, I plan to go to the south and go to the south. Walk, at least seven or eight hundred miles, it will definitely not affect you!"

The Qi Lai Shun’s house in Kaoshantun is worth five hundred taels at most, but he still remembers Zhang Xingwang once said that the crystal jelly recipe of the second room is worth two hundred taels of silver, and the second room also relies on the crystal jelly recipe. After making a fortune, he wanted to replicate the success of Erfang, so he came up with this idea.

"Yes!" Shen Ruolan readily agreed.

If Qi Laishun learns to make crystal jelly, he will definitely have more opportunities outside, and the chance of returning to Shantun will be even smaller.

As long as their family can leave their patrons and don't come back and hang around their house again, Shen Ruolan would be happy even if he gave him the crystal-frozen recipe. Let alone a house for nothing.

Qi Laishun saw that Shen Ruolan agreed. He opened his mouth so happy that he smiled and said, "Then I will go to town to buy pork skins, so I can learn all those crafts..."

After the two parties agreed, they walked away happily, and met his brother-in-law Shen Degui on the road. The two chatted a few words, and Shen Degui was immediately tempted when he heard about it.

He also wants to go out and venture out and get insights. Although he teaches well in the village school now, he can earn two taels of silver each month, but his current life is too far from his ideal life. He doesn't want to live with a group of wild children all day long. He wants to make a fortune like his second brother, build a big house, and live in groups of slaves and maidservants, and live the life of being envied and jealous.

Therefore, he also wants to learn those skills and go out to explore. Maybe he can not only make a fortune, but also find Cotton Tree Drive!

Thinking of this, he hurried home to discuss the matter with his mother.

When Liu heard that his younger son had given up teaching and went out to do business, he suddenly shook his head like a rattle.

"No way, no, how are you doing business? You should teach at home honestly. Teaching is also a lot of money. You can earn two taels of silver each month. You don't know how many people are jealous of your position; Besides, let’s sell the house to them, and if we don’t make any money by that time, we will lose a lot of money. What do we eat and drink? How can we go and live there?"

Shen Degui Kaba said with small eyes, "Mother, look at what you said, it's as if your son is so incompetent. My second brother, a rough guy in the countryside who has never studied, has grown up with his jelly-making craftsmanship." Fortune, your son, I have been reading poetry and books since I was young, and my brain is not many times more active than my second brother. How can I lose it? Maybe I will earn more than he earns when the time comes. , You are an old lady in gold and silver, don't you want to live a good life in that kind of clothes to stretch out your hands and open your mouth..."

"Besides, take a hundred steps back. Even if I really didn’t make any money, even if we lose, are you afraid that we have no place to live? Don’t forget, you are my second brother’s mother-in-law, so it’s impossible for him to look at you. Go to sleep in the street?"

Liu listened, lowered his head and stopped talking.

Degui really makes sense. If he really pays, she doesn’t have to worry that their wife has no house to live in. After all, the second child is her own son. If there is such a day, she will cry in front of him. Crying or begging, the second child will definitely return the house to her, what else can she worry about?

It’s just that he has lived in the village for a lifetime, and never thought of leaving here to make a living elsewhere. He didn’t leave when he was young. Now that he is old and old, he has to leave his hometown to seek a living. She has no bottom. !

However, she also hopes that she can live the life of the youngest son, who lives forever and leaves forever, and if she had to live for a few days, she would not live in vain in this life!

"Mother, besides, if my son stays here in Kaoshantun, he can only marry a few vulgar and ugly village girls as daughters-in-law in the future. But if he goes out and breaks through, he might be able to marry an official. Will the lady come back to serve you? Think about it, if the son could marry a lady of the official family, it would be so prestigious...

Finally, under Shen Degui's persuasion, Liu reluctantly nodded and agreed!

Shen Degui was afraid that the night would have many dreams. As soon as his old mother agreed, she quickly went to Shen Ruolan to finalize the matter.

Shen Ruolan didn't expect her uncle to still have this ambition, but since he has it, of course she is happy to do it. It would be good if all the relatives of the rotten sons and horses have left, so that they don't need to stay in the village and count them.

Although it is not what she wants to teach them these skills, she is more willing to teach them to let them leave here than to let them stay in the village, so as to save her from watching them make trouble!

So Shen Ruolan talked to Shen Degui, and she taught him how to make dim sum and crystal jelly. In return, Shen Degui had to give Shen Ruolan the old house!

Shen Degui and Qi Laishun’s character is not good. Shen Ruolan was afraid that he would be wronged. The day before teaching them the craft, he specially prepared a table of wine and food, and banqueted Master Lizheng and Lei Butou from Zhenyamen for dinner. By the way Let them act as intermediaries to verify the validity of their contract.

After signing the contract, Qi Laishun and Shen Degui gave their respective house deeds to Shen Ruolan, and said that they had learned the craft and left Kaoshantun'er.

Shen Ruolan was eager to teach them the next day.

She taught them how to make egg tarts and sandwiches, and she also taught them how to make jelly. These things are not difficult, but they are also not easy. Shen Ruolan taught them for several days, and the two of them have learned.

After learning, Qi Laishun and Shen Degui couldn't wait to pack their things, organize their luggage, and go south with ambition.

Of course, Shen Xiuying, several children in the family and the old lady Liu also followed, and Shen Ruolan was pleased not to mention so many people who disgusted Shen Ruolan at once.

Now, their family will be able to spend their lives in the village.....

Afterwards, Shen Ruolan asked the Shouya sisters to clean up the houses of Qi Lai Shun'er's house and the old house. After finishing the cleaning, she pulled back all the equipment she had previously ordered. The old house was a vermicelli workshop, and let's come to Shun's house. In the tofu workshop, one of the two guys in the family lives in the noodle workshop and is responsible for the affairs of the fan house; the other lives in the dried tofu workshop and is responsible for the affairs of the dried tofu workshop, which is just right.

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The project on the mountain is coming to an end. Chun Yumin said that this year, we can only build the house. The rest of the pavilions and gardens will be reserved for the next year. Shen Ruolan waited patiently.

During this period, after recalling her past life and practicing many times, she finally made qualified noodles and dried tofu. When Chun Yumin's house is completely completed, her fan house and dried tofu workshop can also start.

The people in Tunli heard that Shen Ruolan was going to start a workshop and had to hire people, and they were all rushing to come to Shen Ruolan's house to sign up, lest he could not make it up late.

Shen Ruolan chooses the right people while letting go. As long as everyone can do it well, she hires no matter how many people come. When the workshop becomes bigger and stronger in the future, all the people from the village will come to her to work. Children are not enough!

These words, just like the Buddhist dialect, instantly made the villagers in Kaoshantun'er excited and overjoyed.

What is the concept of always hiring everyone? It means that everyone has things to do all year round and earns money. From then on, no one will go hungry!

As soon as the good news came out, the villagers in Kaoshantun'er all increased their quota with their hands, and they were so happy that they had passed the New Year. People in other villages were envious after hearing this, and they all hoped that the Shen family's workshop could hurry up. If the children are bigger and stronger, they can also have work to do.

The workshop has just opened, and Shen Ruolan, as the boss and technical backbone, first needs to teach them how to make vermicelli and how to make dried tofu.

In fact, it is very simple to make vermicelli. It is to clean potatoes with no green heads and a moderate size. After washing, crush the potatoes in time, and add water while beating. The finer the beating, the better. When the water in the basin is all clear, After taking out the surface oil powder, take the lower layer starch out and hang it into a powder mound, and expose it under the sun. When the moisture in the powder mound evaporates by half, cut the powder mound into several portions for exposure. It is best to put it in a place leeward to the sun to prevent dust pollution.

Then, pour the beaten noodles into the big basin, two or three guys started together, grabbing the basin with one hand, and smashing the dough mixed with the batter with clenched fists in the other.

When the wire is leaking, prepare a pot of boiling water, and only leak the wire when the water in the pot is boiling. One person is holding the dipper with his left hand, and the other is responsible for adding the dough into the dipper. The action should be brisk. water surface. Throw the noodles out of the pot into the prepared cold water, and then put the noodles in the water in another cold water tank and keep swinging in the cold water tank until the fans are loose.

Finally, hang the vermicelli on the bamboo pole in a ventilated outdoor and freeze until the vermicelli froze into one piece. When the sun comes out, hang the frozen vermicelli to the leeward and sunny place, rubbing it with your hands and gently using a wooden stick. Beat until it’s dried, and bundles of handmade vermicelli are ready.

The finished vermicelli is boiled, frozen, ventilated, and beaten several times. In the end, the smooth, soft, slippery vermicelli and wide noodles become the delicacies on people's tables.

This process is simple to say, but it is not so easy to do. Many places need to be done strictly in accordance with the requirements, otherwise it will fall short.

For example, the temperature of the flour dough should not be 30 to 42 degrees Celsius. When the flour is leaked, the dough should not be too hard or soft. The sliver will not leak out if it is hard, and the sliver that leaked out is easy to break if it is not handled properly. Become a pot of paste.

In order for everyone to master the technique proficiently, Shen Ruolan wasted hundreds of kilograms of potatoes before training dozens of big masters in the fan house.

After the training, Shen Ruolan invited all the young women from the village to her home and taught them how to make vermicelli.

There are many ways to eat vermicelli, stew, boil, stir-fry, and cook. Everything is delicious. Shen Ruolan demonstrated in person and made a big pot of chicken stewed vermicelli, a hot and sour vermicelli, and a pork and cabbage fried vermicelli. Please everyone Feel free to taste and eat.

Of course, she didn't invite them to eat in vain. She has a purpose.

His purpose is to teach them how to make vermicelli, and then let the women who are doing nothing at home go to various places to help her sell vermicelli.

Because the family’s vermicelli must be promoted in an all-round way, it’s not enough to rely on her to sell it alone, so Shen Ruolan focused on those old ladies who were doing nothing.

She is familiar with all the old ladies in Kaoshantuner, and many of them are clever and eloquent. As long as she has a little training, she will be able to train them into talents in the sales market, but she can't just look for those few people. So, I was afraid that other villagers would think that she was favoring one or the other, so she treated them equally, called everyone in, gave them a demonstration, and taught them how to sell. Everyone had equal opportunities, so whoever made money could not blame her. Now, she doesn’t have to worry that someone will be dissatisfied with her.

After the vermicelli was made, she asked the thin girl to wait for the vermicelli to be served out, and greeted everyone to eat. While greeting everyone, she said that she wanted them to go out for sales.

This group of women who were eating the noodles were very fragrant. When Shen Ruolan asked them to show up and sell things, they were so frightened that they put the bowl down and waved their hands and said that they couldn't do it.

When Shen Ruolan saw this, she smiled and said, "The price of these noodles for takeout is ten cents. If you sell one catty, I will give you a commission of one cent. If you sell ten catties for ten cents, if you can sell one. One hundred catties, you can mention one hundred cents. Think about it, if you can make one hundred cents, can you just spend any money in the future? Anyway, the opportunity lies here. It's up to you to sell or not. I will never force it!"

Potatoes are cheap, and you can buy two catties for a penny. Three or four catties of potatoes can produce one catty of vermicelli. Without cost and labor, the cost of a catty of vermicelli is between three and four pennies.

The price set by Shen Ruolan for vermicelli is ten cents, even if it is a little expensive, but she believes that just because her vermicelli is a unique product in the country, she will definitely not sell it because the price is too high. On the contrary, vermicelli The market will be very hot, and she will definitely make a lot of money.

When they heard that they could make money, the women who had waved their hands again and again suddenly stopped rejecting them. They looked at each other, their eyes still filled with eager excitement.

"Lan'er, do you think we can do it?"

It was Guisheng's daughter-in-law who was talking, and she hesitated and said, "We are just a bunch of country ladies, can we go to the restaurant and inn in the city to buy things?"

"Why not? I went to the county town by myself last year to sell crystal jelly? I also sold dim sum in Jizhou this year. As long as our goods are good, we are not afraid that we will not be able to sell or make money!" Shen Ruolan is full of confidence. Reply.

A few simple words gave everyone a great encouragement. Guisheng's daughter-in-law first said: "Okay, I will listen to you, count me, I will go out and try tomorrow!"

"Count me as one, I'll try it too, maybe I can make it? If it does, won't I be able to make money too?" May Lai's wife also muster the courage to sign up.

With the first and the second, there will soon be a third and a fourth. "Then count me as one, and I will try it tomorrow. It becomes the best. If it doesn’t work, it’s nothing? Rare orchids. You give us this opportunity to make money. If we miss it, next time we may have this good opportunity..."

"That's exactly what I said, if we can make money, it's convenient to spend it ourselves, isn't it? We don't need to spend a penny with the mother-in-law, and we have to look at her face!"

"Yes, then we are all trying, I don't care about you, anyway, I can specify, maybe I can really make money..."

Everyone, you talked to me, and the discussion was very lively.

Shen Ruolan looked at the agitated everyone, looking speechless!

Sure enough, money can cause ghosts to grind. When I didn’t mention the money just now, they were all unwilling to say that they could make money. Everyone would become a warrior. She estimated that now she It wouldn't be enough if they didn't let them go, they would definitely have to fight to get out.

"When you go out to sell, you have to use some strategies. If you don’t know how to say it, it’s better to get together with a few people, so as to save the truth and be speechless. If you are together, you can give each other courage. If you have any ideas, you can mention it. Also, it’s best not to go to one place. For example, if you guys go to Qisong Town, then you can go to Nong’an County, or go to Harahai Town. Anyway, you can’t go to the same place. All of a sudden squeezed into one place to sell, otherwise people won't treat our vermicelli as a rare thing..."

Shen Ruolan passed on experience for a while, and then trained everyone in a targeted manner for more than an hour before letting everyone disperse.

The next day, these women left home with noodles, some went to the county seat by car, some went to Qisong Town on foot, and several co-owned Dachuner’s car and went to Harahai Town. .

Shen Ruolan stayed at home and began to train workers in the dry tofu workshop again.

Compared to making noodles, making dried tofu is much simpler, because dried tofu is made in a similar way to tofu.

It is said that the soybeans are soaked and ground into soy milk first, and the ground raw soy milk is placed in a pot to boil until the soy milk is boiled. After boiling, add the newly ground soy milk, and keep stirring to avoid sticking to the pot. Then, wrap the soy milk with a clean white roving cloth and filter, the purpose is to separate the soy milk from the tofu residue, and then slowly pour the brine into the filtered soy milk, stirring constantly, put a little bit of brine and stir for a while, put a little Stir it for a while, it’s important to be patient in this step. After a while, a thin layer of skin will appear on the surface, which is the tofu skin, which can be eaten. When the bottom becomes a piece of tofu brain, this tofu brain is also very tasty.

Take out the tofu brain and mash it evenly, then use a spoon to gently and evenly place the crushed tofu brain on the tofu bag. Be sure to make it thin, a layer of gauze, and a layer of crushed tofu brain , And then cover with a layer of cloth, and then put a layer of tofu brain, this step is to be placed in a rectangular mold, because the dried tofu is rectangular, so Shen Ruolan specially made a squeezing tool out of wooden boards.

When the gauze and tofu brains are all placed, cover the lid of the mold, squeeze a little bit down, until the water is pressed down, after pressing, remove the rectangular mold layer by layer, and then combine the layers of dried tofu with Separate the tofu packets, stack the dried tofu and set aside, so that the dried tofu is ready.

There are more ways to eat dried tofu than vermicelli. It can be eaten raw, fried, stewed, or processed into spiced dried tofu. No matter which way it is eaten, the taste is absolutely superior!

Shen Ruolan patiently taught these elders to make dried tofu. From morning until evening, she finally made a rugged dried tofu.

Although it is ugly, Shen Ruolan is very satisfied. Since the first one has been made, it is not far from the second and third one...

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