Joe's Farming

On the second day, Qiao Yu specially circled the area for seeds to avoid digging them by mistake.

At noon, a large iron pot was set up in the yard to stew lotus roots as usual. This time, more villagers came to taste the fresh lotus roots and sold two hundred kilograms of lotus roots on the spot.

The brother and sister who sold green plum juice last time also wholesaled 50 kilograms and planned to carry it to the town to sell.

Qiao Yu liked them both and charged only six cents per pound.

Finally, Qiao Yu asked someone to weigh the remaining lotus roots.

It actually weighs 3,500 kilograms.

This means that his family's one-acre lotus pond can produce about 4000 kilograms of lotus roots.

Qiao Yu was happy.

Although half of this weight is water, it is still considered a good yield.

Moreover, lotus root is rich in starch and dietary fiber, and has a strong sense of fullness, making it a very suitable crop for this era.

It can only grow in water and the soil must be fertile, so its growing conditions are quite harsh.

Qiao Yu guessed that the reason his lotus roots grew so well was probably because there were fish in the pond.

The staff of the villa worked hard for a whole afternoon and finally packed up all the lotus roots. Most of them were stored in the warehouse as Qiao Yu requested.

Two hundred kilograms were left and piled up in the kitchen of the villa.

In addition, Qiao Yu picked out two kilograms and planned to make lotus root powder.

Lotus root powder has a fragrant taste, is easy to brew, and can be added with various small ingredients.

For example, osmanthus, jasmine, red dates, nuts, etc.

Also convenient for storage.

The lotus roots dug out this time are more soft and glutinous, which is more suitable for making lotus root powder, and the powder yield will be higher.

The method is similar to making sweet potato flour. Wash the lotus root, grind it into fine mud, add water and filter it with gauze.

Then let the water sit overnight.

The lotus root powder will settle to the bottom. The next day, pour out the water, take out the powder and dry it.

Out of the two hundred kilograms of lotus roots, only twenty kilograms were produced, with a flour yield of only 10%. However, Qiao Yu was already very satisfied.

"Qiao'er, is this also starch?"

Qiao Yu deliberately kept everyone in suspense and did not tell everyone what lotus root starch is.

So Gu Feng thought that the starch he made this time would be used to marinate meat when cooking, just like the sweet potato starch and potato starch he made before.

Qiao Yu smiled mysteriously, and then said, "You will know in a while."

Only Li Xin had eaten lotus root powder, but the one he had eaten was the packaged kind, which had starch and flavors added to it. This was the first time he knew that lotus root powder could be made directly from lotus root.

Amazing.

Because she had made ice jelly before, Qiao Yu prepared a lot of small ingredients.

This time, Qiao Yu brought out these little pieces of information again.

The three little ones cheered immediately.

"Little Daddy! Do you want some ice jelly?"

"Little Daddy, I'll go get the ice powder seeds now."

"Little Daddy, can I go call Little Orange up to eat now?"

Qiao Yu:......

"Be good, it's so cold, we don't eat ice jelly, we eat lotus root powder."

Gu Feng held Gu Heng in his arms and weighed him, then asked quietly, "Qiao'er, I've never heard of lotus root starch. Is it also a snack from your hometown?"

Qiao Yu nodded: "Lotus root powder is a good thing, it strengthens the spleen and stimulates appetite. Brother Gu, what do you want to add?"

Qiao Yu’s side dishes include hawthorn, wolfberry, sesame, peanuts, osmanthus, and jasmine honey bought from the city.

It felt like jasmine pickled with rock sugar. Qiao Yu thought it was very fragrant so she bought some.

Gu Feng had no idea what to choose, so he said, "Qiao'er, just add whatever you like."

Qiao Yu thought that Gu Feng didn't like things that were too sweet or fancy, so she added some sesame seeds, peanuts and sugar, then poured boiling water over it while stirring.

After a while, the bowl of lotus root powder turned into a powdery and sticky bowl.

Looks very beautiful.

"Wow, it's not the same as ice jelly."

Gu Xiaoyan said in surprise.

"Daddy, please try it and tell us how it tastes."

Gu Xiaoxue urged.

Gu Feng hummed, held Gu Heng in one hand, scooped up the layer of noodles with a spoon and put it into his mouth.

The taste...how should I describe it?

Gu Feng thought about it, but couldn't think of any adjective, so he just gestured to the children to scoop it out with spoons themselves.

Gu Xiaoxue took a bite and said, "Hmm! Delicious! Sweet and fragrant!"

Gu Xiaoyan: "Ah, it turns out to be a mushy feeling, different from ice jelly."

Qiao Xing also nodded: "Ice jelly has no taste, but this has taste. Daddy, it's delicious. Can we make a cup of this for breakfast in the future?"

"Of course you can, but I'm afraid you'll be hungry if you only eat this. I can make some with good side dishes for you to take to the school. If you're hungry, just ask the teacher for a bowl of soup with boiled water."

Qiao Yu said.

After saying this, I realized that this is instant lotus root powder.

If stored well, the shelf life will be much longer than other foods, so there is no need to worry about the shelf life issue.

After Qiao Yu made a bowl of lotus root powder for everyone in the family, she took her own bowl with sesame seeds, osmanthus and jasmine honey and sat in her rocking chair.

Gu Feng put Gu Heng into a cradle with a small quilt to sleep.

Then she sat down with her husband, and the two of them held two bowls of lotus root powder, eating and chatting.

"Husband, do you think lotus root powder is easy to sell?"

"It sells well. Everything Qiaoer makes sells well."

Qiao Yu snorted in dissatisfaction: "Perfunctory."

"Really? Many of our delicious dishes are a bit spicy. Qiao'er, think about it. When you eat something spicy, if you have a bowl of lotus root powder, it won't be spicy anymore. This way, customers can eat more, and our business will be better."

Gu Feng explained seriously.

Qiao Yu took a big bite and said happily, "A bowl of ice jelly is icy cold in summer, and a bowl of lotus root powder is warm in winter. My husband, you are right!"

One pound of lotus root powder can make about 25 bowls, and the cost of one bowl is four cents. The price of the small ingredients is not cheap, but the quantity is small, so one bowl costs two cents, which means the cost of one bowl is six cents.

Then it’s not too much for him to sell it for ten cents.

Of course, these prices are calculated based on the fact that one pound of lotus root costs ten cents.

In fact, for Qiao Yu, the cost of self-production and self-sales is not that high, but the labor cost is high.

But in this era, labor costs are the cheapest.

So Qiao Yu happily decided to ask the villa to make another 20 kilograms of lotus root powder tomorrow.

Then the three stores will launch new products together.

As for why he didn't make more, it was because Qiao Yu was afraid that the locals would be reluctant to spend so much money on a bowl of snack.

As a result, the 20 kilograms of lotus root powder were sold out after three days.

The best-selling products are from the snack bars in Taoyuan Town, and some ship merchants even want to pack some to take home for their families to try.

Hong Ge'er remembered that Qiao Yu had reminded him that this thing had to be made on the spot, otherwise the taste would be bad, and the small ingredients would be difficult to package.

It took Hong Ge'er a lot of persuasion to finally dissuade the customer from the idea.

Hong Ge'er told Qiao Yu about this when he was delivering the account, which made him more resolute in his idea of ​​making lotus root powder into instant packages.

How could such a good thing be possible without his good partner and brother Xu Yuan?

So, Qiao Yu asked Lin Da, who had just brought Hong Ge'er over, to deliver a message to Xu Yuan.

"Tell him that we have something delicious at home and ask him and Xu Ning to come over and eat."