Young rich peasants

Lei Shounuo told the people in the village about the idea of ​​dried sweet potatoes, but everyone didn't like it very much.

Think about it, lychees and longans can be dried in the sun because they have juice and water, and they can be sun-dried thoroughly.Your sweet potatoes are hard, won't they become even more dry and hard after being baked in the sun?It's hard to say whether you can eat it or not.

And why make it dry?The dried fruit is said to be convenient for storage and also has medicinal effects.If you want to eat sweet potatoes, you can pluck them from the field and get them from the granary. Why bother making them dry?

Lei Shounuo also had this consideration, but after listening to Zaozi's brief description, he felt that dried sweet potatoes are still very different from fresh sweet potatoes.Especially the "tough", who has eaten sweet and tough sweet potatoes?This is the selling point.

The taste of their sweet potatoes is strong enough, and it must be delicious when made into dried sticks. The point is that there is no need to worry about the size of the sweet potatoes. Even if the sweet potatoes grown every year are still so small and thin, no one can tell when they are made into dried sticks. No need to pick.

"If not, let's try a little bit first. If we have any good idea, we have to try it before we know if it will work." Lei Shounuo said.

Someone disagreed, "Keep your promise, trying is time-consuming and energy-consuming, it is better to take care of the fields and the fruit trees on the mountain. What if it fails? It's not worth it."

After being whipped by his little dad, Lei Shounuo strengthened his mind a lot, and said, "Who dares to say that he will definitely fail? Since there are five percent failures, there is naturally a five percent chance of success. If we succeed, we all benefit , If you lose, even if you give up, at least you know that this road will not work, so you can concentrate on finding a new road."

People who don't understand still don't understand, but Lei Shounuo's demeanor already has the feeling of a big man. After a period of running-in, everyone subtly agrees that this little guy is the leader, even the villager who has lived in Xiacun for a long time They all agreed to let Lei Shounuo take care of Shangcun's affairs.So everyone finally agreed to let Lei Shounuo try this time.

Lei Shounuo picked two batches of sweet potatoes, one batch was the thin sweet potatoes that accounted for the vast majority, and the other batch was the picked large ones.He kept an eye out, wanting to see the difference between sweet potatoes of different sizes after being dried.

As a military adviser, Zaozi was invited to Ye's house cautiously.

Lei Shounuo's house is not sunny enough, Ye's is in the best location, and the head of Ye's family is willing to help.Of course, the favorite food of the Ye family also followed the whole process.

Zaozi was anxiously awaited by nearly ten people on the spot.Lei Shounuo said: "Zaozi don't need to be nervous, just tell what you know, and everyone else will work together to find a solution."

Only then did Zaozi's heart settle down, and she successively said the parts she remembered:

The sweet potatoes need to be left for a while so that they are sweet enough.The sweet potatoes in their granary have been stored long enough.

Then boil it, add water to soak the sweet potato, cut it into strips after cooking, and take it out to dry.

"It's that simple?" Ada Ye thought it was more complicated.

Zaozi scratched his head, "That's what my grandpa did."

Lei Shounuo said, "We'll do this once, with Ye Xiaorong here, what are we afraid of?"

Everyone laughed, that's right, the brother of the Ye family knows how to cook, and often has novel ideas, but I don't know where they came from.

With a smile like this, the atmosphere is much better.Everyone rolled up their sleeves and started working.

For the first time, the sweet potatoes they boiled were too ripe to be cut into strips, and they were barely cut into slices, which fell off when pinched.

The second time, everyone knew how to measure and successfully cut into strips. Lei Shounuo specially reserved a part for cutting into slices to see if there would be any difference.

Then it is dried.In fact, it is said to be dried, it is better to be dried.Because the sun is not strong enough, but the wind is strong enough.

But in the end it was done anyway, the color was as beautiful as honey, both helpers and non-helpers gathered around, Lei Shounuo didn't care about the objections before, and shared the dried potatoes.

Sweet, a little glutinous, very flavorful when chewed, I want to eat more after eating one.The strips are chewy, and the flakes are sticky.And it was strange to say that the dried potatoes made from the big sweet potatoes were not as sweet as the small ones, and the sweet potatoes in the village unexpectedly grew right.

I didn't do much by myself, just enough for everyone to share a round.

Some people lamented that they didn't expect that this sweet potato can really make a completely different taste by changing the method.

How good it is to greet relatives and friends during festivals. You can eat it when you have nothing to do, and you can eat it when you are hungry, whatever you say.

Now everyone is willing to do it, but Lei Shounuo said that he is not in a hurry, "Maybe other methods will taste better or have a different flavor, let's try a few more times first."

Those who opposed at first really admired Lei Shounuo, dare to try, think more, who will succeed if he fails?No more objections, the first to raise your hand in support.

Lei Shounuo gathered all the good cooks in the village together and let everyone express their opinions.

There are several ways to get to the end:

Then make it with the method that Zaozi said, put some on the roof to half dry and half dry, and put some to dry in the shade to see which tastes better. You can also record the time of cooking sweet potatoes and the time of drying to see which is the best.

The second one is half-dried and half-steamed. This was proposed by Ye Xiaorong.

"Steaming is not afraid of the taste being taken away by the water!" He originally wanted to steam the whole sweet potato, but was dismissed by Ye's family, "How long does it take for the sweet potato to be cooked?"

"Then cook it first, then steam it!" Ye Xiaorong said with a smile.

This is feasible, Lei Shounuo agrees.

The third method refers to the roasted lychee and longan, which is boiled, cut and baked.

The fourth method is Lei Shounuo's own idea. Since they are all cooked, they should be boiled, add some sesame seeds and crushed peanuts, mix them into pancakes, and spread them out on a cloth to dry.

Once the method is determined, those who are free will divide the labor and cooperate, and several households will work together to do one kind, and strive to shorten the time.

In those days, the sweet smell of sweet potatoes wafted everywhere in Magu Village, and even the drinking water seemed to have a sweet taste.

The first method was a big success, and all the dried sweet potatoes in several households could be sold.

There were a lot of mistakes in the second method. Fortunately, the people who made it had a few tricks and talked for a long time, and made more delicious dried potatoes.The last method they tried was to boil it three times and dry it three times. The color is not as good as the first method, but the sweetness and aroma are the most abundant, just like eating honey.

The third method is not liked by everyone, it is too hard to make.

The fourth method failed. The mashed sweet potato is not easy to handle, the spread is not thin enough, the climate is not suitable, and it cannot be dried thoroughly.

But everyone thinks this approach is feasible, just wait until summer and try again.

Looking at the finished product, Lei Shounuo breathed a sigh of relief.He decided to specialize in drying and steaming. When the lychee and longan are cooked, he will make a trip to the north.

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When everything was in full swing, something unpleasant happened in the village.

Someone from Xiacun came to steal sweet potatoes and was caught on the spot.

It turned out that the people in my own village mentioned the dried sweet potatoes to the people in the lower village. The people in the lower village became more active and followed suit.But others can try it, but after trying several times without success, they suspect that the sweet potatoes from Shangcun can only be dried, so they climbed mountains and waded to steal them.

Lei Shounuo asked carefully, the people in the lower village cooked the whole thing and took it out to dry, how could such a big one get thoroughly dried?But this is related to his own business, he did not point it out.

He sent people to the county government office, and the county magistrate and legal order issued them.This is called as a warning to others, lest others covet it.

It's just that some people are not afraid of death, and they might still put themselves in danger, so Lei Shounuo began to arrange people to guard the granary.Those small sweet potato seedlings that were missed in the field were pulled up one by one and taken back to the hut or burned.

Their sweet potato seeds cannot be stolen and must be firmly guarded.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, they took advantage of their free time to dry the sweet potatoes one after another, tidy them up and put them back in the granary.

But this time, jujube, the hero of sweet potato, has been praised by everyone.In the past, everyone thought that jujubes were reduced to this field because no one wanted them, but looking at them now, they are well-informed and well-informed, what a good person.

Zaozi was very happy, and he was satisfied if he could help.

It's just that he also has his own little trouble, which is the vest.

The weather will gradually get warmer in the future, and the vests should be even more unsold, so he didn't dare to continue making new ones.But he was always unwilling to do so, it was obviously the way he remembered, why was it all taken away by someone?

He was still thinking about using the vest to buy big meat for Lei Ge and Xiao Dae, but now it's all gone.

He thought over and over again, but he was still not reconciled.He thought hard, thought hard, and drew all the clothes pictures he could remember on the wooden board with charcoal.

In fact, he can only draw a general appearance, which is crooked and can barely be understood.

Mei Xiaopai pointed to the sleeveless dress and asked him, "Is this half-sleeved dress worn alone? No other clothes inside?"

Zaozi nodded, "This is called a short-sleeved T-shirt. It's cool to wear in summer."

The little dad shook his head, "At most, they are sold to hard workers. Ordinary people like to wear clothes with sleeves and collars. But hard workers may not be willing to buy them. It is convenient for them to wear sleeveless clothes."

Zaozi was a little disappointed, and pointed to the dress again.This time, my dad is even more pessimistic. There are too few fabrics, and the style is also strange. It is called "sleeves". There is also a piece of clothes with no collar and sleeves on it, and no pants inside. Who would dare to wear it out?It's too bad.If it's just for lower garments, everyone will do it, unless you work hard on fabrics and embroidery, it's not very interesting.

Zaozi also drew other clothes, some of which my dad couldn't understand, and some of them were still not suitable.

Lei Shounuo came to see him, he comforted Zaozi and said: "Chen Kingdom has rules for dressing, if it's really not working, just think about something else."

Zaozi said, "I'm really useless..."

Lei Shounuo said with a smile: "Zaozi is not allowed to say that, it is because of you that the sweet potato found a way out, how can it be said that it is useless? You are my big baby, so powerful it matters!"

Zaozi was not sure, "Really?"

Lei Shounuo patted his chest and promised, "You can rest assured to believe what Lei Ge said!"

Zaozi was finally relieved.Finally gave up the idea of ​​moving modern clothing styles to ancient times.

In fact, it is much more reliable for him to concentrate on embroidery. This is what my little dad said. Zaozi has been thinking about making clothes all day long, so embroidery is a bit neglected.According to Zaozi's talent, it is very possible to embroider high-quality goods.At that time, a high-quality product will be worth gold, so why worry about it?

Think about it too, good embroidery can also make money.Zaozi regained her confidence and put her energy back to embroidery.