The real daughter is really not a human being

Chapter 215 It’s time to go home

A group of veteran soldiers learned how to make tofu pudding in the back house for a few days and almost mastered all the steps.

Zhu Xin explained to them clearly how to choose beans, how long to soak them, how much water to add for grinding, and what to pay attention to during the process.

If one step is not done well, the taste of the tofu will be worse, so Zhu Xin tried to explain it as carefully as possible.

But there is one thing Zhu Xin didn’t say, and that is the recipe of the brine.

Passing on the craftsmanship is one thing, passing on the recipe of the brine is another. People’s hearts are separated from their stomachs. If all the things were handed over to others, and they turned around and opened their own store, Zhu Xin would have nowhere to cry.

Zhu Xin only holds the recipe for the brine in her own hands. She mixes it herself and then asks people outside to transport the water out.

As for other things, we’ll talk about them later.

During the time when everyone was learning the craft, the closed shop was also renovated according to Zhu Xin's requirements.

A long table was placed outside the main entrance, making it convenient to advertise the things being sold in the shop to others.

Inside, all the original counters were removed and a lot of tables, chairs and benches were added. A small stove was also built to make it convenient for cooking other soups and the like.

On the first day the shop opened, it only sold original flavor tofu pudding.

Zhu Xin asked Manager Xu to find a eloquent servant to shout at the door.

“Fresh and tender tofu pudding, freshly baked!”

"This is a skill I learned from a wealthy family in the capital! Come and try it!"

The waiter called out enthusiastically, and seven or eight bowls of snow-white tofu pudding were lined up on the chopping table at the door, which was really eye-catching.

"Can you give me a bowl? It's only one penny a bowl!"

"Really one penny a bowl?" the passerby asked in disbelief.

"Of course it's true. Sir, please come in."

The servant boy shouted loudly and emphasized that the tofu pudding master came from the capital and learned it from the wealthy families in the capital. Ordinary people could not have it!

Because of the gimmick of coming from the capital, the appearance of the tofu pudding, and the price of one cent per bowl, many people are willing to give it a try.

After eating the tofu pudding, it is indeed very smooth and tender, even easier than chewing snow in winter. It melts in your mouth and you can't keep it in your mouth at all.

It’s delicious and fresh, but it seems to be missing something.

So on the second day, the shop started shouting again, "Freshly baked salty tofu pudding!"

Salty tofu pudding is made by sprinkling crushed salt beans on it and adding some chopped green onions. The tiny bits of green onion look like green leaves, setting off the whiteness of the tofu pudding.

The store also has vinegar and soy sauce to choose from, and you can add whatever flavor you like.

The customers who were attracted here yesterday came again today. They tried the salty tofu pudding and found it tasted even better than yesterday. They were full of praise for it.

Zhu Xin was not worried about the unsold tofu. He simply asked his subordinates to press it into tofu and dried bean curd, and put them together at the door to sell.

If there are customers who want to buy, let them buy one or two pieces and take them home to try.

It took several days to make the maltose.

Chop the fermented malt into pieces and mix it with the cooked glutinous rice, put it into a pot and cook for a while, then take it out, filter it and cook it into syrup.

The whole process left the servants in the back kitchen dumbfounded!

Is it possible to make sugar in this way?

Part of the boiled syrup is sent to the tofu pudding shop, where they add water to dissolve it, pour a spoonful on the tofu pudding, and make it into sweet tofu pudding to sell.

Sweet tofu pudding costs a penny more, after all, sweetness is precious at this time. Everyone likes sweet things, and a bowl of tofu pudding is cheaper than a piece of dessert, so many people are willing to buy it to try.

As for the other part of the malt sugar, Zhu Xin taught them to pull the sugar into long white strips, cut it into small pieces when it was neither soft nor hard, coat it with cooked glutinous rice flour, put it in a jar, and sell it in a street shop.

Maltose has existed in this world for a long time, but it was called maltose. It was mostly a craft hidden in the deep mansions of aristocratic families, and ordinary officials might not understand it.

Ordinary people may not even eat sugar once in their entire life, let alone have it.

There is malt sugar for sale in Xiaocheng, but it is expensive. It is not an exaggeration to say that one pound of sugar is equivalent to two taels of gold.

Compared to the high profile and cheapness of tofu pudding, the maltose is placed very low-key on the top shelf of the shop, and there is even a bamboo sign hanging next to it with the word maltose written on it.

When someone came to ask, the shopkeeper would tell them the price: one tael of maltose was one hundred and twenty coins, no bargaining.

Various materials in Xiaocheng are expensive, but this price is not expensive, it is even very cheap.

Zhu Xin also took the opportunity to have someone carry the sprouts out and sell them.

Some were sold in the grocery stores inside the mansions, while others were sold on the streets by the shop assistants carrying baskets on their shoulders.

Two pounds of bean sprouts cost three cents, which is much cheaper than the leafy vegetables, so some people want to buy some to try.

In addition, bean sprouts are large in size, and even if you carry two loads, it still weighs less than 100 kilograms. Most customers buy several kilograms at a time. When there are many customers, I have to go back in the afternoon to replenish the stock.

After seven or eight days of busy work, all kinds of businesses were on track and money was flowing into Zhu Xin's pocket.

After deducting labor costs and other costs, Zhu Xin calculated that she had earned about twenty taels in these ten days, which was not bad!

I have made some small money, so is big money far away?

Just when Zhu Xin was thinking about how to optimize his business, Manager Xu sent someone to tell him that someone was coming from the capital.

The people who came were from the Zhu family. They said that the wife of the Zhu family was worried that Zhu Xin would have a hard time in the border town, so she sent slaves and specialties from the capital to Zhu Xin.

"Madam, the person is already in the mansion, and the document has also confirmed that it is indeed the seal of the Zhu family." Manager Xu explained every detail.

Are you worried that she will have a hard time?

Haha! When the original owner left the house, didn’t the Zhu family do this?

She remembered that her original body was almost tied to the sedan chair with ropes, and she did not bring any of her personal servants with her. All the slaves who followed her were there to prevent her from escaping.

How come it's so nice now to send someone over to her?

She just came from the capital, can't she bring her own things?

It's simply a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken, with ulterior motives.

"Go, go and have a look."

Zhu Xin walked into the yard and saw a nanny standing there with seven or eight maids.

She searched her memory but couldn't figure out who this was.

Until the nanny came forward and greeted Zhu Xin.

"Greetings, Sixth Miss. I, on the orders of the First Madam, have brought some local products from the capital to you. The First Madam is worried that you may not be able to handle the affairs of the harem, so she has specially sent me here to help you."

She knew about the eldest lady, the heroine’s mother!

It was she who protected the heroine and stuffed her original body into the bridal sedan.

As the legitimate mother of a large family, it is understandable that she loves her daughter.

After what has happened, it seems a bit too much to send someone over.

Was it the group of servants who went back first who tipped off?

Is it the eldest lady who is more stupid, or does the eldest lady think she is stupid?

You still have to control her after she gets married!