After becoming a widow, I became the mother of seven children

When it got dark, Li Xiangan and Li Xiangjian came back. As soon as Li Xiangjian came back, he happily reported to Yan Qingqing.

Li Xiangjian said: "Mom, I found three blacksmith shops and gave them the drawings. The mold for the snowskin mooncakes can be made in two days, but the oven will take at least three days.

Five sets of snowskin mooncake molds were ordered. It would take a lot of labor and materials to prepare the oven, so I was worried that it would not fit, so I only ordered one sample for the time being. I made an agreement with the owner of the blacksmith shop and if the finished product meets our requirements, Will add more.

The owner of that shop gave me a lot of discounts in order to attract us as repeat customers. "

Yan Qingqing was a little amused when she saw Li Xiangjian's beaming expression. It seemed that his son had regained his confidence.

Of course, Yan Qingqing was generous with his praise. After some praise, Li Xiangjian's mouth almost reached behind his ears.

In the end, Li Xiangjian said politely: "My mother taught me everything."

Li Xiangkang, who was watching the excitement from the sidelines, immediately felt a sense of crisis after hearing these words. How could his sister-in-law, third brother, and the others all be sycophants? It was clear that he was the only one in the family who praised his mother like this in the beginning.

Think about it again, he is going to school soon, and when his brothers and sisters will coax his mother around, will he still have a place in his mother's heart?

Thinking of this, Li Xiangkang felt upset again. If Yan Qingqing knew about it, he would definitely sigh that she had really pressed the gourd and lifted the gourd.

Three days later, Li Xiangjian and Li Xiangan brought back what Yan Qingqing needed from the blacksmith shop.

Yan Qingqing looked at it and saw that although the workmanship was worse than in the previous life, it was still usable.

Now that everything is complete, let’s try it first. After all, these things are still different from the previous life. I don’t know what the mooncakes will look like.

Yan Qingqing decided to try snow-skin mooncakes first, so she wrote a recipe and asked Li Xiangping and Yuan Huiniang to prepare the ingredients first, while she guided them.

After everything was ready, Yan Qingqing took the prepared pie crust, wrapped it with fillings, and stuffed it into the prepared mold. After pressing it, she took the mooncake out of the mold, and a beautiful mooncake was ready.

Yuan Huiniang looked at the small and cute mooncakes and couldn't put it down and said: "Mom, this is so beautiful. I finally know how their mooncakes are made."

But the mooncakes sold on the street are not as good-looking as the ones we make at home. "

Yan Qingqing smiled and said: "That's natural. This mooncake is not only beautiful but also delicious. It tastes sweet, soft and suitable for all ages. Just put it in the pot and steam it for 10 minutes."

Yuan Huiniang nodded and followed Yan Qingqing's instructions step by step.

After a while, a burst of fragrance came out and filled the entire yard.

Wang Dagang's daughter-in-law next door took a look at Yan Qingqing's house, swallowed her saliva and said sourly: "Mom, this Yan family is making something good at home again. Every day it smells like braised pork or something else. No matter how rich you are, you can't do this. Such a waste of money."

Aunt Wang glared at the short-sighted eldest daughter-in-law and said: "Shut up, our family doesn't have enough Qingqing Gang. If you were half as capable as someone else, I would feed you every day. .”

Some time ago, Yan Qingqing's family built a house, and all five of her sons went to work, but they made a lot of money. After more than a month, the total of them had five taels of silver.

Of course, having more people in the family means more expenses, but even after excluding the expenses, she still saved three taels of silver during this period.

The money would be enough to find Wu Gang a wife. Aunt Wang felt happy thinking about this.

Yan Qingqing took out the freshly baked mooncakes and let them cool, then divided them among several children, letting them choose which flavor they liked.

Yan Qingqing made this snowskin mooncake with red bean paste filling, mung bean paste filling, pumpkin filling, and egg yolk filling. Originally, Yan Qingqing wanted to make several fruit fillings, but the fruit was too expensive and the cost was too high, so Yan Qingqing had to give up. .

Li Xiangping and others like egg yolk filling, while Yuan Huiniang and others think bean paste filling is delicious.

In the end, Yan Qingqing only chose red bean paste and egg yolk, mainly due to limited manpower and energy.

The snow-skin mooncakes were very successful, and the next step is the mixed-sugar mooncakes. Mixed-sugar mooncakes are actually very simple to make as long as you master the proportion of ingredients, but the difficulty lies in the fact that they need to be baked. If you don’t control the heat well, the result will not be good. tasty.

Sure enough, when Li Xiangping was confident, a batch of baked mixed sugar mooncakes came out of the pan.

Li Xiangping was a little unconvinced, so he baked it twice more, but either the heat was not enough or it was burnt.

Li Xiangping was dumbfounded now. Is it so difficult to make sugar mooncakes?

Yan Qingqing looked at the pile of burnt mooncakes in front of her and shook her head helplessly. Li Xiangping couldn't control the heat, so she had to do it herself.

While baking, Yan Qingqing explained to Li Xiangping how to control the heat, when to turn it over, and when to take it out of the pan.

Sure enough, the mixed sugar mooncakes baked by Yan Qingqing are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a fragrant aroma.

Li Xiangping was once again deeply impressed by Yan Qingqing's ability and felt that his mother was omnipotent.

Fortunately, after Yan Qingqing's guidance, Li Xiangping finally baked a qualified mixed sugar mooncake.

Yan Qingqing looked at the pile of "defective" goods at home and asked several children to send some to Mr. Li, the village chief's house, and Aunt Wang's house.

Although this mixed sugar mooncake is not baked very well, it is full of ingredients and is really out of reach of most people.

Aunt Wang and the village chief's family each gave ten eggs as gifts in return. Mr. Li came over in person. Looking at the oven in the yard, he knew that these mooncakes were not simple.

After asking a few simple questions, he scolded: "Since you are selling it for money, why would you give it to me? What a waste. There are still children at home who need to study."

Mr. Li is now completely caring about his father. Yan Qingqing could only explain with a smile: "I have never made mooncakes before and have no experience. These are all baked and cannot be sold, so I will give some to everyone to try." .”

Mr. Li heard that the burnt ones were so delicious, so how delicious would they be if they were not burnt? This mooncake will definitely be very popular then. Then wouldn’t it be enough to pay for his grandson’s schooling?

Thinking of this, Mr. Li stopped worrying about eating a few mooncakes and left humming a little tune.

Now that the mooncake experiment is successful, the next step is sales.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is the only time of the year, Yan Qingqing decided to focus on the mid- to high-end market, so that she could distance herself from the bigger mooncakes in the world and earn more money.

How to open up the high-end and high-end markets? After much thought, we still have to work hard on packaging.

Didn't most businesses do this in the past life? The same thing could be sold for half the price with an exquisite package. Some people still enjoyed it even though they knew they were being taken advantage of.