Leisurely Farmer's Family: A Strong Man and His Broken Leg Son-in-law

"Although this chestnut cake tastes very good, if it is sold at a high price, everyone will just tolerate it. It is not necessary to eat it. If you have the spare money, you might as well buy a catty of flour. Even if it is mixed with pimple soup, the whole family can eat it." Have a few meals.”

Nian has seen a lot, and can better understand what the money-maker in the family pays more attention to.

They are all the same common people, living in farm houses, so it must be cheap and affordable.

"Then put less sugar and lard." Liu Fan didn't understand this, so he turned his attention to his wife and Zhao Tianyu, the best-fed person in the family, to see if this was feasible.

"If we reduce the lard and sugar, I'm afraid the skin won't be as crispy and the filling won't be as dense and sweet." Zhao Tianyu and Chen Jinmei looked at each other and said.

"Tianyu, I've worked hard for you today. In the afternoon, I'll make another pot with less lard and sugar. You can just sit down and take care of it. Jin Mei and Ayu can knead the dough and make the stuffing."

Nian thought about it for a while and felt that he could only start from the cost point.

After kang the remaining chestnut cake embryos, Nian asked the men Liu Yan and Liu Fan to bring a few pieces home for their sons, daughters-in-law, and children to taste.

By the way, Liu Yan and Liu Fan were asked to send messages to their parents. After dinner, they came over to discuss how to start the chestnut cake business.

Because Chen Jinmei and Zhao Tianyu left rice for lunch, the old lady took out some of the oil residue from the lard refining before and told Liu Yu to make noodles, and have oil residue soup noodles for lunch.

Liu Yu quickly made the noodles, sautéed the onions, ginger and garlic until fragrant, threw the chopped pieces into the pot and stir-fried for a few times, then added three and a half ladles of water, then covered the pot and told Liu Fusheng to bring it to a boil over high heat.

Chen Jinmei selected the vegetable seedlings that were too small at the door of the kitchen and washed them with water.

After Liu Yu rolled out the noodles, the water in the outer pot began to boil.

Shake the slightly thin noodles, the noodles are smooth and the roots are clear, and the unique meaty aroma of lard floats in the air.

The oil and chopped green onion are tumbling together in the pot, and the soup is slightly white. After just one taste, you will feel the fragrance.

Add noodles while the water is boiling to maximum. After the soup in the pot bubbles again, add tender and juicy vegetable sprouts along the edge of the pot.

Boil the water again, the noodles are good and the vegetables are cooked.

Liu Yu handed the rice ladle to Nian. He went to set up the small table in the kitchen and asked how many people would eat in the courtyard or in the kitchen.

Finally, the small table was propped up under the jujube tree.

Several people gathered around the small table, each holding a bowl of fried noodles and eating deliciously.

Zhao Tianyu and Chen Jinmei kept praising Liu Yu for her good skills. Liu Yu was praised so much that she felt confident and satisfied, with joy in her eyebrows.

After a delicious lunch, Liu Yu quickly washed the pots and dishes, fed the pigs again, and rearranged the kitchen.

Several people started experimenting with chestnut cake again.

Since I just did it in the morning, it’s easy for a few people to do it for the second time now.

According to the ratio at noon, when Liuyu mixed water-oil skin and puff pastry, Zhao Tianyu deliberately reduced the lard and sugar by half. Since the dough was a little dry, she used water instead.

When preparing the chestnut filling, Zhao Tianyu also reduced lard and sugar, and replaced the chestnut powder with water if it was too dry.

Several people looked at Liu Yu's movements and frowned slightly. If they reduce it like this, will the chestnut cake they make be so crispy and soft?

After the dough rolls had risen and softened twice, Liu Yu and the others started making cakes in a box.

After a while, the kung fu cake embryos were finished. Liu Yu counted seventeen in total.

Everyone is familiar with the process of heating up a pot and making kang cakes. Chen Jinmei didn't wait for Zhao Tianyu to remind her and started cooking the pot over low heat.

After turning the chestnut cake several times in this way, it looks golden and crispy on the surface, but I can't guarantee whether it is delicious or not.

"Grandma, grandma, come here and try it." Zhao Tianyu put the small bamboo plate containing five chestnut cakes on the chopping board and began to greet Liu Fusheng and Nian.

The old couple was chopping bamboo leaves and preparing to weave fish baskets. At this moment, they heard Zhao Tianyu calling for someone and hurriedly washed their hands and went to the kitchen.

"Well, the pastry doesn't have so many distinct layers, and the filling tastes sweet, but it's just not dense enough, old man, what do you think?" Nian picked up a piece, tasted it carefully, and started to comment.

"I eat them all well, the dough is crispy and the chestnut filling is also sweet when I eat it." Liu Fusheng replied with a smile.

Nian glanced sideways at Liu Fusheng, saying that this man had said nothing.

"What do you think?" Nian said as he looked at the group of people enjoying their meal.

"My grandpa and I think it's quite delicious. Although we added less lard and sugar, it's not too much. The difference is not big." Liu Yu threw the broken fried dough into her mouth. Don't care much about Tao.

"Grandma and I ate the same thing and felt it wasn't dense enough. If it cost a penny each, we didn't fool anyone. Based on this cost, a pound of flour and thirty chestnut cakes would cost us about eleven or twelve pennies. "

The cost is eleven or twelve cents, so their profit is between eighteen and nineteen cents, which is completely reversed compared to the previous chestnut cake.

Nian looked at Zhao Tianyu with satisfaction, feeling a little more fond of this attentive granddaughter-in-law.

Zhao Tianyu didn't know what Nian was thinking. She kept thinking about these three chestnut cakes with different ratios. She was satisfied but also a little frustrated. She would make some chestnut cakes every year, and they were the best in the past. They are far less delicious than this slightly inferior one.

So she felt that paying a penny a piece was not a scam, it was simply an honest price.

After all, they are all genuine and real things.

Chen Jinmei and Liu Yu gave the same feedback, they both felt equally delicious, only one had more puff pastry and the other tasted denser. As for the sweetness, one was sweeter and the other was sweeter. Those who had never tasted it were sweeter. That's enough.

"That's it, make the rest and bring it back to your parents-in-law and children to try. See what they say. We'll discuss it after dinner."

Nian was also undecided, so she decided to brainstorm what her sons and daughters-in-law had to say.

Zhao Tianyu and Chen Jinmei made the fire one by one and baked the shortcakes by the other. The two of them cooperated well, and soon all the remaining shortcakes were finished.

The two of them didn't waste any time and asked Liu Yu for oil paper. Each of them packed four pieces and went home.

Because they had to discuss things in the evening, all three families had dinner very early that day. It was getting dark and everyone had eaten and put away the cooking stoves.

Before going out, he carefully locked all the doors of the house and dragged his family to the old house.

Everyone was sitting and standing, all crowded together in the main room.

Under the oil lamp, Nian and Liu Fusheng were sitting on the east side, looking at everyone in the room. Nian was the first to speak: "You have all tasted the chestnuts today. Do you think it is better brought back by Liu Fan and others, or by Jin behind? The food that my sister and Tianyu brought back was delicious."

"Is there any difference? I eat them all the same. The fillings and crust are all sweet, fragrant and sweet."

Liu Maolin glanced at the expressionless old lady and remembered that he wanted to start a business at home, so he hurriedly said: "But to test the taste."

After that, he thought about it carefully: "It seems that the ones Ayan brought home had more slag, which made me feel bad, but the ones after that were much better, and they didn't drop so much."

When Nian heard her eldest son complaining about the severe scum shedding, she paused briefly and looked at Liu Maolin with strange eyes. This idea was really unique and different from ordinary people.

Putting aside Liu Maolin, Nian turned his attention to Liu Maoye, who was always cautious.

"San'er, which one do you think is better if we make it and sell it?"