Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

Yu Congcong shouted excitedly: "Dad, I knew you would come back safely. I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Yu Dazhuang was so frightened that he almost fell on his back. Seeing this, Xiaocao finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Yu Congcong was lying on the bed, bored, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes, sighing from time to time. Hey! "Host, you have sighed 99 times." The system's cold voice revealed a bit of helplessness.

"Are there so many? Why do I feel like there aren't so many?" Yu Congcong asked weakly, as if he had lost all his life.

At this moment, the room was silent, with only the faint light coming in from the window illuminating this small space. In this dim light, Lu Congcong's figure looked particularly lonely and desolate.

"Oh, it's so boring. There are no mobile phone videos, and even no books." She said sadly, her voice echoing in the air, as if expressing her helplessness.

"Host, the database contains various product production processes. Do you need to take a look?" The system's cold voice sounded again.

"Really? Let me see if there is anything practical." Yu Congcong's voice suddenly became excited, as if seeing a ray of light in the darkness.

Then, she began to think seriously. "Industrial is not realistic, handicrafts should have no market now, and service is not worth mentioning. The only thing left is consumption. What are the consumer categories?" She analyzed clearly.

The atmosphere in the room seemed to become more lively because of her words.

"Consumer goods are divided into durable goods and consumable goods. Durable goods include furniture, home textiles, and home appliances. Consumable goods include food processing, cleaning supplies, etc. Which one do you want to see, host?" The system continued to ask questions.

"Let's look at food processing first. Is there any kind of food that can be processed so that it won't go bad for three to five years?" Yu Congcong asked eagerly with curiosity flashing in his eyes.

"Host, that depends on what ingredients you use to process it." The system continued slowly.

"The most abundant things at home now are eggplant, pepper, and rice. Let's use eggplant and pepper!" Yu Congcong said while imagining what the processed food would look like.

"Okay, host, wait." After the system operated for a while, it continued, "Dried eggplant, soy sauce eggplant slices, garlic eggplant strips, sweet and sour eggplant, flavored eggplant shreds. Which one do you want to hear, host?"

Yu Congcong responded nonchalantly: "Just tell me, it's boring anyway."

The system's sound was calm, as if it was just performing an ordinary task.

"Okay, dried eggplant: remove the stems of mature, disease-free eggplants, cut them into thin slices, boil them in boiling water, immediately take them out to dry, and expose them to the sun, turning them every 2-3 hours. Bring them back indoors at night, and after 1-2 days of continuous drying, you can pack them into boxes or jars for storage."

With a hint of impatience on his face, Yu Congcong waved his hand casually and said, "This is simple and does not require any ingredients. Next one."

“Soy sauce eggplant slices: Cut the salted eggplant into thin slices, soak it in clean water for 1 day, and change the water 3-4 times. Take it out and dry it in the sun for half a day, then add 100 kg of shredded ginger to 2.5 kg of eggplant slices, soak it in soy sauce, turn it over once a day, and it can be eaten after 1 days.”

Yu Congcong frowned and complained, "This soy sauce is a bit troublesome. I haven't seen anyone in the village using soy sauce to cook. They all use soybean paste."

The system patiently replied: "Host, we have soybeans, so we can make our own soy sauce."

Yu Congcong yelled irritably, "When will that be? The next one."

Then, the system continues to introduce other methods.

“Garlic-flavored eggplant strips: Take out the pickled eggplant slices and let them air dry for most of the day, cut them into thin strips, blanch them in boiling water for 1-3 minutes, soak them in cold water for 4-6 hours, and then take them out for later use. Wash the garlic cloves and fresh ginger separately, chop them into small pieces, add 100 kg of eggplant strips, 3.5 kg of minced garlic, and 1.5 kg of minced ginger, mix them well, put them in a jar, add soy sauce to cover them, and turn them over once a day. After 1-4 days, you will get a finished product with a deep red color and a strong garlic flavor.”

Yu Congcong shook his head helplessly, muttering, "This is too complicated. This also requires soy sauce. Box, you say the following two together."

The system said calmly: "Sweet and sour eggplant: Wash and remove the stems of fresh eggplants with moderate tenderness, dry them, cut them in half, and then put them in a jar. According to the ratio of 100 kg of eggplant to 10 kg of sugar, put a layer of eggplant and sprinkle a layer of sugar until it is full. Then sprinkle high-quality edible vinegar (100 kg of eggplant to 10 kg of vinegar) on the eggplants, cover them with a suitable amount of weight, turn the jar over once every 2-3 days, and turn it over 1-3 times in a row. Put the pickling jar in a cool and ventilated place, and it can be eaten after 4 days. Flavored eggplant shreds: Cut fresh eggplants with moderate tenderness into thin strips, blanch them in boiling water for 15-1 minutes, pick them up and drain them, and then expose them to the sun until they are dry and shrunken. According to the ratio of 2 kg of eggplant shreds to 100 kg of sugar, first put the sugar in an aluminum pot, add a proper amount of boiling water, and boil it into sugar juice. Then pour in the dried eggplant shreds and a proper amount of chili powder and pepper powder, and stir constantly. Generally, boil it. After 50-15 minutes, when the sugar juice can be shredded, remove from heat and roll in cooked rice flour, spread out and let cool, you will get a convenient snack of eggplant shreds with unique flavor, weigh it and seal it for packaging.

Yu Congcong shouted angrily, "Hehe, these two need sugar. Do you know how precious sugar is in this era?"

The system patiently comforted him, "Host, we can understand it first, and then do it when we have the chance."

Yu Congcong's mood calmed down a little, and he said, "That's right, let's talk about the production of soy sauce."

"Okay, there are four steps to making soy sauce. First, steaming beans: soak soybeans in water, steam them in a steamer until they are plump, and cool them for later use. Second, fermentation: spread the steamed soybeans evenly, sprinkle them with flour and soy sauce essence, stir evenly, and let them ferment naturally. Third, brewing: put the fermented soybeans into a wooden barrel or vat, add salt water, and brew for about 4 months. Fourth, oil extraction: after brewing, remove the wooden plug of the oil outlet, put on a nylon net for filtering, put the soy sauce in a jar, and expose it to the sun for 10 to 20 days."

A puzzled look appeared on Yu Congcong's face, and he said, "Why is it different from what I saw in the video? I saw that the soy sauce he served at the end was boiled before being put into the jar, and there was no step of drying it."

"And where do we go to get the soy sauce and koji?"

"Congcong, Section Chief Yang is back and brought great news!" Tiezhu's face was full of excitement. He hurried to Yucongcong's bed and said impatiently.

"What good news?" Yu Congcong asked quickly with joy flashing in her eyes.