The Culinary Tycoon

After confirming that everyone in the village had done everything without any problems and could successfully produce the finished product, Yu Qingze went back to the shop with Jiabao and the others early the next morning.

They dragged a truckload of sweet potato vermicelli, some made by Yu Qingze and the others themselves, and some made by the villagers who were quick learners.

Yu Qingze bought the sweet potato flour from the villagers for 6 cents a catty.In the snack bar, one catty of dry sweet potato powder can make 8-20 bowls of hot and sour noodles, and the price of each bowl of hot and sour noodles is ten yuan. According to the recent sales volume, an average of more than [-] catties can be used a day, and the sales volume is still rising. In this way, it is still relatively profitable for a month.

For the villagers, the raw sweet potatoes on the market cost about three pennies and two catties. Most of them go to other villages to buy them, and some can even buy them for one penny per catty.If it is well done, less than six catties of sweet potatoes can produce one catty of sweet potato flour, and some with a low flour yield need eight or nine catties of sweet potatoes to produce one catty of vermicelli. Generally speaking, about seven catties can produce one catty of vermicelli.

No matter what kind, Yu Qingze has given them enough profit margins. Those with good skills will make more money, and those with poor skills will earn less, which is very fair.

The first batch of villagers who sold vermicelli were very happy when they saw the copper coins in their hands, and became more motivated, so they went home and started making again.Others see that someone has already sold the money, and they are also working hard.

Because the whole village is making sweet potato flour, the sweet potatoes in the nearby villages have been swept away by the villagers, and the distance they buy sweet potatoes is getting farther and farther. Some even have to go to the village east of Tongshan City to buy them. Later, some They simply set up a spot in the market in the east of the city to promote the acquisition.This is for later.

After entering the twelfth lunar month, the weather is getting colder every day, the north wind is blowing, and the dawn is getting late.The working time of the snack bar is now delayed by half an hour, but it is still early when the village helpers go out, depending on the weather.

When he arrived at the store, he unloaded all the things. Yu Qingze went to the kitchen and said to Brother Chang: "Uncle, the village head of your bunk bed has been sent over and installed. Uncle asked me to tell you."

"So fast?" Brother Chang asked in surprise.

Yu Qingze nodded, and said: "I've already made two, and they are already proficient. Besides, we will have a day off at the snack bar for Laba tomorrow. Uncle told you to buy some paper candles when you go back."

"Okay, I'll remember." Brother Chang agreed and turned around to make hot and sour noodles.

Seeing this, Yu Qingze leaned over to Brother Le and secretly kissed him on the face.

Brother Le stared:!

Yu Qingze smiled, washed his hands and dried them, stood next to Le Geer, then grabbed Le Geer's hand on the desk, held it, squeezed it again, and said, "I'll make the dough, you go make dumplings. "

Le Geer pulled out his hands, the tips of his ears were a little red, and lightly bumped Yu Qingze, then stood up a step, took the dumpling wrappers and began to wrap them.

"Brother Le, grandpa has started to cough these few days. He is taking medicine according to the previous prescription. I may not come to live in the store for a while. I will wait until grandpa's health is better." Yu Qingze said.

Brother Le heard the words, and hurriedly gestured to ask grandpa how he was doing?

Yu Qingze nodded, and replied: "Grandpa said that it is almost the same as in previous years, so you don't have to worry."

Brother Le felt a little depressed.Grandpa Chang has had this problem for more than ten years. Drinking medicine every year has little effect, but if he doesn't drink it, it will get worse.

Yu Qingze comforted him, saying: "If you are worried, after Laba, I will take grandpa to the city to ask Dr. Li to have a look."

Le Geer nodded, finally feeling a little more at ease in his heart.

A busy day passed.After closing the stalls in the afternoon, Yu Qingze told everyone to have a day off tomorrow and then clean up. The helpers left first, and they wanted to go shopping while some stalls were still closed.

Yu Qingze, Le Geer and Jiabao checked it one last time, locked the door, then went to West Street to buy some paper money for joss sticks and went back.

The second day is Laba Festival.

In the morning, Brother Le and Grandpa Chang were preparing lunch at home, while Yu Qingze took the two teenagers to the mountains to chop firewood.

In the past few months, he and Le Geer have been busy at the snack bar. All the family affairs are piled up on Grandpa Chang, and Grandpa Chang doesn't have much time to chop firewood. Cut more firewood before it snows to survive the winter.

The three entered the mountain, and under the leadership of Chang Hao, they arrived at a mountainside with many dead branches.

It was Jiabao's first time to chop firewood, and he was very excited. He ran here and there, collecting dry firewood, and had a great time.

Chang Hao didn’t pick up the ones on the ground. He had a machete pinned to his back. When he saw a tree with such a big dead branch, he would slither up and chop it like a little monkey.

"Xiaohao, be careful, that branch is so thin, can it support you?" Seeing Chang Hao standing on a branch as thin as his arm, Jiabao looked frightened from below, and quickly reminded him.

Yu Qingze also shouted when he saw it: "Skin monkey, be careful!"

"It's okay, Brother Jiabao, Brother Yu, I'm very light, and I used to chop wood like this." Chang Hao replied nonchalantly, standing on tiptoe, holding the tree trunk with his left hand, holding the hatchet in his right hand, and began to chop with his arms .

Bang Bang Bang!

The half-dead branch was easy to cut. After Chang Hao cut it eight or nine times, the big dead branch was cut off and fell down.

Jiabao was right below and hurriedly dragged away the dead branches.

The three of them hacked for half the morning, and the sun was getting high. Seeing that there were a lot of chopping, Yu Qingze shouted: "Xiaohao, Jiabao! It's almost there, we can go back!"

"Oh! Got it! Wait until I finish cutting this one." Chang Hao replied.

Two teenagers are now under a big tree, looking up.This tree is very tall, and there is a big dead branch on it. The branch next to it is also quite thick, which is very easy to cut, but it is not easy to climb up, because the bottom is very long, and there is no protruding place to let it go. People step on.

"It's so high, can you climb it? Otherwise, don't cut it down." Jiabao asked.

Chang Hao nodded: "Yes."

Fixing the hatchet, Chang Hao hugged the tree with both hands, and clamped his feet on the trunk. After clamping firmly, he moved his hands up a bit, and pulled his body up...

The little monkey went up the tree smoothly.After climbing up the first tree trunk, there are tree trunks behind for Chang Hao to borrow strength from, without much trouble.

After a while, he chopped down the dead branch thicker than his thigh.

"Hahaha, what about Brother Jiabao, I'll just say I can cut it!" Chang Hao proudly stood on the branch and showed off to Jiabao.

"Well, it's amazing! Come down quickly and go home."

"Wait for me to take a break, I'll throw the knife down, get out of the way."

Chang Hao threw down the hatchet, wiped off his sweat, rested against the tree trunk, and looked into the distance.After the dead branches fall, there is a space there, and you can see the opposite mountain, and the scenery is very good.

Looking at it, Chang Hao blinked and rubbed his eyes again. How did he see a person lying there motionless in a clearing on the opposite mountain.

"Brother Jiabao, there is someone on the opposite mountain." Chang Hao called out.

"Is someone chopping wood?"

"No, the man was lying on the ground motionless."

"Is that resting in the sun?"

"I don't know." As soon as Chang Hao finished speaking, he saw the man get up, Chang Hao said: "Hey, he is really basking in the sun, he got up... Oh, he fell... It seems that he can't get up. "

"What's wrong?" Yu Qingze walked over and asked.

Seeing Yu Qingze coming, Chang Hao hurriedly said, "Brother Yu, I see that there is a person on the opposite mountain, it seems that he fell and couldn't get up."

Yu Qingze frowned and looked where he was looking, but they could only see the dense forest. He asked, "Really? Are you injured? Look carefully, where is it?"

Chang Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at it for a while, and then said, "It's on the opposite side, there is a big rock next to it, I know where it is. It seems that the man took a tree branch, and tied a few branches to his right calf... ..."

"A branch tied to his leg?" Yu Qingze said in surprise, "Then he has a broken bone. Come down quickly and take me to have a look."

"Okay." Chang Hao quickly got off the tree.

"Jiabao, you are looking at the firewood here, Xiaohao and I will go to the opposite side to have a look." Yu Qingze said quickly.

Jiabao nodded, "OK."

Yu Qingze followed Chang Hao up the opposite mountainside, and indeed saw a man with branches tied to his legs in the open space near a big rock.The man was an old man, about five or sixty years old, with a basket and a walking stick made of a branch next to him.

"Master, are you okay, did you fall on your leg?" The two hurriedly approached.

When the old man saw someone coming, he was pleasantly surprised and said, "Oh, young man, it's great to meet you. I was collecting medicine on the mountain, and when I rolled down the rock, my leg was broken. Could you please help me down the mountain?"

Yu Qingze nodded and said, "Come on, I'll carry you on my back. My younger brother saw you fell down and couldn't get up on the other side of the mountain, so let's come and have a look."

"That's it, thank you so much, little guy." The old man looked at Chang Hao and thanked him.

Chang Hao helped the old man pick up the back basket and tree branch crutches, shook his head and said, "You're welcome, Grandpa."

Yu Qingze carried the old man down the mountain, and when he reached the path at the foot of the mountain, he said to Chang Hao: "Xiao Hao, you run fast, go back and let your brother go to the mountain to pick up firewood for Jiabao."

"Okay." Chang Hao quickly ran home with a basket on his back.

When Yu Qingze came out of the mountain with the old man on his back, he happened to meet Chang Hao and Le Geer who rushed over.

Le Geer gestured and asked if there was anything wrong.

Yu Qingze replied: "It's okay, you go and bring Jiabao back first."

Brother Le nodded and followed Chang Hao into the mountain.

When he got home, Yu Qingze put the old man on the chair, and was about to ask Dr. Yu to look at the old man's legs.

The old man waved his hand and said, "You don't need to ask for a doctor, I am a doctor myself. Just find me two flat wooden boards of the right size."

Yu Qingze found two wooden boards, and the old man asked him to borrow a pen and paper, and asked him to help get some herbal medicine from Dr. Yu, then straightened the bone, applied medicine, and put on a splint.

"Young man, I'm writing a letter this afternoon. Could you please send it to the Fulai Inn? I'll send someone to pick me up." The old man said to Yu Qingze after finishing his legs.

Yu Qingze nodded and said, "We're going to the city in the afternoon too. If you don't mind riding an ox cart, we can take you there?"

Hearing the words, the old man nodded and said, "That's fine, I'll trouble you."

At noon, the old man had dinner together at Chang Le's house, and he greatly appreciated Chang Le's cooking skills, saying that this was the best meal he had ever eaten.

The whole family laughed when they heard the words, you haven't eaten the most delicious one yet.

The old man said that his surname was He, and he was a traveling doctor who liked to collect herbs everywhere.This time, he heard that there was a rare herb on the nearby mountain, so he came here to look for it.

After hearing this, Grandpa Chang asked in surprise: "What rare herbs? I have lived here for more than ten years, and I have never heard of any rare herbs."

Uncle He replied: "It is said that there is a kind of herbal medicine here, the medicinal property is very strong, just a little bit can make people instantly paralyzed and lose consciousness."

Grandpa Chang shook his head: "I've never heard of it."

Uncle He said disappointedly: "I've been searching in this area for a few days, but I can't find it."

After lunch, Yu Qingze went to the village chief's house to borrow an ox cart.Uncle He saw that Grandpa Chang was coughing a little, so he asked him what was going on.

"It's an old problem. I cough badly in winter, and taking medicine doesn't help much. It will last for more than two months. It will get better when the weather gets warmer." Grandpa Chang replied.

After entering the twelfth lunar month, Grandpa Chang started to suffer from old problems. He had to boil medicine every other day. If he didn't drink it, he would feel very uncomfortable.

Uncle He took the pulse of Grandpa Chang, and then asked him what kind of medicine he had taken before. After asking clearly, he shook his head and said, "Don't drink that medicine. If you trust me, brother, follow the prescription I gave you." Grab the medicine and drink it."

When Chang Le heard this, he immediately gestured to the side and asked Grandpa Chang if this old problem could be cured?Chang Hao translated.

Dr. He said: "A complete cure is impossible, but it can be relieved to a large extent, which is much better than the medicine you caught before."

Chang Le and Chang Hao were very happy when they heard the words, and hurriedly begged Dr. He to prescribe a prescription.

When Yu Qingze came back and heard about it, he was also very happy.

While writing the prescription, Dr. He said: "This prescription is good, but it is a bit expensive. There are some more expensive medicinal materials in it, so the burden may be heavier."

Hearing about the famous and expensive medicinal materials, Yu Qingze said: "Doctor He, we have a ginseng, can you show me if it can be used for grandpa?" After speaking, Yu Qingze asked Chang Le to get the ginseng, which was the one given by the Cai Mansion back then .

"Do you have ginseng?"

"some."

When Chang Le took it out, Dr. He looked at it and said: "This is fine, and the age is good. Brother, you can drink it with water, or you can take one tablet every day when you get up early. You don't need too much. A thin tablet is enough. Alright, it can strengthen your physique."

After Dr. He finished writing the prescription, Yu Qingze took the prescription with him, and together with Brother Le, they drove Uncle He in a bullock cart and sent him to the Fulai Inn in the city.

Afterwards, Yu Qingze sent Geer Le to the shop again, and said, "For this prescription, I'll bring grandpa over tomorrow to ask Dr. Li to look at it before taking the medicine. Grandpa is not in good health, so I will watch at home and go back and forth every day, waiting to go back , I’ll let Brother Chang come over to accompany you.”

Brother Le shook his head, saying that he was still at home.

"The store needs someone to take care of you. It's suitable for you and Brother Chang to live here. It's not convenient for me to live here with Brother Chang and the others. Besides, the weather is getting colder and colder. I don't want you to run back and forth. Be good, it's okay, I He Jiabao can go back and forth with Xiaoshu and the others every day."

After explaining, Yu Qingze drove the ox cart back.