NFBE Chapter 211: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 08
Chapter 211: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 08
"Will our store have a stall outside for this parade?" Shen Guli was eager to find someone to make the noodles right away so that she could use the parade to boost popularity.
Lin Shan laughed dryly and shook his head, "We are doing real business in our grain shop, there is no need to participate in such competitions."
This young lady doesn't understand the business world at all. Who would buy food on a busy street when out for fun?
Shen Guli was also anxious for the moment, and she knew as soon as she said it that her idea would never come true.
Not to mention that the grain shop didn’t have its own stall on the street, even if it did, she wouldn’t be able to sell any noodles in a day.
It's a pity that such a great opportunity was wasted.
Just imagine that when you are walking on the street and feel hungry, it would be great to have a bowl of noodles without having to wait for them to be rolled. The speed at which the noodles are served is definitely one of its major selling points.
What a pity.
However, after the Ghost Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival will soon be here.
Not urgent.
The group strolled from morning to afternoon. During the hours when the sun was the hottest, Shen Guli took everyone to hide in a teahouse to drink tea and listen to music.
After the heat subsided a little, they went downstairs and strolled around for a while.
The town is not big and the streets are not long. At Aniu's speed, he could walk back and forth in half an hour, but Shen Guli walked and stopped until the sun was about to set.
It's not that Shen Guli is ignorant and finds everything new to her, but that she always thinks about everything she sees in her mind and sees that there are no new business opportunities here that can make her rich.
"Miss, the sun is about to set, we should go back." Yingtao reminded, "It will take some time on the road, we have to get back to the manor before the sun sets completely."
"Why?" The golden crow, as bright as salted egg yolk, fell on the distant mountains, which was extremely beautiful. It was also at this time that the streets became more and more lively.
"Miss, today is the day when the gates of hell are open. The sun has set and the last ray of yang energy is gone. It will be very dangerous for us to rush into the mountains at night."
However, Shen Guli hasn't released the river lanterns yet.
The river lanterns only look beautiful when they are released after dark!
"How about we all stay in town tonight?"
Yingtao was anxious, "Miss, have you forgotten what you promised Madam? Go back early to have dinner with Madam!"
Shen Guli: -----
Shen Guli was ultimately unable to release the river lanterns and returned to the village early.
Lin was indeed waiting for her. "Why are you back so late? You are such a grown-up girl, but you just play outside all day! Didn't mother tell you not to walk at night today? It's dark outside!"
Shen Guli hugged Lin's arm and started to act coquettishly, "I know I was wrong, mother. Isn't it safe for me to return home? Mother, I brought you a lot of food that is not available in Yonghe Mansion."
Cherry was very tactful and placed several oil paper packages on a tray and handed it to the young lady.
Lin looked at the oil-stained paper bag with disdain and said nothing. But under her daughter's attentive gaze, she still opened one, picked up a little with her fingers and put it into her mouth to taste.
As the wife of the richest man, Lin had tasted all kinds of delicacies from land and sea. She really didn't like these inferior snacks, but she couldn't bear to offend her daughter, "Not bad."
Shen Guli: "Tomorrow I will personally make delicious food for my mother!"
Lin thought of the two carts of wheat flour delivered by the shop in the afternoon, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
As long as my daughter is happy, it's good that she can temporarily forget about the bad things in the Shen Mansion. It's better than locking myself in the room and staring blankly all day long in the past few days.
After comforting Lin, Shen Guli returned to her own small building. After walking around for a whole day, her legs were so tired that after washing up, she collapsed on the bed and didn't move.
Before going to bed, Shen Guli did not forget to instruct Grape, who was on night watch, "Go to Uncle Lin early tomorrow morning and ask him not to assign work to Aunt Lin and her daughter-in-law."
"Miss, do you have something for them to do?"
"Ah."
The sound was so soft that Grape almost didn't hear it. It seemed that the young lady was really tired.
With something on her mind, Shen Guli did not sleep until noon the next day and woke up early. Her legs, which she did not exercise often, were sore after a night of running yesterday, but this could not stop Shen Guli's determination to rise.
Aunt Lin and daughter-in-law Fanglan were already waiting in the yard. Shen Guli asked them to go to the kitchen and make a bowl of noodles each, as she wanted to eat noodle soup this morning.
Shen Guli got dressed and washed up, and came out of the inner room, where the hot noodle soup was just served on the table.
It’s just that eating hot soup noodles in summer is a bit inappropriate, but Shen Guli still picked up two noodles with chopsticks and tasted them. They were chewy and each strand was thin and smooth.
The toppings for both bowls of noodle soup are the same, and the noodles are similar.
It is indeed as Lin Shan said, the noodle-making skill is very good.
Shen Guli put down her chopsticks and asked the two to sit down again, "I want you to help me make dried noodles!"
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other, both puzzled, "What are dried noodles?"
Next, Shen Guli explained the general method of making dried noodles, and took people to the big kitchen, drove out the cooks and servants, and asked the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to try to make it according to her idea, and then slowly improve it if there was anything wrong.
Molten salt water, kneading dough, letting the dough rest, coiling and rolling dough, any slight deviation in each process may result in all the previous efforts being wasted.
Especially when wrapping noodles, they are always broken or the thickness is not so uniform. These all require experience to accumulate the feel for them.
Aunt Lin learned it by experimenting in no time and also taught her daughter-in-law.
After the dough is rolled, it needs to be placed in a fermentation tank to continue to rise.
In the interval between the three times of letting the dough rest, Shen Guli remembered the most important point, which was to find a room that was well ventilated, dry and spacious.
Dried noodles, dried noodles, of course they have to be hung up to dry.
This matter prompted Dashu to go find Uncle Lin. Uncle Lin was very quick and found an empty house on the west side of the village and had people vacate the things inside quickly.
After the third resting of the dough, Aniu came back carrying four thin bamboo poles with barbs cut off. He started to put the poles up, stretched them twice, and then they were ready to dry.
When I finished all this, it was time for the golden crow to set in the west.
Not only did they occupy the kitchen for the whole day, but they also wasted a lot of wheat flour, which resulted in everyone in the village having a collective meal of noodle dumpling soup at noon. Everyone tried their best to eat up all the wasted dough without wasting it.
Even Mrs. Lin had dumpling soup for lunch, which was filled with seasonal vegetables. Mrs. Lin found it delicious and ignored her daughter's mischief.