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After a busy morning, Xu Wenyan took everyone back.

It doesn't matter if I spend a little time in the middle of the day. At worst I can work a little later in the afternoon.

As soon as I sat down on the recliner, I heard voices outside the yard, and then a large group of people came in.

"Brother Xu! I brought the potatoes I promised you."

"Brother Xu! Me too, come and take the inventory."

Xu Wenyan had no idea that these people had just brought the potatoes over after they went to the fields. Not only were there big and small packages, but 20% was not enough for one backpack.

After transporting the potatoes back and forth several times, Chen Sanlin's yard was filled with potatoes.

"Wait, wait, let's go to the factory." Xu Wenyan hurriedly stopped them. Even if they could use the old mule and Xiao Hongyun, they couldn't handle the large number of potatoes.

With these people taking the lead, Xu Wenyan harvested all the potatoes in the village in one day. The factory was full of potatoes, plus Xu Wenyan also planted a lot at home.

Now we have to speed up the production progress.

That afternoon, after Xu Wenyan finished calculating the bill, he started making potato flour.

Making this potato flour is not particularly troublesome.

Xiaohu helped to make a fire, and the others were helping Xu Wenyan peel the potatoes. Wang Cuijuan, the four Hua sisters, and Zhou Rong, who had better skills, were responsible for cutting the potatoes into small pieces.

Then add appropriate amount of water to these small pieces and beat them into a paste.

Pour the paste into the strainer again and let the white paste settle overnight. In order to avoid trouble, Xu Wenyan made more, and several ceramic jars at home were filled.

Don’t throw away the used potato scraps. Since there are too many of them, Xu Wenyan added some coarse flour, stirred it evenly, and added salt, wild onions and shredded potatoes.

The potato pancakes fried in this way are so delicious.

The quantity made was quite a lot, filling up two whole winnowing baskets.

Xu Wenyan picked out some more and asked Xiaohu and Rong Xiaoliu to give them to Chen Xingjie, Zheng Liwei and others.

After all, we are partners, and it is good for us to have a closer relationship.

After that, Xu Wenyan fed the potato scraps directly to the crayfish. It was really troublesome to do this every time.

Because the potatoes at home had not been harvested yet, Xu Wenyan took Rongrong and Chen Xiaohua to harvest potato starch in the morning.

Others are busy working in the fields.

After pouring out the water in the jar, what remains is white potato starch.

"Wow, uncle, this is the first time I've seen such white noodles." Chen Xiaohua said in surprise.

The noodles she had seen before were all a little yellow, and the worst ones were a little black. This fine white powder in front of her was the first time she had seen it.

"This is not noodles, it's powder, but it's almost the same." Xu Wenyan walked to the table inside with a ball of powder: "You two, keep the powder and don't spill it."

"Ah."

The most critical step in making potato flour is stirring. Be sure to add warm water, add it in small amounts several times, and stir with chopsticks while adding.

When it becomes translucent, you can add potato starch. The amount is not fixed, as long as the powder becomes a white mass.

The next step is more critical. Xu Wenyan currently uses a rolling pin to roll the dough as thin as possible, then cuts it into sections and makes it into wide noodles. If you want fine noodles, you must make a large noodle pressing machine.

After rinsing the noodles with water, put them into the pot and cook them. Don't cook them through, just cook them for a few minutes. When the noodles become slightly transparent, take them out and rinse them with water again.

Afterwards, they were placed on bamboo poles in the factory yard to dry.

Xu Wenyan only dried half of it and ate the other half at noon.

By the time Xu Wenyan finished his work, the two little guys had also cleaned up the potato starch.

I used five baskets of potatoes yesterday, but only produced one basket of potato starch today. In fact, the starch yield is quite high.

"Sister Hua, don't cook at noon. I'll ask Hu Zi to bring you some noodles." Xu Wenyan took the noodles back and greeted.

"okay."

Cook the potato flour and add some exquisite side dishes.

Xu Wenyan couldn't wait to take a sip. It was refreshing, smooth and delicate in taste, with the aroma of potatoes. The combination with other seasonings made the taste buds more layered.

Moreover, potato flour is flexible and can be made into any flavor. After being dried, its shelf life is greatly increased, which is great if you want to eat something delicious when you are on the road.

It only takes a few minutes to cook a bowl of noodles.

"Oh oh oh! Brother Xu, you stole the delicious food!" Xiaohu put down his hoe as soon as he entered the yard and took a closer look, and saw what Xu Wenyan was eating.

Xu Wenyan kicked him lightly on the butt: "Why are you yelling so loudly? I almost choked."

"Hehe." Xiaohu smiled shamelessly, took Xu Wenyan's chopsticks and immediately tasted the wide noodles in the bowl.

"Oh, oh, oh! Brother Xu, what is this? It's so delicious. I've never eaten such fine grains."

Everyone became curious after hearing what Xiaohu said.

Xu Wenyan quickly gave a bowl to everyone to taste.

Zhou Jianye took a big sip and said, "This is too strong. Is this the powder I was messing with last night?"

"How is potato noodles? Is it delicious?" Xu Wenyan looked at everyone with anticipation.

"Good times!"

"delicious."

“It’s absolutely amazing!”

After hearing everyone say this, Xu Wenyan felt relieved.

There was a whole pot of potato noodles, and everyone was scrambling to get a piece of it, even Xiaoman was no exception.

Xu Wenyan was watching from the side, feeling a great sense of accomplishment.

When they came back from work in the evening, everyone recalled how they had worked so hard to make the smooth vermicelli at noon, and some of them were so exhausted from peeling the skin that sparks flew.

Today Xu Wenyan brought a few wooden barrels from home, trying to produce more flour.

Everyone in the room knew the steps of making powder, and Xu Wenyan found the four people from the Hua family.

"Sister Hua, you all know that I make money by selling things. I thought that you would help me look after the factory in the future, and you can continue to live in the factory. In addition, you will be responsible for the process of mixing the flour.

How about I pay you fifteen cents a day?"

The four women were all stunned. They looked at each other and even thought Xu Wenyan was joking with them.

"Ten, fifteen cents? That's too much." Little Yang exclaimed.

Xu Wenyan shook his head and said, "Not much. Mixing the flour is a strenuous job and all of our people will be involved in this step later.

This is also the most critical step. Even if others have learned other steps, they cannot make potato flour without this step.

If you are willing, please sign a confidentiality agreement with me."

"Yes, yes." Huahua nodded repeatedly: "It's just that the salary is too much."

Xu Wenyan smiled and said, "Not much, it's the normal wage. If the sales are good later, the wages will increase."

"What? Will the wages go up?" Hua Shi had never heard of a wage increase.

Several people successfully signed the confidentiality agreement. Xu Wenyan read out the content to them: "The main thing is that you cannot disclose the production process of potato flour. Once discovered, you will pay a compensation of 200 taels of silver."

"We keep our mouths shut." Anyway, we will only have to pay compensation if the information is leaked. As long as we keep our mouths shut, we can get fifteen cents a day.

Other employees will also have to sign the agreement, which is a must.

There won't be much work to do in the fields tomorrow, so I can follow Chen Sanlin to deliver the side dishes.

It was also a good opportunity to promote his potato flour.