Crossing the Unknown Country

Su He's shop will open tomorrow, and Su He's uncle and aunt will not go back today. They want to make tofu in the shop in advance. The shop hasn't found a clerk yet, and the uncle wants to see how the business is in the next few days. If it's good, he will hire a clerk to help here. Anyway, they have acquaintances in the tooth shop, so they can go to Songbai when the time comes.

Su He went home with her father in the afternoon. They can come back early tomorrow morning. Their mule cart doesn't take long. Su He's father also wants to go back and make some noodles in the afternoon. The buyer should come in a few days. This is a long-term business, and the family must pay attention to it.

Su He thought of the vegetable noodles in his previous life, so he talked to his father about it. If he used vegetable juice to make noodles, he could survive for a while even if he didn't eat vegetables in special occasions. His father thought this was feasible. In addition to the big mill, he also bought a small mill at Su He's father's request. It should be very useful to grind vegetable juice.

I'll make some with carrots and spinach when I get home, and see if the buyers want it. Su He thinks that if it's for merchants, it's better to add vegetable juice to the noodles. She doesn't know that this kind of noodles is best for soldiers in the army, and it's convenient and quick to eat when marching and fighting.

Su He thought it would be good to just deep-fry it and make instant noodles. Anyway, her family made some peanut oil and melon seed oil. Her father spent a lot of effort to make it. It was made by her father hammering it out. Because of this, she asked the stonemason to make a stone pier with holes and grooves. Su He also went to the cloth shop to buy a yard of thin white cloth.

She will always have this on hand and use it frequently. They want to use this oil mixed with a small amount of lard, which will reduce the cost of living. And this kind of fried food tastes good. Su He knew that lard was expensive before and was reluctant to use it in large quantities. Now that she has a mixture of peanut oil and melon seed oil, she doesn't feel guilty about frying things.

Peanuts and melon seeds are finally squeezed together into mixed oil, and they are no longer squeezed separately, which is convenient. The final oil residue tastes good at first, but in the end, it is squeezed too hard and dry, so it is not delicious anymore and can be used as feed directly.

Su He and her father were talking about how to make noodles, and they decided to give it a try when they got home. They would eat it themselves first, and if it tasted good, they could take it to Fengyu City to sell.

Su He should go there soon to deliver recipes to Fu Man Lou. She is willing to earn this money. If they hadn't gone there, they wouldn't have known that Fu Man Lou was not only popular in Fengyu City, but also in the capital. The owner of Fu Man Lou, the Ninth Prince Zhang Liang, was very happy.

Originally, Fu Man Lou was just a small business of his. Who knew that his subordinates would do well and make his restaurant a place where the dignitaries in Beijing would compete to have dinner and entertain guests. The dishes here are novel and unique, delicious, and people can't stop eating. Fresh dishes are updated quickly, which makes it impossible for those who love food not to patronize it frequently.

The people who could live in the capital were either high officials or merchants, and some were ordinary people who served them. Everyone was not too poor to afford food. Rich people went to restaurants for every meal, and poor people could eat out occasionally. Therefore, the delicious dishes of Fu Man Lou had spread throughout the capital.

Fu Man Lou opened another branch in the capital. The original one was so popular that the Ninth Prince was not short of money, so he opened a more magnificent restaurant. The Ninth Prince was so happy that he opened a restaurant in Fengyu City to get information from the border. Who would have thought that Wu, the shopkeeper, would find so many good recipes and open a good way to make money for him? Money is hot, the more the better, and he needs money too.