The eldest lady became popular in the farming variety show

[Grandma Xiang opened her mouth and the village chief's work for the whole year was in vain! ]

[Ximei was so frightened that she made an emoticon on the spot. People who didn’t know the truth thought she was frightened by Grandma Xiang’s words that the shallow water would drown outsiders.]

[In fact, Ximei was frightened to death by Grandma Xiang's outrageous words! ]

Before Jiang Hexi could recover from her shock, Aunt Cui pointed her palm-leaf fan at Grandma Xiang's forehead and scolded her with a smile:

"Ah Xiang, you are being naughty again, using these words to scare people."

The middle-aged fat man asked:

"Has anyone ever drowned in a shallow pool?"

"Look at what you said. There are many rivers where people have not been drowned."

Aunt Cui was always kind, and she felt offended when she heard this. She gently waved her palm-leaf fan and said rudely:

"The shallow water is so clear that you can see the bottom. Many people from other places like to drive here to play in the water. Seven or eight years ago, a person drowned there. Later, the village took strict measures and such incidents never happened again."

Granny Xiang sat on a small stool and moved closer to the three men.

Seeing that she was about to speak again, Jiang Hexi said hastily:

"Later, a large puddle was dug around the stone arch bridge to prevent this kind of thing from happening again."

"What puddle?"

"Didn't you see it when you entered the village? It's the big puddle next to the gravel pile."

The three of them exchanged glances, and finally the middle-aged fat man said:

"We took the path into the village."

Jiang Hexi thought that this group of people were too cunning, fortunately they were discovered in time by the children's team.

"The village chief was worried about the children swimming in the shallow water, so he had people dig a deep pit and diverted the water from the shallow water to separate the shallow and deep water areas. This made it easier for the women in the area to wash vegetables and for adults passing by to keep an eye on the children."

The three people were obviously interested in this deep pit and immediately proposed:

"Where is that deep pit?"

"I'll take you over there to have a look."

Jiang Hexi was eager to take them away to prevent Grandma Xiang from revealing any more shocking information.

Aunt Cui watched the group walk away, then turned back and muttered to Granny Xiang:

"Ah Xiang, why can't you control your mouth? You always talk about these trivial things."

"No, no," Grandma Xiang said with a smile, "Next time someone comes over, I'll tell them about the strange things that happened in the stone house."

Jiang Hexi took the three people to visit the deep water pit, and tried his best to lead them to the stone house halfway up the mountain, and then toured along the wall paintings of Zhou Gongqi.

Afterwards, she showed them the way to the farmland pond and asked them to follow the route she planned to see the most beautiful rural scenery in Canglang Village.

When she returned to the open-air square, everyone was busy making mooncakes.

The job of a mooncake taster is happy for one day, okay for two days, but it would be fatal if you work for a week.

Jiang Hexi deliberately strolled outside for a long time, thinking that when she came back so late, someone would have already tasted the freshly baked mooncakes for her.

When she got to the steel shed, she saw thousands of mooncakes piled on the shelves, all waiting for her to try them.

"Why aren't any of these mooncakes packed up?"

"They said they can't put it in until you try it."

Chef Fang brought over eighteen numbered mooncakes and placed them in front of her. "Eat these batches of mooncakes and rate them quickly so I can get the packaging team to come and work."

"Why didn't you ask Chu Yang and Wan Wan to come and try the food while I was away?"

"found."

Chef Fang told her bluntly: "They refused to taste the mooncakes and made it clear that this was the job of the quality inspectors and they couldn't help."

Jiang Hexi frowned slightly. She looked at the mooncake on the plate and couldn't eat it no matter what.

Li Youtian rushed over from the pond and entered the steel shed. As soon as he saw Jiang Hexi, he asked:

"Sister Xi, what do you want from me?"

"Uncle Arita, put on this cleanroom suit first, then put on the mask, shoe covers and gloves, and come in with me."

Jiang Hexi handed him a complete set of workshop uniforms, and after he changed, he took him inside.

"Uncle, I want to let you take over the job of taster. When I'm not around, you will be the one to strictly control the quality of the mooncakes produced in Canglang Village."

Li Youtian asked realistically, "How much does this job cost per day?"

"Two hundred a day."

"I'll do it."

Jiang Hexi liked to talk to such straightforward people. She handed a form to Li Youtian and introduced them one by one:

"There are six clay ovens in total, and each oven bakes 100 mooncakes at a time. The mooncakes from the same batch of fillings and crusts are assigned a number. There are a total of 18 numbered mooncakes in this table. I gave a preliminary score on the shape, color, texture and taste."

She walked to the shelf where the mooncakes were stacked and checked each tray one by one in the order of their numbers:

"The No. 1 mooncake sample scored 95 points, which means it was baked very well. We just need to check whether the shape is regular and whether the dough is burnt."

Jiang Hexi picked out two brown mooncakes, inserted a qualified sign on them, and continued walking down.

"The mooncake No. 2 has a smoky smell, probably caused by the charcoal getting damp."

She picked up a mooncake and broke it in half, giving half to Li Youtian and keeping the other half for herself.

The two took a bite of the mooncake and tasted an indescribable smoky flavor.

Li Youtian told the truth, "Mud ovens are like this. If the charcoal is damp, it will easily produce smoke when it is burned."

Jiang Hexi tried another piece of mooncake and it tasted the same. She picked up the mooncake from the shelf and turned around to put it on the table next to her.

Li Youtian said regretfully: "Sister Xi, are we going to throw away all the hundreds of mooncakes?"

"No."

While moving the mooncakes, Jiang Hexi said to him, "Later, when the aunties and grandmas go home from work, if they are willing, let them take some mooncakes back. The remaining ones that no one wants can be used to feed the pigs."

Li Youtian helped to move the mooncakes, and his heart and eyes were filled with reluctance.

Jiang Hexi saw what he was thinking:

"Uncle, if we sell these 100 mooncakes, we will only make a few hundred dollars, but we will lose more than 20 high-quality customers. These customers can be repeat customers, and they can also bring in more new customers. From a long-term perspective, this will result in a greater loss."

Li Youtian understood what she meant, "You can only gain if you give up."

Jiang Hexi returned to the stone house and just sat down to take a sip of tea when he saw the village chief leading three officials into the yard, carrying chickens, ducks, rice, oil and gift bags in their hands.

She walked out with a cup of tea and heard Yan Jie standing outside asking:

"Village Chief, why are you so polite?"

"Isn't the Mid-Autumn Festival coming soon? I'm here to give you gifts. Every household in the village will get one, and of course you can't be left out."

The village chief stretched out his hand, and Chu Yang immediately took the oil, rice and gift bag, and threw the remaining two chickens and two ducks on the ground.

Yan Jie looked at the two ducks with tied feet on the ground and asked with concern: "Are these two ducks sent here male or female?"