A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

"Thank you uncle."

Leng Yan didn't know what to say, so she could only express her gratitude again and again.

After all, she had just arrived in the prosperous capital city, and she would have to endure hardships if she fought alone. Although she had made preparations before coming, it was not as easy as having someone to help her.

Now her aunt and her brother and sister are the ones who lend a helping hand, how can she not be moved.

"I remember all your kindness, aunt and uncle, but I can't let you suffer any loss. Right now, this canned food business is our joint venture."

Leng Yan had her own selfish motives in doing this. Firstly, she really didn't want to take advantage of others for nothing. Secondly, she wouldn't be living in the capital city permanently in the future, so she would still need her aunt and others to help look after the business here.

Seeing that the brother and sister seemed to be about to refuse, Leng Yan quickly added: "Aunt, there is an old saying that brothers should settle accounts clearly. Now either you are considered as a partner, or I will pay you the original price in silver."

Leng Yan said this because she knew they wouldn't take any money. Sure enough, after hearing what she said, the aunt and her brother and sister looked at each other and didn't say anything more.

Seeing this, Leng Yan thought for a moment and said, "The fresh fruits that Uncle brought back today are all in high demand. It would be a pity to can them all.

Besides, the workers here are new to this and their abilities are limited so they can’t make that much, so for now you might as well divide the fruit into two parts, with the big part going to the uncle to supply to the partners and the small part going to the workshop to try making canned fruit first.”

After all, there is no rush to make canned food. They can make a portion first to let the workers here get familiar with the operation procedures. When the next batch of goods arrives at the dock, they will start large-scale production.

"That works."

Chen Yuebing thought about it and realized that this was also the case.

The shopkeepers outside the door were chasing after him, all wanting to make a profit from the price difference of the first batch of goods that arrived. This was why his business was bigger than others, because he could get what others wanted first.

After chatting for a while, Chen Yuebing went out to discuss cooperation with the shopkeepers. Leng Yan thought for a moment and said:

"Aunt, fresh fruit can't be kept for long. I want to send it to the workshop to be canned now."

She had just looked around the workshop. The workers had all the necessary tools. Most importantly, the grocery store had white sugar and rock sugar, as well as a batch of porcelain in stock, many of which could be used. So all the preparations were done and they could start work right away.

“Isn’t it too hasty?”

They have been busy for most of the day and Chen Yueshu doesn't want her niece to be too tired.

"No." Leng Yan smiled and shook his head: "This matter should be dealt with sooner rather than later."

"That's fine."

Knowing her personality, Chen Yueshu did not try to persuade her: "But no matter how urgent it is, you can't skip dinner. It's still early now, I'll take Su'er and Jia'er out for a walk later.

When your uncle is done with his work in the evening, call your brother and we will go to Xianju Pavilion for dinner."

"Okay, I'll listen to my aunt."

The most difficult problem of fresh fruit was solved. Leng Yan thought that he had to invite his uncle Chen Yuebing to dinner, so he nodded in agreement.

"The first batch of canned food should be ready by evening. I'll bring a few cans for us to try."

"That's a good feeling."

Most of the canned food that Leng Yan had taken out earlier was given to Cui Songxiu, who was suffering from morning sickness, on the way back to Beijing. The rest of the people just tasted it for the sake of courtesy.

After the matter was settled, Leng Yan followed the worker who was transporting fruits from the warehouse to the workshop. When Manager Chen in the workshop saw that she had come back and brought so many things, he hurriedly brought people to greet her.

"Miss, what is this?"

"These fruits just arrived today. If they are left for too long, they will probably go bad."

Leng Yan briefly explained it and then said:

Manager Chen, please call all the workers in the workshop quickly so that we can start making canned food."

"Okay, okay, I'll call someone right now."

The workshop had been idle for many days because the dim sum chef was poached. Now there is finally work coming back, and Manager Chen is very excited.

The workshop is very large. The front yard is where work is done, and the back yard is where the workers live.

Manager Chen called the boy to help unload the fruits from the truck in advance, and then ordered people to go to the grocery store to get ceramic jars with lids, yellow rock sugar and other things needed for canning according to Leng Yan's instructions.

"Manager Chen, when the jars arrive, be sure to clean them first, then boil them in boiling water, and make sure there is no oil or water in them."

After Leng Yan gave instructions, she turned around and led the aunts in the workshop to start washing the fruits.

Cherries and apricots are fine. After washing them, place them in a ventilated place to dry. Then cut the apricots in half and remove the pits, and then you can move on to the next step.

Therefore, in comparison, loquats not only need to be pitted but also peeled, and loquats are more susceptible to oxidation, so cleaning them will be particularly cumbersome.

"Aunts, let's cut off the ends of the loquats first, then peel and core them, and finally put them in this basin of clean water with salt, so that the loquats won't turn black or discolored easily."

Leng Yan taught while moving his hands non-stop, and the aunts followed suit and quickly got the hang of it.

After teaching this step, the ceramic jar of rock sugar that Manager Chen had someone bring back from the grocery store also arrived, so Leng Yan turned to the stove to continue teaching the next step.

Afterwards, Leng Yan demonstrated all the operations including high-temperature steaming and sterilization in the jars, the ratio of boiling loquats with rock sugar and water, and the final canning, sealing and steaming.

She explained as they operated, and emphasized when encountering difficult points, trying to teach them in the shortest time possible.

When doing this step, she selected workers who were trustworthy and had indentures in their hands. After all, when it came to the secret recipe, Leng Yan had to act with caution.