Traveling back to ancient times to make money and raise children is also free

Master Xu delivered the stone mill that I had ordered to me early in the morning. I put it in the yard, rinsed it with water, and tried it. The effect was quite good.

The materials and labor cost two taels of silver in total, but I think it is worth it. This stone mill is an indispensable treasure for making sweet potato flour in the future. With it, sweet potato flour can be ground out.

Master Xu was very happy to receive the money, and gave me a large spoon made of stone, which was polished very smoothly and made very delicately. I thanked him and accepted it.

"Xiao Liu, Master Xu ate breakfast before leaving, but Master Xu said he had something to do and would come back for breakfast next time." Xiu Wen sent him to the door; "Master Xu, if I need anything next time, I will come back to see you."

Master Xu: "Okay, okay, next time you come, I can give you a discount."

Xiu Wen: "Thank you, Master Xu. Take care, Master Xu."

After seeing Master Xu off, Xiu Wen went to the street corner and bought a few buns and some porridge from home. After we finished our breakfast, we decided to start making flour.

All the rotten sweet potatoes were moved into the yard. Xiuwen was responsible for fetching water from here, Xiaobao was responsible for cleaning them, and I chopped them into pieces with a knife.

Put the crushed sweet potatoes into the stone mill and grind them into a pulp. Then prepare a piece of thin gauze and pour the ground sweet potato pulp into it. Rinse it with water again and again.

The rinsing water, carrying the starch, flows into a large vat and slowly settles down. The water on top is then poured out and replaced with clean water, and then it is settled again. Finally, what is obtained is white sweet potato starch.

When Xiuwen and Xiaobao saw the first stick of white sweet potato starch in front of them, they were so surprised that they couldn't speak. Xiaobao rubbed it with his fingers first, "Mom, this is so hard, how do I eat it? Do I just bite it like this?"

The calm Xiu Wen also turned around and looked at me, both pairs of eyes sparkling, waiting for me to answer their questions.

"Xiu Wen, Xiao Bao, this is still raw. It's not poisonous to eat it this way, but it's not tasty. If you want it to taste good, we need to cook it."

"Mother, can we make something to eat first?"

Seeing the greedy Xiaobao, I smiled and agreed; "Okay, you and the elder brother stay here first, I will go and make you something to eat, so that you can have a taste first."

"Okay, okay, mother, you go ahead and do it. My brother and I will stay here and do our work first."

I smiled and looked at the sky. It was already noon. It was time to make lunch. I would have a sweet potato flour glutinous rice cake for lunch today. It has a unique taste, is delicious and easy to make.

Scoop some sweet potato flour out of the jar, mix it with water, wait until it becomes thin and thick, add some shredded ginger, minced garlic, chopped green onion, and salt, heat the oil to 80%, slowly pour it in, and stir it slowly with chopsticks. Wait until the color changes from white to black, then fry it slowly over low heat. When both sides are fried to white and yellow, pour it out of the pan, pour it onto the chopping board, let it cool, and cut it into pieces with a knife when it is almost easy to hold with your hands.

From the yard came the noisy laughter of Xiaobao and Xiuwen as they worked. "Brother, brother, let's hurry up. The food that mother made smells so good. It has aroused the gluttony in my stomach. Brother, I feel hungry."

Xiu Wen: "Okay, let's speed up and wash all the food in front. When Mom calls us, we can go eat."

Xiaobao: "Okay, I'll listen to you, brother."

Me: "Xiu Wen Xiao Bao, I've already made it, eat first, and I'll do it in the afternoon."

Xiaobao: "I'm coming, Mom." Hearing my call, Xiaobao put down the sweet potatoes he was washing and ran in, jumping up and down.

She picked up the sweet potato flour glutinous rice cake I prepared for them, picked it up with chopsticks and took a bite; "Ah, this thing is so delicious! Mom, you eat it too."

Xiu Wen also picked up the bowl and took a bite. "Mom, is this what we are going to sell in the future?"

Me: “Is it delicious?”

Xiu Wen: "Delicious!"

Xiaobao: "It's delicious!"

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In the afternoon, Xiuwen and Xiaobao were more motivated and almost doubled their powder volume compared to the morning.

With these flours, the materials for the first piece of sweet potato vermicelli are ready. I decided to try making a batch of vermicelli first.

Xiaobao helped to light the fire and boil the water in the big pot. Xiuwen mixed the gypsum water and sweet potato flour into soft dough balls according to the proportions I told him. Then he put the dough balls into the funnel to make them into strips, rinsed them in hot water, and finally fished them out and put them on the racks that had been set up in the yard to dry.

I only taught him the process once and he mastered it. I let him do the rest. He is a child with a great memory and is very good at studying. He did not make any mistakes.

I worked till late at night, and the drying space in the yard was already full. Looking at these vermicelli, I seemed to see the future hot and sour vermicelli restaurant, and money was beckoning me.