The whole family traveled through the hidden mountains, and the general always came to get the wool

More than a month after the two little guys began their own enlightenment journey, the autumn harvest in the border town also came to an end.

Shi Zhuangtou sent a message from Zhuangzi, asking when the vermicelli workshop would start operation, so Su's father and Su Weixi planned to live in Zhuangzi for a while.

This time, Su Ma and the two little ones are not going. In addition to taking classes with Mr. Zhang every day, the two little ones also have to learn martial arts, so Su Ma stays at home to take care of them.

The two little guys now get up early every day and go to Mr. Zhang's place for their enlightenment. They go home for lunch at noon and practice martial arts with their martial arts master after lunch break.

The martial arts master's surname is Lei, and his name is Lei Shan. He used to be a veteran of the Xiao family army and was very powerful. He was forced to retire because he was seriously injured and disabled on the battlefield. His right ear was chopped off by the Beidi people on the battlefield.

An An and Ning Ning were not afraid when they saw Master Lei who was missing his right ear, especially Ning Ning, who said it was a symbol of a hero.

When Master Lei heard this, he burst into laughter. This was the first time he saw a child who was not afraid of him when he saw him like this.

Ever since Master Lei came, Ningning had been refusing to go to Mr. Zhang's class, but was eventually suppressed by Su Ma with thundering means.

She was threatened that if she didn't go to school, she wouldn't even be able to learn martial arts. Only then did she obediently go to class with her brother every day.

Now, Su Weixi and Su's father went to the farm only after the two little ones went to class, for fear that Ningning would see them and make a fuss about going to the farm to play, too.

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When the carriage arrived at the village, the village head was still waiting at the door to greet them.

"Have you completed all the preparations that I asked you to do before?" Father Su asked about the tasks that were assigned to you before.

"My Lord, everything has been arranged."

"Okay, take us to the workshop."

After Su's father and Su Weixi arrived at the farm, they went straight to the workshop without resting.

Before this, Su Weixi had asked the housekeeper to instruct the village head to recruit all the workers needed for the workshop.

We also ordered a batch of uniform aprons, hats and masks. After all, we are going to cook, and hygiene conditions are the top priority.

When the two men walked to the door of the workshop, they saw a group of workers standing in two groups, one side was composed of young and strong men, and the other side was composed of recruited female workers.

The crowd, who were originally talking at once, immediately fell silent when they saw Su's father and Su Weixi coming.

Father Su took the incense prepared by the village head, bowed three times to the altar that had been prepared long ago, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Shi Zhuangtou shouted, "Start working."

The workers walked into the workshop, went to their respective posts, and started making vermicelli.

They received two days of training before starting work.

It was Nanny Sun, Cook Wang and two servants from the family who came to the manor for training. After all, it was impossible for Su Weixi and Su Ma, the lady and daughter of the family, to demonstrate to them personally.

It’s not that Su Ma and Su Weixi thought there was anything wrong, it’s just that this is the rule of this dynasty, so one cannot go too far.

Therefore, after Su Ma and Su Weixi taught them the process of making vermicelli at home, they asked them to go to Zhuangzi in advance to train the workers.

The workshop is mainly divided into three parts.

The first part is responsible for selecting, cleaning and cutting potatoes. Select sweet potatoes and potatoes with smooth surface, no pests and diseases, no green heads, and moderate size. Put the selected sweet potatoes and potatoes into water to wash away the dirt and impurities, and then cut the cleaned sweet potatoes and potatoes into pieces.

This part is handled by the women who were recruited because they are more careful.

The second part is responsible for crushing sweet potatoes and potatoes, and then filtering them. It needs to be filtered twice, and then put into a customized barrel for starch precipitation.

After the precipitation is complete, pour out the upper layer of water to obtain wet starch. Then take out the lower layer of starch and hang it into powder balls, and place it on the drying ground to dry. When half of the water in the powder ball evaporates, cut the powder ball into several pieces and dry it in the sun.

Su Weixi set up the drying yard in a place sheltered from the wind and facing the sun to prevent dust pollution.

This part is physical work and is done by men.

At this time, Su Weixi really missed the crusher in his previous life. It was so convenient!

The third part is to make the paste. First make the paste, then add starch flour and water, and after mixing well, start kneading.

When leaking shredded pork, you need to prepare a pot of boiling water, and leak the shredded pork only when the water in the pot boils.

When the noodles sink to the bottom of the pot and then float to the surface, they can be taken out of the pot, cooled down by passing through a cold water tank, and then bundled into bundles by hand and threaded onto a wooden stick. Then, cooled down by passing through another cold water tank, the noodles are constantly shaken until they are loose.

Then put it indoors, and after it has cooled completely, take it out to dry outdoors. Take the vermicelli to a sunny place sheltered from the wind, and it will become vermicelli after drying.

There are both men and women in charge of this part, because it involves delicate work as well as heavy physical labor.

Fortunately, the separation between men and women is not so strict in this era, especially in the countryside and among poor families, where people don’t care about it at all. Otherwise, letting men and women work in the same room would be criticized.

The workers recruited all signed a contract, and if they leaked the house information, they would be arrested, imprisoned, and required to pay compensation.

After Su Weixi and Su's father took a look around and saw that the workers were doing everything in an orderly manner and without making any mistakes, they went back to the farm to rest.

"Miss, we have used up all the potatoes and sweet potatoes produced in our farm. Should we purchase them from outside?" Shi Zhuangtou reported the current situation of the workshop to Su Weixi.

"Well, buy it. First, purchase it from our tenants and workers. If it's not enough, we can purchase it from nearby villages." Su Weixi felt that his employees should have the right of first refusal.

"How much do you plan to charge, Miss?"

“How much do sweet potatoes and potatoes usually sell for in the market?”

"More and more people have been planting potatoes in the past two years, and the price is no longer as high as before. It is basically one cent per pound. We purchase in large quantities, so we can make it even cheaper." Shi Zhuangtou recalled the current price of sweet potatoes and potatoes.

"Then let's just follow the market price, one penny per pound. There's no need to lower the price just because of the large quantity."

"Yes, ma'am."

After Shi Zhuangtou finished speaking, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Su Weixi.

"Wait, how many dried vermicelli do we have now?"

"My lady, it now weighs three thousand kilograms."

"So little?" Su Weixi frowned slightly.

"Miss, this is because the workers were not skilled at the beginning, and it takes time for the starch to settle and the vermicelli to dry. They have become skilled during this period, and will produce more in the future." Shi Zhuangtou was afraid that Su Weixi would blame him, so he immediately hurried to explain the reason.

"Don't be nervous. I don't mean to blame you. When there are 5,000 kilograms of dried vermicelli, let me know and go get busy." Su Weixi felt helpless for a moment. His family had never lost their temper, so why was Shizhuangtou always so nervous?

After Shi Zhuangtou left, Su Weixi began to think about where this batch of vermicelli should go.

First of all, a part of it was to be given to Xiao Yi as a thank you for giving his family such a big farm.

Secondly, we need to find a market for vermicelli.

When it comes to doing business, what could be more guaranteed than cooperating with Royal Merchants?

Su Weixi decided to transport the first batch of vermicelli back to the city in a few days and invite Shen Jingzhou and his wife to their home for dinner.

Su Weixi felt that she hadn't eaten the Su family's meals for a long time, and Shen Jingzhou must miss it a lot.

Shen Jingzhou: Why do I feel like I’m being treated as a fool again?