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Before starting work, Liu Yuhan went to the vermicelli workshop to check all the tools needed for each process, and then took the applicants to practice.

The production process of handmade sweet potato noodles is very particular and requires multiple steps.

First, select high-quality sweet potatoes, wash them, peel them, and then crush them.

Next, the crushed sweet potato pulp is filtered to remove impurities.

Next, knead the flour. Pour the clean sweet potato starch into a large clay jar, add appropriate amount of water, and have several adults knead it together. Use even force and repeat the process repeatedly until the starch becomes a paste.

The kneaded starch can be used to make vermicelli.

The right temperature is crucial when making vermicelli. Lighting the fire requires skill; the fire shouldn't be too strong or too weak; you must control the temperature just right.

When the fire was lit, it was time to make the starch. This required a special ladle, so Liu Yuhan went to the iron shop and asked the ironworker to make a few large iron funnels.

Put the kneaded starch into the ladle and beat it evenly with force, so that the vermicelli will slowly come out from the small hole left in the ladle and enter the pot. The person in charge of the ladle must control the amount of starch.

Next, the vermicelli is scooped out. After the vermicelli is put into the pot and cooked in boiling water, a special person will use special long chopsticks to scoop it out of the pot and put it into a large bucket filled with cold water.

After cooling in a large barrel for a period of time, the vermicelli is transferred to a wooden barrel and cut into lengths according to needs, usually to 50 or 60 centimeters for easy drying.

After the vermicelli has gone through the first six steps, it's shaped and then air-dried on bamboo poles. In sunny conditions, it usually takes seven days to dry; if the temperature isn't high enough, it'll take longer. Potato vermicelli is prepared in a similar way.

In the process of making vermicelli, it is crucial to ensure the quality and hygiene of the product.

The color of sweet potato starch is determined by the sweet potato variety and can be gray or yellow, and can be made into wide or fine noodles. Potato starch, on the other hand, is a transparent crystal, with milky white and light yellow being the most common colors, and the noodles are thinner.

Sweet potato flour has a stronger aroma and a stronger chewiness, and tastes sweeter, while potato flour has a lighter taste.

Sweet potato flour will not become mushy even after being cooked for a long time and has a chewy texture when eaten, while potato flour is the opposite. It is very easy to cook, but because it is not sticky, it is not easy to shape and tends to stick together during cooking.

Handmade sweet potato noodles are highly nutritious, rich in carbohydrates, dietary fiber, protein, vitamins, and minerals. Dietary fiber helps promote intestinal motility and improve digestion. Protein, a building block of human tissue, plays an important role in growth, development, and tissue repair. Vitamins and minerals also contribute to maintaining normal physiological functions. Therefore, handmade sweet potato noodles are a nutritious, healthy, and delicious food.

In addition to its high nutritional value, handmade sweet potato noodles also boast a unique texture and flavor. Once cooked, the skin becomes thin, transparent, smooth, and refreshing, making it suitable for a variety of culinary creations. For example, handmade sweet potato noodles can be shaped into various shapes, such as vermicelli noodles, rice noodles, and rice paper sheets. They can also be combined with vegetables, meats, and other ingredients for a delicious stir-fry, cold salad, or soup, creating a delicious flavor. They can also be made into other snacks.

Liu Yuhan and Old Lady Jiang were personally in charge of the recruitment. Young women and girls over 14 years old in the village could apply.

Old Lady Jiang knew the villagers best: who was diligent, who cared about hygiene, and who was quiet. Only after Old Lady Jiang gave her approval would Liu Yuhan write down the applicants' information and ask them to sign the contract.

The fan workshop will temporarily recruit 30 people.

The workshop opened on a day Wang Daling had chosen. Thirty people dressed cleanly, their hair wrapped in cloths, and wore work masks and gowns.

Li and Bai Zhi were watching over the pharmaceutical workshop, while my mother and Liu Yun were temporarily in charge of the vermicelli workshop. Liu Yun was learning bookkeeping from Bai Zhi.

Liu Yuhan would train Sun Xiaohua and Sun Shangxiang to be team leaders. Sun Xiaohua had already married Xu Fugui, and Liu Yuhan also gave them the same wedding gifts as Sun Shangxiang.

Sun Shangxiang always had a smile on her face, and it was obvious that she and Liu Laizi lived a comfortable life after marriage.

Their families lived close together, and their relationship was incredibly close. Now both couples were helping out in the workshop, and Liu Laizi's mother was being cared for by Sun Shangxiang's mother-in-law.

The happiest person was old man Xu. Xu Fugui finally got married. He married Sun Xiaohua, his favorite daughter-in-law. Sun Xiaohua was cheerful and capable, and she kept the house and other belongings in good order.

The young couple was in great love after their marriage, and Old Xu was looking forward to them having a big fat boy and a big fat granddaughter as soon as possible so that they would have more rooms to live in and could afford to raise them.

His son earned two taels of silver a month, and his daughter-in-law earned one tael of silver a month. After finishing his farm work at home, he also weaved bamboo baskets for the Liu family, earning nearly half a tael of silver a month.

With so much income at home every month, eating meat every meal is no longer a dream. Life is so good now that Old Xu can laugh out loud in his dreams.

Liu Yuhan would take the undried noodles to Changle County to supply to his uncle and aunt's noodle shop. So his noodle shop now has several more flavors of noodles: hot and sour noodles, sweet potato noodles, potato noodles, and cold potato noodles.

These noodles, which have a different taste from other noodles, immediately conquered many customers, and many people came here to eat, including people from the provincial capital and various towns.

The small shop was crowded with people all day long. There was no place to sit, so people had to bring their own clay pots to take away the food. Yang Nianhua and his wife were too busy to handle it, so they hired a young couple to work in the shop.

Unexpectedly, the most popular dish is the hot and sour noodles. Nothing is more mouth-watering than a bowl of delicious hot and sour noodles! The unique hot and sour flavor, coupled with a rich topping, and each vermicelli noodle soaked in the delicious broth, is a true feast for the taste buds!

The ingredients for hot and sour noodles include peanuts, sesame seeds, red oil, vinegar, soy sauce, chili oil, cilantro or chopped green onions, and broth. As for the chili peppers, they were sun-dried from Liu Yuhan's space, and he had already saved most of them for seed, which he planned to plant in Fulai Village next year.

Liu Yuhan taught Yang Nianhua how to make chili oil.

Liu Yuhan thought that people in the south were not good at eating spicy food. However, when the hot and sour noodles came on the market, she saw customers happily slurping the noodles while enduring the spiciness. She felt that the scene was very festive because she felt the same way.

Sometimes, when they wanted to eat noodles, they would just grab their clay pots and go to the noodle shop to take away. My aunt and uncle would add a lot of ingredients and make a lot of stewed meat, but they refused to take money. They would just do it once or twice, but after that, they would just leave with some money and sign up for a monthly subscription.

Yang Nianhua and his wife were full of gratitude to their eldest niece. Without her, the store would not have been so popular. Even the county magistrate's servants often brought their sons to patronize or take away food.

No one can resist the temptation of delicious food. The Huo family's children naturally knew about it. After having eaten noodles in the store once, they wanted to eat more. Huo Nan tried every flavor and was so full that Liu Yuhan had no choice but to give him some digestive tablets.

I wrote the recipes for them and gave Butler Huo the ingredients, including chili oil, and told them to do the rest themselves when they returned home.

In fact, this is equivalent to creating popularity in advance, so when the dried sweet potato flour and potato flour are on the market, there will be no need to even advertise.