Golden Branch

"What is soufflé? What is braised pork?"

Wang Heng's eyes widened.

She had never heard of these things, but her foodie instinct made her drool like crazy.

Good things must be delicious.

Wang Mian: ...Oh no, I was talking too excitedly and couldn’t stop for a moment.

There's nothing she can do about it. Who made her wait for several months and only found such a sponsor?

Although it's a little small, he's generous with the money.

Wang Mian took a glance at a string of copper coins and roughly estimated that there were no less than a hundred of them.

You have to know that her cheap father in ancient times went to the dock to move goods for others, working from morning to night, exhausted, and only earned a dozen or twenty copper coins.

As for her, she sold a piece of magical tofu and earned more than a hundred copper coins.

The cost of this magical tofu is almost zero.

The leaves of the fairy tree are picked from the forest in the back mountain. Apart from the labor for processing, it really doesn’t cost much.

In ancient times, the least valuable thing was labor.

Wang Mian didn't even mobilize the main labor force of the family. He only relied on a group of children to make the magical tofu for several days.

After several days of hard work, I made double the profit with just this one order.

value!

Too much value!

This little girl from a noble family is obviously a foodie, and is exactly the fat sheep that Wang Mian needs most.

In order to continue to fleece the sheep, Wang Mian had to take drastic measures and take the man down directly.

...Uh, this medicine is too strong, it's too much.

Whether it’s soufflé or braised pork, there’s one seasoning that can’t be avoided – sugar!

In Da Zhou, there is no sugar!

There is no brown sugar, white sugar, or rock sugar.

The main source of sweetness for the nobles is beeswax, or honey.

Or, in the south, fruits like sugarcane.

But, Yizhou is in the north.

After Wang Mian came here, she tried to find out through indirection that her grandparents, parents and other elders had never heard of sugarcane.

Of course, Wang Mian's family was too poor, and his family's cognition could not represent the level of that era.

There might be sugarcane, but Wang Mian’s family just can’t get access to it.

However, Wang Mian was not sure whether the "financial backer" he happened to meet knew about sugarcane or whether he had some seasonings that ordinary people could not afford.

"...Reporting to the little girl, soufflé is a pastry that is soft, sweet, and melts in your mouth. However, it is missing some seasonings, and I don't know if I can make it!"

“The same goes for braised pork…”

Wang Mian was afraid that he had spoken too confidently. If he didn't make any money, it would be a small matter. But if he offended an important person, it would be a real loss of life.

"What seasoning do you need? I have plenty at home!"

Wang Heng was completely intrigued and would not let it go easily.

"...Sugar! I need sugar! If you don't have sugar, sugarcane will do!"

Wang Mian really couldn't be vague, so he had to bite the bullet and state his request.

“No sugar cane!”

Wang Heng pouted, with the corners of her mouth drooping.

He looks so aggrieved and pitiful.

When Fu's mother saw this, she felt very distressed.

She felt a little regretful that she shouldn't have let the farm girl get on the carriage, giving her the opportunity to talk nonsense to Jiu Niang.

Wang Mian smiled awkwardly; she knew this would happen.

Seeing the disappointed Wang Heng, Wang Mian felt even more guilty: Look at me, I clearly can't do it, but I still provoke a little girl who loves to eat.

Although Wang Mian looks about the same age as Wang Heng, Wang Mian has lived two lives.

Before traveling through time, she had already graduated from university and was working as a slave in an e-commerce company.

After coming here, his age has shrunk significantly, but he is still eight years old.

It's just that this body is severely malnourished, so it looks like a five or six-year-old child.

Whether in terms of psychological age or "actual" age, Wang Mian is older than Wang Heng, so Wang Mian treats Wang Heng as a little sister!

For one's own selfishness, "bullying" a little girl——

Just when Wang Mian was about to feel reluctant, Wang Heng suddenly shouted in surprise, "Oh, right, I have mulberry juice!"

She remembered that before she left, her grandmother had given her a lot of precious food, including a jar of mulberry juice.

"Zhejiang? What is Zhejiang?"

Wang Mian had never heard of it.

Mother Fu snorted coldly, "You're still bragging about being able to make delicacies that even nobles haven't tasted. You haven't even heard of Zhejiang?"

For a chef to boast of his superb cooking skills but actually not know the ingredients commonly used by nobles, isn’t that a joke?

"Zhejiang is the juice made from sugarcane."

A month ago, merchants from the south transported some sugarcane along the Yi River.

Wang Heng ate sugarcane and drank mulberry juice.

However, sugarcane cannot be stored for too long, so mulberry juice can be preserved longer.

The Wang family used the family's usual method of preserving food and barely kept one jar.

This time, Wang Heng was driven to Zhuangzi. Madam Xie, who had always disliked Wang Heng, was rarely moved with sympathy for her. Knowing that Wang Heng loved to eat and was greedy, she simply gave some of the ingredients she had stored in her small kitchen to Wang Heng.

Among them, there is this jar of mulberry juice.

"Sugarcane juice? Oh, sugarcane juice will do!"

When Wang Mian heard that it was juice squeezed from sugarcane, his eyes suddenly lit up.

She can make sugar from sugarcane juice.

With sugar, you can unlock more delicious foods.

Soufflé and braised pork are no longer just her casual boasts!

"If you trust me, little girl, please give me this mulberry juice. Give me a few more days, and I will definitely be able to make a delicious meal that you will like!"

After Wang Mian said this, he realized his own impertinence.

She had lived in ancient times for several months and already knew the scarcity of resources in ancient times.

In modern times, sugar can be bought everywhere and the price will not exceed ten figures. In ancient times, it was basically a luxury that only the powerful and wealthy could enjoy.

Price compared to gold!

Moreover, there is no demand for it even though it’s priced!

She asked for mulberry juice right away, haha, people didn't even know who she was——

"Wang Daya, from Wangjiamiao. Wangjiamiao is a family temple owned by my Wang family. The villagers were originally farmers of my Wang family..."

Wang Mian was still thinking about whether he should introduce himself and tell the other party his detailed information in exchange for the other party's trust.

Mother Fu, on her part, had already revealed all her information.

After hearing this extremely detailed information, Wang Mian was shocked at first. From the time he stopped the carriage to the time he was allowed to get on and answer the call, it took no more than an hour in total, and yet his situation was known so clearly?

After being shocked, Wang Mian felt relieved: Come to think of it, he is a noble person.

As soon as an order was given, guards and servants would ride on horses to run errands.

After going back and forth, you can get all the information clearly.

The key point is that Wang Mian heard clearly that this woman, who looked very much like Rong Mama, mentioned "under the name of my Wang family."

Could it be that the little girl he stopped was the main family of Wangjia Temple - the Wang family of Langya?

Wow, I’m really good. I just stopped a car randomly and found the real money sponsor!