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Looking at the happy expression of the village head, Shen Wanning knew that they must have found cassava, so she followed them up the mountain with great confidence.

When they reached the mountain, Shen Wanning carefully taught them how to identify cassava leaves, and together they dug out some cassava and showed it to them. Finally, she reminded them several times that the cassava must be soaked before consumption.

The officials listened attentively, said they understood, and took the cassava back as a sample.

The head of the village called some more people and asked them to find Lin Jingce and drive a horse-drawn carriage to take the officials back to the county town.

After completing all this, Shen Wanning could finally get a good night's sleep. Previously, cassava had only been promoted to a few neighboring villages. Now, with the county magistrate's promotion, more people could learn about cassava, which also meant fewer people going hungry.

The sun rose in the east and set in the west. After a few days, the thunder fruit was dried. Shen Wanning came back from selling milk tea in the afternoon and got busy with her family.

She took out the seeds of the ficus pumila fruit, divided them into two halves, and wrapped each half in gauze. She rubbed one half into clean water and the other half into milk, and finally added a little quicklime to each half.

While it was resting, she made some pearls and tapioca starch with brown sugar and tapioca starch. When making the pearls, she used brown sugar instead because she didn't have any black sugar.

After cooking the pearls and sago, I steamed some purple glutinous rice and red beans and mixed them with white sugar.

"Wan Ning, why are you fiddling with so many things today?" Xu asked while mixing white sugar with purple glutinous rice.

"Sister-in-law, ten days have already passed, and the cows will probably be back soon. We must prepare everything in advance so that the milk tea shop can have a good start." Shen Wanning cut the solidified milk into small pieces, put them into each bowl of milk tea, and added a spoonful of pearls.

"Mom and Dad, please try the milk tea with milk jelly." Shen Wanning thought for a moment and thought that if she called it pudding, they might not understand, so she decided to just call it milk jelly.

"Well, it's good. The milk jelly melts in your mouth, and the red pearls are very chewy. It's delicious, really delicious." Both of them praised.

The others also drank their bowls of milk tea. While they were drinking, Shen Wanning scooped another large spoonful of ice jelly into their bowls, added a spoonful of purple glutinous rice and a spoonful of tapioca pearls, and finally poured brown sugar water on them.

"This bowl of ice jelly is made with water and sweet glutinous rice and tapioca pearls. How does it taste?" Shen Wanning pushed the bowl on the table towards them.

"Compared with milk jelly, ice jelly lacks the milky flavor, but has a cooler taste. If it were made into food, it would probably be liked by many people," commented Lin Dashan.

"Dad, I don't plan to sell this ice jelly in the shop, but I can sell this milk jelly. Our shop specializes in dairy products, and the people who come to the shop will tend to be more high-end consumers. Besides, ice jelly can only be sold in the summer, so I'm too lazy to bother with it."

She plans to wait until the milk tea business takes off before starting the cosmetics business. Therefore, the milk tea shop will be more inclined towards those high-spending people, so as to better boost the cosmetics business.

Xu's eyes rolled. "Wan Ning, if this icy jelly doesn't have purple glutinous rice and this thing called tapioca pearls, will it taste good if it's just icy jelly with brown sugar water?"

Wan Ning nodded. "Of course, the purple glutinous rice and tapioca pearls are just the icing on the cake. The most important thing is the ice jelly and brown sugar water."

Xu smiled flatteringly, "Wan Ning, can I discuss something with you?"

"Sister-in-law, just speak frankly. We are all family, there is no need to be so formal."

"You said you don't want to do the ice jelly business. I just want to ask you if this ice jelly business can be done by my brother from my mother's side? Summer is coming soon, and any profit from selling ice jelly is good." Xu still smiled flatteringly.

"Mrs. Xu!" Aunt Zhang's face changed and she slammed the table hard, scaring Mrs. Xu so much that she trembled.

"Mom, I'm just asking. I... I didn't say that Wan Ning must agree, right?" Xu's voice became softer and softer as she spoke.

"It seems that I've been too indulgent with you, and you can't see the seriousness of the situation. Wan Ning created this craft herself, how can she pass it on to others at will? I let you watch here because Wan Ning treats you as family and isn't on guard against you, but how can you let Wan Ning hand over this craft so easily?"

This was the first time Shen Wanning saw Aunt Zhang speak so harshly to her family.

Shen Wanning was a little confused. In her opinion, this wasn't a big deal, and she could have just agreed to Xu's request. It was only after watching netizens' explanations in the live broadcast room that she realized that having a craft was very popular in ancient times.

Many family crafts, such as tofu making and carpentry, are passed down from generation to generation and are not passed down to outsiders. If a family were to take in an apprentice and pass on their craft, they would have to pay a fee and, secondly, the apprentice would have to provide for the master's retirement and funeral. Therefore, in ancient times, unless a family had sons, few would pass on their craft.

For example, Lin Jiang's master only had two daughters and no sons, so he accepted him as his apprentice. In the future, Lin Jiang must also provide for his master in his old age and see him to the end.

"Mom, my sister-in-law is just straightforward and has no ill intentions. I am willing to teach this skill to my sister-in-law's brother, but I have to make it clear that this ice jelly business can only be done in the summer. It probably won't sell in the winter." Shen Wanning said slowly, without any blame in her tone.

"Wan Ning, you don't have to put yourself in a difficult position just because we are a family. This is your business skill, how can you teach it to others so easily? Mother knows that you are a good child, but mother cannot let you suffer any injustice. Let's not mention this matter anymore, just pretend it never happened, and never mention it again in the future." Aunt Zhang continued.

"Mom, Wan Ning did it willingly. This skill of making ice jelly will just sit there anyway, so it's better to give it to my sister-in-law's family to do some business. Any money they can make is a good one." Shen Wan Ning used her coquettish trick again and took Aunt Zhang's arm.

Xu looked at Aunt Zhang expectantly, hoping she would agree. Aunt Zhang took a deep breath and waved her hand, "Forget it, forget it. Wan Ning, you're always so kind. I don't know what to say to you." Then, she turned and lectured Xu, "You must remember all the kindness Wan Ning has shown us to the Lin family and to you!"

"Don't worry, mother. I remember everything. When Xiaojiang and Xiaohe grow up, I will make sure they are as filial to Wanning as they are to Jingce and me." Xu continued.

Shen Wanning smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, this ice jelly is very simple to make. First, dry the Ficus pumila fruit, remove the seeds, wrap them in gauze, rub them in clean water, and finally add a small amount of quicklime. Then let it sit."

Mrs. Xu nodded vigorously with joy. "I know. I watched Wan Ning do it. I remember every step. Thank you, Wan Ning."