After dressing as a widow

Realizing that Gu Shuanzi was looking at him, Lin Zhen lowered his head a little more, and he was surprised to find that his cheap son actually had a tear mole.

The location of the tear mole is very ingenious, just a little bit lower than the end of the eye. In the past, Gu Shuanzi's skin was dark and could not be seen, but now it is a little white, and it can be seen.

There is a saying in Lin Zhen's hometown that people with tear moles are born with love.

Lin Zhen didn't believe in these non-existent things before, but now that everyone else is here, he has to believe.

He reached out and touched Gu Shuanzi's mole: "Shuanzi's future wife doesn't know what she will look like, but now you can't speak a word a day, so I'm not afraid that your wife will be aggrieved to death."

He works every day to set up a stall. Although his fingers are white, they are not delicate, and his skin is a bit rough when rubbed.

Gu Shuanzi felt his hand in the corner of his eye, and suddenly reached out to grab his hand: "Uncle Lin, have you thought about making sweet soup?"

Lin Zhen's thoughts immediately shifted from Gu Shuanzi's non-existent daughter-in-law to the shop's business: "My method of making sweet soup may be different from what you used to eat, but there must be sour plum soup, and the ingredients are not cheap. Said, it’s hot and drink to relieve the heat.”

"Others, I want to make milk tea." Yes, Lin really wants to make milk tea. Since milk tea can occupy modern people's big and small cities, it means that the taste is suitable for the public, and he doesn't have to bother looking for ancient recipes and so-called The innovation, just make a few milk teas.

And milk tea is divided into several categories. The first type is desktop milk tea, which tastes light and has a strong milk flavor. The most famous one is pearl milk tea; The reason for adding various fruits is that it sells better. This can also be done, but only seasonal fruits can be made, and they can’t be sold in winter; the third is milk-covered milk tea. Although the taste is fragrant and sweet, Lin Zhen currently I don’t plan to do it. The milk capping process is a bit more complicated than the above two. There are only so many people in his shop, and it is obviously too busy to do such a complicated one. The fourth is Hong Kong-style milk tea, which has a strong tea taste and a bit bitter Compared with Taiwanese milk tea and fruit milk tea, it may be more popular among local men.

But the most basic thing to make milk tea is the source of milk and the ice needed for storage.

Only by solving these two things can we start to do it, otherwise we can only think about it.

Lin Xiaoyao, Gu Shuanzi, and the others knew about sour plum soup. There was a snack shop at Sanchakou in the town that sold sour plum soup, but they had never tried it.

You can drink water when you get home, and it’s really not worth the money.

But they had never heard of milk tea. Lin Xiaoyao had always believed in Lin Zhen unconditionally, and asked with her eyes open, "Third brother, then we will sell milk tea and sour plum soup. Many people will definitely like it."

Lin Zhen also felt that selling milk tea would definitely pay off, especially after everyone ate the spicy and salty Malatang, but he patted his forehead and said to Lin Xiaoyao: "There are too many things to prepare, I'm afraid we have to It will take five or six days to open."

"It takes so many days?" Lin Shitou, the sunflower that followed him, counted with his fingers, "Then little real aunt won't be able to make money these days."

Lin Zhen nodded: "Yes, we are familiar with making Malatang, you can make it, but milk tea is not easy to make, if you want to buy milk, you have to buy tea, you have to try the taste first, and how to pack it for customers."

There is also the issue of ice. Lin Zhen knew that saltpeter could make ice, but the history of making ice with saltpeter dates back to his time. It was only discovered at the end of Tang Dynasty, and it was carried forward in Song Dynasty.

But there are even brothers of this gender here, and it must not be the dynasty he is familiar with. Whether the effect of saltpeter has been discovered is a problem, and whether there is saltpeter for sale in the town is also a problem.

If the method of making ice with saltpeter has not been discovered by the people here, it is too eye-catching for him to use it to make milk tea, so we still have to go out for a stroll to learn about the inside.

Just do it, Lin Zhen said to Lin Xiaoyao: "Xiaoyao, you take a few of them to the shop to scrub the newly-brought tables, chairs and benches, and then check if there are any deficiencies in the ingredients of Malatang. I have a number, wait for the eldest brother and the second brother to deliver it in two days and make an appointment with them for the next delivery, and I will go for a walk outside and buy some ingredients for making milk tea."

The sale of milk tea is definitely going to be done, just to think about the problems inside, so Lin Zhen carried a smaller pannier on his back, fearing that he would not be able to carry it when he bought it.

After instructing Lin Xiaoyao and the others, Lin Zhen walked out of the shop with the money in his pocket. As soon as he stepped out, the owner of the tea shop opposite greeted him: "Brother is going out, the sun is hot, why don't you take an umbrella, it's okay to be in the sun." good."

"..." There were a few large characters printed on Lin Zhen's forehead, buddy, are you alright?

Few girls in the streets are holding umbrellas, and he is not the brother of those rich families in the town. He carries an umbrella on his back and carries it on his back. Isn't it not attractive enough?

Moreover, the owner of the tea shop was too concerned about him, a stranger.

Lin Zhen smiled slightly and said: "Thank you for the reminder, but I'm used to setting up a stall to dry the sun, so the sun is fine."

After speaking, Lin Zhen walked forward slowly, looking at the shops on both sides, some selling rice, flour, grain and oil, some selling condiments, some selling sweets and cakes, some selling wine, and selling cloth...

If he wanted to inquire about milk, the most likely place to inquire about it would be a confectionery seller.

Lin Zhen stopped in front of this Luling pastry shop and walked in. In an instant, the sweet smell rushed into his nose, because it was too strong, and even a little stuffy.

He glanced at the white sugar cake closest to him that was as wide as half a finger, and asked the boss: "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this?"

The shopkeeper of Luling Cake Shop has already recognized him as the guy who sells Mala Tang, and said at the counter with a smile: "Brother is indeed a food maker, and he has taken a fancy to the best seller in our shop since he came here. It’s made of rice flour and sugar, and it costs four Wen for one yuan.”

"Your price is really expensive." Lin Zhen said with a smile.

The shopkeeper slowly waved the fan in his hand: "It's rice and sugar. It's cheap and I lose a lot of money. How about it, brother."

Lin Zhen thought about those at home, and said, "Give me ten yuan."

"Okay." The shopkeeper took a piece of oil paper, put ten pieces of rice sugar cakes in a bamboo tong, wrapped them up, put them on the counter, and pushed them towards Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen paid forty cash, rolled his eyes around the shop, and asked the shopkeeper suspiciously: "Shopkeeper, do you have sugar cakes mixed with milk here? The kid in the family is young, so he wants to take a bite of it." Milky."

"Admixed with milk?" The shopkeeper's face was curious: "The cow is so precious, and the calf is served like an ancestor after it is born, so how can you toss its milk to make things."

"Besides, there are very few people in our town who have cows. If it is used for food, how many people have to go to it, it will be exhausting."

Lin Zhen frowned, "Is there any goat milk?"

His milk tea business wouldn't die like this, would it?

Seeing his persistence, the shopkeeper said: "There are no sheep breeders in our town, but there are people who raise sheep in Wayao Village, 30 miles away from the town. I heard that those sheep are a small flock of wild sheep domesticated by his grandfather. There are more than [-] of them."

"There should be sheep for sale at his place."

Good guy, even the sheep are inherited from the ancestors, and isn't Wayao Village the village where the young woman who sold bamboo tubes and dried bamboo shoots to herself lived?

Lin Zhen put the wrapped sugar cake into the basket, bought five catties of icing sugar, and walked out of the Luling pastry shop.

Although milk is out of the question, at least there is goat's milk. Lin Zhenxin felt a little more at ease, walking slowly, thinking about the saltpeter, and felt that this matter was in the town, and only the medical center could solve the problem for him.

He was carrying sugar cakes and icing sugar on his back, and just as he walked to the door of the clinic, the eyes of the apprentice who was greeting the patients who came to see the doctor lit up: "Brother Lin is here?"

Immediately, I was a little anxious: "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Is your throat serious?"

Lin Zhen said: "My throat is much better, and the medicine you took is very suitable."

He pondered for a while, and asked his apprentice: "Brother, I want to ask if there is any cheaper prescription for cold and heat, vomiting and diarrhea. A person in my village asked me to ask, if it is not expensive, I can grab some medicine." I scratched my head, and finally found out from the corners of my brain the symptoms that saltpeter was used as a medicine in ancient times, and I specifically said that it should be cheap.

The price of saltpeter should not be expensive, at least cheaper than herbal medicine.

He believed the apprentice, and said without hesitation: "To cure cold and heat, vomiting and diarrhea, there are several pharmacies in our medical center, but if you don't have much money, you can take a few dollars of Glauber's salt decoction first, and it should improve."

Hearing him say the word Glauber's salt, Lin Zhen's eyes lit up. That's right, this is saltpeter that can make ice.

He said, "Then please wrap some Glauber's salt for me."

"Brother Lin, just wait," the apprentice liked him, wishing he could talk to him more, and said before Lin Zhen could answer, "Although Glauber's salt is a medicine, don't be greedy for too much. Don’t put more, one to three coins at a time is enough, if you don’t get better after eating, you still have to go to the medical center to see a doctor.”

Lin Zhen took advantage of the opportunity to talk to him: "It's also the first time I know about the medicine Glauber's salt. This medicine is so cheap, can it only cure cold and heat, vomiting and diarrhea?"

The apprentice said: "More than that, except for cold and heat, vomiting and diarrhea, summer cold, lumps in the abdomen, neck scrofula, blood stasis and abdominal pain, these are all useful, but how to take a single medicine and when to take it is useful depends on the individual's constitution. "

"A small amount of thenardite has such a big effect." Lin Zhen looked at the apprentice and said with a smile, "Then brother, why not grab me a sack of one or two sacks, and I will keep it for later use."

The apprentice was amused by him: "The amount of Glauber's salt is small, one yuan or two at a time. You can buy a sack for decades and it won't be used up."

"It's cheap, and it doesn't hurt to put it there. If there is one in my little brother's clinic, just bring it to me."

The apprentice saw that he didn't seem to be lying, so he smiled and said: "There are only a few catties in our clinic, and the doctors in our clinic have good medical skills, so we buy so many patients when there are many patients."

"Other small clinics don't use more than half a catty a year. The thenardite sellers at Sanchalu said that our clinic takes care of more than half of the patients in the town."