The next day, continue to make sweet potato vermicelli. After filtering, wrap the precipitated sweet potato flour in a cloth to squeeze out the excess water. Then use a rolling pin to grind the sweet potato vermicelli into powder and place it on the small balcony outside the third-floor attic of the school to expose in the sun.
It is relatively clean here, facing away from the wind and facing the sun, which can reduce dust pollution.
By the time Xiao Chong and Dugu Di appeared in Linjiazhuang again, the powder was almost dry and they could officially enter the process of making powder cakes (vertice fans).
This time, during the school holiday, not only the main force of women who will make sweet potato vermicelli in Linjiazhuang came over, but also the children gathered around.
I saw Lin Wanwan instructing Kunlun to pour the dried sweet potato powder into a clean large vat, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, and then use long bamboo slices to rinse and stir.
After about a quarter of an hour, the powder paste will appear transparent and uniform, and it will be powdered when it is easy to come out.
Then add alum - Lin Wanwan bought this from Hyundai, but it is also available in Datang Pharmacy.
Alum is also alum, and there are detailed processing methods in the "Lei Gong Pao Zhi Lun", a masterpiece on traditional Chinese medicine processing in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
The wisdom of the Chinese ancestors cannot be underestimated, and the Chinese civilization is splendid. It is because folk books are not popular enough, and the inheritance of civilization is destroyed when dynasties change, that many pearls are lost.
Lin Wanwan bought it in modern times just for convenience, and she always felt that alum made with modern high-tech levels should be cleaner than hand-made by ancient people.
Anyway, she has a time and space bracelet that can open the door to time and space. Driving to the supermarket is much more convenient than riding a horse to the pharmacy!
Add alum and continue mixing with wet starch, then knead the dough and hand it over to the ladies in Linjiazhuang.
Although Gangnam-do does not specialize in noodles, ladies are still good at making noodles.
Next, if you don’t have a shredder and you have to do it by hand, you can use a colander, but it still takes a long time.
Now that Lin Wanwan has the shredder, everything is much more convenient and faster.
The final formed vermicelli still needs to be cooled and dried, which is done indoors at this time. After it is completely cool, it is moved to a leeward and sunny place to dry.
During this process, Xiao Chong paid the most attention to the hand-operated fan machine. However, he knew that he would not be able to tell the truth if he asked Lin Wanwan, so he simply did not mention it, but his expression was obviously thoughtful.
Everyone in Linjiazhuang was very excited when they saw the fans that the production was basically completed!
"Wan Niang, it's done, it's really done! We have made powder cake!" The excited Lin couldn't help but rub his hands.
Selling such agricultural and sideline products on the market is not considered business, but it can greatly subsidize household expenses. The selling price of powder cake is not cheap!
Compared with tofu products made with the same painstaking efforts, the selling price is much higher, which makes people less excited.
In the Tang Dynasty, all pasta and foods close to pasta were called cakes, noodles were soup cakes, and steamed buns steamed in the steamer were called steamed cakes (in the Song Dynasty, the steamed cakes sold by Wu Dalang were also steamed buns). Anyway, they were all cakes, cakes, and cakes, which are similar to modern cakes.
The meaning of bread is very different.
Lin Wanwan got used to it after hearing it a lot, and said with a smile: "Yeah! The powder cake is almost done! In two days we will be able to harvest the sweet potatoes in the field. Leave some for seeding, some for eating, and make the rest.
Turn into powder cake, easy to store."
"Okay, okay, Wanwan, you have worked hard." Chief Lin and other elders from the clan praised Lin Wanwan.
After the crowd dispersed, Lin Wanwan asked Xiao Chong what she was going to do with the powder cake.
Xiao Chong said: "This is made by my cousin. Xiao must cherish it and transport it all away."
Lin Wanwan: "..."
Will I work for free for you when I co-write?
Seeing Lin Wanwan's speechless expression, Xiao Chong couldn't help laughing loudly, and finally said three or seven points.
"Four six! You are four, I am six!" Lin Wanwan said directly.
"Wanwan, if you are a merchant, you must be a little businesswoman. The sweet potato raw materials are all brought by Xiao."
"That's what I'm talking about. Cousin, you see it takes me three days to make a powder cake, as well as firewood, labor and energy!"
"Okay, okay, it's up to you." Xiao Chong compromised.
After dinner, Xiao Chong and Dugu Di took a boat.
It was getting late, and it was too late to get up on horseback, so it was better to carry the powder and leave by myself.
After traveling far away and no longer seeing the lights of Linjiazhuang, Dugu Di sat alone on the bow of the boat and said calmly: "Zifang, the steel used in the fan machine is extraordinary. I touched it with my hand and it was as smooth as Momo's.
Sword, is the steel-making technique in the Western Region really that strong now? I have doubts."
Xiao Chong said: "You have traveled all over the world in these years, have you ever seen him in other places?"
"Not even in the caravans of those Hu merchants from the Western Regions."
Xiao Chong didn't say anything else. Dugu Di waited for a while but Xiao Chong didn't talk to him, and suddenly said: "Zifang, I want to form a fleet to go overseas. Let's see if the outside world really has what Mr. Le'an Xiang showed.
So wonderful."
Xiao Chong looked at Dugu Di and said half-truthfully: "Brother Xiwen, didn't you agree to stay and help me, why did you change your mind again? Changing your orders at night is not what a gentleman does."
Dugu Di laughed: "Zifang doesn't agree? What secrets does Mr. Le'an have that you don't want me to delve into?"
"Ah, is there? Are you thinking too much?" Xiao Chong smiled casually and changed the topic, "How is the progress of Ren Yazi?"
Speaking of this, knowing that Xiao Chong was changing the subject, Dugu Di had to reply seriously. After all, this was not something to joke about. He shook his head and sighed: "It is difficult to uproot it. I am afraid that even if it goes deep, it will be the most difficult.
It’s just a few vines pulled out.”
Xiao Chong looked at the dark river with a sinking face, and said calmly: "Really, let's wait and see."
Here, Lin Wanwan coaxed little Qingyu to sleep, took out the letter sent by the eldest lady of the Zhang family during the day, opened it, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Another person wanted to ask her for fan drawings. Lin Wanwan was amazed at the Tang Dynasty's awareness of authenticity.
Originally, Lin Wanwan had not thought about this, but after receiving several letters in a row, Lin Wanwan had new ideas.
It seems that the fan that was displayed at the banquet that day was really eye-catching. I guess those people regretted not bringing a carpenter over, and firmly remembered it when they went back to imitate it.
How could Lin Wanwan give out the drawings casually? They didn't offer Lin Wanwan any equivalent in exchange, and they just wanted to come to her with nothing. That wouldn't work.
Lin Wanwan immediately wrote the replies one by one and told the ladies that since everyone liked it, Hongyanxiao would make a special batch of fans for everyone to buy.
After all, her beauty shop is not just a gouache shop, but a membership-based beauty club. It doesn't matter if you sell some peripherals, she has the final say.
Lin Wanwan decided to find her third uncle tomorrow and ask him to make a batch of fans and sell them for money. She would first go to various towns in Luan County to collect wool.
It is difficult to prevent piracy of this kind of thing. It is easy for a skilled carpenter to copy the real thing, and they can only make money by taking advantage of the time difference.
The hand-cranked fans I got from Datang were customized by Lin Wanwan on Hyundai Online.
In the omnipotent online world, no matter what product you want to buy, you can always find someone to take the order, even if it is a hand-cranked fan that has no market at all.