Chapter 85 Preparing to make rice wine
Shui Qing didn't panic at all when asked, and said naturally: "Mom, you don't know if I can make wine? How could I know how to make wine before?"
Not your son-in-law yet, I saw an ancient book a few days ago that recorded the method of making wine, and we thought we would give it a try ourselves. "
Fan Jin's status as a scholar is very useful, and he can be pushed to him no matter what.
Moreover, people in this dynasty had a natural admiration for books and literacy. They always felt that there was everything in books, and scholars could understand it after reading it.
The same goes for Mother Hu.
She looked at Fan Jin who was making love. The mother-in-law became more and more satisfied with her son-in-law. She couldn't help but praise: "My son-in-law is still awesome!"
Fan Jin, who was kneading dough, paused with his long body, and his ears were stained pink.
After praising Fan Jin, Shui Qing started talking about serious matters: "Mom, the book says that it takes two rounds to make rice wine, and the last pound of rice can produce about two pounds of rice wine;
A rice wine seller in Guangning Prefecture would bring his own bottle to hold twenty-two cents per catty. The wine shop provided a bamboo tube for twenty-two cents per catty. Most of the people around Niutou Town are farmers and are not as wealthy as the people in the city. How about sixteen cents per pound? "
It's normal for things in towns to be cheaper than in cities, but they won't be much cheaper, because those who are reluctant to buy them will eventually be reluctant to part with them.
Their target group is those who can afford and are willing to buy. If the price is too low, they will just think it is worse than the one in the city and go to the city to buy. Therefore, they need to set a price that is lower than the price in the city but not too low. Much price.
Although Hu's mother is illiterate, her family's business is selling pork, and she knows how to settle the accounts if money comes in from time to time.
He immediately started to calculate: "One catty of rice costs nine cents, and two catties of rice wine are produced. One catty of rice wine costs sixteen cents, which means that nine cents can be converted into thirty-two cents, and the net profit is twenty-three cents!"
My God, this makes more money than your father selling pork. "
Mother Hu looked at Shui Qing, surprised and surprised.
Shui Qing feels that the two industries cannot be compared together, "It's different with dad. He doesn't cut the pig grass, feed the pigs, and clean the pig pens. He just buys the whole pig, then kills it and sells it. It’s normal to earn a few extra cents per pound of pork.”
If a pig butcher earns dozens of cash for a pound of pork, then tomorrow the pig butcher will be able to break down the door of his parents’ house!
Mother Hu was still very satisfied and said optimistically: "We don't need to grow rice, we just need to buy it. You said you can produce a batch of rice wine in four or five days. If you can earn hundreds of cash at a time, you will have half a tael of silver in a month." ”
Shui Qing thought to herself, it’s more than enough.
But she didn't say that it was better not to have high expectations at the beginning. The goal was set too high. If it was not achieved, it would easily damage morale.
Set a small amount, and if the income exceeds the small amount, wouldn’t it be more joyful?
"Mom, I invited the women from the village to help me prepare lunch. They still have some work to do at home. Come tomorrow, Mom, you won't have to work as hard to help me wash the dishes tomorrow.
Fan Jin has already explained the brewing process to me in detail. I remember it well. I will start teaching you tomorrow. We still have a lot of rice at home. Let’s try to make fewer mistakes! "
Mother Hu was very excited when she heard this, and she kept nodding.
My daughter is right, you can’t go wrong! Rice costs nine cents per catty.
Wouldn't it be ruined if something went wrong?
"Mom, let me tell you, the lees of filtered rice wine are nutritious and have many uses. They can be used to make dough to make steamed buns and pancakes. They are fluffier and softer than noodles.
You can also steam it with rice milk and osmanthus to make sweet-scented osmanthus cake. If you can’t finish it, you can even raise pigs..."
Mother Hu suddenly felt so happy that she asked, "Are you planning to feed the piglets with endless wine lees after you catch them?"
Shuiqing didn't hide anything and said directly: "Yes, pigs fed with distiller's lees will become fat!"
It can also grow very fast, and it will be ready for the market next summer.
Don’t be afraid if there is a heavy rain then, don’t be afraid if there is a flood, and you don’t have to worry if you are trapped by floods. There will be enough pork protection!
As long as it’s not wasted, Mother Hu thinks it’s great!
After all, it was rice, and I really couldn’t bear to throw it away.
She promised: "Mom, I will learn from you."
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On the first day of work, I ate baby green vegetable and egg drop soup with corn noodle pancakes.
The corn flour pancakes are fluffy and soft, and are crispy and caramelized against the edge of the pot. The ingredients are so solid that one pancake is larger than the palm of an adult man's hand.
Needless to say, the egg drop soup is a real egg soup!
In other people’s egg drop soup, eggs are just ingredients. It’s good to see a few pieces of egg drop here and there, but in the egg drop soup made with clear water, there can still be large chunks of eggs.
Even the carpenters and bricklayers from the city looked satisfied with their food.
The men in the village were even more shocked.
When I got home that night, I told my mother-in-law that she would bring more vegetables and fruits to clear the water tomorrow - her family was separated not long ago, so it must be because there were not enough vegetables, so she had no choice but to add more eggs.
But there are so many people, how can eggs stand being made like this?
So the next day not only the women who helped the workers came, but there was also a steady stream of women delivering vegetables and fruits!
Shui Qing was worried about the pumpkins, winter melons, cabbages, radishes, etc. piled up in the kitchen.
Which one should I eat first?
Hu's mother was happy from the bottom of her heart. Her daughter and son-in-law were very popular in the village, and no mother was unhappy.
While she warmly greeted the women to sit and chat, she said happily: "Use winter melon to stew winter melon meat soup? Just dip it in oil and water.
Is it possible to make a vegetable rice with the diced green vegetables and shiitake mushrooms brought here and the brown rice? "
Before Shuiqing opened her mouth to answer, the women sitting next to her smiled and said cheerfully: "How can this be impossible?"
"No wonder my boss kept saying that the food was good yesterday! He said that I want to eat it too. There are meat, vegetables and rice. I want to help even if I don't have to work for free." Aunt Li said enviously.
Brown rice is still rice.
Not to mention that there is meat in the winter melon. Although it is minced meat, it is very good to have minced meat in this year. If you add large slices of meat, these dozens of men can eat a whole pig!
Wang Guifen was one of the women who came to help. She was taking mushrooms out of the sack and soaking them. She joked to Hu's mother: "I'm afraid that after eating at your daughter's house for ten days or half a month, I won't be used to it when I go home."
"Don't laugh at me. These are all the dishes you brought. I have to thank you.
Not only did you come to help my daughter, but you also brought food. I, as a mother, also benefited from it."
Hu's mother's words were sincere and open. Whether it was the women who came to help or the women who brought the food, they were all in a good mood.
The men over there worked hard to do physical work, and the women here were talking and laughing while preparing food.
In the morning, they had to prepare lunch, so they basically had no free time. However, they only needed to prepare dinner for a few people at home, so it didn't take up time.
So after lunch and washing the dishes, Shuiqing and Hu's mother were free.
Using the free time, Shuiqing began to teach Hu's mother, Yan Qiuxinghui and others how to make rice wine.