After filling a basket, this piece of jelly grass has not been plucked out yet, but Li Ping'an doesn't plan to pluck it anymore. After all, he has never made jelly in his life, and he needs to do it a few times to get a feel for it.
Going to the stream to wash the jelly grass, Zhang Xiaoshan asked in his soul: "How do you know so much about Ping An?"
"I am lovable, but I am liked by those businessmen. They are eager to tell me everything they know!"
Zhang Xiaoshan looked at Li Ping'an and muttered: "I don't see what's so pleasing about you."
"So only those who run business can make a lot of money. If you could see that, wouldn't you also be able to make a fortune?"
"..." Zhang Xiaoshan rolled his eyes, and suddenly an idea came to his mind, "Ping An, what do you think of us going on a business trip too?"
"Not very good." Li Ping'an rejected Zhang Xiaoshan's proposal without even thinking. "Do you think I haven't thought about it? The question is, do we have the capital? But we can find a way to run away with the caravan, but we We are still young, so the caravan may not accept us, and besides, we can’t spare so much time.”
Although they say they don't like farming, they can't do no farm work at all. If they follow a business trip, the trip back and forth can take at least two or three months, and at their age, they can't make much money, which is not as good as what he does at home. Selling tofu. With this time, he might as well think about finding another way to make money.
Unfortunately, I didn’t see any sugar cane in Zhutao Village. If you can make brown sugar, running a business would be a good choice. You can make it secretly and sell it in other places. As long as you pay attention, people generally won’t think that they make it themselves. Those who come out will only think that they make the difference in price like ordinary merchants.
However, running a business is not that easy. First of all, it is difficult to get the road guide. As for the household registration distinction between farmers and merchants, Li Ping'an didn't pay much attention. After all, the Dajing Dynasty had not yet followed the example of the previous dynasty in holding imperial examinations, and the atmosphere of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business was not very strong, so it had little impact.
The so-called scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, although merchants are ranked at the bottom, but among those wealthy families who are not engaged in business, let alone the wealthy landlords and squires, let alone those who run merchants and open shops, how many of them will look at them, craftsmen and farmers, in a different light?
No money is nothing. Farmers work hard to cultivate the fields and tend to the crops. Their income throughout the year is not as good as that of the craftsmen and merchants behind them. They don’t have enough to eat and clothing to keep them warm. What’s the use of being second in line.
Zhang Xiaoshan originally proposed this idea on a whim, but Li Pingan poured cold water on it and gave up the idea.
After cleaning the jelly grass, I carried it directly back to Li Ping'an's bamboo house. Although no one had moved in yet, the old people and their children had already moved their belongings over one after another. After all, I have been living and eating in the villagers' houses for several days. It is not good to keep bothering others and have to move out and live in my own house and eat my own food.
Li Erlin and Chen Dajuan were both clearing the fields, and Fugui followed his parents to the fields to do some light work like pulling weeds. Jixiang was prosperous, and they were a group of little ones playing with their grandma at the uncle's house next door.
Fresh jelly grass can also be used to make jelly, and Li Ping'an doesn't plan to dry it in the sun. If he prepares it early, he can also send it to the field to relieve his parents from the heat.
While Li Pingan was setting up the pot, Zhang Xiaoshan picked up an empty barrel and said, "I'll get water."
Hearing this, Cao Ya quickly said, "Let's go to the mountain to collect firewood."
"Come back, come back." Li Ping'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "No need to make excuses to run away. Come and learn how to do it. I also thought that after you learn how to do it, you can help me do more. I can't do much by myself."
He knew what they were thinking, but jelly was not like tofu. Tofu was not a separate business. Although the competition was not fierce, it did exist. As long as he makes jelly, he will be the only one in Mingxia County at least. Once the market opens, no one will compete with him.
There are countless jelly grass growing by the stream. He can do as much as he can on his own. It is better to recruit more people to make the cake bigger.
Moreover, they are new here and need money for everything, even if they can earn a copper plate.
"Isn't this good?" Cao Ya was a little hesitant. Although he wasn't sure whether he could make money, it might be a craft to make a living. I didn't hear of anyone taking the initiative to teach others their craft.
"Stop talking, I don't want to learn how to knock you down."
Li Ping'an didn't waste any words, and didn't watch how they struggled. He put the jelly grass into the pot, poured water into the pot to cover the jelly grass, and when he put down the barrel, he couldn't help but muttered, "Get water." It’s still inconvenient, so I have to buy a vat and bring it back as soon as possible.”
The water was fetched from the well in the village. There was no water tank at home to fill the water, so it was put in wooden buckets. It was used up in a few times, and then it was very troublesome to fetch it again. But there is nothing I can do. There are too many things that need to be purchased. I have been very busy these days and have no time to buy them yet.
"Brother Ping'an, don't worry. I'll help you fetch your water from now on!" Cao Ya slapped her withered chest with a bang. She couldn't learn other people's skills in vain.
Li Ping'an curled his lips, "I can do it twice if you do it once. I want you to help me fetch water... You guys should learn how to make jelly as soon as possible. I'll leave it to you then. You can make it at home." Bean jelly, Zhang Xiaoshan and I are going to sell jelly."
Making jelly is not difficult. After boiling water, cook for about a quarter of an hour, then filter the water in the pot through a filter cloth and pour it into a clean wooden barrel. Don’t throw away the cooked jelly yet. Wrap it with a filter cloth and squeeze it out. The juice comes out, and these juices come from the essence.
Then filter the previously filtered water and essence of cooking jelly grass again, pour it back into the pot, add an appropriate amount of rice milk and cook while stirring, until the water surface bubbles continuously, then pour it out and let it cool to solidify.
I had already planned to make jelly today, and Li Ping'an had already prepared the necessary things. He explained while doing it. The most difficult step to master was adding rice milk. Li Ping'an did it by feeling every time. He wasn't sure yet, so he could only tell Caoya and the others to do it a few more times and slowly explore.
"It seems that you are also a dabbler. Fortunately, you seem to be very skilled in doing it. It turns out that you are just a showman." Zhang Xiaoshan did not miss any opportunity to attack Li Ping'an. He looked at the steaming black rice in the barrel. water, with doubt written all over his face, "Can it really be successful?"
"It's my first time to do it too. How dare I say it was done in one go." Li Ping'an really didn't have much confidence. He had never made such a big pot in his previous life, but he felt that it would definitely be possible. It just might not be that good, "Just wait, I'll make the syrup."
Of course, the jelly must be paired with syrup. There was still a little bit of the brown sugar he bought before escaping, and regardless of whether it was enough, Li Pingan used it all to make syrup.
Zhang Xiaoshan felt distressed when he saw it, "The free weed juice is also added with brown sugar water. No wonder you said it tastes delicious. What doesn't taste good with brown sugar water?"
Li Ping'an wanted to say something to him: "How dare you eat this shit mixed with brown sugar water?" But after thinking about it, he let it go. It was too disgusting.
The scent of syrup was wafting everywhere. The little ones playing next door smelled the sweet smell and ran out quickly to find where the smell came from, and then they found Li Ping'an and the others.
Little Ruyi's eyes widened in surprise, and she ran back excitedly and shouted: "Big pot! Big pot..."
She rushed so hard that if Zhang Xiaoshan hadn't stopped her, Li Pingan would have doubted that she would have been unable to stop and knocked over the iron pot.
