"Aunt Lin, is Mr. Lin at home?"
"You're here, Zhiyao, come in quickly."
Lin Suxin happily invited her in, and then called Lin Jinglan out.
"Mr. Lin, you are well-informed. I would like to ask, do you know what other methods are available in various places to separate the chaff from grain, besides using dustpans and sieves?"
Lin Jinglan didn't know why Shen Zhiyao asked this question. After thinking for a while, he said: "As far as I know, there is a rice sieve, a fan, or a shovel to separate them."
Nothing else?
Shen Zhiyao's thoughts became firmer. After saying goodbye to Lin Jinglan and Lin Suxin, she couldn't wait to get pen and ink and some paper from Shen Baiqiu and went back to the house to write and draw.
She was going to try to draw the valley windmill and its structure.
Before traveling through time, she used TikTok in her spare time. She loved watching videos of the restoration of various traditional objects.
She probably still remembers how the Gufeng wheel is made and what parts are needed.
Shen Zhiyao is full of energy when writing and writing.
After scribbling and revising, Shen Zhiyao drew for nearly an hour before finally drawing the appearance and rough parts of the Valley Windmill.
For the rest, she planned to return to Lihua Village another day to communicate with Aunt Chen's husband, Carpenter Chen.
She also planned to pay Carpenter Chen to help make the Gufengqi.
After thinking about this, Shen Zhiyao put away the drawings, lay on the bed and began to think about Zhuangzi.
She plans to build a house on the village and then grow vegetables and fish on the village.
You can also raise other livestock on Zhuangzi. Try adding Lingquan water to the livestock's food to see how the meat tastes.
Well enough……
Stop it!
After buying Zhuangzi today, she only had a few dozen taels of silver left, and these ideas could not be realized for the time being.
Well, let’s make money first!
The next day.
After Shen Zhiyao finished selling the evening food and had just moved the wooden barrels, pottery bowls and other utensils to the donkey cart, a man in rich clothes stood in front of her.
"Miss Shen."
The middle-aged man cupped his hands and introduced himself with kindness: "I am the shopkeeper of Yuelai Building. My surname is Yue. I have something to do with Miss Shen."
trade?
Shen Zhiyao looked at him and said bluntly: "Does Shopkeeper Yue want to buy my braised vegetable recipe?"
"Yes." Shopkeeper Yue nodded, "I wonder if Miss Shen is willing?"
I was just thinking that I was short of money last night, and the person who gave me money came today?
"Where to talk?"
"Let's go to Yuelai Building."
Shopkeeper Yue got on his carriage and led the way.
Shen Zhiyao took Shen Yueya and followed behind in a donkey cart.
When they arrived at Yuelai Building, shopkeeper Yue took her and Shen Yueya to a private room.
First, someone served tea to her and Shen Yueya, and also prepared some preserved fruits for Shen Yueya.
Seeing this, let’s go directly to the topic.
"Mrs. Shen, in addition to the braised vegetable recipe, the cold skin you sell includes a long white side dish. Can this also be sold as a tuna?"
Shen Zhiyao put his hands on the table and asked in a calm tone: "I wonder how Shopkeeper Yue will bid?"
Shopkeeper Yue thought for a moment and gave a price that he thought was more reasonable:
"I'll give you five hundred taels for the braised vegetable recipe, and twenty taels for the side dishes in the cold skin."
Shen Zhiyao rubbed the tea cup with both hands and did not accept it.
"Shopkeeper Yue, I only sell braised vegetables on the dock. You can also find them, which means you have also seen the market for braised vegetables. Five hundred taels are missing."
"Miss Shen, your stewed vegetables should be cooked with spices. As long as you have enough time, it shouldn't be difficult to research the ingredients for the stewed vegetables."
"In that case, why does Shopkeeper Yue want to buy from me?" Shen Zhiyao's lips curled up into a half-smile.
This little lady really doesn't suffer easily.
Shopkeeper Yue stretched out his palm and bent the middle three fingers: "Six hundred taels, after the recipe is sold to Yuelailou, Miss Shen can no longer sell stewed vegetables in Tongfang County."
He actually wanted to buy Mrs. Shen's Bobo Chicken and Liangpi recipes, but he was afraid that after buying them all, Mrs. Shen would have no choice but to sell them.
"Okay, six hundred taels, deal!"
Shen Zhiyao was quite satisfied with the price and discussed some details with Shopkeeper Yue. In the end, both of them were fine. Shopkeeper Yue asked his manager to write the deed.
Shen Zhiyao read the deed carefully and saw that there was nothing wrong with it, so she signed it with Shopkeeper Yue.
Because it was getting late today, Shen Zhiyao and Shopkeeper Yue agreed to go to the county government office tomorrow to file a record.
The next day, after Shen Zhiyao finished selling his food, he went to the county government office at the agreed time.
After preparing the case at the county government office, shopkeeper Yue gave six hundred and twenty taels to Shen Zhiyao.
Shen Zhiyao began to write him the recipes for braised vegetables and bean sprouts, and taught Shopkeeper Yue how to boil the braised vegetables on the spot.
"It turns out that the long white side dishes are made from soaked mung beans." Shopkeeper Yue suddenly realized.
After thinking for a while, Shopkeeper Yue continued: "So, in addition to mung beans, the same kind of bean sprouts can also be brewed with soybeans?"
"That's right." Shen Zhiyao nodded without hiding it.
After saying goodbye to Shopkeeper Yue, Shen Zhiyao went home to prepare the Bobo Chicken and Liangpi that Mu Shi would sell.
When Shenshi arrived, she took Shen Yueya with her and drove the donkey cart to the dock.
"We won't be selling braised vegetables starting from today, only Liangpi and Bobo Chicken. I have something to do tomorrow and the next two days and I won't be out of the stall."
On the pier, Shen Zhiyao told the diners this information while mixing cold skin.
"The braised vegetables are no longer for sale, and we will not open the stall for the next two days." Shen Yueya sat on the small bench, imitating Shen Zhiyao's words and loudly informed everyone.
"Why not sell it?"
An old man came over and asked curiously.
It was the little old man who gave Shen Zhiyao the "poison". He came to her stall to eat it almost every day during this period.
Shen Zhiyao only knew his surname was Ye.
"Mr. Ye, if you want to eat braised vegetables in the future, you can go to Yuelailou."
"If you want to eat braised vegetables and cold skin in the future, you will have to go to two places."
Mr. Ye understood that she had sold the prescription.
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At night, Shen Zhiyao told Shen Baiqiu that she and Shen Yueya would return to Lihua Village tomorrow.
"Sister, when will you come back tomorrow?"
Shen Baiqiu thought of something and asked.
"Not sure yet, but he should be back before the end of Youshi."
In addition to asking Chen Carpenter Gu Fengche for advice tomorrow, she also needs to talk to Patriarch Shen about something.
Shen Baiqiu: "Then I'll cook the rice and wait for you to come back after school."
"No, you can eat first when the food is ready."
After breakfast the next day, Shen Zhiyao went to buy some things and went home, then drove the donkey cart and took Shen Yueya to Lihua Village.
It was already noon when we arrived at Lihua Village.
In Lihua Village, almost every household is drying rice in the courtyard, and some families are still using stone mortars and pestles to pound the earlier batch of dried rice to shell the new rice.
Seeing the donkey cart entering the village, some people in Lihua Village stretched their necks out of curiosity to take a look, while others continued pounding rice regardless of their own business.
Shen Zhiyao drove the donkey cart directly to Aunt Chen's house.
"Chunhua, why do I look at the person on the road opposite, looking a bit like Zhiyao?"
At Aunt Chen's house, Aunt Chen and Carpenter Chen's family were using a dustpan to sift out the finely chopped straw from the rice.
Aunt Chen raised her head and caught a glimpse of a man sitting on a donkey cart on the opposite road, and rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
