If you want chili peppers to have a unique flavor and be easy to preserve, you must process them into delicious chili sauce.
This is exactly what Qi Yu was thinking of.
However, if you want to make chili sauce, you must first crush the chili peppers to a certain extent before proceeding to the next step of processing.
It doesn't sound complicated and can be done with a few clicks of a kitchen knife, but in reality it doesn't work.
Because, Zhou's peppers are too many.
This season, at her son's request, she planted a large number of peppers. Now that there is a bumper harvest, they are all piled up like a hill. Although there is no scale to weigh it, according to preliminary estimates, at least two to three thousand kilograms of dry goods can be exposed.
To process so many peppers, you must use auxiliary equipment to complete it. If you rely solely on human hands to chop, how long will it take to complete the process?
Then here comes the problem.
If you tinker with it at home, you will inevitably produce pepper ash flying everywhere, causing people to sneeze. If it irritates sensitive skin, it will also cause all kinds of itching and discomfort.
Thinking of this, Qi Yu couldn't help but scratch his itchy butt.
Well, no!
It is best not to do this kind of processing at home, but to leave it to a suitable workshop. This is a wise move.
But the problem is that there is currently no suitable workshop to undertake this business.
So Qi Yu frankly expressed this concern to his mother and explained that peppers are a new thing and their processing methods have not yet been popularized. It may take some time to fill the gap.
What? Don’t have a suitable workshop?
Is this a thing?
Zhou laughed and said: "Crushing peppers is not a delicate job. It is nothing more than using stone mills and stone mills for processing. It is very simple."
Qi Yu smiled and corrected him tactfully: "Actually, I have asked people from the Institute of Science and Technology to develop a hand-operated grinder. I believe it won't be long before the new equipment will be available."
In fact, it is not just a crusher, but also a corn thresher, a sweet potato slicer, a potato vermicelli machine, and a staple grain milling machine powered by livestock, etc.
In this era where automation is not yet possible, there is only so much that can be done.
However, Mrs. Zhou is still a little repelled by these new things. In her opinion, the traditional stone mill and stone mill are more reliable.
So she shook her head and said: "I still like to use the earthen and stone tools passed down by our ancestors. Those new gadgets should be left to the young people."
Well, it's up to you, old man.
Huh?
What did she just say, 'she' likes to use it? Could it be that the old lady wants to do it herself?
I guessed it right this time!
Mrs. Zhou sighed softly and complained: "In the past, I bought food, cooked at home, and looked at my grandson. There was something to do all day long. But now, my grandson is already in school, and there is no need for me to go and see him." , and the cooking is handled by the cook, and I basically don’t need to intervene. In this way, I am idle from morning to night, doing nothing every day. Alas, if you want to plant some land, there are government servants who will do it for me; I want to make some clothes, and my wife will sew them for me. You tell me, I have to find something to do if I am just idle every day!"
It means that she feels like she has nothing to do and is a little bored.
So, I wanted to find something to do.
In response, Qi Yu not only did not stop him, but instead praised his mother: "It's admirable that my mother is frugal, hardworking, and never forgets her original intention. Please tell me clearly what you want to do?"
"Such……"
According to Zhou's idea, she wanted to find an abandoned courtyard and set up a stone grinder and mill there to process the peppers, so that they would not affect her family if she was outside.
So that’s it.
Easy to handle!
"Mom, listen to me, those abandoned courtyards are too unclean, we will never use them." Qi Yu smiled faintly, and continued: "Let's do this, I will ask Tan Junyan to temporarily allocate a new facade house for you to grind It’s not too late to use chili peppers when you don’t need them anymore, what do you think?”
What a great idea!
Mrs. Zhou nodded happily and said with a smile: "It is indeed better to have a clean place for eating and drinking. A dirty place is really not appropriate."
Qi Yu wrote it down, and then said: "Then take a look and see if there is anything missing?"
Well, we have the required venue and the required raw materials, but I still feel like something is missing...
What?
Haha, now that I think about it, I still lack a donkey who knows how to pull the mill.
However, Ms. Zhou chose to refuse. She said that she had her own way to solve the problem and did not need to spend money to buy a donkey.
What can I do?
I understand, the method mentioned by the old lady must be those government servants who act like cattle and horses.
In Zhou's view, since there are free ones available, why waste money on a donkey?
It's a pity that the government officials didn't know it at this time, otherwise, they would have fainted in the latrine crying again.
Back to the present.
After thinking carefully for a while, Mrs. Zhou suddenly said: "We grow a lot of peppers. Even if we eat them with open belly, it will probably take twenty years to finish them. In this case, why not use the extra ones?" Sell it? This way, you can subsidize some household expenses."
sell?
Is our Qi family very short of money?
However, Qi Dalang readily agreed to his mother's suggestion.
The old man is just trying to have fun, so why should he be so serious?
Seeing that her son responded to her requests, Mrs. Zhou felt even more happy; especially, when she thought that the store under her control was about to come out, her heart was as excited as the tsunami.
"I say, Da Lang, you are very knowledgeable. Please help me come up with a resounding brand name for my mother's new workshop."
"good!"
Qi Yu thought for a moment and said with a smile, "How about calling her 'Lao Gan Niang'?"
Lao Gan Niang?
Well, this brand is very interesting and very down to earth.
Not to mention whether it is loud or not, at the very least, it shows that one's family has seniority.
…
In the middle of the night, the autumn wind blew, and the night was as cool as water.
The lazy Qi Dalang lay leisurely on the bed, while Liu Quan was applying ointment to his itchy buttocks.
"It's really strange. It's been a long time since autumn, but you still have prickly heat?"
"Well, maybe I sit too much and don't move enough."
After taking the medicine, Liu Quan said again: "I asked, what's going on with you today? Why do you just do what the old lady says? She's getting older now. Wouldn't it be better to live in peace and quiet at home? Why? Do you have to do business?"
Qi Yu sighed softly and said, "My mother, she feels idle just because she has nothing to do. If that's the case, then find a way for her to occupy herself that is not hard." After a pause, he added Said: "Whether this business makes money or not is secondary, as long as she is happy."
All right.
Then just do as she says.
"Oh, by the way, our daughter is going to the sea to observe this time. When can she come back?" Liu Quan's eyes flashed and he asked suddenly.
This is military, who can say for sure?
It's really hard to answer.
Qi Yu shook his head, saying that he couldn't predict it.
With a quick glance, he saw the lady smiling strangely, so he asked curiously: "What do you mean when you suddenly ask about our daughter's return date?"
"I encountered a good thing, and I want to hear what she means."
"Good thing? What is it?"
Liu Quan smiled sweetly, leaned over and said softly: "This morning, a matchmaker came excitedly and said she wanted to propose a marriage to our daughter..."
"No!" Before she could finish her words, Qi Yu stopped her and said: "Our daughter is still young, so we are not in a hurry about her marriage. Also, in the future, no matchmaking will be allowed without my consent. Step into the Qijia door!"
this……
Liu Quan looked at her husband's complicated face and couldn't help but sigh.
As the saying goes, it is impossible for a girl to stay in college, but judging from my husband's intentions, it is obvious that he wants to stay for a while.
Whatever, my daughter is still young anyway, so let’s leave it like that for now.
