bookcurios Chapter 36 Taro Balls and Sago Dew
Chapter 36 Taro Balls and Sago Dew
Judging from the price, it's not impossible to cooperate.
In winter when fresh vegetables are scarce, if I use this as a gimmick, many diners will come.
Moreover, half an acre of lettuce is not much, only about a dozen taels of silver. But if we want to reach a long-term cooperation, it is not something I can decide on my own. I still have to go back and discuss it with the officials.
"You are really new, but this matter is not a trivial matter. I need to go back and discuss it. Can I give you an answer tomorrow?"
Guo Xin was not surprised by this answer. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would not give up: "Then I will wait for good news from my wife. If you agree, you can send someone to find me at the duck blood vermicelli soup stall in the West Market of Cixi Town."
After Guo Xin left Fangxin Tower, he went to the agreed place to look for Guo Ruo and Guo Zhi. He saw them standing next to the donkey cart from a distance.
Guo Xin walked up to them and touched their hands, only to feel that they were cold: "Why don't you go up? It's so cold."
"We're waiting for our second sister, afraid you wouldn't be able to see us."
Guo Xin quickly pushed the two of them onto the donkey cart and slowly hurried back to the village.
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When I returned to the village, the workers in the house had already left. The empty house had no one waiting for me. It actually felt a bit lonely. If there was a cat or dog at home, it wouldn't be so cold.
"My brother is gone." Guo Zhi felt a little disappointed after knowing this. "I wonder when he will be back?"
"It's time to rest."
Guo Ruo also felt a little lost. This was the first time their family was separated. Without his parents at home, he felt a little empty inside. From now on, his second sister would go to Suining City for two days every ten days, so the family would probably be separated more often than together.
I noticed that they were feeling a little lost. In my previous life, my parents loved making sweets for me when I was feeling lost. It is often said that sweets can best soothe people's hearts, so I decided to make some sweets.
The cassava flour and tapioca flour at home had been almost fully stockpiled over the past few days, so he said, "Let me make you something to eat. This is what my parents taught me in a dream. It's called taro ball and tapioca decoction."
Hmm... my parents from my previous life were still my parents. It would be nice if I could see them again...
After hearing what their parents taught them, they both immediately raised their heads and looked at Guo Xin.
Boil water on the stove, put the tapioca pearls in the oil paper bag, turn off the fire after an incense stick of time, and simmer for 15 minutes until the tapioca pearls become transparent.
Steam the purple sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes in the bamboo basket and mash them into a paste. Add sugar, mix with boiling water and tapioca starch, knead them into small round balls, put them into the pot and cook until they float, then put them in cold water and take them out.
Take the leftover milk from yesterday and pour it into a small bowl. Place the taro balls and tapioca pearls that have been rinsed with cold water evenly in the bowl.
The crystal clear tapioca pearls are faintly visible in the milk, paired with purple and yellow taro balls, the rich colors make you salivate with appetite.
Guo Zhi leaned over the table and watched the bowl of taro balls and sago take shape. She exclaimed, "Sister, this is so beautiful. It looks like a dessert that only the rich and powerful can afford."
"I don't know how much this would cost if I sold it outside." Guo Ruo looked at the three bowls of exquisite sugar water and was a little afraid to eat them.
Guo Xin looked at the two people with expressions that said "I don't deserve to enjoy such food", smiled, scooped a spoonful of sugar water into their mouths, and asked, "Is it delicious?"
The cold milk was smooth in the mouth, and the sweet fragrance of taro and sweet potato filled the mouth, and it was chewy, making the two people who were eating sweets for the first time have incredible expressions.
"This... this... was this taught by my parents?" Guo Zhi really couldn't imagine that her parents could make such delicious food.
Guo Ruo, who was about to take another bite, paused and said, "That's right? Maybe my parents learned it after they got there?"
Guo Xin smiled without saying a word, savoring the taro balls and sago in her bowl. It was sweet but not greasy, as if she had returned to her childhood. For some reason, she always had a premonition that she would meet her family again.
The family is getting richer and the businesses will grow. It will be too much for just a few of us to handle it. Guo Zhi must not just be busy working by herself. She should go to school after some time.
"Sister, Zhi'er, we will be busier and busier in the future, and Zhi'er should go to school, we are afraid we will be too busy to handle it...
"Reading!?" Guo Zhi interrupted Guo Xin in surprise, with some disbelief and a little joy in her expression.
Although her second sister always said that she would send her to school, she just took it as words of comfort and did not take it seriously.
Women’s education has always been something that only the daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles could learn, and not every daughter could learn it.
Guo Xin smiled and said, "Yes, study, you and Xi'er both have it. My elder sister and I will earn money for you and be a housekeeper."
Guo Zhi couldn't help shedding tears and choked up, "Sister, you guys are so nice."
Guo Ruo touched Guo Zhi's head. In fact, Guo Xin had discussed this decision with her, and she agreed. Although women could not serve as officials in the court, it was still important for them to be literate and sensible.
“So I want to slowly teach the villagers how to make the food from the stall, and during this time I have also been paying attention to the people who come to help in the workshop.
Mrs. Guo, the daughter of lame Aunt Liu, is capable and has good character. After I teach her, she can help me with the work, but I will still pay her as a workshop worker.
If we don’t run the stall business anymore, we can let them run it on their own, which will also help their family.” Guo Xin continued.
Guo Ruo thought that he and Guo Xin were already too busy in the past few days. If they added a few more dishes, they would probably end up making a mess. He said, "Madam Guo is indeed a good candidate, but do you want to hand over the secret recipe of the dishes so early?"
"Big sister, have you forgotten that I will be working as a cook in Suining City soon? In this way, when I am not around, you will have to run the stall by yourself. You still need someone to help you."
Guo Xin knew that Guo Ruo's reluctance to spend money had come back again, but he couldn't work himself to death. What was the use of earning the money?
Moreover, if you eat duck blood vermicelli soup every day for 30 days a month, you will probably get tired of it. Even if you can make money in the future, how much can you make? It is better to do a favor for others.
In the future, the scale of my own workshop will only continue to expand. It will not only produce taro chips, but also tapioca pearls, taro balls, etc. All of these require people to manage and supervise. I still feel uneasy to let others manage them, so I can only trouble my own family.
Guo Ruo thought this made sense. Besides, the vegetable garden and workshop at home could bring in money every day, and Xin'er could make money as a cook. In fact, the family wouldn't have to spend much money, so he said, "Then I'll go talk to Madam Guo."
After saying this, he hurried away with the torch.
Although Cixi Town is the most populous town under the jurisdiction of Suining City, it is just a small town after all, and the consumption capacity is limited. If you want to sell some expensive food, I am afraid that the people here cannot afford it.
If you really want to make food, you still have to go to Suining City.