"What? The kudzu powder recipe has been made public? Then hurry up and go see it!" The people in the town went crazy. They dropped what they were doing and rushed to the entrance of the town.
"From the Qin family, I won't buy the Honghuo cake for now. I'm going to see the arrowroot powder recipe!" Several guests ran away together and said, "If we know the arrowroot powder recipe, we can If you make your own kudzu powder to eat and give as gifts, why don’t you buy their Honghuo cake?”< br>
Qin Liupo was so angry: "It's all wrapped up, and you said no, how can you be like you, come back to me!"
However, no one paid attention to her, all of them Running to the town entrance, within a quarter of an hour, there were people standing under the wooden sign at the town entrance.
"Those who are illiterate should not squeeze in, let those who are literate go in and read the notice!"
"Pan Laotong is here, get out of the way and let Pan Laotong in!" Several people surrounded a thin old man and escorted him under the wooden sign.
Pan Laotongsheng stroked his long white beard, squinted his dim eyes, and looked at the notice. After looking at it for a long time, he shook his head and started reading.
However...
"What do you mean? Pan Laotongsheng, please stop talking about words and speak plainly."
"Yes, we are not farming. I'm just a hard worker, how can I understand what you say?"
Pan Laotongsheng was very angry: "Humph, a bunch of white men dare to despise my elegant words. It is really an insult to gentleness!"
Everyone: "..." I really want to beat this old guy up.
A stall owner took out three pennies and gave it to Lu Pansan: "Master Lu, you are also literate. Please read us the kudzu powder recipe."
Why not give it to Pan San? Old Tongsheng?
Because this old guy has always been arrogant and looked down upon three pennies. If he gave it to him, he would have to scold him for being insulting and polite!
When Pan Laotongsheng saw this, he was so angry that he cursed: "You arrogant trafficker and pawn, next time you need to write a letter of faith at home, or your child needs enlightenment, or a name, don't come to me!"
After that, he rolled up his sleeves. Gone.
After Lu Pangsan received the money, he read out the formula for arrowroot powder on the wooden sign in vernacular, but everyone was confused: "This? I understand." , but I don’t know what to do at all. "
Qin Liupo also came to join in the fun. When she heard this, she shouted: "Come and buy my arrowroot cake, and we will teach you how to make arrowroot on the spot!"
This is a good idea.
After hearing this, everyone quickly said: "Okay, since we are giving Dragon Boat Festival gifts these two days, let's go buy your pastries!"
"That's right." Qin Liupo was happy, and then Calling to others: "If you want to learn, come together. We don't have time to be alone." You need to pay for teaching alone!”
After hearing this, the others all said, “Let’s buy your pastries and teach us together!”
A large group of people went to Qin’s house. The stalls were rushing, and the Qin family stall was packed to the brim.
Qin Liupo asked Qin Xiaomi for credit: "Well, Liupo can handle things."
Qin Xiaomi: "I am quite good at doing things, but you have summoned the people, so you have to teach them."
It is much easier to teach people than to work by yourself. Qin Liupo agreed and told everyone He said: "Hurry up and buy pastries. After you buy the pastries, the old lady will start teaching. Don't try to get free ones!"
The restaurant clerk shouted: "Don't buy Qin's ones. Our restaurant also teaches how to make arrowroot powder. Come buy our arrowroot powder The cake is made by the chef of the restaurant, and the packaging is pretty. It’s the most honorable thing to give as a gift!”
Qin Liupo was so angry that she pointed at the waiter and said, “You are so shameless, stealing customers in front of me!” , you make it twice a day!”
He then said to the guests: “A serving of arrowroot powder cake in their restaurant costs ten cents, but our Qin family’s only sells it for five cents. It’s more cost-effective to buy mine!”
The waiter laughed and shouted: "The owner of our restaurant is from the county town, and he often eats at the same table with the adults in the Yamen!"
As soon as these words came out, half of the guests followed the waiter.
However, half of the guests were relatively poor and felt that they could not please the restaurant owner, so they did not go. Instead, they bought pastries from the Qin family and learned how to make arrowroot powder from Qin Liupo.
"Qin Liupo, here is the Ge Chai." "The Ge Chai is peeled and chopped."
"Qin Liupo, is it enough to grind Ge Chai into such a piece?"
Qin Liupo was like a prisoner, with her legs crossed, her head held high, her eyes squinting, she looked at the stone mortar for a while, then waved her hands and said : "It's not enough, pound it a little more." That way you can get more kudzu powder.”
The guys wanted to beat her to death, but they still didn’t learn the most critical step, so they could only continue to obey and pound the kudzu wood until it was very pulpy. My mother-in-law said: "That's enough. Put it in the bucket and scrub it." , after scrubbing, take a cloth to filter the residue, and only use the washed water."
The big guy did it, and after doing the work, asked: "What's next?"
Qin Liu. Po: "The next step is to wait. Wait. The arrowroot powder in the water will sink to the bottom the previous day or overnight. You can then pour out the water on top, lift up the powder at the bottom, put it in cloth to press out the water, and then dry it in the sun until it is completely dry. This arrowroot powder is considered to be done. Done.”
Everyone: "That's it? You're not lying to us, are you?"
This old woman is not an honest person. She came to the town to set up a stall for ten days, and her evil reputation spread throughout the town.
Qin Liupo pointed to a few buckets and said: "If I lied to you, I would drown myself in this water. If I didn't lie to you, you have to pay me these buckets, and you can only buy mine from now on." Eat arrowroot!”
Well, this old woman really wants to take advantage of every little thing.
"There has been a notice in Si Lifang, I'm sorry Qin Liupo doesn't dare to lie to us." The guys quickly dispersed and hurried back to make kudzu powder.
Seeing that there were fewer customers, Qin Xiaomi said to Grandpa Qin: "Grandpa, let's close the stall. The people in the village must be eager to learn how to make arrowroot powder. Let's go back and teach them. If you sign up to run for the village chief, you have to do some practical things for the villagers." "
This makes sense, everyone agreed, closed the stall together, and rushed to the village.
As soon as I arrived at the west entrance of the village, I met a lot of people.
The Chai and Zhang families and the Huang, Hu, Qian, and Sun families all came.
Huang Lao's second daughter-in-law came out and said: "Mr. Qin, girl of the Qin family, what happened in the past was what the Huang and Wu family asked us to do. We know we were wrong and we will not help them harm your family again in the future. , I’m here to apologize today, and I hope you won’t argue with us.”
After saying that, he handed over a pheasant: "This was caught in the mountains. It's a little thin, don't dislike it."
Grandpa Qin didn't want it: "This is a hen, keep it to lay eggs." Village Chief Huang followed Huang Xiaozhuang and the others have been arrested, and the grievances can be settled by the Yamen. As for you... we are all from the same village, and living in harmony is the long-term solution. As long as you don't look for trouble, our Qin Jiang and Xu Qiao family will not make things difficult for you."
Huang Lao's second daughter-in-law's eyes turned red when she heard this: "With you always in charge, no wonder the Qin family got up so quickly. "
I sighed in my heart, if the Huang family could have such an elder sitting in charge, Huang Xiaozhuang and the others would not cause trouble!
He also promised: "Don't worry, our Huang family has learned a lesson and will not cause trouble again in the future. We will take good care of the Huang Wu family and prevent her from doing evil."
Hu Qian and Sun Sanjia also said: "Mr. Qin, we are also here to apologize... Also, if possible, can you teach us how to make arrowroot powder? Half an hour ago, Wu Lichang's family sent someone to tell us how to make it. Arrowroot, but we don’t understand it at all.”
Grandpa Qin wanted to resolve his grievances, so he agreed: "Okay, everyone, go and wait at the house of Chai and Zhang's family. We will go there in a moment." There are many female relatives, and Grandpa Qin will not be stupid enough to bring so many people home.
"Hey, thank you very much!" Everyone was very happy and followed Mr. Chai and Zhang Niuwang away.
Not long after, Grandpa Qin took Qin Dashi and Qin Laoliu to the big house of Chai and Zhang's family to teach the villagers how to make arrowroot powder. They worked until dark before going home.
As soon as she came back, she said with a smile: "Everyone is pretty good. There are no evil people like Huang Xiaozhuang. Our family will be able to live a more relaxed life in the future."
Grandma Qin and the others felt relieved after hearing this. , greeting Grandpa Qin and the others: "Come and eat."
Waiting to eat After the meal, Grandma Qin took Xiaomi Qin to the house to discuss: "Xiaomi, it's almost the Dragon Boat Festival, and the weather is getting hotter. How about sharing some money with everyone so that they can buy some things for the festival?" ”
(End of this chapter)