Chapter 783: Chapter 783: Selling Stones
“Sister’s mooncakes are delicious!” Qiao Dami ate a mooncake happily. He had already eaten three in a row, and his little belly became rounded, but he still wanted to eat more.
This mooncake was unlike any other pastry he had tried before. The outer crust was indescribably delicious, and the red bean paste inside was sweet but not greasy. Together, they made him want to twirl around with delight!
Qiao Xiaomai only ate one. She had a few mooncakes left in her space from previous Mid-Autumn Festivals. However, the ones she made herself tasted much better.
In front of the inexplicable Spiritual Spring water, even the most expensive mooncakes of her previous life couldn’t compare.
“Let’s make these. According to heads, four for each person,” Tong Sanlang said.
Red beans were slightly more expensive than soybeans, costing five coins per catty, but for Qiao Xiaomai’s current financial status, this was nothing. She could buy them by the hundreds of catty.
She had flour at home as well, which wouldn’t cost much even if purchased.
Qiao Xiaomai nodded, thought for a bit, and said, “Let’s make some with lotus seed paste in addition to the bean paste ones.”
Lotus seed paste was made from lotus seeds.
This was more expensive.
However, Qiao Xiaomai was the kind of person who dislikes owing others. Since bean paste mooncakes were inexpensive, she wanted to make some pricier ones as well.
“Okay,” Tong Sanlang, understanding her character, agreed without objection.
So, they decided on it.
According to heads, everyone received four mooncakes, three with bean paste, and one with lotus seed paste.
In addition, each household would receive five catty of dried sweet potatoes and five catty of pork.
Compared to feasting, the value of this gift package was similar, comprising both meat and desserts, perfect.
Having settled on the contents of the gift package, they started making dried sweet potatoes and mooncakes simultaneously.
If we count five thousand people in Anping Village, that would amount to twenty thousand mooncakes.
Plus five catty of dried sweet potatoes for each household, this was a substantial project for Qiao Xiaomai’s family.
No time to spare, Qiao Changshun spent each day tending to the winter wheat.
Qiao Zhaodi and Qiao Yindi had to take turns caring for Zhuang Lühe, leaving only Qiao Xiaomai, Tong Sanlang, and Qiao Dami for the task.
There seemed to be a lack of hands.
Qiao Xiaomai pondered and decided to visit Extreme Flavor Residence when she went to town to buy lotus seeds.
Since they were short of money, this recipe could be sold to Extreme Flavor Residence.
They could also persuade the chef there to come over and help out, killing two birds with one stone.
Shopkeeper He sat in his room, holding a mooncake with lotus seed paste, tasting it carefully.
He chewed on a small mooncake for a whole quarter of an hour.
Qiao Xiaomai was not in a hurry, sitting beside him leisurely cracking melon seeds. She was now more at ease dealing with Shopkeeper He, knowing that the Extreme Flavor Residence would purchase from her anyways.
As she had expected, after finishing the whole mooncake, Shopkeeper He asked, “Tell me, how much silver?”
Qiao Xiaomai grinned and swung two fingers. Shopkeeper He was startled, “My goodness! It is just a pastry!”
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Upon hearing that, Qiao Xiaomai, still grinning, said, “Shopkeeper, this is indeed just a pastry, but the fillings inside can have endless variations. I brought the red bean paste and lotus seed paste fillings today. You can add others: jujubes, sesame, meat, sweet or savory, whichever you like.”