Meanwhile, the wheat that Yaya had planted in the field was also thriving and growing well. It was just uncertain whether it would flower and pollinate normally in the coming months, but if there were no issues, their July harvest should be successful. The rightful source is n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net
Of course, whenever she had free time in the evening, she would also go around the field to water it, aiming to help the crops grow better and yield more. So for this experimental field, she had indeed put in a considerable amount of effort.
Her and Yaya’s Fried Small Potatoes had sold well and garnered a good reputation, making at least twenty to thirty taels of profit every month. The potatoes they had at home were sold out after three months, and thereafter they began to buy potatoes from the villagers. Anyone willing to sell would bring them to their house. Naturally, the purchase price couldn’t be too high—it was the same as the market price, one or two cents per catty.
Thanks to these purchased potatoes, they bought for another two months. By the Solar Calendar, in May, the new potatoes would also soon be harvested.
The wheat field successfully pollinated and produced wheat ears. Since it was planted a month later than the usual wheat, it should have been harvested in June. This time, however, she decided to wait until July to harvest the wheat before leaving.
Uncle Zhang’s vegetables were all doing well, especially the lotus. From germination to the growth of lotus leaves, she had visited countless times, worried that the soil here would not be conducive to cultivation. However, judging by the current situation, although the leaves grew well, that didn’t mean the lotus roots would form. To cultivate lotus roots, it would take two or three years of transition before they could grow big and long (ahem ~~~~).
Ever since the restaurant introduced dishes like nori-wrapped rice and spicy stir-fried pork belly with lettuce, business had reached what Zhang Quan considered the pinnacle of his life.
Ever since Xiao Yu’s menu items were released one by one, the business had been steadily increasing daily.
It’s worth mentioning nori in particular, from the original nori egg drop soup, it extended to dishes like nori-wrapped rice, grilled nori, nori sesame crunch, chilled nori with cabbage hearts, nori oyster cakes, nori egg rice, and many other delicacies. They satisfied the foodies, hooked them, and gradually drew their attention to nori.
Zhang Quan only told them that this was Purple Star Grass. As for how to transform it into such delicious food, well, that was the restaurant’s secret. Sorry, he wouldn’t say.
For almost every special dish, Xiao Yu would start with the raw ingredients. After all, if you don’t explain, how can you make tomato sauce from tomatoes? Or sesame sauce and sesame oil from sesame? How is sesame oil made from sesame? So this was a very difficult process, but she truly gave it her all when teaching Zhang Quan.
Xiao Yu did not leave behind any corn seeds. That was her ace, and she still wanted to make a lot of money for herself. Thus, she didn’t hold back completely with Zhang Quan but only provided suggestions and guidance for some of the unique dishes not found on the coast.
The price of nori was driven up by Zhang Quan’s Huiben Building, and ever since the merchants tasted the nori rice at Zhang Quan’s restaurant, they couldn’t forget it.
However, even after they dried the nori they collected, it wasn’t as fine and thin as what Zhang Quan’s family had. The thickness was often uneven. They couldn’t use it to wrap rice, and the nori egg drop soup they made was also distinct, with nori being nori and egg being egg; they sank to the bottom without blending, and they had no idea what was added to the soup at the restaurant. No matter how they tried, they just couldn’t reproduce that flavor.
At this point, the villagers began to come and ask for nori recipes, trying to learn the secret of the nori egg drop soup from Xiao Yu. They had come to realize that Huiben Building’s success must be credited to this girl’s fortune.