The Koi Wife of the Prime Minister

Chapter 210 Selling Sugar Water

She gently added the red beans into the sugar water, stirring it evenly bit by bit so that every red bean was imbued with the sweet flavor of the koji.

The final step is to add ice cubes.

Shen Yan carefully put the transparent ice cubes into the sugar water. Suddenly, the temperature of the sugar water dropped rapidly, from boiling water to lukewarm in an instant, as if a small chemical change was happening quietly in the kitchen.

The entire process of making the sweet soup is full of Shen Yan's understanding and mastery of the simplicity and meticulousness of food.

She carefully selects each ingredient and meticulously controls each step, just to make that bowl of crystal clear syrup.

After taking a sip, the summer heat instantly became milder due to the coolness. Wang Lin and Wang Jun also drank it in big gulps, and then ate the taro balls at the bottom of the bowl. Life is that simple.

A large pot of sugar water was cooked, and Shen Yan served a large bowl to the boy from the Qin family. Soon Sister Xiaolan and Qin Jierui came, their eyes sparkling.

The next day, Shen Yan found a few people and asked them to collect cassava flour, which could also be delivered directly to Shen Yan's home. The other villagers didn't quite understand, but they still ground their own cassava into flour. Cassava was not delicious, so everyone steamed it to fill their stomachs. Although they didn't know why Shen Yan was collecting cassava flour, they still got paid no matter how much they sold to Shen Yan.

July is almost here, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. At this time, only Shen Yan is not afraid of the heat and continues to set up a stall at the market. But the difference is that Shen Yan has launched a new product. People around still trust Shen Yan very much. When they see Shen Yan has launched a new product, no matter what it is, they rush to buy a bowl.

"Hey, little girl, what's your new product? It's delicious."

"This is cold noodles and jelly, and that is sugar water."

"Little girl, what is this cold noodle made of? I hope it doesn't contain anything else."

"How could that be? Put the kneaded dough in water and rub it carefully, leaving no residue. Rub it until the water is completely cloudy and you can't see clearly at all. Then steam it in a pot. Jelly is made by mixing starch and water until it becomes transparent. Then you scrape it off with a knife and add some seasoning."

"Okay, give me one of each."

There weren't many people in the hot summer, and the rest of the people went to Shen Yan's stall. There weren't many people, after all, it was still too hot. Shen Yan was busy when she found someone suddenly coming over, Qin Yan.

Qin Yan came over and said, "Shen Yan, new products are coming out so soon. Give me one of this, this, and that."

"Okay, your father actually let you out. It wasn't easy."

"That's right. Ever since he stole my river snail rice noodle last time, he's even crazier than me. Now he's asking me to buy this new product, even though I really want to eat it too."

"Okay, wait here and I'll do it for you."

As the sun went down, more people came.

"Give me another portion of each, take it away, and give it to that stinky old man to taste."

After Qin Yan left, more and more people came, and everyone came here because of the smell.

"Girl, do you have a new product? Give me a bowl, my mouth is watering."

"A bowl of three cents."

"okay."

Wang Lin took the money and served a bowl of cold noodles. After the customer paid, he handed the cold noodles over, found a place to sit and ate madly, his mouth was covered with greasy food. People passing by were also very greedy when they saw it.

"Girl, give me a bowl of jelly."

"Little girl, I want a bowl of cold noodles."

"I want two bowls of cold noodles, extra spicy."

Seeing that more and more people came, Shen Yan was almost overwhelmed. The customers surrounded Shen Yan's stall and there was no way to get in. Compared with other stalls, Liu's snail noodle stall seemed empty.

"Tell me, why does Shen Yan always have so many ideas?"

"That's right, it's still so popular after it's made."

"I heard her tell someone the method just now. If we learn it, we can sell it too."

"Then do you know how to make cold noodles?"

"That's easy. They're all made from rice and flour. You can just go back and study it yourself."

The vendors were talking about it a lot, but soon dispersed. After eating Shen Yan's cold noodles, everyone felt very appetizing and went to the side to buy their staple food. After Shen Yan's cold noodles became popular, everyone also wanted to sell cold noodles, but no one was professional and their cold noodles were not as delicious as Shen Yan's, so everyone only went to Shen Yan to buy.

Because the business had stabilized, Shen Yan handed over the method of making Liangpi to Xiaolan. After all, for Shen Yan, the method of making Liangpi was very simple and not time-consuming, and the supply was still small. Under Shen Yan's instruction, Xiaolan also learned the skill of making Liangpi. She only supplied half of it each time, and added the other half of the Liangpi. The profit was more than doubled than before, and she could earn hundreds of coins every day. Xiaolan was very happy and more motivated.

When Liu saw that Lianlian was treated differently, she felt indignant for her and asked why only Sister Lan was given the case while Lianlian was ignored. Liu spoke for Li Cuilian secretly, but Li Cuilian heard it and scolded Liu.

"Who do you think you are? How dare you stir up trouble in front of me."

Others saw it and said: "Stop cursing, or you'll get sick from anger."

"I'm not angry at all, I just feel disgusted by her. She doesn't even realize that she can only rely on someone to make ends meet. If Shen Yan hadn't stopped buying snail noodles, she would have been able to make money by selling them. Do you know how bad the snail noodles she sells are? She is trying to sow discord again because she sees that Xiao Lan's cold noodle business is doing well, and is pushing me into the fire pit."

"Is her brain useless? That's Shen Yan's business. She can give it to whoever she wants. Why would she compete with me? I'm already very satisfied, and I can't handle it any more. I can't stand it if I'm busy any more."

As she said this, Li Cui Lian burst into tears.

In July, Shenyan launched sugar water and herbal tea. A bowl of herbal tea cost one cent, and sugar water cost one cent without the base, three cents with taro balls, and six cents with taro balls and red beans and lotus seeds. With ice cubes, Shenyan was the only one on the street.

Even if others also start this business, ice cubes are very expensive and the cost is higher than the profit. Since ice cubes are rare, Shen Yan can predict that the sugar water will be very popular once it comes out.

Sure enough, as soon as Shen Yan opened a good stall, people came over, mainly because they felt the coolness when they got close to the sweet soup stall. They even sweated less than before. Then everyone realized why a small bowl of sweet soup was so expensive. The ice in the bowl alone was worth the money.

The sugar water had been boiled and cooled long ago, and ice was placed around the wooden barrel. Ice was also added to the sugar water. It tasted icy and cool, making people feel refreshed all over, and all the heat in the body was gone.

The icy taste when you first put it in your mouth and the sweet aftertaste make eating a soft and glutinous taro ball a real enjoyment.

Before long, most of the sweet soup on Shen Yan's stall was sold out, but another group of people came from a distance.