Yipin Qiao Nongfei

Chapter 8

The boss and the staff were silent for a long time, they looked at Su Wanqiu as if they were looking at an idiot.

Not to mention the boss and work, at this moment Su Yunfan looked at his sister with a confused look, wondering if this girl really lost her mind when she threw herself into the river.

"Didn't I tell you? We also have caramel..."

"It's not caramel."

Su Wanqiu solemnly interrupted the assistant: "It means that you can produce decent granulated sugar. The quality and yield are not inferior to cane sugar, but it is definitely not sugar cane. How much can you pay for this thing, boss?"

"You... are you serious? No kidding? But how can there be such a thing? Never heard of it..."

Boss Zhong's voice was still fluttering, but the logic of his speech returned.The next moment, he saw Su Wanqiu pull out two purple-red objects from his sleeve, and waved them in front of him.

"This is...water radish, right?" Boss Zhong gasped, "You just want to sell it to me to produce sugar?"

Su Wanqiu: ...

Well, it does look a bit like water radish.No way, who made these wild beets look malnourished, with thin, light-colored rhizomes, and an oval shape.

"This is not a radish, it's... I call it a beet, and it's still full of water..."

"The water radish is also full of water, otherwise can it be called a water radish?"

Boss Zhong stared at Su Wanqiu suspiciously with "I've seen through everything": "If you want to use this trick to cheat money, girl, you are looking for the wrong person."

"It's not a radish. You can see that its color is darker than that of a radish. The radish is pink, so it's purple."

Su Wanqiu was helpless, this was the most outrageous porridge she had ever seen in the professional field, and a good beet was called a radish, it was unbearable.

"Purple red? Isn't it the darker water radish?"

Boss Zhong looked disdainful, but saw Su Wanqiu stuff two "radishes" into his hands, and pushed him towards the equipment: "Anyway, it's fine right now, your equipment is idle if you are idle, boss you Just use the method of making sucrose to try it, it’s okay to try it? Even if you suffer a loss, you have no loss; but if you can really make sugar, boss, have you thought about the meaning of it?”

Boss Zhong was very impatient and wanted to break free, thinking how could a girl be so wild, so he went straight to it.However, after hearing the last sentence, he withdrew all his efforts to break free.

That's right, give it a try, so what's the harm in being fooled?But if these two radishes...well, if these two beets really produce sugar, then...then...

Boss Zhong didn't dare to think about it, fearing that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.His family is the only sugar workshop in Daxing County. They make a lot of money every year, but they don’t have the ability to transport sugarcane from the south alone. They always follow the big factories in the capital, pay some money, and ask others to help bring some goods. That’s it. However, limited by transportation conditions, the sugar cane shipped every year is also uneven, so that the production of sugar can not be increased.

Boss Zhong is undoubtedly a shrewd businessman, knowing the importance of this matter, he ordered his confidants to go out to guard the gate, so he rolled up his sleeves, took two beets, turned around and came to the workshop.

"Boss, don't you want to do it yourself?"

Su Wanqiu followed behind him and asked curiously.Boss Zhong raised his chin and said proudly: "Little girl, don't look down on me. Back then, I started from scratch, relying on the foundation I had laid as an apprentice for many years, and I fiddled with it to make candies. It took me two years to earn money from this workshop and build a grocery store, if it wasn’t for the hard work of buying sugarcane, I wouldn’t be able to stay in Piaoxiang Lane until today.”

While talking, he took a kitchen knife and cut one of the beets in half, then cut a small piece and put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, then his eyes lit up, and he nodded at Su Wanqiu: "You Don’t say it, I think it’s really similar to sugar cane, and it has something to offer.”

After speaking, the knife was flying like flying, and within half a moment, the two beets were chopped into vegetable puree, and piled on the chopping board together with the juice. When the sunlight outside the door shone, they were so shiny that they had a crystal luster.

Su Yunfan stared blankly at Boss Zhong skillfully filtering out the juice with gauze, boiled it into syrup in a pot, and then added plant ash water to promote its crystallization...

He felt like he was dreaming: These... these two radishes... oh no, beets, can they really make sugar?It's too incredible, right?But... if it is true, then... how much money can it make?
Su Yunfan grabbed the clothes by his chest, and grabbed his sister's sleeve with the other hand, eagerly said: "Qiu, where did you get this beet? Do you have any more?"

Su Wanqiu nodded, leaned into Su Yunfan's ear and whispered, "Actually, it's chard. I reckon it's found on the hills behind our house, but don't let anyone know about it for now, so we can dig it out and sell it for money."

"Yes, yes, you are very considerate." Su Yunfan nodded excitedly, and whispered: "Our family rules, children pick wild fruits, dig wild vegetables and beans to earn a little money or snacks, and they don't have to pay the bus."

Su Wanqiu smiled happily: Although this brother is a bastard, he knows it well.

"So brother, you have to keep it secret, and don't leak the news..."

"It's done."

A loud shout interrupted the two brothers and sisters who were chatting.Su Wanqiu raised her head, and saw Boss Zhong across the street waving his fist at her like a frog dancing in ecstasy, and said loudly: "It's done, it really can produce sugar, no different from sucrose. Girl... God, you are like a sucrose!" The Bodhisattva who came down..."

"That's it? Impossible."

Su Wanqiu ignored the other party's nonsense, walked over and murmured: "Although there are only two beets, the time will definitely be shortened by more than half, but you are too fast."

"Yes, it has not become the final granulated sugar, but I have been making sugar for so many years, don't you know? At this point, it is completely possible to declare that you are done. Girl, you... How many beets do you have? I want as much as I want, How about we follow the price of sugar cane?"

"Wait... how much is your purchase price for sugar cane? Don't try to deceive us if we don't know how to do it, so just lie to me. Although there is only one sugar mill in Daxing County, there are probably no fewer than three or five in the capital. It is not far from the capital. It’s not too far away, we can go and find out as much as we can.”

Su Yunfan was afraid that his younger sister would be cheated, so he hurried over to help check
Boss Zhong said with a smile: "Winter is about to start now. The road is snowy and slippery. It takes a long time to go from south to north. At this time of year, I am so worried about sugar cane that I am going bald. Now suddenly you two fell from the sky. How dare the little old man lie to you? I bought sugar cane from the south for [-] Wen a catty, and I also pay [-] Wen for your sugar beet. How about that? I’m not saying a word, otherwise you just go to the capital inquire about."

"Five... fifty coins..."

Su Wanqiu didn't do anything, but the brother beside her was already shocked by this number.

(End of this chapter)