Starting from selling lunch boxes at the construction site

Chapter 331 I will reply you next Monday at the latest
"Village chief, what do you want from us?"

"Yes, it's so mysterious. What are you going to do?"

"Village Chief, I have something to say, there is still a lot of work to do at home!"

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I got the formula from Li Sixin the day before yesterday, and I spent the whole day yesterday at Hezibao to help follow up the groundbreaking ceremony. In the evening, I accompanied everyone to join in the fun and watched a news broadcast. It was already [-] o'clock in the evening when I returned to the village. It's been more than one hour, it's too late.

Therefore, before dawn at six o'clock this morning, the head of Hua'an Village began to select and organize people to try the new formula given by Li Si.

The 12 people in front of me are all recognized as good cooks in the village, no matter what kind of dishes they cook, the taste they make is a bit better than other people's.

"I'm looking for you to come here, there must be something important to talk about, one or two of you can't stop talking, why don't you let me talk?"

The head of Hua'an Village first scolded the crowd, and after they were all quiet, he slowly opened his mouth to explain the reason for calling them here.

"Secretary Li from Hezibao has helped us prepare some recipes for making food with grapes. There are six recipes in total. I called you here today to ask you to take these recipes back and try them out to see if they work and how they taste."

"The formula given by Secretary Li!" One of them grasped the key point in the words of the village head of Hua'an Village, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he still kept his voice down while being excited, and said excitedly: "Village Chief, this is Boss Xu "

"The genius has just dawned. What are you dreaming about? This has nothing to do with Boss Xu. It's just what Secretary Li came up with for us." The head of Hua'an Village denied it decisively.

"Ah, it's not Boss Xu." Disappointed voices sounded in unison.

"Although it has nothing to do with Boss Xu now." The head of Hua'an Village first suppressed and then raised his words, and slowly said the second half of the words:

"But Secretary Li said that if the food is delicious enough, he will discuss it with Boss Xu to see if it can be sold online like fruits and vegetables!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone became excited again.

Secretary Li of Hezibao, not to mention the ten miles and eight villages, there is no one in the villages in Shanwowo who doesn’t know that he has a deep relationship with Boss Xu from Haishi.
It's not that Secretary Li can make decisions on behalf of Boss Xu, but at least Secretary Li can help them say a few words in front of Boss Xu, and help pass the food they made to Boss Xu for him to taste
"Okay, okay, you two are in charge of making this grape mochi, try both methods. You are in charge of making grape cakes. You are in charge of squeezing grape juice. You two are in charge of boiling grape jam."

The task He Lan received was to boil grape sauce, try to use white sugar, rock sugar, brown sugar and honey to make it, and see which one has more flavor.

This task is not difficult for her, let alone grape jam, she has even made a lot of peach jam, persimmon jam, and mountain jam. These sweet jams are rare snacks for the children in the family in winter .

After taking over the task, she went to the orchard with a group of people to pick the plump grapes and go home to clean and make them.

There are many different ways to make jam. Some people like to slowly remove the seeds and skins and then boil the jam; some people like to wash it and start boiling it directly, and then filter it after cooking; some people like to steam it first and then boil it.
The third method is He Lan's favorite and most commonly used way of cooking jam.

After 10 minutes of steaming, the skin, flesh and seeds of the grapes can be separated very easily, and the skin and flesh can be processed more precisely. After the skin and flesh are separated, the sourness and astringency in the jam can be precisely controlled.

Wash the grapes three times with clean water and remove the grape stems. Put the grapes into a very finely woven bamboo plaque and place it in a pot on long bamboo chopsticks. Cover the pot with a lid and set firewood.
After the firewood was lit, He Lan picked up two large pieces of wood and put them in the stove. The first and second procedures were completed, and she finally had the time to wipe the sweat off her forehead.

"Ms. He, Mrs. He. Are you at home?" A thick voice came from far and near, and the voice of a child's 'hum haha' came along with it.

"I'm busy here in the kitchen, what can I do for you?"

"Such a few skinny monkeys from your family went to the river to play in the water. I caught them and brought them back to you. Come out quickly."

Hearing this, He Lan walked out of the kitchen in two big strides, looked up in the direction of the sound, and saw the second uncle in the village walking towards him with two muddy leather monkeys in one hand , they seemed very dissatisfied with this, and they were still wriggling their bodies and protesting 'humming hahaha'
Upon seeing this, Helan did not immediately step forward to pick up the child. Instead, she turned around and returned to the kitchen. When she came out again, there was a long and thin stick in her hand.
Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of begging for mercy like howling ghosts and wolves, interspersed with unclear sentences of "I don't dare anymore", "I won't play with water anymore", "Don't dare anymore" Dare'.
After giving the four children a hard memory, He Lan scolded and picked up a big iron pan with holes in it and walked to the well, pressed the four mud monkeys in the iron basin and washed them clean before going to bed. Drive them back into the house, and put down the harsh words:
"Did you see the stick? If you dare to sneak out to play, it won't just be a beating."

He Lan wanted to reprimand them a few more words, but suddenly her nose twitched, and the fragrance of grapes entered her nostrils
Grape!My grapes are still cooking in the pot!It's been almost half an hour!it's over. it's over
They all ran back to the kitchen in a hurry, picked up the lid of the pot with one hand, and vigorously drove away the fleeing water vapor with the other hand. They barely saw the grapes in the middle of the cauldron with their eyes wide open.
Normally, 10 minutes of steaming is enough to separate the skin, flesh and seeds of the grapes without losing their original shape. But now, after half an hour of steaming, the grapes have changed from individual pieces to puddles. In addition to the seeds, The skin and flesh have become so soft that it turns into water with just a touch of chopsticks
Hey----

After heaving a long sigh, He Lan reached out and brought the grapes full of bamboo plaques back to the hall to put them, then picked up a new bamboo plaque and went to the kitchen again.

Fortunately, there are a lot of grapes in this orchard. If other precious things were to be steamed and broken, they would have to be beaten again to relieve their anger.
This time, no moths appeared in the cooking, and the crystal clear grapes were transformed into marmalade crystal jam smoothly, and the fragrance of grapes filled the kitchen.
White sugar, rock sugar and brown sugar are just different in appearance, but in the end they all come from the same root, and the taste of these three jams is almost exactly the same;
The taste of jam with honey is obviously different. The fruity aroma also has a clear floral aroma. The jam tastes smoother and richer.
"But honey is much more expensive than white sugar."

He Lan murmured as she took out the glass bottle given by the village head, filled it with four servings of jam and sealed it. As for the remaining jam, she didn't waste it, and carefully scraped it into a big plastic bottle. In the bottle, keep it for the children to soak in water to drink later.

Helan walked to the main room with the finished product, stood at the door and looked inside the room. He Lan felt that he was out of breath for a moment.
The four mud monkeys that were cleaned just now turned into four purple monkeys!
The grapes that had just been abandoned and placed in the main room because they had been steamed for too long, turned into dregs all over the floor and purple marks here and there on the children!

"What are you doing? What are you doing? Ah! What are you doing!"

Four loud shouts in a row made the four children shudder, and they turned their heads slowly to look in the direction of the door. They suddenly saw He Lan standing at the door against the light!
Seeing that the situation was not good, one of the children stood up from the ground in a blink of an eye, ran to He Lan's side in small steps, raised the dirty cup full of juice in his hand high, and said in a childish voice: "Old man Milk, drink juice!"

"Grandma, drink mine, mine tastes better!"

"Grandma, my me"

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Four different cups were filled with the same purple juice. As several people pushed and pushed, the liquid in the cups swayed slightly, and the fragrance of grapes came out again, lingering on the tip of He Lan's nose.
Looking at the four glasses of juice, He Lan's mood eased a little bit, it wasn't trouble or mischief, it was just that he wanted to drink juice
While comforting himself, he stretched out his hand to take a glass of grape juice and brought it to his mouth to take a sip. The silky liquid entered the mouth smoothly with the tilted cup, and it was only when he touched his tongue that he discovered the tenderness hidden in the liquid. The pulp, with a little force, the soft pulp will completely melt, and flow down together with the liquid, and go straight to the stomach through the throat
Bar chirp——bar chirp————

The taste seems to be pretty good, but it's a bit too strong. If we add some water and sugar, the taste may be better.

After taking another sip, He Lan slammed his mouth and returned the cup to the children. After telling them not to go out, he took the four bottles of jam he had just made to the village chief's house.

More than three hours have passed since receiving the task in the morning. When He Lan came to the village chief's house, he found several people already sitting in the house.

Not long after I went in and sat down, other people came over one after another. Slowly, the table was filled with all kinds of food made from grapes.

Looking at these exquisite desserts, He Lan couldn't help but click her tongue and said, "People in the city still know how to eat them. Such a small amount of grapes can make so many tricks."

"Yeah, I didn't expect that those noodles could be made with grapes. They look pretty and are quite delicious."

"It looks really nice."

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Everyone discussed for a while about the food on the table, but when the last person arrived at the village chief's house with the freshly cooked food, everyone was puzzled.

Where is the village chief?
Didn't you just bring it over when it's done?

Now that everyone is here, why hasn't the village chief appeared yet? Is he busy with something temporarily?
Just when everyone was debating whether to continue waiting for a while, or go back to make lunch first, and come back later, two figures walked slowly from the entrance of the village one after the other, and the person walking in front was the villager of Hua'an Village. Long, the person who is one step behind is Secretary Li of Hezibao!

"Secretary Li, we people haven't eaten anything good. Even stewed potatoes in clear water taste good. We can't eat anything good, so we still have to ask Secretary Li to help us check and see how these foods are eaten. No, if not, let's not embarrass myself in front of Boss Xu."

"Hey, Village Chief He, you are too modest. If it tastes good, it tastes good, and if it tastes bad, it doesn't taste good. Why can't you eat it?"

While talking, the two walked into the main room. Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Li Sixin picked up a mochi with chopsticks, first put it under the nose and sniffed it gently, and then put it into the mouth, and held it with his teeth. split into two.
I thought it had been bitten off, but when the chopsticks took the remaining half of the mochi away from the lips and teeth, I suddenly found that the mochi that should have been shortened into two sections pulled out long, thin strands, which can be described as broken. .

It was not until the two pieces of mochi were separated by about fifteen centimeters that the silk threads were reluctantly completely broken.
The half piece of mochi that fell into Li Sixin’s mouth gave Li Sixin the first feeling of springing teeth, and then he felt the softness brought by glutinous rice and the fragrant and sweet taste of grapes, sticky but not sticky, sweet but not greasy.
After tasting the mochi, Li Sixin nodded and put down his chopsticks, picked three pieces from each dim sum and put them on a clean white plate, and then invited the makers who cooked these delicious dim sum to have a taste too.

For this request, the others first refused, then felt embarrassed, and finally picked up the chopsticks and cups with half-push and half-push, and tasted the dim sum made by others.

Helan followed the tasting order of others, first tasting grape mochi, then grape soufflé, then grape-flavored cookies, and finally picked up a glass of grape juice to taste.

The moment the grape juice entered his mouth, He Lan frowned slightly, then took another sip, and then frowned even more.Why does the taste of this grape juice not taste as good as that of those bastards in my house?

I thought it was just my own illusion, but every time I took another sip, this feeling became more and more obvious. The obvious astringency in the grape juice made her whole face wrinkle uncontrollably
"Sister He, what's the matter, is there something wrong with this grape juice, why are you frowning from drinking it?"

The villagers in charge of making grape juice are always paying attention to the expressions of other people after tasting the grape juice. The expressions of others are normal and even have a hint of a smile. Only He Lan wrinkled his face while drinking.

"Ah, it's nothing. This grape juice is delicious haha." Only then did He Lan realize that his expression was wrong, and hurried back to make amends.

"Sister He, if there's anything wrong, just tell me straight up, don't hide it, your expression shows dissatisfaction!" The villager didn't let He Lan go, and asked persistently.

"That's right, if you feel something is wrong, just say it directly. It's better to say it now than to send it to Boss Xu and be returned!"

"Yes yes yes"

Others chimed in one after another. He Lan looked around the crowd, and finally said hesitatingly:

"When I was making jam, it was steamed for too long. A few skin monkeys at home made a few cups of grape juice. It was delicious, but the grape juice they pounded out had a different taste. It was also quite delicious. "

"Did you bring it here for us to try?" Someone answered the moment the words fell.

"No." He Lan shook his head: "Those skin monkeys made it dirty, it's okay to drink it by yourself, how can you give it to Boss Xu!"

Everyone looked at each other when they heard the words, not knowing for a while whether He Lan's words were true or not, they were all staring at each other, unable to make up their minds.

In the end, everyone's eyes fell on Li Sixin, waiting for Li Sixin, the spokesperson of Boss Xu, to come up with an idea.

Li Sixin took out his mobile phone to check the time, and then asked, "Ms. He, how long does it take to make the grape juice you mentioned?"

"Half an hour." He Lan said uncertainly.

"It's only less than ten o'clock now, and it's too late to do it again. Why don't you go back and make a copy, Mrs. He?" Seeing the nervous look on He Lan's face, Li Sixin said in relief: "One more way, Xu The boss can have one more choice, right?"

Under the consolation of Li Sixin and the others, He Lan nodded hesitantly, and then everyone surrounded He Lan and returned to her home
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"Boss Xu! Don't be so busy! Come down and eat!"

Li Sixin's shout interrupted Xu An's thoughts. Xu An took advantage of the opportunity to close the computer, and walked out of the room with Xu Heping. He walked along the stairs to the first floor. After turning the corridor, Xu An saw Huaan Village Long the figure of this uninvited guest.

Xu An was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked downstairs to the two of them and asked, "Village Chief He, are you here like this?"

"I'll give you, Boss Xu, some snacks made by the villagers to try." The head of Hua'an Village said as he opened the cloth cover covering the bamboo basket. As the pieces of exquisite snacks came into view, Xu An A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Just now, after listening to the words of the head of Hua'an Village, I thought that what he sent was the special snacks from Hongshan Town, but the ones in the bamboo baskets were the common snacks in bakeries in the city.
This was purchased from a trip to the city.
No, it's unlikely, such a few snacks cost dozens of yuan. Even if the head of Hua'an Village is willing to spend this money, the bakery in Hongshan Town does not have this kind of snacks
Surrounded by Li Sixin and Li Sixin, Xu An, who was puzzled, walked into the kitchen, sat on the table, picked up a piece of cookie with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, followed by mochi, followed by soufflé.
Grape-flavored cookies, grape-flavored mochi, grape-filled mochi, grape-flavored soufflé, grape juice
After tasting all the dim sum, Xu An finally found something strange, whether it was dim sum or drinks, they all tasted like grapes!

Reminiscing that the economic crop produced in Huaan Village is grapes, the meaning is self-evident.
Xu An's eyes could not help falling on Li Sixin who was accompanying the head of Hua'an Village. He was [-]% confident that this must be Li Sixin's idea.

If the head of Hua'an Village had planned this long ago, he wouldn't have made such a scene of burying grapes for himself.
After tasting them one by one, Xu An wanted to put down his chopsticks to consult the two of them, but the moment he put down the chopsticks, the head of Hua'an Village acted to remind him: "Boss Xu, these two glasses of grape juice are a bit different, you can try another glass ?”

Um?no the same?
Hearing this, Xu An reached out and picked up another glass of grape juice and brought it to his mouth. The incomparably rich grape smell swept all the taste buds in Xu An's mouth. With just one touch, all the cells in his body gave up resistance and allowed them to invade wantonly. Every cell in the body is planted with a flag painted with grapes
this taste?This taste!
Before saying anything, Xu An turned around and handed the glass of grape juice to Xu Heping, motioning him to taste it.

Under the urging of everyone's gaze, Xu Heping didn't care about other things, took a big gulp of the grape juice, and the moment he took it in, a look of surprise appeared on his face, he couldn't wait to swallow the grape juice, and said in surprise: "This Why is the taste so strong, sweet and not greasy at the same time, and there is no such astringency.”

The head of Hua'an Village saw Xu Heping's reaction and knew it was right. He rubbed his hands and asked, "Boss Xu, does this grape juice still taste good?"

"That's right, this is the most delicious and mellow grape juice I've ever had." Xu An praised it and then asked the most crucial question: "Mr. He, did the people in your village make this by themselves?"

"Of course!" The head of Hua'an Village immediately raised his head proudly, pointed at the dim sum in the bamboo basket, and said proudly, "The dim sum in this basket are all made by the villagers from the grapes grown in our village. !"

"Can you tell me why the taste of these two glasses of grape juice is so different?" Xu An asked in puzzlement.

"This glass of grape juice is freshly squeezed, and the glass of grape juice in Mr. Xu's hand is squeezed after high-temperature cooking."

The head of Hua'an Village briefly explained the difference between the two, and then looked at Li Sixin with urging eyes.

Upon receiving the sight of the head of Hua'an Village, Li Sixin immediately asked straight to the point: "Boss Xu, I wonder if you think these foods can be sold in the store?"

"It's hard to say." After Xu An nodded, he shook his head and said, "This is secondary processed food, which is different from agricultural products. It can only be sold on shelves after obtaining a food safety license."

"Then is it troublesome to apply for this food safety license? What conditions do you need to meet?"

"You need to have a production site that meets production requirements, a professional and hygienic production process, and qualified packaging that meet the above conditions to obtain a food safety license. Moreover, although these snack juices taste good, consumers cannot buy them. Buy-in is hard to determine”

hiss----

Hearing such a long series of words from Xu An, the head of Hua'an Village couldn't help but took a long breath, and sighed sadly: "Why is it so troublesome! If consumers don't buy it, wouldn't our efforts be wasted?"

Jingle bells - jingle bells -

"Hi, I'm Lu Shengnan, may I ask who you are?"

"Hello, Mr. Lu, I am Lu Xin, the person in charge of Haishi TV Station. Is it easy for you to communicate now?"

"It's convenient, please tell me"

"The TV station wants to do an exclusive interview with Xu's Catering. I wonder if it's convenient?"

"Interview?"

"Yes, Xu's Catering is a newly emerging local entity in Haishi City. It has its own uniqueness in terms of business methods and other aspects, and has a high reputation in the society. Therefore, we want to do an exclusive interview to share with the public Display and introduce Xu's Catering."

"Interview. I need to ask the boss to give you an answer." Lu Shengnan flipped through the calendar on the table and asked, "I wonder when your TV station plans to conduct an exclusive interview?"

"The sooner the sooner, if possible, preferably in the next two days"

"Tomorrow and next two days, okay, I understand, I will pass on the relevant situation to the boss, and I will contact you when the boss has a reply, can I?"

"Excuse me, how long will it take?"

"Hmm" Lu Shengnan flipped through the calendar again, and said, "Is it okay to give you an answer next Monday at the latest?"

"Next Monday." The voice of the person on the other side of the phone was slightly disappointed, but he still replied decently: "Yes, then please trouble Mr. Lu!"

"You're welcome"

(End of this chapter)