Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 456 Pastry Shop Plan

An Nian nodded and replied, "Okay, okay, Qingming Festival is just around the corner, let's buy some paper money to burn for Daddy and Mommy!"

An Yue raised her hand to wipe the tears of excitement from her cheeks, and suddenly came to her senses.

He asked seriously, "Huh? That's not right! Did Nian Nian already know about the news that I passed the provincial examination?"

An Nian scratched his head and smiled: "Hehe, I knew it yesterday afternoon."

"Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

After An Yue finished speaking, she held up An Nian's face with both hands and squeezed it so hard that his face was deformed.

An Nian struggled and shouted, "It hurts, it hurts..."

An Yue quickly put it down, turned around pretending to be angry, pouted and said unhappily: "Niannian already knew this good news, but kept it secret. Humph! I'm so angry!"

An Nian pulled An Yue's clothes and explained aggrievedly: "Sister, don't be angry! I just want to give you and everyone a surprise!"

An Yue suddenly smiled wickedly and said, "Haha, little Niannian, I told you not to tell us." As she said that, she reached out and tickled An Nian's spot.

At this time, the whole family watched the siblings talking, laughing and playing, and they all stood there stupidly, laughing and watching the fun.

An Nian ran to the corner and squatted, and saw Chunzhi sweeping the floor in front of him.

He smiled and begged for help: "Sister Chunzhi, please save me, sister...sister, tickle me, I am almost dying of itchiness."

"Master, this...I can't save you!"

Every family member was tidying up the shop with smiles on their faces.

Soon, everything was cleaned up.

An Yue led her family to Wanfulou, the best restaurant in Shijing Town.

An Yue ordered everyone's favorite dish, and the family sat together, celebrating An Nian's passing the provincial exam.

Nowadays, although the whole family is busy, the income from the Malatang shop is considerable.

The family's life is getting better and better, and An Yue is no longer restrained when it comes to spending money.

Recently, An Yue has been thinking about opening a pastry shop.

Now that the Malatang shop's business is on track, Chunzhi stays in the shop as the shopkeeper.

Although I am illiterate, I have no problem doing simple account keeping and collecting money.

Of course, the safest way is to spend money to hire a shopkeeper who can keep detailed accounts.

The helpers are Axia, Erzhu and Cui Niang, and the three of them have become very proficient at their work.

When the farm work is not busy, my aunt, grandmother, Daniu Ale and others will stay in the shop and work together.

Over the past few months, An Yue has experimented many times with making cakes, rice cakes, and date cakes.

Therefore, An Yue also developed a special device for beating egg whites.

This tool is simple, similar to a carpenter's drilling tool.

It is supported by a round wooden stick, a hemp rope, a bamboo board handle and a round wooden board.

Rotate the bamboo board handle and the round wooden board and drill a hole in the middle. The hole diameter should be about the same size as the round wooden stick.

First, you need to prepare a straight round wooden stick and polish both ends of the stick until it is smooth and round.

Make a small hole at the top of the stick to pass the twine through.

After the hemp rope passes through the small hole on the top of the wooden stick, connect the hemp rope to both ends of the handle in the middle part.

Just turn the handle a few times so that the hemp rope is wrapped around the round wooden stick and rotational power is generated and you are halfway to success.

Make a wooden support under the handle, drill a few small holes on the support, and insert a few chopsticks into the holes.

Every time you want to beat egg whites, just separate the egg yolks from the egg whites.

Pour the egg whites into a ceramic bowl, take out the utensil for beating the egg whites, and place it upright in the center of the ceramic bowl.

Turn the handle a few times. Then press down harder and the wooden support will rotate, which will help you beat the egg whites quickly.

I don’t have an oven like the ones in the 21st century, so the color of the cake isn’t as good as that made with ovens in the 21st century, but fortunately the texture is relatively soft, so it can be considered a success.

However, making pastries is relatively complicated, and each process is extremely complicated.

But when I saw the simple tool I made to beat egg whites, it became easier to open a pastry shop.

Before the family had their meal at the restaurant, An Yue specially picked up some of each dish for her sister-in-law Meng Xiu'er and packed them up to take home.

After meal.

The family came to the backyard of the Malatang shop and loaded the big ox onto the mule cart.

Everyone got on the mule cart, and Ale drove the mule home in front.

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Along the way, An Yue sat in the mule cart, thinking about the development of the pastry shop.

The location of the pastry shop can temporarily reserve a wall in the main shop to separate out a small compartment of about four feet long and wide.

Sell ​​pastry shop in a small compartment and hang a sign that says "Pastry Shop" above the compartment.

Nowadays, the Malatang shop is doing good business, which can also boost the business of the pastry shop.

When the pastry shop business picks up in the future and my family learns how to make it, we will rent a bigger shop.

After choosing the location for the pastry shop, the next step is to purchase the raw materials.

Such as; flour, sugar, eggs, yeast.

The other raw materials were fine, except that there was no yeast powder in this dynasty.

However, if you don’t have yeast, you can use honey instead.

Last year, An Yue raised a honey bee in the corner of her yard. A few days ago, she opened it and found that the honey yield was very good and she had harvested a lot of honey.

Later, An Yue went to the wild cave at the foot of the mountain and cut a lot of them.

She filtered all the honey, put it in a large clay jar and sealed it.

Honey will definitely be used when making various pastries in the future. Now it seems that we have honey at home and we don’t have to spend money to buy it.

If you want to make good-looking cakes, you also need good-looking cake molds.

An Yue plans to find a carpenter with good carving skills to customize some molds for making pastries.

Before, An Yue also tried to teach Chunzhi and her aunt how to make pastries, but they really couldn't grasp the details of some of the processes.

Therefore, An Yue planned to take them with her more often when making pastries in the future, as practice makes perfect.

Only after they learned it could An Yue free her hands occasionally.

The mule cart's wheels clanged as it moved forward.

Soon, the family arrived home.

As soon as An Yue entered the house, she saw her sister-in-law Meng Xiuer feeding poultry and Xiaobao crawling on the ground in the yard.

When Xiaobao saw the family coming back, he crawled towards An Yue with an excited smile.

An Yue hurriedly handed the food box in her hand to An Nian, and An Nian walked towards the main hall with the food box.

An Yue walked forward, leaned over, picked Xiaobao up from the ground, and gently patted the mud off Xiaobao's body.

Meng Xiuer held the feeding ladle in her right hand and the wooden bucket in her left hand, and said with a faint smile: "Yueyue, is the shop very busy today? Why did everyone come back so late?"

An Yue walked up to Meng Xiuer holding Xiaobao and said with a smile: "Now I have two pieces of news to tell you, sister-in-law. One is good news, and the other is bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"