roccoschili Chapter 177 Negotiation
Chapter 177 Negotiation
After hearing what Hou Xiaoge said, Hou Yangmin opened his mouth with a look of shock.
He really didn't expect that his nephew could think so far and have such a broad mind.
"Heiwa, you should at least discuss such a big matter with me. You are really too..." Hou Yangmin said and swallowed the criticism in his mouth.
"Then how do you think we should do it?" Hou Yangmin asked after thinking for a long time.
"Uncle, please contact a few elders of the clan and tell them about this matter, and ask them to send someone to learn.
There are six people including Yangwa, five clan elders, and eleven families who will learn first.
After they learn well, they sell it for a day to test the waters. When they make money, the villagers see it and are willing to invest money. After all, a small pot costs two dollars, which is a considerable sum of money. "Hou Xiaoge analyzed.
“You’re right, for such a major event we dare not let the entire village in at once.
It is almost the end of the year, and many businesses and freight operations have stopped one after another. There is also less work to do at the train station, and many villagers don’t want to do it anymore.
The villagers have lost their jobs and have no money to buy food. More than a dozen families have already borrowed money and food from the clan and me, and their families are almost out of food.
It's fine if this business makes money, but it would be bad if it loses money." Hou Yangmin sighed and said.
The two discussed for a while, and Hou Yangmin hurriedly left the house.
Hou Xiaoge was only out for a while, and when he returned to the cave, the syrup in the pot had been used up.
A total of more than 40 candied haws were made from the three pots of syrup, but most of them were of poor quality. Except for the ones made by Hou Xiaoge, only seven or eight of them were barely presentable.
At this time, the earliest candied haws were ready to be eaten. The soy sauce-colored rock sugar covered the hawthorns. Hou Xiaoge picked up two and touched them lightly. The rock sugar outside the hawthorns immediately shattered and cracked like glass shards.
"Come, have a try and see how the candied haws are made." Hou Xiaoge asked everyone to pull a hawthorn to taste.
Hou Xiaoge also took a bunch and started eating. It's true that the hawthorns were too sour to eat alone, but when coated with rock sugar, the taste immediately improved.
The outer layer of rock sugar is crispy and melts in your mouth. Chewing it with hawthorn is really delicious with its sour and sweet taste.
"Yes, this is exactly the same as the candied haws I ate when I was a child."
"good to eat!"
"So sweet!"
"Yeah! Brother, this candied haws is so delicious. I want more." Heiwa and Xiaolan jumped happily on the kang.
"Hurry up and sit down, you two. If you jump on my kang and it collapses, I'll punish you." Wang Maimiao was looking very proud, but when he saw the two little guys jumping on the kang, he quickly scolded them.
The most feared thing about adobe kang is jumping. When Hou Xiaoge was a child in his previous life, a neighbor's child jumped on the kang and it collapsed, and he was severely beaten.
The failed product was sticky and not tasty, so Hou Xiaoge dissolved the sugar again in warm water and added some rock sugar to boil it again.
While making sugar, Hou Xiaoge also explained to several families that he wanted to pass on the recipe to the whole village. Naturally, they were unhappy, but since the recipe was Hou Xiaoge's, they did not dare to say it.
"Come, I'm teaching you a magical recipe, brown sugar hawthorn snowball." There was only a little sugar left, and Hou Xiaoge decided to make a hawthorn snowball and teach it to everyone.
The method is the same as before, but the sugar is boiled more thoroughly, and the hawthorn is used for continuous experimentation until the sugar can be drawn into threads.
Finally, put the pot on the ground to cool for a minute or two, and then start stirring it constantly.
Fortunately, Hou Xiaoge's shovel was made of iron, otherwise it would have been stuck.
A magical scene appeared. The sugar on the hawthorn became more and more sticky, and then the color began to change. Slowly, it changed from yellow to yellow-white, and finally the yellow basically disappeared, and the hawthorn was covered with a thick layer of yellow-white icing.
"It's amazing, how did it turn white?"
"This hawthorn is covered with white sugar. It makes me want to eat it just by looking at it."
"First time meeting!"
To everyone's surprise, the hawthorn snowballs had cooled down, and Hou Xiaoge asked everyone to take one.
The taste of this hawthorn snowball is completely different from that of candied haws. It is sweet when you put it in your mouth and melts in your mouth. You have to hold it in your mouth for a while before chewing and eating the hawthorn. It is also very delicious.
"Uncle Yangsheng, I just calculated that the cost of a Tanghulu candy is about five cents, and with firewood, it's seven or eight cents. I don't know how much a pound of hawthorn costs outside.
I think you have learned it, so you can take the remaining hawthorns back with you!
You can make more than 100 candied haws from these hawthorns, and sell them for two cents each outside, so how much can you sell them for!" Hou Xiaoge said, pointing to the boxes on the ground.
"Hey! I said I gave you this hawthorn, how can you take it back?
You guys keep it for yourself! Hawthorns are cheap on the market, I’ll just buy some more.” The father who raised the child waved his hand quickly.
"Then let me take one bowl each of yours. I can't eat more than that, so take it back!
You don’t need to buy a pot for now. Buy some sugar and come to my place to make it tomorrow.
I will also teach you these few days. I will give you three days, and after four days I will teach the villagers.
You guys eat the first soup and make some money first." Hou Xiaoge smiled and asked the cheap old lady to scoop out a bowl from each of the six baskets.
"That's great!" Several people didn't have pots or stoves at home, so they nodded happily.
At this time, my uncle came in with a group of people. There were still a dozen candied haws and some hawthorn snowballs left on the chopping board. Hou Xiaoge took a few and let everyone taste them.
"Not bad!"
“Although the business is small, it is enough to supplement the family income.”
"If we sell well, we won't have to worry about the New Year this year."
Several elders were very happy as they tasted the candied haws and hawthorns, and they kept praising Hou Xiaoge.
"Several elders, we have run out of rock sugar at home today. Tomorrow, each of you should send one person with a pound of rock sugar. I will teach you step by step then." Hou Xiaoge explained with a smile as he looked at the young people following behind them.
“That’s no problem. When a master teaches his apprentice, he can contribute both labor and money.
Heiwa, our Hou family has been blessed with you for a long time, I have to thank you." Fifth Master said with a smile while holding Hou Xiaoge's arm.
"Hehe! My last name is also Hou. We have the same ancestors, so it's only right that we help each other." Hou Xiaoge scratched his head and pretended to be embarrassed.
"What a good child! What a good child!" The old man was moved.
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“Heiwa, your skill in making candied haws is indeed great, but most of the villagers don’t have stoves at home, and they can’t even afford the two-dollar iron pot.
There is also the cost of buying candy, studying, and various other things, which most villagers cannot afford.
I think how about this: you can teach anyone who is willing to learn the craft.
For those who have no money at home, they can just buy the goods directly from the villagers who make candied haws and sell them. The cost is only a straw stick, which is not much.
This way, whether they sell well or not in the future, they can't blame you. "Seventh Master thought for a while and said aside.
After listening to this, Hou Xiaoge also admired the old man's perspective on things.