A few days after the achievements of Zhao Ce and others were praised by everyone in the city, the city became lively again.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is only a few days away now. Due to the recent lockdown, everyone’s desire to go out is unprecedentedly strong.

In addition, Zhao Ce and his classmates were admitted to the Confucian Temple of the college. After Zhao Ce's store opened, many people flocked there.

On this day, news suddenly came out that a large amount of salt had been purchased from a salt shop, which attracted everyone to rush to buy it.

Suddenly, the streets were extremely lively.

After school, when Zhao Ce took Xu Fang back to the store, he heard many people buying salt talking about it along the way.

"The price of salt in this city is increasing every day, but this time the price of salt has actually dropped a bit. Is this a gentleman doing a good deed?"

"I heard that this salt spot has something to do with the Lu family. I guess it was Mr. Lu who ordered the salt to be sold at a low price. Many people from other places heard the news and came over in carriages to snatch it."

"Although his family can only supply salt for a short period of time, with this salt, we can support it for a while."

Master Lu?

As Zhao Ce listened to everyone's countermeasures, he suddenly thought of Mr. Lu, whom he had a fight with in the other courtyard last time.

Could it be that family?

Recalling the conversation he heard on the boat between Mr. Lu and Mr. Du, Zhao Ce thought to himself, Mr. Lu might have changed his gender.

He also said that even if the imperial censor came, he would not be afraid. He would hold the salt in his hands and sell it slowly until the end of the year.

Now they are all sold off. What kind of stimulus did they receive?

With doubts, Zhao Ce went to his store.

It's time for school to end now, and I can smell the aroma of baking coming from the store in the distance.

Looking up, the store was crowded and lively.

Zhao Ce took Xu Fang in through the back door. When Su Cai'er heard that her husband had arrived, she patted the flour in her hands and hurried to the inner room.

Just as Zhao Ce asked Xu Fang to put down the basket, he heard Su Caier's footsteps.

When he turned around, he saw that the little girl had already run to the door and shouted happily to him: "Husband, you are back."

There was still some white flour on Su Cai'er's face, and she hadn't wiped off the flour in her hands. It was obvious at a glance that she was running over in a hurry.

Zhao Ce caught her running towards her and tapped the tip of her nose: "Little cat, your face is dirty."

Su Cai'er wiped it randomly, and the flour in her hands stained her little face even more.

"Is it still dirty?"

Zhao Ce looked at her and couldn't help but laugh.

He pulled Su Cai'er to sit on the stool, took out the handkerchief from the book basket, and wiped her gently.

Su Cai'er raised her little face and squinted her eyes slightly, feeling her husband's hands moving slowly on her face.

She kept talking and said excitedly: "Husband, the food you want me to cook has been made!"

Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, Zhao Ce thought about launching some new products during this festival.

As there happened to be a lot of noodles left at home, Zhao Ce told Su Cai'er about the idea of ​​snow skin mooncakes and asked her to take the aunts in the store to study it.

Su Cai'er happily agreed and led people to study in the store every day.

After working on it for a few days, I finally got a decent finished product today.

Zhao Ce finished wiping her face and put the handkerchief aside.

"Is it ready? How does it taste?"

Su Caier said happily: "I haven't tasted it yet. Let's taste it with my husband after dinner."

While the two were getting tired, Aunt Chen brought over a basin of water. Zhao Ce washed his hands with the water and wiped his face.

By the way, he pulled Su Cai'er over and wiped her with the wet handkerchief again.

After wiping, he lowered his head, kissed her, and said, "It's clean."

Su Cai'er happily touched her cheek that was kissed, and said happily: "I asked them to bring the food in."

Su Cai'er was researching new products in the store today. Zhao Ce also came here after school, and the two were going to have lunch here.

After lunch, Aunt Chen brought in a small plate of exquisite snow-skin mooncakes.

The mooncake is not big, about the size of a chess piece, and the surface is transparent, so you can vaguely see the fillings inside.

Su Cai'er also carefully pressed the mold into the shape of petals, with exquisite textures on the surface.

Zhao Ce took a look and felt that it was not much different from those in later generations.

Su Cai'er introduced enthusiastically: "According to what my husband said, the skin is made from glutinous rice flour and clear noodles. My aunts and I also mixed sticky rice flour to make it."

"Dip a little fried glutinous rice flour on the outside so it won't stick to your hands."

"There are two kinds of fillings for the time being, one is red bean paste and the other is mung bean paste, both of which are stir-fried with goat milk."

While introducing it, Su Cai'er picked up one of the small ones and handed it to Zhao Ce.

"Husband, try it and see."

Zhao Ce took it and took a small bite.

Originally, if cream was mixed into the filling, it would taste like the snow-skin mooncakes of later generations.

It's just that the process of making butter is too complicated, and Zhao Ce hasn't figured it out yet.

I used goat milk instead and the taste was indeed a bit worse.

But it's still pretty good.

Zhao Ce ate one in two bites and felt a slightly sticky texture in his mouth. He nodded and praised: "Not bad, it was a success."

“It’s just the right amount of sweetness and tastes great!”

When Su Cai'er saw her husband complimenting her like this, she immediately beamed with joy.

She happily picked up a piece and took a small bite.

Although this taste is a little less fragrant than the baked version, it tastes more elegant.

The price is definitely a good one.

It's a pity that this thing can't be kept for long.

The weather is starting to get cooler in the morning. If you put this in a food box at night and hang it into well water to keep it warm, it can only be kept for two days.

At room temperature, even if the filling inside doesn't change flavor, the beautiful skin will dry out and crack if kept for too long.

There were no refrigerators in ancient times, and ordinary people couldn't dig ice cellars.

If we could get a large piece of land in the north and build a big house, we might even be able to build an ice cellar.

Su Cai'er ate a piece and said with some lingering thoughts: "It's a pity that it can't be stored for a long time like candy. We can't do too much in one day."

Zhao Ce nodded and said, "It's okay. I'll only sell it for a few days. I can usually use this filling to sell other things."

Su Cai'er nodded in agreement: "Since my husband said it's okay, we can hold some tasting activities in the next two days and then we can officially launch it."

Zhao Ce saw that Su Cai'er was getting more and more familiar with his family's business, so he thought that he could buy a small gift for her after school tomorrow.

After all, she has worked hard during this time.

The two of them ate some mooncakes and drank a pot of green tea to relieve their tiredness.

Su Cai'er handed over the tasting activity before following Zhao Ce home.

When I got home, I saw Deputy General Wang and his men waiting outside the door.

As soon as Vice General Wang saw the two of them, he immediately came up to greet them.
Chapter completed!