Chapter 20 Dried Sweet Potatoes and Sweet Potato Slices
Yunshi said with a smile: "Mrs. ."
After a few people exchanged polite greetings and saw that everyone had arrived, the magistrate's wife announced that they were setting off.
The position when starting is also particular. The first ones are Mrs. Xie and Miss Xie, followed by Yunshi, Wei Ruo, and Wei Qingwan, then Mrs. Qian and Miss Qian, and then the county magistrate, chief registrar and others. The wife of a well-known local family in Xingshan County.
Among the several wives, in terms of their husbands' rank, the Yun family is still the highest. The county magistrate is in the seventh rank, and Wei Mingting is in the sixth rank. As for Mrs. Xie's husband, he is just a civil servant and has not yet held a specific position.
But everyone knows Wei Mingting's current situation, and the Xie family is at its peak, so Mrs. Xie is at the forefront.
Because the purpose of today's trip was to pray for blessings, sincerity is the most important thing, so at the suggestion of the magistrate's wife, everyone walked up the mountain and completed the 999 steps from the foot of the mountain to the front of the temple.
Wei Ruo followed Yunshi, neither fast nor slow. She followed the other people's speed. When others stopped to rest, she also stopped to rest.
Try your best not to stand out, not to attract attention and not to cause trouble.
The fastest walker was Xie Ying. She strode to the front, leaving the others at least twenty or thirty steps away. Mrs. Xie couldn't stop shouting.
The rest of the people didn't walk very fast, and they had to stop and take a rest after walking for a while.
After walking around like this for more than half an hour, everyone finally arrived at the gate of Fahua Temple.
The abbot had already brought a group of disciples to greet him at the door.
After exchanging pleasantries with the abbot, everyone entered the temple.
Because the magistrate's wife had already made an agreement with the presiding abbot, Fahua Temple would not receive other pilgrims today, only women like them, so the temple was very empty and no one else would disturb them.
After entering the main hall, everyone began to burn incense and kneel down.
Wei Ruo mixed in the crowd and also offered a stick of incense.
After kneeling on the futon and listening to the sutra, half a day passed.
At noon, everyone must stay in the temple to eat vegetarian food.
While waiting for the fast meal, everyone sat in the dining hall and drank tea provided by the temple.
Because they had climbed the nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, their energy was exhausted, and it was already noon, so everyone was feeling hungry.
However, Fahua Temple has strict fasting times, and meals will not be served until noon. Naturally, everyone cannot break the rules and can only wait in the dining hall.
At this time, Wei Ruo took out the dried sweet potatoes she had prepared and distributed them to everyone to try.
Seeing what Wei Ruo took out, all the female relatives showed curious and doubtful expressions, because they had never seen this thing before.
After seeing what Wei Ruo took out, Yun couldn't help but become nervous.
She originally thought that Wei Ruo was bringing common pastries, but now everyone was really hungry, so her behavior of sharing pastries with everyone was nothing.
It turned out that no one recognized what she took out, and they couldn't help but feel worried.
It was too late for Yun to stop Wei Ruo at this moment, as everything was in the hands of the ladies from various families.
Wei Qingwan looked at Wei Ruo and then at the things she took out, as confused as everyone else. But she remained silent, sitting beside Yunshi, quietly watching everyone's reactions.
"Miss Wei, what is this?" Mrs. Qian was the first to ask.
"This is called dried sweet potato, and it is made from a plant called sweet potato." Wei Ruo explained patiently.
"Sweet potato? What kind of crop is that?"
"That's a new crop. It was accidentally brought by merchant ships from Nanyang. It has been planted in Huzhou Prefecture. Many farmers there have already started planting it."
"Is there such a thing?" Mrs. Qian looked at the red brick-colored, crystal-clear dried sweet potatoes in her hand, surprised and confused.
The other female relatives were equally curious. Wei Ruo took a piece of dried sweet potato and ate it in front of everyone.
With Wei Ruo taking the lead, Mrs. Qian also took a tentative sip.
Dried sweet potatoes are crystal clear, soft and sweet. Although there are no complicated cooking methods, they retain the unique taste of sweet potatoes.
Seeing this, others also started to try the new "cakes" brought by Wei Ruo.
"It tastes very good." Mrs. Qian praised.
Immediately afterwards, other female relatives also gave the same praise.
"I have another snack made with sweet potatoes. You guys should try it too."
Wei Ruo took out another brocade bag from the food box and opened the drawstring on it so that the women could see clearly what was inside.
These are sweet potato chips, which are made by peeling and steaming sweet potatoes, then blending them into mashed potatoes, adding cooked sesame seeds and mixing well, then apply them on the mold in a thin layer, and then put them in the sun for a few days to dry. Then cut it into small pieces to get sweet potato chips that are shaped and taste like potato chips.
The former is soft, glutinous and sweet, while the latter is so crispy that it breaks with the slightest touch of teeth, but the fragrance is stronger.
"Is this also made of the sweet potato you just mentioned?" Mrs. Xie asked curiously.
"Yes, it's made from sweet potatoes, but the method of making it is different." Wei Ruo explained.
After the introduction, Wei Ruo distributed the sweet potato slices to everyone to taste.
With the experience of dried sweet potatoes, everyone did not hesitate this time and tasted it as soon as they got it.
"This tastes pretty good too." Mrs. Qian commented.
"I like this one better, it's crispy and fragrant." Xie Ying, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up and expressed her love for sweet potato chips.
Mrs. Xie smiled: "My Yingying rarely says what kind of food she likes. Miss Wei's sweet potato slices are really to my Yingying's appetite." With Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Xie's words, other female relatives also started to praise Wei
. If these two sweet potato products.
And their recognition is exactly what Wei Ruo wants.
Her sweet potatoes have been planted and will be sold locally when they are ripe.
If you want to sell something that you haven't seen before in one place, you must first do marketing and build a good market foundation.
Wei Ruo brought dried sweet potatoes and sweet potato slices for everyone to eat today for this purpose.
As long as these ladies and ladies, who represent the powerful class in Xingshan County, approve of this food, she will not worry about running out of sales when her sweet potatoes go on the market.
Yun's hanging heart also fell with the praises of everyone.
Wei Qingwan felt a little uncomfortable. She didn't know how to describe this feeling. She only felt that something was blocking her chest, making her breathless.
While they were chatting and laughing, the monks from the temple brought a fast meal. After everyone had a fast meal together, the ladies went to the temple to chant sutras and pray with the abbot.
Because the chanting process was very boring, only the ladies were arranged to go, while the girls walked around the temple on their own.
After being reserved for a long time, I was finally able to move around freely, and a few people I knew well formed a group to find a place to play.
Wei Ruo planned to find a corner by herself, but Wei Qingwan followed, "Where do you want to go, sister?"
Sweet potato is another name for sweet potato.
I used to make sweet potato chips at home when I was a kid, but now I don’t make them much.
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