Chapter 103 Soul Seasoning After returning to the courtyard, Zhou Yimin pretended to go back to the house to bring back the "finished product". In fact, it just requires opening a few bags of instant noodles, taking out the noodles inside, then removing the small packaging of the seasoning packets and pouring them into a small bottle. "go!" Zhou Yimin turned to Zhou Dazhong and said, "Dazhong, go back to the factory first and tell our section chief. I will go back to the factory later and tell him not to worry." "Okay!" Zhou Dazhong didn't waste any words. He admired his sixteenth uncle even more in his heart, and several factories were vying to hire him. Zhao Zhenguo stared at the pancakes. Apart from the wavy shape of the noodles and the egg yolk color, there seemed to be nothing special about them. Then he hurriedly urged Zhou Yimin to follow him. I was afraid that people from the steel plant would come to block my way. After all, Zhou Yimin works for the steel plant and he is right.
At the noodle factory, Director Yang kept checking his watch, wondering why that guy hadn't come back yet. It had been hours. Was it so hard to find someone? He even said he was his cousin. Could it be that he was just trying to flatter himself? "Director, Director Zhao is back." The subordinate came to report. Director Yang turned his head abruptly: "He is alone, or..." "Two people!" Director Yang was overjoyed and went out to greet him immediately. When he saw Zhou Yimin, he stretched out his hand from afar and said, "Comrade Zhou Yimin, I have been looking forward to seeing you for a long time. Welcome! Come to our noodle factory. I am..." Then there are words like self-introduction. Director Yang only had Zhou Yimin in his eyes and seemed to have ignored Zhao Zhenguo at all. Zhou Yimin shook hands with him and said, "Director Yang, you are too polite." "Go! Please come in." Zhao Zhenguo: “…” Am I so non-existent? He had no choice but to make himself felt, and told Director Yang: "Director, Yimin brought all the finished products." Oh? Director Yang was extremely surprised: "Successful?" Zhou Yimin nodded: "Not too difficult." Director Yang: “…” You make it sound so light, how difficult is it? Don't they have any idea about it? At the same time, Director Yang also sighed: Comrade Zhou Yimin is worthy of his name. The person who can invent the water pressure well and the solar cooker is indeed not an ordinary person.
Zhao Zhenguo: "Uncle Yang, is the leader still here?" Uncle Yang? Zhou Yimin was surprised. Zhao Zhenguo then explained his relationship with Director Yang. "So that's how it is. Director Yang, don't be so formal. Just call me Yimin." Zhou Yimin said. Director Yang was naturally happy to get closer to Zhou Yimin! He immediately smiled and said, "Okay! Then you can also call me Uncle Yang like this guy!" All of a sudden, the relationship between the two sides became much closer and the atmosphere became harmonious. Director Yang responded to what Zhao Zhenguo had said before: "Director Huang is still here. Come on, let's go meet him." He was a leader sent down from the ministry. Although he was only a director, his power and status were incomparable to that of a factory director like him. At this time, the deputy factory director who was accompanying Director Huang was very nervous and hoped that Director Yang could come as soon as possible. He could not stand the pressure. "Will it work?" Director Huang was also a little depressed. He has been in this noodle factory for so long, and has seen the chefs trying their best many times, but there are always problems. If it is just a small problem or a small flaw, it is not a big deal, but the noodles are quite different from the instant noodles rumored. The deputy factory manager next to him was sweating profusely. Just at this moment, Director Yang came here with his men, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "Director Huang, let me introduce you. This is Comrade Zhou Yimin, who proposed the development of instant noodles. Before that, he also..." Director Yang solemnly introduced Zhou Yimin. Director Huang didn't take it too seriously at first, but when he learned that Zhou Yimin was also the inventor of the pressurized well and solar cooker, he immediately started a friendly conversation with him. "Director Huang, Comrade Zhou Yimin has already made the instant noodles. How about we test them first?" asked Director Yang. When these words were spoken, everyone, including Director Huang, showed expressions of surprise and joy. "What are you waiting for? Let's get started!" Director Huang nodded immediately. The purpose of his coming here was to see real instant noodles and then go back to report the good news. "Yimin, what do you need to prepare?" Zhao Zhenguo asked. "Give me two large bowls and a kettle of boiling water." After that, Zhou Yimin took out a few dough cakes from his bag, handed one to Director Huang and Director Yang respectively, and said, "This is the finished product of my experiment. It's made with flour and eggs..." He briefly described the production process. First, knead the dough, what ingredients to add to the dough, etc. This step is actually not difficult, and the master chef on site does it much better than Zhou Yimin. Then comes the process of cutting the noodles and making them into this wavy shape. It is not difficult to make a factory like this. Press the kneaded dough into a "dough sheet".
The "noodle strip" passes through a pair of knife rollers at high speed, is cut into strips, and is transmitted to the forming mesh belt through the former. Because the cutting speed is high and the forming mesh belt speed is low, the speed difference between the two makes the noodles form a wavy shape. The next step is steaming, where the noodles are heated and cooked through with steam. Whether fried or non-fried instant noodles, they will go through this stage, otherwise the instant noodles cannot be eaten after just one soak. "No wonder we couldn't make it, it turns out we have to steam it." The old masters suddenly realized. Everyone was listening attentively, including Director Huang. Director Yang was the happiest, after all, such detailed methods were explained. Zhou Yimin even put forward his own suggestions on how to transform and upgrade the machines, which was basically designing a production line for their factory! "Speak slowly so we can record it." At this time, Zhao Zhenguo came over with two bowls, several pairs of chopsticks and a pot of boiling water. "Let's make two bowls of noodles for everyone first and see the results!" Zhou Yimin said. Everyone couldn't help but nod. Under everyone's gaze, Zhou Yimin placed the two pancakes into a large bowl, then took out the bottle of seasoning and said, "This is a secret seasoning, or you could say it's the seasoning for the soul. I think this makes our instant noodles stand out.” Zhou Yimin knew that the earliest instant noodles did not come with seasoning packets. The seasoning was added when the dough was kneaded. The instant noodles produced were not that good-looking, but rather a burnt yellow color. And if he took out the seasoning packet in advance, it would be enough to easily beat Xiao Rizi's instant noodles. After he put in the seasoning and added boiling water, a fragrance immediately emanated, which made Director Huang and others' eyes light up. The great thing about instant noodles is that they smell good, but the taste is another matter. At least that’s what Zhou Yimin thinks. Instant noodles smell good but they don’t taste very good. Of course, in later times when food is plentiful, instant noodles have become junk food with no nutritional value, so it’s normal that some people don’t like to eat them. "It smells so good!" After three minutes, Zhou Yimin said to Director Huang and the others, "You might as well try it." (End of this chapter)