276 Second Child Prodigy
The opportunity had come.
Jiang Yue had talked to Xue Yan before and he mentioned that this was the path that Sifu would want to take. They could help him, but not lead him.
Now, Sifu had already made the general direction clear. He wanted to start a food business, so she could naturally say her idea.
Sifu was a thrifty man. If this food business was successful, it would indeed be very profitable.
If it was an ordinary person, they would not be able to tell if it would work out.
Since they had already chatted before, Jiang Yue didn’t need to ask Xue Yan anymore, so she said, “I used to want to eat noodles, but my mother thought flour was expensive, so she didn’t buy it. She still wanted me to eat it, so she peeled the early rice at home and made it into flour. She ground the rice into rice flour with a stone mill and finally made the noodles. It tastes very similar to noodles, but there is a difference. I think it’s still very delicious. Sifu, if you’re interested, maybe I can share that with you?”
Xue Yan already knew about this, so he wasn’t surprised.
On the other hand, Xue Wufu immediately jumped up, “I’m shocked! He was just asking and you really had one!”
Xue Sifu didn’t expect much from Jiang Yue, so after patting her head, he wanted to go for dinner. He hadn’t had dinner yet, so his stomach was growling. However, when he heard Jiang Yue’s words, he immediately turned around and knelt down. “I’m definitely interested in this. Jiang Yue, tell me each and every step needed to make this noodle.”
“It’s made from early rice, other ripe rice might not work.” Jiang Yue said.
“Later, when I wanted to eat it again… My mother used other kinds of rice, but it was easy to break, and it was difficult to form a long line like a normal noodle.
“After that, when my mother changed to early rice, it worked again. That could turn into really long noodles. If you don’t want to grind it, you can also buy rice flour made from early rice.
Jiang Yue added after a pause.
“You should eat first. It’s very late now. I’ve told you everything, but you might forget it in the morning. I’ll follow my mother’s recipe tomorrow and do it for you. You’ll know then.
“It’s actually very simple. You just have to pay attention to some things. Just like I said, it’s best to use early rice. If you use other types of rice and follow my mother’s method of cooking, it should actually work, but you should add some flour so that the rice strips won’t break that easily.
“However, if you do that, the rice strips won’t be as original as they used to be, because there’s flour in them. It’s a mixture of two types of flour.”
“Jiang Yue, you’re just as smart Xue Yan! How old are you? How did you memorize everything?” Xue Sifu sighed, then said happily, “Alright, alright, alright. I’ll eat first and we’ll do this tomorrow. How about this, didn’t I buy flour and rice flour? I don’t know if the rice flour is the flour made from early rice, and the shop didn’t tell me. Let’s try these two kinds of flour first and see how to make it. After I learn how to make it, we’ll buy early rice or rice flour made from early rice to make the noodle.”
Xue Wufu exclaimed again, “This is great news! Our family will definitely become richer and richer!”
This time, Xue Wufu had learned his lesson. He lowered his voice to say the last sentence, almost whispering. He was afraid that outsiders would hear him, but he couldn’t help but say it excitedly.
Xue Dafu, Liu Guixia, Xue Yifu, Li Hehua, Xue Erfu, and Yu Hongyan were all very happy and couldn’t stop praising Jiang Yue.
It was as if a second child prodigy had appeared in their family.