Chapter 342: Just a Concubine (7)_1
They agreed to go up the mountain for fun next time Mu Xiu was free. Pei Wendong declined. The spring yellow beans at home had been sorted, and Pei Qin was going to make soy sauce. Asking someone else for help would be tantamount to teaching them the trade secrets. Pei Qian strongly disagreed, and both Pei Yuan and Pei Wendong said they could do it themselves.
With a few Little Radishes to help and the addition of two strong men, it would be sufficiently staffed. Besides, they weren’t planning to process all the beans at once, but rather continuously, so it wouldn’t disrupt sales. Pei Qin, seeing the soybean cakes coming out, got busy.
Landlord Sun Quanliang’s family could handle the early preparation work, and the siblings would take over the finer details, such as mixing the ingredients and making the soy paste, with Lu Hao and Lu Hai helping out as assistants.
The soy paste that had been made last year was also ready. After Pei Qin finished up, she extracted two vats of it. Although this fresh soy sauce, which hadn’t been exposed to a year of sunlight and dew, wasn’t as good as the native soy sauce, the beans were still a bit behind the spring yellow beans. Pei Qin set a price and took a basket of small jars to the county city while delivering peanuts.
After delivering the sugar-fried peanuts and mung bean noodles to Ju Xian Building, Pei Qin made a special trip first to Drunken Immortal Tavern.
As soon as Drunken Immortal Tavern got the soy sauce, they hurried to the kitchen to test it out. Pei Qin then delivered the soy sauce to Moon Restaurant and several other eateries. The Wang family wouldn’t pay a high price for the sauce, but if these taverns and restaurants wanted to use the sauce later, they could buy it directly from her, and she’d earn a bit more then.
The remaining two vats were delivered to the Wang family and Landlord Chang’s house.
It was too hot, so Wang Ting’s family didn’t let her skate and instead pulled Pei Qin aside to teach her how to play chess. "Since you have to wait for the reply from Drunken Immortal Tavern and Moon Restaurant anyway, and it’s pretty hot now, let’s have lunch and wait for the afternoon to cool down before leaving!"