Vol. 1 - Ch. 16 - This bread tastes good

After Huo Feng packed up all his things and went home, Shen Li was still there. He was away for a few days and was worried that Aunt Ji might not take good care of the place, so he called Shen Li and asked her to go home and help take a look when she was free.

Since Shen Li agreed, she would not just come and take a look and leave. She came not only during the day, but also came to sleep with Li Shumei at night after taking care of the children. Fortunately, she moved out from her husband family house after getting married. If she lived with her mother-in-law and she went to the Huo family every few days, she would say all kinds of things like chanting scriptures.

"Huo Feng is back."

"Sister, I have troubled you again these two days."

"What do you mean by trouble with family? My coming here will not interfere with the family's affairs. Besides, you know your brother-in-law, he is more honest than me. I said I came to accompany my aunt, but he asked me to take my aunt home. I didn't take her because I thought it was troublesome to move back and forth."

This was the first time Li Shumei heard this. She waved her hand and said, "That's not possible. If I really go, people will gossip a lot, and it will not look good for your mother."

Although a stepmother is not the real mother, Zhao Haizhen married into the Shen family and has given birth to children and taken care of the elders for more than 20 years. Apart from being partial to her own flesh and blood, there is nothing else to fault.

As for partiality, it is not worth mentioning in the countryside. There is a difference between one's ten fingers, let alone a belly. Besides, Shen Li is the eldest daughter in the family, and there is nothing to compete with her brothers and sisters who are ten years younger than her.

"I know, that's why I didn't accept it. I think Xiaofeng has a stable job now and a good income. He just needs to find a wife. After getting married, he will go out to work and his wife will take care of the family. The man will be the breadwinner and the woman will be the homemaker. Life will definitely not be bad."

Shen Li said while observing Huo Feng's expression. This was not only what she meant, but also what her aunt was worried about all day. She has always been sad that her cousin was delayed because of her illness.

Let's not talk about what didn't work out before. Now the family has savings and a fixed income. Although her aunt is paralyzed in bed, she is not completely unable to take care of herself. It's easy to find a virtuous daughter-in-law to come back and take care of her from time to time like Aunt Ji next door. Shen Li thinks that with her cousin's conditions, as long as he lowers his requirements, it's actually easy to find one. It all depends on his own wishes.

Unfortunately, Huo Feng thought differently from her. If he had just returned from the army, he might have just found someone who was okay. The initial shock of hearing the bad news was great, and the decision to leave the army was also difficult. People tend to bow to fate when they are vulnerable.

But now, the new job has put life on the right track. It is said that it is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow. What he needs is a friendship of sending charcoal in the snow, not icing on the cake.

The most important thing is that once the goshawk leaves the trapped woods and sees the vast scenery, his thinking and vision are different.

As for the mother, there are many free aunts and uncles in the village. Even if Aunt Ji is not free one day, it is easy to find someone else to take care of it. This time he was on a business trip and did not have time to make proper arrangements. In the future, if there is a similar situation, he will not have to call his cousin to trouble her.

"Let's talk about this later. The factory has been very busy recently and I have no time to think about it. Marriage is a lifelong thing. I don't want to be so anxious. Besides, if fate comes, it can't be stopped."

Shen Li and her aunt looked at each other. They both understood what Huo Feng meant and felt that what he said made some sense, so they put it aside for the time being.

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After Shu Ping handed the equipment to Zhu Yunlong, he devoted himself to it. He didn't care about eating or sleeping. He stayed up for three nights to build the bread workshop, a week ahead of Shu Ping's plan.

"All equipment has been debugged, and there are no problems with the operation. The next step is to try it out."

So on that day, all the employees in the factory stopped their work and gathered in the bread workshop waiting for the first batch of bread to come out. They strictly followed the process set by Master Ni, starting from pouring flour, kneading dough, fermentation, cutting, baking, adding ingredients, packaging, and plastic sealing. It took a total of one hour and twenty-six minutes. Except for pouring flour and adding ingredients, which required manual labor, everything else was done by machines.

Zhu Yunlong gave the first bread he made to Shu Ping, opened the package, and the familiar sweet smell spread in the air. A layer of icing was sprinkled on the browned crust. When he ate it, it was soft and supple with a honey-like sweetness. It was surprisingly good. In Shu Ping's opinion, it was not inferior to the bread sold in the market.

She was still very confident in her taste. Before she came to this world, she was also a food lover. She had eaten no less than a thousand kinds of bread and cakes of various brands on the market, including Internet celebrity ones. Although this was not the most delicious she had ever eaten, it was already very acceptable.

At this moment, she was the focus of the whole audience. Everyone was waiting for her to speak. This anxious mood stretched the time infinitely, as if every second was like a year.

Finally, Shu Ping spoke, "Although we made it for the first time, it was surprisingly delicious. It has a strong milky flavor and the frosting increases the sweetness. Children should like it. You can try it. No matter what opinions or suggestions you have, please raise them. Let's brainstorm to make the bread taste better and strive to officially start production next month."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The factory director said it was delicious, so it should be good. They took the bread and started to taste it.

Some of them had never eaten bread before. After tasting it today, they found that although it tasted good, it was not as good as the homemade bread. With the addition of peppers and pickles, they could eat four or five in one meal.

"This is bread. I heard that foreigners eat it as their staple food. Can it be filling?"

"Foreigners don't just eat bread, they also put vegetables and beef in the middle. My nephew said it's called a hamburger. One costs more than ten yuan in the city. It's a bit like our Roujiamo, but it's much more expensive."

This kind of opinion is not very valuable. Relatively speaking, the evaluation of the workers who have eaten bread is more meaningful.

"It's good. It's sweeter than the one my daughter bought. Ours has a stronger milk flavor. What kind of milk is mixed in it?"

"The old bread sold in the store at the entrance of the village is dry and costs 50 cents. Ours has milk and sugar, so it should be sold for at least 80 or 90 cents."

"It's okay to sell it for one yuan. There are two in it."

"I saw that the shop has the kind sprinkled with raisins, which is particularly delicious. How about we suggest that the factory director add some raisins?"

"The factory director said that there will be various flavors in the future. The current goal is to make the basic model more refined. Besides, everyone has different tastes. You like raisins while others don't. We can't add raisins to all bread."

"There is a meat floss machine in the equipment we bought this time. After the bread workshop is officially put into production, the next part will be to produce meat floss. I think meat floss bread will definitely be indispensable in the future."

"Really? Meat floss is much more expensive than bread. During the Chinese New Year, my sister bought a small can and brought it back for the children for more than ten yuan."

As the topic of the crowd went further and further, Zhu Yunlong finally made a summary speech.

"Factory director, I heard that everyone's evaluation is good, and there is nothing that needs major repairs or changes. In the remaining days, we can try to adjust the parameters and test a few more times. In the end, you can choose the one with the best and most successful taste, which will definitely not delay the plan for formal production."

Shu Ping accepted his suggestion. In fact, she thought so herself.

"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you. I'm still very confident in your work."

Zhu Yunlong nodded calmly, but in fact, he was not as calm as he looked. Before Shu Ping took over the factory, he was just an unknown workshop worker. Now he not only manages the production of the entire factory, but also undertakes the heavy responsibility of expanding and renovating the workshop. The value of life has been fully reflected. Although it is hard, he feels fulfilled in his heart. Even if he works overtime and stays up late every day, he is happy to do it. He thinks this is the life he wants.

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