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Chapter 174 Roasted Sweet Potatoes

On the way back to the teahouse with sweet potatoes, Tian Tian suddenly told the driver to change course, "Let's go to the county government."

Qian Fulai asked warily, "What are you going to the county government office for?"

Who is at the county government office?

Tian Tian rolled her eyes at him, "Sweet potatoes yield over 7,300 jin per mu, so 730,000 jin per 100 mu..."

Qian Fulai's heart tightened; there was so much.

"How can I possibly sell my Baishi Teahouse on my own?"

Of course, she would also make sweet potato noodles, which traveling merchants would then take out to sell...

However, she still hopes that sweet potatoes can change the lives of ordinary people.

So she thought of a common street food from her time.

Roasted sweet potatoes!!

Winter is just around the corner, which is also the perfect time to roast sweet potatoes.

Her White Stone Tea House can serve some sweet potato-related dishes that are a bit more complicated and look more refined.

And roasted sweet potatoes are a simple delicacy that ordinary people can make themselves.

With hot pot cooking in full swing this winter, and many people in Baishi County, the locals can earn more money.

The reason this matter needed to be handled through Li Huaiyuan was twofold: firstly, he needed to plan out suitable locations for the roasted sweet potato stalls, ensuring they were dispersed while still maintaining a steady flow of people.

On the other hand, the county government also had to screen the people who would sell roasted sweet potatoes.

Most of the things done before were done by the relatives and friends of the yamen runners.

She didn't offer any suggestions, mainly to boost the enthusiasm of the yamen runners and make it easier to carry out the task.

Currently, the job of roasting sweet potatoes is still prioritized for the poorer families in the county.

"Then going to Magistrate Li won't do any good..." Qian Fulai muttered, not knowing what she was up to.

Tian Tian ignored him and went to the county government office, asking the yamen runner at the gate to go in and report.

She and Qian Fulai waited outside...

"Second Miss Tian." It was Ling Yao who came out.

Tian Tian was somewhat surprised and glanced back.

But Qian Fulai seemed to know what was going on and scoffed without any politeness.

"My cousin has some official business to attend to. He asked me to tell you that he will come."

Tian Tian nodded, "Okay, then let's go back to the teahouse and get ready."

She paused, then, thinking of Li Yi, couldn't help but smile. "Um, you absolutely must bring the young master along; he'll definitely love what he gets today."

"Okay." Ling Yao replied, his gaze falling on Tian Tian's upturned eyes.

"Alright, alright." Qian Fulai tugged at Tian Tian's arm. "The notification's been sent, time to go."

Tian Tian followed him into the carriage...

Ling Yao unconsciously followed, "Second Miss, please take care."

Just as Tian Tian was about to peek out to say goodbye, Qian Fulai stopped her.

"Men and women shouldn't touch each other, don't get too close to him..." he muttered.

Tian Tian pulled her arm back, "Men and women shouldn't touch each other?"

"Then what about me sharing a carriage with you?"

Qian Fulai scoffed, "I'm different, I'm your sworn brother!"

Tian Tian scoffed at him, "Isn't he a guy?"

Qian Fulai gave an awkward laugh... "Anyway, it's different."

Back at the teahouse, Tian Tian went into the kitchen, with Lu Tao and the others following behind her curiously.

Tian Tian took a few evenly shaped sweet potatoes directly from the basket, did nothing, and threw them into the stove along with the soil.

"..." Everyone was surprised.

"Sweetie, what's this?"

Tian Tian took some other sweet potatoes and started washing and peeling them. "This is called roasted sweet potato. Just roast it like this."

Can you do this?

After peeling, cut the sweet potatoes into small pieces and steam them.

After steaming for more than 20 minutes, it will be soft. After mashing it, add sugar and an appropriate amount of flour to form a dough.

Take a small piece of dough, roll it into a ball, and then flatten it to make sweet potato cakes.

Just add a small amount of oil to the pan and fry until golden brown on both sides.

Next up was candied sweet potato.

Cut the sweet potatoes into chunks, fry them first, then caramelize the sugar. Put the fried sweet potatoes in the caramelized sugar and stir-fry. When serving, you can pull out strands of crystal-clear sugar, which looks beautiful.

To make fried sweet potato fries, cut sweet potatoes into strips, wash off the surface starch, drain the water, coat them with starch, fry until golden brown, and then squeeze on some ketchup.

She cooked another pot of sweet potato porridge.

While waiting, I made braised pork with sweet potatoes and steamed sweet potatoes with red dates for dessert.

As soon as the dishes were served, everyone was immediately drawn to the sweet aroma of the sweet potatoes.

But Lu Tao and Liu San Niang still remembered the sweet potatoes in the stove.

"Sweetie, where's the sweet potato you threw in the stove?"

Tian Tian slapped her forehead; she had completely forgotten about the roasted sweet potatoes.

"I'll go and take those sweet potatoes out right now."

"You guys eat first."

Li Huaiyuan and the others, unaware of what was going on, looked at Lu Tao with curious eyes.

Lu Tao then told them about how Tian Tian had thrown the sweet potatoes directly into the stove.

"But the girl forgot about it herself... and I don't know if it's edible or not."

"But the sweet potatoes smelled really good after they were roasted in the stove for a while."

Liu San Niang nodded in agreement; it really smelled amazing, so good that she wanted to just take it out and eat it right away.

This piqued Li Huaiyuan's curiosity immensely.

Li Yi smelled the sweet potatoes and glanced at the adults several times...

But the adults showed no sign of touching their chopsticks, so he could only swallow hard and continue waiting.

Fortunately, Tian Tian arrived shortly afterward.

but...

"It's this black?" Lu Tao stood up and looked at the dark, murky pile on the tray that Tian Tian was holding.

It seems we can't eat it.

She laughed awkwardly, "Although I can't eat it, it smells... really delicious, doesn't it?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

The moment the dark sweet potato was brought in, the entire room was filled with a sweet aroma.

Moreover, this sweet aroma... inexplicably whets everyone's appetite.

I really want to eat it!

Tian Tian put the tray down...

She brought a small knife from the kitchen.

She placed a dark-colored sweet potato on a small plate and used a knife to cut open its black skin...

Instantly, the sweet aroma became even more intense.

She used chopsticks and a knife to cut the sweet potato in half, revealing the golden-red, sizzling sweet potato flesh inside.

"It's a bit dark outside, but it's fine inside."

She placed the first sweet potato in front of Li Yi and gave him a small spoon.

"Young master, please try it."

Li Yi had been holding back for a long time, but he still looked up at Madam Li.

Madam Li nodded, and he took the spoon, saying, "Thank you, Sister Tian Er."

He scooped out a spoonful of sweet potato flesh, gently blew on it...

Then put it in your mouth.

The child's eyes lit up instantly, and he looked at Tian Tian excitedly, nodding repeatedly.

"good to eat."

"It's delicious."

Tian Tian then cut the other sweet potatoes in half and distributed them one by one.

I'll keep the last one for myself.

She took a bite and let out a satisfied sigh.

It's been so long since I've had such a sweet and delicious roasted sweet potato.