60s: I have a store

Chapter 185 You can make sweet potato noodles!

Finally, Zhou Yimin also found a stack of US dollars, which was definitely foreign exchange!

Zhou Yimin counted it and the total amount was 2000 US dollars.

This is a huge sum of money, at least for the vast majority of citizens at present. At present, the normal exchange rate of RMB to USD is 2.46:1. However, in the black market, the exchange rate of USD to RMB is far more than this.

In other words, these 2000 US dollars can be exchanged for at least 5000 RMB.

Nowadays, 5000 yuan is definitely a huge sum of money.

"Yimin, take this money. Your grandmother and I won't need it in the countryside." Without saying a word, the old man gave the 2000 US dollars to his grandson.

They, the old couple, really have everything they need.

Even if I don’t give this money to my grandson now, I will leave it to him in the future.

If not for the grandson, then for the son?

Zhou Yimin did not refuse and accepted it directly.

This foreign exchange may be of great use in the future. Therefore, Zhou Yimin did not recharge the store in his mind. No, we can't say store now, we should say supermarket.

The role of foreign exchange in this era is self-evident.

You know, even our beloved President Zhou is always paying attention to foreign trade and foreign exchange.

He told everyone to think of more ways and take positive measures to strive to develop foreign trade, strive to export more agricultural and mineral products, and exchange as much machinery, equipment and advanced technology as possible needed for national construction.

The country is too poor, especially in terms of foreign exchange.

If we want to develop, we must introduce advanced foreign machinery, equipment, and technology, but that all costs money. Our country's RMB is not wanted, so we can only find ways to increase foreign exchange.

Finally, a photo was found.

The photo shows a family of six, among whom the old lady with a kind smile is Zhou Yimin's great-aunt, with gray hair and simple clothes.

When he saw the person in the photo, the old man couldn't hold back again.

Afterwards, the old man distributed it to other places.

The clothes that were originally given to Zhou Yimin's father were also given to Zhou Yimin.

It’s no wonder that the clothes that my aunt prepared for my dad are more suitable for Zhou Yimin, while the one prepared for him is a bit small.

You can’t blame my aunt, after all, she doesn’t know what Zhou Yimin looks like, how tall he is, etc.

As for Zhou Xuqiang and his family, they had no share.

Zhou Yimin handed his suit to his aunt: "Put it away first, and give it to Lai Fu when he grows up."

He can't wear it anyway, it's too small.

"This……"

The old man was reluctant to give it away. After all, it was sent back by his elder sister from afar. How could he give it to someone else? But Yimin really couldn't wear it anymore, so it would be a waste to keep it.

So, he said, "Yi Min gave it to Lai Fu, so you should keep it!"

The third aunt accepted it with great joy, and kept praising the fabric of the suit. She said her three children were so lucky to have a big brother who was so kind to them.

Not a biological child, but better than a biological one.

This made Lai Cai and Lai Fang extremely envious. However, the two little guys were sensible and did not make a fuss. Although they also wanted new clothes, they did not say it.

According to the rule, after his elder brother has worn them, it will be his turn, but they won’t be new clothes.

"Yimin, write a letter back to your aunt." The old man couldn't wait to write a letter to his eldest sister and tell her about the changes in his family over the years.

Especially he wanted to tell his eldest sister that his grandson had become successful.

The last time I showed off to my eldest sister was when my son was admitted to university. At that time, it was indeed a glorious moment for the old man. But who would have thought that his son seemed to have been raised in vain and was not reliable at all.

The only reliable thing is that she gave birth to such a good grandson for them, who is promising and filial. Everyone in the village is envious of him.

"It's too late, let's take a few photos and send them to my aunt later." Zhou Yimin said.

"Ah! Right, right!" The old man nodded quickly. Since it was a photo shoot, he must take a good bath and change into his best clothes. He wanted to let his elder sister know that his family was doing well now and that he didn't need to send money here anymore.

In fact, when Zhou Yimin learned that his aunt was in Hong Kong Island, he also had some other ideas.

The old man is in a good mood.

Zhou Yimin strolled around again and heard some villagers complain that eating sweet potatoes made them feel acid reflux. Everyone was looking forward to the wheat and corn harvests, which were only a few days away.

"Just be content! Haven't you heard about the miserable conditions in other villages? Not to mention sweet potatoes, there's not even any sweet potato vines to eat."

This is not an exaggeration.

Take the villages under the jurisdiction of the Red Star Commune for example. Most of them had people starving to death. Even Shangshui Village, next to Zhoujia Village, would have been in a miserable state if they had not exchanged a few prey for sweet potatoes and potatoes.

It can be said that both Zhoujiazhuang and Shangshui Village have benefited from Zhou Yimin.

"I heard that there are people selling their sons in Liujiazhai."

There is no way.

Although selling a son has a bad reputation, if they keep him at home, they will die together. Selling the child may give him a chance to survive.

"You're selling your son?" someone asked in surprise.

Generally speaking, if a family is struggling to make ends meet, they would sell their daughters, rarely their sons.

No one spoke; this topic was a bit heavy.

"Uncle Sixteen is here."

"Uncle Sixteen, are you so free?"

"Uncle Sixteen..."

Seeing Zhou Yimin approaching, they all greeted him.

Zhou Yimin had sharp ears and heard their discussion.

He suggested: "If you get tired of eating sweet potatoes, you can make sweet potato noodles!"

In his previous life, Zhou Yimin ate a lot of sweet potato noodles and felt it was pretty good.

Besides, sweet potato flour can be stored longer than sweet potatoes, which will sprout or go bad if left for too long.

In the south, making sweet potato flour is a common operation and not complicated.

Zhou Yimin remembers that the sweet potatoes should be washed first, then crushed, and then the crushed sweet potatoes should be collected in a clean basin or bucket.

Then connect the water pipe and add clean water into it, which should not be too viscous.

If you want more sweet potato flour, you need to crush more raw sweet potatoes. Normally, 10 kilograms of sweet potatoes can produce about 1 kilogram of flour, which depends on the variety and quality of the sweet potatoes.

The third step is filtering. Pour the mixture of clean water and sweet potato residue into the filter cloth for filtering. Do not pour too much at a time. One bucket is enough. One person pours the sweet potatoes, and another person is responsible for shaking the filter frame for filtering.

The filtered sweet potato residue naturally cannot be wasted.

The next step is sedimentation, which is to precipitate the sweet potato powder.

Then it is dried naturally.

After the sweet potato flour has settled, use a spoon or spatula to scoop it off and put it into the prepared winnowing cover. In order to prevent it from sticking to the winnowing cover, put a layer of cloth underneath. Be careful to scoop up larger pieces as much as possible.

After drying, it becomes sweet potato flour.

"Sweet potato noodles? Is it delicious?" Obviously, some people have never eaten sweet potato noodles.

This method is not very popular in the north. Isn't it better to cook the sweet potatoes directly? It's simple and there is no loss.

"Finally it can be made into vermicelli. Do you think it tastes good?" Zhou Yimin said to them.

Those people swallowed their saliva immediately.

(End of this chapter)