I sell sweets in Konoha

Although he used the transformation technique, he still seemed to have returned to the Ninja Sect that he hated without any disguise.

Asura didn't know what his brother wanted to do, but he knew that if his brother, who hated the current Ninja Sect, attacked the Ninja Sect at this time, then the current Ninja Sect would probably not work together as they did in the past. to jointly defend the Ninja Sect.

"Take off all the surveillance." Asura had a headache for a while and said, "He is not someone you can monitor."

Speaking of which, what are the two little girls he brought on this trip doing?

Chapter 118 Selling steamer cakes

"Are you really going to start a small business?"

Junko was a little surprised.

I thought that Indra would just walk around here and pick out a lot of problems in his opinion.In the end, he forced himself to win and returned to the Ninja Sect he formed to make some reforms and adjustments.

What do you say about this Indra?This is probably a tough-talking and face-saving person, and his feelings towards Asura and the Ninja Sect are also complicated.It is the intersection of love and hate, the symbiosis of beauty and despair. It contains his deepest love and the most painful wound.It’s a place that I hope will be good but desperately hopes to be destroyed by it.

So if it is true as Junko said, Indra will probably learn some and then make some changes in his own ninja sect.

But I definitely won’t admit it verbally.

But what was different from Junko's expectation was that Indra didn't immediately wander around the streets and alleys, wandering around.When he got up the next morning after settling down, he seemed to be really thinking about starting a small business.This is beyond Junko's expectations!

"You did boast a lot, but I always feel that you must have something important that you haven't said." Indra said, "Since you don't want to talk about it, I'll go and see for myself."

Junko did not say anything because she felt that Indra did not specify the use of these things.Because his Ninja Sect will still be a 'family' in the future. A family with a simple structure, relatively unified interests, a small class span and a relatively single economic model cannot use those things.

So Indra only needs to understand that Asura's methods are indeed useful now, and there is no need to delve into other things.

"Then can you make a small business like this?" Tomoko asked.

Tomoko didn't have any ideas and didn't want to get involved in anything, but she didn't think she could investigate anything clearly if she started a small business.

"If you just stay in one place, you will definitely not be able to see anything." Indra already had some ideas and said: "So I need to walk around, and what did you say this place is... Oh, yes, it is... A place dominated by market economy. Although I don't know what a 'market economy' is, I think it is a place where businessmen gather, and it is naturally more convenient to act as a businessman in such a place. And these businessmen, although they do not have He has no special ability, but he is a good talker and can be considered a well-informed person."

"I once saw in the Daming Mansion that some business travelers are the spies sent by the Daiming. If the Daiming wants to attack that country, he will first send a business traveler to investigate."

Indra said with certainty: "I think the merchants who can operate here all year round must be well-informed people. They will definitely know something that I don't know yet."

Not to mention that Indra's words really made Junko feel that Indra was indeed much stronger than Asura in some aspects.The Immortal of the Six Paths would definitely not teach Indra these things, because [-]% of the old guy didn't understand them himself.And Indra guessed the special characteristics of merchants through observation and his own thinking, which really surprised Junko.

"Yes, merchants have not been mere merchants since ancient times. They have indeed acted as the vanguard of war." Junko said with certainty.

Indeed, since ancient times, some trading companies have also served as spies, and some are even simply spies who only do business as a sideline.At the same time, these trading companies are also an important force in the economic war against the enemy, but...

"These people have their own circles. I don't think you can get in with your current status." Junko denied.

Everyone has a circle, especially some special businessmen.It's not that people from other people's circles can't get in. Junko doesn't think that Indra, who came as a refugee, can get into other people's circles.

"Circle?" Indra heard another new term, but he said without caring at all: "It doesn't matter, I don't really want to be a businessman anyway. Just a rogue trader. My father said that there are some people with great wisdom. , some who have seen through the truth may be hiding in those fields, among gossips."

'Are you planning to do your own research? Junzi made a general decision in her mind and said, "Then what kind of business do you want to be?"

"Since you are good at cooking, let's think about it from this aspect." Indra said: "It should be simple and convenient, and don't be like other foods where the ingredients are meat and the like. But at the same time It can’t be that common, and of course it has to be something that people here can afford, but not too cheap.”

"By the way, the important thing is to buy as you go, so you don't have to stay in one place for a long time."

"Ah, isn't this a fast food business?" Tomoko said after hearing this: "But these days, there is no profit in doing fast food, right?"

"If we do the kind of fast food you remember, it's really not profitable." Junko knows what Tomoko is talking about. Fast food in the future will definitely be so rich that ordinary people can't afford it, and rich people are reluctant to eat it.Chicken, duck, fish, various vegetables, a lot of condiments and white rice, these things are completely a luxurious feast in this era.

"We don't do fast food." Junko thought for a moment and said, "We do snacks."

“Let’s buy glutinous rice, buy red beans, and sell kidney beans.”

"Do you want to make rice cakes?" When Tomoko heard the ingredients, she thought Junko wanted to make rice cakes, right?On the other hand, rice cakes can indeed be sold as a snack on the streets.

"No~" Junko shook her head and said, "It's too strenuous to make rice cakes, and I don't want to make any rice cakes."

"I want to make steamer cake."

"Retort cake?" Indra asked, "What is that? Is it delicious?"

"Zeng cake is a kind of steamed snack. Zeng refers to a kind of cooking utensil. As for whether it is delicious or not, of course it is delicious." Junko said full of memories: "This can be regarded as good. It is something that I liked to eat in the past. When I was in school, I would always eat it for breakfast. Of course, sometimes I would also buy some and eat it as a dessert after lunch. Zeng cake can be eaten as a staple food or as a snack. Eat it as an ordinary small dessert. And the people who sell rice cakes generally walk around the streets and don’t have a fixed location.”

"So I think there is nothing more suitable for our current needs than Zeng Gao."

And this snack made of glutinous rice basically perfectly meets Indra's requirements of not being high-end, not common, affordable but not too cheap?

Chapter 119 Don’t finish eating

What is steamer cake?

A steamer is a type of cooking utensil whose origins can be traced back to the Neolithic Age.The simple description of steamer cake is "cake" steamed with " steamer ", but essentially, steamer is a kind of cooking utensil, just a kind of cooking utensil used for "steaming".So as long as the condition of 'steaming' can be met, you can make steamed cakes.

If you don't have a cooking utensil like a retort when making home-cooked rice, you can just use a steamer to make it.

The making of steamer cake can also be said to be quite simple. There is almost no threshold. You can make it with your right hand.

The raw materials for making rice cake are glutinous rice, red dates and kidney beans. The glutinous rice and kidney beans are soaked in water in advance. The glutinous rice needs to be soaked for more than six hours, while the kidney beans need to be soaked for more than [-] hours.During the soaking period, the jujubes can be pitted. When soaking, take out a container and spread the glutinous rice on the bottom layer. Spread it evenly, then cover it with a layer of red dates. The cover should also be evenly spread. Then spread it with a layer of glutinous rice, spread it evenly, and then cover it. Put a layer of kidney beans on top, then spread a layer of glutinous rice evenly, then cover the glutinous rice with a layer of red dates, and finally add water, just enough to cover the red dates.

After completing these steps, place the container in the steamer, add cold water to the pot and wait until it boils, then turn to medium heat and steam for three hours until it is completely cooked.

This thing is not difficult to make, but the key is that the waiting time is so long that it requires a lot of patience.

In this era, time is one issue, and another issue is raw materials.Although Junko planned to buy this as a snack, even rice is not something ordinary people can afford to eat these days.It is true that glutinous rice is not that easy to buy.

However, thanks to the relatively developed trade of Ninja Sect, Junko still bought the materials she wanted from the market.

After all this was done, Indra asked: "Don't you need to use fire escape?"

It seems that this girl prefers to use fire escape to burn pots, but this time she looks like she has filled the stove with firewood. She probably doesn't want to use fire escape anymore, right?

"If you don't mind being exposed," Junko said, "I'd be happy to save some money on fuel."

"Huh?" Indra frowned immediately. He seemed to have grasped some of the key words in Junko's words and said, "Fuel cost? So you are not using fire escape to train but to save money." ?”

"In our time, not only was she extremely rich, but she was definitely as rich as anyone else." Tomoko squatted in front of the stove and watched the fire and said, "Lack of money? No, the fire escape technique is more like a natural gas stove. It's okay. If you can control the size of the fire more accurately, you can cook more delicious dishes."

"When cooking, fire control is also very important."

Although Tomoko is not as good at cooking as Junko, she comes from almost the same place and knows how to cook more or less.I dare not say that I am proficient but I still know some things.

"Natural gas stove?" The corner of Indra's mouth twitched. He didn't know what a natural gas stove was, but he always felt that he seemed to have been tricked by this girl.This doesn’t feel like training for anything at all!It's just a trick to start a fire.

"If you want to light a fire." Junko clapped her hands and said, "There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

"Do you think I will still believe your lies?" Indra said a little angrily.

I feel that I must be right. He has been deceived for so long. He is not a fool and has emotions!How could I be happy?

"Then just eat the dry food yourself." Junko said without worrying that Indra would give up: "In our era, people were distributed according to work, and if you don't work, you can't eat. I don't think that in terms of cooking, besides What other uses can the fire be used for? If you don't want to, dry food will be enough."

Dry food, that is, military food pills.However, the Bingliang Pill at this time is not the small thing in the future. The Bingliang Pill at this time can only be regarded as a prototype.

The specific method is also simple and crude. It is to grind various staple grains that can be found on hand into powder and then mix some seasonings and sugar that can be found on hand to form a ball.As for the staple food and seasonings, there is no fixed combination. What is added during production is all.

The Bingliang Pills made in this way cannot be guaranteed in terms of texture or taste. The only thing that can be guaranteed is that you will not go hungry...

Well, at least you can quickly replenish calories when you need them.

Indra considers himself a person who is used to hardship, but after coming all the way with Junko, he now has the conditions to never touch Bingliangwan.

"Hmph, I think if you can't do without me to help you light the fire, you should have told me earlier." Indra said a little stubbornly.

"Hey, hey, hey~" Junko shrugged nonchalantly and said, "You're right."

Tsk~ Is this considered tsundere?Don’t worry, the tsunderes have already retired from the environment, so please stop being arrogant~

He didn't say anything about the complaints in his heart, and the three of them just waited together.

Rice is not something that ordinary people can eat these days. The staple food of ordinary people is still a variety of unnamed cereals mixed with wild vegetables dug from the mountains. The people of the Ninja Sect can only be a little better than most people. We have entered a brand new class. Although this class has just formed and its rights and status are not yet clear, its living conditions are already different from those of ordinary people who are digging for food in the fields.

The poorer people in the Ninja Sect can generally afford brown rice.

Although brown rice is a bit gritty, it is still a good treat compared to the lower class people who eat whole grains and even drink northwest wind every now and then.

And snacks made from glutinous rice are considered a rarity in the Ninja Sect, a rarity that people here can afford.When the heat and white smoke rose from the steamer, it didn't take long for a lot of people to gather outside the shabby hotel.

The steamer cake has not yet been cooked, but the fragrance has already spread with the water vapor.

"Wow~" Indra took a deep breath and said in his heart: 'This stuff smells so good! '

This is the aroma of glutinous rice mixed with the aroma of jujube, which floats to the entire Ninja Sect with the wind. Just smelling it makes people's mouth water three thousand feet down.Indra was even more looking forward to how delicious the snack called 'Zeng Cake' that came out of the pot was.

'What a shame. 'Looking at the rising white mist, Indra just felt that he was really suffering here.

The food is clearly right in front of you but you still can't eat it. You have to wait, you have to wait.

If you wait more than three hours, it must be worth the wait!

worth!

Although nothing was done this time, the three-hour wait was still worth it.Waiting for it to be ripe, the moment you open the cage, white mist rises and the fragrance of rice overflows.Indra suddenly felt as if he was blinded by something and could no longer see anything except the huge basin of rice cakes.

"Wipe your saliva." Suddenly I heard a girl's voice next to me reminding me.

Indra seemed to have regained his composure, then wiped his mouth in a panic and said, "Is it okay? This? It's ready to eat... Ah, no, I mean can it be sold? Yes. Don’t we need to test the results first? If we need to test the results, as your ancestor, I think I am quite qualified.”

Well, it feels a bit obvious, but Indra doesn't seem to want to hide anything anymore.

It’s great to meet juniors from the future!

Hehehehe, Asura, he doesn't have such luck!I think I, Indra, am too good, and with God's blessing, my back is so good.He, Asura, does not have such outstanding juniors!

Now, don't want anything else!

He wants to eat!

eat!

"Okay, but you can only eat a small bowl." Junko gave Indra a small bowl the size of his palm and said, "There's only so much, you can't eat more."

"Hey?" Indra looked at the small bowl in his palm with some dissatisfaction and said, "That's it, enough... Oh, no, I mean you can't taste anything with just that. ? I can’t tell whether it’s good or bad. Although I don’t really want to be a foot trader walking around the streets, I don’t want to ruin my own brand.”

Give him more quickly, isn't it too much to look down on Indra?

"This thing is made of glutinous rice." Junko said: "The characteristic of glutinous rice is that it has high viscosity and is not easy to digest. Moreover, this thing is not a staple food but a snack. You have to plan to eat a full meal and not be able to eat even one bite when you have the main meal. Then I don’t mind either.”

This...

Indra was a little confused. Not many people use polished rice as a staple food these days. It was also the first time that he used glutinous rice as a snack, but it was obvious that he would be full after eating here.

Then you may really have nothing to eat after a while.

"Don't lie to me." Indra made up his mind after hesitating again and again.

"Don't worry~" Junko said seemingly comfortingly: "You are our ancestor, we will never lie to anyone we lie to."

Really?

Indra expressed doubts, but when he saw Tomoko on the side taking a smaller bowl and eating only a little bit, he finally said that he should believe it.

Although it is only a little bit, the delicious taste will not fade due to the small amount.

"Oh~ this thing is really delicious." Indra took a small bite. He didn't even dare to finish the whole thing in one big mouthful.He was fascinated by this thing after just one bite!Glutinous rice, it’s not like he has never eaten glutinous rice.

But it was indeed his first time eating like this.

This stuff is really sweet and fragrant.

The main theme of Zeng Gao is fragrance and sweetness. Because there are no other condiments in it, the sweetness of Zeng Gao is more pure and fresh.And there seems to be nothing to say about the more taste, because it is simple.Just like the simple preparation, the taste is also very simple.

It's soft, waxy, fragrant, and has a silky texture that doesn't seem to go well with it.It's not too sticky to the teeth, and it doesn't take much effort to eat. It slides into your stomach on its own after a few squirts.

And this simple texture and taste brought Indra the ultimate enjoyment.

He was very pure, and his purity seemed to remind Indra of those things in his childhood.There is not so much intrigue, nor is there any desire to become the leader of the Ninja Sect. He simply wants to be a good brother, a person who is admired like his father.

There was no disappointment, no plotting, and no backstabbing.

Anger is pure, happiness is also pure. At that time, you will really be happy because of a few simple and ordinary words of appreciation. At that time, you will really be satisfied because you can help your brother or other people in the ninja sect.Everyone was so pure at that time.

There is no intrigue, only sincerity, shared responsibility when mistakes are made, and sharing of happy things together.

Play together, be happy together, cry together, and grow together.

Indra looked at the rice cake in his hand, and his heart became complicated again.This is a revisit to the old place. The Ninja Sect back then was not as prosperous as it is now, and the Ninja Sect back then didn't have the steamer cake in his hand, but everything that happened back then has disappeared.I can no longer return to the Ninja Sect, and the Ninja Sect back then has also changed...

不 ...

Perhaps it is no longer a ninja sect, but just oneself.Because when you grow up, it becomes not so pure, and you have more desires and thoughts as you grow up.When I grow up, I no longer want to be like my father as I did when I was a child. Instead, I feel that I can replace him, that I am better, and that I can definitely become the next leader.

Everything changes when I grow up.