Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 245: Master’s Arrival(3)_1

Chapter 245: Chapter 245: Master’s Arrival(3)_1

She had all the seasonings needed to make five-spice peanuts and five-spice sunflower seeds in her space. All she needed to do was sneakily take them out and put them in her own seasoning jars, presenting them as part of their existing stocks at home.

Third Aunt Mu, curious upon hearing that she was planning to prepare the sunflower seeds and peanuts in a five-spice flavor, volunteered to assist her.

Cai Wei didn’t refuse. She found a small piece of clean, undyed fine cotton cloth and asked Third Aunt Mu to help sew it into a small bag. She then sewed the spices she’d previously prepared like Sichuan pepper, star anise, fennel seeds, ginger slices, and cassia bark into it.

Third Aunt Mu held a deep trust in Cai Wei. This young girl single-handedly improved their living standards at home. Whatever she said must be right, so when Cai Wei asked her to sew the cloth bag, she didn’t hesitate and started stitching.

After it was sewn, Cai Wei put the cloth bag into the pot and boiled it over high heat. Once the aroma of the spices had filled the pot, she then added the peanuts she had soaked for half the day, reduced the heat, and continued to boil. Once the peanuts had absorbed the flavors and were thoroughly cooked, she stopped the heat, scooped out the peanuts from the pot, let them drain and then poured them into another dry, heated pot for baking over a low flame.

Simultaneously, the sunflower seeds were also cleaned and boiled in the initial pot. The steps were identical to that of the peanuts. Once cooked, they were also poured into the second dry-heated pot for baking.

After they were baked, Cai Wei served the fragrant five-spice peanuts and five-spice sunflower seeds on a plate, placed them on the Kang table, and invited everyone to taste, "Come and try, how are my five-spice peanuts and five-spice sunflower seeds?"

Third Aunt Mu picked up a peanut, peeled it, put it in her mouth, chewed a few bites, and then immediately exclaimed in surprise.

"This is too delicious! Girl Wei, your five-spice peanuts are so much more delicious than regular peanuts!"

Cai Wei laughed and said, "Today we are short of time. Normally, the peanuts should be soaked in the spices for two days before being boiled. The peanuts cooked in this manner would absorb more flavor and taste even better!"

Wu’er and Cai Fei, Cai Lian all started eating too, praising the taste. The plate of five-spice peanuts disappeared in no time.

Third Aunt Mu, still craving more, grumbled, "If I had known earlier, I would have brought all the peanuts from home and asked Girl Wei to make all of them into this five-spice flavor, for Third Uncle to enjoy while he drinks!"

Cai Wei laughed, "Didn’t you just see how the five-spice peanuts and sunflower seeds were cooked, Third Aunt? Why not make some yourself for Third Uncle? Besides, this peanut-cooking technique, if used well, can be a way to make money!"

Third Aunt Mu was stunned for a moment, then burst into delighted laughter, slapping her thigh, "Oh my God, that’s right! What an excellent way to make money! No wonder you’re so smart, Wei. Not only can you make such delicious snacks, you also know how to make money. No wonder your family is prosperous, haha..."

With Cai Wei’s guidance, Third Aunt Mu seemed to have had an epiphany. She envisioned a future full of immense potential, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

Peanuts cost two coppers per catty (jin), and after processing into five-spice peanuts, they could undoubtedly be sold for five coppers per catty. Subtracting one copper for the cost of seasonings, that meant a net profit of two coppers per catty. Ten catties would make twenty coppers, a hundred catties would make two hundred coppers, a thousand catties would make two thousand coppers, which was equivalent to two taels of silver. If their couple could process three to five thousand catties of peanuts per month, it meant that from then onwards, their family would have an additional income of several silver taels each month. Her husband would no longer have to leave home to engage in the mountain goods trade, and their family could lead a comfortable life with enough clothing and food...

Realizing this, Third Aunt Mu’s gratitude towards Cai Wei intensified even more...