PFC Chapter 205: The planting time of medicinal herbs is relatively long
Chapter 205: The planting time of medicinal herbs is relatively long
Seeing Jiang Xiyu's anxious look, Gu Yunling smiled and said, "Okay, okay, then I won't knock. I'll wait until you plant the land in our backyard first. There's a mountain spring at the back, so it will be convenient for irrigation later."
"Yeah." Jiang Xiyu responded softly.
"Come on, I'll take you around the farm."
As the two of them were talking, they walked from the backyard to the front.
What the two of them didn't know was that in the backyard next door, Gulin was standing under the red wall, listening carefully to the conversation on the other side.
After hearing her reject Gu Yunling's suggestion to knock on the wall, Gulin's deep eyes suddenly became extremely empty, as if they had lost their already faint light again.
Seeing this, Wuyi quickly stepped forward and suggested, "How about we knock down the wall ourselves first?"
Gulin turned around and glared at Wuyi, as if to tell him to stop talking. Wuyi was so scared that he shrank his neck and dared not speak anymore.
"Cough cough." A cool breeze blew, and Gulin coughed uncontrollably twice, which affected the wound on his chest.
Seeing the blood seeping from Gulin's clothes, Wuyi instantly became anxious, "Your Highness, the wound on your chest has broken open. You'd better go inside and rest. I'll change the bandage for you."
Gulin took one last look across the street, and was then helped into the house by Wuyi and Shuliu.
Across the street, Gu Yunling and Jiang Xiyu didn’t know that Gulin was next door.
Gu Yunling took Jiang Xiyu to visit the entire villa, and then took her to sit in the yard to rest.
There are many flowers and plants planted in front of the villa, and a pavilion is built in the front yard.
As soon as the two sat down, Nanny Yu took out two snacks from the food box.
"Madam Yu is really thoughtful." Gu Yunling didn't expect that Madam Yu also brought snacks, so she praised her.
They had come in such a hurry that she hadn't really thought to bring any snacks.
Nanny Yu smiled and said, "This is the dessert recipe that Madam just wrote this morning. I just made it this morning and haven't had time to let Madam try it yet. It's a good opportunity for the princess and Madam to try it together."
Gu Yunling's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately looked at Jiang Xiyu, "How could I have forgotten about the snacks? Can snacks be made into medicinal food?"
She had made all the recipes Jiang Xiyu had given her before, including stir-fries, steamed dishes, soups, and stews, but she seemed to have never made the dim sum recipe.
Jiang Xiyu explained with a smile, "The twenty or so medicinal dishes we had before were enough to open our medicinal food shop, but we still lack a few snacks and desserts. The recipes for snacks and desserts are easy to write, and we don't have to worry about people copying them. Even if they do, they won't be able to succeed with just these snacks and desserts."
Gu Yunling nodded in agreement. "Indeed, although we are a herbal medicine shop, we are actually similar to a restaurant. We mainly sell dishes and drinks. These snacks and desserts can only be sold with us. If they can be sold, that's the best. If they can't be sold, it's no big deal."
Jiang Xiyu also meant this. "This is the Red Date Donkey-hide Gelatin Cake and the Poria Cocos Eight Treasures Cake. Sister Yun, please try them."
Gu Yunling looked at the exquisitely made pastries and couldn't help but praise them, "Madame Yu's craftsmanship is amazing. Look at how these pastries are made. Even if I don't taste them, I like them just by looking at them."
In fact, many dishes in restaurants are sold for their presentation. The presentation of these two dim sum dishes alone can make money regardless of how they taste. Of course, if they taste good, that would be the icing on the cake.
"Thanks for the princess's praise." Nanny Yu bowed modestly.
Gu Yunling first picked up a piece of red date donkey-hide gelatin cake and tasted it. It was sweet and soft, and melted in the mouth. It had a soft, sweet and sticky taste and was very delicious.
Afterwards, I tried a piece of Poria Cocos and Eight Treasures Cake. The cake was made into the shape of a plum blossom, and it actually had a faint fragrance of plum blossoms mixed with the faint aroma of medicine box. It was slightly sweet, and was much harder than the red date and donkey-hide gelatin cake, but the taste was not bad either. They were both delicious.
"tasty."
The craftsmanship of this pastry is comparable to that of the imperial chefs in the palace.
Jiang Xiyu also tasted two pieces of cakes, and they tasted really good.
Just like Gu Yunling said, even if the taste is bad, they can still make money with their exquisite appearance. What's more, the taste is not bad, so these two snacks will definitely be popular.
"The recipes for snacks and desserts are simple. When I have time, I'll write down a few more and have Madam Yu make them."
With Yu Mama's current skills, snacks and desserts like these can probably be made successfully in one go.
Gu Yunling smiled and said, "Don't worry. From now on, you can come up with a few new dishes or new pastries every now and then, or every two weeks or every month. This will not only give diners a sense of freshness, but also attract customers for a long time with new medicinal dishes."
Jiang Xiyu nodded. Now that the number of dishes is enough for the opening, there is really no need to rush.
Anyway, the recipes for snacks and desserts are relatively simple, and she can easily write out more than a dozen.
Gu Yunling suddenly thought of a question, "Oh, by the way, if those medicinal herbs are successfully cultivated, how long will it take before you can use them?"
"It takes a long time to grow medicinal herbs, about three years."
"Three years." Gu Yunling almost jumped out of her chair when she heard this. "That won't work. We can't wait three years here."
Although the herbal medicine shop hasn't opened yet, the recovery soup and lotus porridge are bound to be the best-sellers. If we can sell even a hundred servings a day, let alone a thousand, it will definitely be a good deal. Wouldn't that mean tens of thousands of servings a year?
Jiang Xiyu said helplessly, "These are medicinal herbs, not flowers and plants. Medicinal herbs need such a long time to mature. If they are harvested too early, the medicinal effect will not be enough and we won't be able to use them."
In fact, for many medicinal herbs, the longer they are planted, the better. Three years is already a very short time. Medicinal herbs like ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum, and Tianshan Snow Lotus can even be nurtured for hundreds or thousands of years.
Gu Yunling was extremely anxious, "But we can't wait for three years."
If she sold 100 servings of Fu Yuan Soup and Hibiscus Porridge a day, the medicinal herbs left by her mother would be sold out in a year. There was no way she could wait for him for three years.
What's more, maybe not just one hundred copies can be sold in a day, even one thousand copies can be sold.
Jiang Xiyu understood what she meant. "I've thought about this before. Since we don't have many medicinal herbs, and the amount of recovery soup and lotus porridge we make is limited, we can sell them in limited quantities every day."
"Limited edition?" Gu Yunling was stunned for a moment. She had always been thinking about how to sell more and had never thought about limiting the quantity.
Jiang Xiyu nodded. "Yes, limited quantity. No matter how popular our Recovery Soup and Hibiscus Porridge are, we only sell ten or twenty servings a day. This way, we can keep the price high while keeping the Recovery Soup and Hibiscus Porridge fresh, making them more popular."
Jiang Xiyu's words were like an epiphany for Gu Yunling.
"Yeah, why have I never thought of limiting the quantity? This is such a good thing, our restaurant's signature dish, how can we let them eat and order it as they please? If everyone can easily eat it, how can it still be considered our restaurant's signature dish? We have to make them covet it but unable to eat it, so that our business can last long-term."