Reborn Nongmen's little lucky wife

Chapter 106 Oil and Sauce [1]

After entering the main room, Shang Xiucai didn't ask the three of them anything, but asked Ah Jiu to fetch the Four Treasures of the Study that he was carrying with him in the mule cart, each of them gave them a piece of paper, a pen, and some ink, and said to them: " Write down what you think you have learned best, writing or writing."

"Ah?" Gu Dewang was stunned: "Didn't Master Xiucai ask questions?"

Niang said that Master Xiucai would only ask him a few questions, and he would just answer according to what he was taught. Why did you change it to writing?What should he write?He never went to private school at all.

Gu Dexing was the only one in the village head's family who attended a private school.Gu Dewang was only eight years old, and there was a two-year drought in the Northwest. He was only six years old when the disaster hit. He had never gone to school at all. He only learned a few characters from the village chief Gu and read the Three Character Classic for a few days.

Shang Xiucai smiled and didn't answer, but left Ah Jiu behind and watched them write.He himself said to the third grandfather and Gu Dashan: "Uncle Gu, brother Gu, your tofu is a fresh food. Wen Yuan has always been curious, can I go and have a look?"

The third grandfather and Gu Dashan wanted to make friends with Shang Xiucai, so naturally they readily agreed.

They first went to the courtyard of Luo's house and looked at the beans being ground. Shang Xiucai pointed to the white soy milk flowing out of the mill and asked, "Is this soy milk?"

The third grandpa smiled and nodded: "Yes, but these are soy milk with bean dregs. After filtering the bean dregs, put them in a pot and cook them until they are stewed and turned into bean curds, and then the bean curds are compacted to become tofu."

"What about the soy milk? Can it be eaten with sugar after it's cooked?" Shang Xiucai didn't ask about the marinade. Although he was curious about how the tofu was made, he knew it was the Gu family's secret recipe, so he couldn't ask.

The third grandfather said: "The soy milk should be diluted with water. If you drink pure soy milk, the taste is too strong and it is not good to drink."

"So that's how it is." Shang Xiucai suddenly realized, and said again: "How much tofu do you make in a day? There is only one millstone, I'm afraid it's not enough."

The third grandfather said: "It's really not enough, we are planning to buy stones and come back to make a stone mill."

It was originally planned to be done some time ago, but it was delayed due to the Lu family's affairs.

When Shang Xiucai heard the words, he looked at the taciturn Gu Dashan with surprise on his face, and said with admiration: "Brother Gu can also make stone mills, this is not a small skill."

Gu Dashan smiled honestly: "Whether it's craft or not, it's all work done before."

He was kicked out of the house by Mrs. Gu to work since he was a child, carpenter, mason, well digger, stonemason, he has done any kind of work.

However, Shang Xiucai said: "There is an abandoned stone mill in my old house. Let Ah Jiu bring it to you tomorrow, so you don't need to buy that stone mill."

It takes a lot of effort to polish a new stone mill. When the Gu family is short of manpower to make tofu, he might as well give them one.

When Gu Dashan heard this, he quickly waved his hands and refused: "No, no, this stone mill costs a lot of money. Brother Shang, you have already given a lot of generous gifts today, so you can't give any more."

Shang Xiucai smiled and said, "Brother Gu, that stone mill has been in the old house for almost 20 years. If you don't want it, it's just throwing it somewhere to attract ashes. Don't refuse."

Gu Dashan had no choice but to agree.

Brother Gu Damu and Gu Dalin listened to it, and it was very helpful. This Shang Xiucai did not have the airs of the son-in-law of the county lieutenant at all, and was very kind.

Gu Dagui and Gu Dafu were filtering soybean milk, and when they saw Gu Dashan approaching, they hurriedly gave him a wink. After Gu Dashan came over, Gu Dagui asked him in a low voice: "Brother Dashan, did my mother-in-law make trouble for your house?"

Last night, Mrs. Chen said that she would take a few children to let Shang Xiucai accept her as an apprentice, and study with Shang Xiucai for free.He scolded her severely, saying that she didn't take advantage enough.

At that time, Mrs. Chen agreed to him and said that she would not mention this matter again, but today, as soon as he and her elder brother came to work in Luo's yard, she took the four children and ran to Brother Dashan's house.He saw it and wanted to chase after them, but he was afraid that the disturbance would be too ugly and Shang Xiucai would hate them, so he endured it.

But in my heart, I really don't trust Mrs. Chen, for fear that she will offend the son-in-law of the county lieutenant and bring trouble to their family.

Gu Dashan said: "Third Auntie is here, it's all right."

When Shang Xiucai heard what they said, he didn't say anything. Farmers were like this, and it was also for the future of their children, but he had the final say on whether to accept apprentices or not.

Shang Xiucai walked around the courtyard of the Luo family, chatted with brothers Gu Damu, Gu Dalin, Gu Dafu and Gu Dagui for a while, then returned to Gu's house, went to the kitchen to look at the boiled soy milk, the bean curd separated from the pulp and water, and the pressed tofu.

"It's really amazing, the beans have become a new food after being ground, boiled and pressed like this." Shang Xiucai sighed.

Gu Jinli was talking with Cui Shi, Gu Jinxiu, and Gu Yumei, who accompanied Jiang's mother and daughter. Hearing this, he got up and left, came to Shang Xiucai, and took the opportunity to say: "Besides making tofu, beans can also make a lot of food, such as soybean paste , bean sprouts, soybean oil, and a kind of soy sauce that tastes similar to Xianxian sauce."

When Shang Xiucai heard this, he was startled, and quickly asked Gu Jinli: "Can you make oil and fresh sauce? Is it true?"

Xianxianjiang is a seasoning sauce made from marinated meat, and the cost is very high, so it is sold in the market for a tael of silver and a small pot, and only wealthy people can afford it.

But the soybeans only cost three Wen a catty. If he could make soy sauce with a taste similar to that of Xianjiang, it would be really... He couldn't imagine how much sensation this soy sauce would cause.

And that soybean oil.

In Dachu, there are only two kinds of oil, one is meat oil for eating, and the other is pine oil for lighting lamps.As for Dayong, he heard that there is a kind of ghee made from milk of cows and goats, but he has never heard of soybean oil. If soybeans can be made into soybean oil, it would be a great thing for the country and the people.

Shang Xiucai knew that this matter was too big, so much that his current ability could not protect these two things at all, so he said to Gu Jinli: "Good boy, who else have you told about this?"

Gu Jinli said: "Don't worry, Uncle Shang, only the few of us present know about the soybean oil and soy sauce."

She understands the truth of Huaiyu's crime, so she will not make all the things she knows how to make at once, but make them all the same, and she will only do it if she can protect this kind of thing.

Before, she only wanted to make tofu, but it was because she met Shang Xiucai, and after she knew that Shang Xiucai was the son-in-law of the county captain, she wanted to make fresh sauce and soybean oil.

With Jiang Xianwei's ability in Tianfu County, he should be able to protect these two things and prevent them from bringing them a fatal disaster.

After Shang Xiucai listened, he was relieved, and he asked Gu Jinli roughly how to make the soy sauce and soybean oil.

Gu Jinli gave a general idea: "It takes longer to make soy sauce than fresh soy sauce. It takes half a year to marinate fermented soybeans to make soy sauce. As for soybean oil, the production time is relatively short, but it requires a lot of manpower to make. .”

Broken beans and fried beans are very simple, but oil extraction is very troublesome. Without more than ten labors, it is impossible for you to manually extract oil.

"More than ten catties of soybeans can produce more than one catty of soybean oil, and the oil yield is not too high."

"However, soy sauce is much better. Although it takes a long time to ferment and produce, one catty of soybeans can yield two catties of soy sauce. It is not troublesome to make, and it is very cost-effective."

Gu Jinli told all the pros and cons of soybean oil and soy sauce.

(End of this chapter)