Reborn Nongmen's little lucky wife

Chapter 80 Tofu

In addition to making tofu and bean dregs cakes, soybeans can also be used to extract oil, make soybean paste, make soy sauce, and grow bean sprouts. There are many things that can be done.

"Soybean cake?" Luo Huiniang frowned, as if she remembered something bad: "Is it the kind of cake made from crushed soybeans? The third grandmother has made it with some old people in her hometown, and it is very unpalatable. , the astringency is very strong. Moreover, the steamed bean cakes are scattered and not formed into groups, so it is better to boil the soybeans directly." It is soft and rotten, and you can eat it while it is still hot.

The original owner's memory also has this passage. It was the third grandmother who disliked the soybeans always being stewed, which was too monotonous. .

The reason they didn't make it is that they haven't soaked the beans, and they haven't added noodles to the soybean powder, so the soybean powder can't be glued together.

The reason why they didn't soak the beans and add flour is because, in their perception, water will ruin the beans, and white flour is a precious food, so they also have a meal on the New Year's Day, and naturally they are reluctant to add it to the crushed soybeans.

Gu Jinli looked at Luo Huiniang's bitter face, she didn't like it so much that she didn't even wash the grinding plate, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Don't worry, the bean cakes I made are definitely different from those made by the third grandmother. This is an aunt on the road to escape. Teach me, where many people eat bean cakes as their staple food, it's fragrant and delicious."

"Really?" Luo Huiniang's eyes lit up: "Then let's wash the grinding plate quickly and make something delicious." Then she happily washed the grinding plate with her.

The Tian family and the Luo family lived in the same yard. Tian Erqiang and Tian Xiaohua saw them washing the millstones and came to help.

Tian Erqiang went to fetch water, and Tian Xiaohua took a grass brush made of hay and washed them with them.

The grinding table was one meter in size. It had been abandoned for a long time. It was full of dust and mud. They had to wash it five times before the grinding table was cleaned.

Luo Huiniang was about to lie down, gasping for breath next to the grinding table. After a while, she had the strength to ask Gu Jinli, "Xiaoyu, can you make tofu next?"

He added: "This name is not very pleasant, tofu tofu, it sounds like rotten beans."

Tian Xiaohua didn't quite understand what tofu was, but she knew that she had meat to eat and money to follow with Sister Xiaoyu, so she didn't ask any more questions and just immersed herself in her work.

Gu Jinli said, "Okay, enough time to soak the beans."

"Soak, soak the beans!" Luo Huiniang shouted: "You soaked the beans in water? Hey, you're done, run away. If your parents find out, they will definitely beat you up."

Beans are their food. Xiaoyu wastes the food so much, even if Uncle Dashan and Aunt Dashan are good-natured, they can't help but beat her.

Luo Huiniang was about to pull Gu Jinli to run, and Gu Jinli grabbed the wooden handle of the grinding disc and said, "I told the third grandmother and my mother that they gave me five catties of beans."

The third grandmother and Mrs. Cui both love their children. Although they love those beans, they still gave her five pounds of soybeans. They just agreed that if they don't succeed, they are not allowed to try again in the future.

Luo Huiniang opened her mouth wide: "Third grandma and Aunt Dashan are so kind to you." Five catties of beans, if she dared to waste food like this, her mother would have to chase after her with a broom.

The two and Tian Xiaohua ran to Gu Jinli's house together and went to the kitchen to get the soaked soybeans.

After a while, they returned to the yard of the Luotian family with soaked soybeans and an empty wooden barrel, and began to grind the beans.

Gu Jinli rolled up his sleeves and said, "Xiaohua, you use a wooden bowl to scoop the beans into the hole of the grinding plate. Put a little at a time, and I will push the grinder with Huiniang."

This mill is about one meter in size. Two large stone mills are superimposed on top of each other. It is very heavy. It is difficult for her to push it alone.

"Hey, I know Sister Xiaoyu." Tian Xiaohua scooped up the soy beans soaked in water with a wooden bowl and put it into the hole on the grinding plate.

Gu Jinli and Luo Huiniang grabbed the wooden handle that was driven into the grinding table with both hands, and pushed the grinding table clockwise. After pushing for a while, white slurry flowed out from the gap between the two grinding stones and flowed into the stone groove at the bottom of the grinding table.

Gu Jinli called Tian Xiaohua: "Xiaohua, put the beans."

Tian Xiaohua added soybeans to the hole in the grinding plate.Gu Jinli and Luo Huiniang pushed each other for five or six laps, and Gu Jinli would ask Tian Xiaohua to add soybeans and grind the beans over and over again.

Luo Wu and Gu Jin'an came back from collecting firewood and came to help. Everyone took turns grinding the beans for an hour. Finally, the beans were ground well and a whole bucket of soy milk and soy dregs was made.

When Mr. Chen heard that they were grinding beans and making tofu, he ran to watch the fun with a bowl. When he saw the bucket of soy milk, he tutted, "It's a sin, good food is just wasted."

Then he said to Gu Jinli bitterly: "Xiaoyu, you can't be so willful. If you waste food like this, you won't be able to find your husband's family in the future."

When Mr. Chu heard this, he scolded Mr. Chen: "Big brother and sister, can you tell this to the little girl who hasn't left the cabinet? If you don't think Xiaoyu and the others can make tofu, don't come here to watch, wait. Xiaoyu really makes tofu, so don't eat it."

Just a joke, how could the Chen family not take advantage of such cheapness?

Mrs. Chen hurriedly changed her words: "Sister Luo, look at what you said, what is the relationship between our families? Xiaoyu is a filial piety. He makes fresh food, so why do you have to give us a few pounds."

Gu Jinli hehe: "I won't send anyone who speaks ill of me."

After finishing speaking, she and Luo Huiniang returned to her house with the bucket of the mixture of soy milk and soy dregs.

Chen Shi was afraid that Gu Jinli would really not give her tofu, so she hurriedly pointed at Gu Jinli's back and said, "Xiaoyu, auntie will go to your house to get tofu later, you don't have to bother to bring it to auntie."

Gu Jinli pretended not to hear it, and when they got home, Gu Dashan and the others also came back with the water tank.Five large water tanks, two people carried one, and they walked for two hours, but they were very tired.

Gu Jinan saw Gu Dashan and the third grandfather come back with a water tank, and hurriedly brought them water and sweet potatoes to eat, let them take a break, eat something, and drink water.

The third grandpa and Gu Dashan drank a bowl of water and finally recovered.

Gu Dashan still remembered what he promised Gu Jinli last night. When he saw them go to the kitchen with soy milk, he said to the kitchen, "Xiaoyu, Dad will make a wooden box for you in a while."

Gu Jinli stuck his head out of the kitchen and said, "Dad, don't worry, you can rest for a while. Our soy milk has to be filtered and cooked, and we have to work for half an hour."

After she finished speaking, she ran to ask the third grandmother for a piece of burlap [-] meter in size, folded the burlap into two layers, and began to filter the soy milk.

She poured the soy milk into a large iron pot and boiled it, put the bean dregs in a clay pot, and kept it for making bean dregs cakes.

Tian Xiaohua's family had a lot of work, so she helped to grind the beans and then went to do other work. Only Luo Huiniang came along to help set the fire.

"Little fish, how long does it take to cook this?" Luo Huiniang looked at the soy milk in the pot and asked, "Can it be turned into tofu when it is cooked?"

Gu Jinli replied to her: "Boil the soy milk completely, skim off the foam, and then add some brine. After making tofu, put it in a wooden box and squeeze the water. After it is formed, it is tofu."

(End of this chapter)