Reborn Nongmen's little lucky wife

Chapter 83 Making a living [2]

Their family is struggling to make ends meet now, although they are supported by money from the Qi family, but after buying the people who lived, only 32 taels of the 20 taels of silver are left.

His family has no land, so he still needs to buy land, build a house, and go to school with the little money. All these things cost a lot of money. He must find a job to make money, otherwise, the 20 taels of silver are not enough. use.

After listening to the third grandfather, he pondered for a while, and said, "We are new here, and we are doing a fresh business. If the business is good, it will definitely attract people's attention. Don't worry, wait until the [-]th day of the new year and talk with a few families together. "

They are outsiders, and several families have to live together in a group, but they can't be distracted because of one business, so the third grandpa planned to make tofu together for a living, and specifically told Gu Jinli about it.

Gu Jinli agreed. After escaping the famine, she knew very well the importance of holding a group in ancient times.

The family temporarily put this matter down, and only waited until the new year [-] to talk about it.

Early the next morning, Father Luo and Qin Sanlang took Gu Jinli, Gu Jinan, Luo Wu, Luo Huiniang, Tian Erqiang, and Tian Xiaohua into the mountain together.

They don't have any meat for Chinese New Year. They want to go to Dafeng Mountain to see if they can hunt some game.

I went to the mountain early in the morning, and only came back when it was dark. I found a lot of things. There were five hares, three pheasants, and a roe deer. I found a sack of wild sweet potatoes. It can be said that the harvest is rich.

"We have meat for the New Year. This roe deer weighs [-] to [-] pounds. We will kill the roe deer tomorrow, kill a few more chickens, make sacrifices to our ancestors, and have a New Year's Eve dinner together." The third grandfather held up the torch and looked at Looking at Yamazang, who was all over the place, there was a smile on his serious face, and the days are getting better.

Several families also came to see the prey, and the roe deer was the most popular, and was surrounded and pointed at the work of Zhancha.

After watching the prey, several adults asked Gu Jinli about tofu.The third grandpa told them not to worry. When they have their New Year's Eve dinner tomorrow, they will tell them about it.

Although the family members were anxious to know about tofu, tomorrow will be New Year's Eve, not too bad.

The Chu family said to Gu Jinli, "Xiaoyu, let's make some tofu tomorrow for Chinese New Year. The bean dregs cake and tofu are delicious." Cabbage, nothing else to eat.

Gu Jinli said: "Okay, let's make tofu tomorrow. Whoever wants to make tofu from several uncles and aunts' families will soak the soybeans when they go back tonight, and the family will soak them for five kilograms. Tomorrow, bring the soaked soybeans to Aunt Luo. In the yard of the house, grind the beans together, and you can take them back when you’re done.”

"Hey, okay, let's go back and soak the soybeans." Aunt Tian is the most happy. There is a lot of tofu and dregs from soybeans. She did the math last night. Half a catty of tofu and dregs from soybeans is enough for their family to eat. until full.Her family lacks food and money, so she can't wait for Gu Jinli to make tofu every day.

Several families stood in the yard to discuss tomorrow's ancestor worship, and then went home each.

At dawn the next day, several families were busy. The men were responsible for slaughtering the prey; the women were responsible for ancestor worship and preparing the New Year's Eve dinner; the half-old children like Gu Jinli were busy grinding beans and making tofu.

There is a lot of tofu to make today, and the beans were ground for three full hours. From the beginning of the day to noon, all the beans were ground. Everyone took the buckets of soy milk to Gu Jinli’s house, and she made it. Tofu.

Everyone was curious to stay and watch her make tofu, but they didn't understand how the tofu was made?

I only know that I put the soy milk in a pot and boil it. After it is cooked, Gu Jinli pours a bowl of water into it. After a while, the soy milk will turn into bean curd. I pick up the bean curd and put it in a wooden box. Press it with a stone for half an hour. Tofu becomes tofu.

"It's amazing." Gu Qingliang was shocked when he looked at the boxes of tofu.

Gu Yumei snorted coldly: "There's something magical, isn't it just a cheap thing made from beans..."

Gu Dexing hurriedly tugged at Gu Yumei's sleeve and interrupted her.

When they came, Second Aunt had warned them that this tofu was a good thing, but now only Gu Jinli can make it, and asked them not to offend her, if they offended her, they would not be able to get tofu in the future, only their brothers and sisters asked!

Gu Jinli hehe, looked at Gu Yumei and said, "Bastard? Since it's cheap, then spit out the tofu you eat." She really couldn't stand Gu Yumei, she fled away from her hometown, and pretended to be her village chief's granddaughter. ill.

Hearing this, Gu Yumei blushed with anger, pointed at Gu Jinli and said, "You, don't be complacent, I will definitely be able to make something better than tofu!"

Isn't it just to make a tofu, everyone is holding her, she is not convinced.

There was something that made her even more angry.Her father was obviously the son of the village chief, why didn't he eat at her house to worship his ancestors on New Year's Eve, but went to Gu Jinli's house?Just because the three grandpas and three grandmothers live with them?But the three grandfathers and three grandmothers are only senior, not the village chief!

Gu Jinli saw through her thoughts and said rudely: "Are you very unconvinced? Hold back when you are unconvinced, and wait until you really make something better than tofu."

She took out the dagger she was carrying, shook it at Gu Yumei, and said, "Hold back that finger for me, or I'll chop it off for you, believe it or not?"

Gu Yumei thought of Gu Jinli breaking Wu Da's tendons and hamstrings, her face turned pale, she quickly retracted her hand, and did not dare to point at Gu Jinli again.

Gu Jinli smiled and said, "That's right."

Gu Yumei was so angry with Gu Jinli that she wanted to leave but was afraid to leave. They had to take the tofu back, otherwise they would be scolded to death by the second aunt, so they could only continue to stay at Gu Jinli's house.

After the tofu was ready, Gu Jinli asked them to take the tofu back: "If it's cold today, just put the wooden box in the yard and freeze it. It can last for six or seven days."

The north and south of Da Chu are divided by Zhongzhou. Jianghuai is close to Zhongzhou in the north and Jiangnan in the south. Strictly speaking, it is neither the north nor the south, and the winter here is still very cold.

"Hey, we got it." The children of several families brought their tofu back.

Because several families will gather for New Year's Eve dinner tonight, in the kitchen of Gu Jinli's house, several women from the family are already preparing things. Seeing that she is finished, Cui calls her: "Xiaoyu, come and teach your aunts how to make bean dregs cakes. , tofu dish."

"Come on." Gu Jinli went to the kitchen and made a pot of bean dregs cakes, bean dregs balls, a pan-fried spiced tofu, braised tofu, and hot and sour tofu: "There are also some tofu recipes, and I will teach a few aunts later. "

"There are other ways to do it, this tofu is really a treasure." The women of the several families were very happy and asked Gu Jinli to rest, and they tried to make a few more pots by themselves.

In the evening, before the New Year's Eve dinner, apart from the Qin family, several families from Gu's village all crowded in the courtyard of Gu Jinli's house to worship their ancestors and the dead villagers.

Thinking of those villagers who died tragically, several families burst into tears, and it wasn't until the third grandpa who persuaded them that everyone stopped crying.

The Qin family also worshipped their ancestors in their yard, but they did not have a tablet for the gods. They only set up an incense table and worshipped their ancestors with a whole chicken.

After their family worshipped, the third grandfather personally invited them to come over for the New Year's Eve dinner. This was agreed early on. The Qin family did not refuse. The three grandparents and grandchildren came, but their eyes were red and swollen, and they were obviously crying. one.

The New Year's Eve dinner is very rich. There are two large pots of roe deer meat, two pots of stewed chicken, four large bowls of braised rabbit meat, two large pots of dry fried bamboo rat, two large pots of bean dregs cake, bean dregs balls, and a few kinds of tofu. dishes, and two large pots of cabbage and meat dumplings, and a large pot of sweet potato and old rice porridge.

Although there are not many kinds, but the portion is very large, more than [-] people, one by one can support their stomachs.

Gu Defa, Gu Dewang, Cheng Ge'er, Gu Qingxi, Jin Niu, Gui Niu of Gu Damu's brother's family, these young children are even more happy to eat, their little belly is round.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, the third grandfather talked about tofu making a living: "Xiaoyu made tofu. This tofu is a fresh food. One catty of soybeans can produce more than three catties of tofu, which is very cost-effective. If you make tofu well , that tastes very good, I thought, we are all poor and have no money and no land, so we have to find a way to make money, and selling tofu is a good way to make a living.”

(End of this chapter)