Yoshida Mii

Chapter 66 Materials
Li's face turned red all of a sudden, and she was a little embarrassed, "You girl, you are making fun of your own mother."

Dong Bao giggled. People in the village always praised her for being clean and upright, because she inherited Li's good looks. "Mother, don't you feel very comfortable in your heart now? There is no feeling of being pressed on your shoulders anymore?"

Mrs. Li was stunned for a moment, and then she didn't know what it was like, nodded and sighed: "It's true, since I moved here, my heart has suddenly become lighter. When I was at...your grandma's house, I didn't talk much. Dare to say one more thing, I am worried every day, I am terribly afraid, you are just cursing, and the patience will pass, I am afraid that they will sell you, if that happens, mother will not live... Now, this family It belongs to our mother and father, if you don’t have land, you will have no land, even if you want me to be a coolie every day, washing people’s clothes in exchange for food, I’m willing!”

Dong Bao leaned on Mrs. Li's shoulder, looked at the somewhat desolate yard, and said with a smile: "Mother, how can I ask you to wash clothes for others? After we make money, we will buy land, a lot of land, and hire long-term workers Come to plant the land for us, knock down the yard and build it again, and build a big brick house like the one in the town, which will not break down after living for a hundred years, and also plant flowers and grass in the yard... Mother, you are a landlady, I am a little landlady, haha!"

Shan Qiang is the best person in Tagouji, and she will have a better life than Shan Qiang's family in the future.

Mrs. Li patted Dong Bao on the shoulder, and she just smiled at Dong Bao's blueprint for the future.Mrs. Li lived a hard life when she went to Song's house, but now she is separated, and she is satisfied if she can earn enough money for the mother and daughter to eat. How dare she think about the life of a landlady.

"Whether a landlord or not, I don't dare to think, our mother and I can just eat without looking at people's faces!" Li Shi laughed, she is a down-to-earth and timid person.

Dong Bao didn't say anything more, the local mistress was her biggest goal in life after coming here, if she still couldn't eat three meals after coming here, it would be too bad.As long as she struggles slowly, there will be a day when she realizes her dream. Now that she has a beautiful well that produces sweet water, will the fertile land be far behind?
The picked beans are soaked in a basin, and they need to be soaked overnight, so that the dried beans absorb enough water and become swollen and soft. They can be ground finely when they are grinded the next day, and the juice will be more fragrant.

When the soy milk is boiled, add some tofu gypsum or brine in batches, and the soy milk will solidify into white and tender bean curds. Take the bean curds out of the water and compact them into pieces to become tofu.If it is pressed firmly and the water in the tofu is small, it becomes "Northern tofu". If the water in the tofu is more and the tofu is tender, it is what people usually call "Southern tofu".

In his previous life, Dong Bao tried to order tofu with vinegar. Although the pressed tofu was a bit old, the taste was very unique. It tasted stronger than the tofu made with brine and gypsum, but the tofu made with vinegar has never become the mainstream. .

Tofu is easy to say, but it is not so easy to make. The temperature of the slurry water when ordering tofu, the speed when adding brine or gypsum, and the force and time when pressing tofu are all extremely test of human craftsmanship. After a few years of work, it is difficult to grasp the essentials of each process stage.

Dongbao can't wait to make beans into tofu now, and try the tofu market in Jishang. In her previous life, she was used to the tofu business in her own tofu factory, and she was used to the tofu business with an order of tens of thousands of yuan. She was a little anxious about business.But Dong Bao also knows that business has to be done step by step. She can't get rich suddenly from a poor girl with no family, she has to rely on a little accumulation.

Early the next morning, Dongbao and Lin Shiquanzi met at the entrance of the village. Quanzi also brought his little friend Shuanzi. Now the two boys have a very good relationship. They are inseparable from Meng and Meng.

Shuan Zi never mentions "Tigress" when facing Dong Bao now, he likes to hang out with Dong Bao and Brother Da Shi.

The four walked briskly on the road, and when they reached the town, Dong Bao went to the shop of the uncle's house first, greeted the uncle, said that mother was well, and would not let the uncle miss her.

Li Lifeng nodded with a smile, and said: "I can't leave these two days, and the day after tomorrow I will take the craftsman to paint the gate of your house."

"No need, Uncle." Dong Bao smiled and shook his head, the white board door is quite good, the most important thing is that he doesn't want to cost Uncle, painting is more expensive than buying a single door.

"That's okay?" Li Lifeng waved his hand, "If you don't paint it, the door won't last for two years, and if it's exposed to wind and rain, it will be ruined. Uncle Qian can afford it."

Just at this time, Dong Bao's eldest aunt Gao came out of the shop with a basin of water. Hearing Li Lifeng's words, she couldn't help snorting and muttering something. Dong Bao didn't hear clearly. Shi's face was full of displeasure.

"Jinzi." Dong Bao called out politely.

Gao forced a smile on his face, with a perfunctory attitude, "Dongbao is here, what do you want to eat, I will make it for you at noon."

Dong Bao shook her head with a smile. She understood what Gao's attitude was when Mrs. Li came to the door empty-handed before, "No, concubine. I'll go back with the people in our village later. My mother is still waiting at home." Me!"

After coming out of the uncle's house, Dong Bao and Lin Shi went to the medical clinic in the town. In view of the experience of selling snake sloughs last time, Dong Bao went directly to the medical clinic that sold snake sloughs. They lived here. Lin Shi, the oldest of the four, was only 14 years old, and he had no reason to be cheated by a black-hearted businessman.

"Shopkeeper, bring me a catty of plaster." Dong Bao said to the young shopkeeper.

The young shopkeeper was very surprised. Gypsum is a commonly used medicinal material, and it is usually sold together with other medicinal materials. Few people buy it for a pound.Seeing that the little girl with a fair face looked familiar, the shopkeeper thought for a while, and then remembered, isn't this the little girl who sold him snake sloughs? That day Dongbao's articulate bargaining left a deep impression on him.

"Do you want any other medicine?" asked the shopkeeper.

Dong Bao shook his head.

"Okay, ten dollars a catty of plaster." The shopkeeper said.

Woo!Fortunately, it was not as expensive as she imagined, otherwise the cost would increase.Thinking of this, Dong Bao smiled slightly, revealing two dimples, "Shopkeeper, I buy a lot, so give me a discount! There are so many pharmacies in the town, I always go straight to your house when I return, and I never go to other places." .”

Although she doesn't understand traditional Chinese medicine, she wants to sell gypsum as a medicinal material, so she won't put too much. There should be very few customers like her who buy a catty at a time.

The shopkeeper laughed, this little girl is interesting, she is astute as she is, but she is not annoying, "That's eight dollars for you, nothing less, it's equivalent to bringing you the travel expenses for nothing."

This is a cliché in the business world. How could he really sell it at the purchase price for nothing? Dong Bao smiled and nodded: "Thank you shopkeeper, I will come to your house to buy plaster next time."

The shopkeeper ordered the staff to weigh a catty of gypsum for Dongbao, wrapped it in hemp paper, tied it with hemp rope and handed it to Dongbao. Dongbao counted out eight coins and gave it to the shopkeeper before leaving.

Before leaving, the shopkeeper couldn't help asking: "Little girl, why do you need so much plaster?"

"Paint the wall!" Dong Bao replied crisply, and pulled Lin Shi away with a smile.

Both the shopkeeper and the waiter were stunned. After a while, the waiter asked suspiciously: "Isn't it allowed to use lime for painting walls? This little girl must have bought it wrong!"

"You are stupid!" the shopkeeper said with a smile, "he must have other uses, so it's not easy to tell us."

After buying plaster, Dongbao became more and more convinced that people in this era didn't know or have not fully mastered the technique of making tofu with plaster. As long as she can make tofu, the market will definitely not be a problem. The rolling source of wealth in front of him beckoned to him.

After removing the gypsum, Dongbao went to several shops in the town to buy spices such as prickly ash and star anise. After shopping, it was almost noon.Passing by a small restaurant in the town, smelling the aroma of food wafting from the door, Dong Bao felt hungry.The three of them ran with her all morning. Although Dongbao wanted to treat them to dinner, but considering that he only had more than 200 yuan in his hand, he was really stretched. a meal.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, the four of them bid farewell and went back to their respective homes. Dong Bao asked them to come to her house in the afternoon and taste the "new things" she was going to make in the afternoon.

She still doesn't know much about this society, and she doesn't know the tastes of people in this place. If the tofu made by several families think that the tofu she makes is delicious, it will definitely be accepted by others. Of course, Dongbao likes these people from the bottom of her heart. , These people have helped her in her most difficult time, and she wants these people to try something new if there is something good.

When they got home, Mrs. Li had already cooked a simple meal, which was delivered by Aunt Qiuxia when she came over yesterday. After the two of them finished their meal, they began to grind the beans.

Carefully selected beans have been soaked overnight and have more than doubled in size.There is a wooden handle on the fine millstone. Li shakes the handle, and Dongbao adds beans and water to the hole on the millstone. As the stone mill turns, the milky white soybean milk continuously falls into the basin on the ground, emitting With a green and astringent fragrance.

"Bao'er, can you really make delicious tofu with this plaster?" Li Shi asked, laughing again, "Look, how many times have I asked you, this is quite amazing."

Dong Bao nodded and said with a smile: "It can be made in the afternoon, and you will know whether it is delicious. I even called Aunt Qiuxia's family and Shuanzi to try it. Mom, are you tired? Why don't you rest for a while?" Grind again?"

Her daughter felt sorry for herself, and Li Shi was naturally happy. However, compared with the housework she had to do when she was in the Song family, this job couldn't be easier. Just as Li Shi was about to speak, the two heard The door was knocked unceremoniously.

"Sister-in-law, Dongbao! Are you at home? Open the door, it's me!"

The two looked at each other, and they both saw a bit of panic in each other's eyes. Hearing this voice, it turned out that it was Song Yu!
(End of this chapter)