Yoshida Mii

Chapter 78 New ideas

"These beans are soaked." Ergou said to himself, if the beans were dried, they wouldn't be crushed with a stone roller.

Uncle Song said from the side: "Isn't it? I went to fetch water in the afternoon, and I saw that girl Dongbao was drying beans, and she said that the beans are only useful when they are dried!"

Er Gou looked back at Uncle Song, he couldn't see the expression on Song Yu's face, and wanted to ask him, "Will you go when Dong Bao told you to jump into the river?" After thinking about it, he held back.

After Li Shi and Li Hongqin had finished grinding the soy milk, they carried the vat of soy milk together to the kitchen. The two people lying on the wall could no longer see what was going on in the kitchen. Just when they were about to go back , I saw Dong Bao coming out of the house and entering the stove. After a while, pots of snow-white bean curd were brought out of the house and put in the yard to press tofu.

After observing the general process, Ergou had a clue in his mind. He had tried to make tofu before, and he still had a jar of brine at home, but the tofu he made was not tasty, so naturally he couldn’t sell it for money.Now that he sees that the tofu made by Li Shi and Dongbao is nothing special, and he has two barrels of magical "well water", he firmly believes that he can also make delicious tofu.When the time comes, he will give this brainless Song Yu two ideas, and the well will belong to him!

Dongbao still only soaked [-] catties of beans, [-] catties of tofu, and [-] catties of tofu.The small fish and shrimp caught by Quanzi and Shuanzi yesterday were spread out on a broken reed mat to dry in the sun, and they were taken back to the house at night, before they were all dried, Dongbao grabbed a handful of small fish and shrimp, Chop it finely with a kitchen knife, put it in a bowl, and sprinkle a pinch of it to enhance the flavor when you are about to sell the bean curd.

Today's bean curd is as popular as ever, and tofu is sold a lot more than yesterday.When it was time to close the stall, Dongbao cut a piece of tofu and wrapped it in leaves as usual, and prepared to give it to the uncle.

Dong Bao told Li Shi, and ran to Li Lifeng's shop.I heard Li Hongqin sighing to Li Shi from behind: "You are a lucky one. Dongbao is smart and capable, but the key is that she has a clear heart and knows everything. She knows who treats her well!" There are many girls with active brains However, what is rare is that Dongbao has a grateful heart.

Dong Bao sweated a little, and quickly ran away with the tofu in her hand. In fact, she didn't want to go to her uncle's house, mainly because she didn't like her aunt Gao.Mrs. Gao is not a bad person, and she has no evil intentions in essence. Compared with Aunt Song who wanted to sell her, she is a bodhisattva. However, Mrs. Gao is bitter and mean. Shi smiled very politely on the surface, but in fact, his eyes clearly said: You owe us too much, what is it to give us this little tofu?You have taken advantage of us, and we have suffered a lot...

When we arrived at the entrance of Li Lifeng's shop, it was just in time for the students of Wenfeng Academy to finish their classes. After a while, there were twenty or thirty students who came to buy cakes and fruits, and the small shop was packed to the brim.Dong Bao stood outside and observed for a while. These students were all dressed in general. Although they were clean and tidy, the material of the clothes was not very good. She remembered hearing Li Lifeng say that the students who came to buy cakes and fruits were all relatively rich and lazy. Those who cook by themselves, as well as most of the students from ordinary families, can only queue up in the kitchen room behind the academy and use several large stoves to cook by themselves.

The pastries taste sweet and greasy, and they can only be eaten as snacks, and they will definitely not be enough to eat as a meal, especially if most of these students are teenagers, it is the time when they can eat and grow their bodies.If dozens of pancakes were steamed every day, and two dishes were cooked and sold at the gate of the academy, just for these students to eat, there would be no worries about not being able to sell them!

The more Dong Bao thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was feasible. In his previous life, when school was over, the food stalls in front of any school were crowded, and the owners of the food stalls made more money than white-collar workers in urban office buildings. It’s just for a while, pancakes cost a penny each, vegetables cost two pennies a scoop, and if they’re not expensive, more people will buy them. Even if half of the hundreds of students in Wenfeng Academy are from wealthy families, they bring their own servants to serve them. For food, there are also fifty students who need to eat, so it is at least 150 yuan, and it is not bad to have [-] yuan in capital. Although it is not as much as selling bean curd, it is very good to sell it for a while a day. .

"Dong Bao, why are you sending tofu again?" Li Lifeng finished his work, and when he came out of the shop, he saw Dong Bao, and said, "Didn't you say that you don't need to send it? Let's keep it for you and your mother to eat."

"There's still a lot left, enough for us to eat." Dong Bao smiled, handed the tofu to Gao Shi who came out of the shop, and asked, "Uncle, are you only busy for a while at noon?"

Li Lifeng nodded, "This group of students come and go quickly, buy a bag of snacks and leave."

"Then they will have snacks at noon and won't eat?" Dong Bao asked tentatively.

"I still have to eat, and I can't get enough just by eating snacks." Li Lifeng smiled, "Such a half-grown child is the easiest to get hungry. There are many people waiting in line for cooking at the stove, and they are the first to eat. Buy something for the bottom line."

Dong Bao nodded, hesitated for a while, and then glanced at Li Lifeng's shop.

Seeing that Dong Bao had something to say, Li Lifeng couldn't help laughing and said: "What's the matter? Is there anything you can't say to Uncle?"

Dong Bao smiled, a little embarrassed, pointed at the door of Wenfeng College and said, "Uncle, my mother and I set up a stall here, selling pancakes and side dishes for the group of students, do you think it will work?"

"Success! Why can't it work! There must be twenty or thirty people who come out every time." Li Lifeng was stunned for a moment, then recovered and said with a heavy nod, "It's just that the selling price can't be expensive, and the students who come out to buy food don't have any You are very rich. Don’t set up a stall at the entrance of the academy, just sell it at Uncle’s place. There is a stove burning at home, so everything is convenient.”

Dong Bao quickly waved his hands, "What can I do?" Selling food at Uncle's door, if it steals the business from Uncle's shop, that would be a bad idea.She doesn't have many reliable people in this world who she can trust. If the tired uncle turns against them, the business will not be done.

"That's it." Li Lifeng said quickly, as if he could see the worry in Dong Bao's heart, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid of grabbing business, if uncle's shop relies on those students to buy fruit, it should have closed long ago."

Coming out of Uncle's shop, Dong Bao bought a lot of vegetables, and when he returned to the stall, he saw a few men in black and red uniforms standing in front of his stall, talking to Li Hongqin What, Dong Bao's heart tightened subconsciously, and he ran over.

"Sisters-in-law, we have seen that you have set up a stall here for a few days. The business is not bad. Are you going to do business here for a long time?" asked the leading yamen servant.

When Dong Bao ran over, he stood next to Mrs. Li, and saw the faces of the yamen servants. The yamen servants who spoke were only seventeen or eighteen years old, tall and dark, with a round face and thick lips. It's not as vicious as imagined, and even a bit pleasing. I don't know if it's the kind and kind master Yan that Mrs. Geng said.

"Yes." Li Shi said cautiously.After Mrs. Geng and the others mentioned yesterday, she guessed that these yamen servants were here to collect taxes, so naturally she couldn't be happy.

The round-faced yamen servant laughed, "Sister-in-law, if you only set up a stall for two or three days, we will make it easier for you and don't need this tax, but if you come to set up a stall every day, we will have to charge you." , otherwise it would be difficult to explain to the superiors. These days, I see that your business is not bad, so you can only pay fifty yuan a month."

"This..." Mrs. Li was an honest person, with a bad tongue, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Brother, my mother and I rely on this stall to pay off our debts! Can you do me a favor, can you charge me less?" Dong Bao said, and the little girl's voice was sweet and waxy, "My father is gone, my grandma is gone. You drove me and my mother out of the house, if there wasn't this stall, we would have to beg for food!"

The round-faced yamen servant was stunned for a moment, bent down, looked at Dong Bao at the same level, and said with a smile: "Little girl, where are you from?" It shouldn't be a lie, who would use his own father to lie to others Mile?Besides, there are only a few villages near Yuanshui Town. After a little investigation, he will know whether the little girl is lying or not.

"We are from Tagouji. My father's name is Song Yang. He is a scholar. He didn't have it in the twelfth lunar month last year. Brother, you can find out if you just ask around in our village!" Dong Bao said seriously.Didn't it mean that Mr. Yan is a good person, so he has to take care of their orphans and widows!

The round-faced yamen servant glanced at Li Shi and Li Hongqin who were standing honestly by the side. Both of them looked busy, they didn't look like liars and tactful people. He didn't recognize Song Xiucai from Tagouji, but this little girl should Not lying, he immediately said: "Well then, I'll go back and tell our boss about your situation, and I'll collect the money tomorrow."

"Thank you, big brother! Tomorrow big brother will come early, and I will treat you to eat bean curd!" Dong Bao laughed.

The round-faced yamen servant waved his hands and led a few people to other booths.

Both Li Shi and Li Hongqin felt a little uncomfortable. They earned a lot of money, but both of them were used to being frugal and careful. Paying taxes was equivalent to giving away their hard-earned money, which made people feel a little distressed.

In the afternoon, Dong Bao was talking to the Li family about his plan. He planned to cook with tofu and sell lunch at Wenfeng Academy. This would not only make money, but also promote tofu. A place where businesses gather and sell meals to the workers who work in the businesses.

When several people were talking enthusiastically, Lin Shi came home and smiled at Mrs. Li in the yard: "Ma'am, there is an old lady standing outside the door, she keeps looking in, and she ignores me when I ask her." .”

Feeling strange, Li quickly got up from the stool and went out to look. Dong Bao also followed and saw the old lady outside the door.

The visitor was about 50 years old, with a thin body, some gray hair was neatly combed in a bun behind his head, his eyes were sharp and energetic, and he looked at Li Shi with his hands behind his back, and then his eyes focused on Dong Bao.

(End of this chapter)