happy apocalypse

Chapter 156

"Oh, I see that you have such a good relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and your in-laws and family. I really envy you for being so harmonious." Aunt Guo looked at the interaction between the three of us and became envious.

"There is nothing to be envious of. Your son and daughter-in-law look good to us, so you can be content." Jiang Ma teased Aunt Guo.

"Yes, yes, yes, my daughter-in-law is not bad, as long as she doesn't compare with you, haha." Aunt Guo said comfortingly.

"Okay, it's been a while since I came here, and I don't know if my son and daughter-in-law are awake, I have to go back and cook." Aunt Guo said, getting up to leave.

"Aunt Guo, how long have you been here? It's hard to come here. You can sit down for a while." Seeing that Aunt Guo really wanted to leave, I quickly got up and said politely.

As soon as Aunt Guo got up, when she heard what I said, she suddenly remembered and said, "Oh, look at my memory, I keep chatting with you when I come here, and I haven't said anything about the business."

The three of us were taken aback when we heard that, we thought she was here just to chat with Mama Jiang and Mama Qu, but I didn't expect there was something else.Then all three of us looked at her, trying to hear what business she had come.

"I see that the weather is getting cooler, and I want to grind some beans to make tofu, so I came to your house to borrow two catties of beans. Our family didn't grow them this year. I know yours has grown them, so I came to your house to borrow some for next year." I planted it, and I’m paying you back.” Aunt Guo told me the purpose of her visit.

The villagers in Tashan Village are used to growing vegetables in their small yards at home, so that they are close to home. When cooking, they go to the yard to pick them right away.But in this way, the vegetable plots of each family are not large, only two or three points. This summer is too dry, and everyone waters the rice first when there is some water to keep the most important food, so the vegetable plots in the yard instead In autumn, vegetables such as persimmons and cucumbers are starved, and there is not enough to eat at all, so many people always have green onions and miso on the dinner table.

The vegetable field planted by Aunt Guo's family this year has not grown very much due to the drought, so they eat vegetables sparingly throughout the summer.My mother and mother-in-law knew about their family's situation, so Jiang Ma just picked a bagful of vegetables from the backyard and sent them to her family two days ago.

But the supply is limited after all, and it takes only a day or two to finish eating every meal. It would be a pity if the weather is too hot and the food will be ruined, so she wanted to think about it Eating other dishes can be regarded as a change of taste.

"What are you talking about? It's just some beans. You can take some back and eat it, and you can't borrow it or not, but it's too outlandish." Jiang Ma heard that Aunt Guo said it was a loan, and she had to pay it back next year. Said.The neighbors in this neighborhood, those who don't look up and look down, take two catties of beans, and still have to return.

"That's right, Aunt Guo, just take it. Our family has harvested a lot of soybeans this year, and we don't know how to eat them, and we can't eat much this year." I am too good at cooking with these beans.

Our family has harvested nearly 1000 catties of soybeans this year, and there are still a lot of mung beans. Jiang Ma and Qu Ma just gave birth to some bean sprouts, and the rest are piled up in the granary.

"By the way, I gave birth to some bean sprouts two days ago, you can take some when you leave later, and try something new when you go back." At this moment, Qu Ma also remembered that there was still a pot of bean sprouts at home, and hurriedly sold them to Aunt Guo.

"Oh, don't give it to me. It's hard to get some bean sprouts. Let's save them for the children." Aunt Guo was embarrassed when she heard that she was giving beans and bean sprouts, she shook her head and said.

"I don't give birth to children of all ages. These children eat every day and are tired of eating. These days, when they eat, they argue that they don't want to eat bean sprouts." Qu's mother gave birth to too many bean sprouts at a time, so every meal has bean sprouts We're all a little tired.

"Yes, Aunt Guo, you must take some bean sprouts when you leave. No, you should take them all, or our family will not know how to eat them for a few more days." When I thought that there was still a big pot of bean sprouts I have a headache when I keep it in the warehouse.

"Haha, your family is really interesting, okay, then I will not be polite, I will take it when I leave in a while. But, sister Jiang, your family only eats beans and bean sprouts, don't you do something else? ?" Aunt Guo was no longer polite when she heard what we said, but she wondered why our family only ate raw bean sprouts.

"We also want to do something else, but our family members don't know how to do it." Jiang Ma was also quite helpless, guarding so many materials, but she couldn't do it.

"Then I will grind beans to make tofu this time, will your family make some?" Aunt Guo asked.

"It's troublesome, if it's too much trouble, forget it, you'll be tired enough just to clean up your own house." Mama Jiang was afraid of causing trouble to others, so I listened beside me, my eyes sparkling.

"What's the trouble, no trouble, isn't it just a matter of turning the mill a few more times. This time, our two families will grind beans together and make tofu." One sheep is also herding, and two sheep are also herding. Aunt Guo directly decided, The two do it together.

I immediately regained my energy after hearing this, and said, "Okay, Aunt Guo, you can just take charge of the command. Our family has a lot of labor, so we will do the grinding."

After I finished speaking, I wanted to go upstairs and find everyone to work. Aunt Guo quickly stopped me and said, "Xiao Yi, don't worry, even if you want to make tofu, you can't do it today. The beans haven't been soaked yet, soy beans It has to be soaked overnight until it softens before it can be ground, let’s soak beans today and make tofu tomorrow.”

When I heard Aunt Guo say this, I realized that it should be the same as making soy milk, and you have to soak the beans a day in advance.

"Okay, let's go to Aunt Guo's house to make tofu tomorrow morning."

After I made an agreement with Aunt Guo, Aunt Guo went home to cook for my son and daughter-in-law, while I found a big bucket and went to the warehouse to soak soybeans.

I scooped a few scoops and put them in the wooden bucket, and felt that it was too little. These must not be enough for the whole family to eat. There is also Aunt Guo's house, and then I scooped up a few more scoops.

In this way, every time I finish scooping, I can always think of who else is there, so I keep scooping into the bucket. Finally, I finally think of all the people I can think of, and the wooden bucket will be filled by me.

I looked at this big wooden barrel and wondered if there were too many soybeans, but then I comforted myself, as long as there are too many, if there are too many, I will store the rest and eat it directly when I want to eat up.

So in the end I soaked 50 catties of soybeans.

Early the next morning, I grabbed Jiang Zhi and Li Cheng and took Jiang Ma to Aunt Guo's house, along with the 50 catties of soybeans soaked yesterday.

Aunt Guo was cleaning the stone mill in the yard. When she saw us coming, she hurriedly greeted us. When she saw the four large buckets in Jiang Zhi and Li Cheng's hands, she was startled and said, "How many soybeans have you soaked?" ah?"

"50 catties, Xiaoyi said that it was hard to make it once, so I will make more to improve everyone's meals." Jiang Ma said with a smile on her face.

I was very helpless when I heard it next to me. I didn’t feel too much when I first soaked it. After the soybeans were soaked in water, they all swelled up. It used to be one bucket full, but now it has become four buckets. I also feel There are too many, but there is no way, it is already like this, I can't take the soybeans out of the water, let's dry them and put them away.

"That's too much. These 50 beans can produce at least 150 catties of tofu. How can you eat the old ones? It's still hot now, and the tofu can't be kept. If you can't eat it, it will be spoiled." Aunt Guo still I feel that I make too much tofu at once, even if there are more people in the family, I can't eat 150 catties of tofu at once.Food is so precious now that it cannot afford to be wasted.

"It's okay, Aunt Guo, don't you still have my little aunt and Aunt Qin's house? I'll send some to them when I'm done, as well as my two sisters. We're going to have a lot of food today. If you really can't eat it, let's let it go." We have frozen tofu in the ice cellar at home, and we can just take it out and eat it when we want to eat it in the future, it’s convenient.” I made a plan, I finally made tofu once, and I made more, anyway, we have a place to put it at home.

After the villagers handed in their food, the electricity in Tashan Village was cut off again, and the refrigerator at home is now unusable.But this can better reflect the benefits of our ice cellar, which is a natural refrigerator.

"Your method is really good. I didn't expect it just now. If you freeze it into frozen tofu, put some in the sauerkraut, it will be delicious." Aunt Guo also thinks that if the leftover tofu can be frozen into frozen tofu good.Aunt Guo also dug an ice cellar this year, but there is no ice in it now, so it will not be used this year.

"Okay, let's get started." I couldn't wait.

I took the big brush from Aunt Guo and went on to clean the stone mill.

After a while, Aunt Guo went in to get the tools for making tofu.

First of all, the first process is to grind the beans.The mill at Aunt Guo’s house is not big, it’s a family outfit, and it’s only half a meter in diameter, which is not on the same level as the big stone mill in our space.

"Chengzi, there is no chance for you to show off." After I finished cleaning the mill, I sat on the chair in front of the stone mill, looked at the stone mill installed in this family, and said with emotion.

Li Cheng looked at me with a question mark on his face.

"I originally thought about the kind of big stone mill that needs a donkey to pull it. We don't have a donkey at home, so I will give you a chance to show it. I will bring you a blindfold to pull it. The effect should be the same, but it turned out not to be used." I said with regret.

Both Jiang Zhi and Jiang Ma watched with smiles on our siblings killing each other.

Li Cheng was furious when he heard this, and he breathed fire at me with his bull's eye, but he didn't dare to do anything to me, so he had no choice but to stare at Jiang Zhi with his bull's eye and shout: "Brother-in-law, look at you!" Daughter-in-law, you can't be a little manly, take care of it."

After yelling at Jiang Zhi, he turned to Jiang Ma again, with a pitiful expression on his face, and said to Jiang Ma, "Aunt Jiang, your daughter-in-law is bullying me again."

"Daughter-in-law, don't always tell the truth, how can Li Cheng and donkey be the same?" Jiang Zhi said to me with a slight complaint in his tone.

When Li Cheng heard this, he temporarily gave up acting like a baby to Jiang Ma, and nodded quickly, thinking that Jiang Zhi was going to vent his anger on him. I really wanted to tell him not to make him happy too soon. Jiang Zhi must have something else to say. Sure enough, Jiang Zhi continued Said: "Don't insult the donkey."

Li Cheng almost didn't fall when he heard it. Looking at our couple who are in a mess and the husband and wife sing together, he has nowhere to vent his anger, so he can only turn to Jiangma again, hoping that Jiangma can uphold justice.

"Everything my daughter-in-law said is right, and she's right when she's not right." Mama Jiang firmly stood by my side.It's just that the calm expression on his face couldn't hold on any longer, and the corners of his mouth pulled slightly to the sides.

After hearing this, I arrogantly raised my head and squinted at Li Cheng who was bouncing on the spot.

Li Cheng jumped up and down there a few times, and realized that it was useless to jump up and down, no one would take it out on him, so he wiped his face, turned to Aunt Guo who had just come out of the room and said, "Aunt Guo, let's Let's get started, I have all the energy I can't use."

I laughed out loud when I heard that, it must be that I have nowhere to vent my anger.

(End of this chapter)