The splendid countryside of the princess

Chapter 13 Happy Tofu
When I got home, it was almost dark, and the family lost the joy of making money at noon.

Tang Dai took out the meat she bought in the morning, cut two catties and handed it to Mrs. Li. "What are you doing?"

"Mother, take the meat, and you can fetch two catties of good wine and send it to Li Langzhong, Uncle Li's house, thank him for taking care of our family, and tell him about the ancestral house in the afternoon."

"Hey, I got it, I'm going right away." After listening to Tang Dai's words, Mrs. Li understood the meaning of the girl. The matter of the five taels of silver must not be leaked out, and she had to say hello to Brother Li, although he was not talkative.

"Oh, by the way, mother, buy me some plaster of paris again, I'll be useful."

"Hey, I got it!" Mrs. Li agreed, took the broken silver and went out.

"Big Brother, Third Brother, you two go get some beans and pick out the broken grains inside. I'm going to make something new to eat," Tang Dai ordered. She wanted to make tofu and bean sprouts earlier. Today not only The money I earned was gone, and I owed another debt.Seeing Tang Huahong sitting there still looking sleepy, he found something for her to do.

"Second Sister, you have to embroider the door curtain in your hand tomorrow. You owe money and things to the ancestral house, and you have to pay it within a month!"

"Hey, fourth sister, I'll start embroidering more intensively tomorrow." Tang Hua immediately regained his energy when he heard about his favorite embroidery art, and promised Tang Dai.I almost married a gangster today, and because my family owed so much money, I could embroider something to resist it, Tang Hua felt better thinking about it!

Tang Dai asked Tang Hua to help cook the pot. She rolled up her sleeves and prepared to cook. She picked two big bones, chopped radishes, and made big bone radish soup; cut two catties of meat and cut them into pieces to make braised pork, fried vegetables, and stewed A pot of white rice.

When Mrs. Li came back, they picked out the beans that Tang Dai wanted together, and the whole family gathered around the table and ate up a pot of rice, two dishes and one soup.Tang Jue, a snack foodie, yelled that the food made by the fourth sister was delicious, and he would ask the fourth sister to cook it in the future.

After dinner, Tang Dai, with the help of Tang Feng, divided the soybeans into two parts, soaked the more soybeans in a large wooden basin to try to make tofu tomorrow, and soaked the less soybeans in a wooden basin to prepare bean sprouts.

She has to try it out first, although in her previous life, she had sprouted bean sprouts because of school homework, and she was also interested in making tofu. She has a good memory and remembers the steps of making tofu, but she has never done it herself. pass.After the test is done, more can be made and sold.

Well done, the family turned on the lights and went to have a rest. There was nothing to say all night.

Get up early the next morning, after breakfast, everyone is busy.

Tang Hua moved the embroidery frame to the yard to embroider her door curtain.Tang Dai asked Li Shi to bring her a piece of dark cloth, an oval bamboo ladle that could leak water, and taught Tang Jue how to make bean sprouts. She told Tang Jue that it would take about seven days for the bean sprouts to explode, and it was his task to change the water and wash the cloth every day. Yes, Tang Jue nodded happily.

Tang Feng was summoned by Tang Dai to go to the village to borrow a small stone mill, put it in the yard, and let Li's pot boil hot water for preparation.Mrs. Li couldn't help laughing watching the whole family being driven around by her little girl. "Little girl, from now on, you will be responsible for this family." Mrs. Li was busy with the matter at hand, joking.

"I think it will work!" Tang Dai nodded vigorously.

"Haha..." Seeing Tang Dai's clever appearance, the whole family burst into laughter, laughing away the haze of yesterday.

"Third brother, I'm looking for some money from my mother to buy a catty of white sugar." Tang Dai wanted to drink sweet tofu flowers.Tang Jue took the money and turned around to buy candy.

"Mother, where's the plaster of paris I bought yesterday?" Mrs. Li came over with the plaster.

"Ordering tofu is the key to making tofu, and the tenderness of tofu depends on this step." Tang Dai taught Li Shi while ordering tofu.

After trying several times, I finally made white and tender tofu flowers.The whole family gathered around in amazement, saying that they finally saw what the tofu in Tang Dai's mouth looked like.Tang Dai couldn't help holding her forehead, and told her family that this is called tofu, not tofu, the tofu has to be pressed, it's in pieces!

After pressing the tofu, they made lunch, and the family drank a large bowl of sweet bean curd with the fragrant bean dregs pancakes made of bean dregs.Tang Jue was so full that he burped and rubbed his stomach.Tang Hua also liked the sweet taste, and praised it as delicious.Tang Dai looked at the family eating happily, and said, "Mom, this tofu is made to be sold, so it's better to have a nice name, or should it be called "Happy Tofu"?"

"It's a good name, and the days of eating our tofu will make you happier!" Mrs. Li nodded in agreement, and the others also had no objections, so the name was decided on.

Tang Dai thought about the situation at home again, and then discussed with Mrs. Li, "Mother, we have a separate family, and the family has to be a separate household. The eldest brother is not yet old, why don't you set up a female household first?" Peace of mind, as long as the family works together to make money and live.

Mrs. Li pondered for a while, but there was no other way, so she agreed. "Then I will go to your Aunt Osmanthus's house and say hello to your grandpa, the village head."

"Okay, when the tofu is finished, take a few pieces of tofu and take the rest of the meat, right? Leaving aside the care Aunt Osmanthus has taken for our family these years, I borrowed five taels of silver yesterday without saying a word. It’s gone. Besides, there will be many things that will trouble the village head’s grandfather later. What does mother say?”

"You are very thoughtful. If this is the case, what about the five taels of silver? Did you take it back?"

"It's hard to explain. If you don't pay it back, the favor has already been accepted, and you will pay it back later when the tofu and bean sprouts make money. If you want to do something at home, you have to ask for capital."

Mrs. Li nodded in agreement, the daughter's secret must not be revealed, so be careful!After discussing it, we all went to our own business.

In the middle of the afternoon, the tofu was pressed, and the family gathered around to watch Tang Dai cut the tofu with a knife, took it out and soaked it piece by piece in clean water.The whole family couldn't help laughing at the thought of treating the tofu flower as tofu. Tang Dai also smiled and narrowed her eyes when she saw the family's warm appearance.Well, it’s better to call it Happy Tofu. Thinking about the name of tofu I chose, I secretly nodded in agreement.

Li packed up the meat and tofu, put them in a small basket, covered them with a cloth, and went to the village chief's house with Tang Dai.Along the way, familiar people met Li Shi and greeted them, and Li Shi also taught Tang Dai to call people one by one.

"From Ergui's family, I heard that you spent more than a dozen taels of silver to separate from the ancestral house?" It was the woman with the longest mouth in the village, from the family of Sanlaizi.

"Well, we're separated." Seeing that it was her, Mrs. Li felt displeased, and responded lightly.Mrs. Li didn't know, but now the whole village knew about the family separation yesterday.

The San Laizi's family didn't look at Li Shi's face, they forced themselves over and told the whole story from the beginning.It turned out that yesterday Tang Dai's family was overheard by Tang Bagou, the most nosy person in the village, and told the villagers that the ancestral house was going to sell its granddaughter to raise money for the grandson's exam.Ergui's family was forced to have no choice but to ask the village head's family to borrow money, but Li Langzhong didn't pay for the medicine, and still owed a lot of debts to the ancestral house, just to prevent the big girl from marrying that gangster in Li's village, Ergui's family It's really pitiful for you and a few children... what!

Seeing that she didn't say anything against her family, Tang Dai didn't say a word, and followed Mrs. Li to the village chief's house without stopping.But I snorted coldly in my heart: There is no impenetrable wall in the world!

At this time, the people in the ancestral house also heard the rumors in the village that old man Tang sat there with a black face like Bao Gong, and old lady Qian scolded the family's nemesis.Tang Dalang was afraid that his reputation would be affected, so anxious and angry, he broke a good inkstone he just bought in his room.

When he arrived at the village head's house, Jingou was playing house games with his younger brother Ergouzi, younger sister Yuer, and cousin Qinger in the yard.Seeing Tang Dai approaching, her eyes lit up, she called Li Shi, little sister Xiaoniu, and ran into the room again shouting loudly: "Mother, mother, Aunt Li and little sister Xiaoniu are here!"

"Hey, come in and sit down quickly, come here, what are you doing with your things?" Li Guihua who ran out greeted Li Shi and Tang Dai, Li Shi handed over the basket, Li Guihua took a look at the basket and saw that it was meat, and there were three big pieces I don't know what that white and tender thing is!
"Aunt Osmanthus, my mother and I are here today to thank you for lending money to my family yesterday and helping our family get through the difficulties. Besides, I have something to trouble the village head grandpa. This idea is not a respect, and the other three are my new ones. My food is called Happiness Tofu, let me try it for you first.”

Tang Wangwang, who was sitting at the table, heard that the fresh food was also curious and took it over for a long time to look at it. He praised Tang Dai for being smart enough to cook such beautiful food.Just don't know how it tastes like?
Tang Dai went to the kitchen and carefully taught Li Guihua how to cook tofu, and also taught her to soak the unfinished tofu in clear water to keep it fresh, and don't leave it for a long time.Li Shi also told Tang Wangwang about the purpose of coming here, about opening a female household, and gave Tang Wangwang a tael of silver, saying that it would cost money to help run the county government, and Tang Dai confessed the money to Li Shi at home.Tang Wangwang thought about yesterday's matter of ten taels and five taels of silver, and after pushing it twice, he accepted it.

Back home, Tang Dai also made braised tofu for the family to try in the evening.After eating braised tofu, the whole family is very confident in selling tofu to make money.Tang Dai originally wanted to make mapo tofu, but when she asked, she said that people here have never eaten chili sauce and chili, so I don't know what Tang Dai is talking about?Tang Dai's eyes lit up again when she heard this, is this a money-making business again? !Hehe, Tang Dai seemed to be waving at her with white money again!
Tang Jue, who was next to him, looked at his fourth younger sister sitting there alone with silly joy, and couldn't help shaking his head again, how unreliable this fourth younger sister seems!

(End of this chapter)