take a wife to support the family

Chapter 123 The First Day of Opening

The soybeans were soaked at noon the first day, and early the next morning, two hours before dawn, Wen Wa's father was already driving the blindfolded donkey around the stone mill to grind the soybean milk.

Wen Wa Niang controlled the amount of soybeans and water added to the stone mill. Lily watched her work the first day, and she was indeed a good hand.

After more than an hour, all the soy milk is ground and boiled in a large pot.At this time, Lily and Lamei also came to work, and Li Caifeng also came from home. She made some leaven the day before and put it on the stove to warm it with ashes.

Li Caifeng kneaded the noodles, Lamei helped her mix the stuffing, and Lily mixed the gypsum water on the side.

The boiled soy milk cuts off the beany smell, smell the fragrance, scoop out a few pots and pour them into a wooden barrel, the wooden barrel is newly made, similar to Lily's bath barrel, with a lid on the top, nothing dirty Can't fly in.

When you want to make soy milk, just unplug the lower plug, and the soy milk will flow out. Customers can add white sugar or brown sugar as they like.

Put the gypsum water into the soy milk, and it will quickly condense into balls of bean curd. You can still scoop out two buckets and put them on the counter. You can add sugar, fried soybeans, autumn oil, and salty ingredients made with wild mushrooms.

There are four layers of cages, each layer has at least fifty buns, which are divided into vegetarian fillings, red bean paste fillings, meat fillings, and brown sugar fillings. When the water is boiled on a blazing fire, white steam will come out of the steamer in a short while.

Scoop the remaining beancurd into a wooden plate specially made for tofu. Spread gauze on the plate and place a heavy object on it. If you press lightly, it will be tender watery tofu. If you press heavier, it will be old tofu. It is the best stew .

The tofu was left behind and slowly compacted. Lily went to the front and opened the shop door. The layout of the shop in the morning was different from the past. Two tables and seven or eight stools were placed instead of two counters. You can sit down and have breakfast instead of standing or bringing a bowl from home.

There were few people on the street early in the morning, and others didn't know that they opened a breakfast shop. Most of them went to other places. Lily thought about it, and said to a few people: "Haven't you eaten this morning? Let's make a bowl for each person to eat." , it won’t be too late if someone comes to greet you later.”

She scooped up a bowl of bean curd for herself first, mixed it with salty fillings, and then took a steamed stuffed bun with red bean paste: "In the future, it's better to have the family's breakfast here, so we don't have to go back and cook for them."

Li Caifeng nodded: "That's the reason."

They went to work in the store, Song Haonian was the only one left in Baihe's family, and Li Caifeng still had to take care of Liu Yi and Xing'er, it would be better to ask them all to come to the store to eat, it would cost nothing and save trouble.

"Why don't others know, my little devil star must be very happy." Li Caifeng couldn't help laughing thinking about Xing'er's excited smile.

It was the first time for Wen Wa to eat with them, and when she saw Lily serving sweet buns with salty bean curd, she boldly said, "I'm afraid it will taint the smell."

Lily smiled and said, "It's okay, I like to eat like this."

Her habit is quite interesting: eating two sweet things or two salty things together will always make you get bored easily, and there will always be surprises in one bite of sweet and one salty.

Seeing her insistence, Wen Wa Niang didn't say anything anymore, she made a bowl of soy milk without sugar, sat there and drank it slowly, Li Caifeng hurriedly asked: "Do you want steamed stuffed buns or meat buns?"

Wen Wa Niang knew that she was in business with Lily, she was a little embarrassed and said: "We help to make tofu, drink soy milk, and eat tofu brain, and the boss just deducts from the wages. It is not easy for you to do business, so how can you open your mouth to you. "

Li Caifeng said with a smile: "What's the point? It's just to find something to do, so that people don't get sick at home. We will work together every day in the future. The division is so clear that it makes people uncomfortable to push back and forth every day."

Only then did Wenwaniang say: "Give me a bean bun. They say you are good at cooking. I'll try it today."

Lily asked her again, "Do you want sugar or not? Soy milk is better if you add some sugar."

Wen Wa Niang added a spoonful of brown sugar to her bowl, stirred it well, bowed her head and took a sip, it was sweet and moist, extremely fragrant, and it was really delicious.Take another bite of the red bean paste bun, and the whole person stretches out.

The few of them were eating and drinking lively, and after a while, someone came to follow the fragrance, and smiled as soon as they came in: "The new store is open without saying anything, what are you eating, quickly give me some too!"

When one came to the door, the second came, and soon the shop was full of people looking for new products. Li Caifeng, Li Caifeng, and Lamei greeted the guests together after finishing their breakfast in a hurry.

Vegetarian steamed stuffed buns cost two for one penny, one for another one penny, a bowl of bean curd for two pennies, and a bowl of soy milk for one penny. It seems that the price is not cheap, but in fact, the quantity is large, and the cost of sugar and ingredients is included. It is delicious and still attracts many people.If you buy more, there will be a discount, or you can get a vegetarian bun or something.

Not only the people in the town, Lily sold raspberries on the main road last year, and became familiar with many people. Some merchants and drivers passed by here, and when they saw Lily opened a shop, they all came in and sat down for a while, asking for a bowl After eating the hot tofu curd and a few delicious buns, I felt refreshed and energetic all day long.

In the middle, Lily sent Lamei to call Liu Yi and Song Haonian for breakfast. If Lily and the others hadn't stopped them, they would have come to help early in the morning.It's just that they have their own work, and if they help here, they will be affected if they work elsewhere.

In less than an hour, the two hundred buns were sold out, and some people stomped their feet and sighed when they heard that there were no buns.Li Caifeng's eyes were straightened, "It's sold so fast!"

She originally estimated that it would be good to sell so much in one day, but she didn't expect to make a lot of money in just an hour.

Lily said to her: "It's the time of spring plowing, many people are too lazy to cook at home, so they carry buns from us, enough for the whole family to eat for a day."

Li Caifeng nodded: "I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to sell it at a loss, so I'll take out those two cages tomorrow and steam them for three hundred!"

When her cage was ordered, it had six floors. Today, fearing that the business will not be good, she only made four cages, which is obviously far from keeping up with the demand.

Wen Wa's father had been staring at the tofu after breakfast, and at this moment he came out and said, "It's all done."

Song Haonian went in, hitched a small trolley to the donkey, and delivered tofu family by family as agreed a few days ago.The chefs of those families have tested the tofu, and after tasting a piece, they are quite satisfied: "I will do it like this in the future."

After delivering the tofu, more than an hour has passed, and there is still a slice of tofu on the cart. On the way, I meet individual customers who want to buy it. Half a leaf has been sold for three pennies.

Song Haonian returned to the store with a smile on his face, and saw that the tables and chairs in the morning had been put away, and the two counters were reassembled into one, with tofu covered with gauze on top, Lamei was standing behind the counter to collect money, Lily couldn't I know where I went.

"Your eldest sister?" Song Haonian wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Lily was washing the dishes in the back, talking to Wenwa's parents: "... soaked soybeans can not only grind soybean milk, but also produce bean sprouts, and there are also bean sprouts. For example, soybean milk, adding some corn to grind together is a The taste, adding some walnuts is another taste, you can also add black beans, glutinous rice, yellow rice... soy milk can also expose the yuba, which is another delicious taste."

"Needless to say, bean curd is made into tofu. Is it possible that the tofu will go moldy if it can't be sold? Sliced ​​and smoked, it becomes dried tofu; add some ingredients to make fermented bean curd and stinky tofu, so you don't have to worry about spoiling..."

Wenwa's parents were stunned when they heard this: "Big sister, you have a lot of ideas and tricks. These things can be turned into tricks for several years. Now you can tell us all about it, and you are not afraid that we will spoil your affairs if we say it."

Song Haonian also nodded at the side, if it wasn't for Lily saying this all at once, he still wouldn't have realized that Lily could have so many tricks.

Lily smiled and said: "I'm also afraid I'll forget it when I'm busy, so let me tell you that you will launch a new soy milk with new ingredients on the first day of each month, bean sprouts, bean sprouts and so on. Yuba should be made earlier. The remaining dried tofu and so on are produced every half a year, and we have enough in the store."

Wen Wa's parents nodded repeatedly, they were not the kind of cunning people waiting to use the boss's idea to please the next boss, since Lily believed them so, they would keep the secret no matter what.

What's more, Lily's wages for them are much higher than before, and Wenwa is working with Qingsong in the city again, they are very happy in their hearts, how can they expect others to treat them more kindly than Baihe and Song Haonian?
After the first day of business, Baihe and Li Caifeng sat together to settle accounts, and asked Lamei and Xing'er to listen.Xing'er is still young, but I just want her to learn as a child, so that her eyes will not be darkened when she lives at home. Lamei is pressed for time, and she is about to see each other, so she can't relax.

Calculated by the two of them, the steamed stuffed bun made a full 350 renminbi, and the soy milk and tofu nao also earned more than 200 renminbi. After deducting the cost, labor, and their own meals, they made a net profit of [-] renminbi a day, which is not counting the money sent to the big families. Tofu money.

The eyes of the three women were shining brightly: "The strange Taoist said that it is good to open a shop, but guarding a shop is better than guarding mountains of gold and silver!"

Although it is a bit tiring, the money can be made much faster than before.

Because she got up early, she did a lot of work in the morning. Lily went home to sleep at noon, and came back to work in the store in the afternoon to prepare soybeans and stuffing for buns for tomorrow.

Fortunately, people in the countryside go to bed when it gets dark, and even if they get up early, they can sleep for three or four hours a day, otherwise Lily's body is afraid that she will collapse after a few days.

This day, Lily woke up from a nap, and saw Song Haonian coming in with a dark face, she was a little dazed for a moment, not knowing who provoked him.

She was in a daze, not as bright as usual, and looked at him for a while, but couldn't say a word.

Fortunately, Song Haonian was able to restrain himself, fetching water and throwing a handkerchief to wipe Lily's face, seeing that she was slowly waking up, then he talked about the things that made him angry: "Xiuxiu wants to see her."

(End of this chapter)