Happy peasant girl

Chapter 26
After seeing off Steward Li and Qidabanzi tofu, the old Lin's family members were all too tired to sit on the ground. This morning's Wubanzi was considered the limit. The freshly soaked soybeans are freshly ground, which is really tiring and time-consuming.

In the evening, people from the old Lin’s family sat around and calculated an account. The soybeans they bought cost two catties for one penny, and one catty of soybeans yielded three catties of tofu. A small board of tofu cost thirty catties, and a large board of tofu Fifty catties, the soy milk in the process of grinding tofu can be drunk and sold for money, and the bean dregs can be made into pancakes.

"Grandpa, our small tofu is supposed to earn more than 20 yuan, and it's not a lot of small business, but today the young master of Li's mansion gave a tael of silver and a big board. On the first day of opening, it is considered a small profit." A fortune. But now some people in Fu’an Town already know that the tofu of our old Lin’s family is worth a tael of silver, so how can we sell tofu tomorrow?” Lin Qingfei was naturally very happy when the tofu made money, but the famous food and drink The young master of the Li family set the price of tofu at one tael and a big board, so he naturally didn't want to lower the price. Fortunately, it was the first day it opened, and the price could be changed.

"We have to be trustworthy in doing business. We agreed that one penny would cost one piece of tofu, and one piece of tofu would cost one catty. If we opened the business on the first day, we would raise the price on the second day. Wouldn't our old Lin's family become an unscrupulous family? Sanlang, Grandpa knows that you have a good brain, and although Grandpa has never done business, he also knows that business and life are the same, and he would rather earn less than lose his conscience." Lin Yuanshan not only said to Lin Qingfei, It is also teaching other children and grandchildren.

"Grandpa, I got it! How about this, let's make a few more plates of tofu tomorrow, and my eldest brother and second brother and I will send it to the Li family for free, as a thank you to the young master of the Li family for taking care of our business?" Lin Qing Fei listened to Linyuan Mountain's words.

He is not the kind of selfish profiteer, although he likes the feeling of making money, but as Grandpa said, he can't be ignorant of his conscience.

"Okay, just do as you said, but I may be busy again later, and I will sell soy milk tomorrow. I don't know if anyone will buy it?" Just made some money selling tofu, Linyuan Mountain I began to worry about whether the soy milk could be sold.

It's just that Linyuan Mountain's worry was quickly replaced by joy. The soy milk and bean dregs were sold out not long after they arrived in Xiao'an Town.

No matter what makes the common people have no money to buy good rice and noodles, black noodles are not so cheap, but white bean dregs can also be made into pancakes, and the price is even cheaper than black noodles. Naturally, some people buy them home.

Lin Qingyun and Lin Qingfei, who went to Fu'an Town to deliver tofu, were stopped by the housekeepers of some wealthy households in the town before they arrived at Li's mansion. The prices were higher one by one, but at this time Lin Qingfei didn't lose his sense of proportion because of the high price, he still sent the tofu to Li's residence.

When Steward Li saw Lin Qingyun and Lin Qingfei, he was shocked. He had been to Linjia Village and knew the situation of the village and the old Linjia. I can't help but look up a few times.

"Brother Li, after my master ate tofu at your house yesterday, he found it very delicious. Today, I asked my younger brother to go out to look for it, but this little brother said that this tofu was all given to your house. Look..." Yesterday at The butler of a rich family who had tasted tofu in Li's house looked at Li Quan in embarrassment and said.

"Everyone, I'm really sorry. This tofu is not a pre-release product. It should be eaten fresh. Although the cook in the mansion fried some of it with oil according to the method told by the Lin family brother, my master, young master and The young masters like to eat this white and tender fresh tofu, and I was just going out to look for this little brother from the Lin family, but I didn't expect you to come together!" Li Quan was also very embarrassed, the tofu from the old Lin family was indeed It's delicious and not expensive, but the master and the young master also like to eat fried tofu, and they prefer to eat freshly delivered.

"Then what should we do? Just now they said that today's tofu is all sold out, and we have to wait until tomorrow to eat it, but my young master ate the tofu brought back from Li's mansion last night, and he insisted on eating it." , this morning, my old lady and my wife were in a hurry, Brother Li, why don't you give me a piece first, and tell my young master to stop making trouble, and let them deliver the tofu to the Sun's house tomorrow, money is not a problem !” said the housekeeper of the Sun Mansion with a sad face.

"This...Okay! Two little brothers, please make more tofu tomorrow and send it to Li's mansion. There are so many people in the mansion, I am afraid that three boards of tofu are needed every day." Since Sun Mao, the richest man in Fu'an Town, followed the original After being convicted together with the county magistrate Zhang, the Li family has now become the richest family in Fu'an Town.

"And the Sun Mansion in Zhennan wants tofu with three big boards!"

"Zhou's mansion in the west of the town wants tofu with two big boards!"

"The Ye Mansion in the north of the town wants three boards of tofu!"

After a while, more and more housekeepers gathered in front of Li's mansion, and Li Quan asked the boy to bring pens and paper, and Lin Qingyun, who had read books and could write, memorized all the addresses of each mansion and the quantity of tofu needed Come down, and those housekeepers also imitated Li Quan and paid the deposit first.

It's just that when the two brothers Lin Qingyun and Lin Qingfei happily returned home with this precious paper full of addresses and the number of tofu, what they got was a reprimand from Linyuan Mountain and Lin Zhongguo. Flat tofu, not to mention that it can't be made overnight, even if you go to buy soybeans now, it's too late.

"Grandpa, the money has been collected, and we can't give it back to them. They are all big families in the town, and we can't afford to mess with them!" Lin Qingyun and Lin Qingfei have always been the most stable and most stable in Lin Qinghai's heart. Cautious, I didn't expect to be dazzled by joy this time, the business was solicited, but it also posed a big problem for the old Lin's family.

"Father, soybeans are easy to find. We also have gypsum powder, but there are not enough boards for pressing tofu, and our family can make seven boards of tofu even if we don't sleep all night. These twenty boards of tofu cost a thousand dollars." Jin, besides, our small shop has to open!" Lin Zhongguo had no good idea for a while.

"Grandfather, Dad, there is nothing to be troubled by. It is not yet noon. I heard from Sister Juhua in the morning that Uncle Dashan and Uncle Huzi are at home. One of them knows carpentry work and the other is strong. Let's pay for it." It’s fine if they help. Also, Aunt Sun, Aunt Ma, and Aunt Zhao are all at home, so you can also invite them.” Due to the climate, spring plowing in Yunzhou is usually around March in the lunar calendar, and there are no fields in the fields now. How much work.Therefore, Lin Qingxi felt that it would be better to invite some well-connected villagers to help.

"Xi girl's idea is good. Let's get past this one first. Dashan and Huzi are trustworthy people, and I believe they won't tell us about our method of tofu." Ye Shi also felt that Linqingxi's Good idea.

So, Lin Zhongguo went to invite Lin Dashan and Linhu himself, and Linyuanshan asked Mu to invite Sun, Ma and Zhao to help at home, and at the same time went to the patriarch's house to borrow a stone mill. Some went to look for wood, some went to the river to fetch water, and some went to buy soybeans.

(End of this chapter)