pastoral wedding

Chapter 76 Making Tofu

I don't have soybeans here, but if I go to the village to collect them, I should be able to collect them at a very cheap price. As soon as Su Cui finished speaking, Wang Jian, who was at home rarely heard the movement, and saw Su Jin smiling, "What do you want soybeans for?" "

"I want you to take care of it!" Since he hit Su Cui last time, several children of the Su family were annoyed when they saw him. They went, as long as they can give him money, it is better than anything else.

"Hey, let me tell you, no matter what you want soybeans for, you won't be able to get them in the nearby villages."

"Why?" Su Jin asked curiously.

She said without asking Wang Jian that she was really curious, but Wang Jian stopped talking and deliberately whetted her appetite.Su Jin pouted angrily, and said angrily, "Is there an uncle like you? It's so annoying."

Su Cui casually took the chopsticks and hit him on the back of the hand, "Why are you fighting against the child, you don't feel ashamed at such an age."

Wang Jian was not annoyed either. He smiled and said, "It's the Dou family of the tofu shop. His family needs a lot of soybeans every year, and the soybeans in the nearby villages are all taken away by his family."

It's Dou's family again!Su Jin thought to herself that it seemed that the Dou family was going to have trouble with her.

After coming out of the third aunt's house, Su Jin remained silent, and Xiao He worriedly called her, but she didn't respond at all.Just as she was at the door of the house, Su Jin raised her head and called Xiao He suddenly. Xiao He was startled by her yelling so fiercely, and she didn't realize it until she called again, "What's the matter, girl?"

"Forget it, it's okay." After finishing speaking, he continued to walk into his own door.

Along the way, Xiao He was trembling with fear, thinking that she had never seen a girl like this before, could it be that she was pissed off by the Dou family?When I got home, I told Da He that Da He was more stable than her. Seeing that something was wrong with her own girl, she locked herself in the room when she came back, neither eating nor talking, not knowing what she was thinking.Not daring to disturb Su Wenshan and Liu Shi, he went to call the second girl.

Su Shuang just glanced at her sister and smiled, "Don't worry, my little sister is thinking about something, just wait, she will come back in two days and come up with a new way to make money."

Seeing that she was so indifferent, the two maids were relieved, but they didn't dare to take it lightly, and served them more carefully than usual. The two of them stayed at the door of the girl's room, ready to rush in if there was any movement.

Su Jin didn't keep them waiting, and opened the door early the next morning. Da He and Xiao He asked in unison, "What's your order, Miss?"

"What's the matter, you two are standing at my door early in the morning." Su Jin looked at them both in surprise, "I need water to wash up."

Seeing that their daughter had returned to normal, Da He and Xiao He were relieved, and hurriedly fetched water to wash her face.

During breakfast, Liu Shi and Su Shuang didn't ask her specifically, and it wasn't the first time they knew that she was like this, so they didn't pay much attention.After breakfast, Su Jin asked Dahe to call Sun Zhu over. Sun Zhu thought she was going out again, so he fastened the carriage before coming.

"The girl wants a carriage?"

Su Jin nodded, "Yes."

"I don't know where the girl is going?" Sun Zhu asked again.

Su Jin smiled and said, "It's not where I'm going, but where are you and Dahe going?"

Da He, whose name was called, was also at a loss, "Girl, do you have something for me to do?"

"Yes." Su Jin nodded and looked at the two of them, "Go to the nearby village to collect some soybeans, black beans and peanuts. The price of soybeans can be slightly higher, and you can collect as much as you can." She said that she just gave her The purse of 200 taels that mother wanted was given to Da He, "You follow and take care of paying the money. Sun Zhu is illiterate and doesn't know how to settle accounts. You two should help out."

The two of them tidied up and drove the carriage out.Su Shuang stood at the door of her room and asked, "Have you come up with any new ideas?"

Su Jin giggled and walked up to the second sister's shoulders, "I want to make tofu, and I'm going to crush the Dou family. I'll see if he dares to bully our family."

Su Shuang also heard about this, and she was also very indignant when she heard the words, "Yes, third sister, you have ambition, second sister supports you, no matter what you do second sister will support you."

"That's not because you love money, and you asked me to work hard to save your dowry." Su Jin muttered, and suddenly felt a chill on the back of her neck. When she turned her head, she saw her second sister glaring at her , with one hand still touching the whip around her waist, she was so frightened that she immediately jumped out far away, "Hehe, second sister, I didn't sleep well last night, I have to catch up now, so I won't disturb your cleanliness Ha."

Another strange thing about the Su family is that Su Shuang got a Buddhist scripture from somewhere, and she read it fascinated, which made Liu's little heart thumping in fright. Could this girl see through the world of mortals?

When Sun Zhu and Da He came back in the evening, the carriage was full. Seeing this, Su Jin was overjoyed and asked, "How is it? What did you bring back?"

Dahe took out a list from the purse at his waist and handed her the rest of the money, and replied, "Girl, Brother Sun and I went around four villages, and we collected a total of five hundred catties of soybeans and two hundred catties of black beans." Jin, and five hundred catties of peanuts, is it enough for the girl?"

"That's enough for the time being. Let's just go and rest first. Let's talk about it tomorrow." Seeing that both of them were exhausted, Su Jin sent them to rest.

The next day, Su Jin woke up early, and picked up her second sister, and when she heard that tofu was being made, Su Shuang's eyes lit up, "Little sister, making tofu has always been a family tradition. How do you know the secret recipe?"

"I vaguely remember which book I read it from, but I can't remember exactly." Su Jin stared at her pretty eyes after speaking, "Second Sister, do you still want to make tofu, and just grind it here." When she rarely dared to provoke her second sister, it was mainly because she was weak, and if she couldn't beat her, she had to endure it.

Su Shuang didn't know whether to trust her or not, but she thought that no matter how she knew, the most important thing was earning money for the family, so she put aside her doubts and stood with the four maidservants. Waiting on the side, "tell me, what are you going to do?"

"Let's try to make soybean tofu first." When Su Zhen said this, several people were very surprised. Even Xiaoyu and Ximei, who were making breakfast on the stove next to them, looked over in surprise, and the same thought appeared in everyone's mind With such a line of words, can other beans be used to make tofu?
Su Jin didn't explain, and continued, "I soaked [-] catties of soybeans last night. We need to grind these beans into soymilk first. Da He, go ask Sun Zhu and Brother Run to help." Brother Run was referring to Jiang Run. Su Wenshan left him in the restaurant to help when the barbecue stalls stopped in the past summer.

Grinding soy milk requires labor. How long will it take for these little girls to grind it?The two young and strong men were indeed very strong, and they quickly ground twenty catties of soybeans.Su Jin had already prepared the bags used by the tofu shop to squeeze the bean juice. After preparing a few more, the six people put the ground bean juice into the bag and squeezed it hard to squeeze the soy milk out of the bag.Squeeze twice repeatedly, open the mouth of the bag after the first squeeze, put in clean water, close the mouth of the bag and squeeze again.

After the raw soybean milk was squeezed, it was put into a pot and boiled. Su Jin stood by the stove and took a spoon to skim off the foam floating on the surface.Then melt the prepared brine with warm water to make some pulp. This amount is not easy to control, but if you want tofu to be older, you can add more brine. If you want tofu to be tender, naturally add less.

Stir gently with a spoon until the soy milk coagulates and forms tofu flowers.Then use a spoon to gently scoop it into the wooden tray that has already been covered with cloth. When it is full, wrap the tofu flower with the cloth, cover it with a wooden board, and press it for a while to become water tofu.

Looking at the white and tender tofu, Su Shuang opened her big eyes and looked carefully, as if all she saw was silver.Su Jin giggled, and asked Dahe to move the plates of tofu aside, and asked Sun Zhu to bring over the black bean soymilk they ground just now, repeating the steps just now, the tofu made from black beans is not white, Slightly darkened, but still tastes good.

Seeing the two kinds of freshly baked tofu, Su Jin was full of confidence. Hmph, doesn't the Dou family boast that the tofu they make is the best?Although I don’t know how to make tofu in various families, she heard that in this era, tofu is made with gypsum. She has eaten tofu made with gypsum. It is rough and looks a bit poor in appearance, but it tastes good and has a natural bean flavor. Although the tofu made from gypsum has a high yield and a delicate appearance, it has a poor taste and no bean flavor.

At first Su Shuang was happy, but when she looked carefully at the tofu that came out, she was a little discouraged, "Is it not successful?"

"No, isn't this well done." Su Jin was still proud of herself.

Su Shuang pointed at the unattractive tofu, and commented, "No matter how I see other people's tofu is square, you are so soft."

"That's because the things used to make the paste are different. I used brine, and they probably used gypsum. I think the brine tastes better when you make it. If you don't believe me, try it." Su Zhen said confidently. Cut a small piece of each of the two kinds of tofu with a knife and handed it to the second sister's mouth. They were indeed sisters. After eating, Su Shuang agreed with her statement, which made Su Zhen even more happy.

"Leave a big piece of each of the two. Let's have a stew and a cold salad at noon, and send the other few boards to the restaurant. Tell Uncle Mu that he can use it without worry. We make all the tofu by ourselves." A group of people After looking around for a long time, Xiaoyu and Ximei both came to call for dinner several times, and Su Jin also felt hungry, so she ordered a few maids, and they each took a plate and sent it in from the back door of the restaurant.

　This chapter was originally scheduled to be released on a regular basis, but I don’t know why it was not released, so I am adding it now.

　　
　
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