The ancient daily life of a farmer's daughter-in-law

Chapter 104

Tian Tieshi didn't dare to rest. Seeing that his wife was dozing off, he quickly poured a basin of hot water, took off her shoes and socks and washed her feet.After cleaning up for his wife, he ran to the kitchen to wipe himself.

Tian Tieshi was also a little tired because he helped Uncle Liu with a lot of work today.So he went to the kang and hugged his wife, and fell asleep after a while.When he fell asleep, he subconsciously turned his side to protect his wife's belly.

People in the village pay attention to the 25-mill tofu, but there are only two stone mills in Chaohegou, so Tian Tieshi got up when the sky was not clear, picked up half of the soaked beans and queued up.As for why you don’t grind it when there is no one in the dark, of course, it’s because beans are easy to freeze in winter, and if there is soybean juice between the grinding discs, it will freeze, and the upper and lower grinding discs will definitely slip, and after that, you can’t touch the soybean juice. It's useless.

At dawn, Aunt Chen, who was closest to Shimo, brought a pot of hot water. When she saw Tian Tieshi squatting on the edge rubbing her hands and stamping her feet, she hurriedly scooped up a scoop of hot water and handed it over.

Tian Tieshi thanked him with a smile, and poured a few mouthfuls of hot water to make his body less stiff.Then he picked up the wooden stick used to push the roller and the millstone, and began to grind the beans.It seems to be unskilled physical work, but it really doesn't work if you don't have enough energy.But while he was pushing, he also heated water from the gap in the grinder from time to time, so that the bean juice would not freeze in the grinder.

After a while, the beans were finished grinding, and there was more than half of the pot of steaming bean juice in the next basin under the groove where the bean juice came out.While waiting for the next family to line up, Tian Tieshi just covered the soup that was starting to freeze.

When he got home, he saw that his daughter-in-law was already up, Tian Tieshi didn't say a word to take a breather, and quickly brought out the food that was left on the stove.

After a quick bite of food, the two began to prepare tofu.Li Qingnuan first washed a piece of gauze bought earlier with the hot water in the cauldron, and then helped Tian Tieshi put the support for filtering soybean milk on the stove.

The next step is meticulous work. When filtering the bean dregs, the gauze-separated support should be rotated and shaken in circles, but the soup with dregs must not flow into the pot.After filtering, Tian Tieshi squatted on the stove, using the firewood board prepared earlier to squeeze the tofu residue left in the gauze.

Seeing that the bean dregs were all dry, the tension in his hand was relaxed.Tian Tieshi lit the stove, and after a few breaths, he was about to tilt his neck and gossip with his daughter-in-law who was melting the brine.

This is the first year that the two of them have separated. Although money is not easy, Li Qingnuan feels relieved and happy.She's not a greedy person, and she can't do something as bold and cheeky as Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Zhang, but she also has plans for the future in her heart.Now that they are separated, she is not afraid of hardships and hardships. In the coming year, the spring will melt and the frost will melt, and life will always be easier.This is also a hope.

When the soy milk in the pot was boiling, Tian Tieshi scooped up a big bowl first, then put some sugar in it, and then approached Li Qingnuan like offering a treasure.It looked like a giant loyal dog wagging its tail.

In fact, Li Qingnuan knew that this guy sometimes acted like a child, as long as he praised him for his pleasing behavior, he would be able to enjoy himself for a long time.Holding Tian Tieshi's hand, Li Qingnuan took a big sip of soy milk, and the mouthfeel was full of the fragrance of new beans, without much beany smell.It's a little sweet because of the added sugar.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was full, Tian Tieshi poured the remaining mouthfuls from the bowl into his stomach.Then I started to watch my daughter-in-law order brine.

It is not easy to order brine. If it is tender, it will not form a shape, or it will directly become tofu brain. If it is old, the tofu will become hard, dry and broken.Li Qingnuan drank the brine based on the memory of his sister-in-law and grandma making tofu in the previous life.When the soy milk in the pot became the brain shape she wanted, she turned her body sideways and asked her man to come up and press the tofu.In fact, the next step is simple, that is, pour the semi-solid tofu in the pot into the mold, and gently squeeze the excess water to finish the job.

When the hot tofu came out of the pot, Li Qingnuan cut a small piece with a knife and stuffed it into his man's mouth.While laughing, he asked if it smells good.

Fragrant, how can it not be fragrant.In previous years, he never knew that preparing objects for the New Year was such a fun thing.Seeing his daughter-in-law smiling so happily, Tian Tieshi kept praising her for her good craftsmanship.By the way, he touched his wife's belly and chatted with his daughter.

After tidying up the tofu making, Li Qingnuan started cooking soybeans for fermented soybeans.She asked Tian Tieshi to wash the beans first, and then put them into the pot, adding water just enough to cover the beans.When pouring water while leaning on the stove, his fingertips had some ash on the bottom of the pot, but Li Qingnuan was so focused on the beans that he didn't notice it at all.At this moment, she felt hot sweat on her forehead from the fire in the stove and the hot pan beside her, so she directly raised her hand to wipe it off.As a result, several black lines were drawn directly on the palm-sized fair face, and Tian Tieshi's heart was itchy and happy to see it.

(End of this chapter)