The actions of the magistrate have not yet begun, but the rumors have already spread throughout Linjiang County. Originally, the tofu that could only be eaten by going to Zuifeng Lou was invented by a woman surnamed Qin in Baili Village, and this news shocked the eyes of many people, making people envious and jealous.

Later, it was rumored that a tofu workshop was being built in Baili Village, and it was planned to use tofu as an entry in the village, and people in other villages were even more envious, wondering if they could follow suit. However, they also knew that tofu was invented by the Qin family in Baili Village, and the fame had already started unintentionally, even if they could follow the trend, they would not be able to form the climate, so they sighed one after another: Why is no one in our village able to invent tofu?!

The news was like the wind, and when it reached Liuxi Village, the people of Liuxi Village were not calm.

Why? Because Qin's Shumin is from Liuxi Village.

The surname Qin is not a big surname in Liuxi Village, but the patriarch Qin Yonghuan is Shumin's uncle. When he heard about this, his face was gloomy.

"This tofu is obviously from our family, but it is cheaper than those people in Baili Village. Thinking of this, he felt a sense of depression, "I knew that Shumin's girl could make this thing, and she should have taken her back to the village as soon as she left, and let the Zhang family take advantage of the loophole in vain." ”

"It's not too late to pick her up now, she's a woman, isn't it natural for a woman to leave and return to her parents' house. Qin Yonghuan's eldest son, Qin Shuyan, is a child and has a very high status in the Qin family, and when he saw his father Yu Yu at this time, he mentioned yì and said, "The third uncle's family has no one left, and we, as her only relatives, should take her back." ”

"Yan'er is right, but can the Zhang family give up, their family has a good relationship with the county master. Qin Yonghuan was a little worried.

"It is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, and besides, the law of the Apocalypse already states that 'the divorced woman will be sent back to her hometown'. We have taken possession of the truth and the law, and the county lord can't ignore the law, so it doesn't hurt if my father does it." As a child, Shuyan still has some understanding of the laws of the Apocalypse, so he is confident in building a foundation for his father.

"Okay, but at this time, the relationship is serious, we also have to be fully prepared, I will go to Lizheng's house later, if we get Lizheng's support, we will be more sure. ”

Shumin's family suffered accidents one after another, as an uncle, not only did he not take care of him, but instead deprived Shumin's family of their property and drove out the orphans and widows of his younger brother's son's family. If it was okay before, and now Shumin is supported by the county commander, he doesn't dare to come to the door at will, and it is better to pull Li Zheng and the elders of the clan together.

Is this the consequence of doing something wrong?

Qin Yonghuan shook his head, went to the village to get two pots of wine, and carried it to Lizheng's house.

Li Zheng in Liuxi Village is surnamed Li, and the surname Li is also the surname of the village. As soon as he heard Qin Yonghuan's construction, he immediately expressed his very much agreement.

Now a tofu workshop is being built in Baili Village, which makes other villages jealous. If Shumin is left in this village, Liuxi Village can replace Baili Village and become the tofu base of Linjiang Town.

With Li Zheng's support and affirmative reply, Qin Yonghuan seemed to have taken a reassuring pill, and his hanging heart was also settled.

After that, he went to the old people of the clan, hoping that they could come forward together and persuade Shumin to return to Liuxi Village, and the old people in the clan all nodded in agreement. Now the patriarch of the clan is Qin Yonghuan, no matter what kind of person he is, there is always prestige in the clan, and he is stingy and holds grudges, even if the clansmen have ideas, they don't dare to say it to their faces.

With the approval of Li Zheng and the people in the clan, Qin Yonghuan was full of confidence, he believed that as long as Shumin came back, the tofu recipe would not become the Qin family, just a divorced woman, and it would be reasonable to marry her casually when the time came, no one would say anything, but would say that he was kind to be an uncle.

Thinking about it, he became proud. Humming a little tune, I went home.

Shu Min didn't know at this time that she had been worried about her mother's uncle, and she was showing off her newly brewed soap to Zhengxing's sister-in-law.

"Ah, my hands have just touched the meat, it is greasy, and it is so clean all at once!" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law said happily: "I don't care, you have to give me this piece." ”

"Don't worry, you've got your share. Shumin replied by soaking the clothes he had changed yesterday in water, taking soap and rubbing it on it.

"Oh, how can you be so wasteful, how can such a good thing be used to wash clothes. Zhengxing's daughter-in-law snatched the soap in her hand distressedly, although she just wiped it, the soap was still so big, but she still felt that it was much smaller, and she was distressed.

The soap was robbed, and Shumin couldn't laugh or cry. said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I can make you as much as you want this thing, and it is not uncommon for you to use it to wipe stones when the time comes!"

"Really?" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law was skeptical, pouting and returning the soap to Shumin. Squatted down to help Shumin wash his clothes together.

"Oh, it's so clean!" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law suddenly exclaimed in surprise as she washed.

Soap-washed clothes are naturally cleaner than plant ash, and they also have a faint fragrance: it was originally bitter and astringent, but after water rinsing, the smell left on the clothes was already very light, and that little bit of light taste was not only not bitter, but like a clear fragrance.

"Well, it smells good, too!"

"Hey, this cloth is soft, it feels like new"

Shumin listened to the exclamation of Zhengxin's daughter-in-law as if she had discovered a new continent while doing laundry, and her vanity was greatly satisfied.

"Hui'er Niang, can you sell this soap too?" At the end, Zhengxing's daughter-in-law suddenly asked. She had a hunch that this might be more lucrative than tofu.

"Uh, sell for money?" Shumin really didn't think about it. Since Tofu made money, she doesn't need to worry about money in her life. She has a plain nature, and she has never been obsessed with money in her past or present life.

However, seeing Zhengxing's sister-in-law who had begun to have stars in her eyes, Shumin suddenly felt a little ashamed.

"Ask Shopkeeper Liu another day. Shumin said with a smile, but thought in his heart: If it is used to sell, this appearance is not good, and it will have to trouble Chun Quan to carve a few molds. In addition, the recipe has to be changed

Zhengxing's daughter-in-law didn't know what she said, which made Shumin fall into deep thought, and only when she was doing the laundry wholeheartedly, she didn't speak and helped on the side.

"Hui'er Niang, are you at home?" Zhengming came to the door with a load of soy milk at this time. "I'll bring soy milk. ”

"It's Zhengming, I'm sorry I forgot to explain to your daughter-in-law, this soy milk was sent to Lizheng. "Since the uncle joined in, the large-scale production zuò has been placed in her place, and Shumin's yard is too small to put so many shelves.

"Oh, it's okay, then I'll send it to Lizheng again. Masaaki didn't say anything, picked up the burden and walked to Lizheng's house.

"Masaaki is a good, very honest man. Zhengxing's daughter-in-law suddenly said: "Do you know, the old Zhang family is preparing to split up recently, I heard that the second family doesn't want the family's silver, just a few acres of land!"

"Oh, no wonder Qiao's came to the door yesterday to ask for work, it turned out to be true?" Shumin remembered what Qiao's had said yesterday, and at that time she thought she was doing it again, so she didn't take it to heart. However, with Qiao's temperament, he didn't fight for the family's silver, which made Shumin a little surprised.

"No, Zhang Li's family is reluctant to split up, saying that Qiao's is a shuttle, and Qiao's life has not been easy these days. ”

The old man agreed to divide the family, but the New Year is coming up in a few months, and the old man plans to finish the year first, and then split up after the beginning of spring. ”

The old man's idea is that sooner or later he will have to split up, since he wants to split the family, everyone will have a good year of reunion with Meimeituan, after the separation, there are not many days when I want to see the family reunion.

Shumin didn't care much about the affairs of the Zhang family, but Zhengxing's sister-in-law listened to her when she said it, and it was entertainment after dinner.

"How is Xiaohu, when will you pick it up?" Shumin began to change the topic after listening to her talk about the Zhang family.

"I plan to pick him up a year ago, and when I'm done with this, my mother and my sister-in-law will personally send him over. Speaking of the son who didn't see each other a few times a year, Zhengxing's daughter-in-law's face glowed with motherhood. God knows how much she misses that son, but the family was too poor before, the child's father is disabled, the mother-in-law is not in good health, and she is worried about the work inside and outside the house, where can she take the child?!

Now that the conditions of the family are gradually getting richer, she rents out the land and concentrates on making tofu with Shumin, and the child is also older, so it is not troublesome to take it with her.

"The child still has to take it with him. Shumin remembered those children in the countryside in his previous life, when his parents went to work in the city, and he followed his grandparents to school in the countryside. I only see my parents once or twice a year. Such a child lacks the love of his parents for a long time, which is not good for the child in the process of growing up.

"Well, I'll keep him with me next year. Zhengxing's daughter-in-law did not refute, but said very agreeably. If it weren't forced by life, who would want to be separated?

"The first batch of moldy tofu should be ready to be shipped, when will Shopkeeper Liu come to pull the goods?" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law shook the clothes that had just been wrenched and asked.

"The last time I went to the city, I told him, it must have been these two days. Is it tightly sealed? You can't get in the air, or you'll get hairy. Shumin stuffed the last garment into the basin and added some hot water to the basin. You can't do laundry without hot water in winter!

"Well, it's all tight, all of them are sealed with yellow mud. This batch of goods is shipped to other places, and with the days on the road, it can be sold in the store!" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law saw that the clothes were almost washed, so she stood up and took the washed clothes to dry.

"This batch of 2,000 catties, right? Can the remaining 8,000 catties be finished before the end of the year?" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law is a person who can get ideas and will do business, and Shumin now gives her full authority over the piece of moldy tofu.

"Don't worry, we don't have a shortage of manpower now, I estimate that it will be done at the end of the month. "It's already mid-October, and there is only a month and a half left before the end of the month, so it's still a bit rushed.

As he spoke, Shumin also finished washing the last piece of clothing. She followed the example of Zhengxing's daughter-in-law, and after wringing it out, she threw off her clothes and then took them to dry

"Hui'er Niang, in addition to moldy tofu, there are other types of tofu, such as fried tofu, dried tofu, bean curd, soy milk and bean curd. It can be sold for money, I wonder if we should plan it?" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law said to Shumin while drying her clothes

"If you want to open a workshop, it must not be enough to just be like tofu, and these will be done when the workshop officially starts operating. ”

"Hehe, that's a good feeling. But you can't give that soap away like tofu anymore, you have some eyes. "The practice of offering tofu recipes, although Zhengxing's daughter-in-law didn't say anything, she decided in her heart that Shumin was lacking in heart and lost a lot.

"Got it. Shumin grinned. She knew that Zhengxing's daughter-in-law was really thinking about herself, so she didn't refute it, and she regarded her as a relative more and more in her heart.