Chapter 49: Tofu Workshop
Early the next morning, Shumin went to town.
She first went to the Drunken Wind Building and terminated the special supply contract with the shopkeeper. When the contract was terminated, the shopkeeper Zhang shook his head and sighed, these days thanks to the blessing of tofu, Zuifeng Lou has become one of the best restaurants in Linjiang Town, but unfortunately it can't go on like this. However, he was the first beneficiary of Tofu, and even if the special supply contract was terminated, he still planned to cooperate with Shumin for a long time, so they signed a three-year supply contract, but the price was much lower.
However, this is also normal, and with the popularity of tofu, the price of tofu will definitely go down.
Out of the Drunken Wind Building, Shumin rushed upstairs. When Liu Zikai heard about this, he was also very happy, and immediately signed a contract with Shumin for the supply of tofu.
After that, Shumin ran a few more restaurants, and they were all very willing to sign a contract with Shumin, so that the future sales of tofu in Baili Village had almost been completely opened.
Shumin knew that this trip would be smooth, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth. After running for most of the day, her arms were filled with orders from major restaurants, and she went back to the village happily.
The tofu workshop still needs to be prepared, and these orders have to be returned to the village as soon as possible, so that the villagers can grind the soybean milk at home and send it to Lizheng's house to make tofu directly by Shumin with gypsum.
Baili Village is a large village with more population and more land than other villages.
Li Zheng drew a plot of land on the outskirts of the village near Shumin's house, and began to order the villagers to build a few houses as a base for the tofu workshop.
The foundation of the house has already been laid, the stone mill has been excavated by the village stonemasons, the frames of tofu have been prepared for 100, and the construction of several villagers who can do carpentry has been led by Carpenter Wang.
Baili Village is thriving, and the villagers are very active and enthusiastic, their enthusiasm seems to have melted the snow, and spring seems to be coming early.
"Uncle Lizheng, we have gained a lot today." From a distance, he saw that Li was supervising the progress of the workshop in the open space at the head of the village, and Shumin couldn't wait to tell him the good news.
"The good restaurants in the town have signed orders with us, and other restaurants will soon get the news, maybe they will come to the door in the next two days."
"Good, good!" Li Zheng was very excited, holding those orders in his hand, counting them like money, and his face was red with a smile.
"Hui'er Niang, you have worked hard, go to your aunt's place, she baked flatbread today, hurry up and eat it."
"Hey, okay." Shumin didn't shirk either, and it just so happened that he had something to look for his aunt, so he hurried to Lizheng's house.
"Uncle, this cake is so fragrant." Before he reached the kitchen, Shumin smelled the smell of meat.
"Thanks to Chunquan, they hunted a lot of prey and sent a lot of it, and I saw that there were many people helping in the workshop, so I baked some flatbread for them, which was convenient to eat and didn't have to wash the dishes. Hehe," the aunt said as she baked the flatbread.
"yes, that's a good idea. Not every family can eat meat flatbread. "In fact, there are quite a lot of people who make flatbread, except for the aunt and a few daughters-in-law of his family, the rest of the women who can help have come. Shu Min saw that she couldn't help much, so she took the opportunity to pick up a flatbread and ate it, she had been walking around the town for most of the day, and she was already hungry at this time.
Because there were a lot of outsiders, Shumin didn't ask about the first batch of tofu milk that he wanted to ask Bo Niang, and went home first after picking up two flatbreads.
As soon as they got home, Hui'er and Feng'an greeted them, because it was almost time for dinner, and Zhengxing's daughter-in-law must have cooked the rice, so she broke the big cake in her hand in half and gave them half of them. Another flatbread was left for the Zhengxing couple. The flatbread was very fragrant, and both of them were very happy to chew it.
At this time, Qiao's led Youfu and Youlu to the door.
Shumin was a little surprised, and in her impression, she had never been very compatible with her.
"Hui'er Niang, I'll send Hui'er a flowing horse. Hui'er has been away from home for a while, and Liuma forgot to take it. She snatched the horse from Youroku's hand and pushed it to Hui'er's side.
Youlu was originally sitting on the flowing horse, pulled by his brother in front, and at this time the flowing horse was taken away, and he suddenly felt aggrieved, and he wanted to cry with a flat mouth.
"Youlu, let's go play with Hui'er." Shumin has always had a good impression of Youlu, and when he saw that he wanted to cry, he hurriedly pushed him to play with Hui'er.
Youlu originally liked to play with Hui'er, and after listening to Shumin's words, he hurriedly ran behind Hui'er. Youfu also wanted to play, but he had never liked Hui'er, and he had not bullied her before, so he hid behind Qiao's at this time, looking at it with a blank eye.
"Yo, rare guest." Zhengxing's daughter-in-law heard the movement, came out and saw Qiao's, and quipped.
Qiao's face flushed and said, "Sister-in-law, are you also there?" ”
Zhengxing and Zhengyuan Zhengming are brothers in the clan, and he is older than Zhengyuan Zhengming, so Qiao's family calls her sister-in-law.
"Well, what's wrong?" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law has always disliked Qiao's and thinks she is too hypocritical.
"I'll send Hui'er a flowing horse." Qiao Shi didn't seem to notice her dislike, and said softly, "In addition, I want to ask, are you still short of manpower here?" The family has little income now, and I have nothing to do if I stay."
She seemed to be answering Zhengxing's daughter-in-law's words on her face, but her eyes kept staring at Shumin.
She heard from others that Shu Min had made a big deal with others, and invited many women from the village, and she wanted to come and try it too.
"The tofu workshop in the village will be built soon, and you can go there to help when the time comes, we have enough manpower now, and we don't need to hire any more people." When Zhengxing's daughter-in-law heard that she wanted to help, she immediately refused: if the others were okay, she was the second daughter-in-law of the old Zhang family, and she didn't have a young diaphragm Ying Shumin before.
The tofu workshop has just just begun! Besides, where can it be the turn of his own family, even if it is his turn, all the money he earns must go into Zhang Li's pocket?
"Hui'er Niang?" She looked at Shumin eagerly, hoping that she would give a different answer.
"It's useless for you to look at Hui'er Niang, we really don't lack people." Zhengxing's daughter-in-law didn't give any face, and directly cut off her thoughts, and said sarcastically: "Didn't you sell Hui'er for thirty taels, that's not enough for your old Zhang family!" ”
"This matter is wrong with my family, but it was all my mother-in-law's idea, and our second room didn't know anything about it! Zhengming also said that in the future, we will not be able to take the silver. There are a lot of people in our second room and a lot of children, so I can't help it, so I have to make a plan as soon as possible. Qiao Shi said as he said that tears were about to fall: "Last time Zhengming entered the mountain and was frightened, he is still sick!" ”
"Alas, I really have enough manpower here, but you can learn from Sister-in-law Li, grind the beans at home, cook the soy milk and bring it to me, and I will give it according to the money." Seeing her tearful appearance, Shumin couldn't stand it and relented.
"Thank you, Hui'er Niang." Qiao Shi wiped his tears with his sleeve and said, "I will do it well, I will do it according to your requirements, and I will definitely not cause you trouble."
"Okay, I won't say much about the rest, you can send it over tomorrow, first send five loads a day, if I need to increase or decrease here, I will tell you in advance."
"Well, okay, then I'll go back first, and I'll let Zhengming deliver it on time tomorrow." Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Qiao's immediately pulled Youfu and called Youlu to prepare to leave. She knew that although Shumin agreed to buy her own soy milk, it didn't mean that she didn't care about her past suspicions.
When Qiao's walked away, Zhengxing's daughter-in-law said unhappily, "What are you doing so kindly?" What does it matter to you whether his family is good or bad? ”
"Sister-in-law, what else do you want me to do? Anyway, we all have to collect soy milk, collect more, and you and Brother Zhengxing will save more effort, isn't it? Shu Min looked at her with an uneven look and smiled.
"I'm not as kind as you, you give her money to earn, she doesn't necessarily really appreciate you, I have a hunch, something will definitely happen to her!" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law pouted and said.
"Can't you, the whole soy milk can still have an accident?" Shumin didn't care.
"Don't believe it, just wait and see, don't really be me." Zhengxing's daughter-in-law secretly swore that the soy milk sent by Lao Zhang's family had to be watched carefully, and she couldn't tell what tricks they would really come up with.
Shumin glanced at her with a smile and went to the kitchen to bring food.
After dinner, Zhengxing and her daughter-in-law went home. Now Zhengxing only grinds tofu during the day, and he can grind as much as he can, and the rest is bought from the villagers. So after dinner, everyone went back to their own homes, and their lives finally had the appearance of life.
After Liuma got it back, Hui'er and Feng'an had new toys, and they didn't stick to each other noisily, and they played in the yard by themselves. The relationship between the two is much better than before, like brothers and sisters.
Shumin was idle and remembered that there were still some honey locusts in the house, so she struck while the iron was hot and began to make soap, something she had wanted to make for a long time
In her previous life, she was under a lot of pressure for a while, so under the leadership of a good friend, she went to a DIY handmade soap workshop and experienced the process of making soap.
Today, she is even more familiar with the road, and knows every process by heart. After more than an hour of busyness, she finally made the first batch of soap.
These soaps are dark in color and have a slightly bitter taste. The appearance is naturally not good, but it is very clean. When the soap was first made, the bitter taste was still very strong, but when it cooled, the taste became lighter, and Shumin felt that it was acceptable.
She hurriedly boiled hot water, ready to wait for the next family to take a clean hot shower comfortably. When she didn't have soap, she always had a feeling that she couldn't wash it clean.
Hui'er and Feng'an had long been attracted by the soap she made, and their faces turned white when they looked at the black and bitter viscous liquid. When they knew that it was not for food, the two of them were visibly relieved.
Seeing the viscous liquid gradually condense into a lumpy object, both of them felt amazing and couldn't take their eyes off it. It just so happened that the two of them had been playing for a long time, and their hands were dirty, so Shumin took soap and smeared their hands, and after dipping them in water, they gently kneaded a lot of bubbles, and they felt even more amazing.
After the hot water was boiled, Shumin washed Hui'er and their hair first, bathed them, and sent them to sleep when their hair was dry.
The night is late, and the winter night is quiet.
There was a small cubicle at the back of the kitchen, which had been converted into a washroom by Shumin early in the morning. At this point, she soaked in hot water contentedly, gently rubbing her body and arms with freshly made soap.
Now she has medicine to condition her body every day, as well as soy milk to nourish her beauty, her face is much fairer, her spots are much lighter, and her body is much fuller. The spirit of the whole person is different.
Maybe even Shumin herself doesn't know that she is transforming, waiting for the day when she can break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly.