The three of them slept for an hour or so and got up. After a brief grooming session, Li Zheng sent someone to urge them and asked Shumin when he would start teaching them how to make tofu.

Shumin asked them to go home and soak five catties of beans first. After dinner, she went to the courtyard, she had something to show everyone.

For dinner, she promised her uncle to eat at Qin's house.

So Cheng Sheng and Shude woke up, and after they woke up, they also found someone to bring themselves to the Qin family.

Cheng Sheng is okay, Shude has eaten too much wine, probably hurt his stomach, and has been listless. When it was time for dinner, Shumin stopped drinking for him, and asked his aunt to serve him gruel to warm his stomach.

A table of good dishes, he looked at it but couldn't eat it, not to mention how uncomfortable he felt in his heart.

But Cheng Sheng seemed to be against him, and his mouth was full of oil, so he didn't mention how heartwarming he was.

Shude is still a child's heart, and his joy and anger are on his face. His remorseful and heartwarming expression was evident to everyone at the table.

"Brother Guancha, I'll give you this chicken leg to eat. Seeing that he wanted to eat but didn't dare to eat, he thought he was just shy and embarrassed to eat, so he gave him the chicken leg in the bowl.

"Well, you should eat the chicken thighs yourself. Being "taken care of" by a small child, Shude was a little embarrassed.

"Young man, you have to keep your mouth shut, and you will be able to eat meat tomorrow!" He said to Shude in the tone of an elder.

"Yes, you know. "Didn't you take care of your mouth at noon, and poured so many mouthfuls of wine without eating a few mouthfuls of food, and finally hurt your stomach.

If other people said this, Shude would definitely refute a few words, but an old man said so, Shude could only obediently hold the porridge and drink it.

After dinner, Shumin went to Lizheng's house. I thought it was still early, so I didn't need to be in such a hurry. When I went, I realized that those villagers had been waiting at Li Lizheng's house for a long time.

There were a hundred or dozens of people, and the whole yard was packed. Shumin took a stool and stood on a high place to ensure that everyone could listen to his words.

"Folks, I know that everyone wants to start making tofu immediately, and I see that someone has already brought all the soaked beans, but tonight, we can't make tofu yet. Why?"

"yes, why?" there was a commotion in the crowd.

"Don't worry, everyone, listen to me. Shumin coughed, "Because this tofu also needs a very special thing, without such a thing, beans can't make tofu." Would you like to see what it is?"

Shumin learned the tricks of the host in his previous life, and adjusted the atmosphere from time to time!

"Think, what is it? Show us!"

There was a lot of noise in the crowd below!

"Be quiet!" Li Li stood up and shouted. Sure enough, Dong Jing immediately laughed.

"I've only got two of these things with me right now, and you'll have to find them yourself tomorrow. Shumin pulled out two small white crystalline stones from his sleeve.

At this time, the lamp was already in hand, and the stones flickered slightly in the gray light.

"Isn't that a stone!"

Someone shouted.

"No, how can you eat stones?" someone began to worry, thinking that the tofu might not be a good thing.

Let's have a lively discussion. Wave after wave of noise overshadowed the wave.

"Silence! Li Lizheng yelled again. That voice was able to completely overwhelm the hundreds of people, which made Shumin in awe!

"This stone is not an ordinary stone, but a stone called raw gypsum. This stone is a medicinal herb that can treat mouth ulcers, clear heat and detoxify, stomach fire headaches, and much more."

As soon as they heard that this stone could cure diseases, the villagers stopped talking and stared at Shumin and listened attentively.

"However, this gypsum for making tofu is not this stone. We're going to put it in a fire and simmer it and grind it into powder. That's it. The plaster after simmering is called plaster. This kind of gypsum can be used to make tofu!"

After speaking, Shumin handed the plaster to the villagers present and asked them to identify it carefully to see if they could find such a stone near Liuxi Village.

In a mountain recess not far from Baili Village, Shumin found many of these stones. I don't know if there is one in Liuxi Village.

"We haven't seen this stone before!" someone scratched the back of his head and said.

"So what to do, without this kind of stone, wouldn't we be able to make tofu?" someone frustrated.

Li Lizheng and Li Zheng from the other villages also looked at Shumin with some concern.

"Everyone, be quiet, it doesn't matter if you haven't seen it, go back and look carefully. I brought a few pieces with me, and when I went back to make tofu, I used mine first. If you really can't find it, go to Baili Village to find Zhang Lizheng and ask for some, we have such stones there. ”

"Oh, that's good!" the villagers listened to Shumin's words, and the stones in their hearts finally fell.

"Then I'll take the stone and simmer it on the fire. If you have any questions, you can ask me or my two assistants. We were all sent by the government to teach you how to make tofu, don't be embarrassed!"

Seeing that everything that should be said was said, Shu Min jumped off the stool, handed the raw plaster to Xiao Li beside him, and asked her to take it to Li Boniang to simmer.

"Tomorrow, everyone will come here after breakfast, and Shumin will teach everyone how to make tofu. After learning, learn to do it at home, if there is anything you don't understand, you have to say it immediately, don't hide it, otherwise when Shumin leaves, you will cry!"

After Li Zheng's last words, he let everyone disperse.

However, there were still many people who did not disperse immediately, pulling Shumin and others to keep asking questions.

It's a pity that some things can't be explained clearly in a few words, so Shumin has to ask them to come over early tomorrow, and explain while doing it when the time comes. So it's clear.

Shumin also promised them that he would definitely teach them, and he would never leave if he didn't teach them. They went home with peace of mind.

The next day, the whole village seemed to have a tacit understanding, and breakfast was a lot earlier than usual, for fear that if they came late, they would lose a lot if they missed something.

So when Shumin and the others had breakfast, there was a large group of people in the courtyard of Lizheng.

Shu Min first went to check the plaster to see if it was cooked. Finding that the plaster was already cooked, he began to ask the villagers to grind the tofu.

After grinding the tofu, Shumin asked the big and small Li to start a drill to show everyone how the soy milk was washed.

After the soy milk was squeezed out, Shumin took the bowl and scooped the soy milk for everyone to taste. Although soy milk is not an uncommon thing in Baili Village for a long time, it is the first time that people have come into contact with it here.

"It's delicious, it's delicious. "The sugar or salt in the soy milk has a strong and fragrant taste, and just smelling it is refreshing.

There are many people in the village, and the first pot of soy milk is almost all divided. So Da Li immediately began to squeeze the second pot.

Because the deliciousness of soy milk has hooked everyone's **, people can't wait to know what tofu tastes like.

However, Shumin and the others all know that the second pot must be used to make bean curd, so while the big Li family is squeezing the soybean milk, the little Li family also borrowed the pot from the next door to start another round of squeezing soybean milk.

Almost at the same time, the big and small Li's bean curd were squeezed. The soy milk is also boiled.

Shumin came out with the plaster that had already been crushed into powder.

"This is cooked gypsum, and I will grind it into powder after simmering, so you can come and have a look. ”

Shumin showed the cooked gypsum to the villagers one by one, and the villagers were amazed to see that the cooked gypsum could become a delicate powder with a light touch of their fingers.

"Tofu with five catties of beans only needs to be dipped in a spoon for one-third of the tip of the spoon, don't put more. Shumin taught over and over again, while demonstrating. She would be extra attentive to the representatives of other villages, after all, they did not have the tools, and it was impossible for them to be as convenient as the people of her own village.

Shumin melted the gypsum with water and mixed it evenly into the soy milk.

"Now the soy milk is slowly starting to condense, and during this time, you must not shake the barrels and affect them. Shumin advised.

"How do you know when it's good if you don't shake it?"

Shumin listened and took out a bamboo chopstick.

"Please take a look at these bamboo chopsticks. After saying that, he threw it into the bucket vertically. As soon as the chopsticks touched the soy milk, they immediately floated.

"If you see it, the chopsticks are beaten horizontally and lifted up, then it means that it is not good!"

After a while, Shumin threw the bamboo chopsticks for the second time. This time, the bamboo chopsticks did not hold up, and sank straight and fast.

"At this time, the soy milk has already begun to condense, but it is not enough. ”

After another cup of tea, Shumin threw chopsticks for the third time. At this time, people found that the chopsticks were inserted straight into the soy milk, sinking slowly, and when Mo was halfway down, the chopsticks could not sink anymore.

At this time, the soy milk has completely turned into tofu flowers. ”

Shumin picked up the chopsticks and served the bean curd for everyone to drink. Although only a little gypsum powder is added, the taste of bean curd is completely different from soy milk, and it is a new food experience for everyone!

"It's so delicious, mine with soy sauce and it tastes good!"

"Mine is only salted, and it tastes delicious!"

The villagers stood in the courtyard, eating bean curd, and you and I were discussants and exchanging ideas.

"You've eaten all the bean curd, how do you make tofu?!" Looking at the empty wooden barrel, there was some crying and laughing.

"Don't worry, there's more!" Xiao Li borrowed a pot next door, boiled soy milk and put in gypsum. After a while, the soy milk is successfully condensed, and you can start making tofu, which is also the focus of everyone's attention.

There is no tofu frame in the village yet, but luckily Shumin brought a pair with him.

Shumin laid out the tofu frame at one time, then spread a leaky cloth and slowly scooped the bean curd into the frame. There isn't a lot of technical component to this step. If there must be one, it is to try not to make the bean curd too scattered. But it's not a big problem.

In this way, after more than an hour, the tofu is ready. If you want to eat old tofu, you can press it for a longer time, and if you want to eat tender tofu, you need to press it for less time. ”

After the introduction of how to make tofu, the villagers returned home and were eager to try it.

The men had long organized to go into the mountains to look for gypsum, and they really found one, and they found a large piece of it, and the whole village could use it for a long time. i