My uncle left that afternoon, and before leaving, he was still talking about the deliciousness of tofu. This also made Shumin's tofu famous in Baili Village.

My uncle is over 90 years old, and it is a joy and mourning. The Zhang family held a banquet, ordered five tofu with Shumin, and invited the whole village. Since then, Shumin's tofu has been in short supply, and the business is really up.

But here's the problem, Shumin is only one person, and grinding beans is a very strenuous job, she can only make up to five tofu a day, and she really can't take care of it more.

If only I could ask someone to grind the beans, Shumin thought.

That afternoon, Shumin was grinding beans when Grandma Mingpo from the end of the village came to buy tofu. She lost all her teeth, and she could only eat the food when she cooked it badly. But the eldest daughter-in-law in her family always thinks that her food is too bad to cook. So the opinions between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are very big. Ever since she ate the tofu made by Shumin at her uncle's banquet, she immediately fell in love with tofu and would come over to buy it almost every day.

"Hui'er Niang, I'm here to buy tofu. She was very old, trembling with a cane, standing in the doorway.

"Ming Po. Today's tofu is sold out, and I'm grinding beans. I guess it won't be until the evening. Shumin was a little embarrassed.

"Sold out?" Ming Po was a little disappointed, but she still put the beans she brought in Shumin's hand, saying that she would keep them and come over tomorrow to get them.

The conditions in Ming Po's house should not be very good, and every time she either takes sweet potatoes or beans in exchange. Now Shumin is not short of these things, but he will still accept them.

"Okay, Ming Po, you go slowly, I'll send it to you tomorrow. Every time I see Ming Po's trembling appearance, Shu Min is very worried that she will fall or something, anyway, Ming Po's home is at the end of the village, not far from herself, so I just help her get it.

The next day, Shumin picked up two pieces of tofu and sent them to Ming Po.

Ming Po's home is a thatched house, and there is a small courtyard surrounded by a fence in front of the house, and there are some chrysanthemums growing outside the yard, and there are two vegetable patches in the courtyard. Zhang Zhengxing, the son of Ming Po, was sitting in front of the door rubbing the straw rope, and when he saw Shumin sending tofu, he quickly got up and opened the door, but his left leg was broken, so he had to jump and jump over.

"Brother Xing, why did you come to open the door in person?" Shu Min was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, a few steps out of the way. "Zhengxing's hands are rough. Because of his broken leg, he couldn't work in the fields, so he had to do some crafts at home, usually weaving mats or dustpans. Let the daughter-in-law go to the town and sell some money to subsidize the family.

"What about Ming Po?" Shu Min asked curiously when he saw that there was no one at home.

"My mother had a terrible cough last night, and my daughter-in-law sent her to the town to have a look. I'm coming back soon. Zhengxing said with a smile.

"Yan zhòng? When I saw Ming Po yesterday, she was fine. Shumin asked with concern

"It's not strict, it's an old problem, and it's a mistake as soon as it goes into winter. It's better to take the medicine. Zhengxing replied while rubbing the straw rope. But I was worried in my heart: every year, my mother's illness costs a lot of money, and I don't know if my daughter-in-law will nag again when she comes back. Thinking of this, his face was a little bad, he hated that he had a problem with his legs, and no one wanted to go to a short-term job to subsidize his life.

Shu Min saw that his face was a little bad, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he went home.

In the evening, Shumin picked up a few eggs and planned to go to see Ming Po. After all, it's a neighborhood, it's okay not to know, and if you know, you can't treat it as if you don't know, but as soon as I approached Ming's house, I heard the sound of a quarrel inside:

"I'm tired and tired for this family. Is it still my fault today? Did I deliberately not give my mother the medicine? It's cold, the mat can't be sold, what can I do!"

"I didn't say you were wrong, but don't you still have some private money for your mother's illness?"

"Private money?!, you black-hearted man, that's my dowry. When I married into your family, you were conscripted for military service, and I waited for you for three years, and I left you behind in those three years. You're good, the man is back and left his leg out. Zhengxing's daughter-in-law cried louder and louder, mixed with Zhengxing's helpless sighs.

"It turns out that Zhengxing Gode's leg is broken like this. Shumin also sympathized with him in his heart. But I'm here to visit the patient, and the husband and wife are arguing, so I'm too embarrassed to go in!

was hesitating, Ming Po's voice sounded, "Hui'er Niang, why are you here?" She was coming back from outside, and she didn't know about the quarrel between her son and daughter-in-law inside.

"Ming Po, you just came back from outside?" Shu Min was a little strange

"Aunt Niu knew that I was going to the city today and asked me to bring her some salt back, and I sent her salt when I returned to the village. Why are you here?" explained Ming Po

"I heard Brother Zhengxing say that you are sick, come and see you. Shu Min said as he handed the basket of eggs and tofu to Ming Po.

"Alas, it's old. Ming Po pushed the basket and said, "Don't break the bank." ”

"It's not expensive, it's all existing at home. Shumin persuaded her to accept it. Ming Po had no choice but to accept it, and pulled Shumin to ask her to go in and sit.

Maybe it was because of the sound of Ming Po coming back, there was no quarrel in the house, and even the cry of Zhengxing's daughter-in-law was suppressed. Shumin was a little embarrassed, but went to her house anyway.

Zhengxing's daughter-in-law saw Shumin, took the basket with a smile, and when she saw that there were eggs and tofu in the basket, she smiled even more happily, as if the person who cried just now was not her.

"Why are you still laughing there, hurry up and give Hui'er Niang a bowl of water. "When the guests came, they didn't pour water, so they stared at the things in the basket, and Ming Po was a little unhappy when she saw her daughter-in-law like this.

"Ming Po, don't bother, I'm not thirsty. Shumin said, "Have you caught the medicine?" She heard it just now, Zhengxing's daughter-in-law didn't catch the medicine for Ming Po, but she had some silver in her hand.

"It's an old problem, you don't need to take medicine. Ming Po smiled, but she was very sad in her heart. The daughter-in-law said that she didn't have enough money for the medicine, and she would grab the medicine next time, but she knew that the daughter-in-law was worried about the money. But what can be done, now everything inside and outside the family depends on this daughter-in-law.

Shumin was a little sad when he heard this, thinking that he still had some money, so he found a hundred yuan and said, "I still have to take the medicine, I have some spare money here, you can take it and grab the medicine first." ”

Ming Po hurriedly prevaricated and said no need. Zhengxing also hurriedly said no. Only Zhengxing's daughter-in-law was very happy, and grabbed the 100 yuan and said, "Oh, thank you so much, it's different when you do business." ”

"What kind of business, it's all the neighbors who help you. Shumin was a little displeased, but he still said humbly.

"I see, you can make a lot of money a day, right? A piece of tofu with two lines, a hundred pieces of tofu is two hundred lines, how much tofu can you sell in a day?" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her at all, and still asked.

"Everyone in the village can pay for tofu? There is enough food at home now. Although Shumin didn't like it, he said patiently.

"Either you teach me how to make tofu, or help my family, and we will repay you in the future." "Zhengxing's daughter-in-law hit the snake with the stick.

Ming Po's face was dark.

"Daughter-in-law, if you have nothing to do, go and split the bamboo, and let Zhengxing make a few more dustpans. What are you yelling about here?"

"Mother, a dustpan can make a few bucks, and it is time-consuming and laborious. What is like that tofu" Zhengxing's daughter-in-law wanted to say something, but found that her mother-in-law's face was dark. Although she occasionally lost her temper, she still couldn't do such a thing as confronting her mother-in-law, so she had to hold her breath and go to the yard to vent on the bamboo. The earth-shattering sound of splitting bamboo.

"That Hui'er Niang, don't mind, my daughter-in-law has no brains, but she is not a bad person. Ming Po was afraid that Shumin would have a pimple in her heart, so she quickly explained:

"It's okay, I have an idea when it comes to tofu. Shumin said: "This tofu is delicious, but grinding beans is a piece of work." I can't afford it on my own. I don't know if Brother Zhengxing is interested in helping me. ”

"Ah" Zhengxing was stunned for a moment when he heard Shumin mention himself. "Can I?" he hesitated as he thought of his legs.

"It's just grinding beans. Just sit there. You don't need to walk around, you don't need to move and lift, I'll give you twenty wen a day, what do you think?"

"Xing'er, you just agreed. Seeing that her son was still hesitating, Ming Po hurriedly persuaded him to say, "Grinding beans is better than making a dustpan, at least you don't have to worry about not being able to sell them." "And you make money, you can also look up in front of your daughter-in-law, of course she didn't say it.

"Okay, then the 100 wen you just gave is my advance salary, if you don't want to, then I won't go. Zhengxing thought about it and said. Just now his daughter-in-law took away a hundred Wen, and he really felt embarrassed, so he said. Ming Po also strongly agreed. Shumin nodded naturally when he heard this.

If you recruit a small worker, you can always make it easier in the future. Shumin thought that I would have to work on a sewing machine, and sewing clothes with needles and threads was simply torturous. Shumin thinks she doesn't have that kind of patience.

Hui'er's middle coat is barely done, the craftsmanship, hehe, anyway, if you wear it inside, you don't pay attention to it.