Chapter 67: Grinding Tofu

In the evening, Zhang Niu went home and heard many villagers chatting about the mountain under the big camphor tree at the head of the village. I heard Uncle Zhang's voice from afar: "Do you know, I heard from my relatives that the mountain was taken by the people of our village." Someone soon retorted: "My aunt's cousin is working there, and I heard that it is a high-ranking official in the provincial capital outside who is going to build a small villa on that hill." One person said it, and then immediately someone refuted it.

Zhang Niu listened to it on the side of the road and felt that it was too messy. This is too good, all relatives have come out. Listening to Zhang Niu, he went home. The current villagers, gossip is really not ordinary.

When I got home, I saw the village chief coming out of front of his house, with a smile on the corner of his mouth. Seeing that Zhang Niu said hello and walked out, his mother was busy chopping vegetables when he entered the house. Dad sat in the chair and looked very leisurely.

Pour yourself a glass of water, "Dad, what happened when the village chief came to our house just now." ”

"It's okay to just come in and nag, and by the way, tell us to go to his house for a full moon wine in a few days."

"The village chief's mother-in-law gave birth again?" Zhang Niu asked without thinking.

"What are you talking about, it was his son's mother-in-law who gave birth to a little girl. The full moon will be in a few days. ”

Zhang Niu touched the back of his head, "I don't know." I don't know who got married or what."

"You, say that no one laughs at you at home, if you talk outside without brain, if you give others a joke, then what about so-and-so's son, your father's face doesn't know where to put it"

"What are you two talking about, it's time to eat." Mom's voice came out of the kitchen.

During the meal, my father drank a bowl of rice wine, "Come back early in the morning." The family will grind tofu tomorrow. Zhang Niu, who had just swallowed a mouthful of rice, "How can I grind tofu and pull it." Don't we like to eat very much?

"Your aunt, someone has made a mistake, and asked our family to grind some tofu and send it over when the time comes"

"Well, I thought our family wanted to eat tofu."

When I went out, I saw my mother carrying a bucket and pouring water into the big wooden bucket. It is full of soybeans dried in autumn, each grain is very full, a lot of soybean oil has been taken out to the town to fry soybean oil a year ago, at that time Zhang Niu remembered that there were a lot of dealers in the purchase of six yuan a catty. There are not many people who sell them, and they basically stay at home to eat or use fried tofu balls for the New Year.

Soybeans should be soaked overnight and only when they are soft before they can be put into the grinding disc. The average person in the town likes to buy gypsum tofu in a round wooden basin. And the square tofu is not bought very much.

Early the next morning, Zhang Niu got up to drive out the newly raised ducklings in the duck shed, and now Xiao Hei can also join in the fun. Huhu ran into the duck shed. The frightened duck quacked out the door. The hapless ducks were slow to run and crushed underneath. What a sin.

Zhang Niu hurriedly called Xiao Hei back, or the ducks behind him would be frightened. Fortunately, Zhang Niu is not raising a duck, if he doesn't scare the duck once, he won't lay eggs.

When I got home, the big grinding disc in the lobby had been dragged out for a long time. I don't know how many years it has been passed down from all stones, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a treasure.

White grinding discs. There are still no signs of aging. After the grinding disc is cleaned, the upper and lower layers can be opened. When you use it, you can fold the round grinding disc on top of it. Underneath the small spout is a wooden barrel.

Dad came over with a big bucket of soybeans. The soybeans that were full yesterday are now withdrawn from a thin coat, which is a sign of softness. To grind tofu, you have to add a T-shaped utensil. Moreover, the grinding place should be placed in the lobby, and the beam of the lobby is an indispensable tool for grinding tofu. Throw the straw rope at the end of the T-shaped horizontal beam over the girder and you can start grinding.

Zhang Niu can't grind tofu, he can only use a water spoon to spoon the beans next to him, and every time the spoon is poured into the small hole of the grinding disc, the gap between the two grinding discs can grind out a white bean liquid, which flows into the wooden barrel dripping dripping. There should also be a way to put soybeans, only half a spoonful can be poured at a time, and it must be poured when it is about the same grinding. Either it's going to get stuck in the cracks. The grinding side will take more time.

Once you have ground a bucket of bean liquid outside, you will bring it into the kitchen and bring it to a boil. When the firewood is burned, the boiled bean liquid becomes soybean milk. The little sister waited there with a big bowl very early. After the soy milk is tumbling. Spoon out a few bowls with an iron spoon. Place on the table. The freshly opened soy milk tastes better than the outside. There will be a lot of water mixed with the outside.

Just hot soy milk, Zhang Niu brushed and drank a bowl. My stomach was full at once. Mom took out the cleaned tofu pocket. Putting all the soy milk into the net is a very important step to remove the tofu residue. The slag goes more and goes less, and the tofu is delicate. It's a delicate job. A large bucket of soybeans has been ground, and the two of them took the grinding disc outside to clean.

When Zhang Niu came back with the grinding plate, the tofu was already ready. It was still covered with gauze in a round tofu bowl, and I could see the heat coming out.

"Ride your bike to town!" Mom said.

"Got it."

The dad who walked to the front yard had already put the whole tofu pot in the car. "Don't ride too fast on the road. The provincial tofu was scattered. "Daddy's voice came from behind. Needless to say, Zhang Niu also knew that dirt roads could not be ridden too fast.

On the road, you can see villagers in the fields cleaning up the Chinese cabbage that was frozen when it has been frozen, and you can also see cabbage wrapped in straw ropes. It looks very tender.

When going uphill, it was hard to Zhang Niu, and he dragged it up. Tired panting. To the town of Tolu is also this place is difficult to ride. No other dirt roads are allowed.

Zhang Niu, who was riding a car, saw a black sedan passing by in front of him. In the past flashes that. Zhang Niu saw that there seemed to be a person looking at him inside, but the car was too fast Zhang Niu didn't see clearly, and looked in the direction they were going. I guess I went to the wilderness.

Seeing the car go away, Zhang Niu re-mounted the car and rode to the town.

When I came to the town and came to a small shop in the alley, my aunt, who was busy, saw Zhang Niu "sent it so early"

"yes. I heard that you are in a hurry to use it. It's not just done, come over, you see, it's still hot. ”

After moving the tofu down, Zhang Niu went into the house to drink boiling water, "If it's okay, I'll go back first"

Seeing that my aunt, who was busy with work, said something and rode home. The way back is much quicker. Although it is shaking badly.

Back on the hillside of Zhang Niu, who was happy to build a small building, I thought that the car should still be there, but who knew that there was no black car when I went up to see it. Two bamboo buildings have been built, the style is the same as Zhang Niu's, that is, it is much higher or double-layered, Zhang Niu also wanted to build such a shape, but there was no money at that time.

The mountain roads outside the city are also paved with stones, and it feels like they can't be compared when they go back to see their own mountain roads. A rich man is a rich man. The pond is also full of people working. From time to time, there were bursts of shouting.

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