Chapter 21: Tofu
[Erhe has a heavy cold, I feel like I'm about to stop eating, let's change it to 6000 today, and the rest will be made up for tomorrow, (T_T) by the way, can I ask for a ticket? γ
Xiangqin weighed two catties of tofu at a stall selling tofu, and it cost less than two yuan.
A pound of tofu sells for less than a dollar, and the cost of a pound of soybeans is almost a dollar.
Selling a pound of tofu can't make a pound of soybeans, this is clearly a loss-making business!
The more Duan Yongyuan thought about it, the more he felt that this tofu deal was not cost-effective, he glanced back, and saw that he was far away from the tofu stall he had patronized with Parsley just now, so he simply drove the tricycle to the dead willow tree on the side of the road and stopped.
Anyway, Xiangqin also said that everyone can discuss things together, and Duan Yongyuan is really not unhappy.
Pressing down the brake, Duan Yongyuan turned around and faced the parsley on the edge of the tricycle, but he didn't know how to speak.
Xiangqin noticed his strangeness, and knew in her heart that her brother was a little cowardly, not good at expressing himself, but his heart was very good.
She smiled sweetly and said softly: "Brother Yongzi, if you have anything to say, you say it slowly, don't worry." β
When Duan Yongyuan was organizing the language, Xiangqin's sparkling black eyes stared at him patiently.
Duan Yongyuan dissipated some of his nervousness, and when he saw the tofu in the tricycle, he pointed, "That tofu...... What we asked just now, tofu costs nine cents a pound, and the soybeans you bought back cost a pound...... Is it that the soybeans that people buy are cheaper than the ones we buy? β
Smart as parsley, she immediately understood what Duan Yongyuan wanted to express, he was just afraid that his family would make a bloody deal.
However, after listening to Duan Yongyuan's words, and seeing his naΓ―ve appearance, Xiangqin was stunned, and couldn't help but laugh "poof".
The burning clouds in the sky flew to Duan Yongyuan's face, and for a moment he felt that his cheeks were amazingly hot, and at the same time, he couldn't help but wonder why Parsley was laughing.
Parsley lifted her sleeve and wiped the corners of her mouth, her eyes sparkling like waves, making her look watery and pitiful.
She suppressed her laughter, and her voice spoke with a pleasant tone that touched people's nerves, and she only heard her say: "Brother Yongzi, do you think that a pound of soybeans can only make a pound of tofu?" β
Duan Yongyuan really thought so, but listening to Xiangqin's tone, it seemed that his idea was wrong.
"Isn't it?" Duan Yongyuan couldn't help but ask.
"A pound of wheat can't produce a pound of flour, and a pound of tofu can use a pound of soybeans!" As far as parsley knows, a pound of wheat can grind eight taels of flour is considered good.
"How much tofu can you make from that pound of soybeans?"
"Guess." Parsley smiled mysteriously.
Duan Yongyuan raked his head, a little annoyed, but he didn't have a problem with him, a girl who always likes to play tricks, "Don't sell it to me!" β
Xiangqin couldn't help laughing again, "A person with good craftsmanship can make seven catties of tofu from one pound of soybeans." Seeing Duan Yong's stunned expression, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, replaced by a layer of gray loss, "I can almost make five catties." β
Although it can't be compared with seven catties, in Duan Yongyuan's opinion, it is also a great thing to be able to make five catties of tofu from one catty of soybeans.
Parsley is not as content as him, it sounds like the difference of just two catties, but it can be calculated as nearly two yuan. If you really start the business of selling tofu, after many years, you will not make more than two yuan.
Duan Yongyuan was happy, and even a little carried away, he kicked hard under his feet, and only then did he realize that he hadn't let go of the brakes.
He pressed one hand on the brake, and accidentally caught a glimpse of the street opposite, which seemed to be lively, and he couldn't help but take a second look, and found a familiar figure in the crowd.
Duan Yongyuan hurriedly greeted Xiangqin, "Xiangqin, can you see if that's your mother?" β
As far as Duan Yongyuan knew, Duan Qiuping almost didn't leave the door, and he was afraid that he had mistaken someone, so he asked Xiangqin to do confirmation.
Dr. Liu's clinic is just across the street, across the road from where Duan Yongyuan and Xiangqin are located.
Xiangqin glanced at it, and the person who recognized the wolf was indeed Duan Qiuping.
It is estimated that something happened at the other end of the clinic, which attracted a lot of people to watch the excitement, and Duan Qiuping seemed to be involved.
Duan Yongyuan pedaled over on the tricycle and heard the voices of several people, including Duan Qiuping's voice.
Dr. Liu's face was relatively thin, and when he saw so many people gathered at the door of the clinic, the blush on his face had not subsided, and he really couldn't stand Duan Qiuping's sudden hospitality, so he had to push her out of the clinic.
Dr. Liu turned sideways to Duan Qiuping and pushed his glasses, looking a little hasty, "Sister, you can leave quickly, there is no shortage of people in my clinic!" β
Duan Qiuping faced the strange gazes cast by everyone, and smiled at Dr. Liu with a flattering face, "Anyway, I'm idle all day long, come and help you clean up, grab medicine for the patient, it's okay, it's really okay-"
After speaking, she said twice, held her hand in front of her abdomen, and made an embarrassed twist.
In the clinic just now, Duan Qiuping just didn't know how to pretend to know how to make her own decisions to catch the medicine for the patient, and she almost caught something. People want to buy cold medicine, and she gives people medicine for hemorrhoids, isn't this a clear mess in the clinic! What's even more ridiculous is that Dr. Liu was giving a patient a spanking injection in the ward, and this Qiu Ping didn't even say hello, so she rushed in, feeling that she didn't know how to respect people at all!
As a result, some people laughed more than Duan Qiuping, and Hong Cheng leaned on the door of his Santana, completely gloating and watching a good show.
He even said in an ambiguous tone: "Uncle, people don't mean to drink when they are drunk!" β
This kind of thing, even if Hong Cheng doesn't say it, Dr. Liu knows it. He could see that Duan Qiuping not only didn't know how to pretend to understand, but also had first-class skills in pretending to be stupid. There are health care products for men and women in his clinic, Duan Qiuping grabbed a box of insurance sets, and pestered him to ask what to do. There are so many medicines in his clinic, why does Duan Qiuping have to catch that one to ask knowingly!
Dr. Liu is anxious and angry, he is the best at dealing with this kind of entangled woman, and he really doesn't understand in his heart, how can Parsley, who looks so sensible, have such a shameless mother-in-law!
Doctor Liu saw Duan Yongyuan and Xiangqin, as if he saw a rescuer, "Xiangqin, hurry up and take your mother away, I am here to treat people, and she is here to make trouble for me!" β
Without listening to a detailed explanation, Parsley could imagine what Duan Qiuping had done in Dr. Liu's clinic.
shouting about this shame and that shame every day, doesn't Duan Qiuping feel ashamed at this time!
Xiangqin's face was blue and red for a while, she resisted the urge to yell at Duan Qiuping, and glanced at Duan Yongyuan, who was also eager to find a crack in the ground to get into.
Duan Qiuping didn't seem to expect Xiangqin and Duan Yongyuan to appear in this place, after the accident, she felt uneasy, with a reluctant smile on her face, and she also became cringe when she spoke, "Xiangqin, why are you here?" β
Parsley gritted her teeth again and again, holding back the growing anger in her heart, and the fingers of the hands in her sleeves were about to dig into the flesh.
Parsley was hot, but pretended to be cold, "If you let grandpa know about today's matter, he will let you enter the door of the Duan family, and I will have your surname in the future!" β
After Duan Qiuping heard this, her face suddenly turned pale. She glared at Parsley in resentment, taking her reminder as a threat.
Xiangqin jumped on the tricycle, left Duan Qiuping, who was standing still, and walked away with Duan Yongyuan.
Duan Yongyuan didn't understand what was happening at the door of Dr. Liu's clinic at all, and wanted to ask, but when he turned around, he saw that Xiangqin had a frightening and solemn face, and when it came to his throat, he swallowed it again.
There was nothing to say all the way, and when he arrived at the entrance of the village, Duan Yongyuan was about to slide down the dirt slope, only to hear Xiangqin suddenly shout "Stop", and he hurriedly braked in time.
Xiangqin stared at her, as if she was listening to something quietly, and she also asked Duan Yongyuan, "Brother Yongzi, have you heard-"
Duan Yongyuan blinked blankly, followed the appearance of parsley, and pricked up his ears.
It seems that there is really a shouting from somewhere, and at first it was vaguely audible and not very clear, but gradually the shouting became more and more real.
"Hot Tofu - Hot Tofu - "
The shouts echoed over the village, like the sound of the old bell in the old playground of the school, like the sound of a drum from the inside of the heart, and it was hard not to notice.
"It seems to have come from the east end of the village." Duan Yongyuan had already figured out the direction, and he remembered that every afternoon, there were people riding tricycles around the front village and back village, selling hot tofu.
"Check it out." Parsley can't remember how long it's been since she'd eaten hot tofu from her hometown, and she can barely recall the unique taste.
Duan Yongyuan rushed to the east of the village with parsley, and was bumped into the proprietress who sold hot tofu riding a tricycle out of the village entrance at the east end of Duanjiazhuang.
"Boss, two bowls of hot tofu." With a smile, Parsley held out two fingers at the proprietress with a smile.
"Okay, two bowls of hot tofu for two dollars."
The proprietress had a large, flat and round basket on the tricycle, covered with a large and clean white cloth.
She took out two white bowls and placed them side by side on the edge of the tricycle, and then she lifted the white cloth from the basket, revealing the snow-white tofu that seemed to knead out water.
The proprietress picked up the knife on the side of the basket, slice a piece of palm-sized tofu in her hand, and cut the tofu in her hand into small pieces with a knife and put it into a white bowl.
The proprietress cut two bowls of tofu in a row, and poured red and green juice on the tofu in the bowl.
The red sauce is mainly chili peppers, and the green juice is mainly made from mashed toons, and the two seasonings are combined together and blended together on the white and tender tofu, just like wrapping the tofu in a colorful coat.