Li Yu looked at the watch in his hand and said to everyone: "It's almost eleven o'clock, let's go back, otherwise grandma will come and call us." ”

"Well, pack up your things and go home." Li Ge nodded approvingly, urging his younger brothers to pack their things.

There were four cousins there, and Lin Zichen easily left Shizilin empty-handed.

"Xiao Chen, you're back, if you don't come back, you won't have tofu to drink." Lin Zichen's grandfather saw that Lin Zichen was back, and joked with a busy smile. "And you stinky boys, don't look at the time, it's so cold outside, do you think Xiao Chen is not afraid of the cold like you?"

"Grandpa~" The Li Ge brothers wailed aggrievedly and looked at Lin Zichen for help.

Lin Zichen stepped forward and grabbed his grandfather's hand, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, don't blame the four cousins, it's because I am greedy and want to get a little more vertebrae, so I didn't come back until now." ”

"Oh, Xiao Chen's mouth is still sweet, and he will intercede for a few of you stinky boys. Why don't you put your things down and do what you have to do. Grandpa glared at the Li Ge brothers.

The four Li Ge brothers looked at each other, and hurriedly slipped away with the things in their hands. Ah Gong is too partial, so they should go to the fish pond and have a look. lest I have to be nagged by my grandfather at home again.

Lin Zichen's grandfather watched his grandsons walk away, took Lin Zichen's hand and said, "Go Xiaochen, grandpa will teach you to make tofu." ”

Lin Zichen let her grandfather pull her to make tofu. The elders are not good at expressing their love in words, and can only express it in such a subtle way.

The Li Ge brothers expressed their unacceptability to this way of care, and even watched with a little sympathy as Lin Zichen was pulled away.

Lin Zichen is not a teenager no matter how he says it, not only does he not realize that the elders are very vulgar in this way of care, but he feels very heartwarming.

Lin Zichen followed his grandfather into the kitchen, and his aunt was cooking soy milk. The beans are ground into a pulp and need to be put into a pot to boil, and while cooking, hold a spoon to remove the top foam until the soy milk boils.

"Dad." Seeing my father-in-law come into the kitchen, my aunt hurriedly said hello.

Lin Zichen's grandfather waved his hand and asked his aunt to do something else, "You go and see if your mother needs help over there, and I'll leave the tofu making to me." I'm going to teach Xiao Chen how to make tofu today. ”

"Okay, then I'm out." The eldest aunt put down the spoon in her hand, smiled kindly at Lin Zichen, and left the kitchen.

The Li family has three kitchens, one for the old two, one for the big room, and one for the second room.

Although the family is separated, there is no gap between the family members because of the separation, and those who are harmonious envy others.

In the kitchen, my grandfather explained to Lin Zichen while putting the boiled soy milk into a special wooden barrel.

Lin Zichen was not impatient at all, pricked up his ears, listened carefully, and tried it himself from time to time.

The soy milk is boiled, followed by a little plaster. Gypsum is the key to the coagulation of soy milk into tofu. Putting more gypsum directly affects the taste of tofu, and if you put too much, the tofu will get old, and if you put less, the tofu may not be formed.

Lin Zichen's grandfather has been making tofu for most of his life, and he has long been familiar with how much gypsum to put in it. Glancing at the soy milk in the wooden barrel, my grandfather didn't use a utensil to measure, but directly scooped a few spoonfuls of gypsum into a bowl. Then pour in an appropriate amount of hot water and stir constantly until all the plaster is dissolved in the water.

"Xiao Chen, come, take this spoon, and when Ah Gong pours the gypsum water into the bucket later, you will keep stirring."

"Okay." Lin Zichen took the long-handled spoon in his grandfather's hand and stood on the other side of the barrel.

"Here we go." Grandpa poured gypsum water while reminding Lin Zichen.

Lin Zichen held the spoon in both hands and kept stirring.

"Don't stop, mix hard." Grandpa instructed.

At this time, Lin Zichen can be said to have used all his strength to eat.

With constant stirring, the soy milk slowly changed. Lin Zichen watched as the soy milk in the bucket slowly solidified into lumps.

"Alright, you can stop." Looking at the tofu flowers that slowly solidified in the bucket, my grandfather asked Lin Zichen to stop.

"Whew, it's really not easy to make tofu." Lin Zichen sighed sincerely.

When my grandfather heard this, he laughed, "Hehehe, now I know it's not easy." However, when you eat the tofu you make, the taste is not comparable to what you bought. ”

Lin Zichen nodded approvingly, what is more satisfying than having enough food and clothing?

"Okay, there's tofu flower to drink. Xiao Chen, go get a bowl and try the tofu you made yourself. Grandpa urged Lin Zichen.

"Huh." Lin Zichen took out a bowl from the cupboard and filled a bowl of tofu flowers. Add a spoonful of sugar, and a bowl of sweet tofu is freshly baked.

Hmm, Lin Zichen squinted his eyes in enjoyment as he ate the hot tofu flowers.

Grandpa looked at his granddaughter's expression of enjoyment, and a bright smile bloomed on his face. The tofu you make yourself can be liked by the younger generations, and no amount of hard work is worth it.

Lin Zichen finished drinking a bowl and burped contentedly, which caused his grandfather to laugh again.

Taking out a large plate from the cupboard, Lin Zichen also left tofu flowers for the rest of the family.

Tofu flowers are still more delicious to drink while they are hot, so Lin Zichen shouted to the others outside the kitchen: "The tofu flowers are ready, come and serve them if you want to drink them, otherwise it won't taste good if it's cold." ”

Li Weiyan, who was busy in another kitchen, heard Lin Zichen's shout, and said to everyone with a smile: "I'll go and bring a few bowls of tofu flowers, I haven't drunk the tofu flowers made by my father for a long time, and I really miss it a little." ”

Li Weiyan's words made the others smile, and they also wanted to drink tofu flowers a little in their hearts. It's not that they are greedy, it's true that they haven't drunk it for a long time, and the family only makes tofu during the holidays, and they usually don't have time to toss it, plus the tofu made by Lin Zichen's grandfather is indeed a must.

The coagulation of soy milk into tofu is not yet tofu, and it still needs a lot of steps.

"Xiao Chen, you are watching here, Ah Gong is going to get a wooden basin here."

"Okay."

The wooden pot is a tool for turning tofu flowers into tofu. My grandfather brought a wooden basin and placed it on a stone table outside the kitchen, and then spread it with a cleaned linen cloth.

Grandpa brought the tofu flowers to the stone table and spooned them into a wooden basin.

Wrap the tofu flowers in linen, cover them with a wooden lid, and press a large stone on top of the wooden lid.

"Okay, wait another half an hour, and there will be tofu to eat." Grandpa patted the dust on his hands, looked at the wooden basin and said.

The tofu can't be made for a while, and there will be no tofu for lunch.

"Grandpa, I'll go to the fish pond and ask my uncle to come back for lunch." Lin Zichen saw that he had nothing to do, so he said this to his grandfather.

Grandpa waved his hand and asked Lin Zichen to get busy.

Lin Zichen washed his hands, talked to Li Weiyan and the others, and then walked out of the house and walked in the direction of the fish pond.