After tasting it himself, Zhang Ran easily cut off a few large pieces of tofu with a wooden spoon, put them in a bowl, and handed them to the three people around him: "Everyone taste it!" ”

"Okay, I'll try it first!"

Faced with tofu, which looks a little harder, Sankui didn't have so many scruples in his heart, and after taking the pottery bowl, he picked up the chopsticks and gently picked up a piece of tofu from the pottery bowl, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

After eating the first bite, Sankui's eyes lit up, gave him a thumbs up, and praised: "Brother Ran, this tofu tastes very good, soft, and much better than that tofu brain!" ”

"Nonsense!" When her sister Zhang Sui'er heard this, she immediately stopped complying, pouting and dissatisfied: "Obviously, that tofu brain is more delicious, fragrant, tender, and much more delicious than this tofu." This tofu is also soft, but it is bitter! ”

"Bitter?" After hearing his sister's words, Zhang Ran hurriedly picked up a small piece of tofu, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully.

Soon, Zhang Ran frowned and said, "It's okay when you enter it, but there is indeed a little bitterness in your mouth after eating, why is this?" ”

Zhang Ran remembered that when he bought tofu in his previous life, he occasionally accidentally bought tofu with this faint bitter taste, this kind of tofu is said to be marinated when he didn't grasp the time, could it be that the tofu he made also missed the best time to marinate?

With such questions, Zhang Ran successively lifted the stones and muslin on the remaining molds, cut off a little tofu from each piece one by one, and tasted it carefully.

After tasting it, Zhang Ran found that no matter what the tofu was in a mold, it was basically a little bitter, and there was no exception.

"Why do you have a bit of a bitter taste? Obviously, the time of ordering marinade can't be the same! ”

Zhang Ran touched his chin and thought: "Tofu is a little bitter, which basically has little to do with the timing of the marinade." Maybe it's the quality of the brine (salt) water itself? ”

In order to prove whether his guess was accurate, Zhang Ran took the little salt water left at the bottom of the bowl when he ordered the marinade, dipped it in his finger and tasted it...

"Phew, phew... It's salty, it's bitter~"

Zhang Ran looked down at the salt water in the bowl and found that there were some fine particles precipitated at the bottom of the pottery bowl, which were obviously large impurities in the salt. And even after the salt is boiled in warm water, the taste of the salt water still has a bitter taste...

After tasting the taste of the salted water, Zhang Ran immediately came to a conclusion in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh: "Eighty percent of the salt is of inferior quality, resulting in a bitter taste to the tofu..."

Zhang Ran's salt was bought from the market last time he went to Xinfeng. Most of the salt sold in this market is very large particles, which are even slightly mixed with some sediment, and every time Zhang Ran grilles fish with these salts, he must melt them with warm water in advance.

In addition to not wanting to waste these precious salts, there is also a very important reason for this, which is that the salt is very large and has poor viscosity.

With this used to marinate tofu, it's no wonder that the tofu will have a slightly bitter taste...

After finding out the crux of the problem, the only way to solve the problem is to change to better salt..., but good salt is too expensive, and I can't afford it...

Thinking of the expensive price of refined salt that he saw in the bazaar, Zhang Ran could only smile bitterly and said: "Forget it, let's be bitter!" When we have time to strain or refine the salt, things may be better..."

Speaking of which, the method of turning inferior coarse salt into high-grade refined salt is just a piece of cake for Zhang Ran. It stands to reason that purifying salt is much more profitable than selling tofu, and with the "unique skills" that Zhang Ran has mastered, he can make a lot of money just by doing it...

But...... The current emperor is the famous "Liu Che of the Han Wu Emperor" in history, and he is a ruthless man who will carry out the salt and iron official camp in the future. Dare to rob the emperor of money, don't you want to die?

This thing is too risky, and there is a high probability that you may have your life to make money, and you will not have your life to spend it...

"Ran'er, don't listen to your Sui'er's nonsense, isn't it..."Zhang Li hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "Isn't this tofu a little bitter, it's not a big deal, my mother thinks that this tofu melts in the mouth, and it tastes different..."

"Uh" Hearing his mother's words, Zhang Ran suddenly came back to his senses, and said with some tears and laughter: "Mother, it's okay, I've already found the reason for the bitter taste of tofu." When there is a chance in the future, I will find a way to solve this problem. ”

"Oh? Find out the reason so quickly? So what is the reason? Mother Zhang Li asked with some curiosity.

"Salt! The problem of salt! Zhang Ran picked up the pottery bowl, pointed to the impurities at the bottom of the bowl, and said to his mother: "There are too many impurities in our salt, which makes the salt itself bitter and salty, and the tofu made will naturally be bitter..."

"So that's the case..."Zhang Li immediately realized when he heard this, and then, after thinking about it, he asked: "The same thing cooked in a cauldron, why does the tofu brain have no bitter taste?" ”

"Is this..."Zhang Ran pondered for a while, and guessed: "Maybe the tofu brain is still hot when I eat it, so I feel that the bitterness is very light..., and the tofu is already cold, so the bitterness is a little heavier!" ”

"Is that so?" Zhang Li looked at the tofu in the bowl without a little heat, and nodded thoughtfully.

Zhang Ran picked up a piece of tofu, put it in his mouth and tasted it again, and said while eating: "All in all, although our tofu has a slightly bitter taste, it is also flawed, and it tastes much more delicious than that bean soup." I think that if this tofu is sold in the county market, it should not be a problem... What do you think, Auntie? ”

"Hmm..." Zhang Li also picked up a piece of tofu and put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully, and after eating the tofu, he replied seriously: "As you said, although the tofu has a slightly bitter taste, it is many times stronger than the bean soup... My mother thinks that if I sell it at the market, it should be welcomed by everyone..."

"Okay! With the words of my mother, I am relieved! ”

Hearing his mother say this, Zhang Ran's confidence in making money from selling tofu increased a little more. couldn't help but happily turn his head to Sankui, who was holding a pottery bowl and eating fiercely, and said: "Sankui, prepare after you go back, and by the way, tell your uncle, let's go to Xinfeng together tomorrow morning to try it and see if this tofu sells well!" ”

"Good!"

Sankui hurriedly swallowed the tofu into his stomach, then patted his stomach, and said with a smile: "Brother Ran, the tofu you made is so delicious, it must be a good deal to make money, after I go back, I will talk to Ah Weng, let's go into the city to sell tofu together tomorrow!" ”