"Grinding something?" Picking up the small stone mill on the side, Zhao Yuan thought.

Seeing a small pile of konjac under the eaves, Zhao Yuan's eyes lit up, and he could make some konjac tofu.

This pile of konjac was collected from Yakou Village, Dongquan Village and Zhulin Village during this time, and some of the smaller ones have been planted in the vegetable fields, and here they are all larger ones.

"Try it casually, whether it's soft or hard, there's no problem with this stone grind." Huang Stonemason said with great confidence.

"Uncle, what are you going to grind?" Luoluo asked.

"Just grind this, let's make kyoke tofu." Zhao Yuan pointed to the konjac and said.

"Master, what to do, we're here to help." Shao Meng and Guo Du stepped forward and said.

"First clean the demon yoc, wash off all the soil, and then cut out the sprouts of this demon yam, and this one can grow into a new demon yam when planted in the ground." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

The konjac tuber has a terminal bud at the top, and with a bit of konjac flesh shaved off to be used as seeds, similar to potatoes.

"Be careful, don't get your hands on the juice of the yarrow." Zhao Yuan nodded and said to Shao Meng and the others.

"Zhao Yuan, the demon taro tofu you said is made from this demon taro? You bought this yam for eating? Zhulin Village Zhenghuang Guzhong said.

"That's right, Uncle San, this is a good thing." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Miss, go to the side a little bit, be careful of this demon taro juice splashing on you." Guo Du said to Luoluo, who was very close.

"Luoluo, come here." Meng Ying greeted the little girl.

"Go boil a pot of boiling water, this demon yam needs to be scalded to peel it." Zhao Yuan said to Meng Ying.

"I've never seen anyone eat yam like this, boy, where did you find a way?" Huang Stonemason was also very surprised, he was so old, he didn't know that the konjac could be eaten like this, wasn't it used in a small amount in the pharmacy?

"Uncle, this is a good thing, if you make this little stone grinder well, it won't be long before you can eat demon taro tofu." Zhao Yuan said jokingly.

"Then I'm waiting for the good things you kid makes, I don't have any problems with this stone grinding." Yellowstonemason said.

Meng Ying took Luoluo to the kitchen and began to boil water, and Zhao Yuan carefully took the konjac top buds cut out by Shao Meng and the two of them to the vegetable field and planted them.

"Can you really live if you plant like this?" Li Zheng Huang Guzhong asked.

"Yes, Uncle San, when you go back, you can plant the demon taro in the field, apply some fertilizer, and I will harvest it next year." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Can we learn how to make this konjac tofu? We can also do some at home in the future. Huang Guzhong asked with interest.

"No problem, make konjac, by the way, I usually call konjac konjac, this konjac tofu is very simple." Zhao Yuan nodded and said.

"Then we have to study hard, Zhao Yuan, you have some good things here." Huang Guzhong said with a smile.

After planting konjac, Zhao Yuan took Huang Guzhong back to the kitchen.

"The water is boiling, Brother Yuan, can you just put these demon potatoes in the pot and boil?" Meng Ying asked.

"Yes, raw konjac is poisonous, and it will be very itchy when it gets on the skin, so scald them with boiling water to peel them." Zhao Yuan nodded and said.

These konjacs are not big, the largest is only the size of an adult's fist, which is also the relationship between everyone not taking good care of the konjac in the field, and the konjac that everyone grows well next year will be much larger than these.

Zhao Yuan asked Shao Meng and Guo to carefully put the konjac into a pot that had boiled water, boiled for a while and then scooped it up, and then carefully removed the skin on the surface of the konjac and chopped it in a clean basin.

"It's okay, it's okay." Looking at the konjac that had been chopped into small particles and had been glued together, Zhao Yuan said.

"It's all glued together, Brother Yuan, do you want to add some water?" Meng Ying asked.

"Yes, just add a little warm water." Zhao Yuan nodded and said.

"Great Ancestor, how is this little stone mill used?" Looking at the small stone mill whose shape was somewhat different from the stone mill in Zhaojiazhuang, Luoluo asked curiously.

"Big girl won't be able to, this stone grind has to be ground by one person, let your uncle install the stone grinding." The yellow stonemason said with a smile.

"Let's wash the stone mill first, uncle, this handle is tight, right?" Zhao Yuan asked with a smile.

"Don't worry, just use it." Huang Stonemason saw that Zhao Yuan was still doubting the quality of the stone grinding he made, and said dissatisfied.

Although Zhao Yuan had never seen a stone mill of this shape, regardless of later generations or coming to this era, he understood the use of this small stone mill after thinking about it for a while.

Put the grinding disc of the small stone mill on the small table, the grinding disc mouth is suspended in the air, and then take a bamboo brush and carefully clean the stone mill with water, and then you can grind konjac.

"Master, I'll grind, I have a lot of strength." Looking at this delicate little stone mill, Guo Du stepped forward with interest and said.

"Okay, but we'll have to grind things slowly." Zhao Yuan tried to grind his heart, pretended it very tightly, put down the upper part of the stone mill, nodded and said.

The stone mill grinds things, mainly relying on the carved lines on the upper and lower grinding surfaces, and there is a drainage groove that specially guides the things to be ground to the grinding surface, which can guide the konjac particles mixed with some warm water to the fan-shaped lines and grind, and then converge into the grinding disc along the edge of the stone mill.

"Uncle, why don't you use a bucket or basin to pick up the grinding plate, the ground kam will fall to the ground." Luoluo asked.

"No, the konjac sauce from the konjac grinding will be very viscous, and it won't fall to the ground when we finish grinding." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"I'm starting to grind, sir, how many demon yam do you put in the grinding eye at one time?" Guo Du asked with a smile.

"This spoon, half a spoon at a time is fine." Zhao Yuan held a wooden spoon and said.

The so-called diligent grinding (jiù) lazy grinding means that you don't need a fast speed when grinding, and you can grind slowly. Mortar refers to the method of shelling grains and other grains in this era, and the speed of mortar is required to be fast. There is a stone mortar in Zhaojiazhuang, and Zhao Yuan has used it, which is indeed a hard work, but it is not a simple thing to turn rice into rice.

"Wow, the konjac sauce from the ground has turned red." Under Zhao Yuan's instructions, Guo Du began to grind konjac, and slowly the konjac sauce overflowed from between the two grinding noodles and converged into the grinding plate.

"Yes, the konjac will slowly turn into this color." Zhao Yuan didn't explain, and said with a smile.

"Boy, what are you going to do when this demon taro is grinded out?" The yellow stonemason also asked curiously.

"It's okay to grind it and put it in a pot to cook, but you have to add one thing before you can eat it." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"The secret to this thing's edibility is that you want to add something like this, right?" Huang Guzhong asked with a smile.

"Yes!" Zhao Yuan nodded and said.

"Uncle, what do you want to add, do we have it at home?" Luoluo asked.

"Yes, that's it, Lime." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Isn't lime used to build houses, repair fish ponds, and make demon taro tofu?" Meng Ying said in surprise.

"The so-called one thing descends one thing, originally lime and konjac are inedible, but the lime water clarified by lime is mixed in the boiled konjac, and the konjac made can be eaten, but this amount must be grasped well." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.