"You know what? I have investigated, no matter at any time to make tofu is the most profitable, you want a pound of beans to grind, plus water can make a lot of pounds of tofu, the profit is more than half. We only need to make a few dozen catties of tofu every day to feed dozens of us. Valing explained to the concubines very seriously.

"But we really haven't made tofu, so we really won't make it." Qiu Xiang looked at Wa Ling and said helplessly.

"It doesn't matter, I've seen others do it before, now let's do it first, slowly do it a few more times, I believe we will do it well." Valling is a person who likes to try everything for himself, so be sure to do it yourself.

"Madam, since you insist on doing it, then we will be your helper." Xiaolian and Qingqing echoed.

Beans are the cheapest, Xiaolian used the only money on her body to buy a bag of soybeans on the street, looking at the golden soybeans, Waring said to these concubines: "For our future life, now we will start to divide the labor, you are responsible for soaking beans, you are responsible for soaking beans, young and capable are responsible for crushing beans, the older and weak are responsible for cooking pots, and those who can speak are responsible for selling tofu." In short, we all seem to be doing our own things on the surface, but in fact, we are all dragons, you know? ”

"Madame, we understand, we will do whatever you tell us to do." The concubines replied in unison obediently.

Seeing that Valing had a clear division of labor and was doing things in an orderly manner, Zhao Hu felt that he should help Valing, so he said: "Ling'er, I have a lot of strength, I am willing to help you grind tofu." You must know that you women may not be able to do this kind of hard work, let me help you, I believe you will be lighter. ”

"Brother Tiger, don't you have to go to Chaoli to go up? You must know that we live for a long time, and we can't delay your time. Valing said thoughtfully.

"Ling'er, I only go to the morning court for a few hours every day, and I still have time when I get home, so let me buy it for you." Zhao Hu said to Valing that he was happy to do anything for Valing, not to mention grinding tofu, even if he was asked to go up the knife mountain and down the sea of fire, he would also be happy.

Seeing that Zhao Hu insisted on helping, Valing said very gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Hu, with your help, I believe we will definitely get through the difficulties." ”

Everyone has a clear division of labor, and the work is quite hard, and there is no ambiguity at all. Looking at this peaceful everything, Valing was very happy and satisfied, and thought, stupid goose, you big villain, don't think you can cure me, tell you, I'm not easy to bully, the more you destroy me, the more I grow, and I will never admit defeat.

With Zhao Hu's help, the beans were quickly ground, and the next thing was to burn the pot. Waling had seen others do it before, but it was very difficult to really make it himself, when he put the bad soy milk in the pot, watching the soy milk tumbling, making her not know what to do for a while.

"Madam, I heard that this soy milk needs to be dotted with brine to make it into the shape of tofu." Xiaolian looked at the pot full of tofu juice and said to Valing.

"Use brine to order tofu, I really haven't heard of this." Valing also panicked for a while, she didn't expect that she was now boiling a big pot of tofu juice, but she couldn't find the brine, which really embarrassed her.

"Ma'am, I have brine here." Lily looked at Valing standing by the pot and didn't know what to do, and said timidly.

"Where did you get the brine?" Valing asked curiously.

"Madam, I'll tell you the truth, when I used to be an Oiran, I was always worried that other men would take advantage of me and make me lose my life, so I carried a small bottle of brine hidden by someone else and put it on my body. Thinking that if someone did anything wrong to me, I would drink the brine and die, and now it seems to have come in handy. Lily took a small bottle of brine and explained to Valing.

Listening to Lily's words, Valing was very sad, he didn't expect that he would save Lily unintentionally, so he said distressedly: "Lily, this brine is still used to make tofu, I hope you don't die easily, it's not easy for people to live for a lifetime." It's better to die than to live, I hope you have to look forward to everything, don't just care about the present. You must know that we are sisters now, and if you have any difficulties in the future, tell me, and I will help you. ”

Listening to Valing's words, Lily felt warm in her heart and said, "Madam, I will never have such stupid ideas in the future, I will definitely follow Madame well and live a different life." ”

"That's right, from now on, let our sisters live their own lives and realize their self-worth." Valing said passionately to all the concubines.

Seeing that the brine was dotted into the tofu juice and quickly turned into pieces of tofu, all the concubines even said happily: "Madam, we can make tofu, and we can really support ourselves by making tofu in the future." ”

"Yes, we're going to sell tofu next." Valing said with a smile, she felt that Qiu Xiang had been showing up outside and knew more about the business scene, so she asked her to take a concubine out to sell tofu.

Qiu Xiang was happy to do this kind of work on the scene, but I saw a concubine with better physical strength carrying two sieves of tofu, and Qiu Xiang shouted next to her: "Tofu, hot tofu." Fresh hot tofu just out of the pot, hurry up and buy it. ”

Seeing that the old bustard in Cuihualou suddenly sold hot tofu, everyone was very curious, and those who didn't eat tofu also came out with soybeans to exchange for tofu.

"How do you sell this tofu?" The person who bought the tofu pointed to the tofu and asked Qiu Xiang.

"Two catties of soybeans for one catty of tofu is very cheap." Qiu Xiang pointed to the tofu and said to the big guy.

"Well, the price is the same as other tofu sellers, but I don't know what it tastes like?" The onlookers said.

"Our lady said, you can taste it first and then buy it, and then buy it when it tastes delicious." Qiu Xiang said to everyone with a smile. She felt that it was not easy for her wife to put down her body and make tofu herself, and she should be polite to everyone who bought tofu.

Watching Qiu Xiang cut the tofu into small pieces, the people who bought the tofu reached out and took a piece and put it in their mouths to taste.

"How?" Qiu Xiang looked at these people and asked anxiously.

"Delicious, really tasty. We haven't eaten such delicious tofu yet. The people who bought the tofu were full of praise while eating, and they took out their own soybeans in exchange, and Qiu Xiang was very busy for a while.

Soon, the two sieves of tofu were swept away under the coaxing of everyone. Looking at the empty sieve, Qiu Xiang and the concubine who picked the sieve were very happy, and ran all the way back to the Su family's old house, shouting before they entered the door: "Madam, we are back, and they are all sold out." ”

"So fast, is it true?" All the concubines gathered around and asked in surprise.

"Of course it's true, just look at these soybeans." Qiu Xiang pointed to the two bags of soybeans carried by the concubine who picked the sieve, and said excitedly to everyone.

Looking at the golden soybeans, everyone was very happy, and cheered in unison: "We can finally support ourselves and no longer have to rely on men." ”

Su Fan's wife led the concubines to sell tofu soon spread in the capital, and the news was boiling, and naturally it reached the ears of the prime minister. When Prime Minister Wa sat in the Prime Minister's Mansion and listened to Song Mai tell him that Waling's tofu was selling very well, he didn't know whether he was happy or worried, and patted the table and said: "It is worthy of being the daughter of Prime Minister Wa, and she can stand up and put it down wherever she goes." ”

"Master, should we go and see Miss, I heard that Miss has been driven to the old mansion by the people of Su Mansion now, very pitiful. We should go and help her. Song Mai was very distressed and said to Prime Minister Wa Cheng that he felt that the young lady was wronged by marrying Su Fan.

Listening to Songmai's words, Prime Minister Wa Cheng said helplessly: "You also know that I love my daughter very much, but the daughter who marries is like water spilled out, no matter how she lives in her husband's house, we shouldn't say anything." Now she and the other sisters are working hard to sell tofu, but at least they can live with dignity. In this way, I can also show Su Fan, that bastard, and let him know that without him, my daughter can support herself. ”

Hearing Prime Minister Wa say this, Songmai didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to silently bless Miss in his heart. At the same time, he also forgot to tell the other people in the Prime Minister's Mansion to let them try to take care of the young lady's business.

"Madam, our tofu is really selling very well, every time we can't go far, many people will take the initiative to come to us to buy it, and they will praise and praise our tofu while buying." After Qiu Xiang came back from selling tofu, she said happily to Valing, she has been very happy these days, she feels that she lives with dignity, and she feels so kind when she earns every soybean.

Looking at Qiu Xiang and the happy appearance of everyone, Valing said with a smile: "Sisters, you must know that it is not easy for us to make tofu, then we should be honest, whether it is from selecting beans, or from grinding beans, burning pots, to pressing tofu, we must strictly control every process and strive to do the best." Only in this way will our business get better and better, and our financial resources will roll in. ”

"Madam, you really know how to do business, you must know that selling tofu is really profitable, and we are really happy to watch the bags of soybeans we sell in exchange for bags of soybeans every day. In the past, we only made two sieves of tofu a day, but now we have to make eight sieves a day to sell, and I believe that if this continues, our business will definitely get better and better. Qiu Xiang wiped the sweat on her face and said with admiration to Valing.

"You're right, since our business is getting bigger and bigger, I don't think we should be satisfied with the status quo, but pay attention to renewal, that is, we should constantly introduce new tricks to attract our main customers, so that they can stay in our customer base permanently." Valing consulted with everyone.

"Madam, we don't know anything about business, if you have any good ideas, just say it, and we'll do it." Lily looked at Valing and said expectantly, now they believe in Valing very much, no matter what Valing wants them to do, they will obediently do it.

Waling looked at the expectant eyes of these concubines, so he said to them with great interest: "Sisters, I think the taste of our tofu is too simple, we should introduce new tricks to it, and at the same time with various dipping sauces, I believe that it will be very enjoyable and convenient for everyone to eat in this way." ”

"We really haven't thought about introducing new tricks, and we've never heard of this as a dipping sauce for tofu. You must know that when others sell tofu, they will be finished when they are sold, and we still have to bring dipping sauce to them, what kind of dipping sauce should we bring? The other concubines asked curiously.

"I've researched, and people in our capital like to eat spicy food, so we can bring them chili dipping sauce. If there are outsiders who don't like spicy food, then we can bring them that dipping sauce with green onions and soy sauce. As she spoke, Valling brought out several dipping sauces she had just researched for everyone to taste.

Looking at the small plates of dipping sauce in front of them, the concubines were very surprised and asked, "Madam, did you make this?" ”