"Uncles are so polite, it's just a trivial matter, Zhe can't be so thankful, although this fire kang was conceived by Zhe, but it was also done by everyone together, there is nothing to thank, the things that your uncles brought, let's take it back." Lu Zhe, who had just gotten up, saw Deng Zhu, Ghost Wuxian and Duan Dali standing with wild meat, in their own yard, and couldn't stop saying words of thanks in their mouths.

"Zhelangjun is kind to me and the whole family, a little game, and the fire kang invented by Zhelangjun that is enough to warm up must not be worth a day, and please don't shirk Zhelangjun." No matter how Lu Zhe excused himself, the three of them just disagreed, and they looked like they had given it away.

The men in the mountains were originally very simple, not to mention that although the village was named Jiujia, it was actually like a big clan. And the people in the mountain gate, although down, but the dignity and dignity in the bones still have to have, the three of them put down the game, turned around and left.

"Three uncles, please wait a moment." After receiving the game brought by the three of them, Lu Zhe turned around and entered the house and went straight to his own kang.

On the small kang table, there were already two plates of bean sprouts, Lu Zhe picked up a knife, and in his sister's distressed eyes, he cut off all the two plates of bean sprouts, divided them into three parts, tied them with thin rattans, and then turned around and walked out of the house.

"The game sent by the three uncles is too valuable, the boy can't repay it, there are still good bean sprouts at home, the three uncles take it home, you can make soup, you can put it in the porridge, and Zhe's favorite is to cook this thing with water slightly, add salt, mix it, it is a very refreshing and delicious side dish with porridge."

In this era, it is a very reckless behavior for adults to accept gifts from others and not return them. Depending on the scenario, the value of the return gift may vary. For example, if you really thank each other and give a very heavy gift, when you leave, the host will also symbolically give a small souvenir to the visitor, if it is a family and friends to the door, the value of the gift may be the same as that brought by relatives and friends. If it is a noble person who comes to the door, then, according to the degree of the nobleman, the return gift is even more different.

In short, no matter in which era, the gift-giving culture of the Chinese has always been very complex, from the Son of Heaven to the head of Qian, all of them are well versed in this way, and they are almost self-taught.

According to etiquette, the three of them came to thank Lu Zhe, and Lu Zhe only needed to give each of them a small bag of mushrooms or millet at will. The three of them didn't have any expectations for Lu Zhe's return gift, but when the three of them got it in their hands, the three of them found that this gift was different.

"Fine vegetables!" The three of them took the bean sprouts in their hands, their eyes widened, in the early winter, there were such watery white and tender vegetables, although they had not seen it before, but seeing each other solemnly take this as a return gift, it must not taste bad.

"What is this?" As the son of the ghost elder, the ghost is naturally very interested in all kinds of plants, and this vegetable called bean sprouts has never been seen before, so he is very interested.

"This is the sprout of the mushroom, which is planted by Zhe, because it is born from the mushroom, Zhe calls it a bean sprout. Pick the full mushroom, put it in a vessel, pour it with warm water, cover it with linen, put it in a warm place, and after three or four days, you can get this thing. A few uncles went back to taste it, and if they thought it was good, they would let a few aunts come to the door every few days, and they would be taught by philosophy. The method of bean sprouts in this life is extremely simple, and several aunts should learn it as soon as possible. ”

"Thank you, Tetsuro-kun." The three of them bowed down to give a salute, the old face was red, originally the three of them came to the door to thank this immortal disciple, named Lu Zhe's Xiao Langjun, the three of them brought the game they hunted, in the mountain village, it was a heavier gift, I didn't expect this immortal disciple to grow fresh vegetables in the winter, it only took three or four days to grow fresh vegetables, looking at this, it must be extremely delicious, the key key, this Zhe Langjun actually let his own woman learn the art of raw bean sprouts, such a kind style, so that the three men suddenly felt a little ashamed.

Damn, I'm obviously here to thank you, how can I accept the other party's greater favor?

After sending the three away, Lu Zhe turned around and went home, and saw that Yun Niang's mouth was about to pout to the sky, and her face was full of unhappy looks.

"Brother lies!" Seeing that her brother finally came back from outside the door, the little girl immediately opened fire like her brother, "Brother, you gave Yun Niang's bean sprouts away, and said that you will make cold bean sprouts today." ”

"Forehead ......" Lu Zhe had a headache, blaming himself for being quick for a while, and described to Yun Niang how crisp and delicious the bean sprouts were, and he also gave Yun Niang a task of raw bean sprouts like the winter vacation homework for primary school students in later generations, and let Yun Niang observe the growth of bean sprouts every day.

So, according to her brother's method, the little girl happily gave birth to the sprouts, and the first thing she did when she got up every day was to see if her sprouts had grown, if it wasn't for the dark light needed for the sprouts, the little girl could see her sprouts all day. When the bean sprouts grew, Yun Niang clapped her hands and applauded, she was a little reluctant to eat, and she was extremely reluctant to tell herself that she could make half of the bean sprouts to eat. I didn't expect that I was impulsive and gave away the bean sprouts that the little girl had worked so hard to plant and regarded as treasures.

"It's my brother's fault, my brother apologized to Yun Niang." Seeing that the corners of the little girl's mouth could hang an oil bottle, Lu Zhe hurriedly came up to coax his little sister.

"Humph! The elder brother is a big badass, worse than the black bear monster. Yun Niang's little face wrinkled, trying to make an angry appearance. In the poor language of little Lori, the black bear monster that steals the dust of the three Qingdao people is the worst thing in the world.

Of course, this is also related to Lu Zhe's Journey to the West just talked about the black bear monster.

"The three uncles sent the rabbit and the pine pheasant, which was the best food in the three uncles' family. Yun Niang said, shouldn't my brother give the best food in the family to the three uncles. Lu Zhe persuaded his sister softly.

"Brother said okay, eat bean sprouts today." Hearing her brother say that her raw bean sprouts were the best thing in the family, the little girl's face was a little loose, and she could no longer hide her pride.

But thinking of her bean sprouts, the little girl still can't let go, how cute the bean sprouts are, and she secretly named many bean sprouts, and she was a little reluctant to eat them, but she didn't expect to be served by her brother today. Thinking of this, Yun Niang, who felt a little aggrieved, couldn't help but leave a few golden beans on her face.

"There are so many soybeans at home, and they will regenerate in a few days, Yun Niang is obedient, and my brother will use this leftover soybean today to make a new food for Yun Niang." Seeing that his sister looked like she was going to cry to show herself, Lu Zhe hurriedly comforted her sister and used new food to divert Yun Niang's attention.

Although the villagers all call beans soybeans, at home, Lu Zhe, who is accustomed to the name of later generations, still calls this favorite ingredient of the Chinese soybeans, and soon, his sister also accepted this more intuitive name.

"Really?" Yun Niang's black eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother He has deceived Yun Niang."

"I was deceived just now."

"E........." Facing his sister, Lu Zhe, who was known as a disciple of the Immortal Family, was also a little speechless. In order to make up for the mistakes, Lu Zhe hurriedly scooped up the soybeans that had been soaked in water last night, mixed them with the beans that his sister used to make raw bean sprouts, put them into a clay pot, and then took the clay pot and walked to the stone mill in the courtyard by himself, and began to grind the beans.

What Lu Zhe wants to do is tofu, before the whole village labored, Lu Zhe asked the two brothers of the Ying family to make two stone mills, and when it was over, Lu Zhe visited the Ying family with a few fish, and when the next day, the shadow snake entered the Lu family with a small stone mill.

Finally, there is grinding, and now there are soybeans short of tofu.

But where does the food come from?

On the third day of the start of the pankang in the whole village, the shadow crane who had gone out to exchange goods came back and brought back a lot of coarse salt cubes.

"The refined salt made by Tetsulangjun is excellent, and it has been exchanged for 6 and a half catties of coarse salt." Shadow Crane handed him a clay pot, watching Lu Zhe exchange a small pot of salt for so many pieces of salt, and he couldn't help but feel a little envious in his heart.

"That kind of coarse salt, if eaten for a long time, is harmful to the human body, how to purify this fine salt, I have told the aunts in the village. Uncle Ying's family also eats such fine salt now. Ignoring Shadow Crane's stunned expression, Lu Zhe said lightly, as if it were an inconspicuous trivial matter.

"This ...... Extremely inappropriate" Regarding this matter, Shadow Crane resisted at the time, this kind of secret technique, this Tetsuro-kun actually gave it to others casually, this kindness is too heavy, and he can't afford it.

But when he went back and tasted the pure saltiness for the first time, he almost burst into tears. This is what people eat, compared to this, what he ate before. And after watching his wife tell him the purification method and ratio of coarse salt and fine salt lightly, his heart was shocked, so he came to Lu Zhe's house early the next morning, urging Lu Zhe to purify it quickly, and he ran a few more times to exchange more food for Lu Zhe.

Others told such an important secret to their own family for free, and the only thing they could do was to help him make a few more trips.

Regarding this point, in fact, Lu Zhe is also very strange, he obviously told the people in the village about the technology of purifying salt, but they did not use this technology to make a profit like him, but honestly used the pitiful production of the land to exchange for coarse salt, and then purified it.

"Everyone has the cheekiness to learn your salt making method, thanks to your blessing, the whole village will never have to eat that harmful black salt block again, this is a very heavy kindness, where can you be cheeky to use your secret skills to make profits." One day, after Lu Zhe asked Lin Jiang with a strange face, Lin Jiang said this to him.

After hearing this, Lu Zhe couldn't help but be moved, what a simple ancient, if some people in later generations had mastered a unique technology of others, maybe they would have used it to make a lot of profits, maybe for this, they could do things to make money and kill people, how could they be like these ancients.

"It's still the simplicity of the ancients." Lu Zhe, who was a little moved, immediately asked Lin Jiang to tell the people in the village that there were few products in the mountain village, and since there was this technology, why not use it? Even if you don't change anything else, it's good to get enough salt.

After such a statement, the people in the village also began to make refined salt in exchange, but only in the salt, after changing enough salt, they will not exchange for other things, in the eyes of the villagers, this salt-making technique is Lu Zhe's, they can use it is already very good, and it is unimaginable to use it for profit.

Therefore, before the beginning of winter, Shadow Crane did not stop for a moment, and every time he returned to the village, he hurried out of the mountain, and in twenty days, he actually ran four times. helped Lu Zhe exchange a lot of food, and when it was the last time, Lu Zhe asked Yinghe to help him change more beans, so before the winter, Lu Zhe got twenty catties of soybeans.

While thinking, Lu Zhe slowly pushed the mill, and his sister looked at his brother curiously beside him.

"It's out, it's out." The craftsmanship of the Ying brothers is very good, only a few times to push, the snow-white soybean milk flowed out, flowed into the clay pot placed under the stone mill, grinded for about half an hour, the beans were finished, and most of the pot of soy milk was obtained.

It's really good, looking at the snow-white soy milk, Lu Zhe was a little greedy, and he wanted to cook a bowl, put on the sugar, and drink a bowl hard, but in this era, even if it is a prince and nobleman, sugar is a rare thing, he grinded it for half an hour, his arms were sore, and he only grinded it so little, and he still wanted to make tofu stewed fish, but he couldn't waste it.

So, imagining the deliciousness of tofu, Lu Zhe hurriedly put the clay pot on the stove in the inner room, boiled it over high heat, and then skimmed off the foam with a spoon, and then, Lu Zhe found a piece of linen, and with the help of his sister, strained out the bean dregs and put it in another clay pot.

These two clay pots were also made by Liu Chang by the way when they built the kang at home, and there was no difference between them and the pots of later generations, and he also asked Lin Lishui to make a few steamers. In this way, except for the absence of a wok, his family's basic cooking utensils are complete.

The bean dregs were filtered out, Lu Zhe slowly simmered the soybean milk in the pot over low heat, while stirring it with a wooden spoon, and after the soybean milk boiled again, Lu Zhe took out a small jar, which was filled with burnt plant ash, Lu Zhe thought about it, grabbed a handful of half plant ash and threw it into the pot, stirred vigorously, Lu Zhe buried the fire, covered the pot, and used the embers to heat.

Grass ash contains alkaline, before Lu Zhe did not find gypsum or brine, he only used this to make tofu, and later generations also used plant ash to make tofu, but the plant ash is not very clean, and it is easy to get sick when eaten. In this regard, Lu Zhe thought of a lot of ways, crushed the plant ash, added water, filtered, and dried, and obtained a small jar of gray-brown plant ash crystals. It's also a 2.0 version of Grass Gray.

After about a quarter of an hour, Lu Zhe carefully uncovered the lid of the pot, and a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Inside the brown clay pot, the snow-white soy milk has solidified, and the inside is already a slightly gray tofu brain, but the gray is almost negligible.

found two small bowls, scooped two bowls of tofu brain, sprinkled a little salt, and cut a little wild onion, Lu Zhe took the lead in eating.

"Well......." The smooth and salty bean curd entrance, except for a little astringency, is no different from the bean curd of later generations, and Lu Zhe almost cried when he ate such a familiar taste again.

The sweet party and the salty party are all to die for me, and the spicy party is high!!!

Lu Zhe in his previous life was a person from a certain 4D magic Internet celebrity city, where Douhua was spicy, so when he heard the sweet and salty dispute of Douhua, although he wanted to speak out, he still hid it silently, sweet and salty is the mainstream, as a spicy party, the sense of existence is so low.

Although there were no chili peppers at this time, the salty and fresh bean curd was enough to comfort Lu Zhe, and he swore that this was the most comfortable meal he had eaten since he crossed over.

"Brother, brother, this is Shizi, Yun Niang also wants to eat it." The little man watched his brother eat very seriously, and a tempting aroma came to her nose, and the little girl was anxious, pulling the corner of her brother's clothes, and kept shaking.

"It's called bean curd, and it doesn't look like a flower to you."

"Hmm". Looking at the white flowers and things in the pot, Xiao Lori sniffed and nodded vigorously. "Yun Niang wants to eat bean curd."

"Brother, this will be Yun Niangsheng." After confirming that the bean curd was fine, Lu Zhe hurriedly made a bowl for his sister, Xiao Lori just took the first bite, her eyes lit up, she stopped talking, waved the spoon, spoon after spoon, and drank seriously.

The bean curd just out of the pot is very fresh, very tender, very hot, exuding a fragrance of beans, with the umami of soybean fat, with a little salt flower, the taste is very delicious, the brother and sister have not tasted it carefully, and a bowl of bean curd is quickly drunk.

"This bean flower is smooth and tender, delicious, delicious, delicious!" The little sister, who was poor in words, could not say any other words of praise, but repeated the word delicious three times, and then stretched out her little tongue, licked the bowl clean, and looked at her brother with a pitiful look like a kitten.

"Forehead......" A bowl of bean curd was in his stomach, not only did not satisfy Lu Zhe, but hooked his gluttony, looking at the little bean curd left in the pot, and his sister who was licking the bowl next to him with an expectant face. Lu Zhe's heart was horizontal, and he scooped out a small bowl of bean curd, put chopped green onions and salt, and served it to his sister.

"That's all for this small bowl, the rest is going to be made of tofu, don't finish it." Lu Zhe tried not to recall the taste of the bean curd just now.

"Brother, what is tofu?" I heard that there was only this small bowl, Yun Niang was very reluctant, took a small sip of bean curd, and every time she took a sip, she squinted her eyes with enjoyment, and looked like a gourmet's standard look.

"Tofu is made with bean curd, and it's even better than bean curd. Yun Niang is waiting, and my brother will make it for Yun Niang to eat today. As Lu Zhe spoke, he remembered the mapo tofu in his previous life, tofu fish head soup, casserole tofu, tofu balls, preserved egg tofu, iron plate tofu, stinky tofu, tofu milk, shredded tofu and dried meat, and dried tofu back to the pot meat.......

No, no, the saliva is going to stay. Lu Zhe couldn't stand it, so he hurriedly found a small boxy wooden basin, which was also made with the steamer, and asked Lin Lishui to make it, and this was made for tofu at that time. Thinking of the deliciousness of tofu, Lu Zhe hurriedly poured the bean curd into it, then covered it with a lid of the same size, and pressed a stone on it.

Half an hour later, when Lu Zhe carefully removed the stone and uncovered the wooden cover with apprehension, he saw the white and gray tofu inside, which was as tender as clotted fat, Lu Zhe couldn't help but cry out excitedly.

Tofu is finally made.