In addition to making tofu and bean dregs cake, soybeans can also be used to squeeze oil, make soybean paste, make soy sauce, make bean sprouts, and there are many things that can be made.

"Bean cakes?" Luo Huiniang frowned when she heard this, and seemed to remember something bad: "Is it the kind of cake made by crushing soybeans?" The third grandmother made it with some old people in her hometown, it was so unpalatable and very astringent. Moreover, the steamed soybean cake is scattered and does not form a ball, so it is better to boil soybeans directly and eat them. "Boil it softly, and eat it hot and have a bean flavor.

There is also this paragraph in the memory of the original owner, it is the third grandmother who dislikes the soybeans and always stews and eats, which is too monotonous, so they want to grind the soybeans according to the sorghum noodles and white noodles, and then mix the water to make soybean cakes, but they are not done.

The reason they didn't make it was that they hadn't soaked the beans and didn't add noodles to the soybean flour, so the soybean flour couldn't be glued.

The reason why they didn't soak beans and add flour was because in their cognition, water would spoil the beans, and white flour was a precious grain.

Gu Jinli looked at Luo Huiniang's bitter face, he was so unhappy that he didn't even wash the grinding plate, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the bean cake I made is definitely different from the third grandmother's cooking." This is what a lady on the way to escape from the desert taught me, where many people eat bean cake as their staple food, but it is delicious. ”

"Really?" Luo Huiniang's eyes lit up: "Then let's quickly wash the grinding plate and make something delicious." He happily washed the grinding plate with her.

The Tian family and the Luo family lived in the same yard, and Tian Erqiang and Tian Xiaohua saw that they were washing the grinding disc and came to help.

Tian Erqiang went to fetch water, and Tian Xiaohua took a handful of grass brushes made of hay and washed them together.

The grinding disc was a meter in size, had been abandoned for a long time, and was covered with dust and mud, and they had to wash it five times before they could clean it.

Luo Huiniang was almost tired, panting next to the grinding plate, and after resting for a while, she had the strength to ask Gu Jinli: "Xiaoyu, can you make tofu next?" ”

And he said: "It's not a nice name, tofu tofu, it sounds like rotten beans." ”

Tian Xiaohua didn't know much about what tofu was, but she knew that she would have meat to eat and make money with Sister Xiaoyu, so she didn't ask much and just buried herself in work.

Gu Jinli said: "It's okay, the beans have been soaked for enough time." ”

"Bubble, bubble beans!" Luo Huiniang shouted: "Did you soak the beans in water?" Eh, you're done, run away, if your parents know, they will definitely beat you. ”

Beans are the food for their stomachs, and Xiaoyu spoils food so badly, even if Uncle Dashan and Aunt Dashan have a good temper, they can't help but beat her.

Luo Huiniang wanted to pull Gu Jinli to run, Gu Jinli dragged the wooden handle of the grinding plate, and said, "I told the third grandmother and my mother, and they gave me five catties of beans." ”

The third grandmother and Cui's were both distressed about the child, although they felt sorry for those beans, but they still gave her five catties of soybeans, but they just said that if they didn't succeed, they were not allowed to try again in the future.

Luo Huiniang opened her mouth wide: "The third grandmother and Aunt Dashan are so good to you." "Five pounds of beans, if she dares to waste food like this, her mother will have to chase her with a broom.

The two and Tian Xiaohua ran to Gu Jinli's house together and went to the kitchen to get the soaked soybeans.

After a short time, they returned to the courtyard of the Luotian family with soaked soybeans and an empty wooden barrel and began to grind the beans.

Gu Jinli rolled up his sleeves and said, "Xiaohua, you use a wooden bowl to scoop beans into the grinding plate hole, just put a little at a time, and I will grind with Huiniang." ”

This grinding disc is one meter in size, and two large stone mills are superimposed, which is very heavy, and it is difficult for her to push it alone, so she must push it together with two people.

"Eh, I know Sister Xiaoyu." Tian Xiaohua scooped up the soaked soybeans with a wooden bowl and put them into the hole in the grinding plate.

Gu Jinli and Luo Huiniang grabbed the wooden handle that was driven into the grinding disc with both hands, pushed the grinding disc clockwise, and after pushing it for a while, white pulp flowed out of the gap between the two grinding stones and flowed into the stone groove at the bottom of the grinding disc.

Gu Jinli called Tian Xiaohua: "Xiaohua, put beans." ”

Tian Xiaohua added soybeans to the hole in the grinding plate. Gu Jinli pushed with Luo Huiniang, and after pushing five or six times, Gu Jinli would let Tian Xiaohua add soybeans, and grind beans repeatedly.

Luo Wu came back from collecting firewood with Gu Jin'an, came over to help, everyone took turns grinding beans, and for a whole hour, they finally grinded the beans and grinded out a whole bucket of soybean milk and bean dregs.

When Chen heard that they were grinding beans and making rausch tofu, he ran to see the excitement with a bowl, and when he saw the bucket of soy milk, he sighed and said, "Make evil, good food is just wasted." ”

He said bitterly to Gu Jinli: "Xiaoyu, you can't be so willful, if you waste food like this, you won't be able to find your mother-in-law's family in the future." ”

When Chu heard this, he choked Chen: "Noble brother and sister, can you say this to the little girl who has not left the pavilion?" If you don't think that Xiaoyu can make tofu, don't come here to see it, and when Xiaoyu really makes tofu, you don't eat it. ”

Joke, how could Chen not take advantage of such a bargain?

Chen hurriedly changed his words: "Sister-in-law Luo, look at what you said, what is the relationship between our families?" Xiaoyu is a filial piety, making fresh food, how can he send a few catties to our family. ”

Gu Jinli hehe: "I won't send anything bad about me." ”

After speaking, he and Luo Huiniang carried the bucket of soybean milk and bean dregs mixture and went back to her house.

Chen was afraid that Gu Jinli would really not give her tofu, so he hurriedly said to Gu Jinli's back: "Xiaoyu, my aunt will go to your house to get tofu later, you don't need to bother to send it to your aunt." ”

Gu Jinli didn't hear it, and when they got home, Gu Dashan and the others also came back with the water tank. Five large water tanks, two people carried one, walked for two hours, but they were very tired.

Gu Jin'an saw Gu Dashan and the third grandfather coming back with the water tank, and hurriedly brought them water to drink, sweet potatoes to eat, and let them rest for a while, eat something, and drink saliva.

The third grandfather and Gu Dashan drank a bowl of water, and finally relieved themselves.

Gu Dashan still remembered what he promised Gu Jinli last night, and when he saw them carrying soy milk to the kitchen, he said to the kitchen: "Xiaoyu, Dad will make you a wooden box in a while." ”

Gu Jinli poked his head out of the kitchen and said, "Dad, don't worry, you can rest first, our soy milk still needs to be filtered and cooked, and it will take more than half an hour." ”

After speaking, she ran to ask the third grandmother for a one-meter-sized burlap, folded the burlap into two layers, and began to filter the soy milk, which was filtered four times before the soy milk was filtered.

She poured the soy milk into a large iron pot and boiled, put the okara in a clay pot, and kept it to make the okara cake.

Tian Xiaohua's family has a lot of things, so after helping to grind the beans, she will go to do other guys, only Luo Huiniang came with her to help light the fire.

"Little fish, how long does it take to cook this?" Luo Huiniang looked at the soy milk in the pot and asked, "Can it be turned into tofu when it is cooked?" ”

Gu Jinli replied to her: "The soy milk should be completely boiled, and after the foam is skimmed, it is necessary to order marinade, make it into bean curd, and then put it in a wooden box to squeeze the water, and after it is formed, it is tofu." ”