Chapter 54 Tofu Flower
Ding's mother originally planned to go to Mrs. Wang's place in the afternoon, so she asked her twice more, hoping that she would be interested and quickly help Ding Page to see if there was a suitable in-law. Now the page is sixteen, and it can't be delayed any longer. Ding Rou is also fourteen, if there is a suitable family and her family affairs are set by the way, then there will be nothing in this world that she needs to worry about.
It's just that in the afternoon, Ding Page suddenly said that he wanted to make tofu flowers to sell, and Ding's mother had to temporarily cancel her own plan and do it again in the future. Let's stay at home for the time being, see how Ding Yezi plans to get that tofu flower, if it doesn't work well, she, the mother, can persuade her to stop in time.
Ding Yezi is used to making tofu, and of course technical things are not difficult for her, so making tofu is really easy for her. Now she thinks most about the seasoning. You must know that whether the tofu flower is delicious or not depends on the ingredients.
Now she lives in an era that is no simpler and easier than modern times, with sugar, salt, and other spices.
Fortunately, the simple seasonings are all commonly prepared by ordinary people, and the Ding family naturally has things like pickled radish and chili sauce at home.
Ding Yezi took the lead in making a small pot of tofu flowers, and then invited Ding Mu and Ding Rou to be the first pair of tofu flowers to see how they tasted.
At first, Ding's mother was still a little unimpressed by Ding Page's behavior, and in her mind, Ding Page's cooking was just home-cooked cold and tender tofu, which was not a rare thing. But she's also a patient master, and she just thinks it's not too late to wait until she tastes it.
Ding Yezi scooped up half a bowl of tofu flowers, put on the seasoning and stirred, and then sent it to Ding's mother and Ding Rou with a smile, "Mother, Rou'er, hurry up and taste it to see how it tastes." ”
Ding Mu and Ding Rou glanced at each other, each picked up the spoon in the bowl, and took a bite carefully.
Soon, the eyebrows of the two of them were raised, obviously liking the taste of this tofu flower.
Ding Yezi immediately said proudly: "How is it?" I said it's still delicious, right? ”
Ding's mother directly put the bowl in her hand, and while eating tofu flowers, she praised vaguely: "It's really good, it's much better than I imagined." ”
Ding Rou is still a little girl's house after all, so she didn't continue to attack the remaining tofu flowers for the time being, but looked at Ding Page with admiration and praised: "Sister, this tofu flower is really delicious, how did you come up with this idea?" ”
Ding Rou's question is to the point.
Ding Yezi laughed twice, and replied vaguely: "It's just that the family just sells tofu, and it seems to be monotonous, so I just thought about it for a while." ”
Hearing Ding Yezi's answer, Ding Rou couldn't help but look at her with admiration, and secretly said in her heart, why is she not as good at thinking as her sister?
A bowl of tofu flowers was put on the whole plate, and Ding's mother put down the bowl and spoon with satisfaction.
Ding Yezi stepped forward and asked with a smile, "Mother, do you want another bowl?" ”
Ding's mother glanced at Ding Page with a smile, "You monkey, even your mother is teasing." Well, I take back what I said earlier, this tofu flower is indeed delicious. However, have you ever wondered how to sell it? You can't just wait for someone to buy it like selling tofu, right? ”
The street where Ding's family is now located is actually similar to a modern vegetable market. So their family sells tofu here, so they don't have to worry about no one coming to buy it. But if you want to sell tofu at home, it won't work, after all, tofu and tofu have different audiences.
For this, Ding Yezi had already planned, and when he heard Ding's mother ask, he immediately replied with a smile: "Mother, don't worry, I have already thought about this." If you sell it at home, no one will buy it. So if we want to make money with tofu flowers, we have to go out! ”
Ding's mother has also been in business for many years, and immediately understood the meaning of Ding Yezi, "What do you mean, let's pick out the tofu flowers and sell them?" ”
Ding Yezi nodded again and again, slapped his palm and smiled: "That's exactly what it means." ”
Ding's mother's face immediately became a little embarrassed, "Page, what you think is good, but there are only three of us in our family, how can there be a suitable person to sell tofu flowers?" ”
Ding Yezi stretched out his hand and pointed at himself without hesitation, "Mother, am I not the best candidate?" Besides, this is my own idea, and I am afraid that there will be no other suitable person but me. ”
When Ding Mu heard this, she immediately made a straight face, shook her head and said, "That's not possible!" You are an unmarried girl, how can you run around with a burden? If it is known by other big-mouthed people, there will be another turmoil. ”
Ding's mother's worries are also reasonable, after all, Ding Page is also a person with a criminal record. For that incident, Ding's mother was really heartbroken. If Ding Page makes any more gossip outside, Ding's mother's little heart can't afford it.
Ding Yezi knew that Ding's mother was for her good, but she knew in her heart that this matter was not too out-of-the-box.
After all, the Ding family has no male children now, and as the eldest sister, she has the obligation to support the family. Moreover, there are no more rules for small people in the market than for large households, even if she goes out to sell tofu flowers with her burden, it will not be good.
The most important thing is that the mouth grows on someone else's body, if others want to say good things about you, then no matter how evil you do, people will only pick you good things to say; If others don't like you, no matter how good you are, you will pick a bone in the egg.
Ding Yezi told Ding's mother what he meant, intending to persuade her to support her decision.
She doesn't want to work hard to earn money outside, and her family still doesn't support her, so isn't she an enemy? Now, she doesn't care about the gossip outside, as long as her family supports her.
Ding's mother groaned for a while, and she couldn't find fault with Ding Page's reason, and what she said was also the truth, there is always someone in this family to support the family.
Ding Mu sighed, and said with a gloomy face: "It's okay, I'm just wronged you." ”
Ding Yezi doesn't feel aggrieved, and if her ideas can be useful, it is an affirmation of her! In her mind, earning money with her own hands is a shameful thing, and she doesn't have to worry about what others say about envy, jealousy and hatred.
Ding Yezi then mixed a bowl of tofu flowers for Ding's mother and Ding Rou, and simply let them eat enough.
As for the rest of the tofu flowers, she was not in a hurry to go out and try them out today, but mixed several bowls of raw and sent them to the neighbors next door, so that they could also try them together.
Just like Ding Mu and Ding Rou's feelings after eating, the neighbors who tasted the tofu flower said that it tasted really good, and asked Ding Page how the tofu flower was made.
Although the method of tofu flower is extremely simple, but it has not yet started to sell, Ding Page does not want to turn over his own hole cards now, so he only tells them that it is his own new product, if you want to eat it in the future, you can go to her house to buy.
The surrounding neighbors are all businessmen, and when they heard Ding Page's answer, no one felt anything wrong, on the contrary, they all praised Ding Page as a shrewd person who could do business.
Since you are going to go out to sell tofu flowers, you must have a set of household belongings, at least the bowls and chopsticks need to be prepared. Then, it is inevitable that some money will be taken out to buy it.
Although the current money of the Ding family is in the hands of Ding Page, Ding Pagezi is not Ding Rou, thinking that once the money is in her own hands, it will be hers. So before purchasing things, Ding Yezi still told Ding's mother and Ding Rou what he meant.
Out of previous guilt, Ding Rou has unlimited support for Ding Page's current decision, and there will be no objection at all. However, Ding's mother disagreed, for fear that Ding Page would not make any money, not to mention, and would lose money to enter.
Of course, in the end, under the persuasion of Ding Page and Ding Rou sisters, Ding Mother still thought about it and agreed to Ding Page Zi's words.
As Ding Rou said, now the Ding family is in charge of the money, if she says that she doesn't say a word to them, and directly takes out the money to buy things, what can the two of them say? But Ding Yezi didn't do this, but chose to discuss it with the two of them first, which shows that she thinks they respect them in her heart.
Thinking about it like this, Ding's mother felt a lot happier in her heart. Besides, the money in this family was originally earned back by Ding Page, and she wanted to spend it, which was a matter of course.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was not dark, Ding Page asked Ding Rou to accompany her out for a trip, first go to the grocery store to look at the dishes and chopsticks, and only need to buy those similar ones, ten pairs should be enough. Originally, this is a small business, and the number of customers is not too large, so there is no need to prepare too many dishes and chopsticks to occupy funds.
As for the color of the chopsticks, of course, the chopsticks do not need to be picked, only the most ordinary wooden chopsticks are selected, and there is no good choice of colors. But the bowl is different, Ding Yezi deeply thought that the bowl with a special color would definitely promote business, so in the end she chose the bowl with a white porcelain blue and white bottom. Of course, because they are all crude, the price is not very expensive. After some bargaining, Ding Page and Ding Rou went back with their things satisfied.
As soon as Ding Page went back, Ding Mu rushed to Ding Page again, frowned and said: "Page Zi, I was thinking that you would go out alone, I really don't worry, I have to find someone to ride up with you." ”
Ding Yezi asked with a smile: "Mother, then who do you think is the right person to be this partner?" ”
Since Ding's mother has this idea, she must already have a favorite candidate in her heart, right?
Sure enough, as soon as Ding Yezi pushed the problem to Ding's mother, Ding's mother immediately smiled and said: "Yes, I have already thought of the right person for you, it is your younger brother, Ding Shiheng, who is only ten years old this year, is the time to hone his temperament." ”