Twenty taels of silver can buy a house with a small courtyard.

And ordinary people, like Zheng Xiaoyue's husband Wang Dazhuang, are tired and tired and can't save more than ten taels of silver a year, they all enter with their left hand and go out with their right hand.

"Sister-in-law, do you know how to borrow a stone mill? Or sell it, preferably if you can sell it! Jiang Huaiyu whispered to Zheng Xiaoyue on the side.

Zheng Xiaoyue looked at her suspiciously, thought for a while, and said, "If you want to talk about stone grinding, my sister-in-law's family has it, and now I'm idle, do you want to grind beans into bean noodles?" If that's the case, Yu Niang, you might as well steam it and eat it directly, it won't taste good after grinding it into noodles. ”

Although it is not good to eat directly.

Jiang Huaiyu said with a smile: "I used to see a recipe in this ancient book, which can make this bean a delicacy, and it will not bloate your stomach after eating, and the way to eat it is also ever-changing." ”

"It's amazing!?" Zheng Xiaoyue looked surprised, and then hesitated a little: "It must be difficult to get it, do you want to put something in it, otherwise how can ordinary beans become delicious?" ”

Jiang Huaiyu smiled leisurely: "In this way, tomorrow, please trouble you and Brother Wang to clean the stone grinder, and I will bring the beans over to make it for you to see." ”

Zheng Xiaoyue's eyes widened: "Show us, this is not good, if it can really become delicious, it is also your ability to Yu Niang, what should you do if we steal it after we see it?" ”

"Actually, I have another idea." Jiang Huaiyu motioned for her to calm down: "But it's better to wait until tomorrow, when things appear in front of you and Brother Wang, and then talk to you." ”

Zheng Xiaoyue had no choice but to suppress her doubts and curiosity and calm down, but her heart was still overturned.

Although she knew that Jiang Huaiyu's origin would not be too simple, Zheng Xiaoyue didn't think much about it, she just felt that she was in line with her eyes and wanted to be closer.

But now that the other party said that it can turn ordinary beans into delicious, it is like turning stones into gold, Zheng Xiaoyue was a little unconvinced, but looking at her confident and bright smile, she still suppressed the doubts in her heart.

Xu Chunhua, who was sitting in the donkey cart behind them, frowned, eager to reach out and listen to their conversation clearly.

Xu Chunhua has always liked to take advantage of small advantages, and when she saw Jiang Huaiyu and Zheng Xiaoyue whispering, she felt itchy and always felt that she had missed something.

"I have to find a way to figure out what these two mothers-in-law want to do!"

Xu Chunhua rolled her eyes, ignored her daughter who was crying with red eyes, looked at her dumbfounded eldest son and couldn't help but reprimand: "If you dare to spill one when you get out of the car and carry the beans home later, you will not be allowed to eat tonight!" ”

After a bumpy journey, I finally got home, and with the help of Zheng Xiaoyue, I brought the chickens and beans home.

Jiang Huaiyu hurriedly made some paste for the sugar packets to eat, and the sugar packets with two tears in his eyes were so hungry that he immediately squinted with a smile and ate the paste, and his little appearance was very cute.

After solving the little guy's food, Jiang Huaiyu did not rush to get his own meal, but made a few buckets of well water, cleaned the beans, and soaked them in the tank.

After getting ready, I got some simple food, scrubbed my body, and went to bed early.

In ancient times, life and rest had to be regular, as soon as it was dark, he couldn't see his five fingers, and there was no entertainment, so Jiang Huaiyu sang nursery rhymes in a low voice and coaxed the sugar packet to sleep.

As soon as the sky was bright, I could occasionally hear some roosters crowing, Jiang Huaiyu rubbed his sleepy eyes and started a new day.

Rinse your mouth and brush your teeth with willow branches dipped in some coarse salt, the cold well water slapped on your face, and a spirit woke up in an instant, Jiang Huaiyu sprinkled a handful of crushed soybeans in the chicken pen, and the chickens looked in a good state of mind, and they immediately formed a group when they saw something to eat.

The sugar packet was simmering in the pot over low heat, and Jiang Huaiyu knocked on the door of Zheng Xiaoyue's house energetically.

"Auntie, you're here, I'm going over to help you take care of Brother Runjing now~" Zheng Xiaoyue's daughter is seven years old this year, but she is sensible to Jiang Huaiyu's surprise.

"Xianghe is really good, there are jelly beans on the table in the room, you can eat them when you are tired, and you can bring them directly after you can't finish eating." Jiang Huaiyu liked such a sensible child very much, and bent over with a smile to look at her.

The little girl had never seen such a good-looking person, her face was red, she nodded vigorously as if she had been given some heavy responsibility, and after a sigh, she opened the courtyard door of Jiang Huaiyu's house with a basket of colored threads.

Walking into Wang Dazhuang's courtyard, Jiang Huaiyu saw that the couple were already waiting, and there was a stone mill in the corner of the courtyard, dripping with water, and it was clean.

"Yu Niang, is it appropriate to look at this stone mill?" Zheng Xiaoyue hurriedly pulled Jiang Huaiyu to the stone mill, and then complained: "I haven't slept well all night, no matter how much I think about it, I can't think of what else to do with beans!" ”

If others listen to it, they will definitely think that Zheng Xiaoyue is knocking on the side, but Jiang Huaiyu understands the essence of this world and knows Zheng Xiaoyue's character, she really can't understand how soybeans can become delicious.

Jiang Huaiyu smiled: "I have to trouble Brother Wang to help me move the soybeans over first." ”

Wang Dazhuang is a typical rural man, not good at words, but hard-working.

He nodded, his swarthy face was expressionless, and he followed Jiang Huaiyu and Zheng Xiaoyue to carry back two buckets of soybeans that had been soaked overnight.

The water in Wangjia Village is very sweet, which is an unexpected joy for Jiang Huaiyu, making tofu is just these few raw materials, don't look simple, but the quality of the raw materials is also very particular.

If you want tofu to be white and tender, the beans should be good, and the water should be sweet and clean.

"The next thing is to grind all the beans." Jiang Huaiyu said with a smile.

Zheng Xiaoyue nodded, decisively commanded his men to do these rough jobs, and then pulled Jiang Huaiyu into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

"If you want me to say, men have to hang them, they can't be too nice to them, and they should be instructed to do whatever they want!" Zheng Xiaoyue hadn't forgotten her brain supplement for Jiang Huaiyu's hard life, and quietly taught her the technique of controlling her husband: "I think I was a girl with a lower voice than mosquitoes at the beginning, but now who doesn't say that I am a Hedong lion?" ”

Jiang Huaiyu helped wash the sweet potatoes and taro and put them on the wok, a kind of bamboo utensil that can be put in a large pot, with sweet potatoes and taro steamed on the top and porridge boiling underneath.

In addition to the crackling of firewood, you can also hear the muffled sound of the stone mill rolling outside.

She smiled: "This is called Xi Shi in the eyes of the lover, outsiders say that sister-in-law you are the Hedong lion, but in the eyes of Brother Wang, even if you are the Hedong lion, you are also the best-looking one." ”

"Nonsense!" Zheng Xiaoyue glanced at her, but the corners of her mouth couldn't stop laughing.

After a few more small talks, the porridge in the pot was boiled out, with a little sweet potato and taro aroma, and it became much sweeter.

First, pick up all the sweet potatoes on the top and put them in the sea bowl, then beat out the porridge, and take out the pickles in the jar and cut them carefully.

A simple breakfast was ready.

When he went out, Wang Dazhuang was really used to doing manual work, and after a while, he finished grinding a bucket of beans and beckoned him to come for breakfast.

By the way, I fed the sugar packet that screamed at her twice, and coaxed the sugar bag to call her mother every day, but the little guy will only reply to two syllables.

Jiang Huaiyu gently pinched his soft face and put away the bowl that Xianghe had eaten.

The two barrels of beans have been ground, and because water is also added to the grinding process, the milky white soybean milk liquid is filled with two and a half barrels.

According to Jiang Huaiyu's words, Wang Dazhuang carried the soybean milk into the kitchen with a bucket in one hand and poured it into the pot that was on fire at the bottom.

The soy milk was boiling in the pot, Jiang Huaiyu was embarrassed to do nothing the whole time, and continued to stir with a spatula so that it would not stick to the pot, and when the soybean milk boiled, Jiang Huaiyu hurriedly asked Zheng Xiaoyue to take out some of the burning firewood.

Then the three of them worked together to lift the iron pot with a damp cloth, and poured the boiled soybean milk into the prepared large basin, and there was a fixed white cloth on the large basin, which cost two pennies to pull.

The soybean milk in the white cloth flowed down, Jiang Huaiyu and Zheng Xiaoyue cooperated to pick up the four corners, and then exchanged a corner, making the white cloth in a knotted state, and pulling hard, the soybean milk inside accelerated the flow out, leaving only the bean dregs that could not be filtered.

The freshly boiled soybean milk has a unique mellow bean aroma that is very strong, even if the smoky temperature is steaming, but looking at the milky white soy milk, Zheng Xiaoyue began to believe what Jiang Huaiyu said delicious.

In the following time, Zheng Xiaoyue and his wife watched Jiang Huaiyu pour gypsum water into the filtered soybean milk and stir it for a while.

Jiang Huaiyu slapped a spoonful with the gourd split, and the tender tofu was shoveled up like this, seeing that the soy milk that was still flowing one moment was turned into a solid tofu like mutton fat the next moment, Zheng Xiaoyue was almost choked by her own saliva, this is also amazing!

Xu Chunhua, who was lying outside the dog hole in the corner and peeking in, pursed her lips and said in disgust: "I thought it was something, Bai Huahua looked disgusting!" ”

Having said that, she remained motionless, staring inside without blinking her eyes under the cover of the tree with her crooked neck.

Worried that Zheng Xiaoyue and they didn't know the value of tofu, Jiang Huaiyu made some cold tofu, fried tofu and cooked a bowl of tofu clear soup, so that the two of them could taste them one by one, and then asked, "What does my sister-in-law think of this tofu?" ”

"Of course it's good!" Zheng Xiaoyue said decisively.

Jiang Huaiyu asked again: "If sister-in-law, you go to the market and see tofu for sale, for a penny, are you willing to buy it?" ”

Zheng Xiaoyue's expression was a little struggling, at this time, the pork cost 20 yuan a catty, enough for the family to eat for four or five days, and a piece of tofu for a penny at most, she made a decision.

"If you are hungry, you are still willing to buy it after eating a few times a month!"

Jiang Huaiyu showed a sincere smile this time, in the few days that she traveled here, every day was anxious about how to live in the future, if it weren't for the patience and tenacity of the four arts of the gentleman and the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting she learned in her previous life, and the cute sugar bag as a pillar, she might have collapsed.