Shen Shu stayed in the hospital for three days before being discharged, but fortunately, the price is low now, and the medical treatment is cheap, and Xia Xiaoqin's 100 yuan hospitalization deposit was returned to 42 yuan.

With the 42 yuan, Mrs. Xia strongly demanded that she must have a wedding dinner, and made her own decisions, and notified her neighbors.

Xia Xiaoqin agreed to this matter. The family has been unlucky one after another, and it really needs a little joy to relieve the nervous and frustrated mood of the family.

As for the arrears......

Xia Xiaoqin knew that time was pressing, so she set the day of the wedding meal on the second day of discharge.

On the first day of the lunar month, Xia Lao's family held a wedding dinner, and the neighbors came to help, even Ma Xiaomei did not find fault unexpectedly, but stole a knife of meat when she left, Xia Xiaoqin glimpsed that it was given to her by Mrs. Xia, and she was too lazy to pay attention to these two people on the big day.

After a busy day, this wedding dinner added a lot of joy to the Xia family's small courtyard.

At the end of the day, Xia Xiaoqin sprinkled and swept the yard, washed her hands and went to the West House.

Xia Xiuxue was reading a book by the light in the courtyard, and when he saw Xia Xiaoqin coming in, he quickly covered the book.

Xia Xiaoqin turned on the light in the West House and said angrily: "Brother, if you read like this, your eyes will be ruined!" We can still afford a little electricity. ”

Xia Xiuxue looked like he was being taught, and pointed to the door of the West House with a smile: "I won't stay up in the future, you close the door quickly, let's talk about business." ”

Xia Xiuxue's main thing is how to make money to pay off debts, their current foreign debts add up to 60 yuan, and now the maximum face value is 10 yuan, although 60 yuan is a light and fluttering six big unity, but in eighty-three years, it is a huge debt in any one.

Now everyone is not well-off, the New Year is approaching, everyone has a place to use money, and when others come to ask for debts, you can't let others grab the soybeans and leave, right?

Xia Lao Er had already realized that he couldn't do it when he was seriously ill, and before leaving, he handed over the secret method to Xia Xiuxue, who took out the secret recipe hidden on his body and presented it to Xia Xiaoqin with both hands very solemnly.

A palm-sized piece of rice paper, full of dense small characters, Xia Xiaoqin saw from the beginning to the end, and had a clear understanding of the Xia family's tofu.

For Xia Xiaoqin, who has experienced the 21st century, the secret of tofu is like a simple introduction on a cooking app.

Jade tofu is similar to the inner fat tofu of the 21st century, and the golden tofu is even more ingenious, saying that it is a secret recipe, but in fact, it is relying on the lack of resources and the slow transmission of information.

In a few years, Huaxia will enter a period of rapid development, and if there is no new development, Xiajia tofu will be eliminated by the market, and it will be reduced from making money to barely making a living.

"Little sister? What's wrong? Difficult? Xia Xiuxue saw Xia Xiaoqin's sad face and asked worriedly.

"Not at the moment, but definitely in the future. Brother, our tofu needs to be improved. ”

"Dad said it before, but ...... I didn't have time. ”

"Don't be in a hurry first, first get over the difficulties in front of you and then talk about it later. Brother, I'll go clean up the tofu house now, and strive to go to the county seat tomorrow. ”

"Okay, I'll go with you tomorrow." Xia Xiuxue didn't want to be a waste person in bed, he followed Xia Lao Er to sell tofu and knew where to sell it.

Xia Xiaoqin knew that Xia Xiuxue wanted to help the family, so she agreed.

In addition to the ancient well, the secret of Xiajia tofu is also the fine plaster technique.

Xia Xiaoqin did chemical research in her last life, and she had a very good grasp of measurement, and the first time she made tofu, Xia Xiaoqin did not move the stone mill to grind jade tofu, but chose to make golden tofu, in Xia Xiaoqin's eyes, it is more challenging to do research.

In the cold winter, at one o'clock in the morning, Xia Xiaoqin got up from the bed and came to the tofu room.

She now knew what those bags of noodles were on the table on the east wall, and that was the secret of the Xia family's golden tofu - stone oak powder.

Golden tofu is not made of soybeans at all, this is the secret of the Xia family.

In autumn, the ripe stone oak is picked, ground into powder with water, and then soaked in water when it is to be used, stirred, precipitated, fired and shaped.

Xia Xiaoqin's current stone oak powder is all prepared by Xia Laoer, he has prepared a lot of raw materials for the New Year, and the golden beans sold by Xia Xiaoqin before are also the "New Year's goods" he prepared.

At four o'clock in the morning, Xia Xiaoqin's first pot of golden tofu was formed in cold water, Xia Xiaoqin made a few more pots in one go, and when it was dawn, eight plates of golden tofu had been placed in the tofu room.

"Celery? Is it you in there? ”

"Mom, it's me." Xia Xiaoqin opened the door of the tofu room, and the cold wind rushing in front of her made Xia Xiaoqin shiver.

Shen Shu looked at Xia Xiaoqin, who was sweating on her busy forehead, and asked distressedly, "What time did you get up?" Xiaofu made a lot of noise at night, and I didn't even hear you get up. ”

"Mom, I went to bed early yesterday and I'm not sleepy at all. Come into the house, I'm going to make breakfast now, and after eating, I'll go to the county seat with my brother to sell tofu." ”

"Your grandmother has finished the meal, you can hurry up and eat."

"Milk cooking?" Xia Xiaoqin was surprised.

Shen Shu was also surprised, she hadn't eaten the breakfast made by her mother-in-law, and when she got up this morning, she thought she was going to be scolded, but she didn't expect that it was Mrs. Xia who called her to eat softly.

Xia Xiaoqin locked the door of the tofu room and went to the kitchen to see the breakfast made by Mrs. Xia.

"Coming out? Let's eat. "Mrs. Xia has already prepared breakfast.

The porridge made of yellow millet and the green onion cake made of white flour, Xia Xiaoqin didn't expect that Mrs. Xia really changed her sex.

"After a busy night's work, are you tired? Hearing the movement in the tofu room, I thought it was your dad for a moment......"

Only then did Xia Xiaoqin know what was going on with Mrs. Xia's breakfast.

The white-haired man sends the black-haired man, and the old man misses his son.

Look at Mrs. Xia again, first she lost her husband, and then she lost her son, although she raised four children, only Xia Lao's second son, the second son, really honored her, and the two daughters married far away, not to see her at all, Xia Lao's family relied on themselves to give birth to three sons and a daughter, and they thought that they had merit to the old Xia family, and often came to take advantage.

Although Mrs. Xia lives a shrewd life, her life is really bitter.

"Don't be tired, milk, your baked cake is delicious! When I go to the county seat, I also bring a cake, which I can eat when I am hungry. ”

"Okay." Old Mrs. Xia wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and returned to her shrewd appearance, "I'll wrap it for you, and keep it hot when you eat!" ”

Golden tofu Xia Xiaoqin left a board for the family, and she asked Xia Xiuxue to write a sub-big character and hang it on the courtyard door.

Everyone in Xiajia Village who passed by Xia Laoer's house saw the words hanging on the door panel, and some people didn't know the words, and they specially asked: "What is written on it?" ”

"Written - available today: Golden Tofu!"

"Yo! Xia Lao Er's Nizi really made tofu? I've got to buy a piece and try it! ”

The news of Xia Xiaoqin's tofu making soon spread all over Xiajia Village, and the plate of tofu left by Xia Xiaoqin was not enough.

When Xia Xiaoqin rushed to the county seat, it was the busiest time in the vegetable market, and Xia Xiaoqin showed another signboard, which also read: "Golden Tofu".

Xia Xiaoqin has a sweet mouth, and the price of golden tofu is the same as that of white tofu, and the tofu was sold out in a morning market.

Xia Xiuxue, who was responsible for collecting money, didn't expect it to be so smooth, a plate of tofu could be cut into 12 pieces, a dime a piece, because they didn't collect soybeans as long as they had cash, and the account was very easy to calculate, and in this morning market, their seven-plate tofu earned 2 yuan.

"Brother, I bought two bowls of spicy soup, let's eat the green onion cake with milk. After eating, let's take a look around the county and buy some other things. ”

Xia Xiuxue asked ignorantly: "Are there not enough materials to make tofu?" ”

"Well, I also want to develop some new products and sell more money during the Chinese New Year."

It took too much effort to grind tofu, and Xia Xiaoqin thought of a good idea from the tofu made from stone oak powder, so she almost took action.

Xia Xiuxue naturally agreed, he accompanied Xia Xiaoqin around Xiangyang Street a few times and bought a bunch of strange things.

Xia Xiaoqin got into the tofu room when she got home, Mrs. Xia knew that today's tofu was sold out, so she happily kissed Xia Xiaofu and kissed her, and kept boasting: "My blessed grandson, you are really the little lucky star of the Xia family!" ”

Xia Xiaoqin's research and development road encountered obstacles, until it was dark, Shen Shu shouted, she also failed to develop Chiba tofu.

In the early morning of the next day, Xia Xiaoqin got up at one o'clock in the morning as usual, and as soon as she walked to the hall, she heard Xia Xiuxue's voice from the West House: "Little sister, you help me to the tofu room, and I will cook the pot for you." ”