Chapter 37: The White Lotus

When Shen Shiliu kept the small stove and went to Du's house, Du Xuanmo was busy in the kitchen.

"Brother Du, I'll put the stove aside, don't get in the way, right?" Shen Shiliu shouted in the courtyard.

Du Xuanmo came out of the kitchen and said, "No." As soon as he finished speaking, a puff of smoke rose from the kitchen.

"What's going on?" Shen Pomegranate asked, and went to see it first.

Du Xuanmo hurriedly opened the kitchen window to smoke, and Shen Shiliu saw it clearly and said, "This firewood is damp, no wonder there is smoke." ”

Du Xuanmo smiled bitterly: "No way, some of them were wet when it rained, and some of them didn't dry out after a few days." ”

Shen Shimei didn't say much, and went to put out the fire first. Then I went to demolish the house, picked up some that were still usable, and brought them over to re-burn the stove.

Seeing Shen Shimei busy working on the stove, Du Xuanmo also came over to help.

"It's already done, take advantage of the sunny days these days, take out the damp firewood and dry it again." Shen Shiliu stood up after speaking, his father was still waiting for her.

"It's hard work pomegranate girl."

Before leaving, Shen Shiliu told Du Xuanmo: "There is still bean juice in the jar, if my aunt can't eat, just drink some bean juice and boil it." ”

Du Xuanmo nodded, with a smile on his face.

Shen Shiliu is gone, but she is in a good mood, although she may be affectionate, but if she does something good, people will always remember her good.

"Pomegranate, why did you come back, let's go, your mother should be worried if you go back late." Shen's father saw Shen Pomegranate come back, so he pushed the cart and walked home.

"Girl, how do you eat all these things?" Shen's father asked Shen Pomegranate that their family had never made tofu by themselves, and those tofu shops all had secret recipes, and they couldn't make tofu without secret recipes.

"It's okay, there's a trick!" Shen Shiliu pulled out a small bag of things from the car.

Father Shen asked, "What is this?" Does it look like a large grain of salt? ”

"Salt brine, I bought it just now!" Shen Shiliu said that she had seen a company selling seafood before, so she went to buy this thing.

Father Shen didn't understand what it was for, so he didn't ask.

Zheng had already refilled all the cotton at home, and was fighting one by one, and when he saw that the father and daughter had finally returned, they hurried to eat.

Shen Pomegranate boiled some of the bean juice he brought back, and made the rest into tofu after eating.

"This bean juice is really good, fragrant!" Zheng took a sip and said, and Father Shen also nodded.

Shen Pomegranate smiled, bean juice and part of it, part of it was made of tofu, and the rest of the bean dregs Shen Pomegranate pondered and mixed it with noodles and steamed it into dumplings.

In the afternoon, everyone was busy, and Shen Shiliu studied tofu. When I was a child, there was a family in the compound who made tofu, and although she didn't have many materials now, she could probably make a decent one.

The bean juice is first passed through gauze to filter out the bean dregs, and then the bean juice is boiled in a pot, and then it is mixed with salt and brine. She bought a dry coarse salt brine, poured a little first, and then mixed it with water.

"Take your time." Shen Shiliu felt that there were really various attempts in life, and the first brine tofu in her life was at this time.

Father Shen filled the stove with fire on the side, and looked at Shen Pomegranate from time to time.

"Pomegranate, can it work?" Father Shen looked at Shen Pomegranate as if he didn't have any bottom in his heart.

Shen Pomegranate actually hadn't done it before, the brine was stirred while pouring, everything depended on intuition and character.

The bean juice became more and more viscous, and it looked a little interesting, so Shen Shimei moved the basin to the side, covered it with a cloth, and then went to work for something else.

In the afternoon, when Du Xuanmo was setting up a stall, a girl came, and she looked familiar. The girl walked around his stall, took a book to look at and put it down, didn't leave, didn't rent, Du Xuanmo stepped forward and asked, "What book is the girl looking for?" ”

The girl was timid, looked up at Du Xuanmo, and said, "Childe doesn't remember me?" ”

Du Xuanmo was stunned, although this girl looked familiar, but Du Xuanmo really didn't remember when he had seen this girl before.

"I was embarrassed by the grandson of the county lord before, and the son helped me." The girl said.

Du Xuanmo was a little impressed, and said with a smile: "There is indeed such a thing. "He's almost forgotten about it.

"My name is Song Lianhua, thank you for my son last time." Song Lianhua said.

"You're welcome, I didn't save you, thank you if you want to thank Miss Pomegranate." After Du Xuanmo finished speaking, he sat back in his seat.

Song Lianhua knew that there was a fat girl last time, so she said, "Is that girl an acquaintance of Gongzi?" ”

Du Xuanmo nodded and said, "The girl doesn't have to call me a son, and I'm not a son." ”

Song Lianhua nodded, and then said, "Then what do I call my eldest brother?" ”

Du Xuanmo raised his eyebrows, but still said, "My surname is Du." ”

"Then I'll call Brother Du." Song Lianhua smiled shyly.

Du Xuanmo smiled lightly, nodded, and then said, "Miss Song, I'm going to close the stall, so I won't tell you first." ”

Song Lianhua snorted and helped Du Xuanmo clean up.

Du Xuanmo raised his hand: "No, Miss Song, you are busy first, I can do it myself." "He has collected this book regularly, so that he will not find it in the future, and he will never pretend to be in his hand.

"Oh, then I'll go first." After Song Lianhua finished speaking, she left a little reluctantly.

Du Xuanmo was relieved to see Song Lianhua leave, this girl was a little difficult, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Shen Pomegranate's tofu turned into bean curd at night, and Zheng scooped a spoonful with a spoon to look at it.

"Oops, that's good!" Zheng looked at the bean curd as soft and tender, and it was delicious to look at.

"Keep some of it, and make the rest into old tofu!" Shen Shiliu said that he put more than half of the bean curd in a pot, and then pressed it on the board with the marble that prepared pickles at home, and finally pressed the tofu, which was a harder old tofu.

Shen Pomegranate went to the kitchen, grabbed a small handful of wild mushrooms and wild fungus she picked in the summer, scalded them with boiling water, and then chopped them into minced pieces. Heat the pot on the stove, pour some oil, add minced meat and ginger and stir-fry, then add a little wine and chopped mushrooms.

"...... this?" Zheng came over and asked.

"Make soup, let's eat tofu brain at night!" Shen Shiliu smiled on his face, poured water into the pot as he spoke, and while the water was not yet boiling, he mixed the "soil starch" precipitated by eating shredded potatoes at home with water, and as soon as the pot opened, he hooked the debt.

Zheng Shi stared at the boss with beads in his eyes, and said again and again: "Pomegranate, how can you do anything?" She watched as a pot of clear soup turned into a viscous soup. This taste, this quality, is exactly the same as what is sold in the county!

Shen Pomegranate put all the bowls of bean curd, then poured the juice, and finally pinched a little chopped coriander, which was basically okay.

"Mother, is there still sesame oil at home?" Shen Shiliu asked while peeling garlic.

"Yes! I'll look for it! "Zheng's fart went to get sesame oil.

When Shen Shu came back at night, he saw the tofu brain at home and asked curiously, "Where did it come from?" ”

"Your sister did it! Wash your hands and come over for dinner! Zheng Zhangluo went to the room again to ask Shen's father to come out as well.

Shen Pomegranate drank a bowl by himself and found that the taste was really good!

"The tofu brain in the county sells for three cents a bowl!" Zheng said, how much do they get for the tofu brain on this table!

"Eat it, mother, it doesn't cost much!" Shen Shiliu said.

Father Shen snorted and ate three bowls in one breath, and then said, "Do we want to sell tofu brains too?" ”

Shen Shiliu shook his head: "There is no broth to recruit people, it is also all three pennies, there is a broth in comparison, it is unlikely to eat tofu brain." ”

Father Shen felt a little pity when he heard Shen Shiliu say this.

"It's good to eat at home." Zheng said.

Shen Shiliu has his own plans, and now their family is just selling broth, or in the open air. But her idea is that when she has money in the future, she will rent a shop in the county seat, and when the time comes, she will not only sell broth, but also get more business projects. Anyway, there are many skills that don't pressure you, which step you go counts!

Shen Pomegranate went to see the tofu early the next morning, and pressed it for a night and a night, which was already very real.

When Zheng looked at it, he felt that her pomegranate was really amazing.

"Dad, eat fish pot tofu at night!" Shen Pomegranate spoke, the weather is cold, just eat something nourishing!

Father Shen is happy, there is still some wine at home, and he can enjoy a good meal at night.

Zheng continued to change cotton jackets and pants at home, and Shen Shiliu took a basket and filled it with tofu.

"What is this for?" Zheng asked.

"The grinding disc of Brother Du's family is used to grind beans, and I have to give some gifts in return, so I can borrow it again next time!" Shen Pomegranate said, and filled a large plate of tofu and covered it with a white cloth.

Shen Shu listened to it and put it to heart, last time he had heard Du Xuanmo say that he liked Shen Pomegranate, looking at Shen Pomegranate's current state, it seemed that he was not completely unresponsive to Du Xuanmo.

"Let's go." Shen Shu said.

Shen Shiliu put the basket of tofu on the cart and followed.

As soon as Shen Shimei arrived at the stall, he first carried tofu to find Du Xuanmo, and when he arrived at Du Xuanmo's stall, he found that today's stall seemed to be a little different.

"Pomegranate Girl." Du Xuanmo saw Shen Pomegranate coming over, so he came over to greet him.

Shen Shiliu took a closer look, only to find that there was something different about the booksstand, there was a beautiful girl sitting!

"Isn't this ......?" Shen Shiliu remembered Song Lianhua, women will always be impressed by good-looking women.

Song Lianhua looked at Shen Pomegranate and also walked over: "Pomegranate girl, thank you last time." ”

"You're welcome, but how do you ......?" Shen Pomegranate wondered, why is this little white lotus here?

"I came today to wait for the pomegranate girl to come, and I would like to say thank you." Song Lianhua said.

Shen Shiliu smiled, and then directly handed the basket in his hand to Du Xuanmo: "Here, the tofu made by your grinding plate will be tasted for you!" ”

Du Xuanmo took it and said thank you.

Song Lianhua saw that Du Xuanmo and Shen Shiliu were talking and laughing, so she asked Du Xuanmo out loud: "Can I sit here and read?" ”