The method of tofu is not difficult, at least in the eyes of Fang Datong, who is not good at cooking, it is not too difficult, but before he saw it, who would have thought that using gypsum to cook soy milk would produce tofu?

Ten catties of beans produced nearly forty catties of tofu, and the people in the courtyard naturally couldn't eat it, Lin Qingwan didn't hesitate, divided Fang Datong into two pieces, and asked him to notify the farmers to get the tofu, "Two pieces for each family, take it back and cook it with the vegetables, or stew it alone." ”

Fang Datong hurriedly excused himself, "This is made by my aunt and grandmother with the work of the boss, how can I take it for nothing?" ”

Lin Qingwan smiled, "It's not a precious thing, take it, if you think it's delicious, you can soak the beans and make it yourself." ”

Lin Qingwan nodded the remaining plaster and said: "When the time comes, I will ask for gypsum, if you do too much, you can take it to the market to exchange for some beans or copper plates, didn't Bihai say that Qian Rui's family wants to make a set of shrouds for his mother-in-law, although this tofu is hard, it may be able to make some money." After the autumn harvest, the work in the village is also relaxed, and there is time to do it for them. ”

Fang Datong opened his mouth wide in shock, "Grandma asked her to make tofu to sell?" ”

Lin Qingwan tilted her head and said with a smile: "I'm just giving a proposal, if she's inconvenient, forget it, but according to me, all of you twenty-eight households have problems, and one alone will definitely not be able to do well, so it's better to divide into several families as a group and cooperate to make tofu." Grinding beans, boiling soy milk, ordering tofu and pressing tofu, and then selling the tofu when it is ready, divide the labor one by one, so as not to make a family unable to do it, and there are many people and disputes. ”

Fang Datong returned home in a trance, and was pushed by his wife before he woke up, "Are you stupid?" As soon as I come back, I will squat in the yard and not move, and I should not talk to you. ”

Fang Datong stood up on his knees, told her what happened, frowned, and said, "Did you say that my aunt and grandmother deliberately wanted to teach us this method of making tofu?" But why didn't she say it? ”

Fang's wife's eyes lit up and said, "What do you care about so much, since your aunt and grandmother are willing to teach you, then you can learn." ”

Fang Datong glanced at her and said: "What do you know, I listen to the cook's meaning, that tofu is an ancient recipe, ordinary people don't know how to make it, I heard that there is a restaurant in the city that sells a dish of tofu that is more expensive than beef." ”

"My aunt is willing to teach us, that's a great grace, naturally we want everyone to be grateful, but I see what my aunt and grandmother mean, she doesn't seem to want to make a big fuss, otherwise it's not better to pass the word directly to the villagers, why bother through my mouth?"

Fang's wife had a question mark in her head, whether she understood it or not, and said simply: "You don't know how to ask Steward Lin." He is the chief housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, he doesn't know what his aunt wants to think, can he not know what his aunt is going to do? ”

Fang Datong patted his head, "Why did I forget this, you go and notify each family first, let them come to our house for a meeting in the evening, and I will go to Steward Lin." ”

Steward Lin smiled when he saw him, "I'm still wondering when you'll come to me." ”

Fang Datong smiled embarrassedly and asked, "Don't be surprised by Steward Lin, I'm stupid, I don't quite understand what my aunt and grandmother mean." ”

Steward Lin smiled indifferently and asked, "Have you learned how to make tofu?" ”

"I only memorized the steps, but I didn't do it myself, so I might not be able to do it."

Steward Lin said: "There are many ways to make tofu, it is always tender and skillful, even the cook at home does not dare to pack the ticket and say that it will be done, so you still have to ponder." ”

"In addition to this Zhuangzi, our Lin family only has a few bookstores and a bookstore left, and there are few people who use it, and most of your descendants will stay in Zhuangzi in the future. But the work in this village is heavy and tiring, and my aunt and grandmother also want you to have more skills," Steward Lin sighed and said: "Aunt and grandmother are soft-hearted, except for you, the tenants of this Zhuangzi in the future are afraid that they will also learn this craft, but you are the villagers in the house, so you are closer, and this craft will be taught to you first." ”

Fang Datong was puzzled, "Then why don't you just gather everyone together and tell them, and let them know that this is the grace given by your aunt and grandmother." ”

Steward Lin asked meaningfully, "Isn't it true that if Grandma doesn't come forward in person, everyone won't know that this is Grandma's grace?" ”

"Naturally not, it's just not going to work that well." Fang Datong came out of the army, and even worked as an officer, so he naturally knows some skills in buying people's hearts, and the effect of coming forward by him is different from that of his aunt and grandmother in person.

Steward Lin said meaningfully: "It's just that my aunt and grandmother are not good at coming forward, do you know who the restaurant in the city that has unique tofu dishes is?" ”

"Who's from it?"

"The Zhao family," Steward Lin sneered: "The Zhao family and the Lin family are both in-laws of the Shang family, and they have a lot of contact with each other, so there are some things that my aunt and grandmother can't do openly." However, the family found an ancient recipe for the cook, and the cook passed it on to the farmers at home, and the farmers used this craft to make money, but no one could find a mistake. ”

Fang Datong understood when he heard it, their family had a bad relationship with the Zhao family, and his aunt and grandmother were going to dig a pit for the Zhao family.

Auntie and grandmother can hate the Zhao family so much, it must be that the Zhao family itself is too annoying, Fang Datong immediately rolled up his sleeves and said: "Don't worry, housekeeper, I know what to do." ”

Steward Lin nodded with a smile, "I am naturally relieved that you are doing things, but my aunt and grandmother also said that the original intention of this matter is to let you live a good life, so if you don't make money, you won't toss." ”

"Steward Lin, how much does a dish of tofu sell for in the restaurant?"

Steward Lin smiled and gave him a few dish names and numbers, "But people are chefs, so they are naturally more expensive." ”

Fang Datong was speechless, it was really more expensive than beef, he thought about the cost of making tofu for a while, and finally said, "Don't worry, I know what to do." ”

The price is not too high, but it can't be too low, not only do they have to make money, but also sell this tofu all over the city, and see what money they make in the restaurant.

When Fang Datong returned in the evening, he held a meeting with each family to discuss, and finally cooperated in groups according to the situation of each family.

The 28 households were originally supporting each other because they were both military households, and it was easier to divide them into groups at this time.

They were used to working together and knew how to allocate the most appropriate ones, and in less than two quarters of an hour they were divided into nine groups.

Then each group will have a person who teaches good cooking skills, and tomorrow he will go to the courtyard to learn how to make tofu with the chef.

Fang Datong said: "After we go back tonight, everyone will soak the beans, and tomorrow everyone will take them to the village stone mill to grind the beans." ”

"Grinding there, what if someone asks?"

"To tell you the truth, let's just say that I went to the courtyard to ask for my aunt's grace, and my aunt allowed us to learn how to make tofu with the cook."

"Then what should they do if they also go to ask their aunt and grandmother?"

Fang Datong said: "My aunt and grandmother are kind-hearted, and they will not hide anything that can be taught, so they will definitely be able to learn it too." It's just that we are ahead of the curve and learn the craft before they do. By the time they could meet their aunt and grandmother, we had already honed our craft. ”

Fang Datong didn't tell them about the Zhao family, so as not to make people talk too much, and in the end they told the truth.

"But no matter how many people learn this craft in the end, I hope you all have to remember that everyone is from the Lin Mansion and from my aunt and grandmother, don't go sideways in the nest, and have extra energy for me to go outside."

Everyone bowed their heads.

Fang Datong asked everyone to step down.

The next day, the villagers in the other courtyard all carried a wooden barrel to the stone mill in the village to grind soybean milk, and everyone gathered around again, and learned that Fang Datong had obtained the consent of his aunt and grandmother to learn this craft and use this craft to make money, and everyone was very envious.

There are also people who want to beg, but few people dare to come forward to ask when they really see their aunt, not to mention that they don't know why their aunt and grandmother haven't gone out to inspect Zhuangzi in the past two days.

In two days, Fang Datong and they have learned the craft of making tofu, although the tofu made is not as tender as in the gluttonous building, it is also very good.

They directly picked it up and sold it in the city, because few people knew about it, and ordinary people couldn't get into the gluttonous building, and no one bought it for a while.

Lin Quan, who was still running to join in the fun, saw a group of them squatting on the ground and looking at the passers-by, but they couldn't even shout, they really couldn't look past it, so they helped shout: "Sell tofu, sell tofu, white and tender tofu, this is the tofu made by the king of Huainan, it is made with ancient recipes......"

Everyone didn't understand what tofu was, but they understood the word ancient recipe, and couldn't help but come up and ask, "Who is the king of Huainan and is he famous?" ”

Lin Quan: "I don't even know who the king of Huainan is, that's the prince, the emperor's brother, do you say it's famous or not?" ”

Everyone was taken aback, "This thing was made by the prince?" ”

"But no, even the old man of the emperor said that he was good after eating." Lin Quan pointed to the tofu in the frame and said: "You can stew it with Chinese herbs, or you can stew it with meat, it's delicious, it's not expensive, one liter of beans can be exchanged for four pieces of tofu, and it only costs a penny to use a copper plate." ”

Fang Datong cut the tofu into small pieces, four pieces are about one catty and two taels, which is equivalent to one catty of beans for one catty of tofu.

This year's bean harvest in Suzhou is not bad, and a liter of beans is really not expensive, and many people are excited.

Lin Quan saw it and made persistent efforts, "This is not something I wait for ordinary people to eat, Taotaolou knows no, their signature dish is made of tofu." ”

Everyone was suspicious, "There must be a secret recipe for the dishes in this gluttonous building, how do you know?" ”

"It's all said that it is made according to the ancient recipe, this tofu is made by the king of Huainan, how they got the recipe in the gluttonous building, we don't know, but our tofu is occasionally found by our owner from ancient books."

Someone teased: "And then your boss taught you?" ”

Fang Datong became anxious, and was about to explain, Lin Quan had already rolled his eyes and said: "Our owner doesn't have that kind of kung fu, my brothers learned from the cook in the house, but they are also licensed by our owner." ”