Soybeans are a good thing, you can make tofu, bean curd, bean curd, black bean curd, tempeh...... It's all delicious.

In April, I am ready to make tofu and sell it.

I went to the well twice to fetch water and filled the tank.

The soybeans that have been soaked all afternoon are full and round.

The family was weak and weak, so she fooled a laborer, Aunt Zhang.

"Grinding this little thing, where do you need to get paid. The villagers said that the wages were outside. ”

Aunt Zhang was very welcoming.

In April, he insisted on paying his wages.

"It's not a one-day job, it's a long-term job. If you don't get paid, I won't dare ask you for help. ”

"April, are you really going to make a deal?" Aunt Zhang was surprised and hesitated, "You are a girl's family, it is not appropriate to show your face." ”

April said weakly: "Auntie, look at our family, if I don't want to find a way to sit and eat every day, this family will have to disperse sooner or later." ”

"Hey! It's not easy. Don't pay too much, two dollars a day is enough. ”

"That's fine. At least four dollars a day, that's good. ”

persuaded Aunt Zhang to start working.

Push the stone grinder, boil the soy milk, drain the bean dregs, and point the tofu in the brine.

The hardest thing is brine.

The brine can't be conjured out of thin air, and there are no people who make tofu in the village. April can only make his own brine.

She would like to thank those years, although they were hard, but they allowed her to learn a lot of knowledge and skills that she could not even imagine.

Aunt Zhang stood by the stove and watched April pour a bowl of water into the bean dregs that had been drained, and saw the scattered soy milk gradually taking shape.

"April, what did you just pour into?"

"Brine?"

"Do you know how to make brine?"

Seeing April nodding affirmatively, Aunt Zhang couldn't help but ask, "How can you make brine?" ”

April smiled, smiling without saying a word.

Aunt Zhang patted her mouth, "Look at my mouth, don't ask what you shouldn't ask." This is your secret, keep this secret, and you are not afraid of not making any money. ”

For the first time, Aunt Zhang felt that this job should be able to be done for a long time, and the words she said in April were not just words.

Put the tofu in a dustpan, compact, and take it to the town early in the morning to sell.

She lay in bed, thinking about what she would do tomorrow.

Xiao Si and Xiao Wu secretly got into her bed, "Sister, it's dark, I'm afraid!" ”

Two little clever ghosts.

"Just once!"

Little four and five nodded repeatedly.

One of them grabbed one of her arms and snuggled up in her arms.

Little Fourth Okra looked at her, "Sister, you are so good, you know everything." Can you teach me? ”

"I want to learn too." Xiao Wu Manchu followed.

April rubbed the heads of the two, "What do you want to learn?" ”

Well?

The two children thought for a moment and said in unison, "I want to learn everything." ”

April made a plan for them, "Why don't you learn to read first?" ”

"Sister, do you know how to read?"

April nodded, "I've read a few books." ”

The little four okra were stunned, reading and literacy was something that only the young master of the landlord's family could enjoy.

Once again, it proves that my third sister is really powerful.

"Sister, how did you learn to read?" Little Okra asked in a whisper.

Xiao Wumanchu said very admiringly: "The third sister is so smart, do you still need to learn, just take a look." ”

Stinky boy, at such a young age, he knows that he has a future.

"Literacy is a long story. You should have stolen it from Master Li! ”

I remembered my previous life, and April's eyes were red with blood.

When his father and brother returned from the army, relying on a kindness in the army, they arranged a marriage for her, which was excellent no matter how you look at it.

That is, the door is not the right one.

got married, and a few years later, the world gradually became chaotic, and she went to the city to join her husband.

The county seat of Wei County, a wealthy fortified city. However, because of its location in a military location, it was besieged several times in just a few years.

For the last time, the enemy led an army of 50,000 to besiege the county town, and the people in the city were panicked.

She stood up and organized tens of thousands of women, children, and children in the city to provide logistics for the soldiers defending the city.

When there was not enough firewood, they demolished doors and windows, split tables and chairs, and moved from the yamen to large households.

There was not enough food to eat, so everyone had a fixed ration every day, and all the land in the city was used to grow crops.

She trodden every inch of the garden, the idle place in the city, and planted all the food she could.

When there was not enough cloth, he planted his own linen, spun and weaved cloth.

The doctor was not enough, so she worked with the women of the city to learn simple nursing knowledge from the doctor to minimize the death of wounded soldiers.

In the later period, a large number of young people in the city died, and the women began to defend the city on the walls.

Burn the gold juice and throw stones.

The garden foundations of large families were demolished, and stone slabs were dug up to fill the gaps in the city walls.

For a whole year, they successfully defended the city for twelve months, but they never received support. Without the support of a grain of food, nor the support of a single soldier, even the weapons had to be solved by themselves.

For a whole year, relying on the people of a city, the city was broken after all.

For the enemy, they suffered heavy losses in this siege battle. Therefore, when the city was broken, the inhumane massacre began.

She still remembers the scene of her fighting with a knife.

The Taoist priest, the young false Taoist priest who had taught her a lot of knowledge and always liked to say strange things, screamed and was beheaded with a knife.

She avenged the false Taoist priest who was half a teacher and half a friend, and then several spears stabbed into her body, and before she died, she stared at the condescending enemy general who rode a tall horse.

She couldn't forget that face.

The blood in his eyes faded.

The battle to defend the city has not yet taken place, and everything is still in time.

She hugged Xiao Si and Wu tightly, "Go to bed early." Ming'er will go with me to the town early in the morning to set up a stall. ”

……

Before dawn, April woke up.

The two little ones slept badly, and one rolled to the bottom of her feet. One is lying on his back, on all fours.

She got up cautiously, washed up, and went to the fourth master's house.

Yuan Siye, a wealthy family in the village, lives in the only blue brick house in the village. She rented a mule cart from Yuan Siye's house, two dollars a day, and was also responsible for the mule's food.

From the village to the town for more than ten miles, with goods, it is best to transport them by mule cart, saving time and effort.

As long as you make a little more money, this little capital will come back.

The tofu is packed in a basket, and then the basket is put on the mule, and the four and five children are called to set off together.

When I set off, the east side was spitting out the white of the fish's belly.

The diligent men are already working in the fields. The lazy man still lies in bed and sleeps soundly.

The mule was not very obedient, and April was so anxious that his forehead sweated.

"Mules aren't in such a hurry, I'll help you."

A voice sounded behind him, and when he looked back, he saw that it was a boy from the same village, Sun An.

Sun An had a wooden face, he took the rope, and with a wave of the whip, the mule trotted up.

April hurriedly followed, "Thank you! ”

"Hmm!"

Sun An is not good at words, and he doesn't dare to look at April with his eyes, but only dares to peek.

April took the initiative and said, "I went to the town to sell tofu, what are you going to do?" ”

"Help people build houses."

April remembered that Sun An was a craftsman, and he could not only build houses, but also carpentry.

What happened to this man?

She couldn't remember it well.

A few years later, the village was hit by a military disaster, and the rebels burned down the village and burned the town.

The eight towns within a radius of ten miles were reduced to white land, many people died, and the living people went out to flee the famine.

There was no crop left in the field, but it was all weed. The village was depopulated and became a playground for wild beasts.

The only fortunate thing is that the family was taken to live in the city by her in advance and escaped.

April took a sharp breath, and his heart was cold.

After a while, she said to Sun An: "Your craftsmanship is so good, have you ever wanted to go to the county town, go to the state capital, or even go to the capital to work." More money can be earned. ”

Sun An shook his head, "It's good in the village." Don't you like the village? ”

The village is too weak and there are no walls. When troubled times come, everyone will be reduced to pigs and dogs.

Go to the city, there are walls to guard it.

"Me? I will definitely leave the village in the future. April said.

When Sun An heard this, his expression was a little gloomy.

The two came to the town in silence.

April wanted to invite Sun An to breakfast, but Sun An said nothing, put down the mule and hurried away.