Li Hong rubbed his eyes, turned to the other side, and fell asleep again.

"Sister, what are you doing! I'm so tired! Let me sleep again. ”

"Hey, because a certain child is sleepy, Lu Dongbin is going to die, what a pity!"

Li Yanran also sneered, and brought Lu Dongbin out again.

Hearing this, Li Hong was also an agitated spirit, and he came out of the quilt directly.

Looking at Li Yanran in front of him with a frown, Li Hong's eyes were full of helplessness.

"Sister, you. Can you not do this! ”

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up, we're going to make tofu."

Li Yanran patted Li Hong and asked him to get up and work quickly.

"Make tofu, yes! Forget about it! ”

Hearing that he was going to make tofu, Li Hong's little eyes were full of excitement.

"Go and call Sun Xu over and work."

"Okay."

Li Hong jumped out of bed and trotted out.

After a while, Sun Xu rushed over with a few little eunuchs, knowing that he had to work, he was also prepared in advance.

"Let's get to work!"

"Whoa."

Li Yanran first asked Sun Xu to carry a wooden bucket over and put it under the stone mill, and then it was the work of the donkey.

The two little eunuchs worked together, one was responsible for scooping soybeans into it, and the other was grinding it by hand.

just grinded and grinded, until all the soybeans were grinded, and Sun Xu and several eunuchs all collapsed on the ground.

At the same time as grinding tofu, Li Yanran also made people boil a lot of boiling water, which will be used later.

Looking at the small stone mill in front of him, Sun Xu's eyes were full of fear.

Without him, it's so tiring.

"Well, that's good!"

Looking at the soybean milk grinded, Li Yanran also nodded, and used a spoon to pull the soy milk on the stone grind into the wooden barrel, and then it was time to blanch the tofu.

Instructed Sun Xu to scoop boiling water into the wooden barrel containing soybean milk with a scoop, then close the lid and start smothering the tofu.

A quarter of an hour later, the lid of the barrel was lifted, and a rich smell of beans wafted out.

"Sister, it's so fragrant!"

Li Hong's nose twitched, this taste was much better than the tofu he ate.

"That's nature."

"Sun Xu, go get a shelf."

"Whoa."

Soon Sun Xu instructed the little eunuch to take a bamboo frame and hang it on top of the wooden barrel, and then began to scoop soy milk into the baggage made of linen.

The soy milk entered the baggage, and after a slight shake, the soy milk water in it naturally flowed into the iron pot.

This is another waste person's work, and the burden can't be too big, so it's destined to not scoop too much at once.

In this way, several eunuchs took turns to work, and finally finished cleaning up all the soy milk in the barrel.

Take away the bean dregs, and the iron pot will be full of soy milk water.

"Open the valve and fan me."

Li Yanran has a honeycomb coal stove in the house, which is still three-hole.

The valve opened, and several eunuchs also held fans, using their strength to start fanning.

Here is cooking soy milk, and over there Li Yanran asked the little eunuch to take out the plaster that had been prepared a long time ago.

"Smash all this plaster."

"Sister, tofu is tofu, why do you want this gypsum?"

Watching the little eunuchs put on the plasters, Li Hong also frowned.

I don't know what the hell Li Yanran is trying to do.

"You'll know later, a pound of soybeans with two taels of gypsum, don't get too much, then dilute it with warm water and put it for later use."

Li Yanran ignored Li Hong and directly said the match.

Li Hong was full of question marks, and he still didn't understand what the relationship between this gypsum and making tofu was.

After a while, seeing that the air began to bubble around the iron pot, Li Yanran hurriedly instructed Sun Xu to open the lid, and then use a scoop to skim off the foam on the upper layer.

Looking at the soy milk in the pot, Li Yanran also nodded.

These steps of hers were all learned when she watched TV in later generations, and she didn't have the opportunity to practice them before, but she didn't expect to use them now.

"Sister, why is this tofu different from what I saw before?"

Looking at the soy milk in front of him, Li Hong also frowned.

Did Sister fail to do it, why is this tofu like this?

"Nonsense, this can only be called soy milk now, although it can also be eaten, but it still takes a process to turn it into tofu."

Pour the diluted gypsum water into the wooden barrel, and then shake the wooden barrel so that the gypsum water is evenly spread around the wooden barrel.

"Pour soy milk, pour soy milk!"

"Oh oh oh!"

Sun Xu didn't dare to slack off, grabbed the pot handle and wanted to pour the soy milk into it, but he found a very bad problem.

I can't seem to move my strength.

"What are you doing in a daze, come here to help!"

Hearing Sun Xu's words, two or three little eunuchs also came over together, and poured all the soy milk in the iron pot into the wooden barrel with Sun Xu.

The white soy milk is really pleasing to look at.

I drew a cross on the barrel with my chopsticks, and then waited.

Everyone stared at the wooden barrel in front of them, and they also wanted to see if this soy milk could be turned into tofu.

After a while, I saw that the water in the wooden barrel began to turn from turbid to clear, and the soybean milk, which was still a slurry, also appeared and solidified into lumps.

"How does this work?"

Li Hong tilted his head, his eyes full of shock.

He really couldn't figure out why it was still soy milk just now, and he didn't see what happened to Li Yanran, so it turned into tofu.

"The science!"

Li Yanran glanced at Li Hong, you asked me the principle?

I wish I wanted to know, and even if I knew I told you, you wouldn't understand!

Asking is also asking in vain, you are asking a lonely question.

"What is the principle of science?"

Li Hong's thirst for knowledge rose instantly, and he hugged Li Yanran's arm and asked what scientific principles were.

"Scientific principles are scientific principles, what so much nonsense."

Li Yanran slapped Li Hong on the head, where did you come from so much.

This girl is not here to popularize science.

"What about the box I asked you to prepare? Get it! ”

"The box is here!"

Soon someone rushed over with a wooden box.

"Sun Xu, take a big bag and spread it under the box, and then scoop all the bean curd into it."

"Whoa!"

Sun Xu is also full of energy now, and he often does it when he serves people, but this is the first time he has made tofu.

Watching the soybeans turn into tofu from his hands, he also has a great sense of accomplishment.

Sun Xu moved quickly, and after a while, all the bean curd in the kung fu barrel was scooped into the wooden box.

After all the processes were completed, Li Yanran also carefully covered the baggage, then took the wooden board on the box and covered it.

I pressed it with my hand, and the water flowed out in an instant.

"Fetch a few stones!"

"Stones?"

"Your Highness, what do you want stones?"

Sun Xu was stunned again, I don't know what Li Yanran is going to do?

"Are you a hundred thousand why? What so much nonsense! ”

Li Hong glared at Sun Xu, Bengong hasn't asked yet, why did you jump out.

I really don't know what to say.

"Whoa!"

"What are you doing? Don't move the rocks yet! ”

Sun Xu shouted at the little eunuch beside him with a depressed face, and several people hurriedly ran out after hearing it.

"You go too!"

Li Hong kicked Sun Xu's ass and stared at him with small eyes.

"Oh oh oh!"

Sun Xu didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly ran out.

After a while, several people walked back with stones of different sizes.

"Press these stones one by one, remember, piece by piece!"

Li Yanran walked to the chair and sat down on it.

Now it's the final process, pressing and molding, as long as all the water in the tofu is pressed out, the tofu is completed.

"Whoa!"

After Sun Xu heard this, he directly put the stone in his hand on the wooden board.

In this way, as the number of stones increased, the water in the wooden box continued to gush out.

Until the wooden box stopped bubbling with water, Li Yanran knew that this tofu was eight or nine years old.

"Sister, sister, when can you eat!"

Li Hong stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, he was looking forward to the tofu in front of him.

"We'll have to wait a while."

Li Yanran glanced at Li Hong, except for eating all day long.

What else do you know besides eating?

"But, Hong'er is hungry!"

Li Hong touched his stomach, his eyes full of sadness.

"Let's eat this!"

Li Yanran grabbed the pastries on the table and handed them to Li Hong.

"This doesn't taste good!"

Li Hong glanced at it with disgust, and then put his eyes on the wooden box.

"Then you're hungry!"

Li Yanran was depressed for a while, this pastry is made by the imperial chef of the palace, and it is a good thing that you can't buy if you want to buy it outside, so it's not as good as a piece of tofu for you.

I really don't know what to say.

"Sister, why don't you let me taste the taste of that tofu first?"

"What do you think! Stay on my side! ”

Li Yanran gave Li Hong a threatening look.

After receiving the signal, Li Hong stopped speaking in an instant, sat beside Li Yanran, grabbed the pastries on the table and ate them.

"Sister, when will the tofu be good!"

"Sister, is this tofu the same as the tofu you usually eat?"

"Sister, why do I feel that this tofu will be very fragrant?"

Enduring Li Hong's bombardment, Li Yanran really wanted to slap him.

After more than half an hour, Li Yanran finally couldn't bear it anymore and slowly walked to the side of the wooden box.

"Sister, isn't it okay?"

Li Hong followed Li Yanran to the side of the wooden box, his eyes full of anticipation.

"Although there is not enough time, the tofu will be about the same, but it will be slightly more tender."

Instructed Sun Xu to remove the stones from the wooden box and open the lid, but a strong smell of tofu hit the noses of the two.

Unwrapping the baggage, the white tofu cubes appeared in front of everyone.

"Is this the tofu that was just made?"

Li Hong stretched out his hand and buckled a piece of tofu down and put it directly in his mouth.

"Hmmm! It smells so good! ”

The tofu is smooth in the mouth, the bean flavor is strong, and it is delicious.

Li Yanran took a wooden knife and divided a whole piece of tofu into more than a dozen small pieces with a few knives.

Sun Xu and the little eunuch on the side looked at the tofu in front of them, and their eyes were also hot.

After all, they made it themselves, and they also wanted to taste what the tofu tasted like.

"Okay, Sun Xu went and fetched a few pieces of linen."

"Whoa!"

Li Yanran counted according to the number of people, and each of them was given a piece of tofu.

"Your Highness, what does this mean?"

Looking at the divided tofu cubes, Sun Xu was also stunned for a moment.

"Today's tofu also has your share of credit, one person will share your share!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Sun Xu said and directly wrapped the largest tofu and held it in his hand.

The remaining eunuchs also took action and snatched the tofu.

"Okay, there's nothing for you here, let's all go down!"

Li Yanran waved her hand, signaling that they could leave.

"Whoa!"

(End of chapter)