Cheng Shui was extremely sober and found that in this world, in addition to being alone, she wanted to do something more.

As soon as she made up her mind, she thought about it. First, let Cheng San pass the word and inform Old Man Cheng that she agreed.

Later, he began to think about what could make up for Liu's body.

Because of low productivity and insufficient food, there are not enough chickens, ducks, fish and meat in this era. There are only some grains and beans, which can neither be eaten as food nor supplemented with nutrients, and are used as snacks and tooth sacrifices.

Cheng Shui found that the price of soybeans was low, and he only used to make some pastries on weekdays, but this time the price of grain rose and did not rise with it. So, she decided to make some tofu out to give everyone a protein supplement.

Gu Youyun: Tofu has a sweet and cold taste, high nutritional value, and is a kind of health food that nourishes and clears heat. Eating regularly can replenish Zhongqi, clear away heat and moisten dryness, quench thirst, and cleanse the stomach.

called Cheng Da and Cheng Er, gave them a rough description of what the stone mill looked like, and asked the two to run errands.

Cheng San also brought back a message from Old Man Cheng, and there were two people with it, naturally Li Benqi and Zhao Yannian.

"Mother, the old village chief Cheng said, let these two live at home temporarily." Cheng San scratched his head, always feeling that there was something strange.

Cheng Shui glanced at Li Benqi, the young man was smiling cutely and shyly, and he looked obedient: "San Lang, this is your cousin Li Benqi." As soon as she said this, Cheng San suddenly realized that this guy was his relative.

"This is Mr. Zhao Yannian, Mr. Zhao, who will teach you and Qi Ge'er to read at home in the future." She turned to Zhao Yannian again and said.

Compared with Li Benqi, Zhao Yannian is actually more embarrassed to live here. But after thinking about it, I knew that this was specially sent by Old Man Cheng in order to let her get acquainted with the internal situation of the Li family's caravan as soon as possible.

After settling the two of them, they packed up and vacated a study.

In the evening, at the table, Cheng Shui introduced everyone to each other again.

In the eyes of Cheng Da and Cheng Er, they just wondered how the guests of the village chief Cheng's family had become their relatives.

But when they knew that he was the only one left in the little cousin's house, everyone was distressed again, and asked for warmth.

When Li Benqi pretended to be obedient, even Cheng Shui was soft-hearted, not to mention the others, within a few days, they blended with the big guys.

However, Zhao Yannian, although he stayed in the guest room, he actually only stayed for two days, and he disappeared.

It's just that Li Benqi was nervous and defended him: "Auntie, don't be angry, Mr. Zhao is going back to inform the caravan brothers." Everyone is here these days, and I want to organize it so that you can meet them. ”

Cheng Shui smiled, he almost broke his leg with Cheng Er in the past few days, and finally got a stone mill, and now there is a big drought and he can't farm, so he has this idle time to toss.

Liu also recovered a lot, and Cheng Shui simply informed her and Zhang of the steps of making tofu, and asked the four of them to toss and find something for them to do.

She took Li Benqi with her to exchange some information about the Li family, which made Cheng Sanqi, who didn't know what was going on, half dead, and always felt that her love was gone, and she was sad.

Cheng Shui's first question was, why did you build that secret room?

Li Benqi naturally knew everything: "This secret room is actually not particularly mysterious in the Li family, basically several uncles in the family know it, and my grandfather is still there, but I heard a sentence or two." ”

He looked around, there was no one around, and several cousins were working in the yard, and then he whispered: "A few decades ago, the southern trade route was blocked, so my family opened a new road to transport our goods to the west to sell, so as to maintain it." ”

Li Benqi said vaguely, but Cheng Shui understood. This is the way to open up the Huns, which is considered a risky move, no wonder it needs to be hidden.

"The secret room is specially repaired, but the tunnels are not all underground, they are repaired along the karst caves and mountain roads discovered by Grandpa Cheng at that time, and there are two exits, one is on the mountain behind Cheng's old village chief's house, and the other is on the top of the mountain, which is also a stronghold of our Li family."

Cheng Shui asked again: "How many people are still in the family now?" Where are they? ”

"I am the only one left in the main family, and Mr. Zhao was originally favored by my grandfather and promised to help me for 10 years. The other is Li Xingbo and Uncle Li Fan, although they used to be slaves with foreign surnames, but they changed their surnames to Li from my grandfather. Li Benqi followed Cheng Shui around, and hesitated: "Uncle Li Xing has learned some martial arts, and he is also known as Li Sandao on the road, and he is now in charge of the team, especially in the west. Uncle Li Fan has been living in Zengcheng and is responsible for some of the Li family's shops and so on. ”

He said it in great detail, for fear that Cheng Shui would hear something.

"Li Sandao ......" Cheng Shui paused.

Li Benqi thought she was asking, and continued: "Sandaobo's temper is a little anxious, but his heart is excellent. The other brothers were willing to live with him in the mountains, and when they were not going out, he took them to practice swords and hunt. If my aunt saw him, she would have trusted him. ”

Cheng Shui smiled, it was a little interesting.

The Li family and the merchants are all brothers, and they can either help each other or become one. Although Li Benqi is the master, he doesn't seem to have real power, and he doesn't know why others want to listen to him.

She asked about something else, and the two of them were talking in the room.

I heard Cheng San's excited voice ringing: "Mother! It's done, the eldest brother and the second brother have made it. ”

Cheng San ran into the house sweating profusely and pulled Cheng Shui's sleeve excitedly.

"You speak slowly, what's in a hurry, look at your heat." Cheng Shui was helpless, a little disgusted that this hairy boy was sweating all over her.

Li Benqi handed Cheng Sanfang a handkerchief with some flattery, and asked cheerfully: "Is the tofu that my aunt said made?" ”

Cheng San took the handkerchief awkwardly, and before he had time to wipe his sweat, he said to Cheng Shui: "Yes, according to the steps given by my mother, I tried it several times, and finally made it." ”

At this time, the others walked in, and Zhang still had a plate of things in his hand.

Zhang's face was excited: "Mother, the tofu you said turned out to be like this, delicate and soft than Ping'er's face." ”

Everyone laughed, and Cheng Da said: "What nonsense, this is something to eat, can you eat it no matter how tender your face is?" Listening to his serious rebuttal, I thought I could say something good.

The others couldn't stop laughing, only Changping in Liu's arms touched his head in ignorance, not understanding why others were laughing and looking at their faces.

"It's all a bunch of cramps." Cheng Shui said: "This tofu can be mixed cold and fried." Although it has no taste per se, it has high plasticity. If you like to eat sweet, you can add sugar, and if you like to eat salty, you can put sauce and stir-fry, and stew with carp is the most suitable for replenishing the body. ”

After hearing this, Liu understood that her mother-in-law had come up with a method for her.

Although I don't know where Cheng Shui knew the recipe, her words are considered the highest will in the Cheng family. None of them were questioned.