Chapter 42 Kangjia Tofu
Two bowls of bean curd went down, and Zhu Shencone ate a little belly.
Touching his slightly bulging belly, Zhu Shencone laughed at himself, he didn't expect that he would still have a greedy mouth, you must know that over the years, Zhu Shencone has been self-disciplined very well, and it is the first time to eat half like today.
"Dude!"
"Hey! Here it comes! The young man was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks left by the guests not far away, and he hurriedly responded when he heard Zhu Shencone shouting.
cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks neatly with his hands and feet, then wiped the table with the rag on his shoulder, and then came to Zhu Shencone's side in a few steps.
"How much did you just eat?"
"One bowl of bean curd, two cakes, you used two bowls, and Chenghui is a total of four words." The young man said with a smile.
This answer surprised Zhu Shencone a little, because this price is not expensive but very cheap, especially this bean curd tastes so good and has a lot of quantity, and it only sells a meagre penny.
Zhu Shencone reached out and took it out of his arms, counted out four coins and put them on the table, and the young man politely thanked him and put away the money.
"Your bean curd is doing well." Zhu Shencone said with a smile.
"You won't be here for long, will you?"
"Hehe, what do you say?"
"If you were here a lot, you wouldn't say that." The young man smiled: "My family's tofu workshop has been spread out for several generations, and there are many old customers in the neighborhood who come to eat bean curd and soy milk at this hour every day, but the best thing my family does is not this bean curd, after all, the bean curd soybean milk is just made of tofu, not that I am talking big, the whole Pingyang Mansion is not as good as others, but when it comes to the tofu family, my family is this!" ”
As he spoke, the young man gave Zhu Shencone a thumbs up, and looking at him with a proud look, Zhu Shencone couldn't help laughing.
"Really? I've lived in Binh Duong for several generations, and although I haven't been here for a long time, I've never been here, and I haven't heard of it. ”
"How could this be fake?" When the young man saw that Zhu Shencone didn't believe it, he couldn't help but argue: "Since you are from Pingyang Mansion, then just ask someone to inquire, our Kang family's tofu craftsmanship has been passed down from our ancestors, and it has been passed down from the Zhengde Dynasty to the present for a hundred years, and there is no one in the entire Pingyang Mansion who has eaten our Kang family's tofu that is not good." ”
"Not to mention ordinary people, even dignitaries often order tofu at my house, by the way, do you see the big mansion opposite? Do you know whose house it is? ”
"Who's from it?"
The young man raised his eyebrows: "Pingyang Mansion Liu's family, Liu Shancheng Liu's home!" My tofu can be exclusively for the Liu family, Master Liu is a wealthy family, the Liu family is famous in our entire Shanxi, even the Liu family is dedicated to my tofu, do you say my tofu can be bad? ”
"How can there be such a thing? I'm lonely. Zhu Shencone laughed, and then said: "Since I happened to be here today, then I really have to buy some of your tofu and go back to taste it, by the way, what is the price of your tofu?" Bring me some. ”
"Old customer, if you want to buy tofu, you have to wait a while, it's a morning market right now, and it will take an hour for tofu to be sold. It's not a rule, it's mainly that my Kang's tofu is different from other homes, and it will take some time to get it out. In addition, this Liufu will send thirty catties of tofu over first, which was set yesterday, so the first batch of tofu can't be sold to you, you can only wait for the second batch. ”
"Why don't you go for a stroll elsewhere first, I'll keep it for you, and come back later to pick it up?" Or you say that you can make a home anywhere, and I will send it to your door, what do you think? ”
The young man explained to Zhu Shencone with a little apology, and also offered to deliver it to his door.
I have to say that this young man is quite good at business, you must know that even if Zhu Shencone buys tofu, he can only buy two or three catties at best, and these tofu are not worth a few dollars. For such a small business, the young man offered to deliver to his door, and this service can be described as home.
However, Zhu Shencone did not accept the kindness of the young man, he didn't want the young man to know his identity, as soon as he said that the place where he lived was almost everyone in Pingyang Mansion, he would know it, once he reported the address, he was afraid that people would guess what his origin was.
Besides, Zhu Shencone really wants to try his tofu? Of course not. The reason why he suddenly proposed to buy Kang's tofu was not because he wanted to eat tofu at all, but just now the young man mentioned a sentence that attracted Zhu Shencheng's attention, so he just found a reason casually.
Zhu Shencone smiled and said that he had nothing to do anyway, if it was convenient, he would rest in his shop, and wait for his tofu by the way, and he didn't know if it would trouble him.
Hearing this, the young man was happy, saying that what is the trouble here, the person who comes is the guest, where is the reason to push the guest out of the business?
Zhu Shencone wanted to sit and rest in the store, naturally, it was no problem, but he had to wait for some time, he was busy next, and there was no way to greet Zhu Shencone.
Zhu Shencone waved his hand and said It doesn't matter, he is busy and will go by himself, and he will rest by himself. In this way, the young man continued to work, and after a while, as the sun gradually rose, the morning market was almost over, and there were not many customers who came to eat bean curd.
At this time, after the young man cleaned up a few tables, he turned around and saw that Zhu Shencone was still sitting quietly by the door, looking casually at the street outside. He thought about it for a moment and went inside, and after a while came out with a pot of tea.
"Guest, you have some tea."
"Oh, how embarrassing is this, drinking your tea for nothing when you stop here?"
"It's okay, it's just a pot of tea, and it's not worth a few dollars. But my tea isn't very good, so don't dislike it. ”
"Hehe, it's too late to thank you, how can you dislike it." Zhu Shencone waved his hand again and again, and he had a good impression of this young man, don't look at it as just a small tofu workshop, but this young man's business mind is not bad, and he can't find any fault with this service attitude, which is better than Haidilao.
After thanking him and taking a sip of tea, Zhu Shencone asked the young man's name and identity by the way, and only after the young man reported his name and identity did he know that this young man was actually the eldest son of the owner of the Kangjia tofu workshop.
The young man's name is Kang Youfu, slightly older than Zhu Shencone, he is already married, and he has a son and a daughter under his knees.
The son is three years old, the daughter is one and a half years old, the population of the Kang family is not much, Kang Youfu is two brothers, he is the eldest, and there is a younger brother Kang Youlu below.
This tofu workshop was handed down by the ancestors of the Kang family, and it has been passed down to Kang Youfu's father Kang Tai for three generations. As Kang Youfu said before, their Kang family was not originally from Pingyang Prefecture, and ran to Pingyang from other places due to famine during the Zhengde period, and then settled here.
After the Kang family settled in Binh Duong, they didn't have much land to cultivate because they were outsiders, and they had to find a livelihood to survive. Kang Youfu's great-grandfather, who is now the owner of Kang's shop, Kang Tai's grandfather, started a small business of grinding tofu and making tofu in order to support his family.
The Kang family has a good skill in making tofu, coupled with Kang's blessed great-grandfather, who was kind and kind, the tofu is not only made well, but also sold at an inexpensive price. In this way, he gradually gained a foothold in Binh Duong, and slowly became a tofu workshop from a temporary simple tofu shop to the current tofu workshop, which has been passed down for three generations.
If you count Kang Youfu, it is the fourth generation.
After so many years, relying on the reputation accumulated by several generations, the Kang family's tofu shop is quite famous in Pingyang, that is, Zhu Shencone rarely comes here, and the circle of life does not have much contact with this side, so he doesn't know much about the Kang family's tofu shop.
But in Pingyang Mansion, there are indeed a lot of old customers of the Kang family's tofu, Kang Youfu didn't brag just now, not only many dignitaries and nobles often send servants to buy their tofu, but even the Liu family opposite has been using their tofu for a long time.