After the disaster

When they got to Wang's house, it was another busy scene.

The courtyard of Wang’s house was brightly lit. Brothers Afeng and Alei were filtering soybean milk under the corridor. There was bursts of heat coming out of the room, accompanied by a strong fragrance of beans, and the tofu baskets in the courtyard were already piled high.

"Qiu Cheng is here. Let's see how much you want. Are these enough? If not, you can wait for a while, and you can make a few more pots later." The sister-in-law of the Wang family came out to open the door and welcomed Qiu Cheng into the yard.

"All of these?" Qiu Cheng glanced at the tofu baskets piled high in the yard, and was also amazed at the efficiency of the Wang family.

"That's not it, haha, luckily my second child made some tofu baskets when he was free a few days ago, otherwise it wouldn't be enough." The sister-in-law of the Wang family said, taking a ladle of cold water from the water tank, drinking most of it.

"Then you don't have any tofu to sell today." Qiu Cheng knew that the Wang family attached great importance to this business.

"Your affairs are important, so let's focus on your side first." Mrs. Wang's sister-in-law said straightforwardly.

"Afeng and Alei, you two first move these tofu to your Uncle Qiu's car." At this time, Afeng and Alei brothers were assigned by their father to be porters after filtering the last batch of soy milk.

"Oh, I see." The two brothers did their work unambiguously.

Qiu Cheng quickly ran outside to open the compartment at the back of the truck for them, turned over and stood inside the compartment, took the tofu baskets from Afeng and Alei, and placed them in the compartment one by one.

Ah Chang originally listened to Qiu Cheng's words and was watching the car outside, but now seeing him coming out again, he got off the passenger seat and moved things with everyone.

The few of them finished moving the tofu baskets, and then went to move the moldy tofu jars. When they finished moving all that could be moved, Wang Laoer and the others over there also made almost all the remaining tofu.

Lactone tofu does not need such a long process of pressing tofu like old tofu. Pay attention to the ratio of water and soy milk. After ordering tofu, let it cool and set. As long as you master the technology, it is faster to make, that is tofu. Things are sold very cheaply, and the profit is very low. If you want to make more money, you have to do a lot every day, and all you earn are hard money.

The last batch of tofu was loaded onto the car, and the adults and children of the Wang family finally breathed a sigh of relief. All the tofu was transported away by Qiu Cheng. They had no tofu to sell this morning, so naturally they didn't have to set up a stall and could sleep for a few hours. .

There is no way, there are only so many tofu baskets, and they will be gone when they are used up.

Qiu Cheng drove the truck towards the provincial capital. As the owner of the car rental company said, the truck looked a bit rough, but it had a good performance, and it drove steadily and vigorously.

As soon as they left Xinnan City, it was already dawn. When they arrived at the provincial capital, it was already past eight o'clock in the morning. After passing the familiar bridge, they found that the young people selling soy milk and fried dough sticks at the bridge were no longer there.

At nine o'clock in the morning near the railway station in the provincial capital, it was the busiest time of the day. Qiu Cheng drove around the small street where the stall had been set up before, but found no vacancy.

"Hey, buddy, is there rice for sale this time?" Baibao was talking to a dry goods stall owner on the side of the road, when he looked up, he saw Qiu Cheng sitting in the driver's seat of a truck ahead and looking around.

"Hey, it's Boss Bai. There's no rice now." Qiu Cheng had actually seen Boss Bai, but he was talking to someone, and he was sitting in the car a little far away, so he didn't take the initiative to say hello. I'm busy looking for a place to set up a stall right now, and I have to sell this cart of goods today.

"Then what did you bring here this time, and you drove such a big truck?" Boss Bai didn't just let him go, walked a few steps to Qiu Cheng's truck, and asked with a smile.

He bought rice from Qiu Cheng twice before, and sold them at a good price. Now there is an important customer who chases him all day long to ask if he still has that rice. This is not just about making money. The other party is a Boss Bai needs a big shot to curry favor with, and if Qiu Cheng still has rice, Boss Bai is willing to buy some more and give it away as a favor.

"There are potatoes, peppers, fresh tofu, moldy tofu." Qiu Cheng replied.It would be great if Boss Bai was interested in these things and bought most of them from them at once.

"How's the moldy tofu doing? Take some out and let me see." Boss Bai is still a little interested in moldy tofu.

"It's in the back, there's no room here." There are already stalls on both sides of the road, and they are in the middle of the road at the moment. It's not appropriate to stop here and not walk, can they still set up stalls here?

"Come with me, go to our alley." Boss Bai waved his hand and asked Qiu Cheng to follow him.

In an alley not far in front of them, there was a chess and card room, where a group of brothers under Bai Boss met. This time, Boss Bai took Qiu Cheng and the others there.

"Okay, there are no other places, you can set up a stall here today." Boss Bai led Qiu Cheng and the others to the place, pointing to the alley and said.

"Will this block your access?" Although they also do business, they are still gangsters. Today, Qiu Cheng just wants to sell his things peacefully.

"What's the blockage? Just leave a place where you can pass by, and the daily booth fee is not in vain." Boss Bai said nonchalantly.

Now that he had already said that, Qiu Cheng no longer postponed, and set up a stall at the entrance of this alley together with Ah Chang. Many young people in the chess and card room next to him came to join in the fun, and they enthusiastically lent them One table and two stools, of course, I just ate a lot of moldy tofu.

"What do you plan to put this mildewed tofu in, isn't it a plastic bag?" Boss Bai stood at the entrance of the alley with a pair of disposable chopsticks in his hand, eating moldy tofu from a plate on the table .

"Is there anyone selling jars around here?" Qiu Cheng asked.This time they came a little hastily, not very well prepared.

"Yes, why not." Boss Bai sizzled from the moldy tofu, smacked his lips and ordered a brother who was running errands under him: "Hanako, go and get some PVC jars for Brother Qiu."

"Okay." Huazi finally stuffed half a piece of moldy tofu into his mouth, didn't ask Qiu Cheng how much he wanted, didn't ask him for cornmeal, and walked out of the alley in a hurry.

After a while, he came back with a boy riding a tricycle, and the back of the tricycle was full of cardboard boxes.

"Here, this is the boss who wants the jar." Huazi pointed at Qiu Cheng, and asked the young man to discuss with Qiu Cheng, while she ran over to find moldy tofu, but all she saw was a bare plate.

"It's almost enough, it's for you to try, why don't you be full?" Boss Bai wiped his mouth, feeling a little unfulfilled.

Qiu Cheng bought a batch of PVC jars from that boy at a very affordable price. The boy also said that if it is not enough, just find someone to go and say hello, and he will send it over. Qiu Cheng nodded in response.

These PVC jars are the products of a factory in the suburbs of this city. The labor force is cheap and the raw materials are not expensive these days, but the products made are not easy to sell.

Afterwards, as a "stall fee", Boss Bai took a can full of moldy tofu from Qiu Cheng's stall, and his brothers had to buy it themselves if they wanted to eat it.

Because the location of their stall this time is quite special, few people came over at the beginning, but gradually more people gathered around to buy things, and the situation gradually improved.

"Hey, Brother Qiu, give me two more cans of moldy tofu." Boss Bai and a younger brother stretched out their necks outside the crowd and shouted.

The customers around the stall in front just pretended not to hear.

"Boss, two pieces of tofu."

"How do you sell this pepper? Is it too old? How long can it bear fruit?"

"Boss, hurry up and weigh me five catties of potatoes. I've been waiting for a long time."

Ah Chang doesn't care about these things, he is only responsible for using chopsticks to clamp the moldy tofu in the jar piece by piece into the PVC jar, because the cat man's grasp of force is really superb, so the tender moldy tofu is picked up piece by piece from the jar When I came out, I didn't even break the skin.

"Young man, I can put two more yuan." An old man next to him stared eagerly, seeing that he was going to put the lid on, he said quickly.

"It's full." Ah Chang told him with certainty.

"It's not full, where is it full? Obviously, I can put another two yuan." The old man refused to give up.

"It will be crushed." Qiu Cheng looked at him helplessly.

"Add two yuan more." Qiu Cheng patted Ah Chang on the shoulder, said so, and then busy calling other guests to collect cornmeal.

"Woo..." Ah Chang frowned, put two pieces of moldy tofu into the jar, and then handed the jar and the lid to the old man without putting on the lid.

"Hehe, that's right." The old man was very happy, and left with the bottle in one hand and the lid in the other. He also knew that once the lid was put on, the two pieces of moldy tofu on it would definitely be crushed.

After dismissing the old man, Ah Chang filled the moldy tofu for the next customer. Those who waited in line here for the moldy tofu had already paid for the cornmeal at Qiu Cheng's side, and Ah Chang just bottled it.

After working so hard for a few hours, by the time it was past twelve o'clock at noon, the stalls were basically sold out. The moldy tofu was sold out early, the tender tofu was also sold out, and there were only two peppers left. There are still a few potatoes left in the basket, all of which were picked out by others.

"This is something from our cafeteria, you two can eat whatever you want." One of Boss Bai's subordinates brought them a pile of green vegetables and two bowls of polenta, as well as two steamed buns with mixed noodles.

Today, these brothers bought a lot of moldy tofu from Qiu Cheng's stall, and someone sold something from their stall, and Qiu Cheng also gave a lot of food. At this time, when it was time for dinner, seeing that the two of them hadn't confiscated the stall, they went to eat. I brought some food over.

"Thank you, do you want those two baskets of peppers? You can grow a few peppers every day." As a gift, Qiu Cheng decided to give them the two baskets of peppers.

"Hi, thank you very much." Everyone in their place loves spicy food, and no one would refuse chili.

Qiu Cheng and Ah Chang just sat at the stall and drank the corn porridge, ate a steamed bread with mixed noodles, finished the dish of green vegetables, and then sent them back the table and chairs together with the bowls and chopsticks.

"Where is this bowl?" Qiu Cheng looked around, but couldn't find the legendary canteen.

"Just leave it whatever you want," said the young man in the chess and card room.

"I'd better wash it." Qiu Cheng didn't know if someone was responsible for cleaning their bowls and chopsticks, or if they had to wash them by themselves. Who will do the washing?

"There is no place to wash here, you can leave it there, someone will come and collect it later."

"Okay." After the other party said so, Qiu Cheng had no choice but to put down the bowls and chopsticks, and planned to close the stall and go home. It was getting late, and the piglets on the fifteenth floor and the group of chickens on the roof were probably already gone. Very hungry.

When closing the stall, Boss Bai came over again and asked Qiu Cheng when they could get the rice. Qiu Cheng said he didn’t know, so Boss Bai gave him a business card and asked him to get the rice someday. , call the phone number on the business card, and then he will arrange for someone to pick up the goods in Xinnan City.

Qiu Cheng agreed.In fact, when rice is grown in Juling Array, they can produce a batch of rice every half a month, but Qiu Cheng doesn't want Boss Bai to understand this rule.

The trip was fruitful, except for the purchase of the cornmeal needed by the factory area, Qiu Cheng and the others had almost prepared the principal for Shen Xing to go to the eastern region to introduce technical equipment and fish fry.

Back in Xinnan City, Qiu Cheng first went to Wang's house to unload the tofu basket, and then went to Shen Xing's house. Seeing that she had already negotiated the factory area, Qiu Cheng told him that cornmeal was also available, and the trading time was tomorrow morning. , he'll ship the cornmeal over there.

It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon when they got home. Qiu Cheng and A Chang moved their things to the empty room on the fifteenth floor, and immediately watered the crops at home, and then fed the piglets and chickens, and fed the sheep. I added some water to the pen, fed the voles and the fish in the pool, and then went out to return the car.

Seeing that Qiu Cheng and the others had gone out for a day, the people in the Jiayuan community brought back a large cart of goods, thinking that they had gone outside to buy goods, and all guessed what was in those bags.

"I exchanged the cornmeal I earned recently for some chicken feed." This is what Qiu Cheng said to the outside world.

For the next period of time, Shen Xing was busy non-stop, but Qiu Cheng and the others lived peacefully.

After Shen Xing bought the factory area, he started to have some infrastructure construction done, and then started to contact the introduction of technology from the east.

Qiu Cheng took some of the white noodles accumulated at home to the night market and sold some of them, and made some cornmeal for Shen Xing.

Then the next batch of chili peppers at home will soon start to pay off. Qiu Cheng still goes to the night market to set up a stall selling chili sauce the next day. By the time Shen Xing decides to set off, the income from selling chili sauce has already been saved. Not a lot.

On July [-]th, Shen Xing, Lao Hu, Lao Hu's nephew, and three other young people set off for the eastern seaboard.The reason why Lao Hu's nephew agreed to go out for another adventure was because Shen Xing promised him that after returning this time, he would arrange a position for him in the fish farming factory.

On the day of NO.11 in July, a piece of news suddenly spread rapidly in Xinnan City.

There is a problem with food!

There are so many people in the hospital!

It was the incident in the south that broke out!

How to do? ! !

Could it be another X virus? ! !

Are you going to the safe zone again? ! !

As if the sky had collapsed, all hopes and beliefs seemed so vulnerable in the face of the crisis of death.