60s Splendid Life

On the day when their tofu shop officially opened, they also set off a short firecracker. Everyone in the village knew that their tofu shop was open, and everyone came to watch the excitement.

There are tentatively four people working in the tofu workshop, Lu Jin is the designated master, and the other three are his sister-in-law Xiumei, and the other two aunts, one is Cai Chunmei and the other is Li Guihua.

Originally, Mrs. Qin didn't want her daughter-in-law to work in a tofu workshop, because she was afraid that people in the village would say that she employed her own family.It was because he said that he could not bring three apprentices by himself. If the other three he brought in were not able to make tofu, everyone would not be able to work so smoothly. It will be faster, so Mrs. Qin finally agreed to let her daughter-in-law go to the tofu shop to do things.

He has met both aunts, Lu Jin, and his first impression is that they are quick-working, cheerful and easy-going people.Those who can be recruited by Mrs. Qin should not be so bad. He doesn't believe in his own vision, but also trusts Mrs. Qin's picky vision.

As for Mrs. Qin, she is the captain of the tofu workshop. As a non-staff member, she usually comes to help with work when she is free. Well, if she goes to get work points, I'm afraid some people in the village will have opinions.

Moreover, when the daughter-in-law goes to work in the tofu workshop, the two grandsons of the family must be taken care of by others. Aunt Qin is worried about the two grandchildren. If she does not get work points and does not work, no one will say anything about her. When working in Fangfang, she can also help take care of her two grandchildren.The main reason is that she, the female director, was also paid, and Aunt Qin didn't want to take advantage of the team anymore.

"How much tofu shall we make today?"

"Grind these beans first, and make as many as you can. If I can't sell them all, I will find a way."

Since it was the first day of opening, Lu Jin didn't know if the tofu they made would sell well, and they didn't grind many beans.What if no one came to buy... This is not impossible, or there are not many people who come to buy, and they have to find a way to deal with the remaining tofu. Fortunately, he knows other ways to deal with tofu.

Although he was invited to be a master, he was embarrassed to quit when there was work.

Knowing that the first day of opening may be busy and chaotic, he discussed with the three children in the family one day in advance, and asked the two older children to bring Xiao Baoer to school when they went to school. He doesn't have to be distracted to look after the kids when things come up.

Making tofu is a very time-consuming job. They have to soak the beans the night before, and grind the soy milk to make tofu the next morning. Before the tofu is formed, a large pot of tofu flowers comes out first.

On this day, Mrs. Qin also brought her two grandsons to the tofu workshop early to help, let the two grandsons play with other children in the village under the tree, and she also went to the tofu workshop to help.

As soon as the tofu flowers came out, Mrs. Qin and another woman carried the tofu flowers to the table outside and placed them on the table outside, and said, "The tofu flowers are coming out, hot tofu flowers, no sugar, two cents a piece Bowls, those who want sugar cost three cents a bowl, and those who have no money can go home and get beans in exchange..."

As soon as I heard that I could go home and get beans in exchange, of course the big guys didn’t want to spend money to buy them. Those who had beans at home all went home to get beans in exchange, and soon there was a long queue behind them. , each with a bag of beans and a bowl in their hands.

Aunt Qin is in charge of packing tofu flowers for people outside. Most of the people do not want sugar, but only a few of them do.

Needless to say, many people are willing to exchange a bag of beans for a bowl of tofu.Only a few had no beans at home and really wanted to eat them, so they took money to buy them.

"Many of them are traded with beans, and no one buys them with money. Do you think we can't make money like this?" said Li Guihua, who is only in her 30s or 40s this year. There are already two grandchildren.

This is also because most people in the countryside get married early. Parents get married and have children in their teens, and their children also get married and have children in their teens. Many of them become grandparents when they are in their 30s or less than 40 years old.

The other woman named Cai Chunmei is younger, she is only in her twenties this year, but she has three children, she is tall and thin, she looks like a beautiful woman, she likes to smile when she sees people, her personality is Sincerely, he has a good relationship with everyone, works hard, and learns things quickly.

After a morning of getting along, Lu Jin's impression of her was better than that of Li Guihua, but he taught his apprentices the same way, without partiality or selfishness.

"It doesn't matter, we can make tofu if we have beans. I will teach you how to make yuba after two days when you learn how to make tofu. We can then sell the tofu bamboo in other villages and earn money." Lu Jin I also know that many people have little money at home these days, and everyone is used to bartering. In fact, the beans they exchanged are the raw materials for making tofu for them, and they save a lot of money to buy raw materials.

The exchange of beans is just a convenience for the people in their village. They will not exchange them when they go to other villages in the future. They can only buy them with money. At that time, what they earn back will be money.

"Master Xiao Jin, you can also make bean curd sticks. This is good. We can bring some to relatives when we leave in the future." Li Guihua was very happy when she heard that Lu Jin could also make bean curd sticks. It is doubtful that a half-old child will be their master and teach them how to make tofu.But it was true that Lu Jin was teaching them how to make tofu all morning, and even made the tofu, so she couldn't help but not believe it.

Now I was listening to Lu Jin teaching them to do other things. Li Guihua wished to learn everything she could learn in one go, "Master Xiao Jin, what else can you do? You can teach us more."

"Let's talk about it after you learn how to make tofu. You can't chew too much." This is one of the reasons why Lu Jin doesn't like Li Guihua. He wants to learn to run before he can walk, and he wants to learn other things before he can make tofu. , although making yuba is much simpler than making tofu.

But because they are a tofu shop, he still hopes that everyone can learn tofu before learning other things.

Relatively speaking, Cai Chunmei just immerses herself in work, and doesn't talk so much when she is working.

You change a big bucket of tofu flower for a bowl, and I change a bowl, and it is quickly replaced by everyone, and they also return a big bag of beans.

Just at this time, the spring plowing tasks in several of their teams were also over, and the members of the commune lost several catties for the spring plowing.A few days ago, Captain Lu discussed with the people in the team about killing pigs, and everyone agreed, so today, taking advantage of the opening of the tofu shop, they also organized people to catch a big fat pig, tied it up and carried it to Go to the sun-drying field for slaughter.

The slaughter knife in the butcher's hand was inserted into the pig's neck, and the screams of the pig were earth-shattering.

"Hurry up, take a basin to borrow pig's blood."

As soon as the knife was pulled out, fresh pig blood spurted out, and someone handed over two large basins to catch the pig blood.The scalding water was poured down, and someone was brushing the pigskin with a brush. The dead pigs on the ground were motionless, and dead pigs were not afraid of the boiling water.

After the pig was cleaned up, the butcher came over with a sharpened knife. The sharp knife cut down the gap between the bones, and a big pig was split in half from the middle.

"This pig is really fat today."

"Isn't it just that, from last year to this year, I have been raising it for a full year, can I not get fat?"

"..."

Whenever pigs are slaughtered in the village and the meat is divided, everyone is as happy as a festival. Everyone holds a pot in their hands and waits to pick up the pork and go home, so that the whole family can eat meat.For the villagers who haven't eaten pork for several months, they couldn't help swallowing when they saw raw pork.

"Next, follow the names. The person I call will come forward to get the pork. If the name is not called, wait a moment. Don't worry, everyone has pork." Captain Lu held a notebook in his hand, which clearly stated It clearly records how many work points each person in each family has, and deducts some sevens and eights, how much is left, and how much meat can be exchanged for.

"The first one, Lu Gaoguang."

"Yes, yes, here!"

Generally, if there is no family division in the village, the name of the head of the household recorded on the booklet is the old man of the family, but most old people do not come out to get the meat, and let the sons and daughters-in-law of the family get the meat, so this Lu Gaoguang's family is also He sent his daughter-in-law to fetch the meat.

It is better to get the meat at the front than to get the meat at the back, because you can get better meat.

The woman went out with a pot, and soon came out with a pot of meat. Under the envious eyes of many people, she found her family with the meat, and the family went home happily with a pot of meat.

The people whose names were called in the back took the pots to get the meat one by one, and those who didn't get their names could only stand anxiously by the side and wait.

It just so happened that the work at the tofu shop was over. Hearing that the pig farm was killing pigs and dividing the meat, Lu Jin wanted to go there to see if he could buy pork. It happened that the family hadn't eaten fresh pork for several days. He Want to buy some to go home.When he heard that he wanted to go to the valley field, his Aunt Qin also said: "It happens that I also want to go and see, I will go with you."

"Xiumei, watch here, and Xiaojin and I will go over there to have a look. Osmanthus Chunmei, who is going to get the meat? Do you two want to go there together?" Aunt Qin asked Li Guihua and Cai Chunmei again. indivual.

"Someone in our family has gone, so I won't go." Cai Chunmei said.

"Someone in our family has gone, and I'm not going either." Li Guihua wanted to go along with her, but she was too embarrassed to join in the fun when Cai Chunmei didn't go, so she stayed at the tofu shop and watched.

"Mom, go with Xiao Jin, let Da Mao and Er Mao stay here, I'll just watch them." At this moment, the tofu shop is almost busy, so Wang Xiumei asked her mother-in-law and Lu Jin to go to the grain farm, She plays here with her two children.She knew that the slaughter of pigs in the valley would inevitably smell of blood, and she didn't want her two young sons to go there.

Aunt Qin's thinking was similar to that of her daughter-in-law, so she didn't want to bring her two grandchildren there, "That's fine, you stay here for a while, Xiao Jin and I will go and have a look, and come back later."

After arranging the affairs of the tofu shop, Aunt Qin took Lu Jin to the valley market.