60s Splendid Life

"Is there tofu flower today?"

"There are some."

I ate tofu flower yesterday and it was delicious. The next morning someone came to the door of the tofu shop and asked if there was any tofu flower.

Hearing people outside asking about the tofu flower, Lu Jin, who was working in the tofu workshop, took off the lid and took a look at the solidified tofu flower inside, and called Li Guihua and Wang Xiumei to take the tofu flower out for everyone.

It is not too early for them to work here in the tofu workshop. It is the same time as the members of the village when they go to work in the field. It is enough to arrive here at [-] o'clock in the morning.However, they don't need to be here [-]/[-] for the time being, and they can close the shop when the tofu is sold out in the afternoon.

The beans were soaked in advance last night, and yesterday's tofu was not enough to sell, so he soaked a little more beans last night, and planned to make an extra plate today.There are four regular people working here, and Mrs. Qin came early in the morning, so there are five of them.Lu Jin arranged for three people to grind the soy milk. He and Cai Chunmei cooked the soy milk inside. Several people worked together to grind the soy milk while cooking the soy milk. The tofu flower was made first, and the tofu came later.

"Can you still exchange beans for beans like yesterday?"

"Yes, yes, you can exchange them for beans."

Wang Xiumei and Li Guihua carried the tofu flower outside.

The table on which the bean curd flowers were placed was not very stable. The table was hit by someone, and the wooden bucket on which the bean curd flowers were placed on it shook. Wang Xiumei hurriedly supported the table with her hands, and shouted: "Everyone, line up first. Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, don't touch the table, if you knock it over, everyone will have nothing to eat."

"Captain, go out and have a look." At Tofufang, Lu Jin automatically changed his name, instead of calling Aunt Qin, he called Captain, which also showed that they are now working as superiors and subordinates.

"All right, I'll go out and have a look." Aunt Qin wiped her hands on the apron she was wearing, and went outside.

"Everyone line up and line up, and if you don't line up, you won't be replaced!"

Aunt Qin's shout came from outside very quickly, it seemed that order was maintained, Lu Jin's mouth curled into a smile, and he told Cai Chunmei how to order tofu, "Must be slow, slow down, don't Put too much at once..."

"is this okay?"

"Okay, just slow down."

Lu Jin found that among the apprentices he brought, Cai Chunmei was the most talented one. He just learned to make tofu yesterday, and today he can learn how to order tofu. If he can bring an apprentice out, he can let go and do other things. thing.He was not afraid that his apprentice would starve to death as a master, otherwise he would be a master in vain.

Hearing the bustling sound of changing tofu flowers outside, he turned his head and took a look outside, and saw that there were quite a few people coming to exchange tofu flowers. It should be that the tofu flowers were not fresh, and everyone liked to eat tofu flowers. If you eat it every day... probably no one would be willing to eat it every day.

There is not even a small shop in the countryside these days, unlike decades later when there are small shops and supermarkets everywhere, selling everything.The children in the village have grown up so much. Except that they can eat melon seeds and candies during the Chinese New Year, they hardly eat any snacks in normal times. This is the reason why the tofu shop they opened is very popular among the children in the village. If we want to eat, adults will naturally exchange beans.

Their tofu shop just opened yesterday, and today someone is sowing bean seeds on the open space in front of and behind their house.

Lu Jin was naturally happy to hear about this situation. People in the village were willing to grow beans, and their raw materials would not be in short supply.

As for the future development of the tofu shop, their primary goal now is to continue the operation of the tofu shop, to be able to maintain daily expenses, and then to make money.As long as someone is willing to exchange beans with them, their tofu shop can continue to operate, and he can find a way to exchange the beans he earns into money.In fact, the beans earned now are part of the property of their tofu workshop. After all, in the countryside now, money is not so important. In the famine era, money is not as real as a jar of rice in a rice jar.

However, it is still difficult for the people in their own village to expand their tofu workshop. The best way is to expand to other villages to find more customers.

"Aunt Chunmei, do you know where there is a market here?" Lu Jin knew that there were some small markets in the countryside, but they had just returned to their hometown and didn't know much about them, so he asked Cai Chunmei for several years.

"Then you are asking the right person. There is a market every [-]th and [-]th every month at my aunt's house. Do you want to take our tofu and sell it there?" Cai Chunmei saw what was going on in Lu Jin's heart. thought, asked.

Lu Jin nodded and said, "I have this idea. Auntie, where is your mother's house? Is it far from our village?"

"My aunt's natal family is in Lijiaao, which is not very far from us. It's five or six miles away. If you walk, you can get there in half an hour." Cai Chunmei's natal family is in Lijiaao, and their surname Cai is a small surname there. It is also equivalent to outsiders, which is almost the same as people with foreign surnames in Lujia Village.

There are dozens of villages under Qingcheng Town, and there have always been intermarriages and exchanges between villages. It is very common for daughters to marry to other villages. In their Lujia Village, there are many women married from nearby villages. Cai Chunmei is also a foreigner. married from the village.

As soon as Lu Jin heard that Li Jiaao was a bit familiar, he thought about it for a while before remembering that the last time they came back from town, they took an old man's mule cart, and the old man said that he belonged to Li Jiaao, "Oh, yes I’ve heard it said. Auntie, do you sell tofu over there?”

"A few years ago, I saw someone selling tofu, and they were also from the next village. I haven't seen that couple selling tofu in the past few years. Maybe they don't make tofu." Cai Chunmei remembered the past in their village. There are people selling tofu in the market, but I haven't seen the couple selling tofu since I went back to my mother's house in the past two years.

"It's just right if we want to sell tofu in the past. There should be many people coming to buy tofu from us." At that time, she can still take the opportunity to go back to her mother's house, Cai Chunmei thought in her heart.

In the past few years, there are not many markets in the countryside. The reason why the market in their village is still open is because the villagers in their village are tough enough. village, their village market can only be opened.But other villages are not so lucky, because some people have been doing troubles everywhere under the banner of these years, and the market in the countryside is basically banned.

"Okay, I'll discuss this matter with you guys later." After confirming that there is a market, it will be easy to handle. Later, Lu Jin asked Cai Chunmei about the opening of the market, and if there is anything that needs attention, I know it later Two days were the days when the Lijia'ao market was open, so he thought about whether he would make some tofu and send it over there for sale.

However, if the tofu is to be sold in the market over there, they will have to get up in the middle of the night to grind beans to make tofu. We need to discuss this matter with everyone and ask for your opinion.

Based on yesterday's experience, they made more tender tofu today, but still only made one board of old tofu.As for the filtered bean dregs, they didn't waste them, and sent them to the brigade's pig farm to feed the pigs.

The pork from the pigs slaughtered in the village yesterday was quite delicious. If their tofu shop can be expanded, if there are too many bean dregs in the future, the pigs can’t finish it. A few pigs, so that the village can kill a pig from time to time, and their days in the country are as happy as gods.Thinking about it this way, he was quite motivated to experience their small tofu shop.

In one morning, there were quite a few people who came outside to exchange tofu flowers, but there were also people waiting to exchange tofu.

Fortunately, their tofu was also made before noon, and the tender tofu was taken out first, and the old tofu had to be pressed for a while.

There were quite a few people outside who were waiting to change the tofu. As soon as they saw their tofu being taken out, everyone gathered around to change the tofu.

At the moment, things are basically done, and there is nothing else for him. Lu Jin was about to tell their captain that he would go home to see if the children had come back, when he heard the voices of the children in their family calling him.

"Brother, brother..."

"Hey. You all came running after school."

When Lu Jin looked up, he saw the three children of their family also coming. Chenchen carried his younger brother on his back, and his older sister followed him. When he saw him, he ran towards him.

Seeing that the faces of the children were all red, he didn't know whether they were running or were exposed to the sun, so he took off the towel hanging around their necks to help them wipe their sweat, and stretched out his hand to lift the little Bao'er to the tree. He sat down on a rock below, and asked the other two children to sit down and rest for a while, and asked, "Do you want to eat tofu flower?"

Lu Haochen looked at his elder sister, then at his younger brother, and nodded to his elder brother.

Lu Qinglian and Xiao Baoer didn't speak, but it seemed that they also wanted to eat tofu flower.

Lu Jin thought that the children in the family would get tired of eating bean curd flowers these days, but it seems that there are no more, so he smiled and told the children: "Wait here for a while, I will find some bowls I'll pack tofu flowers for you."

Fortunately, they also prepared some bowls and spoons at the tofu shop. He found three pairs of bowls and spoons, rinsed them with water, filled three bowls of tofu flowers, and brought them over there for the three children.

He wanted to pay for the tofu flowers, but Mrs. Qin asked him not to give any money.But he didn't want Lu Jin to insist on paying the money for the three bowls of tofu just because he broke the rules by himself.

He brought three bowls of bean curd to the three children. Little Bao'er had no strength in his hands and couldn't even hold the bowls stably. At the moment, he couldn't find a table to place it on. Lu Jin had to squat down and hold the bowls with his hands. At the bottom, let the children eat with a spoon.

"Brother, ah~" Xiao Baoer brought the first spoonful of tofu flower to his brother's mouth.

Seeing the child imitating how he usually feeds him and coaxing him to eat, Lu Jin couldn't help laughing in his heart, so he could only open his mouth to eat. Seeing that the child would continue to feed him, he hurriedly said to the child: " You eat, you can't finish my brother before eating."

It’s just that the child didn’t listen to him, and every time he ate a spoonful, he had to feed him a spoonful. He could only open his mouth to accept the child’s kindness every time.The boy next to him saw his younger brother feeding him the tofu flower, and was eager to feed him the tofu flower in his own bowl. Lu Jin gave the boy a look of "eat your own, don't worry about it" .

Lu Haochen: Hey~Xiao Bao is my own younger brother, he is the picked younger brother.

After realizing this tragic comparison, Lu Haochen decisively turned his grief and anger into appetite, and finished his big bowl of tofu flower, and finally burped, eating to his heart's content!