60s Splendid Life

"Come and play when you have time."

"Hey, okay, close the door if you don't come out."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

When Aunt Qin went back, Lu Jin also gave her a jar of chili sauce to take home to eat. This time, Aunt Qin did not refuse, because the chili sauce was so fragrant, even if it was not used for mixing vegetables, It is delicious when used to mix noodles with steamed buns.But after taking Lu Jin's things, she was thinking in her heart that she would give something back to others, as if she might take half of Lu Jin's advantage.

After returning home, Aunt Qin reported the matter of their tofu shop to Captain Lu, of course, including their plan to sell cold vegetables and share with Lu Jin.Captain Lu just waved his hand after hearing this, "This is about your tofu shop, you are the captain and you make up your mind."

"It's you who said this, and I'll take it as your team leader to approve it." Aunt Qin knew that their team leader agreed, and she chattered about the affairs of Lu Jin's family in their team leader's ear. It's not easy for Lu Jin in the words, "Xiao Jin is also a hard-working child... Fortunately, this child is capable and can do everything. If it weren't for that child, where would our tofu shop be?" It can be opened, and we sell a big pot of stewed tofu every day, it’s not the idea of ​​that child.”

"Their Xiaobao is a child born with bad feet. He goes to the town several times a month to see a doctor. How can it be free to buy medicine?"

Aunt Qin's reason for the money was quite justified, even Captain Lu couldn't find any reason to refute it. Of course, after what happened last time, Captain Lu didn't dare to offend his family in a short time Mrs.

"Yes, yes, yes, you can do whatever you want." You are the women's director and you are in charge, and the tofu shop is under the management of your women's federation, and you, the women's director, are the team leader.After what happened last time, Lu De didn't dare to offend his wife in a short time, unless he wanted to sleep in the yard tonight.

"Look at what you said, you are the captain, and I can't discuss anything with you." After hearing what their captain said, Aunt Qin was really relieved, and she was thinking in her heart that she could still go Where to find some subsidies for Lu Jin, everyone has to be speechless.

Of course, Lu Jin didn't know what the neighbors were talking about. Right now, he was taking their three children outside the yard to enjoy the shade.

After the summer solstice, the sun is getting longer and longer every day. It’s not long before the sun goes down, and the heat in the room has not dissipated. It’s still too hot to sleep when you go in and lie on the kang, so Now every night after they take a bath, they play outside the yard for a while, and then go in to sleep when the house is cooler.

There are a few chairs outside and a mat on the floor.

The three children were lying on the mat looking at the stars, and Lu Jin was sitting on the chair by himself, reading stories to the children while looking at the stars.On a summer night, the sky is full of stars, the sky is like a dome, covering the whole field, insects from far and near are all calling, chattering very lively.

At this time, many people go out to sit in the yard outside their homes to enjoy the cool after taking a bath at night, and they will not go back to sleep so early in the house.

Finding that her younger brother was asleep, Lu Qinglian sat up and took a look, then whispered to her brother: "Brother, Xiaobao is asleep."

"Are you asleep? Okay, I'll take Xiaobao back to the house, and we'll go back to sleep too. You guys bring in the things outside."

An oil lamp was placed on the table in the room. Lu Jin carried little Bao'er into the house, and put the sleeping child on the kang to sleep. When he went out, the other two brothers and sisters put the chair mat Packed into the house.

My sister went back to her house to sleep, and they went back to their house to sleep.

On a kang, three people slept sideways, with little Bao'er sleeping in the middle, and two older brothers sandwiching him.Lu Haochen and his younger brother slept together, with one foot resting on his younger brother's lap, and he was still asleep, so he called his brother in a low voice: "Brother, are you asleep?"

"Hurry up, don't talk, go to sleep." Lu Jin fanned the wind with a cattail fan in his hand, telling the talkative child to shut up and go to sleep.

"Oh." Lu Haochen reached out to touch his little brother's hand, and squeezed it, before closing his eyes in peace.

Hearing the even breathing of the two children next to him, the fan in Lu Jin's hand shook a few times but did not stop.

Outside the house, a kitten got into the vegetable garden, its eyes glowed in the darkness, lowered its body, moved forward on its stomach, and with a pounce, caught a small bug under its paws.

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The tofu shop at the entrance of Lujia Village opens two hours earlier than before, and everyone comes before six o'clock. At this time, many people in the village are up and open the door.

The work of making tofu is extensive and delicate. Some people grind the beans, and some cook the soy milk inside. After a while, the tofu flowers come out. Someone takes a spoon and puts the tofu flowers into wooden barrels. Put the remaining tofu flower in the box.

The smell of boiled dried tofu in the kitchen spread to the outside. People outside could smell this smell early in the morning and knew that the tofu shop was cooking dried tofu.Now many people in the village like to eat the stewed tofu made by their tofu workshop. It tastes delicious, cheaper than meat, and better than vegetables. Occasionally, some people are willing to spend a few cents to buy a few yuan to eat at home.

As soon as fresh tofu flowers are made, they are sold at the door of the tofu workshop. People in the village want to eat tofu flowers, so they exchange them with beans or buy them with money. The outside quickly becomes lively.

"Is the tofu ready?"

"Okay, okay, just come."

Another thing I have to say is that the number of tofu sellers in their tofu shop in the village outside has grown from two to four.The four men are all married to daughters-in-law from neighboring villages. They know a lot of people in the nearby villages. Aunt Qin hired them to help sell tofu. They can get paid for working in the tofu workshop. Get a commission on how much you sell in a day.

This idea was also proposed by Lu Jin. When you can save it, some people sell more and others sell less. The work points are the same, and some people are definitely not willing to do it. But it is different for those who get commissions. You can earn more by earning more. Everyone I must have worked hard to sell tofu.

I have to say that Lu Jin came up with a very good idea, and now several guys are comparing each other every day, some have more and some have less, some come back earlier when they sell out, and some come back later when they can't sell so quickly.

It's just that a few men are waiting outside and are already urging them. They are still waiting for the tofu to go out for sale. If they go out late, they will come back late, which will affect their business.

So this is also the reason why Tofu Square makes tofu two hours in advance, so that those who go out to sell things can get their things and go out to sell them earlier.

"Okay, okay, here are two people to help move out." Mrs. Qin called two people to carry the tofu outside and load it into the car. There were four small carts outside, and each of the four men moved a bucket of tofu flowers to the car. , Go to move the tofu up again.

It turned out that two men went out to sell tofu with a load, but it was Lu Jinjian who carried the load and walked such a long way. It was too tiring to sell for a whole day. After discussing with their team leader, the team leader agreed to go to the village. The old carpenter here has made so many cars, originally there were two, but now there are four, and maybe there will be more in the future.

After the tofu was made, Lu Jin made a bowl of cold tofu and a bowl of cold yuba and took it out.

"Everyone, come and try the cold tofu and cold yuba made by Xiaojin, and see how it tastes." Aunt Qin called the employees of their tofu shop to come and taste the tofu and yuba.

Soon everyone gathered around, you tasted a piece, I tasted a piece, the people who ate this cold salad for the first time said it was delicious, "Tofu and yuba can still do this, this taste is really delicious."

"The peppers in it are very fragrant!"

"I don't know what's put in here, it's hot and sour, very appetizing."

After tasting the cold salad made by Lu Jin, everyone said it was delicious, and those who like spicy food also said that it would be better if more chili was added.

After hearing everyone's feedback was very good, Aunt Qin told everyone about their plan to sell cold salad.

The employees of the tofu shop all know that their tofu and yuba stewed tofu are made by Lu Jin. Now when they heard that Lu Jin made cold dishes, and the taste is so good, many people immediately said Their cold salad is so good, someone will definitely buy from them.

The few men who were going out to sell tofu also tasted the cold yuba and tofu made by Lu Jin, and then they realized that yuba and tofu can do this. Someone's eyes lit up and they asked: "Can we get some of this to sell outside?" ?”

"I was just going to ask you if you want to try some outside. If someone likes it, we will make more and sell it tomorrow." Aunt Qin was thinking about it. She just wanted to sell how much she could sell in their village. More still have to go to the villages outside to sell, and the addition of several villages can add up to a lot.

"I also think it's done. This one hasn't been sold yet. Let's buy some first, so we can add more later."

"Let's not want the cold tofu, but the cold bean curd?"

Several people discussed it, and decided to order some cold yuba. After all, they sell tofu, and the price of tofu is so cheap. If the price is increased, everyone may be reluctant to buy it.But yuba is different. The price of yuba is already more expensive. If it is made into cold salad, they will sell it in small portions, and the price will not be so expensive. Maybe someone will sell it to them.

Another main reason is that they tasted the taste and thought it was delicious, and someone would be willing to pay for something that was delicious.