The aroma of beans permeates the entire farm, and the Xu family's house is on the only way for everyone to go to the fields. You can't escape this alluring aroma even if you want to.
Finally, after being tortured by the aroma all day long, the tenants who had returned from a day's work in the fields couldn't help but walked over to the Xu family yard.
The three Xu Yue brothers used two benches and a wooden board to set up a stall in front of their home. On the stall, two large pieces of white and tender tofu were neatly stacked, as well as several bowls of tofu cubes that you could taste for free.
These free tofu tastings include not only the original flavor, but also those made into dishes. It can be said that the tofu matching recipes are given out for free.
Lao Wutou and his party came. Zhao Er and his son were far behind. They were embarrassed to come forward because of the wool sale last time.
Seeing this, Xu Erniang, who was guarding the stall, smiled brightly at the villagers who were curious but did not dare to try it, and took the initiative to invite them to taste it.
"Is it really free to eat?" someone asked cautiously, not quite believing that such a good thing could happen.
Xu Erniang nodded and reassured again, and took the initiative to hand over the bowl and chopsticks. Then the villagers doubtfully picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece to taste.
As soon as the thing entered his mouth, Lao Wutou knew that he would not be able to escape these eight coins today.
Because this thing called tofu is so fragrant, tender and delicious!
Old Wutou had more money and was able to take out eight dollars, so he happily took a large piece of tofu home with leaves.
The other tenants didn't have much cash in hand, but the delicious taste of tofu strongly stimulated their taste buds, which had never experienced tenderness before.
Someone tentatively asked Xu Erniang if she could exchange food for it.
Xu Yue happened to come out with a small bucket of freshly baked bean curd. When she heard this, she smiled and said:
"You can exchange it with grain. A pound of soybeans can be exchanged for a piece of tofu and a bowl of tofu."
The person who asked the question before was overjoyed and asked Xu Yue three times in a row to make sure it was really okay and not a joke. He turned around and ran home.
Several other people who had soybeans at home also hurriedly went home.
When I came back, there were a few bare-butt little carrot heads behind me, sniffing their noses while carrying the bowls they brought to the stall, shouting for tofu nao.
Xu Yue asked Xu Erniang to weigh the soybeans brought by their parents. After weighing the weight, she gave each of these greedy little carrot heads a spoonful of bean curd.
The remaining tofu was placed on the leaves for adults to hold so as not to break it.
Xu Yue put a grain of sugar in the tofu, which had a slight sweet taste. When the children ate it, they shouted:
"Daddy, it's sweet!"
"Auntie, it's so sweet. It tastes good. You should drink it too!"
The adults smiled and shook their heads, saying that they didn't want it. Just seeing the happy faces of the dolls made them feel sweet in their hearts.
Yangwazi, who was standing in the corner of the crowd, could not help but swallow hard as he imagined the taste.
But the young man could not muster the courage to step forward no matter what.
"For you."
A bowl of bean curd was raised in front of him. Yang Wazi lowered his head and saw that Xu Yue had appeared at some point. She was standing in front of him holding a steaming bowl of sweet bean curd and smiling gently at him.
Yangwazi was stunned for two seconds, and then he quickly took the tofu pudding she handed him.
"How much, I, I will give you money..."
"No! I gave you a drink, and the last part was half a bowl."
Before Yangwazi finished speaking, Xu Yue snatched it away. She pointed at the pottery bowl in his hand and reminded him in a funny way:
"Remember to return my bowl after you finish drinking."
Yangwazi nodded hurriedly.
"Drink it while it's hot." Xu Yue shook her head in a funny way and skipped back to the stall to continue selling tofu.
As an adult, she cannot keep arguing with a child.
The novel gadgets were not affordable, and they could be exchanged for food. The tenants bought some and took them home to try them out.
Spring plowing is very tiring, and everyone will choose to eat well. The Xu family's tofu appears just right, and can be used as a snack for the family.
Since it was the first day of official sales, the Xu Yue brothers and sisters didn't do much. They only sold four plates of tofu, which were sold out quickly.
When the housekeeper from the second room Gongsun Yan's house smelled the smell and came over to look for it, all the food was sold, not even a bowl of soy milk was left.
Xu Erniang was waiting for this kind of big customer. She kindly suggested, "Butler, why don't we prepare it tomorrow and let dad deliver it directly? There are many people in the house, so two plates may not be enough. How about four plates?"
The housekeeper of the second room thought about the young master and his wife in the house, and realized that they really needed so much. In addition, the price of tofu was rounding off among the fresh goods they usually bought, which meant it was free, so he quickly ordered four plates of tofu.
Xu Erniang sent the butler away with a smile, then turned around and shouted to Xu Dalang in the courtyard:
"Brother, soak forty more pounds of beans!"
Xu Dalang and Wang Youliang, who were responsible for soaking and grinding the beans, looked at each other. The tofu sold today did not earn much money, but the beans were about forty kilograms, which was just in time.
However, the workload doubled, and Wang Youliang's face collapsed uncontrollably.
But this bit of work was like scratching an itch for Xu Dalang, not enough to warm him up.
Seeing Wang Youliang's disheveled face, Xu Dalang was annoyed that his small body was exhausted and the young woman would blame him, so he simply rushed people to the kitchen to light a fire.
In the yard, the children were all busy. Junmei brought her younger brother over to help, and she worked very hard just to get a free bowl of sweet bean curd.
Xu Yue thought that since the second bedroom had tofu, the third bedroom couldn't live without it, so she made two more plates of tofu and prepared to send them to the third bedroom tomorrow.
But with so much tofu, it’s a bit troublesome just to pick it up and deliver it.
Now I don’t have time to make a special rack for picking tofu. I can only send up to four boards at a time. If there are too many, I might crush the tofu.
When Xu Yue was thinking about asking her brother to follow her father to deliver tofu tomorrow morning, Xu Da came back.
"Come in, come in! You stubborn donkey, if you don't obey, I will kill you and eat your meat!"
Xu Da was cursing at the door. Everyone in the courtyard heard the noise and looked sideways. They saw a yellow donkey at the door, eating the bean dregs that Xu Yue poured on the vegetable patch next to it, refusing to move.
Hearing Xu Da's threat, he remained motionless and buried himself in eating, as if he had been reincarnated by a starving ghost.
This look made Xu Da so angry that he couldn't help but give it a kick, "Let's go, let's go, there are plenty of bean dregs in the shed for you to eat!"
The yellow donkey still didn't move. He just snorted at Xu Da who kicked him, and continued to eat the bean dregs.
Xu Da stared and squinted. The children from both families were looking at him in the yard, their big black eyes full of curiosity.
Xu Da suddenly choked for breath, leaned into the ear of the yellow donkey and said through gritted teeth: "Brother Donkey, please give me face, can you move away?!"
"..."
Xu Da's answer was the sound of the yellow donkey munching more happily.
Xu Dalang couldn't stand it any longer, and gave him a cold look. The motionless yellow donkey immediately became excited and immediately gave up the food and turned around.
When Leng Buding saw Xu Dalang, he felt as if he had seen a ghost, and he staggered with fright.
