Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Because of the confidentiality of the recipe, both parties need to sign a recipe transfer agreement.

The whole family is illiterate, so the contract can only be written by Manager Xu.

After both parties signed the agreement, Zhao Dongjia was very satisfied. As it was almost noon, he asked Manager Xu to prepare a table of food and invite Xiaolan and the others to eat.

After dinner, Xiao Lan left Tianxiang Tower with Sheng Xuan and Xiao Wen, carrying forty-six taels and one cent of silver.

"Dad, I want to go to the pharmacy to buy some cold water stone, and then go to the cloth shop to buy some linen." Xiao Lan said to Sheng Xuan.

Sheng Xuan nodded. He was now following Xiao Lan a little blindly. Not only did his daughter have endless ways to make money, but all the money in her hands was earned by her and she had the right to dispose of it.

The two went to the medicine shop first. Hanshui stone is the crystallization of the seepage of brine land. It is the prototype of gypsum, white translucent crystal. It is a traditional Chinese medicine with the effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. Xiaolan bought it to grind some tofu. Xiaolan almost swept all the Hanshui stones in the medicine shop. The doctor repeatedly emphasized that this medicine should not be taken too much, but this medicinal material is common and the price is very cheap. It cost a total of 500 coins.

Afterwards, the two went to the cloth shop to select some unbleached linen and bought three pieces, spending one or two taels of silver. Xiao Lan planned to use the linen to separate the soy milk and the bean dregs.

After putting the linen and cold water stone into the cart, Xiao Lan said to Sheng Xuan, "Dad, I still need a millstone."

"Grinding stone?" Sheng Xuan was surprised. "Girl, what do you want a grinding stone for?"

"Dad, I want to make tofu and sell it. The two things I just bought can be used to make tofu." Xiao Lan said.

"So what kind of grinding wheel do you want?"

"The kind that grinds flour. I want to use it to grind beans."

Sheng Xuan nodded and took Xiao Lan to the place where stone mills were sold and let her choose. She chose a stone mill suitable for grinding beans and spent ten taels of silver on it.

The stone mill was of appropriate weight, so the shop assistant delivered it to Xiaolan's door, loaded it on a mule cart and took it to Xiaolan's house. Shengxuan asked Zhang to help lift the millstone and placed it in the yard according to Xiaolan's request.

Xiao Lan looked at the graphite and went up to push it herself. She was young and had to use all her strength to push it, but for people like Zhang and Sheng Xuan who were used to doing farm work, it was quite easy.

Zhang joked, "In the future, we can grind our grain at home, and save money."

There is a ready-made mill in the town. If we grind the flour at home, we can save some money, but it takes a lot of effort and we don’t have livestock to pull the mill.

"Mom, why don't we buy a cow? It can both plow the land and pull the mill." Xiao Lan said.

Zhang was stunned for a moment before persuading him, "Xiao Lan, let's grind it by hand first and try making some of the tofu you mentioned. If it sells well, we can add more animals."

Xiao Lan thought about it and decided that it was okay. It was not certain whether she could make tofu now. She wanted to have everything configured. If she failed to make it, she would lose everything. Although Niu's family could also use it, it was too expensive. Zhang was right to be cautious.

After dinner in the evening, Xiao Lan counted the remaining silver of the day, which was 34 taels and 600 wen. Adding the 1,000 wen she had before, her total capital now was 34 taels and 1,600 wen.

"Dad, let's go to town to buy beans tomorrow. We can keep the beans at home for our own consumption. In case of any unexpected accidents, we will have to rely on food." Xiao Lan said.

Zhang originally wanted Xiaolan to make tofu with the beans at home, but after hearing what Xiaolan said, she felt that it made sense and nodded in agreement.

The next day, the father and daughter pushed the cart to the grain store. Beans were now 18 cents per catty, and Xiao Lan ordered 500 catties, spending a total of nine taels of silver.

Sheng Xuan was secretly shocked when he saw Xiao Lan's generosity. But then he thought, even if he couldn't make tofu, he could still eat the beans as food.

Xiao Lan thought that there were still not enough beans to buy now. Now the victims were temporarily appeased. Based on what she learned from the history books of her previous life, she knew that there would be a high probability of a plague following the flood. Fortunately, the flood in the south occurred during the autumn harvest. If it had happened earlier, it would not be as peaceful as it is now. It has been passed down since ancient times that there will be a great plague after the flood. Now it is winter, and bacteria and viruses are still spreading slowly. When spring comes, the carcasses of animals will rot, the bacteria will increase greatly, and the plague will most likely appear.

As the New Year is approaching, everyone will buy New Year's goods. Xiaolan wants to seize this business opportunity to increase the popularity of tofu, make a fortune, and then buy medicine to prevent the epidemic.

After returning home in the afternoon, Xiao Lan got busy. Fortunately, everyone in the family was staying at home during the winter, so there was not much work to do, so the whole family worked together.

Sheng Xuan made two mold boxes according to Xiao Lan's request, which were used to hold tofu. Xiao Ting and Xiao Wen cleaned the millstone, and Xiao Lan ground the cold water stone into powder. Zhang was picking beans and soaking them. The beans for making tofu need to be soaked for about a night, so it was too late to make it today, and they could only wait until tomorrow.

After breakfast in the morning, Sheng Xuan started grinding beans according to Xiao Lan's instructions. Grinding beans depends entirely on manpower, which is time-consuming and laborious, so Sheng Xuan and Zhang took turns. The three hardest things in life are rowing a boat, forging iron, and grinding tofu. After the beans are ground into pulp, they are scooped onto linen to filter out the dregs. The dregs need to be repeatedly filtered with clean water. This process is mainly directed by Xiao Lan, and Sheng Xuan and Zhang are responsible for it. They are strong and can filter out the soy milk from the dregs.

Scoop the filtered soy milk into a pot and boil it, then skim off the foam inside. After it is cooked, it is drinkable soy milk.

Xiao Wen smelled the fragrance and leaned over the stove to watch. Xiao Lan scooped a bowl for him and said, "Add some sugar when you drink it."

After Xiao Wen cooled it down, he took a sip and said, "Second sister, it smells so good. It tastes so good."

Xiao Lan nodded with a smile.

Pour the cooked soy milk into a large basin. Dissolve the cold water stone powder ground yesterday in water, then slowly pour it into the soy milk, stirring while pouring, and the soy milk will become tofu pudding in a short while.

"Xiao Wen, bring a bowl over here so I can scoop out some and we can have tofu pudding for lunch." Xiao Lan was drooling at the sight of the freshly made tofu pudding.

Put linen in the mold, pour the tofu pudding onto the linen in the mold, then fold it up to wrap the tofu pudding, place a flat wooden board on top, and then put a heavy object on it to press down for about an hour.

At noon, Xiao Lan made a simple dipping sauce. She chopped the chili peppers, fried them in oil, added salt, and finally chopped some garlic and poured it on the tofu pudding.

The tofu pudding has a refreshing and tender taste, melts in your mouth, and has a strong bean flavor.

"Xiao Lan, what's wrong with your brain? How come you can make something out of even beans?" Sheng Xuan said with emotion.

"I take after my mother." Xiao Lan said with a smile.

Zhang liked what she heard, and continued with a smile, "Our daughter must have taken after my family. When her grandfather was young, he was very smart."

"Second sister, why is this tofu pudding so delicious? Is it because tofu is more delicious than tofu pudding?" Xiaowen ate two bowls in a row, proving with practical actions that tofu pudding is delicious.

"Xiao Wen, don't eat too much." Xiao Ting reminded, "The tofu will be ready soon."