Quickly wear a life of peace

This time, Song Qingning didn't do anything at all. She just talked and let Xiaohe do it.

Wash the soaked soybeans, add a small amount of water, put them into the stone mill and start grinding.

Then filter, boil, stir, and after boiling, continue to boil for a few minutes.

Song Qingning felt greedy, so he scooped out some soy milk to drink, and as usual, he also gave some to his family.

When soy milk gets cold, a layer of oily skin will appear, which can be picked up and dried to become bean curd skin. Song Qingning asked Xiaohe to pick some and stir-fry them later.

Then start pouring in the prepared brine, adding it little by little, and dipping the tofu in the brine. As the saying goes, "everything has its own strengths," stir while adding the brine, and the soy milk will become thicker.

Because it was a spur-of-the-moment idea, I didn't have the right tools, so I put gauze in the sieve, wrapped the tofu brain with the gauze, squeezed out the water, and then pressed it down with a heavy object to let the water inside slowly settle out.

The bean dregs are not spared and made into bean dregs cakes and bean dregs balls.

In the future, there will be more people doing business with bean dregs, and they will become excellent feed for chickens and pigs.

After about half an hour, the tofu was ready. Song Qingning asked Xiaohe to cut the tofu into pieces and send it to the kitchen.

Song Qingning went to the kitchen again and directed the cook to make two dishes with tofu. He also sent one portion to the elders, which received unanimous praise.

Xiao He made tofu herself and knew the benefits of it. One pound of beans can produce more than three pounds of tofu. My mistress also said that it depends on one's skills, and it can be more or less.

In short, at least it doubles! Even if it can't be sold, it's good to cook it at home.

What's more, after tasting it, I found that whether the tofu is made into a dish or not, it is many times more delicious than bean rice. How could it not sell?

Now, the family no longer has to worry about their future livelihood.

After tasting the tofu, Xiao He knelt down to Song Qingning again to show her loyalty.

Song Qingning was not a black-hearted landlord, so he split the profits with them 50-50. After five years, the recipe would be theirs. Xiao He was so moved that she kowtowed to her again.

The recipe had already been given, so Song Qingning asked Xiaohe to go home for a few days and help her father and brother set up the stall.

Afraid that her family didn't have enough supplies, he specifically suggested that they could barter, exchanging beans for tofu.

Xiao He came back after staying at home for five days. There was an abandoned large millstone in the village where the Niu family stayed, so her family bought it directly. Since it was missing a corner, it was not expensive. Anyway, it could be used, so her family could be considered to have gotten a bargain.

After the stone mill was built, the tool for pressing tofu was also made by a carpenter in the village according to the drawings given by Song Qingning.

Just put a few pieces of wood together, it's quite simple and can be done quickly.

At this point the beans are soaked and ready to be ground.

The process went smoothly. After the first pot of tofu was made, the villagers exchanged it for beans.

This gave the Niu family confidence and they were willing to make some candied haws with sugar.

With the experience gained, the father and son of the Niu family came to the city the next day with two finished products.

It was not as difficult as I had imagined. With beautiful colors, novel items and really delicious food, the market opened up quickly. Not only were all the items we brought that day sold out, but we also received reservations.

The Niu family is now extremely busy. If they don't make three or five pots a day, they can't stop.

Xiao He was afraid that people would be exhausted, so she insisted on buying a donkey. Only then did the family finally feel a little more relaxed.

Everything at home was back on track. Xiao He had just returned and brought with her half of the earnings from the past few days, a total of two taels of silver.

Song Qingning didn't expect that she would start to receive dividends before the costs were even recovered.

Xiao He smiled and explained, "I mainly wanted to tell you that I've made money! I wanted you to be happy too."

Come to think of it, when doing business, of course it would be best to have a good start. Song Qingning also smiled happily.

The family knew about their business partnership, so when they were paying their respects, grandma asked, "How is Qingning's business going? Do you want grandma to help you?"

Song Qingning smiled and shook her head. "Business is pretty good. Xiao He even brought me some dividends! My granddaughter plans to use the money to prepare gifts for everyone. It's just not much. Don't despise me, grandma. This is the first time my granddaughter has made money, and I want to share it with you."

The children's words were all sincere. The old lady was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. The whole family was having a great time.

Of course, if others can enjoy delicious fresh dishes, there is no reason why we can’t enjoy them at home.

So the Niu family would send some tofu every two days, and all the bean curd skin was also sent to the Song Mansion.

Because of this, the mistress of the house formally asked the accountant to settle the money for the Niu family and not to delay the payment or lower the price.

Moreover, because the Niu family has the support of the Song family and it is a small business that does not make much money, no one has set their sights on them yet.

The business was stable, and Song Qingning's life was back on track. He read and learned literacy, studied music, chess, calligraphy and painting, learned rules and etiquette every day, and also took care of household affairs. His schedule was fully scheduled, only slightly better than that of college entrance examination candidates.

Such ordinary yet busy days did not end until the twelfth lunar month when we started preparing for the New Year.

Don't be greedy, children, Laba is the new year.

Drink Laba porridge for a few days, it will be the twenty-third.

Twenty-three makes me sticky, twenty-four sweeps the house.

Make tofu on the 25th, and cook meat on the 26th.

Kill the New Year rooster on the twenty-seventh, and make noodles on the twenty-eighth.

Steam buns on the 29th and play all night on the 30th.

Twist your body on New Year's Day.

Starting from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Song Qingning began to learn how to interact with people from his stepmother.

How to give gifts, how to return gifts, the relationship between the family, the number of people, the age difference and closeness, everything has to be taken into consideration.

In other families, there are very few girls as old as Song Qingning who start learning to be a housekeeper.

But in the past few years, Song Qingning was confused and slow to react, which made the Song family accustomed to teaching her everything several times.

Even though she is better now, the entire Song family has never thought of changing this habit, which is not a bad thing after all.

The more you get in touch with others and the more you learn, the less hesitant and indecisive you will be when things happen.

Fortunately, Song Qingning has a strong spiritual awareness and learns things quickly. Otherwise, she would be overwhelmed by the complicated relationships with many relatives, friends and neighbors every day, and just the names would be enough to confuse her.

In addition to giving gifts, some relatives will visit in person.

In other words, Song Qingning's current identity is a concubine's daughter, so she doesn't have to go to many families.

There were also banquets at various families to let others know that the Song family's youngest daughter had regained her sanity and was no longer stupid.

As for the stepmother Zhang, she would always bring Song Qingning along to every banquet, so that she could show her face in front of everyone.