Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei didn't wait for Tiezhu to finish speaking, and directly brought two bamboo buckets to the pot, and handed the ladle in her hand to Ning Huaizhidao:

"No need to light the fire, just pour out all the soy milk."

After saying that, she followed Tiezhu to the backyard. As soon as Jiang Yuwei entered the backyard, she saw Ning Wu staring blankly at a pot in front of him, scratching his head constantly.

Jiang Yuwei quickly stepped forward to check, and saw that most of the pot was burnt, so she hurriedly ordered:

"Don't just stand there like an idiot. Go check out the fire in the pot next to you. Tiezhu, add some water to the pot. Boil it for another half an hour and you can take it out."

Ning Wu quickly reacted after hearing Jiang Yuwei's instructions and ran to check the other pots. Tiezhu hurriedly scooped a few buckets of water from the large vat and poured them into the pots. He then kept stirring the water with a large spoon to check the condition of the bottom of the pot.

Jiang Yuwei first put out the fire on the stove with water, then used a spoon to scrape out the still intact bark and threw it into several other pots to continue cooking. Although a lot of it was wasted, at least she managed to save some.

Tiezhu saw that Jiang Yuwei had finished her work, so he hurried over to explain:

"My brother Fang didn't keep an eye on the heat of the pot and forgot to stir it, so the pot got burnt."

After saying this, Tiezhu lowered his head with an embarrassed look on his face.

Ning Wu saw this and hurried over to explain:

"Sister Yuwei, I was careless. I don't want today's wages. I'm sorry, Sister Yuwei!"

Jiang Yuwei looked at the two people with guilty expressions. Although she felt sorry for the pot of bark, she didn't want to say anything too harsh, so she said:

"Both of you, cheer up. Don't just stand there. Go and watch the pots. Remember, there's still half an hour left. Don't overcook. You have to be methodical when doing things. If you can't remember how many pots you turned over, then develop a habit of watching the pots, turning them over, adding firewood, and adding water from left to right or right to left. Don't lose your composure just because there are too many pots. You have to be diligent and hardworking, but you also have to use your brain to think. Do you understand?"

Tiezhu and Ningwu turned over the pots on their hands and nodded in unison:

"Got it, Sister Yuwei, I won't do it again next time!"

Jiang Yuwei stepped forward, patted Ning Wu on the shoulder and continued:

"We are not afraid of making mistakes, but we are afraid of not admitting them, not correcting them, and making the same mistakes over and over again. Although we lost a lot of bark that we worked so hard to make, it is good if it can teach you two a lesson. I will not fine you this time. If there is a next time, I will fine you according to your request, okay?"

Ning Wu saw that Jiang Yuwei had no intention of blaming him, so he nodded seriously and said:

"Sister Yuwei, don't worry, I will do my job seriously."

Jiang Yuwei thought that the soy milk cooked in the front yard had to be boiled with brine while it was hot, so she didn't delay in the backyard. She just gave the two of them a few instructions and hurried to the front yard to continue making tofu.

After Jiang Yuwei made the tofu, she placed it in the mold to drain. The grey tofu she brought to the market last time was very popular. Jiang Yuwei planned to make more tomorrow so that she could exchange it for more silver at the market. Anyway, she had more beans in her space than she could use up, and she had been growing beans all the time.

Jiang Yuwei thought about preparing dinner first. Tiezhu and Ningwu, the two young men, had worked all day, so she wanted them to have dinner early so they wouldn't go hungry.

Jiang Yuwei still planned to use the squeezed bean dregs to fry meatballs, make bean dregs cakes and bean dregs biscuits, mix them into a bean dregs dish, and then prepare some soy milk for them.

Ning Wan lit the fire, Jiang Yuwei was in charge of cooking, and Ning Huaizhi helped to cut vegetables and chop meat. The three of them quickly prepared dinner. Jiang Yuwei first served some and sent it to the backyard, and then asked Ning Huaizhi and Ning Wan to eat quickly.

She simply ate a few bites herself, then cut the tofu to be given away, wrapped them one by one in large leaves, put all the stools on the cart, and pushed the cart to deliver the stools.

First, we went to Aunt Zhou's house. Aunt Zhou and Uncle Youcai were cooking dinner in the yard. Uncle Youcai saw Jiang Yuwei coming to deliver a stool and hurried over to move his own stool down:

"Yuwei, why don't you make the trip yourself? When Tiezhu and Ningwu come back, just ask them to bring it back."

Jiang Yuwei smiled and said:

"They are busy with work. They have already had dinner at my place. They will be busy later today. I came to say hello to you and Aunt Zhou so that you don't have to wait at home."

Jiang Yuwei said as she took a cube of tofu and handed it to Uncle Youcai:

"Uncle, this is the tofu I just made. You and Aunt Zhou can try it tonight. It's still hot. Just mash some garlic and dip it in it!"

Uncle Youcai took the tofu embarrassedly and said:

"Won't you come in and sit for a while?"

Jiang Yuwei waved her hand and said:

"No, no, I still have to deliver the bench to someone else's house!"

Jiang Yuwei pushed the cart to Aunt Zhang's house across the street. Her family was having dinner in the yard. When they saw Jiang Yuwei coming, Aunt Zhang hurried to greet her:

"How come Yuwei has time to come visit today?"

Jiang Yuwei smiled and handed the tofu to Aunt Zhang, then turned around and started moving the stool behind her:

"Now that I have finished my housework, I no longer need these stools, so I hurried over to give them to you today. I am really sorry to bother you, Aunt Zhang, for using them for so many days."

Aunt Zhang slapped her thigh and said:

"Oh, Yuwei, what are you talking about? We live next to each other, shouldn't we help each other with this little favor? It's not a big deal. Don't be so formal with Aunt Zhang in the future."

Then he turned around and shouted to his youngest son who was eating:

"Zhang Guang, come quickly and help your sister Yuwei take down the stool!"

Seeing this, Zhang Guang quickly put down his chopsticks and ran out, smiling shyly at Jiang Yuwei:

"Sister Yuwei, let me do it!"

Jiang Yuwei nodded and said to Aunt Zhang:

"Auntie, I just made this tofu this afternoon and it's still warm. Eat it while it's hot!"

Aunt Zhang nodded and said:

"I was wondering why they kept smelling the aroma of beans. Come on, come on, I'll give it to them to try. My eldest daughter-in-law is pregnant now, and she won't eat anything. She's very picky about food. She's sure she'll like this!"

As she spoke, Aunt Zhang carried the tofu to the yard. Zhang Guang had also finished moving the stools. Jiang Yuwei said hello to Zhang Guang and was about to go to Uncle Ning's house to deliver the stools when she heard a sudden shout from the yard:

"Ahhhh, mother, my water broke, hurry up, go get a doctor, no, I don't want a doctor, get a midwife."

Aunt Zhang was also panicked when she saw this, and she shouted:

"Zhang Guang! Hurry, hurry! Go to the west end of the village and ask Sun Wenpo to come and have a look! Hey, hey, hey, that's not right. Sun Wenpo just returned to her parents' home today. Go, go to her parents' village and ask for help!"

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