The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

"You are tired today, go to bed!"

Daya didn't feel tired, but she was an obedient child and went back to her room. She had just touched the bed when she heard steady breathing the next moment.

Lin Zhi felt very tired, but when she lay down, she couldn't fall asleep immediately.

She was thinking about what she was going to do tomorrow and reminded herself not to forget.

Maybe she was hiding something in her heart and she couldn't fall asleep.

After thinking it over, she simply got up, lit the oil lamp again, and wrote down what she needed to do in a notebook.

“That way I won’t forget it!”

Lin Zhi felt relieved and fell asleep immediately after lying down on the bed again.

Lin Zhi slept very deeply. When he woke up, it was still dark and he didn't know what time it was.

She stretched and yawned. Thinking that she had a lot of things to do today, she didn't stay in bed, but got dressed and got up.

After washing up, Lin Zhi went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

In addition to preparing breakfast for the four of them, they also had to make some for Dalang and Erlang to take to the college and for their classmates, so the portions were not small.

The materials available at home did not allow Lin Zhi to create too many different designs.

She first cooked the porridge that the family would eat later, and then began to stir the batter, preparing to make some egg pancakes for the two brothers to take to college.

At this time, the three little ones had already gotten up. They saw that Lin Zhi had already started making breakfast, so they didn't even bother to wash up and immediately started making tofu.

The beans had already been soaked before going to bed, and all they had to do was grind the soy milk.

"You go wash up first, I'll grind the soy milk." Daya said to the two brothers.

Dalang and Erlang nodded, and after washing up, they came over to take over Daya's turn to wash up.

After Daya finished washing up, there was a pot of soy milk ready to be boiled, so she started to make tofu, while the two brothers continued to grind the soy milk.

I don't have a frying pan at home, but I can use a teppanyaki pan.

While making omelettes, Lin Zhi was thinking about the things written in the notebook. He planned to finish all the things after breakfast, otherwise it would affect the business hours in the evening.

She made so many pancakes that it filled a whole basket.

She had already packed the cake, but after thinking about it, she took it out again.

She took out the salted meat, pickles and vegetables from her home and chopped them up to make them salty. Then she scooped them out, drained them and added cooking oil to stir-fry until fragrant.

After frying until fragrant, add mushroom sauce and soy sauce and continue frying. Finally, add the spices you prepared yourself, and the freshly baked dipping sauce is ready.

The three little ones were preparing tofu, but when they smelled the dipping sauce, they became absent-minded.

So delicious.

Sure enough, the delicious food my mother talks about never disappoints us.

Lin Zhi took out the omelets one by one, spread them with the dipping sauce, and then put them back into the basket.

After spreading the omelet, there was still a lot of dipping sauce left in the pan, and Lin Zhi did not waste it.

She found a clean jar to put it in, thinking that she could take it out and mix it with rice when there was no other food to eat.

The pancakes are ready and the porridge is almost dry.

Lin Zhi prepared a few side dishes to go with the porridge, and then called the three little ones to come over for breakfast:

"Come and eat, it's getting late and you two have to go to the academy later."

Dalang and Erlang wanted to finish their work before eating.

"Everyone stop, Daya should also stop and eat first. Don't worry about being late, Xiao Fuzi didn't come to pick up the goods so early, Daya and I can finish it at home."

Upon hearing this, Daya stopped her work without hesitation and ran to the dining table and sat down:

"Mom, what is this? It smells so good!"

"This is an omelet. Try it and see if it tastes good. If it does, we'll make some and sell them."

Daya nodded and couldn't wait to eat an omelet in three or two bites.

Fragrant, so fragrant.

After Daya finished one pancake, she immediately reached for the second one, "Delicious! Mom, this pancake is so delicious!"

Seeing that Daya liked it, Lin Zhi also smiled, "As long as it tastes good, eat slowly and don't choke."

She looked at the two brothers again, "Hurry up and try it too."

When Dalang and Erlang heard this, they also sat down. They couldn't help themselves after seeing Daya eating, so they each took a piece of cake and put it into their mouths.

"It's really delicious! Better than those sold in the capital!" Dalang praised it highly.

They are now in a southern city where rice is the staple food. Foods made with wheat, such as egg pancakes, are rare here.

"Of course, your mother's craftsmanship is unique." Lin Zhi looked proud.

"Will you bring these to your classmates when you go to the college later?" Dalang looked at Lin Zhi.

"Yes, take a few and give them to your classmates to try and see if they like them." Lin Zhi nodded: "In addition to these, I will fry some tofu for you to take with you later."

Why wait?

Because Lin Zhi wants to eat breakfast now.

Lin Zhi, who was used to eating all kinds of modern delicacies, was not amazed by the food he made.

In fact, the egg pancakes she made are on the same level as those sold at modern roadside stalls.

The reason why the egg pancakes she made were so attractive was mostly because of the seasoning, and also because the taste buds of people of this generation had not been bombarded by all kinds of seasoning packets.

After eating two egg pancakes and a bowl of porridge, Lin Zhi was full.

While the three little ones were still fighting with the food, Lin Zhi got up, lit a fire and started picking tofu.

After a few days, she became more and more skilled at frying tofu. By the time the two brothers were full, her tofu was also done.

"There are two baskets, one is fried tofu and the other is egg pancakes. When the time comes, you can share some with your classmates to have a try, okay?" Lin Zhi instructed.

The two brothers nodded randomly, took the basket and ran out.

Only Lin Zhi and Daya were left at home.

Daya skillfully washed all the bowls and chopsticks and tools used for making tofu.

Usually, Lin Zhi would also lend a hand, but today she had something to do, so she didn't help.

Instead, he went back to his room and took out yesterday's job posting.

While cooking the porridge, she also made some paste, which could be used to post recruitment information.

“It feels weird to have it written in black and white.”

After posting the job recruitment notice on the wall of his house, Lin Zhi looked at the white paper and talked to himself.

Lin Zhi knew that not many people were literate these days, and few people who wrote the job notice might know what was written on the paper.

But she really couldn't spare the time to go to the middleman's place, so she had to leave it like this for now.

After posting the recruitment information, Lin Zhi did not go home but went out directly.

She had to buy a lot of things today and also prepare to open a stall, so time was very tight and she had to fill her schedule.

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First of all, the bowls and chopsticks.

Business was so good yesterday that she and Daya were too busy to wash dishes for the customers.

Fortunately, an old customer who lived nearby saw how busy they were and came to help.

First, when they went to buy things for themselves, they would bring their own dishes and chopsticks. Then, when Lin Zhi bought a lot of things in those stores, people would help her wash the dishes and chopsticks.

To be honest, she was quite embarrassed at that time.

She was thinking of giving those customers a free bill, but those customers said that Lin Zhi was their client and that helping Lin Zhi would be helping themselves, so they refused to give them a free bill.

Lin Zhi felt uncomfortable being forced to accept favors.

So she decided to buy a hundred more sets of tableware.

The shop selling bowls and chopsticks was not far from Lin Zhi's home, and Lin Zhi arrived there in less than half an hour.

Since they were all old customers, Lin Zhi didn't waste any time and directly ordered 100 sets at the price they had bought before, and asked them to help deliver them home.

After buying the bowls and chopsticks, Lin Zhi immediately went to a bamboo product shop closer to their home and ordered a hundred baskets.

The owner of the bamboo product shop never thought that wealth and honor would come to him today.

People prefer to buy finished bamboo products at the market, as the things there are cheaper than those in stores.

Therefore, the business of bamboo weaving shops is not very good, although the prices they set are actually similar to those in the market. But people like to go to the market to buy these finished products.

Their store is located in a remote area and they have no good way to attract customers, so their monthly income is pitifully small.

I want to change my job, but I don’t know how to do anything else.

Lin Zhi asked for a hundred baskets, but the store didn't have that many.

There were only about twenty of them, so Lin Zhi asked him to deliver them to his home first, and the remaining eighty would be sent over after he had finished making them.

The shopkeeper of the bamboo products store quickly nodded in agreement and gave Lin Zhi a particularly low price.

After buying the basket, Lin Zhi hurried home as fast as he could.

In the morning, all the ingredients are delivered to the door, and Lin Zhi is worried that Daya can't handle it all by herself at home.

Sure enough, as soon as Lin Zhi arrived home, he saw Daya standing at the door at a loss.

"what's wrong?"

Daya's eyes lit up, and she ran to the door and shouted, "Mom, you're back!"

"Mrs. Lin, your girl said you were not at home, so I asked her to check the goods, but she didn't understand. I was in a hurry to deliver them to the next store, so..."

Lin Zhi came over and smiled embarrassedly: "My mistake, I thought you didn't come so early, so I went out to do something."

The pork stall owner said, "Hey, it's serious for Mrs. Lin to say that."

Lin Zhi turned over the meat in the basket. There was no problem with the quality. It was not inferior, and there was no rotten or smelly smell.

Then she took out a scale from home and found that the weight was correct, just as the pork seller said.

"There's no problem at all!" Linzhou said to the pork stall owner after checking.

"Okay, okay. Madam Lin, please settle the bill for me first. I'll hurry to take it to the next store."

Lin Zhi asked Daya to go back to the house to get the money, and Lin Zhi chatted with him.

"I wonder if today's pig's trotters have been ordered yet? I still want three more pig's trotters."

"It has been ordered, but if you want three, Madam Lin, I can go back and slaughter a pig and send it to you later. It will just be a little later, is that okay?" The pork stall owner looked at Lin Zhi expectantly.

Mainly, the pig's trotter that Lin Zhi wants includes the pork elbow.

A pig has four legs, but Lin Zhi wants three. This is equivalent to losing nearly one-third of a pig, so it is still very cost-effective to kill one more to sell.

Lin Zhi asked: "How long will it take?"

"About an hour." The pork stall owner estimated the time.

Lin Zhi frowned when he heard this. One hour is two hours.

It takes a bit of time. After the braised meat is boiled, it needs to be soaked in water to absorb the flavor. If the time is shortened, it will not taste good.

But she remembered that she had told the students last night that they would postpone the business hours: "Okay. Since you want to kill an extra pig, give me the four legs and offal, and the thick pig ears."

When the pork stall owner heard that she wanted so much, he couldn't contain his joy: "Okay, okay, I'll deliver the goods now and go back to slaughter the pigs."

"Boss, you haven't got the money yet?" Seeing him running away, Lin Zhi opened the door and shouted in the direction he ran.

"I'll deliver the goods to you later and I'll pick them up together..."

Daya held the copper coins she had just counted out in her hand.

It was all in vain.

"Mom, can we sell all that meat if we buy it for stewing?"

Daya also heard the conversation between the two and couldn't help feeling a little worried.

The weather is slowly getting hotter, and if we don’t sell the food it will start to stink.

Lin Zhi was not worried at all. "If we can't sell it, we'll eat it ourselves. We've been selling it for two days, and Dalang and Erlang haven't tasted the braised food yet."

They were forced to open on the first day, and there was only a little left. She and Daya ate it all, leaving nothing for the two brothers.

They did keep some yesterday, but they invited their classmates to have dinner with them, and all the food was served out to those students.

The two brothers ate rice with the braised sauce for two consecutive days.

Daya was torn. She wanted to sell all the braised meat so that they could make more money. But another voice in her heart wanted her not to sell all of it so that she could eat more.

Lin Zhi had no idea of ​​the little girl's inner struggle. She looked at Daya who was in a daze and called her to come over to clean the water.

"Come and get to work. You can't braise all the meat in one pot. Wash these first and then braise the second pot."

"It's coming, it's coming." After Lin Zhi said this, Daya immediately felt a sense of urgency.

Lin Zhi was not idle either, and was cleaning with Daya.

Halfway through the cleaning, someone came to deliver something. It was Mr. Zhou, and he came to deliver firewood.

"Please help me take it to the kitchen. I'm busy here."

Lin Zhi walked out the door and called him in.

This was the first time Zhou Sheng entered the Lin family. He didn't dare to look around and followed Lin Zhi to carry firewood into the kitchen.

When he came in, Daya went into the house and took out money to give to him.

After getting the money, he was about to leave, but Lin Zhi stopped him and said, "One load of firewood is not enough for my family. If possible, please try to deliver two loads a day. If you can't deliver, I will call someone else..."

"Of course! Of course! I'll go home and bring it to you right now."

Before Lin Zhi could finish speaking, Zhou Sheng interrupted him and ran home without looking back.

Not to mention two loads a day, he can even carry ten loads a day.

At worst he won't sleep at night.

As soon as Zhou Sheng left, the person delivering vegetables came over.

Daya was busy, and this time it was Lin Zhi who went in to get the money to give to the seller.

The man who delivered the vegetables went out, and Xiao Fuzi followed closely to pick up the goods.