The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

When Lin Zhi returned to his yard, Daya had already started cooking dinner.

Changing her usual stingy behavior, Daya cooked all the remaining ingredients at home in one pot without any guidance from Lin Zhi.

She even wrapped the little bit of lard left in the house in vegetable leaves and put it into the porridge.

The little girl was humming an unknown tune and was in a very good mood.

She was happy to think that she could have a full meal before she died.

"Are you done?"

"It's almost done, it's almost done, just cook it a little longer and it will be ready to eat."

Daya thought Lin Zhi was urging her, so she quickly added a few more pieces of firewood into the stove. In a moment, the fire in the stove became more prosperous.

"Mom, it's time to eat." Daya served a bowl of porridge and brought it to Lin Zhi.

"Eat first, eat quickly, because you have to work later."

The girl couldn't help glancing into the bowl and swallowing her saliva desperately. Lin Zhi couldn't ignore it.

Anyway, she wasn't particularly hungry now, so she just let Daya eat first.

Daya looked at Lin Zhi in disbelief, then looked at the two brothers not far away, hesitating whether she should eat first.

She is a junior and a girl, can she really eat first?

"What are you standing there for? Eat quickly." Seeing that she didn't move, Lin Zhi urged, "And you two, go eat quickly too."

Dalang and Erlang looked at each other, and Dalang decided to eat first.

There are only two bowls at home, so someone has to eat later.

It was the first time that Daya ate before the rest of the family. She felt a sense of urgency and ate much faster than usual.

Looking at the empty bottom of the bowl, she felt a little aggrieved.

I ate the delicious food too fast and didn’t get to experience how it tasted.

After dinner, Lin Zhi pulled the three little ones out to help grind the beans.

There is graphite in the village, at the village chief's house.

At first, the village chief bought it for his own use. Later, as the villagers borrowed it so much, the village chief and his family became fed up with it, so they took the graphite outside and let the villagers use it freely.

The original body had followed her husband to the mountain village for almost a year and had hardly ever left the house.

This is one of the few times I remember going out, otherwise Lin Zhi would not have thought of making tofu.

Half a jar of soybeans weighs about ten pounds, and after soaking it is almost two buckets.

After Lin Zhi cleaned the graphite, he began to grind the beans.

Graphite was very heavy, and this body had never done heavy work. It took her more than an hour to grind half a bucket of beans.

Daya couldn't stand her work efficiency and replaced her directly.

In less than a moment, a bucket of beans was ground.

"You two continue grinding here. Daya and I will take this bucket back to deal with it first."

Lin Zhi pointed at Dalang and Erlang and gave instructions.

After smearing the beans, add water to filter, cook the bean juice, make tofu and finally press the tofu.

It took a lot of effort. She had to come back and filter out the first bucket of beans to cook them. There was no extra pot at home to cook the second pot at the same time.

She didn't want to spend the whole night making tofu.

Staying up late will make people age.

Old equals ugly.

The ugly meeting will cost Lin Zhi his life.

There were four people in their family, and each person owned two sets of old and worn clothes. The family didn't even have enough extra cloth to make an extra set of clothes.

There is no normal cloth, but there is gauze for filtering soy juice.

That was left behind when the original owner was in mourning after her husband died.

Lin Zhi, who was penniless, would not despise the gauze. He told Daya to wash it, scald it with boiling water, and then start filtering it.

One pound of beans should be matched with about six pounds of water.

There is no weighing tool here, so Lin Zhi can only release the water roughly based on his feeling.

After the water and ground beans are mixed, start filtering.

There were no extra wooden barrels at home, so Lin Zhi placed it directly over the mouth of the pot to filter.

In a short while, the pot was eight-tenths full of bean juice, but there was still half a bucket of beans left in the bucket that had not been filtered.

There was no other choice, so she had to ask Daya to light a fire and cook the soy milk first.

When cooking bean juice, stir it while cooking until the bean juice is cooked.

Daya can accomplish this task alone after she makes a fire.

After Lin Zhi taught her the precautions, she began to prepare the vinegar water for the marinade.

There is vinegar at home. Every household here makes some vinegar for daily use, and they have some too.

The ratio of vinegar to water is roughly one to one, and it actually needs to be adjusted according to the acidity of the vinegar.

Otherwise, if it is too sour, the tofu will become sour. If it is not sour enough, the tofu pudding will not take shape.

When she was in modern times, she made the tofu in her fat-loss meals herself and was very familiar with the production process.

The proportion of the marinade is not a problem for her.

After the soybean juice was thoroughly cooked, it was left to cool for a while. After about two minutes, the layer of skin on the soybean juice was removed and Lin Zhi began to add the braising sauce.

Use a spoon to add a spoonful of brine and slowly push it into the cooked bean juice. Adjust the proportion of brine according to the reaction of the bean juice.

It was late at night and there was no electric light here, not even an oil lamp.

Lin Zhi couldn't see clearly what was in the pot, so he simply pulled out a burning branch from the stove to use as a light.

Looking at the soy milk in the pot, she adjusted the proportions, memorized the proportions, and continued to order the stew.

The process of making marinade cannot be too fast, otherwise it will not take shape.

Daya watched Lin Zhi operate the machine eagerly, not daring to make any extra noise.

"Take all those dustpans and baskets and wash them clean. We'll need them later."

Seeing that she was so idle, Lin Zhi told her to go to work.

There was no mold for making tofu, so I had to make the best use of everything I could find at home.

Daya responded crisply, but her eyes were still looking towards the pot reluctantly.

After adding the sauce, the bean juice began to solidify into tofu pudding. This process was very attractive to Daya, who had never seen the world.

"Wash the things clean. I'll let you have enough of the second pot. Go!"

Daya then simply took her things and went to the other side to wash them in the dark.

Daya finished washing, and Linzhi also finished.

Use the washed baskets as molds, put gauze inside, pour the tofu pudding in and drain the water, then cover it with gauze and press it down with a heavy object. After about an hour, the tofu will be ready.

Bring the second pot to boil.

The first time is new, the second time is familiar. This time the bean juice was cooked quickly.

When Lin Zhi ordered the stew again, Daya held the torch and never looked away.

When Dalang Jilang came back, he saw that the two were concentrating and did not disturb them.

They put the ground beans aside and went out with the bucket they had just emptied.

There was no water in the water tank at home, and they didn't know how long it would take Lin Zhi to get some water, so the two decided to work together to fill the water tank first.

The second pot is done.

Seeing Daya eager to try, Lin Zhi asked her to handle the third pot.

Daya couldn't believe it.

Daya is ready to make a move.

The third pot was completed quickly under Lin Zhi's guidance.

An inexplicable sense of accomplishment arose in Daya's heart.

"Mom, let me cook the next pot, please?" Daya asked confidently. After thinking for a while, she added coquettishly, "Okay?!"