The Big Farmer of Time Traveling

After chatting with Lin Xiazhi, Cheng Wenliu had to say that he was attracted by the prospect outlined by Lin Xiazhi. Out of caution, he still told Lin Xiazhi that he needed to reconsider and continue the discussion in the afternoon.

Since he said we would talk in the afternoon, Lin Xiazhi offered to go out for a walk, instead of having lunch at Jufulou, he wanted to go to his uncle's house.

There was still a small bucket of tofu nao on Lin Chengzu's donkey cart, and Lin Xiazhi planned to send the tofu nao to Zhou Xiaozhuzi to discuss how to sell the tofu nao.

After more than [-] days, the price of bean sprouts has really stabilized at five cents a catty as Lin Xiazhi guessed. Although Zhou Xiaozhu's income has been reduced by more than half, he still sells the most bean sprouts. He identified the bean sprouts in his hand.

When Lin Chengzu and Lin Xiazhi passed by, Zhou Xiaozhu hadn't sold out yet, and it was Lin Ancheng who opened the door for them.

Zhou Xiaozhu made money selling bean sprouts, so he stocked up some more charcoal fires at home, and burned the charcoal fires vigorously every day. After the temperature in the house rose, Lin Ancheng's health also improved, and now Zhou Xiaozhu left him alone at home to rest assured a lot.

"How is Cheng'er feeling recently?" Lin Xiazhi warmed up at the brazier outside the house through the curtain, and finally felt that he had found his limbs.

After the body was completely warmed up, he opened the curtain and entered the room. Lin Ancheng was on the table and poured hot water for the two of them. Lin Xiazhi took a sip of the hot water contentedly.

Lin Ancheng didn't lie in bed all day anymore, he replied happily: "I feel much better, last week the doctor said that I don't need to take medicine, I just need to rest at home."

"That's really great. Congratulations to Cheng'er for not having to drink the dark medicine. I think the charcoal fire at home is burning enough. You don't usually go out and try to get well before next spring."

The brothers talked for a long time before Zhou Xiaozhu came back with an empty bag.

"Uncle?" Lin Xiazhi and Lin Chengzu shouted together.

"Ah."

"Brother Xia, Chengzu, you sit down, I'll add some charcoal before coming over." Zhou Xiaozhu stayed outside for an hour and a half, and his body was already completely cold. He was afraid that the cold air would pass to Lin Ancheng, so he roasted it every time. The fire just entered the house.

After Zhou Xiaozhu entered the door, Lin Xiazhi took out the tofu nao that they had kept warm all the time. Zhou Xiaozhu looked at the white and tender things in the bowl and asked, "Brother Xia, is this the tofu nao you mentioned earlier?"

"Yes." Lin Xiazhi poured the sauce he had made before, and let Zhou Xiaozhu and Lin Ancheng taste it.

Lin Ancheng likes sweet tofu nao and salty tofu nao, and Zhou Xiaozhu likes sweet tofu nao as much as Li Xiu.

Lin Xiazhi waited for them to finish eating before continuing, "Uncle, put aside the bean sprouts for now, let's talk about how to sell tofu nao in the future."

"Brother brings tofu nao to Lin every morning. We sell tofu nao to Lin at wholesale prices. This winter, apart from Jufulou, there is only my uncle in Jiangning County. You can get tofu nao from our house."

"Okay, no problem, but does Jufulou allow you to sell things outside now?"

"It's almost settled, but we can't do retail, we can only wholesale to others, so Lin is no exception. Tofu must be sold while it's hot, uncle, you can only be lucky, go to the collection early in the morning Selling in the market."

"I'm not afraid of hard work, what I'm afraid of is that I want to use my strength but have nowhere to go. Brother Xia, you have provided me with such good conditions. If I don't make good use of it, your kindness will be in vain."

"However, tofu is not very hungry. If it can be served with sesame seed cakes or pancakes, the effect will be better."

"The biscuits and pancakes I make are not very delicious. You said, why don't I find cooperation with pancake sellers?"

"Okay, the pancakes are a bit dry, and they go well with a bowl of hot tofu."

"I just don't know if people who sell pancakes will agree."

"If you don't agree, let's find another way, or just sell tofu nao. It's okay to sell it. Except in the morning, we can also sell it at noon and afternoon. It's cold now, and our tofu nao is hot, so it will definitely be popular."

"That's right, if they don't cooperate with us, they will suffer." Lin Xiazhi said boldly, that's why he is so optimistic about his own tofu nao.

"In addition to other foods, the sauce on the tofu can be made into many flavors. My family has limited materials, so I only make these two for the time being."

"Any other sauces?"

"It can be made into hot and sour flavor, and it can also be made into spicy flavor. If there is sour plum juice, it can also be made into sweet and sour flavor. In addition to the taste, the materials can also use different things, such as bamboo shoots, fungus, and pickles. Dried pork, minced eggplant meat, everything can go with tofu, and the sauce can be made more delicate and beautiful.”

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Knowing that Lin Xiazhi and the others were going to Jufulou in the afternoon, Zhou Xiaozhu made lunch in advance for them to eat and went out early, so as not to keep the people in Jufulou waiting.

When Lin Xiazhi and Lin Chengzu returned to Jufulou, Cheng Wenliu hadn't had lunch yet. Lin Xiazhi's conversation with him in the morning gave him a lot of inspiration, and he had new ideas for business.

At the same time, after careful consideration, Cheng Wenliu decided to revise the contract with the Lin family. However, he asked for [-]% more of the Cheng family's share in the tofu business, which meant that the Cheng family would take [-]%. Accordingly, he was willing to contribute some silver as start-up capital. officially become a partner.

After listening to Cheng Wenliu's words, Lin Xiazhi nodded and agreed: "Master Cheng is a straightforward person, I agree to give you a [-]% bonus, but I don't know how much money this guy is going to give?"

"How big a stall are you planning to build?" Cheng Wenliu asked rhetorically.

"I'm confident that the shop will be as big as it is given by Master Cheng." Lin Xiazhi was not at all stage frightened.

"Okay, then I will pay 200 taels of silver!" Cheng Wenliu promised proudly.

200 taels of silver can open a big restaurant, which is not too little.

Lin Xiazhi was very satisfied with the result. His initial estimate was to give [-]% of the profit, but Cheng Wenliu was willing to give the funds as long as [-]% of the dividend.

Jingguo has never made tofu before, so the price of tofu is the same as Lin’s family, and the profits in it should not be underestimated. Lin Xiazhi took Jufulou together, and another idea was to ask Jufulou to help block those powerful gentry, after all, they are Ordinary farmers have no means to resist those people.

As far as he knew, Cheng Wenliu's elder brother was married to the county magistrate's young son, so the Cheng family was regarded as the county magistrate's in-laws, and they had some weight in Jiangning County.

In the afternoon of that day, Lin Xiazhi signed two contracts with Cheng Wenliu, one stating that the original contract was void, and the other was about the share of the tofu. Get the goods and reduce it to Liuwen.

After signing the contract, both parties breathed a sigh of relief, seeing ambition in each other's eyes.

The matter of tofu has been settled, and there is still tofu nao to be discussed. Lin Xiazhi’s price for tofu nao is the same as that of tofu, which is seven yuan per catty, because he promised Zhou Xiaozhu that only Jufulou and him can get it this year. goods, so the price of tofu nao is quite a lot.

I don't know how the market of tofu nao is, so Jufulou only ordered [-] catties to test the water.

After settling the contract, Lin Xiazhi and Lin Chengzu left together, with the 200 taels of investment funds from Cheng Wenliu in his arms, Lin Chengzu's heartbeat had never been so fast.

"Brother, the 200 taels will be spent soon, and I will make the list for you later." Lin Xiazhi poured cold water on Lin Chengzu. He still doesn't know if the 200 taels are enough to spend, so don't get too excited.

There are too many things that need to be added to the house. All Lin Xiazhi can think of now are stone mills, iron pots, donkeys, molds and slates for pressing tofu, gauze for wrapping tofu, and a few servants.

Stone mills and iron pots need to be booked in advance in the county seat, and enough gauze needs to be bought and sewn to a suitable size. The molds and stone plates for pressing tofu need to be carved. There are too many preparations. Fortunately, three more rooms were built before going home. Brick house, the house does not need new construction.

Sure enough, the stall shouldn't be too big. Just thinking about these things, Lin Xiazhi had a headache.

After buying gauze and returning home, Lin Xiazhi asked Li Xiu to contact the husbands in the village to help sew filter cloths of suitable size.

Niu Fulang and Liu Fulang helped to publicize it. The next day, Fulang who was better at embroidery in Linjia Village came to Linjia Village to help make filter cloths. In two or three days, he finished all the gauze bought by Lin Xiazhi.

After this incident, the relationship between the second bedroom of the Lin family and the villagers became more harmonious, and the other husbands loved to visit the Lin family even if they had nothing to do.

For the molds needed to press tofu, Lin Xiazhi turned to Carpenter Tang from the same village. Carpenter Tang is a good carpenter, and the Lin family bought many small wooden products from him.

This time, Lin Xiazhi directly designed the size for Tang carpenter to carve a tofu board. A board of tofu is expected to hold 25 catties of tofu, which can just be divided into 25 pieces. , indicating that this is Lin's tofu.

In previous years, Tang carpenters could hardly get work in winter. This winter, because the Lin family was busy every day, they hired another man to help polish the wood.

In addition to the mold and the slate, Lin Xiazhi, the man of the Zhou family, had a good impression, so he contracted them to polish the slate.

Unknowingly, Linjia Village began to change because of what Lin Xiazhi was going to do, and many people worked in full swing in the cold winter months.

Regarding these changes, Niu Fulang and Liu Fulang were relieved after seeing these changes, because when the two of them just entered the winter, they built vegetable greenhouses with the Lin family, and started to earn a lot of money in winter. The envious villagers would come to the house to make irresponsible remarks and jealousy when they had nothing to do, which made the whole family feel bad.

Now that the Lin family has also found work for other villagers, the two of them finally don't care about it.

The preparations for making tofu have not been fully done, and the time has come to the eighth day of December, which is an important festival in Jingguo: Laba Festival.

When Lin Xia woke up that morning, he felt that the temperature in the air was lower than usual. When he opened the window, he saw that it was snowing outside. It might have been snowing all night, and the snow covered Lin Xiazhi's knees.

Where Lin Xiazhi used to live, there might not be snowfall every few years, so this is the first time he saw snow this year, and he was excited all at once.