The Big Farmer of Time Traveling

The Lin family village doesn't know what happened at the Li family's side. The Lin family is busy repairing the tofu house.

The tofu house of the Lin family, Lin Xiazhi, plans to build five courtyards in total. The outer walls are built at one time, and the four inner courtyards are used to make tofu, and one is used to live in. good.

Lin Xiazhi plans to build [-] small single rooms, a row of public toilets and bathrooms, separate rooms and toilets and bathrooms for brothers and men, as well as a canteen and a meeting room.

The first brick house is divided into three parts: the first part is the refining room built with a shed, which has the largest area, and there are five large stone mills in it, and the second part is five large iron pots, which are used to boil soybean milk The pulp room, and the last part is the mold room for ordering tofu and pressing.

The first month passed, and the first project of the new tofu house was finally completed.

Lin's custom-made large iron pot, stone mill, slabs, wooden barrels, and molds for the first tofu house are all in place, and they only need to buy a donkey to start work.

The workshops in the village on the other side also adopted Lin Xiazhi's advice, first build a house to start the business, and then expand the scale after the reputation is established.

The workshop in the village was completed in time for the first lunar month, because it was not used for living, so there was no need to deliberately dry it. The tools were moved in on the first day of February, and the work officially started on the second day of February.

The workshop was named Linjiacun Doufang. Taking advantage of the good omen of the dragon rising on the second day of February, everyone hoped that the Doufang would be blessed with good fortune and prosperity.

The sound of firecrackers sounded early in the morning. Under the leadership of Li Zheng, all the members of the village entered the Doufang for a visit. This was the first and last time for everyone to visit the Doufang. , others are not allowed to come in again.

After visiting Doufang, 15 people who had signed a contract with Doufang to work stayed behind, and all the others left, even Lizheng was no exception.

Because the people in the village have no experience in this field, they asked Lin Chengzu to help manage the bean farm. After getting on the right track, they will find someone to replace Lin Chengzu.

The recipe provided by Lin Xiazhi to Linjiacun is to use beans to make yuba, so the layout of the bean shop is actually similar to that of the Lin family's tofu room. It is also a refining room with five large stone mills and a cooking room with five large iron pots. Only the third room was converted into a drying room.

Doufang has not bought a donkey to pull the stone mill for the time being, so Doufang relies on manpower to push the stone mill.

When the Lin family first started making tofu, it was all pushed by the father and son Lin Huzi and Lin Chengzu. Later, the Lin family bought a donkey when they got rich.

The beans that Doufang will use today were soaked last night, and now they have swelled and can be ground into soy milk.

Grinding soymilk is also very particular. If you turn it too fast, you won’t be able to grind the beans. If you turn it too slowly, it will be inefficient and time-consuming. Lin Chengzu guides them hand in hand. One person pushes a stone mill, and the other adds beans and water to the stone mill. , the ratio of water to beans should also be well grasped, otherwise the pulp produced is too thick or too thin to make bean curd sticks.

These were all practiced by Lin Chengzu at home before. In order for him to guide the villagers to make bean curd sticks smoothly, after the first month, Lin Xiazhi and Lin Chengzu studied bean curd sticks together.

Before that, Lin Xiazhi only knew the theory, and had never done it by himself, and failed a few times before. Fortunately, Lin Chengzu was willing to work hard to figure it out, and finally asked them to make it.

After grinding the beans for an hour, Lin Chengzu asked everyone to bring the soy milk to the cooking room and boil it.

After the soy milk is boiled, cool down slightly and continue heating, keeping it at an appropriate temperature. One person holds a large fan on the pot and keeps fanning, and then a layer of film will solidify on the surface of the soy milk. Pick up this film with a bamboo pole. Pick up and hang aside, the soy milk continues to be heated at a constant temperature and blown, and a layer of film will gradually float on the surface. It is still picked up with bamboo poles and hung aside. After hanging a row of bamboo poles, it will be taken to the drying room.

The walls of the drying room are full of holes for ventilation, and charcoal basins are placed in the four corners to keep the temperature. The finished bean curd sticks can be dehydrated and formed after being dried for a day.

Lin Chengzu explained all the steps of making bean curd sticks in the morning, and let them think about it in the afternoon. If there are any questions, they will ask them tomorrow.

Today the Lin family still has something to do, Lin Chengzu had to go to the county town to buy donkeys after lunch when he got home, this time he wanted to buy five donkeys at once, after discussing these five donkeys, Lin Chengzu and Lin Xiazhi decided to buy all male donkeys.

Fortunately, he had given Zhang Da a message before, and Zhang Da had been helping them keep an eye on the donkeys in the trading market, and picked out five healthy jackass in a short while.

The donkey seller was worried that Lin Chengzu would not be able to drive so many donkeys back by himself, so he offered to send someone to help deliver them.

In addition to buying donkeys, the Lin family's tofu shop also needs to find helpers.

Lin Xiazhi and Lin Chengzu calculated an account together, hiring workers for 30 renminbi a day, [-] renminbi a month, nearly [-] taels of silver a year, enough to buy a grown man.

It's just that the Lin family doesn't have enough money to buy people now, so they plan to hire a few people to help grind beans and cook soy milk, and then go directly to buy people when they make money next month.

There were five more stone mills in the house, and it would be too late for Lin Huzi to order tofu alone. After careful consideration, Lin Xiazhi decided to hand over the craft of ordering tofu to Zhao Da and Zhao Dong, and gave them two orders. Two taels of monthly silver, let them be responsible for the chores of the new tofu shop.

The helpers of the Lin family were chosen long ago. The two and a half sons of the Zhou family, Zhou Gen and Wu Gen, both 15 years old, were responsible for adding beans and water to the stone mill. Two people were also employed in the pulp room, both from the Lin family. Their real surnames are Lin Datian and Lin Dahe, both of whom are cousins ​​of Lin Dashan. They are honest and responsible, and have no sense of presence in the village.

They work four hours a day, and pay [-] Wen for watching stone mills, and [-] Wen for boiling soy milk, and Lin Xiazhi told them that if they do well this month, if Doufang recruits people next month, he will send them They recommend it.

The four of them were very satisfied with this, and signed a one-month contract with the Lin family without hesitation.

After the new tofu house was built, the three old stone mills in Lin Xia Zhijiu were not going to be used to make tofu forest again, because the stone mill changed from three to five, and the quantity of tofu produced by the Lin family did not decrease but increased. From [-] catties per day to [-] catties now.

With the increase in production, it is natural to find more people to wholesale tofu. People in Linjia Village who did not work in the village tofu workshop and Linjia Tofu House have long been looking forward to it, waiting for the Lin family to let go.

However, the quantity promised to be wholesaled to Li Mao, Lin Sishu, Lin Dashan, Zhou Zhouyong, and Zhou Zhougen remained the same, only [-] catties more.

Lin Xiazhi felt that this was not enough, so he excluded the families who almost got into fights, and selected another [-] families. Except for Uncle Liu who could get [-] catties of tofu, the others could get [-] catties at most.

Hearing that there was only one hundred catties of tofu, some people were naturally unbalanced and asked directly, saying that it was unfair. Lin Xiazhi didn't explain the reason at all, and directly crossed their names off the list of receiving tofu.

With this action of killing chickens and monkeys, the rest of the people naturally dare not do it again. They can take as much tofu as the Lin family gives them. One hundred catties a day can earn one hundred yuan a day.Tofu sells fast again, and when they are sold out early, they can still be busy with family affairs.

Lin Xiazhi was satisfied with everyone's attitude, and it was only a few days later that the second part of Lin's tofu house was under construction, and the production of tofu would increase in the future, so don't worry too much by then.

All people who buy tofu at the Lin family have to sign an agreement, which will specify that the area where they sell tofu cannot conflict with other people, otherwise they will be disqualified from taking tofu. request.

Lin Chengzu and Lin Xiazhi went to Liangmancang together to reduce the price of soybeans to eleven cents for four catties of soybeans, and signed a big deal with Liangmancang.

Now Lin Chengzu no longer makes tofu himself. His job has become purchasing soybeans, distributing tofu to people in the village, and also taking care of the tofu workshop in the village. He is so busy that he does not touch the ground.

Lin Huzi was left at home by Lin Xiazhi, responsible for making tofu, sweet potato flour and greenhouse vegetables.Lin Huzi is stupid, and it is easy for him to be fooled when dealing with people. The Lin family dare not let him go outside.

After ten days, the work of the bean farm gradually got on track, and the bean curd sticks produced by the fifteen helpers were ready to be sold. Lin Chengzu picked one out of the 15 people. This person was a fast learner. Strong, every time he learns it first and then teaches the rest. In addition, he has studied in the school for several years, can read and calculate accounts, and usually has prestige among the 15 people. Officially appointed as the steward of the first Doufang.

The daily salary of an ordinary helper is [-] taels of silver, while that of a manager is higher. Calculated on a monthly basis, it is four taels of silver a month.

After Doufang was able to produce a fixed amount of yuba, tofu sellers in Linjia Village began to sell yuba in Doufang.

A few days ago, bean curd sticks were not well-known, and everyone only dared to buy them by a few catties. The steward of the bean shop was a little worried, so he bought wine and went to Lin's house to ask Lin Chengzu if he made bad bean curd sticks.

Lin Chengzu smiled and told him that this is because yuba is a new food, and other people don’t know what yuba is and what it tastes like. After a while, yuba will become famous, and the yuba in Doufang will definitely not worry about selling. Let him cook more every day Some left.

The facts are the same as what Lin Chengzu said. Not long after, after the customers who bought tofu went back to spread the reputation of the bean curd, the bean curd also encountered a round of panic buying.

Because the yuba is dried, it can be stored for a long time if it is well preserved from moisture. Although a catty of yuba costs eighteen cash, it can be quite a lot after soaking in water. Moreover, the yuba tastes very good whether it is cold or fried. I like to eat yuba There are no fewer people than tofu.

It's a pity that the amount that Doufang can produce is limited, and if you go a little late and want to buy it with money, you can't buy it, let alone the customers waiting outside to buy bean curd sticks.

The bean curd sticks were very popular, and Doufang immediately began to plan the second one in full swing. Lizheng and the clan elders laughed every day, looking very energetic.