Chapter 52 Small Business
"An Zheng, Chang Bai, you go to the town to buy more beans, such as the ones with full grains, such as plaster or fat, stone mill, and a mule and a cart, and two stoves and two iron-shaped pots." Lin Qingqian told me carefully, "There are more white gauze."
"Sister wants to sell tofu?" Lin Yuan guessed her intention.
Lin Qingqian shook her head gently, "Yes, not."
What does this mean?
"Douhua?" Aunt Lan guessed again.
Lin Qingqian still smiled, "Everyone will know tomorrow. If someone sees through this business, I don't plan to continue doing it and will think of other ways. However, there should be no problem spending the whole winter."
Everyone was itchy when they saw her keeping her insincerely. Yu Guiwan was even more worried. As a result, more than a hundred taels of silver were gone. However, the amount of silver was paid out from the remaining more than a hundred taels of silver. When she thought about building a house at home, her heart was getting up and down, and she felt very uncomfortable.
However, Yu Guiwan did not blame Lin Qingqian. Now most of the money they had was compensated by Lin Qingqian and Lin Jingxing. Most of the money they spent along the way and relocated to graves. The remaining amount of money was left because of the sale of livestock and cars.
Lin Yuan and Lin Jingxing also knew that their current situation could not tolerate being in vain.
Lin Qingqian had an idea, so she could make trouble.
The two brothers thought that although the three families were in a down-and-out manner, Lin Qingqian was also a spoiled girl since she was a child, but now she has to worry about the family's livelihood.
There was something in the hearts of both of them.
In the afternoon, just after the Lin family finished their meal, the yamen runners came to the door.
Zhu Bo actually brought people over in person. The Lin family had just settled down and there was no tea at home to entertain guests, so they could only entertain Zhu Bo with boiled water.
Seeing this, Zhubo was secretly surprised. Logically, the Lin brothers and sisters knew the people above, so the family should not be so down and out. However, even so, Zhubo did not dare to underestimate them.
"Which land you have liked, go and take a look together. This is the craftsman who built the house. Let me tell him what to build." The Lord Bo introduced him with an old man.
"May I ask my father-in-law?" Lin Yuan asked politely.
"Young master, you are polite. The young man's surname is Zhang, and he is called Zhang Da." The old man's eyes were bright and he was very energetic. He looked like a smart person.
"Then I will call you Uncle Zhang." Lin Yuan did not show off his character. The Lin family was preparing to follow the local customs and it was best to be a low-key person.
"It's a slap in my little boy." He opened his mouth and his smile on his face became a little more. When he was out, no one would want to meet a good customer. He is famous and hardly takes on work in the countryside. If the master Bo and his master personally took care of him, he would not have made this trip.
However, it's still good. The master's family is a kind family, so it's worth his trip.
Building a house is a big deal, and Lin Qingqian did not get involved. The brother and sister drew drawings in the morning and just asked the eldest brother and the second brother to come forward.
Zhang Da was very satisfied when he received the drawings. The drawings were designed reasonably and well-behavedly, and when covering them, it saved a lot of trouble.
"I have to go to the foundation to see it." He asked politely.
"That's it." Lin Yuan agreed with a smile.
The yamen runners happened to measure the land, so the group went directly to Eagle-zui Village.
In fact, there are only more than a mile away from Yingzui Village and Yangjia Village. The Lin family chose the place close to the right, so it is closer to Yangjia Village.
Shortly after the Lin Yuan brothers led the Lord Bo away, An Zheng and Chang Bai came back.
The two of them were very quick to do business. They bought three bags of soybeans, a small stone mill, some white gauze and medicinal materials, and a mill.
"Soak the beans." Lin Qingqian ordered, "Soak them all."
All of them were soaked? Ping's mother and others were surprised.
If three bags of beans are soaked and made with tofu, the amount of tofu will be made is quite large.
"Go to the village to buy some baskets." Lin Qingqian ordered again.
"Sister, if you make tofu, you won't use so many beans." Yu Guiwan had to go up and remind her.
Lin Qingqian nodded, "I know what I know, sister-in-law, please don't worry."
Seeing this, Aunt Lan was worried that Lin Qingqian thought that Yu Guiwan was meddling in other people's business, so she hurried forward to smooth things over, "Listen to the girl, right."
Seeing this, Yu Guiwan had to give up persuasion.
After Lin Qingqian checked the beans, she went to carry the medicinal materials. She picked some medicinal materials such as bay leaves, fennel, star anise, tangerine peel, cinnamon, and other medicinal materials, and told Anxin and Chuxin to grind them into powder.
Lin Qingqian doesn’t like cooking, but fortunately she has a lot of people at home, so she doesn’t need to do anything at all.
She just kept telling her orders and someone else would do it.
After the medicinal materials were ground into powder, Lin Qingqian guided him, asked his mother Ping and wintersweet to do it, add flour and salt to fry it, and finally boil it with cold boiled water, which became a simple sauce.
After the sauce was ready, Lin Qingqian tasted it. It was not the brewed sauce, but it was not as delicious as it was. It was less soy sauce than the sauce used in modern stalls. However, in ancient times, this sauce was unique.
When the family was busy, Lin Yuan and Lin Jingxing were back.
The two brothers brought back good news.
"The master is righteous, and only two taels of silver per acre of wasteland are counted for. We want five acres of land. He suggested that more land should be opened and grown vegetables, and that the house would be expanded in the future, which would save trouble. My elder brother and I bought ten acres, and the master is responsible for making the decision. There are a few more acres on the side, and it is not counted for silver." Lin Jingxing said with a smile.
"Really?" Aunt Lan asked happily.
Lin Yuan replied with a smile, "Yes, the Lord is indeed very righteous."
Even if there is something wrong with it, they will not suffer any losses, and Lin Yuan and Lin Jingxing are still very happy. As for the hidden information, they can only use static to control it.
"Sister really wants to make tofu." Lin Jingxing couldn't help but chuckled when he saw An Yi carrying a bucket of beans to the stone grinding edge.
"Yes, not." Lin Qingqian still said the same thing.
Lin Jingxing looked at her with a smile, his eyes full of indulgence.
Yu Guiwan sighed, forget it, even if the tofu is too much, the family has a large population, and the weather is cooler sooner or later. At worst, it’s just a matter of eating it at home.
In the evening, after everyone finished supper, the servants were all busy.
When the third house was in the capital, he always started his own family. So Mom Ping and her mother could make tofu.
"Miss, go back to your room to rest, leave it to the old slave." Ping's mother couldn't bear to let Lin Qingqian suffer. The room was smoky and choked on the girl. What should I do?
"The tofu I want is different." Lin Qingqian laughed.
After hearing this, Mother Ping and his wife immediately cheered up.
The soy products made by Lin Qingqian are indeed tofu, but not tofu.
Other people's tofu is white and tender, and it is trembling in their hands. However, the tofu she makes is of various kinds, some are very thin tofu skin, and some are slightly thinner than one finger. Most importantly, she used various medicinal materials to marinate, so the bean skins and beans smell very fragrant after being cooked.
Three bags of beans made of bean skins, and there are more bean cubes, and the last two pots are indeed white and tender tofu. But Lin Qingqian told people to cut the tofu into cubes, boil them in salt water, and soak them in cold boiled water.
"It smells good, I didn't expect to make tofu like this." Aunt Lan smiled. Lin Qingqian just asked everyone to taste it in vain, but I didn't expect the soy products were so fragrant.
"Go to bed. Tomorrow morning, my second brother and I will go to Pingyang City to try it. Ping's mother will take people to the town to sell." Lin Qingqian yawned a little, "Tomorrow afternoon, if my second brother and I can't come back, you can continue to make tofu as you do today. If you do more, it doesn't matter if you can't sell it all, I have a way."
"Why do you still have to go to Pingyang?" Lin Yuan asked in surprise.
"Pingyang is only more than twenty miles away from the village, and there are cars, so we will arrive soon. There are more wealthy people in the city, and the sales will be better." Lin Qing said with a smile.
Chapter completed!