Xu Lai glanced at it and saw a red mark. She blew on it, patted the stone she had bumped into, and said, "Okay, okay, Mom will hit it back for you."

Yuanbao looked up, and Xu Lai almost burst out laughing, bumping right into the middle of her forehead, making her look exactly like a three-eyed person.

Zhao Qingyun asked, "Are you still going to help?"

He nodded, and Xu Lai handed him a small spoon, saying, "You help Mom scoop water."

After all that work, I hadn't scooped up much water, but I was soaked.

Grandma took him to change his clothes, and when they came back, Xu Lai had already put the soy milk in the pot.

Yuanbao exclaimed, "Mommy is so amazing!"

Zhao Qingyun pulled him over and made him help with the wood-fired stove, asking, "Look how good Dad is, he can start a fire."

Yuanbao nodded, "Dad is amazing, but Mom is even more amazing."

The soy milk was boiled, and Xu Lai served him a bowl with some sugar. He took a sip and exclaimed, "I want more!"

Xu Lai ignored him, saying, "That's enough, any more and it'll be too sweet."

Yuanbao said "Okay then".

Xu Lai dissolved the gypsum, added it to the soy milk, let it sit for a while until it turned into tofu pudding, and then poured it into a cheesecloth.

Xu Lai set aside some tofu pudding for everyone to share, and pressed the rest with stones to turn it into tofu.

Yuanbao ate a bowl, his belly was so full that it was round and bulging, and Zhao Qingyun carried him away.

After the tofu is cooked, cut it into small pieces, then steam it for two minutes and rinse it with fermented bean curd starter. This will help it ferment better.

After playing the tune once, place it on straw, then cover it with another layer of straw and let it ferment for four days.

When the straw was lifted, Yuanbao exclaimed in surprise and waved her hand, saying, "It's all broken, it can't be used anymore."

Xu Lai laughed and said, "How do you know it's broken?"

Yuanbao pointed to the fur, "It's grown fur. Auntie said that if it grows fur, it can't be seven."

Xu Lai realized that when his family bought fruit, they sometimes forgot to eat it, and it would get moldy. His aunt would then tell him it was spoiled and couldn't be eaten.

Xu Lai explained, "This is edible. These hairs were made by Mom."

She placed the fermented tofu in a bowl, poured in high-proof liquor, rolled it in the prepared chili powder, and then put it in a jar.

Yuanbao saw the chili peppers and hissed, "Spicy!"

Xu Lai told him to go play, "Okay, go play with Great-Grandma, Mom has chores to do."

When Zhao Qingyun came home from get off work, he bought him a toy. Yuanbao excitedly hugged his dad, saying, "Toy car, thank you, Dad."

Seeing his ingratiating look, Xu Lai smiled and said, "Praise your dad more, and he'll be so happy he'll buy you something else tomorrow."

Yuanbao stood up, clasped his hands together, and bowed to his father: "Thank you, Dad! Dad is so good!" He then leaned over and gave his father a kiss.

Xu Lai covered her face with a laugh, thinking, "She's really going all out for a toy car!"