Chapter 16 Tofu Pudding

The two children didn't know what they were talking about. They just looked up and continued to work hard.

I kept praising in my heart how delicious the braised food made by my sister-in-law was!

Xu Qingmeng didn't care about all that. She just wanted to finish her meal and go to bed quickly. With so much work to do in a day, she felt that she didn't need to lose weight, she would lose weight naturally.

He looked at Xu Qingmeng, then looked up at Gu Yunyi, and couldn't help laughing.

Xu Qingmeng raised her head and looked at He in confusion, not knowing what was going on.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Gu Yunyi turned his face away and pretended nothing happened.

"It's okay, it's okay. I just thought of something funny and couldn't help it. Let's eat."

Xu Qingmeng nodded and continued to eat with his head down.

Xu Qingmeng had already prepared the dough and fillings. After a busy day, she soaked her feet and went to bed.

He originally wanted to talk to Xu Qingmeng, but after cleaning up, she came to her room and found that she was already asleep.

She went to Gu Yunyi's house.

"Although Qing Meng has gained some weight and was a bit willful before, she has become gentler now that she is helping with the shop. She is getting better. You should be more understanding. She wants to sleep alone now, probably because she is afraid of pressing you. Don't worry, just take good care of yourself."

Gu Yunyi was speechless, "Mom, I'm not in a hurry."

He smiled and said, "Yes, yes, you are not anxious, you are not upset, mother is wrong."

Gu Yunyi,··········

"Mom, it's getting late. You have to get up early tomorrow morning. Go to bed quickly."

He left with a smile. Gu Yunyi was not sleepy yet. He sat by the window with the oil lamp lit. However, he could not concentrate on the book that usually attracted him.

All I can think of is Xu Qingmeng's figure, sometimes laughing, sometimes calm, sometimes talking freely, sometimes cautious...

The next morning, Xu Qingmeng got up early and started grinding beans. When He saw this, she told her to leave it alone and she would do it herself. Xu Qingmeng thought it was okay and went to the kitchen to do something else.

Xu Qing dreamed that since there were no dried radish and dried shrimps, she cut some minced meat and chopped green onions and stir-fried them in the pan, adding more soup. Then she could mix it with tofu pudding and eat it, which would be more delicious.

Xu Qingmeng started making dumplings. He also bought a few large steamers yesterday, so she could make about 300 dumplings at a time.

After Xu Qingmeng finished making the buns, she put them in the pot to steam. He had already ground the soybeans, and then she started to cook soy milk in a large pot.

After the soy milk boiled, Xu Qingmeng brought a large wooden barrel and filled it with the rest in the pot to make tofu pudding. After adding an appropriate amount of gypsum water, he waited for the soy milk to coagulate.

Xu Qingmeng took advantage of this time to start making pies, so that after the tofu pudding was ready, she could fry the pies.

Since everyone knew yesterday that Gu's restaurant was open, He did not set up the table today. After He cleaned up the front hall, Xu Qingmeng's first pot of buns was ready.

Just as He took the food out, she saw someone coming.

"Mrs. He, please bring me three vegetarian buns and a pie."

He hurriedly greeted, "Why are you here so early today?"

"I'm afraid they'll be sold out if I come too late!"

"Yeah yeah."

"Yes, we have everything. I'll get it for you right away. Oh, and we also have soy milk and tofu pudding this morning. Would you like a bowl? We have both sweet and salty ones."

"Soy milk, tofu pudding? What are those?" Everyone has only eaten tofu, but has not eaten anything else.

"It's made from soybeans. Soy milk is similar to milk, but it's more nutritious. It costs one cent a bowl. So is tofu pudding. It's more tender than tofu. The salty one has minced meat, and the sweet one is just sweet syrup with some sugar. It costs two cents a bowl. Do you want to try it?"

He recommended that Xu Qingmeng had considered the price carefully before setting it. If it was set too high, no one would buy it. If it was set cheaper, many people would definitely try it. As long as they tried it, they would definitely like it, so there was no need to worry.

"Then give me a bowl of salty food."

"I want one too. I want a bowl of sweet food and two meat buns."

"Okay, you two take a seat first."

"Qing Meng, two bowls of tofu pudding, one sweet and one salty."

"Okay, Mom, I'll be right there."

When He heard Xu Qingmeng's answer, she quickly served them the buns and then came over to serve the tofu pudding.

"Come here, the tofu pudding is here, try it quickly, and if there's anything wrong with it, give me some advice."

The workers took a spoon and tasted it.

"What else can I say? This tofu pudding is delicious. It's tender, smooth, full of bean flavor, and paired with minced meat, it's so fresh!"

“I think this sweet one is delicious too.”

He was happy to see that the customers liked it, "As long as you like it, the soy milk is also very good. You can try it tomorrow."

"We'll try again tomorrow. This is enough for today."

At this time, someone else came in and heard their conversation, "Soy milk, what is it?"

"It's made from soybeans. It's drinkable. It's sweetened with sugar. Do you want to try it?"

"Then give me a bowl of soy milk and four buns."

"I don't want soy milk. Give me a bowl of the same kind they have, with minced meat, and two buns and a pie."

"Okay, that's called salty tofu pudding. Do you want coriander? I forgot to ask before."

"I want cilantro."

"I also want a bowl of salty tofu pudding and two meat pies."

"Okay, Qing Meng, two bowls of salty tofu pudding, with cilantro."

"Hey, here I come."

After He served the customers buns and pies, Xu Qingmeng came out with two bowls of tofu pudding, and then the store became busy.

People who had eaten yesterday started to arrive one after another, and the shop became busy.

Although more buns and pies were sold today, plus tofu pudding and soy milk, Xu Qingmeng not only had to make buns and pies, but also had to run back and forth to deliver the tofu pudding, which made her more tired than yesterday.

I originally thought that soy milk and tofu pudding were slow to sell, but who would have thought that one bucket of soy milk and two buckets of tofu pudding were sold out before breakfast was over.

"Boss, do you have any tofu pudding left?" asked the young master.

"Sorry, we're out of soy milk and tofu pudding today."

"Hey, I can't catch up with you even after all my efforts. So give me five buns and two pies."

"Okay."

The two of them were busy all the time. Even when the sun was high in the sky, they had sold out three wheels of steamed buns and a six-layer large steamer, which held about 700 buns and about 160 pies.

Xu Qingmeng counted the money carefully. Including the money earned last night and this morning, he made about 1,200 coins after deducting the cost.

After Xu Qingmeng finished calculating, He was shocked. "We sold a lot of braised food yesterday, and we were even busier this morning, but we only made one or two taels of silver?"

Xu Qingmeng shook her head. "It was mainly because it was the first time we made stew yesterday, and the raw materials are relatively expensive. As long as the stew is well maintained, the cost will be much lower in the future. Then we won't have to work too hard, and we can earn more."

He said quickly, "Then we must take good care of this stew."

Xu Qingmeng was exhausted from running back and forth all morning, so she said to He, "Mom, I plan to renovate the front living room, so running back and forth between the two sides is not a big deal."

(End of this chapter)