Chapter 28 You can also sell tofu in town
Li Rongyue and He Chunxiu cleared the table, and Wang Cailian carried the dishes to the main room one by one.
For lunch, I made cabbage with tofu and green onions with tofu. There was some leftover pork from the previous purchase, so I made pork stewed with vermicelli. I also steamed a large pot of mixed flour buns, which were made of a mixture of white flour and corn flour.
The delicious food was served on the table. The whole family sat around the table, and each person had a big steamed bun in their bowl, piled with many dishes.
Baoya took a big bite of the steamed bun, picked up a piece of fried tofu and put it in her mouth. Her eyes narrowed because of the delicious taste.
On the side, Wang Cailian was already shouting, "Mom, the tofu you made today is delicious! It's better than the one she makes every day!"
She couldn't explain why it was so delicious, but she just felt that it tasted different from what she had eaten before.
Hearing this, the others also took a piece of tofu and put it in their mouths, nodding frequently: "It's delicious!"
Zhao Zhilan ate several pieces in one breath. She ordered the tofu herself, but the taste was indeed very different from what she had made before.
This time the tofu was full of fragrance, with a hint of the unique sweetness of soybeans. It was especially delicious whether eaten mixed with other foods or eaten with other foods. No wonder Sanlang sold out so quickly today. In a blink of an eye, all 30 pieces of tofu were sold out.
The tofu tastes so good today, it must be Xiao Baoya’s contribution.
She still remembered that in the morning when she was standing by the pot and adding marinade, Baoya came over and used her little finger to add it little by little, saying that this was how to make tofu.
Zhao Zhilan smiled and reached out to pinch the little tuft on Baoya's head: "Today's tofu was ordered by Baoya herself, so of course it's delicious."
Yun Sanlang and He Chunxiu were watching the tofu being made in the morning, and they both believed it.
Li Rongyue, Yun Erlang and Yun Dalang originally thought that this matter was a bit too mysterious, but since Xiao Baoya came to their home, mysterious things have happened one after another. Just now they saw with their own eyes the river clams that could spit out pearls by themselves. So this little tofu thing is not so incredible anymore.
Only Wang Cailian refused to believe it. Although she didn't say it out loud, she still felt that Zhao Zhilan was exaggerating.
Baoya is just a little kid, and he can make tofu delicious just by pointing twice? You must be kidding.
The previous incident with wild goats and river clams was just a coincidence.
Although she didn't say anything, she curled her lips, avoided the tofu, picked up a piece of cabbage and ate it.
Zhao Zhilan glanced at her but said nothing.
As the eldest daughter-in-law, she is a bit selfish and has a lot of tricks in her mind, but fortunately she doesn't have any bad intentions and has never done anything bad, so she just turns a blind eye to it.
Baoya was very satisfied with the meal. She ate three big steamed buns, and also had some fragrant pork vermicelli and fried tofu. She can still taste the delicious taste in her mouth.
Little Baoya looked at the clean dishes on the table, burped, and her big eyes sparkled.
Since tofu is so delicious, if we sell it, we should be able to make a lot of money, right? Wouldn't that make life better for our family?
Thinking of this, she said, "Grandma, did my dad go to the village to sell tofu today?"
Zhao Zhilan nodded: "Yes."
"Then why don't we take the tofu to town and sell it? Our tofu is so delicious. Not only do we love it, but the villagers love it too. So the people in town will definitely love it too!"
“Maybe I can make a lot of money!”
As she spoke, she shook her little head with two small tufts of hair, looking very serious.
Zhao Zhilan was amused by her: "Grandma thought our Baoya was just a little foodie, but I didn't expect she's also a little money-grubber!"
She spoke in a joking tone, and several children and adults also laughed.
Baoya's face flushed, and she covered her cheeks with her hands, smiling and saying, "Hey, having food is good, but if we make a lot of money, we can not only buy new clothes, buy a cart, and build a new house, but also buy more and more delicious food!"
"That's good. Our Baoya is the one who thinks long-term!" Zhao Zhilan praised her.
"As the children grow older, they can't all live in one house. I'm really planning to renovate our old house, or build a small second floor. With so many people in the family, it would be more comfortable to have a few more rooms. The spare room can also be used as a warehouse. If we save enough money, we can start construction before the New Year, and we can move into the new house by the New Year."
The three sons of the Yun family nodded together. What their mother said made sense. They were poor before and could only make ends meet, but now that the family is gradually getting richer, it is natural that things will get better and better.
Baoya and the other children's eyes were shining. A new house is of course good. It's spacious and bright, and it will be so comfortable to live in!
"Grandma, we will definitely be able to build a new house before the New Year." Baoya puffed out her cheeks and said with confidence.
After the matters of making tofu and building the house were settled, the three daughters-in-law went to wash the dishes and clear the table, and then soaked a large basin of beans to make tofu early the next morning and take to the town to sell.
The three sons of the Yun family took a short rest at noon and then went to the fields. Zhao Zhilan sat at the door, weaving futons and small baskets with cattail reeds, while the four children played in the yard.
The farmyard is quiet and harmonious in the afternoon.
Baoya, Yunhua and Yunyue were sitting on a mat, with a string tied around their little hands, and the three of them were playing cat's tuck.
Yun Chenglu was a boy, so he carved a wooden stick and played with it seriously in the yard.
While Baoya was playing, she suddenly felt a chill on her face. She reached out to touch it and found it was wet.
“How strange.”
She muttered something, looked up at the sky, and the cold water droplets fell on her little face again.
Baoya was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized something.
She reached out and pulled Yunhua and Yunyue beside her, saying happily, "Third sister, fourth sister, is it raining?!"
Yunhua and Yunyue actually noticed that something was wrong, but they were not sure. After all, there had been a severe drought in their area for two or three years.
Occasionally a drop of water falls on your face, but that is the urine of the birds in the sky or the cicadas in the trees. It cannot be rain.
But when they heard Baoya's shout, the two looked at each other, and when they looked up, they felt countless drops of water falling on their faces.
There’s no running away, it’s really raining!
The three children suddenly became excited, jumping and shouting at Zhao Zhilan who was sitting on the threshold under the eaves weaving a futon.
"Granny! Grandma! It's raining! It's raining heavily!"
Zhao Zhilan was startled by the shouts of the children. When she looked up, she saw raindrops falling from the sky like beads that had broken off the string.
The unfinished cushion in her hand fell to the ground. Zhao Zhilan, who was in her fifties or sixties, suddenly stood up, walked into the yard, and stood in the yard with her three children to collect rainwater.
She opened her wrinkled hands, feeling the wet raindrops falling into her palms, and was so excited that tears were about to fall.
It was real rain! She hadn't seen it in three years!
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