Chapter 15 Don’t Dare
“I’m not wrong. It was mother who did the wrong thing. If mother hadn’t pushed those two damn girls so hard, why would I still have to cook?” Zhuang Qinghe was still sobbing: “I’ve been cooking and working these past two days. Look at my hands, they’re all covered with blisters…”
Song looked carefully and saw that Zhuang Qinghe's palms were indeed a little red from being rubbed, and she felt distressed.
On weekdays, these chores were indeed done by those two dead girls, and it was not her daughter's turn to do them. Now, those two dead girls quietly gave up their responsibilities and established a female household, leaving all these chores to her daughter. What was the reason? In the end, it was all the fault of those two dead girls! If they hadn't gone out to establish a female household, everything would be smooth at home, and there wouldn't be so many unsatisfactory things. How could she be so disliked by Zhuang Ruman? Song looked into the inner room again and again with some worry, and the steamed bread in her hand became more and more tasteless.
After coaxing Zhuang Qinghe and Zhuang Yuanzhong to have dinner, Song tidied up a bit, brought cornmeal paste and steamed bread into the inner room, and said with a smile: "Master, you have worked all day. If you don't eat something, your body will not be able to bear it..."
"I fried some peanuts for you, just eat a little."
Zhuang Ruman had just returned to the room in a huff, and now he was feeling hungry, so he ignored Song and just took something to eat and drink.
Seeing this, Song was relieved and sat on the bed next to her. She spoke carefully in a low voice, "Master, He is a young girl who doesn't know how to behave. Don't bother with her. I know this is all my fault."
"But we treated them the same way before, and they never dared to say anything, not even to fart. Who could have known that they were so bold as to go to the head of the village to establish a female household..."
Zhuang Ruman felt that the peanuts in his mouth suddenly lost their fragrance and he couldn't help but give Song a cold look.
No one thought you were so stupid, right?
Life is unbearable. I didn't say anything before because I thought I could bear it. Now I can't bear it anymore. What else can I do? Who else could have thought of it? I think even a pig could think of it, but you can't! Seeing Zhuang Ruman's face darken, Song didn't dare to say anything more and quickly changed the subject: "Boss, I'm not saying that I didn't do anything wrong, I just think that what those two damn girls did was wrong..."
"It's just that you, the boss, still have to think of a way to deal with this matter. You can't just let it go like this, right?"
"What else can I do?" Zhuang Ruman rolled his eyes at Song again in annoyance: "Didn't I tell you when I got back this morning about what that old bastard Zhuang Jingye said?"
"What do you mean, since those two damn girls have established a female household, they have nothing to do with our family in the future. We should just live a peaceful life behind closed doors. If there are any disputes between neighbors, he, as the head of the village, will not ignore it."
"After all, isn't this just a warning to us not to cause trouble to those two damn girls in the future?"
"What the head of the village said is wrong. So what if we set up a female household? They are still surnamed Zhuang and they are still our nieces. They are blood relatives. Even if our bones are broken, our tendons are still connected!"
Song was dissatisfied: "We are the elders, why can't we give you a few words of advice?"
"Of course, of course it won't work. That old bastard has also spoken. He said that if we go and cause trouble for those two damn girls again, and cause any trouble, he won't come to discipline us, but will go find the teacher in Kuhanzhai first!"
Zhuang Ruman said with a curl of his lips.
When Song heard this, her face turned pale.
Kuhanzhai is a school in the town.
This school was built with donations from a kind-hearted man named Cao, and is specifically for the intelligent and outstanding students.
The teachers here are all scholars, and the tuition fees are half the price of those in ordinary schools.
Moreover, Kuhanzhai accepted students regardless of age, origin, or family background. The only consideration was whether the students were knowledgeable, intelligent, and eager to learn. They must also be recommended by local headmen or gentry, and have good moral character and a clean family tradition.
Zhuang Yuanren, the eldest son of Zhuang Ruman and Song, was recommended by Zhuang Jingye to study in Kuhanzhai because he was smart and studious since childhood. He has passed the county examination this year and is preparing for the prefectural examination.
If that old bastard Zhuang Jingye went to find the teacher in Kuhanzhai at this moment and said all sorts of nonsense, Zhuang Yuanren would definitely not be able to study in Kuhanzhai anymore, and his future would be wasted.
The thing that Zhuang Ruman and the Song family dared not joke about the most was Zhuang Yuanren's academic performance.
"It's just some trivial matters, but the headman is really talking nonsense." Song curled her lips, but her arrogance just now disappeared immediately.
"It's just that this matter has been let go, but I'm still unwilling to accept it. After all, those two damn girls got away with it for nothing!"
"A bargain for nothing? How can there be such a bargain in the world?"
Zhuang Ruman snorted coldly: "Just wait and see, it won't be long before these two damn girls will have to come back obediently!"
Come back obediently?
Song was stunned.
"From your expression, I know you can't figure out the ins and outs here!" Zhuang Ruman said unhappily, "Is it so easy to establish a wife? Is life so easy? Those two damn girls have no house, no land, and no meat on their bodies. I'm afraid no one will hire them to work. How are they going to live in the future?"
When Song heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, when we can't make much money and can't eat, and we are hungry all day long, we will know that life here is better."
"Then let's wait, just wait for them to come back obediently."
When they come back, she will settle all the old and new accounts at once. If she doesn't skin them alive, she won't be called Song! - Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui were still busy grinding beans.
The sticky soy milk is ground, diluted with water, and put into a strainer to remove the dregs. The remaining soy milk is boiled completely in a large pot, and then waited for to cool down. When the temperature is right, you can start making tofu.
This is the most important step in making tofu.
Whether the tofu curd is well-made determines the quality of the tofu and the quality of the tofu produced.
Usually, there are two ways to make tofu pudding. One is made with gypsum, which has a soft and tender texture and more moisture, while the other is made with brine, which has a tougher texture.
Here in the north, the method used is mostly the latter method of making brine tofu.
But in fact, the method used by Wen to grind tofu in the past was similar to the brine tofu but different, the method of making tofu with sour sauce.
Physalis is made by fermenting the ginger water produced when making tofu. It is a bit similar to the old yeast used when steaming steamed buns. It is made by taking some of the leftover dough from the last time steaming steamed buns and fermenting it into a starter for the next production.
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