Chapter 905: Tofu brain hits a wall?
The next morning, the immigrants in Shanghe Village began to resume their previous routines. As soon as the sun came out from the horizon, men and women, adults and children, led donkeys, carried farm tools, and bundles of thin bamboo poles to work in their own fields. Guan Tao, Jing Chun, and Tian Qiao followed closely with a large number of villagers. They were all there to learn.
Jing Chun was familiar with the local situation and led the villagers and new immigrants to dig mud from the river as fertilizer. Although the village had dug a composting pond, there was no manure to use for the time being because of insufficient manure. They could only use pond mud as a first-aid.
Some people followed Jing Chun to dig fertilizer, while the rest used their own donkeys or rented oxen to plow their fields.
The women dug ditches and ridges on the plowed land, and then built A-shaped supports along these ridges with bamboo poles.
The villagers around Guan Tao were chattering, not understanding what these new Han tribesmen were doing.
Didn't they say they were here to plant vegetables? Why were they setting up racks in the vegetable fields? Could it be to provide shade for the vegetables? But the orientation of the racks didn't look like they were meant for shade.
After hearing their discussion, Guan Tao looked at Jing Chun beside him and asked, "Brother Jing, what are they doing? Why are they setting up these bamboo racks in the vegetable fields? The bamboo used for these racks is not even as thick as a finger, and they are so sparsely placed. What is the use of these racks?"
"Oh, this, these are beans, cucumbers, loofahs and cotton. The beans are similar to your beans, but we don't wait until they are fully mature to eat them, but eat the unripe pods. We eat these pods as vegetables, and they are usually called beans. The ones you see now are long beans.
Long beans are different from soybeans. They grow on vines, like ropes, and they will climb outward. The green leaves can cover the ground. If there are any trees or shrubs around, they will automatically climb up.
We put up these racks in the field to let the vines grow out of the beans and climb up actively, so that they will not cover the ground. It is very convenient to water, fertilize and pick them, and it can also save land area and make the most of the land.
Cucumbers and loofahs are also vegetables. They also grow on vines, so they need to be planted on racks. But if you don't sell them, you don't need to plant a lot. Each family can plant two or three loofahs, and the loofahs produced will be enough for your family. You can't finish eating it. This thing grows very fast in summer. You can harvest a basketful of it in one day. You can't finish eating it
every day. Cucumbers are slightly different. Although there are also many fruits, it doesn't matter if you grow a little more. Even if you can't finish eating them, you can pick them and pickle them. Pickled cucumbers are very crisp and can be stored for a long time. You can use them as a side dish in the morning. If you eat too much meat during the New Year's Day, you can use pickled cucumbers to relieve the greasiness
. And the cotton is the same. Although cotton is used for weaving and cannot be eaten, it grows on vines like beans. When it grows up, it will produce many pods on the vines. When the pods first grow out, they are green, and then gradually mature and harden, turn yellow, and turn dark brown when they are fully ripe. When the sun shines at noon, it will explode by itself and split into four petals. The cotton fibers grow in its petals. "
After listening to Jing Chun's explanation, Guan Tao couldn't help but sigh in amazement. They really had never seen such a magical plant. They didn't know where the Han tribe got these good things from, and how they thought of planting and using it.
After Guan Tao understood it, he began to relay these introductions to the surrounding villagers, and then began to learn the skills of tying racks from the immigrants.
The men there brought silt as fertilizer, and after plowing the fields and applying the base fertilizer, they began to plant beans, peppers and peanuts.
Among these three crops, beans do not need to be ridged, they can be directly planted in dense rows, and this can better fertilize the fields. If conditions permit, it is better to ridge peanuts and peppers. Peanut pods grow under the soil and are more afraid of waterlogging. If you dig a ditch and plant them on the ridge, you can make the peanuts slightly higher than the surface and keep the moisture moderate. However, if they are flooded, you can directly water them in the ditch when watering.
Peppers cannot be planted too densely, and their roots are prone to rot. It is best to dig a ditch and ridge first, and then sow them in a hole sowing method to keep a certain distance between the peppers.
The villagers followed the high-spirited learning of planting techniques until seven or eight o'clock in the morning, when the sun rose completely, the women who had prepared breakfast carried bamboo baskets to the fields to deliver food to their men.
The women of other families only carried a basket, but Xie Li's wife carried two wooden barrels on a shoulder pole, which were filled with freshly cooked soybean milk and extremely smooth tofu pudding.
Their children were also carrying baskets behind them, which were filled with side dishes and condiments. The Han tribe immigrants had to work in the fields today, so they naturally couldn't use porridge to fill their stomachs. Steamed buns and pancakes were always indispensable. Some families even made rice dumplings as their staple food early in the morning, but there was basically no steamed rice.
When Xie Li saw his wife carrying a shoulder pole, he hurried over to greet her. After taking the shoulder pole, he put it on the dirt road next to the field, and then greeted Guan Tao and the others.
"Come on, Brother Guan, Brother Tian, Brother Jing, come and try the soybean milk and tofu pudding we make. These are the most common delicacies in our area. Every household eats this."
Guan Tao was naturally very happy to hear Xie Li's invitation, and Tian Qiao and Jing Chun were not polite either. When they saw the two barrels, they were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths.
"Oh, I'm so greedy. I've been here for two months. I've been craving for tofu pudding. I can't eat it here. If you hadn't come, I'd probably have to wait another half a month before I could smell the soy milk." Jing Chun came over and started looking for a bowl to serve.
"Hehe, you've only been here for two months. I've been here with the county magistrate for a long time. I haven't tasted this flavor for several years. I almost forgot what tofu tastes like. Today, I'll take advantage of you and eat a bowl of tofu." Tian Qiao also hummed.
Guan Tao was also very interested after hearing this. It seemed that the people in the Han tribe liked this kind of food very much. I didn't know what it was.
Jing Chun had already found a stack of white porcelain bowls from the basket, and took an iron spoon to serve. He served white tofu, that is, half a bowl of soy milk, and then filled it with half a bowl of tofu pudding to drink together. This way of eating is very common in the Han tribe.
In addition to this way of eating, there is also tofu pudding with brown sugar, or boiling a pot of salty brine and pouring it on top, adding a little chili oil, and eating it with sesame cakes, which is absolutely a must. The
so-called dispute between the salty party and the sweet party is a choice made by naive children. Wouldn't it be nice if adults wanted both?
Salty tofu pudding and sweet tofu pudding each have their own ways of eating. Anyway, Luo Chong likes both.
But today, Xie Li's family only got tofu pudding and soy milk, because sugar is too expensive and there is no sale here. Even if they are willing to give it to everyone, they can't buy it after eating it.
As for the salty stew, there is no food now, what kind of salty stew is there? Just be happy with a pickled cucumber.
"I'm here to see what this is, why do you like it so much?" Guan Tao followed the two of them, and Xie Li had already served him a bowl of white tofu.
"Come on, Brother Guan, try our specialty. If you like it, we will make it every day in the future. Make more. If you want to eat it, just come to my house to buy it. We have a tofu shop in the north." Xie Li greeted them hurriedly.
"Okay, okay, I'll try it." Guan Tao took a sip curiously, smacked his lips, and at the same time, he suddenly realized that this guy made this thing to try their taste first, and then sell it in the village? !
He frowned and tasted it carefully before saying, "This thing seems to have the taste of soybeans, and a fresh fragrance. It tastes good, but it doesn't make you full, and it takes up space in your stomach. After drinking a bowl of this, you can't drink porridge anymore."
Xie Li was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized something. He thought to himself that it seemed that this tofu pudding and soy milk would not be sold in the short term.
The staple food here in Qiongzhou Island is corn, and they don't have a stone mill, so the daily way of eating is corn porridge in the morning, which is a bit like the big stubble porridge with the characteristics of the Northeast. At noon and in the evening, they usually cook a whole corn cob and eat it as a staple food. There is no dry food.
And soy milk and tofu pudding are at most a drink, and can also be equated with porridge. When the Han tribe usually drinks soy milk and tofu pudding, they have other dry food as the staple food.
On the other hand, in Shanghe Village, their family sent corn porridge. You asked them to drink corn porridge and soy milk at the same time. Isn't this nonsense? How can you eat it this way?
If you want the locals to accept this kind of food, you have to wait until the mill in the village is repaired, grind the villagers' corn into cornmeal, and then teach them how to make corn cakes. First, turn the corn into dry food, and then sell the soy milk and tofu pudding.
After making up his mind, Xie Li explained, "Brother Guan is right. This thing is made of soybeans. Soybeans are good things. They can be ground into soy milk, made into tofu, and made into bean sprouts. They can also be made into dried tofu and tofu skin. There are so many ways to eat them. I will make them for you slowly in the future."
"Made of beans?! Beans can be made into this kind of thing?!" Guan Tao asked in surprise.
He looked at the milky white liquid in the two buckets and the solidified tofu pudding, and he couldn't connect these things with soybeans.
"Yes, it's made of soybeans. If Brother Guan is interested, please go and have a look when we make it next time. Brother Guan, you see there are so many here. Hurry up and ask the villagers to come and try it." Xie Li said again.
"Okay, okay, but it will cost you money. So many things require a lot of beans, but to be honest, if you want to sell this in our village, I'm afraid no one will buy it, and we don't have much money, so even if we want to buy it, we can't do it."
Guan Tao directly introduced the local situation to Xie Li.
"It doesn't matter. As long as everyone likes it, there is definitely a way to buy it. In fact, in our area, the tofu shop never charges money. Everyone buys tofu in exchange for soybeans. We collect part of the beans to continue making tofu, and save the extra, and then sell it to the oil mill or grain station for money." Xie Li also introduced his business methods to Guan Tao.
"Okay, I'll let everyone come and try it first." Guan Tao nodded. They can accept this barter method, and soybeans are also grown locally. It's true that there is not much money, but if you want to collect beans, they have plenty.
Guan Tao drank the white tofu in his bowl while calling the villagers to come and try it. However, everyone was not very interested in this kind of milk. Almost no one wanted soy milk, but some people were willing to try tofu pudding.
Xie Li's family didn't have so many bowls, so they simply served the local villagers with tofu pudding in their porridge bowls. It was a new way to eat tofu pudding in the porridge.
However, it was obviously impossible to ask them to buy it now, but several families who immigrated together expressed their support. Soy products are the most popular food in the Han tribe, especially the home-cooked dish of tofu and cabbage.
Cut the tofu into thick cubes, then fry both sides with soybean oil until golden, and then stir-fry with cabbage. The taste is super fragrant.
There is also the dish of tofu three stir-fry, which is to stir-fry the three kinds of bean derivatives, tofu skin, fried tofu, and soybean sprouts, into one dish. It is also a home-cooked dish that the Han tribe people like.
Although the villagers were not very interested in tofu pudding and soy milk, Xie Li still wanted to make more tofu at noon and teach everyone how to eat it in various ways. This was not only for his own business, but also the task assigned to the immigrants by the leader. Didn't he come here to spread the Han tribe's eating style?
The first appearance of tofu pudding was directly declared a failure due to the local unique eating habits, but the most inconspicuous pickled radish and crisp pickled cucumber in the baskets
of those immigrants were particularly popular. Or because of the local food culture, this kind of pickled pickles are really delicious when eaten with big stubble porridge. It's a pity that the immigrants didn't bring many pickles. They had eaten a lot on the boat migrating here. I don't know if the remaining few jars of pickles will be enough to eat until the new vegetables are harvested.
Although the villagers like it very much, they are too little and they are not familiar with it, so they are embarrassed to eat more. However, several immigrants in Shanghe Village told the villagers that if they like it, they can teach the villagers to make pickles after the vegetables and fruits of each family are ready.
For this reason, everyone is more interested in learning to grow vegetables. They all want to learn how to pickle vegetables from the Han tribe after their own vegetables mature.
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