C59 (1/2)

Compared to what was happening outside, Xu Hui and the rest were more concerned about the situation of their family's New Year purchases.

Xiao Da Yong and Gou Sheng brought back a big box and a big sack inside, and placed them inside the house.

Niuniu and Plum Blossom's head flowers, hair strings, new grates, Er Wa's clay doll, porcelain whistle, rattle and other toys, Xu Hui's calligraphy and paper, Xiu Er and the women's cilantro, noodle paste, needle and thread; New Year's snack and so on.

Xu Hui and Gou Sheng's mother took out these little things one by one, causing everyone to cheer. After taking out these little things, what was left was a big piece.

A few bags of food, this time they were not noodles but wheat, rice, beans, peanuts and so on. Other than the food, there were also a few jars of side dishes, dried vegetables, oil, salt, vinegar and other seasonings.

”Wait until I make the braised pork ribs, sweet and sour pork, and the fried pork ribs. Don't eat your own tongue!” Xu Hui wanted to drool as he looked at half of the ribs. The most expensive pork here was pork pork, followed by lean meat, which was very cheap. It was less than half the price of pork, so why wouldn't Xu Hui buy enough to eat?

Other than the ribs and the big bones, they were already being chopped off at the place where the meat was sold. Taking out the meat, he finally saw the small stone mill that made Xu Hui yearn for it. Xu Hui was overjoyed. With beans and stone mill, she could not only drink soy milk, but also eat tofu.

Soybean milk, bean curd, bean curd skin, fried tofu, bean curd milk, dried bean curd …

Thinking of the countless ways to eat tofu, Xu Hui could not help but swallow her saliva. With the milled beans and gypsum, her recipe would be greatly changed.

Xiao Dazong helped Xu Hui carry the millstone out and asked Xu Hui in confusion, ”We already have a big millstone in our city, what are you still buying this small millstone for? Since it's like that, I might as well go to Camp and grind my noodles with a big stone. ”

”It's not grinding, it's tofu!”

”What?” Tofu? ” He knew tofu. The Sophora Flower family in the village made tofu, but tofu was especially troublesome and needed some water. That was the water passed down from the ancestors of the Sophora Flower family.

Looking at Xu Hui's excited expression, Xiao Dayong could not say any words of insult. Since it would not cost him much, she might as well do it if her wife was free.

Xu Hui impatiently scooped out a ladle of beans and started to soak them. She began to soak in the beans now, and by nightfall, she would probably be able to grind the soy milk and cook it. She picked out the top layer and dried it in the sun.

When Xu Hui finished soaking the beans, Niu Niu looked curiously at Xu Hui and asked, ”Sister-in-law, when will the beans turn into tofu?” She hadn't eaten tofu since she came here. She really wanted to eat tofu!

After all, a few coins for a catty, he couldn't bear to buy it for one catty. When they were at home, even if they bought it at home, they wouldn't be able to eat a few pieces. When they heard that Xu Hui wanted to make tofu, Er Wa was already drooling.

When Gou Sheng's mother saw Er Wa and Mei Hua like this, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Seeing Gou Sheng's mother acting in such a manner, Xu Hui quietly pushed Xiao Xiuer. Xiao Xiuer hurriedly took out some candied fruits and passed them over to Er Wa and the Plum Blossom Niu.

Er Wa put an entire cantaloupe into his mouth and sucked happily a few times. ”How sweet!”

Gou Sheng's mother could not help but laugh, using his hand to wipe Gou Sheng's saliva and said, ”Stupid child, you won't bite off more than you can chew!”

Er Wa laughed and saliva flowed down the corner of his mouth. Niu Niu looked at Er Wa in disdain and handed the handkerchief that Xu Hui made to her to Er Wa. Er Wa did not take it.

Niuniu was even more disgusted. She raised the cantaloupe in her hand and nibbled on it, carefully licking the sugar from her lips with the tip of her tongue. She closed her mouth and chewed slowly, imitating Xu Hui's manner of eating.

The contrast made everyone burst out in laughter.

After dinner, the beans that Xu Hui was yearning for were finally ready to be boiled. It was time to grind the soy milk to make tofu.

He took out a large basin and a piece of thin cotton cloth and washed the cotton carefully. After that, he washed the stone mill and wiped it clean. Then, he soaked the beans and put them into the clean stone mill to start grinding. The children became excited as they saw the white liquid continuously flow into the pots from the mouth of the stone mill. They lay on the brick bed, craning their necks to watch Xu Hui and the others grind.

Xu Hui looked at Niu Niu and Er Wa who were lying on the brick bed and laughed. She pinched their chubby faces and said, ”We didn't go anywhere else. We were grinding in this room. Why are you stretching your neck so long?”