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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?"

"Hehehehe!" Er Wa smiled foolishly. Niuniu smiled and said, "I want to see clearly. Aunt, how did the beans become water after being grinded?"

"It's not water, it's tofu dregs. I'll boil the tofu milk for all of you after you've filtered it out!"

"Put on the sugar. It's so sweet and fragrant, you'll get fat and white after drinking Niu Niu!"

This time it was Niuniu who couldn't stop giggling.

Xu Hui grinded it for a while, and seeing that the stone mill was being used smoothly, she got Gou Sheng, who was extremely curious, to grind it, and asked Xiao Xiuer to bring some water from time to time to the stone grinder's sink with a spoon and place the beans together. Gou Sheng's mother and Plum Blossom each pulled a side, and spread the clean filter cloth in the basin to make a flat, while she himself brought Xiao Da Yong to the kitchen to boil some water, as well as to prepare some gypsum water for the tofu.

carried the ground bean curd along with Gou Sheng and his mother to the kitchen. Xu Hui was grabbed by one side by Xiao Da Yong and the other side by herself.

Gou Sheng and Xiao Dayong held onto the filter cloth tightly. Xu Hui scooped up the boiling water and poured it into the ground bean curd, then stirred it evenly, allowing Xiao Dayong and Gou Sheng to filter up and down with the edge of the filter cloth. Xiao Dayong shook the filter cloth and cried out in surprise, "Oh, right. Seeing the scene in his memory, Xiao Dayong finally believed that Xu Hui really knew how to make tofu.

"Where have you seen it?" He was embarrassed to tell his wife that he had seen it when he was young at the Sophora Flower's house. He had a wife, so it was wrong for him to be close to other women. Furthermore, he did not want Xu Hui to know that the Sophora Flower had given him a purse.

"Yes, we met at the tofu shop in the village."

"Oh," Xu Hui did not notice Xiao Da Yong's awkwardness and answered without thinking. She did not ask further, but Gou Sheng saw that Xiao Da Yong's nose was sweating and asked curiously, "Dahuang-ge, you're hot. Move the bean curd towards me, I'm not hot!"

Gou Sheng's kind words actually made the already guilty Xiao Da Yong feel that it was even hotter. He hurriedly used all his strength to pull the filter cloth in his hand, letting the tofu dregs move towards him as he shouted, "I'm not hot, it's not hot at all!"

Gou Sheng looked at Xiao Da Yong's nose, which was clearly sweating, and rolled his eyes in puzzlement.

"Not only is it interesting, it is also delicious. Xiu Er, chop some scallion and add some salt to it.

"Can it be eaten?" Xiao Xiuer couldn't help but want to poke the bubble with her finger. However, due to her blind trust in Xu Hui, she still chopped scallion and put some salt on the bubble. Then, she carefully stirred it with her spoon and took a sip.

Gou Sheng asked curiously: "Is it delicious?"

Xiao Xiuer could not say anything, she could only nod her head, and used a spoon to scoop a mouthful of meat, then placed it next to Gou Sheng's mouth. Gou Sheng swallowed it down, and with his eyes wide opened, he sighed: "Aiyo, Mother, it's even more delicious than meat!"

Gou Sheng's mother took a sip as well, half believing and half doubting him. He could not help but exclaim in admiration, he did not expect the bubble to be so delicious. They all tasted it, and Xiao Xiuer brought it out for the children inside the room to eat. There was barely any soy milk left under the filter cloth, so Xu Hui made Xiao Dazong wrap the filter cloth tightly and knead it back and forth to squeeze out all the soy milk from the tofu dregs.

He poured the bean curd crumbs that couldn't squeeze out of the soy milk into a bowl. These could be used to make bean curd cakes and make his own tofu. He didn't want to waste anything.

The soy milk that was boiled would have a layer of slightly yellowish skin on it. Xu Hui used a thin stick to fish for the skin, and only when she started did she realize that her thoughts were too good. Either she directly picked it or it was just a piece of skin, but she did not know how to make it.

However, this was enough to make Gou Sheng's mother exclaim in shock. This tofu not only had bubbles, but also yellow skin.

Hanging the tattered skin aside to dry, Xu Hui began to serve her favorite soy milk.

The soy milk with white sugar was one of Xu Hui's favorite beverages. Thinking back to the time when she did not even dare to put more sugar in the soy milk for the sake of losing weight, Xu Hui hatefully put another spoonful of sugar in the soy milk bowl. Now, she could not eat even a little bit of junk food.

Everyone tasted the soy milk and said it tasted good. The sweet soy milk was naturally well-received by Niu Niu and the other kids in the room. Niu Niu even whispered to Erwa that it would be great if Sister-in-law made tofu everyday.

After the soy milk was boiled, the last step was to order the tofu. The tofu was cooked with gypsum water and Xu Hui had already prepared it. After waiting for the soy milk to cool down for a while, he poured the prepared soy milk into the soy milk, scooped up the soy milk in the basin, and then refilled it again and again until it showed signs of solidified tofu. Usually, the more times she scooped the tofu, the older the tofu.

After pouring the brine, Xu Hui waited anxiously for the bean curd to become tofu. She resisted the urge to open the lid and looked around for something to relieve her nervousness.

Xiao Da Yong saw that Xu Hui was busy and could not help but say, "My wife, don't worry. I can see that you've done everything right. You'll definitely be able to make tofu."