Blissful Days After Widowhood Chapter 56: Mao tofu

Ning Xi's eyes were quick, and she lifted the white cloth covering the tofu, and finally understood why Qin Xiaomei said that the tofu could not be eaten.

I saw that the tofu, which was supposed to be as white as jade, was covered with a thick layer of white hair, and it didn't look like tofu at all.

Qin Xiaomei explained with a blushing face: "Amin has injured his leg these days and can't go to sell tofu. The weather is humid, and the tofu is reluctant to throw away. It has grown hairy at home. It is really uneatable."

"Wait!" Ning Xi looked at the hairy tofu, and quickly recalled the food he had eaten. It seemed that there was a special snack in Huizhou called hairy tofu. Ningxi reached out and picked up a long piece of tofu. The tofu full of white hairs, put it under the nose and smelled it, "This tofu should be edible."

Qin Xiaomei couldn't believe it: "This tofu is so hairy, how can it still be eaten?"

Ning Xi said: "Generally, the food is spoiled and moldy, and the long hairs are green, and the food itself also emits a stench that has gone bad, but you see, the hairs on your tofu are all snow-white. , there are only a few black spots on it, and it doesn't smell rancid when you pick it up."

Qin Xiaomei is still a little suspicious: "Even so, it doesn't mean that you can eat it! What if you eat it badly?" Boiled it and ate it. She had seen someone vomit and have diarrhea after eating hairy food, and she almost lost her life.

"Don't worry, I've eaten this kind of long white tofu before, and I really won't eat bad people, so I'll just make it and eat it, okay? You don't need to prepare other dishes, by the way, your family has it. Oil?"

"Yes." Qin Xiaomei took out the oil and salt cans from the cabinet. Before Amin's leg was injured, they had a decent life, and they had stored up some oil and salt. After Amin was injured, the family saved money. All the money is used to hire a doctor, and I can't work to earn money. This is the point where I can't even stutter.

Ningxi saw that there was only half a can of oil left, and said embarrassedly, "I'll use up your oil first, and I'll bring you some back later."

Qin Xiaomei hurriedly said, "Just use it." She greeted the guests with long-haired tofu, and asked the guests to do it by themselves. She felt very sorry.

Ningxi went to the back of the house for a walk, picked a handful of weeds that could be used as spices, went back to the house, washed it, chopped it, and boiled it with oil and salt to make a bowl of sauce. Then I cut the long-haired tofu into small pieces, heated the oil pan, and put the hairy tofu down. Only when I heard a "squeak", a unique fragrance came to my face, and even the man who had been sitting calmly at the table. Jun Qianyu couldn't sit still, and walked into the kitchen to see what Ning Xi was doing.

Originally he heard them discussing some hairy tofu, and he made up his mind that he would rather be hungry than eat it, but he didn't expect that she would actually make it in a decent manner. There's a little shake, maybe it doesn't matter if you taste a little?

Ning Xi held the long bamboo chopsticks in her hand, turned the tofu in the pot, and when both sides were browned, she picked up a piece and slapped it in the bowl of sauce she had prepared beforehand. Get out, hand it to Jun Qianyu's mouth: "Try it?"

Jun Qianyu opened his mouth involuntarily and ate it. After the scalding at the beginning, he only felt that the mouth was full of fragrance but not greasy. Unique flavor.

Ningxi asked Granny Qin, Xiaomei Qin, and A Ming to taste a piece each: "How about it, isn't it delicious?"

Qin Xiaomei's eyes glowed with excitement: "It's so delicious, I didn't expect that long-haired tofu would be so delicious!"

Ningxi nodded: "Indeed, just like we pickled and pickled vegetables, there is always a wonderful magic in nature that can give food a new life."

Qin Xiaomei looked puzzled: "What magic do you mean?"

"It's nothing." Ning Xi pointed to the tofu in the pot, "Then let's eat this for noon today!" As he said, the fried tofu was put out, and everyone ate a meal with the gruel cooked by Qin Xiaomei. .

Not long after, the driver who went out to look for the water chestnut also came back. Jun Qianyu's subordinates were all well-behaved people, not only brought back the dried water chestnut, but also oil, salt, rice, sauce, vinegar, etc. He brought a lot of everything he could possibly need, and now Ning Xi finally used up all the little oil he had left without feeling guilty.

Ning Xi cooked a pot of water chestnut porridge according to the method taught by Grandma Qin, and invited Grandma Qin and Miss Qin to taste it. Miss Qin said that it was delicious. Grandma Qin thought about it and told Ning Xi, "I gave it to you back then. The porridge made by Yu, because she was young at the time, was afraid that it would be difficult to digest, so she had to boil it more badly, and she also had to put more sugar, Ayu liked sweets since she was a child."

The second time, Granny Qin shook her head: "There are too many water chestnuts."

For the third time, Granny Qin finally nodded: "Yes, that's it."

Ning Xi gratefully held Granny Qin's hand: "Mother-in-law, thank you."

Granny Qin said: "I know you are doing all this for Ayu. I am grateful that you are too late, so what are you thankful for? If it wasn't for my poor health, I would still like to go to the capital to see Ayu in person, alas, It's a pity that I'm afraid I won't be able to go in this life!"

"Mother-in-law, if you take good care of yourself, maybe Princess Qi will be able to pick you up and take you to the capital soon!"

Ningxi pulled Jun Qianyu aside to discuss with him: "Fifth Master, can you lend me some money first? I'll return to the capital and return it to you."

"What do you want the money for?"

"Looking at how miserable they are, how can you say they met each other? Granny Qin has helped us so much, and she will help them get through this difficult time anyway!"

Jun Qianyu said: "Forget it, you don't need to borrow it, I'll just give it to them. Anyway, it's for your benefit. This is also part of what I promised to help you." He took out a silver note and asked Ningxi to take it to Qin Xiaomei.

Qin Xiaomei said that she would not accept the money: "You have traveled thousands of miles for my sister Ayu. We are already grateful, how can we still accept your money?"

Ning Xi said: "To tell you the truth, I came to find Granny Qin, but I actually have my own selfish intentions. Now that you are living in difficult times, how can I be happy if I don't help you."

Qin Xiaomei pointed to the rice grains on the ground and said: "We have accepted all these things, and we can support them for a while. After Aming's leg injury is healed, he can earn a bite to eat. The girl doesn't have to worry about it. We are concerned."

Mother-in-law Qin also arrived: "If Miss Ning insists on giving this money, she will look down on my old wife."

Seeing that they were really unwilling to accept it, Ning Xi had no choice but to give up. After thinking about it, he said, "Since that's the case, I won't force it, but I have a way to make money. I don't know if you guys would like to listen to it. ?"

Qin Xiaomei said: "The girl's method must be good, but I wonder if we can do it?"

Ning Xi smiled and said: "This method is really only you can do it! Sister Qin, I think you have been making tofu and selling tofu, but your life has not been very good. It must be that the business of selling tofu is not good. Okay?"

Qin Xiaomei sighed and said, "Who said no? There are many people who know how to make tofu from all over the world. No matter how good our tofu is, it's useless if we can't sell it!"

Ning Xi said: "Since this is the case, why not think about it from another angle, let's not sell white tofu, but instead sell wool tofu?"

"Mao tofu?"

"That's right, it's the hairy tofu we ate just now. Think about it, everyone can make this tofu, but the only ones who have eaten hairy tofu are your family! Our tofu is not sold in the countryside either. Now, go to the city to sell, there are many people in the city, and more people are willing to spend money on food, you can make money in the city, it will definitely be easier than in the countryside.”

"But who would dare to eat this hairy tofu? If it wasn't for Miss Ning, we would have to throw this tofu away!"

"Who can tell it's hairy after frying it? But the taste is definitely better than frying ordinary tofu, right? The idea I gave you is not for you to come here. On the street to sell hairy tofu, but carry a burden and walk around the streets to sell fried tofu, with dry wood on one end, a stove on the other, and a frying pan on top, looking for a place with a lot of people Put it down, fry the tofu until fragrant, and keep it safe to attract people around you, isn't this business a problem?"

Qin Xiaomei still has some scruples: "But we don't have a place to stay in the city, not to mention that the city is not like the countryside, where you can eat just a few vegetables, and you have to spend money on everything in the city... "After all, I still have no confidence.

Ning Xi said: "You are a family supporting each other anyway. Brother Aming has hands, feet, and strength. After the injury is healed, even if you go to the dock and work as a coolie, you can support you. What's there to be afraid of? I think when I first arrived in the capital, I had nothing. I only had a sister who was not much older than me and a younger brother. Didn’t we get over it by setting up a stall in the night market? Now I still have a family in the capital. A restaurant can’t be said to be rich and noble, but it can be said to be worry-free.”

Hearing this, Qin Xiaomei looked at Ning Xi with admiration in her eyes: "I didn't expect that Miss Ning, you are so powerful."

"I'm not saying this, I don't want you to praise me, I just want you to believe that God will not let hard-working people go hungry, and you can do what I can do. Got it. Granny Qin worked as a clerk in the general's mansion, and she is well-informed. You must believe what I say, don't you?"

Mother-in-law Qin nodded gratefully: "Thank you Miss Ning for your guidance, I thank you for your daughter and son-in-law!"

Ningxi told them the key points of making hairy tofu, and taught them how to make several sauces. Unknowingly, it was dark in the blink of an eye, and she stayed with Qin Xiaomei again and again, and the three of them stayed at her house. After having a meal, I hurried back to Lezhou City overnight to make some repairs. As soon as the sun came up, I got into Jun Qianyu's luxury five-star mobile RV and hurried to the direction of the capital, only I hope the journey goes smoothly and I can catch up with the food conference in Qi Wangfu.