hidden old spring

Chapter 44

Early the next morning, when Yin Dan and Tong Dan knocked on Su Changan's courtyard door with a bunch of things, Su Changan was already grinding away.

Knocking on the door willingly, Tongdan climbed over the wall, opened the door for his second brother neatly, then ran all the way to Su Changan's side, and took the ladle from Su Changan's hand with a smile.

"Master, let me come and I'll grind."

Su Changan smiled and let go, then exited the circle the donkey was turning to look at the things that Yindan and Tiedan had laboriously moved in.

There are a lot of things, most of them are wooden boards and molds. In addition to these, there are gauze used to wrap tofu and a large iron pot.

The grinding tool for making tofu is a square frame with a square lid. The board is used to hold the shaped tofu, and the iron pot can be placed in another stove hole.

There are two stoves in the kitchen, but only one iron pot.

Now that there are two pots, the efficiency of cooking soy milk can be doubled.

"Sorry to trouble you." Su Changan said this to Tie Dan, who was a little embarrassed.

"No, it should be, it should be!"

The two younger brothers already had a place to go. Regardless of brotherhood or self-interest, Tiedan was happy for his two younger brothers.

He is willing to help with these small things, not to mention that Su Changan has returned the money, so this is no longer a problem.

The two and a half young men took the molds to clean and installed the pots for Su Chang.

The pot was filled with iron eggs, and he was startled as soon as he opened the kitchen door.

"So much soy milk." The pots and pans in the kitchen that could be used to hold things were filled with soy milk. There were originally two water jars in the kitchen, but now they are also filled with soy milk.

Tiedan didn't suspect anything at all. He thought Su Changan got up early and admired him for a moment, then went to fill the pot.

Yin Dan, on the other hand, went to the outer room where Gong's bucket was placed. After coming out of the house, he ran to Su Chang'an and asked her.

"Master, did you go to pour Gongtong yourself again? Master, from now on, this kind of work will be left to me and Tongdan. It's not safe for you to go out too early."

When it came to Gong Tong, Su Changan couldn't help but struggle for a moment, and finally agreed with a "Ah". In fact, this problem still remains how to do it.

Yindan dug around in his arms and took out an oil paper bag, which was still warm.

"Master, these are the pancakes my mother baked for Master. Please try them."

Li Dahu and Li Tiedan were busy outside, making molds and other things, while Aunt Li was making pancakes at home.

The Li family worked hard for half the night yesterday, and the whole family didn't go to bed until the fourth watch.

After the cake is baked, it is kept warm in the pan. It is the perfect time to eat it.

The pancake was a meat pancake. Su Changan took a bite, but the taste was so-so, but when she met Yindan's hopeful eyes, she still said with a smile.

"delicious."

Yindan was happy and started cleaning the yard with a broom.

After a while, Kung Fu Tiedan also pressed and brushed the pot and even lit the stove fire. He came out after confirming that there was no problem.

"Okay, okay, everything is okay."

Su Changan smiled and thanked him. Tiedan responded and didn't stay much. He said he had something to do at home and waved and left.

Yindan helped Su Changan pour the soy milk into the pot. Su Changan guarded the pot while he turned around and continued to clean up the yard.

These are cooked soy milk that Su Changan exchanged from the system, and do not need to be cooked again.

So after Yindan left, Su Changan turned off the fire and ordered tofu.When the bean curd was ready, Su Changan asked Yin Dan to come in and put the bean curd into the mold.

Yindan was also curious about how the soy milk cooked so quickly, but seeing that the tofu was still the same tofu, this doubt was dissipated.

They were busy until midnight, when neighbors and some vendors came to sell tofu one after another.

It's time for them to deliver tofu to the Yamen.

It was obviously impossible to rely on Su Changan, a woman, to do this. Fortunately, Li Dahu was a man of good fortune. He and others borrowed a cart that could be pulled by a donkey.

This batch of tofu sent to the Yamen contained 35 plates, which was loaded onto a train. However, Yindan Tongdan and Su Changan could not leave, so they could only ask Li Dahu to help deliver it this time.

However, it was obviously not possible to keep asking Li Dahu to help. After Su Changan hesitated for a moment, he decided to hire Chen Liu next door to do the delivery work.

There are many advantages to hiring Chen Liu. He is young and strong, and his family lives next door. He has an old mother and a lot of children. He is short of money, and as long as he is given enough money, he is willing to do any job.

The only drawback is that he has some mental issues.

Su Changan took a sip of the hot cooked soy milk and made the decision to hire after hesitating for a while.

She felt that the other party's mental condition was most likely caused by a lack of money. Maybe when he had money, his mental condition would get better.

So when the tofu was sold out, she filled a large casserole with cooked soy milk and asked Yin Dan to deliver it to the next door family. She asked Chen Liu if Chen Liu was at home.

Yindan had just drank a large bowl of hot soy milk and was confused after hearing Su Changan's words.

"Master, are you looking for Uncle Chen?"

"Yes, I want to hire you, Uncle Chen, and I want to ask him if he is willing."

"Uncle Chen will definitely be willing!" Yindan responded first, and then changed the topic: "Uncle Chen has been working as a coolie before and can earn about ten to twenty copper coins a day."

Coolies are not profitable, especially since their county is not a big city. There are not many merchants coming and going, and there are not many places that need coolies.

Therefore, no matter how hard Chen Liu tries, sometimes he will come back empty-handed.

The coolie profession is not safe. If he can have a stable job, Chen Liu can accept it even if the price is lower.

After Yin Dan left these words, he hugged the casserole and ran away. It took Su Changan three seconds to understand what Yin Dan meant by this.

Yindan was reminding Su Changan of the employment price that Chen Liu could accept.

Just like Yindan said, Chen Liu is willing to be hired.

Yin Dan, the front foot, sent the casserole filled with soy milk to the Chen family, and Chen Liu, the hind foot, followed Yin Dan back.

Chen Liu was not in a hurry to look for work outside today. When Yin Dan went there, he was making a lid for the big pit at home.

Chen's mother opened the courtyard door and was very happy to learn Yin Dan's intention. While inviting Yin Dan to come in and sit down, she went into the kitchen with a casserole, saying that she wanted to free up the casserole.

There are seven children in the Chen family. Everyone should have finished eating by this time, but these seven children still followed Mother Chen into the kitchen in a swarm. When Mother Chen came out with the casserole, the seven younger ones were still there. Didn't come out.

Chen Liu did not follow him into the kitchen. He followed Yindan to Su Changan's house in silence amidst Chen's mother's greetings.

"Uncle Chen, don't worry. Master is a very good person and she won't treat you badly."

Chen Liu reacted for a full two seconds before responding. After another four or five seconds, he came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream and smiled at Yindan.

"Yes, your master is a good man, and I will do a good job."

(End of this chapter)