North and South groceries

The next day, Qiao Junlin went to Luo's house to go to work. Seeing that Luo Sanlang didn't say anything, he felt a little more at ease. He was afraid that the story of Azhi's stay would be spread to the city, and then his family would find someone to come and take her away. tied back.

For Luo Yong's help and secrecy, Qiao Junlin was grateful in his heart, he didn't say anything, but worked harder when working.

This afternoon, before Luo Yong and the others finished work, many villagers came to Luo’s yard to exchange tofu, because many of them went out to sell tofu every day earlier than Luo Yong and their work, so they had to change one night in advance. Good tofu, now that the temperature is low, the tofu that I bought back will not be afraid of spoiling if I put it down for a while.

In addition to the villagers in their own village, there are also a few people from other villages, either from nearby villages or farther away. They may need to stay in the village tonight. Now some people in the village have packed up one or two houses for reception. These people who need to stay overnight in the village do not have a set price, most of them are given some food, and some generous ones will be given a penny or two.

"A bucket of beans can be exchanged for thirteen party tofu. We have tender tofu, old tofu and dried tofu. What do you want?" Luo Yong usually introduces a few to the customers who come to exchange tofu for the first time. sentence.

"I have three buckets of beans here, half for old tofu and half for dried tofu." The other party was obviously a little nervous, saying what he wanted to exchange word by word, as if he had been thinking about it for a long time before.

"Okay." Luo Yong took the burlap bag she used to hold the beans and dumped them into a basket to check the quality of the beans.People from other villages had brought old beans from last year. Fortunately, they found them in time. Afterwards, Luo Yong and the others were more careful when harvesting beans.

In other words, if the Lin Family Dalang and the others were here, they might feel that the cloth bag for holding beans that Luo Yong handed back to the young man looked very familiar at this moment.That's right, this thing belongs to their family, and this fabric is still from Lin Sanniang's handwriting. Because it is not spun well, it can't be made into clothes, and no one wants to sell it, so they have to make bags by themselves. This one, Qiao Junlin I took it out and used it for Azhi to pack beans.

Luo randomly poked the beans in the basket with his hands, and after checking that there was nothing wrong with them, he took the back basket from Azhi and filled her with twenty cubic meters of old tofu and twenty cubic meters of dried tofu.

Regardless of whether it is soft tofu or dried tofu, the ingredients are almost the same, the only difference is the length of time to press the tofu. Even the tofu baskets used are exactly the same, and the cut outs are the same size, but the thickness is different.

Luo Yong heard from the villagers that most people prefer to buy soft tofu, which is tender and has a large portion, but it is too heavy to carry, so when they sell dried tofu and firm tofu, they can occasionally give people a little extra, selling It is generally not given when tender tofu is served.

After all, Azhi is a woman, and the soft tofu is too heavy to carry a few pieces, so she simply gave up, and all the old tofu and dried tofu are needed.

When she left the courtyard with the basket on her back, someone asked Luo Yong: "Whose little lady is this?"

After all, there are differences between men and women, and there are still a few people who can really grow to be indistinguishable between male and female. Yesterday, because the sky was a little dark, Luo Yong didn't notice it for a while. Now she is changing tofu with everyone in the yard, making a noise again. Having said that, it's normal to be seen, but it's not uncommon for women to wear men's clothing these days, it's just because they look better that they get a few more glances.

"I don't know. How much tofu do you want to change today?" Luo tapped himself on the back with his backhand. In recent days, they have been making tofu for longer and longer. It is really hard to work all day long.

"Two buckets of old tofu and one bucket of dried tofu, one bucket of tender tofu, and one bucket of frozen tofu." The man said, and took out a cloth bag from his two baskets. The small cloth is obviously made of old clothes at home.

Luo used to check his beans, then put tofu in his two baskets, put the dry ones on the side, put the tender ones on the top, and finally added tofu, three buckets of beans he added to one side of tofu, six buckets of beans he added Just give it to the third party, in short, buy more and get more free.

The man stared at Luo Yong to pack the tofu, confirmed the quantity, carefully tied the ropes on the two baskets to both ends of the pole, and happily carried the burden out of Luo's yard. Now go back to eat some hot food. As soon as it gets dark, I lie down to sleep, sleep until midnight and wake up again. Together with the villagers, I carry the burden to the city to sell these tofu, and I can earn a lot after running down for a day.

Now many urban residents in Lishi County are used to eating tofu, and when they calculate the time every day, they go to the street next to the city gate to buy tofu, which saves them from walking around and shouting.

A load of tofu can be sold out in a short time. Many people earn money and can eat a bowl of hot noodles in the city. In the past, few people would be willing to part with it. Now it is different, and some people are reluctant to part with it. , Thinking about having to be in good health to keep earning this money, I stopped struggling.

In addition, of course, I also bought things at home, such as winter clothes, children's food, and meat. Although it was a small piece, it could still make the whole family feel meaty.

Luo used these days to sell tofu at his home, and found that a small half of those who came to the door to exchange tofu with baskets and burdens on their backs were women.

It's normal to think about it. Before the Tang Dynasty, the world was in chaos for a long time. After entering the Tang Dynasty, the world was not immediately peaceful. There were wars in the Wude period before, and people always died in wars. There is no one in a family. When a man is left behind, a woman will naturally take on the burden of supporting the family.

In such a big environment, Azhi is not particularly eye-catching.

From Luo Yong's point of view, Ah Zhi's current situation is not as bad as their master and servant thought. This kind of thing can be avoided as long as it can be delayed, and it can't be avoided. Make a fuss, cry, make trouble and hang yourself three times, the same thing takes turns to play, and you are not even afraid of death, can you still let go of this little thing?

Even if Qiao Junlin and his father can be shameless, his relatives are afraid that they will not agree. The family has just become an official, and the young people below are just trying to earn a future for themselves. At this juncture, Qiao Junlin and his mother Is it really unscrupulous?How is that possible.

After all, their Qiao family is just a middle-class family that has just started to improve, with limited strength and a lot of scruples. Even if that woman doesn't take A Zhi seriously, she still has to be afraid of the existence of Qiao Junlin.

Regardless of what was going on at Qiao's house, Ah Zhi now carries tofu and sells tofu every day, and he can live a good life. In the first few days, he hid in the dilapidated yard on the hillside outside the village for the night. Start lodging in the village.Perhaps it was because she didn't go to the county town to sell tofu, so there were no rumors in the city, and there was no movement from Qiao's house.

The villagers didn't know that she was the maidservant of the Qiao family, they just thought she was a girl from another village who came to them to beg for a living. Someone from the Lin family should know about it, but they didn't say anything, probably because there was no movement from the Qiao family, and they didn't want to Make trouble for yourself, don't be self-defeating and be disgusted by the relatives of Qiao's family.

Turning his head to look at Qiao Junlin who was pushing the millstone in the grass pavilion, Luo Yong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

How did such an honest child grow so big in such a complicated environment?If his stepmother had set him up, she would probably be sure. Otherwise, this guy shouldn't be so out of his father's eyes now. The baby looks very upright and has good character. It can be sent to practice martial arts, but it is not impossible to cultivate.

"Sigh, you're like a little old man." Erniang reached out and took the wicker-woven colander in Luo Yong's hand, and picked up the beans in the water spoon by spoon from a wooden basin by the well.

"I'll do it." Luo Yong said hastily.

"It's okay, I'll come." Luo Erniang looked like a good-natured and soft-tempered person, but she did the work quite quickly, with beans in her hand, she asked Luo Yong again: "I'm worried about those people who came from the city." Bar?"

"No." Luo smiled with a grin.

Speaking of which, his place is not very clean recently. As tofu gradually became popular in Lishi County, some people began to pay attention to the Luo family. Recently, someone came to the door and said that he would learn to make tofu from him. There are also those who want to buy prescriptions, but they are all rejected by Luo Yong, but some people are not so easy to give up.

Especially in the past few days, as the one-month period is coming to an end, more and more people come to the door. Some people mean that they want to use money to pay off the helpers at Luo's house this month, so that Luo Yong will not let them make tofu Then I bought this recipe myself, and opened a tofu shop in the city, and the family is the only one.

It's a beautiful idea, and I don't look at whether others agree or not. Although the terms they offer are good, none of the helpers in the yard are tempted, and Luo Yong doesn't have that kind of thought, so he refuses them all.Just now, two groups of people were sent away in the yard, Luo Yong was a little annoyed by them, so he ran to Gujing to hide.

"Why bother with them." Er Niang still thought that he was worrying about those people: "Don't bother with them, what else can you do with us."

"Second sister, do you also think that we shouldn't tell them how to make tofu?" Luo Yong suddenly felt that his second sister seemed more domineering than he thought.

"That's natural." Luo Erniang put on a face that was useless, picked up the pot of beans, put them in a bucket, carried them to the grass pavilion, and didn't think it was anything serious at all. debatable.

"..." Luo Yong realized that Erniang Luo was actually a bit tougher than himself, and felt ashamed, 27 years was really a waste of time!

So, after a while, when a few guys from the city came to Gujing, Luo Yong told them very stubbornly that he didn't sell tofu recipes anyway, so there was no discussion about it.

"Why are you so undiscussed, young man? Tell you in a good voice, it is my lord who gave you face, do you think that my lord really has nothing to do with you?" When the negotiation failed, a servant jumped up to scare people up.

"If you don't sell it, you don't sell it." Luo Yong didn't bother to talk to them, and continued squatting by the well to wash beans.

"You really don't cry when you don't see the coffin." The Lord also spoke at this time, with a smile on his face when he spoke, but anyone with ears could tell that he was threatening someone.

After hearing this, Luo Yong stood up holding the colander, his body straightened, and his chin slightly raised: "What do you think the coffin board looks like? Take it out and show me."

Talked as if he would cry whenever he saw a coffin.

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Because of this incident, Luo Sanlang later had a very domineering nickname: Luo Coffin Baner~