Defeat natural disasters with farming

On the sixth day of June, Clothes Drying Festival.

As people wished, it was a sunny day. Taking advantage of the opportunity, every household in the village was using the sun to dry clothes and bedding.

On the way from the county seat to Yejia Village, a group of people were heading towards the village.

There are five people in total, the leader is about [-] years old, with a straight face and a steady demeanor.

He took the leather water bag handed over by his entourage, looked up again, and could vaguely see cooking smoke, and then said: "Be patient, everyone, we will be there soon."

Among the people following him, there were two relatives of him, both of whom were raised lovingly since they were young. After walking for half an hour today, they were already complaining in their hearts.

The tender-skinned man complained, "Uncle, it's just a product made by the countrymen. How good can it be? Why do you need to come here in person? Can't you just send the shopkeeper to buy it?"

The other one was a little shorter but rounder. Although he didn't speak, it was obvious from the look on his face that he thought so too.

The middle-aged man's face was serious, which made the nasolabial folds on both sides of his mouth even deeper, "Your grandma has spoiled you. If you don't want to suffer, you don't have to stay in the inn. Go home as soon as possible."

The two trembled when they heard the words, apologized quickly, and stopped complaining, but no one knew what was going on in their hearts.

When the man turned his head and continued walking, he sighed in his heart. Everyone said that he was only rich for three generations. Now his family has only two generations and it is not good. The younger generations in the family are not smart, not even hardworking.

Everyone is short-sighted.

In his opinion, the tofu business is still far from booming, and if their family can occupy even a little bit, they will be at a loss.

Not to mention, in the past month, this tofu has become popular in the whole county. Not only the common people, but even the wealthy households in the city send people to buy it from time to time. Yejia Village has changed from an ordinary village to what people call a tofu village.

Their Li family started as an inn, and they also have a restaurant under their name, but they are not well-known in the county. If they can take advantage of the reputation of tofu before it has fully spread, and take the lead in introducing new restaurants, the benefits will not be small.

At this time, their destination Yejia Village, nearly half of the people have bought tofu recipes one after another. Every day from morning to night, the millstones at the entrance of the village have not stopped. I will grind you after you finish grinding. It has a strong bean aroma.

There are also some families who find someone to make a new millstone, and Ye Yu's family is one of them.

In addition to making tofu in their family, Ye Yu also came up with ideas to make non-staple food, such as dried tofu, bean curd, etc. It is not difficult, but it takes a lot of work.

To Ye Yu's regret, the weather is turning hot now, and frozen tofu can't be made for the time being. To be honest, among all tofu products, he likes frozen tofu the most, especially the frozen tofu soaked in soup. Just thinking about it makes my mouth water.

After making these non-staple foods, they didn't teach the people in the village, it was considered an exclusive craft.

However, how to realize it has become a big problem.

Just when the Ye family was thinking about whether to go to the county town to discuss business, they happened to bump into the middle-aged restaurant owner coming to the village.

The middle-aged man took snacks as a reward at the entrance of the village and found a child to lead the way.

When they arrived at Ye's house, Mother Ye took a small piece of malt candy from her pocket and handed it to the child who led the way after hearing their intentions. The child's eyes lit up instantly, and he put the candy into his mouth while still not forgetting to thank him.

As soon as the door was closed, the middle-aged man clasped his fists and introduced: "My surname is Li. The Li's inn and Li's restaurant in the county are all owned by my family. I tasted tofu by chance and thought it was delicious, so I thought Let’s buy a pair of tofu recipes from your house.”

Old Man Ye and Father Ye looked at each other without speaking.

"Don't worry about the price, you can still get it with a few dozen taels of silver."

Dozens of taels of silver can't be considered small, but the Ye family didn't plan to spread the tofu recipe so early. Even if they wanted to make it public, they would have to wait for a while, at least let the village accumulate more wealth first.

Even if it is only taught to the villagers, the risk of Fang Zi leaking out is not small. After all, no one in the village has many relatives. If Fang Zi begs for mercy, Fang Zi probably won't be able to keep it, but at least he can't leak it from their house.

Ye Yu also sat on the side and listened carefully. The man didn't think there was anything wrong when he saw the child sitting on the kang. The child could understand anything, maybe he just thought it was fun.

Father Ye thought for a while, and said, "Fangzi can't be sold for the time being, but if your restaurant imports tofu from our village, it can be cheaper if the quantity is large."

The middle-aged man couldn't help but frowned when he heard the words. After careful consideration, most of the restaurants and restaurants in the county didn't serve tofu for one reason. They all thought that tofu was a cheap food, not as good as delicacies from mountains and seas. Most of them were eaten by poor people, so they definitely couldn't sell much money.

Indeed, a piece of palm-sized tofu is only three or four renminbi. Even if you can’t bear the money, you can exchange it for a liter of beans. The tofu you get in exchange can be eaten for at least a day if you stew it in soup. This is a rare ability for the poor. Time for a change.

But maybe because Mrs. Li started from scratch, he felt that the tofu business was quite lucrative. One piece of tofu was not obvious, so what about hundreds of thousands of dollars?

Everyone can afford a piece of tofu. There are tens of thousands of people in this county alone. If one person buys a piece...

Thinking of this, the middle-aged man hissed silently, how come so many people don't understand the principle of accumulating more.

"How cheap can you get?"

Father Ye replied, "Three Wen a catty."

Retail tofu costs four pennies a catty. Although it is a penny cheaper, the villagers also make a profit because labor costs are saved after all.

"If you agree, then go with me to the village chief's house to discuss the matter."

Seeing the man nodding in agreement, Father Ye led them to the village chief's house.

The group talked for an hour at the village chief's house. The man was obviously in a good mood when he left, with a smile on his face.

The village head was also in a good mood, and called a meeting for the villagers who had bought tofu recipes that afternoon, but he explained the matter clearly in a few words.

From now on, the tofu in their Yejia Village will have two sales outlets. One is to sell it together to Li’s restaurants in the county for three renminbi a catty of tofu; It is sold in bulk, so they set their own prices.

The former is easier, and the relative income will be lower, but because the Li family will send people to pull the tofu, and only need to pay the entry tax once, so the overall income is not much different.

As for which one to choose, it is the villagers' own business.

After finishing the business, the village chief called out.

The villagers were also anxious to go home to discuss, and soon dispersed.

But Father Ye was a little worried, "How do we sell our dried tofu?"

Ye Yu was a bit hesitant, so she simply stopped cooperating with others and sold them by themselves.

There is only one question, "If you want to rent a shop in the county, how much is the rent?"

For this kind of thing, the Ye family really can't explain why, mainly because they never thought of renting a house.

Old man Ye made a decision, "Tomorrow, third child, you go to the county town, go to the store and housekeeping to see if there is any suitable shop, and by the way, take Brother Bao to the medical clinic and ask Dr. Wu to have a look."

Shop house affairs is the imperial government department in charge of renting houses. Because of the imperial government subsidies, it will be cheaper and more affordable than private renting.

Father Ye answered in a low voice.

The author says:

The name of the article was knocked out, so I changed it.

And it's hard to change jobs! !