Chapter 84: farce

Chapter 84 Farce

After hearing this, the eyes of several family members lit up and they were so happy.

Gu Dafu asked excitedly: "Uncle San, are you telling the truth?" The soybeans are cheap, and if they start a tofu business, their family will definitely make a fortune, and they will not have to worry about their lives.

Mrs. Chen rushed to say: "Brother, you are really true. The third uncle has said it, how can it be false?"

Then he looked at Grandpa San with bright eyes and asked: "Uncle San, when will you teach us how to make tofu? This tofu is a new thing. Just think about it and you will know that it can make money. We have to learn it quickly. Once we learn it, we can make a living from it." When it comes to doing it, every day you’re late means you’ll make less money. Oh, just thinking about it makes me feel like I’m losing a lot.”

Ms. Chen can’t wait to go to town to sell tofu now.

When Grandpa San heard what she said, his face darkened. Mrs. Chen was startled and quickly shut up.

The third grandfather looked at the several families present and said: "We can make a living by selling tofu together, but Xiaoyu won't teach you how to make tofu. This is Xiaoyu's own thing, not yours." . Xiaoyu is already helping us by allowing us to do this business, so we can’t be too greedy.”

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she became anxious: "Making tofu is so hard, can Xiaoyu do it alone? Why not give the recipe to everyone, and we can make it ourselves and sell it."

“Shut up!” Gu Dagui wanted to slap Mrs. Chen to death. This stinky **** always wants to take advantage of her. Can she save some face?

Third Grandpa said: "If you can't do it, you can help grind the beans and sort out the dregs. If it doesn't work, Xiaoyu can teach Dashan and Brother An how to make tofu. There are many ways. I'll start with the ugly words. Who dares? Learn the tofu recipe secretly, and live your own life from now on. Whatever happens, you will have to deal with it on your own, don’t ask us for help!"

 His eyes fell on Chen and asked, "Do you understand?"

 Chen's Nuonuo should be: "Listen, I understand."

After the third grandfather beat her, he lowered his voice and said to several families: "This tofu is a fresh food. The recipe cannot be known to too many people. If too many people know about it, the tofu will not be sold at a high price, and you will suffer a loss." It’s our family who are the ones.”

When several men heard this, they nodded and said: "Third Uncle/Third Uncle, we understand. Don't worry, we will not steal the tofu recipe, nor will we blame Xiaoyu, we will only be grateful to her. It was Xiaoyu who gave her This is our livelihood, this is our livelihood, and we will not cut off this livelihood by ourselves."

Third Grandpa nodded with satisfaction, looked at Gu Jinli, and said, "Xiaoyu, come and tell us how you plan to do this tofu business?"

Gu Jinli said to several families: "It's the Chinese New Year now, and all the shops in the town are closed, but on the 15th, there will be a Lantern Festival in the town. We will go to the town to set up a stall on the 15th and sell fried five-spice tofu. The business must be good." .”

Yan asked: "How to sell it?"

 Tofu is not a steamed bun, and it is impossible to sell it one by one.

Gu Jinli said: "Sell it one by one. Let's cut the tofu into one-inch sizes and sell it for five cents each for six yuan."

"Five cents a piece?" Yan asked, "Isn't it too expensive? These soybeans only cost three cents a pound, and one pound of soybeans can make three and a half pounds of tofu."

Chen said: "Why is it expensive? It's not expensive at all. What we sell is fresh food. It's not expensive for ten cents a piece."

This sister-in-law Damu is really stupid, she thinks she has too much money.

Third Grandpa also agreed with the price: "This tofu weighing scale cuts a pound of tofu into one-inch sizes and can make up to six servings per pound. Nowadays, the outside is chaotic and prices have risen. The plain steamed buns have been sold for two cents each. "The meat buns are more expensive, costing four cents. Our tofu has more tofu than that bun, and it tastes better. It's fresh food, and it costs five cents, which is just right."

The family thought about it and felt that the price was not expensive. Gu Jinli continued: "In addition to selling pan-fried five-spice tofu, we can also directly sell white tofu. Cut it into half a catty and sell it for five cents a piece. If everyone treats tofu as a dish in the future, our business will become bigger." "

When everyone heard this, they were all very happy: "This is a good method."

After Gu Jinli finished speaking, Third Grandpa continued: "This business was thought up by Xiaoyu. Her family could have done it by themselves and made money, but the Dashan family thought about us and gave us this business. Therefore, the money they earned, except After the capital, the Dashan family will take 40%, and the remaining 60%, each of our six families will take 10%, do you have any objections?"

Several families shook their heads: "No." The tofu didn't belong to them in the first place, so getting 10% of it was considered pretty good.

Third Grandpa told everyone about the allocation of manpower: "If we want to start this tofu business, we will divide it into two batches, one to make tofu at home, and one to sell in the town, so each family must provide two people, and one person will stay. To help make tofu, one person goes to the town to set up a stall, and the laborer must be over fourteen years old, as he is too young to do the work."

The families all agreed and discussed happily for an hour. Finally, they settled on the tofu business. They divided the remaining meat, vegetables, dumplings and bean dregs cakes among themselves and went home.

After several families left, Gu Jinli and his family did not sleep. Instead, they sat on the straw mat in the main room with their grandfather and grandmother, gathered around the fire, and stayed together to watch the New Year.

The third grandma held Brother Cheng in her arms and told everyone about ancient times and fairy tales.

Gu Jinli became interested. After the third grandma finished speaking, she told everyone a few stories from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which fascinated everyone. She didn't stop until midnight when she was eating dumplings.

 Brother Cheng is still clamoring to hear: "Second sister, second sister, what happened to the village where the villagers had wings?"

Gu Jinli yawned and said: "Finally, they left the Dahuang Mountain, flew to the sky, settled down, and became gods."

“Wow, that’s amazing, they all became gods.” Cheng Geer’s eyes were bright, imagining a group of people with big wings flying into the sky to become gods.

Ms. Cui handed the small half bowl of dumplings to Brother Cheng and said with a smile: "Okay, eat the dumplings quickly. After eating the dumplings, you have to go to bed and you have to get up early tomorrow."

 Brother Cheng took the wooden bowl and ate the dumplings inside. He was so sleepy that he fell asleep before he finished eating. Ms. Cui was afraid that he would choke and didn't dare to let him eat anymore. She took the dumpling bowl away and carried him back to the house to sleep.

 After Gu Jinli and others finished eating the dumplings, they went back to rest.

 The next day, several families got up early, put on the new cotton-padded clothes and new cloth shoes that had been rushed out, and paid New Year greetings to each other.

Since they have just arrived in the village, several families are still unfamiliar with the village. Their children did not go to the village to pay New Year greetings to the villagers, but the adults had to go.

Mr. Qin and Third Grandpa packed up two New Year’s gifts and took several men to deliver them to the village chief’s family and Mr. Lu’s family.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the village chief's house, they heard a burst of crying and howling. In the yard of the village chief's house, there were many villagers watching the excitement.

Mr. Qin and Third Grandpa were shocked and knew something had happened.

"The sound sounds like the Mo family." Luo's father said, "Something must have happened to the Mo family."

 (End of this chapter)