Chapter 65: Making tofu on a snowy day, the tofu is as white as snow
Not long after Luo Feifei acquired this divination skill, about a few months ago, she started having nightmares.
There were only a few fragments of these nightmares, each lasting less than a minute, but they always appeared frequently in her dreams.
What surprised her was that the scenes were exactly the same every time, and when she had these dreams, the sense of reality, the feeling of tearing her body apart, and the feeling of her body exploding, was as if she was actually there. It's like it's really happening.
Every time Luo Feifei wakes up from a nightmare, she is sweating and soaked. She can't help but wonder: "Is this the future? Or is it my past life?"
After her first nightmare, a divination skill suddenly appeared in her mind. She sometimes thought that maybe it was the "self" in her dream who sent it to her across time and space.
This incident was so unbelievable that she told no one except her mother.
Because she was still too young, her mother not only took care of her daily life, but was also her agent. However, her mother didn't believe it at all. She only thought that she was under a lot of pressure from work and study, and took her to travel to relax.
Luo Feifei never told her mother about this matter again.
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This time, the super heavy snowfall came suddenly, and the south had no experience in fighting the cold, which led to disasters in many places. The news said that old people, cattle and sheep died.
In Li Xiang's hometown, the top leaders in the county were very angry because Li Xiang's previous warning, but was rejected and reprimanded, didn't know who had spread the word to the top leaders.
The big boss scolded all the personnel from the Meteorological Bureau, the Disaster Reduction Office, and the relevant departments who warned Li Xiang.
"What do you do for food? You are not even as good as young people and non-professionals. In the future, if you have the opportunity, learn from them humbly."
The people below were very speechless, thinking that it was not our fault. There are so many provinces in the south, but no prediction is accurate. We are just a small county, so it is understandable that our level is limited.
What an unjust death.
Someone plucked up the courage and said, "Maybe that Li Xiang was deceived and alarmist, and he happened to be hit by it."
Then someone echoed: "Yes, if he is really capable, let's make another prediction next time."
The big leader was silent for a moment and nodded. This was indeed the truth. One time really doesn't explain the problem.
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Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that Li Xiang decided not to give warnings easily in the future. Why bother asking for trouble?
If there are any important events, they can only be discussed privately among the fans.
At this moment, Li Xiang is grinding beans at home and wants to make tofu.
When it's snowing, you have nothing to do. You can eat something for yourself, and record a video to earn some traffic and rewards.
After being soaked overnight, the soybeans become plump and soft after fully absorbing water. Li Xiang has a "plate" stone mill at home, which his grandparents bought when they were young. It is an old item and is rarely used by ordinary people now because it is too hard to use. It's laborious and inefficient.
Grinding soybean milk is naturally a wet grinding process. A bucket of soaked soybeans is scooped up with water, and slowly "fed" into the grinding eye, and slowly comes out from the bottom. It often takes forty or fifty minutes to grind it. Li Xiang soaked ten kilograms of dried beans this time. Grandma said that he could produce about 20-40 kilograms of old tofu or 45-60 kilograms of tender tofu.
Making tofu is a technical job, but it is also a manual job. Grandma, third wife, and Cai'er all came to help. Cai'er was in charge of filming.
Cai'er came to help after finishing two test papers early in the morning. There were some questions in the test paper that she didn't know, but Li Xiang explained them in a simple and in-depth way, which made her feel enlightened.
In fact, Li Xiang felt that he was not that good even in high school. The main reason is that the current first-level transcendent has a clear mind and sufficient spirituality, so it feels easy to solve the problem.
He felt that if he took the college entrance examination now, Tsinghua University and Peking University would definitely fail. However, the end of the world is approaching, and it is impossible for him to return to school at such an old age.
The ground soy milk needs to be filtered. Li Xiang's family uses a large filter bag woven with multiple layers of cotton yarn. It is very strong and has four "ears" and a matching wooden "cross" frame.
Hang the wooden frame on the beam with ropes and adjust it to a suitable height. Then shake out the filter bag and hang the four "ears" on the four ends of the frame. Connect a large wooden basin below and use a ladle to filter the bag. Burri added soy milk.
That wooden basin is quite big. In ancient times, people abandoned babies. For example, Tang Seng's mother put Tang Seng in such a large wooden basin, pushed him into the river, and floated down the river. This kind of basin is very good, but it is a bit heavy and heavy. But it has strong buoyancy and can accommodate children in the river, so it is also called "River Basin".
Tang’s monk’s name is Jiang Liu’er.
Making tofu and boiling maltose all involve filtering, and the quantity is quite large. Therefore, in the past, every household in rural areas had to have this kind of large filter bag and large wooden basin, which would be used several times during the Chinese New Year.
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Grandma and third wife said that now it feels like the Chinese New Year, and it’s good to have a lively atmosphere at home.
After filtering, transfer the soy milk to a large iron pot and bring to a boil over high heat. At this time, the soy milk can be scooped up and drank.
Li Xiang made sweet soy milk for his grandma, third wife, Jiang Cai'er, and himself. The soy milk ground at home has a rich bean aroma and a very delicate texture.
It's snowy outside, and I feel warm all over with a bowl of hot fresh soy milk in the newly built kitchen.
The reason why I drink sweet things, well, is to add a little sweetness to life.
People feel happy when they eat sweet things.
The remaining soy milk continues to cook. When it is almost concentrated, it can be transferred to the previous "jiang basin" and start "ordering tofu".
In rural areas, this "condensation" has no measured solid content and no technical indicators. It all depends on the experience of the cook.
Grandma and the third wife are both experienced, and Li Xiang is a little bit worse, but after following the example this time, he can do it alone next time. It can also be regarded as the inheritance of traditional folk culture.
Learning how to make tofu in the dark underground world is also a kind of joy in hardship. Although the world is difficult, you must always deal with it optimistically.
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