After unlocking the material space, I raised my younger siblings in a farmhouse.

Chapter 273 Grinding Soy Milk

The 25th day of the twelfth lunar month is the day for making tofu. In previous years, everyone was short of money, so even if tofu was made, not much was made. Moreover, it was very time-consuming to make, so usually several nearby families who got along well with each other would work together to make it.

This year, under the guidance of Lin Chuyi, almost every family in Qingshan Village has made money. With money in hand, everyone is thinking about improving their quality of life. Of course, everyone is still very pragmatic and no one will follow the example of Lin Chuyi's family, eating meat and oil for every meal. Such a life is still a bit too luxurious for them, but at least they can let their family eat three meals a day like during the busy farming season and be full every meal. During the holidays, they are also willing to let their family eat something good to satisfy their cravings.

Just last night, most families in Qingshan Village prepared several times more beans than in previous years. Everyone planned to make more tofu so that their families could eat to their heart's content all at once.

The process of making tofu is quite complicated and requires many steps such as soaking beans, grinding soy milk, filtering bean dregs, boiling soy milk, mixing the tofu, and shaping it.

Dried soybeans are used to make tofu. They need to be soaked overnight. The next morning, the soaked beans need to be taken to two stone mills in the village and ground into pulp.

Lin Chuyi went to grind the beans with the bucket at four o'clock in the morning. She thought she came early enough, but when she arrived she found that there were people who arrived earlier than her. The two stone mills in the village were already in use. There were two people next to each stone mill, one was responsible for pushing the push rod to make the stone mill move, and the other was responsible for adding soaked soybeans and water into the stone mill. In addition to the two families who were using the stone mills, there were two other families waiting in line.

Lin Chuyi knew that at this grinding speed, it might not be her turn soon, so she was not in a hurry. She carried the bucket over and lined up behind the villagers she knew. While chatting with the villagers, she watched their production techniques and absorbed their experience.

Through observation, Lin Chuyi knew that the beans should be put into the stone mill trough in small amounts and multiple times, and water should be added while adding soybeans. When grinding, the beans and water should be added evenly and in coordination with the grinding speed, so that delicate and smooth soy milk can be ground out.

Lin Chu looked at herself, then at Lin Wuyou who followed her, and suddenly she had an idea. She bent down and whispered a few words in Lin Wuyou's ear. Lin Wuyou's eyes lit up, and he nodded at Lin Chu and ran towards home.

Soon, Lin Wuyou came over with the family horse. Everyone present was attracted by the tall horse. Lin Chuyi walked up and whispered in the horse's ear: "Today you are responsible for pulling the mill here. Pull it well and don't get angry. When you finish pulling the mill and go home, I will reward you with a Lingxin Pill. If you perform well, I will reward you with another one."

This horse is a product of space and is very intelligent. It usually listens to Lin Chuyi, but it is a little unhappy when asked to pull the millstone. Just when it was about to kick its back to express its dissatisfaction, it heard Lin Chuyi say that if it performs well, it will get a Lingxin Pill. It immediately lost its temper.

Lingxin Pill, that's a good thing that can increase intelligence if eaten. With such a reward, it would be happy to pull the mill for a month, let alone a day!

The horse rubbed Lin Chuyi's shoulder with its nose. Lin Chuyi knew that the horse agreed, so he led the horse towards his team who were grinding tofu.

After Lin Chuyi proposed the idea of ​​using horses to push the millstone for them, the family was very tempted. After all, the millstone was not light, and turning it round and round would consume a lot of physical strength. But they also had their own concerns. Although they had never raised horses, they knew that horses were fierce creatures. If the horse got angry and kicked them, they would not be able to bear it.

After Lin Chuyi learned of their concerns, he repeatedly assured them that the horse was docile and would not lose its temper. Seeing that the horse was indeed well-behaved and that Lin Chuyi had said so, the family finally agreed.

After the horses were put into action, they just pulled the mill honestly. Their speed was faster than that of people, and their pace was even. As long as the people who put the beans in did not lose speed, the soy milk that was ground out would be fast and good.

With the addition of Ma'er, the grinding speed of Lin Chuyi's team was greatly improved, and soon it was Lin Chuyi's turn.

After Lin Chuyi ground all the beans he brought into paste, he did not take the horse away. Instead, he let the horse stay in the mill to continue grinding, leaving Lin Wuyou to watch over the horse.

The main reason for doing this is that when it was Lin Chuyi's turn to grind soy milk, their line was already very long. Lin Chuyi looked around and saw that the number of beans everyone brought was not small. If they had to grind it manually, they would probably have to wait until the afternoon to get their turn.

She had already brought the horse with her. If she took it away now, people would probably gossip about her behind her back, saying that she came here just to show off.

It wasn't that she was afraid of people saying bad things about her behind her back, she just felt that her family's reputation was good at the moment, and they were going to move to the county after the New Year, so there was really no need to give people a chance to talk about such things. It would be better to use Ma to do her a favor, and she wouldn't lose anything anyway.

Facts have proved that Lin Chuyi's decision was right. People's hearts are the most difficult to control. Lin Chuyi led the villagers to become rich. There were people who were truly grateful to her, and naturally there were also people who disliked her. At this time, someone in the team was going to take the opportunity to say a few sour words, but who would have thought that after Lin Chuyi finished grinding her soy milk, she did not take the horse away, but generously left the horse to pull the mill for the people in the queue.

Lin Chuyi's move was praised by everyone present, and it also left those who had some ulterior motives in their minds with no room to act.

Lin Chuyi smiled and said a few humble words, then said goodbye to everyone and went home carrying the ground paste.

After returning home, Lin Chuyi poured the entire bucket of porridge into the filter set up by Aunt Huang and began to filter out the bean dregs.

This filter was made by Grandpa Huang himself. The structure of the filter is very simple. The materials used are only two wooden sticks of the same size, an iron hook and a square piece of gauze.

The method of making the filter is even simpler. First, chisel a small hole between the two wooden sticks, and pass one end of the iron hook through the two holes to make the two wooden sticks a movable cross structure.

Hang the other end of the hook on the beam with a rope. The height of the hook should be level with an adult's shoulder. Arrange the two wooden sticks in a cross shape and tie the four corners of the gauze to the four heads of the sticks. This simple filter is ready.

Pour the soy milk paste onto the stretched gauze, and the soy milk will flow out from the gaps in the gauze, so at this time you need to put a clean wooden barrel under the filter to collect the soy milk.