Chapter 142 Are you going to find a stepfather for Xiaoni?
It's still dark now, the lights are on in the yard, and the staff of the supply and marketing cooperative are walking around carrying goods.
Chen Zhaozhao and Lin Xisi stood under the big banyan tree beside the courtyard, very conspicuous.
Both of them have outstanding looks, and their smiles seem to be shining.
Yu Jinggui suppressed his discomfort and walked towards the two of them.
Lin Xisi saw him first and greeted him, "Director Yu!"
Chen Zhaozhao looked over and was surprised, "Comrade Yu, why are you here?"
Yu Jinggui approached them and asked expressionlessly: "I didn't disturb you, did I?"
Chen Zhaozhao frowned. Was it her imagination? Why did she feel that the boss's tone was strange and displeased?
Lin Xisi glanced at Chen Zhaozhao and saw that she frowned and said nothing. He could only reply with a smile, "No, do you have anything to do with Zhaozhao? Then you can chat, I will go and get busy."
After Lin Xisi finished speaking, he signaled to Chen Zhaozhao and left.
Yu Jinggui looked at Chen Zhaozhao and saw that she was actually frowning. His discomfort increased instantly. Did he really feel that he was disturbing them?
He endured it, but couldn't hold it back, "Are you planning to find a stepfather for Xiaoni?"
"Ah?" Chen Zhaozhao was confused. She didn't know that her frown had misunderstood Yu Jinggui. She looked at Yu Jinggui confused, "What did you say?"
"Sorry, I disturbed you." Yu Jinggui continued to be expressionless. Chen Zhaozhao didn't admit it, so he just thought she was embarrassed.
"What are you interrupting? No interrupting." Chen Zhaozhao said briskly, "Why are you here?"
When Yu Jinggui saw Chen Zhaozhao's heartless look, she couldn't stop him. He frowned and handed her the thing in his hand.
"This is the doll I promised to buy for Xiaoni yesterday. I am not free today. I originally wanted Village Chief Zhao to bring it to me. Now that you are here, I will give it to you."
Chen Zhaozhao took the paper bag, looked at it, and said happily: "What an exquisite doll, Xiaoni must like it very much."
Yu Jinggui finally smiled, "Why are you here today?"
After Chen Zhaozhao didn't think much about the boss's mood, she was just happy. She smiled and said, "Come and discuss business with Director Lin."
"Oh? What are you going to sell?"
"What do you think about buying soybeans to make tofu?"
"Can you make tofu?"
"Yes."
"If done well, it's really good."
"I've done well. If you go there next time, I'll try it for you and see what price it can sell for." Chen Zhaozhao decided to humbly ask the boss for advice to avoid suffering a loss.
Although she is a born-again person and has a certain price in mind, she has a better idea with the big boss as a reference.
Yu Jinggui listened to her invitation and saw the sparkling look in her eyes. This was her trust in him~
Thinking of this, the discomfort in my heart completely dissipated, and I nodded, "Okay, when you make a sale, I will go there the day before."
"Okay, I'll make it tomorrow and we can eat it tomorrow night."
"Okay, then I'll go there tomorrow night."
"Okay." Chen Zhaozhao responded with a smile.
"Zhao Zhao~" came Chen Simei's shout.
Chen Zhaozhao followed Yu Jinggui and looked over. Chen Simei, who had been walking over in a hurry, stopped immediately when he saw Yu Jinggui there.
"You guys talk first, then I'll go..."
"Fourth sister, we're done talking. Have you finished changing the soybeans and buying the cloth?" Chen Zhaozhao stopped her.
Chen Simei could only stop and said, "I have changed and bought it, and it has been moved to the car."
Just now, she and the staff went to the warehouse to exchange for soybeans. Today, their vegetables were directly exchanged for soybeans.
"Okay, let's go." Chen Zhaozhao said and looked at Yu Jinggui, "We have to leave first."
"Okay, be careful on the road."
Chen Zhaozhao waved to him and left with Chen Simei.
They wanted to go back in the oxcart delivering food, so they could not delay and left without any hesitation.
Yu Jinggui stood there for a while and looked at Chen Zhaozhao's back, and suddenly thought of how reluctant she was to leave him.
He now truly believes that Chen Zhaozhao has no feelings for him at all.
He felt relieved, it was easier to negotiate without feelings, and she wouldn't be sad if he was cold, so he wouldn't have to bear too much psychological burden.
But he also felt uncomfortable and had mixed emotions.
Chen Zhaozhao exchanged 20 kilograms of vegetables for 28 kilograms of soybeans. Now the soybean supply and marketing cooperative sells them for seven cents per kilogram, so they still paid her five cents.
Zhao Youchang saw Chen Zhaozhao buying so many soybeans and was curious about what she was going to do.
Chen Zhaozhao did not hide anything, saying that he was making tofu, and said that he would give him some to taste when he was ready. Zhao Youchang smiled and politely refused.
When they returned home, Chen Dawang and Zhang Genshan were busy making tofu molds in the woodshed. According to Chen Zhaozhao's request, they used wooden blocks to build the wooden frame for the tofu.
The abandoned stone mill at home has been moved to the side hall by Chen Ermei and Chen Sanmei to be cleaned.
After putting the soybeans away, Chen Zhaozhao gave Chen Damei the gauze she bought today to boil and clean. She told the others to weigh the soybeans and select the soybeans in preparation for making tofu tomorrow.
In addition, she also needs to prepare some brine for the tofu first. Because of the Lingquan water, making the brine is very simple.
The fermented acidic water of their pickles is extracted with Lingquan water and mixed into a very healthy and very good brine.
She made the brine in her room, which took nearly two hours, and then sealed it in a ceramic jar. It can be stored for half a year without breaking.
The weather is still bad today. It has been raining not long after Chen Zhaozhao and the others came back.
Because it was raining and she had nothing to do, Aunt Li came to play at home again and told Chen Zhaozhao that the person who reported her for fishing in collective fish ponds was Chen Dali.
Chen Dali heard what Li Mei said.
After Li Mei married Sun Xiaobao, Chen Dali visited her once, and Li Mei told her about this.
Chen Zhaozhao didn't expect this to be the case. She had never paid attention to Li Mei's situation since Chen Erwang and the others came back with rice krispie treats.
When I heard it again, I gossiped, "I wonder how she is doing now?"
Aunt Li pursed her lips and shook her head, her expression becoming cryptic, "I heard that Li Mei stayed at Sun's house for three days, and then moved out with the fool. I don't know where they moved specifically. Except for Dali and the others, they moved out first
times, and I didn’t see her the next few times I went.”
"I heard that Dali and the others still want Li Mei to live a good life. They want to ask her for money and things first, and then find an opportunity to live with her in the town. Now, no one can find them.
Here we are, how do you think Li Mei is doing?"
"It's hard to say." Liu Guihua shook her head, "Probably they are living a good life. The old Sun family has the best conditions in the town. I heard that they also dote on their younger son."
"Anyway, it's definitely better than living in the village." Chen Sanmei said, "Speaking of which, I don't know whether Third Aunt's fate is good or bad."
Chen Ermei and others also agreed that Li Mei's life must be better than that in the village.
Chen Zhaozhao listened and felt that they were too kind and did not know how vicious human nature can be, she said.
"That fool loves to hit people, and his parents are not good people. They are not satisfied with Li Mei in the first place, and there is no way they can let her live a good life.
Didn't Chen Dali and the others find no one when they went to Sun's house? They must have been driven to some nook and cranny and locked up."
"No way?" Liu Guihua and others were surprised.
"It's very possible." Chen Zhaozhao didn't say much. Anyway, she felt that Li Mei's life would never be so good.
But she doesn't care about that.
In the evening, after dinner, she soaked the soybeans.
Since she was just starting out, she decided to try her hand at making five pounds of soybeans.
The next day was still rainy, so Chen Zhaozhao and the others got busy early in the morning, grinding soy milk, boiling soy milk, making brine, straining tofu pudding, and pressing tofu.
After working for a long time, the large bluestone blocks were pressed into the wooden frame containing the tofu. Just press out the water inside and compact the tofu, and it was done.
"How long will this be suppressed?" Chen Simei asked, squatting beside the wooden frame and licking her lips.
Chen Xiaoni was also squatting there holding the doll, with the same expression as Chen Simei. When Chen Simei asked, she also looked at Chen Zhaozhao eagerly.