Traveling through the famine years, the best old woman, I was gnawed into the richest man by my children and grandchildren Chapter 53: Making money or doing charity?
"No matter how bad it is, it is what it is after it is made. This one is called fairy tofu."
"Fairy? Tofu?"
Lin Tao then remembered that there seemed to be no tofu here. She couldn't explain why.
"Okay, hurry up and put it in the car. Get all the bowls and spoons at home as well."
Mrs. Zhu harnessed the ox, and the two little ones helped Mrs. Xu, carrying basins and bowls.
Lin Tao looked at the two little ones and felt distressed. But the Xu family and the Zhu family together were not as good as a small plum.
After all, we are still short of money!
If you have money to rent a shop in the town, the children won't have to get up at midnight.
After getting in the car, Lin Tao stretched out her legs and patted her and said, "Come here and sleep against grandma for a while."
"It's okay, grandma! We're not sleepy."
Xiao Liqian said he was not sleepy and yawned many times in succession. Xiao Linglan even leaned in Mrs. Xu's arms, waking up and falling asleep again.
It's early in the morning! It's the time when people are most sleepy. Even adults can't stand it after a long time, let alone children.
Finally arrived at Fangshi at the beginning of Chenshi.
Sister Yu saw the bullock cart and enthusiastically helped unload the things.
"You didn't come yesterday. I thought I wouldn't be able to see you for a while."
With a good stall, more and more people come to the market.
However, today's situation is worse than the day before yesterday.
In the past, women who only came to the market with a basket on their backs now have baskets on their backs, and now they buy grain on their backs.
In the past, those whose families could afford millet would not buy shu.
It's different now. In just a few days, the price of millet has risen by almost half. Those who can't afford it have to buy rice instead.
What people are talking about is that it will not rain and a severe drought is coming.
"Yo? What kind of weird thing are you doing? It looks pretty good!"
Sister Yu's voice woke up Lin Tao.
"This is fairy tofu. I'll make you a bowl and you can try it."
Scrape the curd dove leaves and add a little bit of the solidified syrup. Stir it with water and pass it over.
"Sweet, sweet?" Sister Yu took a sip of the soup and asked in surprise: "Why are you so willing to give it up? Sugar is so expensive! But your fairy tofu is cold, tender, smooth, and very refreshing. "
"Comfortable! Sister, after eating a bowl of this magical tofu, I feel much refreshed! This name is so appropriate!"
Lin Tao made another bowl of salty food, sprinkled with home-made potassium salt, and then handed it to Brother Yu.
Sure enough, after Brother Yu finished his bowl, he was as full of praise as Sister Yu. At the same time, his overall mental state was much better than before.
Here, sugar is something only wealthy families can afford.
Official salt is more refined and expensive than rice. Ordinary people can't even afford rice. How can they afford salt?
"Salt! It's really salt!" Brother Fish's surprised voice attracted the attention of the vendors next to him.
"Sister, your fairy tofu is not cheap, is it?"
Seeing Sister Yu touching the money bag, Lin Tao just took the bowl back and asked Zhu to wash it.
"It's not expensive, a penny a bowl."
"One, one penny?" Sister Yu said with disbelief: "Sister, you put sugar and salt in it and you only sell it for one penny? Then salt costs fifty yuan a handful! Sugar is even more expensive! You are Are you doing business or doing good deeds?"
Lin Tao just smiled and said nothing, and Sister Yu suddenly stuffed her with four cents: "The two cents are for the two bowls just now, give us one bowl each."
The sound of Mrs. Yu and her husband sucking and sucking attracted more vendors around.
"Aunt Yu, what kind of tofu is this? Is it really salted?"
"I, Yu Hehua, have been in Fangshi for decades, when have I ever deceived anyone?"
The young man excitedly handed over a copper plate.
Mr. Xu asked: "Big brother, do you want something sweet or salty?"
"It's so salty. It's hard to do business these days. I don't even want to add salt when I'm cooking at home. It makes me feel bad all over! I feel like sleeping just sitting here."
The young man sucked down half the bowl in one gulp, cupped his cheeks, and gave Lin Tao a thumbs up.
"Grandma." Xiao Li Qian pulled her into a corner and asked in a low voice: "Grandma, why did their mental state change so much after they ate the fairy tofu? Is it medicine?"
Lin Tao raised the corners of her mouth, rubbed the top of Xiao Li's head, and knelt down.
"So be it! This smelly yellow vitex is a little-known herbal medicine (more accurately, it should be Guizhou Miao medicine). The whole plant can be used as medicine. The leaves can clear away dampness and heat, detoxify, treat edema and sores. Add chicken feet Pears can clear away heat, promote body fluids, purge fire, and cure fever and polydipsia. Putting these two ingredients together is most suitable for the current high fever!"
"People who sweat a lot like Mr. Yu not only lose water when sweating, but also lose some electrolytes such as potassium, sodium, sugar, etc. Therefore, supplementing with salt water or sugar water can help the body recover quickly and feel comfortable."
Xiao Liqian asked curiously: "What are electrolytes?"
This time it was hard for Lin Tao. It wasn't that she didn't know electrolytes, but that the problem was how to explain to a child who didn't understand anything and make him understand.
After thinking about it, Lin Taoyan said concisely: "It is responsible for maintaining the acid-base balance in our body. If the balance is destroyed, our body will be out of balance, such as hypokalemia, and we will have weakness in our limbs and anorexia. Nausea, vomiting and other uncomfortable symptoms. Our salt contains potassium, so it can slightly improve these uncomfortable symptoms."
"Wow~!" Xiao Liqian's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Lin Tao didn't dare to go any further, so she stopped the topic in time while many customers came to the stall.
Even though Xiao Li Qian was only ten years old, he knew how to deal with light and heavy matters. He did not pester her and continued to ask questions.
At the stall, a shopping lady had just finished a bowl of salt and took another copper plate: "After one bowl, my head is still dizzy and my mouth is even drier. Let's have another bowl."
Xiao Li Qian suddenly grabbed the corner of her clothes and said, "Grandma, your dizziness is caused by sun fever. Eat a bowl of something sweet!"
"Hey, how did you know? Grandma has a fever?"
"Because you said you are dizzy, it should be because you have been in the sun for a long time, and the blood surges up. You also said that after drinking a bowl, your mouth becomes drier. You drink a bowl of something sweet, which can relieve fire, produce fluid and quench thirst."
"Okay! Grandma will believe you for once."
Xiao Li Qian took the bowl from Mrs. Xu and handed it to the old woman.
After only eating a few mouthfuls, the old woman's flushed face dissipated in an instant.
"It's incredible, it's incredible! This fairy tofu is really amazing! You kid, have you ever studied medicine?"
Xiao Li Qian shook his head honestly and pointed at Lin Tao: "Grandma knows how to read medicine. I learned it from Grandma."
Many people around looked at him curiously, and some even came to ask Xiao Li Qian: "Baby, tell us, should I buy something sweet or salty?"
Sister Yu was joking from the side: "Oh! Your penny is worth it! I bought some food and visited the doctor! How can there be such a good thing in this world?"