The classic story of tofu

Once upon a time, there was a small village where men, women and children loved tofu, so every little wife had to make tofu.

However, making tofu is a complicated process. Picking beans, washing beans, soaking beans, grinding soybean milk, boiling soybean milk, ordering brine, etc., all take a lot of time and energy. For inexperienced kannika nimtragol, it is often impossible to do it, or it is barely successful but the taste is not pleasing. To this end, kannika nimtragol often quarrels with the lords. One said that the tofu you made was not as delicious as Li Ahua next door. A chopstick thrower said, "Then go find Li Ahua!" ! Why am I so miserable? Woo hoo. . . Another problem is that every time you make tofu, you will make a big pot, which is not resistant to storage, so it is obviously not a cost-effective thing to make tofu at home-what's more, kannika nimtragol may not have the space and tools to make tofu in her own home, and she has to borrow it from her neighbor's house from time to time.

Slowly, kannika nimtragol found that Li at the entrance of the village always made tofu soft and watery, so one by one, kannika nimtragol discussed with Li: "Li, when you make tofu tomorrow, can you help me make some?" I'll give you five coppers. "

How much does Li Xishi think beans are worth? Tofu can be sold for five coppers. Anyway, tofu should be made every day. It's no trouble to make more, so I agreed.

The news between kannika nimtragol always spreads fastest, and soon all kannika nimtragol in the village came to Li to make tofu. Li thinks this is a good business. Ok, rent a shop front from Mr. Zhu's house, get a set of tools from Mr. Niu Blacksmith's house, order some brine from Mr. Ji's house, and then ask Ya Xiucai to write a plaque-Tofu Beauty. This business is open.

At first, business was very good, and the whole village bought tofu from Li. In addition to the cost of buying beans and brine, you can earn a ton of money a day-this is a big deal. I know Li works in her in-laws' big house, with only two yuan a month. When he was as busy as a bee, Li even hired three or five quick girls to help him.

However, the good times did not last long. First, the Wangs sold tofu in the name of tofu at the end of the village. Then, after the Li family started, he thought that Li's salary was too small and jumped to the Wang family. As a last resort, Li and Wang started a price war and abruptly sold tofu to half of the original price. Li complained bitterly.

Niu blacksmith got the order of Wang San's tools in one breath and embarked on the development road of "tofu equipment expert" He not only reduced the price of tools to half, but also developed a complete set of equipment such as tofu, dried tofu, tofu skin and tofu foam, which was sought after once Wang went public. Facing the old customers, "Why didn't Stone have you?" The problem is that Li gritted his teeth and borrowed money to order new equipment from the cattle blacksmith-tofu could not be sold at a high price, and the customer was divided up by Wang, so he had to invest in updating the equipment. Li can only grit his teeth and insist.

But this is not the worst. Chen received several complaints that the tofu bought by Kannika nimtragol was bad because of the hot weather, so he ordered the tofu vendors in the village to suspend business for rectification. Together with * * *, there were Yu Cure too much, Xia Elders, Niu Blacksmith, Zhu Yee and so on. , formulated a number of opinions on the management norms of tofu stalls in the village, the quality certification of tofu production equipment, the post norms of tofu practitioners and the qualification assessment of tofu practitioners. Faced with these changes, Li wanted to quit, but he never paid off the money he bought tools on credit from the blacksmith. If he doesn't continue to sell tofu, how can he repay the debt he owes?

So Li had to borrow another sum of money, rebuild the pavement according to the new standards, give the guys work licenses and health certificates, and find a blacksmith to buy new equipment that meets the quality certification for making tofu ... Li was as busy as a bee, invited the club that used to manage Zhuangzi for Mr. Zhu to help him manage the shop, and invited his cousin Xiao to be the image spokesperson, while he concentrated on managing tofu in the workshop.

Later, I heard that Shezhang didn't really help Li, but took advantage of the dark and windy month and ran away with the money. ...

Later, I heard that Xiao Xi Shi was always posing because he was too old to be a sinner, which annoyed many young wives who used to buy tofu here. ...

Later, I heard that Niu Blacksmith has developed a new product. Daughter-in-law can buy it back, put the beans in it and turn it into the desired bean products. The taste can also be adjusted by itself, and the price is not expensive and does not take up space. ...

Later, I heard that fewer and fewer people bought tofu, but Li owed more and more money, which was almost impossible to pay back. ...

Later, I heard that my honest husband took a fancy to Xiao Xi Shi, which made Li Xi Shi lose everything. ...

It is also said that Li abandoned her honest husband and went to the north with the golden crocodile from Beijing. I don't know where this golden crocodile came from. The villagers don't know much about what he called "capital operation".

Li's departure didn't actually bring much change to the village. Daughter-in-law bought the homemade tofu brain machine made by the blacksmith, so she didn't have to visit the tofu brain shop often. The door is deserted, and the sign of "Tofu Beauty" is no longer bright. Early in the morning, kannika nimtragol, who went shopping, was still in a hurry, but did not stop to eat a piece of fresh tofu.

Later, I heard that Li no longer used the rustic name Li in Beijing, but a villager who had never heard of it and could not remember it clearly. "Fengtian is as tender as water and as white as jade." Jin Crocodile also introduced Li to Jing Shao, such as Qian Crocodile, Zi Crocodile and Gu Crocodile, and even arranged for her to visit the emperor. Li Da talked about "tofu health", "tofu power" and "tofu industry" to make the emperor happy, and presented the plaque of "Imperial Tofu" on the spot.

Later, I heard that the name of "Li" was priceless, and the people in Beijing lined up all night to exchange a large number of silver tickets for members of the "Li" bank. ...

No matter what happened later, the villagers didn't know. Occasionally, the villagers will say to the guests in a foreign land, look, this is where Li first opened the bean curd shop, and the plaque is still there. ...

Many years later, Li became a legendary name, and there were hundreds of versions of her story. Many people have asked what Li Chenggong's secret is. Sometimes she talks about the past life of the tofu industry, but sometimes she is silent. . .