Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside

Gu Jin'an turned and looked at her with a youthful face, carrying a touch of matter-of-fact attitude: "The teacher loves sweets, Third Grandpa, Grandpa Qin, dad, and Brother Cheng also love sweets, why can't I love sweets? What you've said doesn't make sense at all."

Gu Jinli helplessly responded: "You can eat, you can eat. There's no need to drag so many people into your reasoning for wanting sweets."

Brother Cheng is still a child, naturally he loves sweets.

Upon Gu Jin'an's request, Gu Jinli made a pottery bowl of sweet and sour pork. That night, her family, Gu Daya's family, Third Grandma and Third Grandpa, along with Elder Qin, a large group of people happily had dinner, and it seemed like a festival was celebrated.

The next day, Gu Jinli was busy as usual, following Gu Dashan and Gu Jin'an to the workshop to retrieve tofu for He Dacang.

Gu Jinli asked them, "How are the dried tofu and fried tofu selling?"

He Dacang smiled and said, "They are selling very well. Although they are priced a bit higher than plain tofu, the dried tofu and fried tofu are delicious. Especially the fried tofu, everyone loves to buy it. They say if you put a few pieces of fried tofu in a dish, you don't even need to add oil, which saves a lot."

Liang Dunzi said something similar to He Dacang.

Hearing this, Gu Jinli finally felt relieved, and added a reminder: "Remember to tell the customers, since it's hot these days, plain tofu spoils easily. Let them eat it the day they buy it and not keep it until the next day. Otherwise, if it spoils, we won't take responsibility."

In ancient times, people didn't visit the market often and tended to buy things in bulk. During winter and spring, customers would buy ten or even dozens of kilograms of plain tofu to eat over time, but nowadays you can't keep it for that long.

"Hey, we've already told them, we've told them not to buy so much."

Liang Dunzi then brought up Liang Zhuzi: "Big brother and elder sister-in-law went to Hukang County. After four days, on the tenth day, the shop they rented will open."

Gu Jinli nodded: "Okay, I got it. I'll prepare the goods for them on the tenth."

Liang Zhuzi wasn't only selling spices, but also dried tofu and fried tofu. Since the latter two items are best fresh, he decided to pick up the goods on the same day.

Liang Dunzi would pick up the goods together, first to Daxing Town, and then from Daxing Town to Hukang County. They rented a mule cart, and it would take four hours. It's a bit far, but with a rush, it wouldn't delay business.

After retrieving the goods for Liang Dunzi and He Dacang, Gu Jinli ran to Gu Dashan and said, "Dad, I need two large jars."

"Okay, I'll get them for you." Gu Dashan went to the storeroom and brought out two large jars nearly as tall as a person, and helped Gu Jin'an carry them back home.

"After breakfast, you can take your time handling it," Gu Dashan knew Gu Jinli was going to make preserved tofu, so he instructed.

"Alright." She agreed, and after breakfast, she moved the two jars to the kitchen and began dealing with the fermented tofu.

After fermenting for seven days, the tofu had developed a layer of mould, covered with long white fuzz.

Gu Jinli turned each block of tofu over, rolling away the white fuzz, then sprinkled the prepared spices over the tofu.

Brother Cheng, watching from the side, frowned doubtfully: "Second Sister, can this really be eaten?"

It had grown fuzz.

Although he was young, he knew that eating something with fuzz could upset the stomach.

Gu Jinli responded: "Didn't you ask before? Of course it can be eaten."

Brother Cheng: "..."

He had asked before and said he would trust Second Sister, but he had never seen tofu with actual fuzz before, and now seeing it... he was scared.

Gu Jinli turned to look at him and asked, "Don't you trust Second Sister?"

Brother Cheng's frown deepened even more, after hesitating for a while, he resignedly nodded: "I believe it."

Gu Jinli smiled and pinched his cheek: "Good, after Second Sister has put the tofu in the jars, I'll make you some moldy tofu to eat."

Brother Cheng: "...Second Sister, we've already had breakfast at home, no need to eat again."

Hearing this, Gu Jin'an couldn't help but laugh out loud, saying to Brother Cheng: "You're the one who said you believed in your second sister, and since you believe her, you definitely need to do something to support her, being scared is useless."

Brother Cheng, with a mournful face, looked very wronged and looked at his older brother, paused for a moment, then smiled and pounced over, saying: "Big brother, let's eat it together, I'll give you whatever I can't finish."

Gu Jin'an was both annoyed and amused: "I really spoil you too much."

Good things he doesn't call him for, but he is the first to come find him for bad things.

However, he still agreed: "Alright, it's just eating some moldy tofu, big brother will accompany you to eat."

That preserved tofu was a novel thing, no one had ever eaten it before, and it was made from moldy tofu. Xiao Yu said that they planned to sell the preserved tofu in the future. Gu Jin'an was worried that if the customers had problems after eating it, they would come to their family for accountability, so he thought of trying the moldy tofu first and see if there were any issues.

"Big brother is the best." Brother Cheng was very happy, helping Gu Jinli load the seasoned tofu into the large jar.

Not long after, Gu Jinli had all the tofu packed and sealed: "It will be ready to eat in about a month."

Actually, it could be eaten in a few days, but marinating for about a month would make it taste even better.

"Let's go, make the moldy tofu." Gu Jinli took the remaining two large pottery bowls of moldy tofu and fried them in oil until golden, then added a bowl of sauce and simmered it briefly before plating: "It's ready to eat, Brother Cheng, eat quickly."

Brother Cheng hid behind Gu Jin'an: "Big brother, you eat first."

Gu Jin'an, having no choice, picked up his chopsticks and ate four or five pieces: "The taste is good, it has a unique flavor, everyone should like it."

He also said: "You guys don't eat yet, wait a quarter after an hour before eating."

Gu Jinli: "Big brother, are you still afraid that you might be poisoned?"

Gu Jin'an: "I'm afraid you might be poisoned."

Gu Jinli: "..." It was clear he didn't trust her cooking.

But she had no comeback, as people in ancient times were always very cautious with what they put in their mouths, after all, many people died because of eating recklessly.

A little over a quarter hour later, with no symptoms of poisoning like stomach ache or a green face, Gu Jin'an then picked up two bowls of moldy tofu and said: "It's safe to eat now, let's go eat with Third Grandma and the others."

However, Third Grandpa and Third Grandma were not around, Mrs. Cui said: "They went to see He Sanlai and Old Zhu off, they both went today to find the survivors in Changping Town to see if there was any news about your Aunt Fuya's family."

On the day Elder Lei Wu came to pick up the goods, Jiang Jiao brought a register, and Third Grandpa and Third Grandma had been planning to look for people all along, it's just that they have been busy lately with building the shop and the festival, so they postponed it until after the festival.

"You guys go ahead and eat, just leave a bowl for your Third Grandma," Mrs. Cui said, she also tried two pieces of the moldy tofu and found it tasted quite good.

Brother Cheng had previously disliked the moldy tofu, but after tasting it, he grew fond of the flavor and ate the most.

They waited for almost half an hour after finishing their meal, and Gu Dashan finally returned with the village chief and Mo Chunyue.

Seeing them, Gu Jinli frowned, knowing something was wrong.

Sure enough, Village Chief He said with anger: "The Old Mo family has truly brought shame, they all sold themselves into servitude at the Lu Family, becoming servants!"