She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 812 - 770: Famine Era 11 (First Update)

Uncle and elder aunt only returned at noon after selling, having gone through four villages and finally selling out in town.

"At first, it was hard to sell and we couldn’t shout out, but as noon approached, business picked up a bit. Most people bought three jin because it was five yuan for three jin. We sold 60 jin for US$ 108, 12 yuan less than we expected."

"It’s okay, Aunt. This is just the beginning. Over time, people will know if our tofu is delicious or not. Most local tofu is made with plaster, and you’ve tried it too; don’t you think our tofu tastes better?"

The family didn’t seem to deny this fact, as it’s true. In fact, she didn’t mention that a little of the beans she brought back was mixed into the tofu.

The beans produced in the space have an exceptional flavor; she told grandpa to grab a handful of space beans when soaking the beans.

"If someone brings beans to exchange for tofu, that’s fine too. For example, if they bring one jin of beans, we can give them one and a half or two jin of tofu since one jin of beans can produce three jin of tofu. If it’s water tofu, there’ll be more. We shouldn’t profit too much from villagers at our doorstep and locals."

"Huanhuan’s words make sense. We all live in the same village, so we can’t be too particular, but we shouldn’t be too careless either. For example, if the beans they bring contain many spoiled ones, we’ll count it as one jin. We can tell them in advance that we only accept good-quality, clean beans."

The older the ginger, the spicier it gets; she just started the conversation, and grandpa already knew what to do next.

"Huanhuan arranged one slab of water tofu and two slabs of firm tofu, which is right, because young people like firm tofu, while elders and children prefer soft tofu." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Actually, the tofu produced was not just 60 jin; after all, there was still water tofu, which was roughly 70 jin in total. The family kept four or five jin and gave the rest to her to carry and deliver to the professor’s home on her way out.

Of course, only the soft tofu was brought, and Ye Huan took it without hesitation, saying if she saw cheap beans in the city, she’d buy some back too.

Uncle and elder aunt, however, said, "No need, really, many people are willing to exchange with beans, and we will exchange according to the quality of the beans. Not just beans, but other grains too, can be used for exchange. It doesn’t have to be cash only."

Ye Huan quite agreed with this, "Yes, bartering is quite appropriate. After all, making tofu is about having something to eat. If we can exchange for grain, then we don’t have to go out and buy it, right?" The family’s grain surely wouldn’t be enough; they planted a lot of mixed grains each year, and a lot of sweet potatoes, but they couldn’t keep up with the population.

More or less, they would buy some. Now with tofu made, it can be exchanged for grain, which is a viable method.

Looking at her family being hopeful about the future, she genuinely felt happy for them.

With the family having an opportunity to earn some extra income, her pressure would also be much less.

Before she returned to school that night, she found a place to stew a pot of tofu egg custard using eggs and soft tofu, and it tasted great.

The firewood for her space cooking was also collected from the grove on the riverbank, picked up every week, as she was unwilling to buy coal balls since they didn’t last long for cooking.

Luckily, the space had a self-purification function; otherwise, it would have been challenging to handle.

The school had no evening self-study sessions, but it was required to return on Sunday night, as there would be morning reading on Monday morning.

What’s said to be morning reading actually lasted until 7 or 8 o’clock. In this era, it wasn’t as strictly managed as the junior high she attended in her previous life, with no pressure to advance academically.

In her past life, every child had to go to school, but in this era, you couldn’t find even ten in a village. Even having one or two was considered good.

Although more urban children attended school compared to rural ones, there was still a certain proportion. Without pressure, naturally, it was not taken so seriously.

If everything goes well next year, she could graduate from middle school.

The fourth-year courses included simple physics, chemistry, and biology knowledge, roughly equivalent to elementary science courses compared to junior high in her previous life.

If you study seriously in class, even though there are no practice problems after class, memorizing the book could still achieve more with less effort.

Sa Beining at Beijing University back then relied on memorizing books to smoothly pass courses he barely attended. This method is most straightforward and effective.