Once upon a time, there was a man named Lin Cheng in Guilin who specialized in selling tofu for a living. The tofu he made is tender, smooth and delicious, and the price is reasonable and honest, so the business is very good.
Lin Cheng's business is good, and naturally some people will be jealous. This man is Zhao Qian from Qiancun, and he also sells tofu, but he is very cunning and full of bad water, and he doesn't pay attention to the quality of tofu. As the saying goes, "if you don't know the goods, you are afraid to shop around." After a long time, Zhao Qian's business went from bad to worse. There is an old saying: peers are. After thinking for a day and a night, he finally changed his mind, so he immediately found the idle nonsense in the village. This nonsense is not a good person either. They have the same smell and hit it off immediately, thus setting a fatal trap.
The next day, when Lin Cheng passed by Hu Lai's door with tofu, Hu Lai stopped Lin Cheng and bought all the tofu. Five days later, Lin Cheng passed by Hu Lai's door again, and Hu Lai bought all Lin Cheng's tofu, thus confusing Lin Cheng. Just when he was suspicious, Hu Lai picked out the tofu he bought for the first time and said with a straight face, "What a good Lin Cheng! Everyone says you are honest and keep your word."
Lin Cheng is very confused. He opened his eyes and saw that everything in the bucket was rotten. It was really a bucket of stinky tofu. "Strange, just a bucket of fresh tofu. How did I change when I turned around? I couldn't help thinking of bear tofu five days ago, and my heart lit up and said, "Don't blame the good people, go to your house and have a look." "At this moment, a group of men, women and children gathered around and said," Yes, I am. " "I'll pay you ten loads!" Lin Cheng blushed and said that Hulai's house is very small, with only two rooms and a pigsty, and there is no back door to the outside. Everyone opened their eyes when they went in, but they couldn't find tofu. Strangely, they couldn't help it, so Lin Cheng had to bite the bullet and pay. How did this happen? It turned out that Hu Lai kept a sow, and Hu Lai poured fresh tofu into the pig trough. After a hungry day, the sow ate all the tofu, and there was nothing left, so everyone couldn't find it at all. This is Zhao Qian's trick to steal the column from Hu Lai.
Lin Cheng couldn't bear to dump the moldy stinky tofu, so he picked it up with a jar and pickled it with salt and wine. After a while, Lin Cheng opened the jar and suddenly smelled a thick aroma. He was so happy that he quickly picked up a piece with bamboo chopsticks. Haha, the pickled tofu is milky yellow, with transparent surface, beautiful appearance and fragrant smell. He can't help taking a bite. Wow, let's get some sun. Lin Cheng picked out the tofu and sold it. The foodies all gave thumbs up and said, "Delicious! Delicious! " In this way, Lin Cheng invented tofu.