Traveling to Shanxi, I realized that the founders of Qiao's family and Wang's compound were both tofu-born.

After all, Shanxi Gaoping didn't eat tofu, but its practice made me quite novel. In many places in the south, bean dregs discarded by tofu are made. They mix corn flour with Jiang Mo and stir-fry them with less oil, which turns out to be the dipping head (ingredient) of tofu.

Tofu is a good dish, low-key and moderate, which is very popular both in the era of less meat and in today's luxurious dining table.

Before traveling to Shanxi, the guidebook told us that there are really many residential courtyards worth seeing in Shanxi: Qiao's, Wang's, Cao's, Chang's and Li's. , each with its own characteristics.

The jingle used by tour guides is generally like this: "The royal family has the Forbidden City, but people look at Qiao's family", "The Wangs return without looking at the courtyard", "Qiao's surname, Wang's courtyard, Lijiashan" and so on.

Anyway, we started from Taiyuan in this order, first to the Qiao family courtyard, then to Pingyao ancient city, and then to the Wang family courtyard.

Punched out all the way for sightseeing, and saw many ancient buildings, Ming and Qing styles, a combination of Chinese and western, rich caves and plaque carvings. After all, I don't study architecture or folk customs, so many specific buildings or art forms are crammed into my mind that I can't remember them at all. I believe that most tourists have the same experience as us.

Instead, I thought of tofu!

The father of Empress Wu Zetian in Shanxi sells tofu. Of course, this is unofficial history, which is not necessarily credible.

However, it is true that Qiao Guifa, the founder of jstars courtyard, made tofu by wrapping hair and bean sprouts.

During the period of Huang Qing, Yuan Renzong, the Wangs who immigrated from Sophora japonica in Hongtong County settled in Jingsheng, Lingshi, and concentrated on making tofu to make a living and support their families.

Of course, making tofu is nothing more than raising a family, making a living, and working hard to settle down!

To make tofu, you must go through the steps of soaking beans before going to bed, getting up in the middle of the night to grind pulp, filtering residue, fire, light salt water, shaping and so on. You need physical strength, endurance and skills, as well as dealing with customers. Technology and business skills are good things to make money and support life.

More importantly, tofu does not need land, but it needs to be aggressive. Where are you going? Outside! A little more outside!

So there was Qiao Guifa's Journey to the West, Qiao Guifa's Gong Hao, and later Qiao Zhiyong's commercial and financial empire. There are 6 courtyards, 20 courtyards and 365,438+03 houses, covering an area of 65,438+00,642 square meters.

As a result, our descendants began to cross Luliang Mountain and sell the specialties of the Central Plains to the frontier. Developed through trade, it became a prominent family in Kangxi, Qianlong and Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Qianlong and Jiaqing, the Wangs were knighted with two or five titles, and the court awarded the title of doctor 1 person. There is the Wang Family Courtyard with a total area of 250,000 square meters, including five lanes, six castles and one street.

Simply making tofu can't make a fortune, or only those who understand the market, dare to think and dare to do it, and are unwilling to accept their fate can really rise.

Oh, I heard that the founder of Caojia Courtyard in Taigu, Shanxi also makes tofu!