Tofu Curry

After coming back home, both of them rested for a while.

After feeling better, Su Yun said, "We have brought everything now. Let's cook our tofu curry first, because it won't get bad even after being left out for a day or two."

'if only fridges had existed in this century'

She suddenly had an idea. She looked at Shen Yu. Shen Yu suddenly felt chills looking at her.

"Let's cook together!" Her eyes were shining while she said this.

Shen Yu gave a stiff smile. But Su Yun didn't care and dragged him along with her to the kitchen.

But just as she entered through the door, Su Yun suddenly stopped. Shen looked up at her only to see her covering her face with embarrassment.

'I almost forgot that we don't have ready-made tofu here!!'

But thankfully, she had already soaked soy beans last night. So I only had to go to the yard to make tofu.

To make tofu curry, we first had to grind soy beans and make soy milk (paste).

If we had a mixer grinder in our hands, it would be good. But unfortunately, we could only make do with the mill.

We made our donkey do extra hard work. Poor Donkey didn't even have a name. But what should it be?

My mind left Donkey's thought as I saw soy milk coming out of the mill.

It took some time, but the basin had finally gotten full.

We put the thick soy milk on a clean cloth. And I covered it with a heavy pot filled with stones.

We will have to skip cooking tofu curry today because there's no way tofu will harden itself immediately.

Hopefully we can get some stiff-tofu in the morning...

*****

That night, Su Yun finally moved again...

Shen Yu opened his eyes, looking at her. He held her heart and said, "Can't you sleep?"

She opened her eyes in a flash. I looked at him nervously and said, "Sorry, I awakened you."

"It's fine. What happened, nervous?" His hoarse voice was heard under the faint light of the moonlight, coming from the window.

Her face flushed, but due to poor lighting, it couldn't be seen by Shen Yu.

She blurted out, "It's not like that!!"

But her voice was enough to tell him the truth. She was lying.

He moved his other hand to gently hold her face, looking at her in the eyes, "You don't want to hide something from me."

She looked so down and said, "I was nervous. We have spent a lot of money on buying these things. If we couldn't earn anything, or if we got bullied by someone on our first day, or what  if?

Shen Yu placed the hand holding her face on her mouth. Shutting her mouth immediately.

"Don't talk nonsense. We have worked together hard, and I trust my wife's words and cooking skills. So don't worry too much."

His words finally calmed down restless Su Yun.

Sometimes feeling so much trust in a person can make you feel afraid of failure. Fear of disappointing their loved ones.

But looking at Shen Yu, she doesn't care to think about this kind of thing at all.

Does he really trust me this much?

That's right! If Shen Yu doesn't care about such negative things, then I shouldn't either.

In extreme excitement, she unexpectedly hugged Shen Yu tightly.

Taking him by shock. He didn't expect Su Yun to make the first move.

She immediately recognized Shen Yu, but he didn't give her time to hide herself.

Instead, he wrapped his arms around her tightly. Su Yun tried to move but couldn't move his strong arms.

She heard him whisper in a husky voice, "You had your turn; can't I have mine now?"

Poor Su Yun could only place her face on Shen Yu's chest.

It didn't take long for Shen Yu to hear her very soft snores.

And just like that, both husband and wife slept peacefully in each other's embrace, hoping for each other in their dreams.

*****

The next day, Shen Yu and Su Yun only lazed around home.

They were tired from yesterday's work and couldn't wake up super early. Looking back in time, Su Yun went to sleep again while Shen Yu did the same.

Su Yun liked lazing around so much that she just cooked a simple dish today: stir-fried marinated tofu and stir-fried vegetables with rice.

But to their dislike, if they had not done something with tofu, it may have gone bad.

There is no need to waste such food. So they could only get back to doing it.

First, I had to cut the tofu into pieces. Firm tofu is best for this dish.

Marinate it with salt and spices. It's a special red sauce that is used to make this dish. But that doesn't exist here, so I had to prepare my own homemade red sauce.

Mix the marinade. Cover and marinate for at least 15 minutes.

While I was doing this, Shen Yu had already chopped veggies.

Not as fast as me, but his speed in chopping was good for a meal in cooking.

I cooked the tofu. Oil a pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, I added tofu cubes and cooked until all sides were browned and crispy. Remove the tofu from the pan and transfer it to a big plate.

For the curry sauce, return the pan to medium heat, stir in the curry paste, and cook for about a minute, or until fragrant. Add the onion and cook until it's slightly translucent, about 8 minutes, then stir in the garlic.

Sauté the vegetables. Add another batch of broccoli to the pan, followed by the red bell pepper, green bell pepper, and carrots. Stir to coat, then stir in the sea salt, black pepper, and coconut. Reduce heat to medium and cook until the carrots are tender-crisp, about 10–15 minutes.

Finally, it's done! Shen Yu hurriedly moved to get two bowls for them. While Shen Yu had already filled two bowls with cooked white rice,.

Looking at the fragrant aroma of the tofu curry. She couldn't help but swallow the lump in her throat.

Shen Yu's condition wasn't better than mine. but he was good at controlling it.

"Let's eat!" Said her. They both started to devour the tofu curry with rice like hungry wolves.

Soon, they couldn't even move after eating too much. When Su Yun suddenly said, "We should also sell rice,"

Su Yun blinked at her, then suddenly nodded, feeling overwhelmed. "right! How can I forget that? I'm really sorry, dear!"

Shen Yu could only sign at her antics to woo him.

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