The next day, the tofu boxes stopped dripping water, indicating that the tofu had been pressed into blocks. The stones were removed, the gauze lifted, revealing the solidified tofu, which was cut into palm-sized square blocks with a knife. Clean straw was placed on a winnowing basket in advance.
The tofu was placed on straw to sunbathe, with ten pieces of fresh tofu left aside for making scallion mixed tofu and Mapo tofu to eat. Mrs. Jiang sent three pieces to Aunt Jiao's house, two pieces to Fourth Aunt's house, two pieces to Granny Shi, kept three pieces for her own family, and the rest were sun-dried for three days.
