The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 142 Making Soap

When Old Gu heard Gu Chengyu calling him, he was going to step forward to help him.However, Youngest Yang called Wang Yueniang, and Father Gu stood still.

Wang Yueniang helped Yang Laosan up, and the two of them walked quickly with their arms without saying a word, and disappeared outside the gate of the Gu family's courtyard after a while.

"Brother Gu gave birth to a good son! Let's wait and enjoy the blessings in the future! Today's matter is also a matter of different positions, and it is difficult for me to do it! I hope that Brother Gu will not be angry, please forgive me!" Lin Li was looking at Gu The old man cupped his hands as an apology.

"What is Lizheng talking about? You also have your difficulties!" Father Gu said so, but in fact he was already dissatisfied with him in his heart.He couldn't believe it, Lin Lizheng didn't have the same idea as the villagers to take money from his family in the first place, it's just that he knows how to talk about scenes!

After Lin Lizheng left, the Gu family finally regained their calm, but everyone was still a little bit aggrieved.

"Little Treasure! You have to be careful to correct this person! You offended him again today. He has a bit of a villainous heart. Because of what happened last time, I think he has a prejudice against our family. This time you brushed him off again. It's hard to guarantee his face in the future, and he won't trip up our family." Father Gu and the others entered the house, waiting for Mrs. Lu and the others to bring food.

"Father! Don't worry! It's a good face! It shouldn't be so blatant to deal with our family! Besides, he is also a smart person, and our family will get better. Could it be that he can always be against our family? If that's the case, he Don't think about doing it any more, Li Zheng."

Gu Chengyu doesn't believe that just relying on Li Zheng's behavior, he will always do things according to the rules on weekdays. As long as he has done it, he will leave a clue. If he has been ignorant, then don't blame him for revealing his old background.

"It's good that you know it in your heart!" Old Gu didn't even realize it himself. Now, he won't hide the family affairs from his youngest son, and he is used to his youngest son giving advice. In other words, Gu Chengyu already has a The right to speak.

Gu Chengyi looked at this little baby sitting on the edge of the kang, this little brother, he was becoming more and more incomprehensible, as if he could easily solve any matter that fell into his hands, even his father obeyed him.Can not be done!This can't be done, then if the fifth brother plots against their brothers in the future, won't father stop it?

Is it really okay to let the fifth child go to study?Let's not talk about whether he can glorify his ancestors for the family, the fifth child used to have a heart, but now that he has read the book, he is even more careless. I'm afraid that when the time comes, he will play around with these brothers even more.

Not long after, Mrs. Lu and the others brought up the food. The food had been prepared long ago and was hot in the pot. Who would have thought that this would happen to them as soon as they came back. At this moment, their stomachs were a little hungry .

Mrs. Lu ordered Mrs. Fang and the others to bring the food to the table.Gu Chengyu glanced at the braised pork ribs, and saw that the ribs were bright in color, but
What about the meat on the ribs?Why did he see only a bit of lean flesh attached to the bone?No wonder Mr. Gu said that there is no meat in the ribs. It turns out that the ribs in ancient times were really bones, but not like in the previous life. There was a lot of meat attached to the ribs. The lean meat here was removed and sold separately.It seems that if you still want to eat pork ribs in the future, you have to negotiate with the butcher and spend a few extra pennies per catty.

After dinner at home, Gu Chengyu started making soap.

First heat the lard in a pot, just feel a little warm, here can only be roughly estimated.Then slowly add lard to the heated lye on the other side, that is, plant ash, and keep stirring.

Gu Chengyu saw that Lu Shi and Fang Shi were almost stirring, and asked them to pour the soap liquid into the prepared mold. This one only needs to wait until the solidification is complete, and then take off the mold, then put it in a cool place, put one or two The month should be almost over.

After carefully observing the soap liquid poured into the mold, I found that the color is not as good as in the previous life. It may be because of plant ash. There was no soda ash in ancient times. It is not easy to purify plant ash. Looking at the yellow soap liquid, I thought to myself You can also put some petals or essential oils in in the future, it should look better than this one.

"Little Treasure! This yellow thing is really the soap you mentioned? Why is it like water? It's still sticky." When Mrs. Lu and the others were making it, Father Gu and the others were also watching, seeing such soap, I was a little worried, wondering if I could take a bath and wash clothes.

"Father! This is not done yet! It will be fine when it is done. It will take more than a month. It can't be used right now, burn your hands." Although Gu Chengyu was not satisfied with the appearance of the finished product, he was satisfied with its appearance. effect is not in doubt.

"Then our family has to move! What's the matter with this soap? It has to be moved to the house over there?" Hearing that Gu Chengyu said that it will be put away for more than a month, she was worried that the house would be built here, and there would be no land for the soap. let go.

"Of course I moved there! It's close to the foot of the mountain, and there are few people going there. Isn't it just right? That way others won't find out. Let's make these first today! We moved to a new place in two days. Let’s talk about the house, otherwise it will be too much, and it will be troublesome to move around, and it will be bad if the villagers see it.” Gu Chengyu just couldn’t help it, and tried to make a few pieces first, but he didn’t expect to make it all at once Alright, pick up a pen and write down the ratio of the experiment just now, and do it according to this ratio in the future.

"Uncle Sun said that he can come to build the house in the future. Our family also needs to call a few people to help." After Gu Lao finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and thought for a while.

"Call Chengxiao from the uncle's house, and call a few more from the village. Alas! I don't know if I can call someone to help me now. I guess there will be many people in the village going to serve corvee this time. The meat is separated, wouldn't it be good for our family to build a house here in a lively manner?" Gu Chengyi remembered that a lot of labor had been left in the village this time, so it would be difficult for people, and they would also be gossiped about.

"What are you afraid of? Do you think they are all stupid? Those who don't want to go, those who don't want to have children will sell their land, and they won't be able to go much. However, after this corvee, the land in our village may be less. I heard that it was all bought by Mr. Zhao. If you go there, the money you get is not enough, even if you make up the money for the corvee, you will suffer a lot of damage, and the days to come will be miserable."

Mr. Gu is not afraid of not being able to find a strong labor force. Today, he heard the news that the village is selling land. This time Mr. Zhao has made a lot of money again.It's just that he doesn't envy this money, and he burns his hands with the money earned in this way, which is adding insult to injury.

Gu Chengli also felt emotional after hearing what Old Gu said. He likes fields and crops the most. Seeing so many lands being sold at such a low price makes him feel bad, but his family can't afford them, so he can only watch.

"That's right! For a family with little land, after paying the tax, there is no food left. After selling the land, they can only rent the land of Mr. Zhao's family. I guess it will be difficult for them to drink something dilute in the future."

(End of this chapter)