Lingquan Space: The group pet, the little lucky girl, is busy with the sea and farming

Chapter 43 Rock Salt
Xu Xiumei wanted to go out to eat salt with Su Yunxue, but Su Yunman who had breakfast also wanted to go out.

Xu Xiumei had no choice but to borrow a bigger sampan from the dog living next door.Xu Xiumei shook the boat, and the three women set off.

Rock Salt Blocks can only be mined in certain places.The color of the rock is blue-black.Due to the trouble of handling, few official salts will be picked.Most people who can't afford the official salt come here to buy salt blocks and make some edible salt at home.

Homemade salt is also mostly green because of the minerals mixed on the rocks and tastes slightly bitter.But people's life is inseparable from salt, and the bitter taste can only be swallowed into the mouth with poverty.

There is no problem with salting salted eggs with this kind of salt.

The place selling rock salt is at the foot of the lower reaches of Haiming Island, farther than the Yancunji they went to last time.The boat was floating on the water, and Su Yunman fell asleep in her sister's arms.

This is called rock salt mountain, simple and easy to understand.At the foot of the rocky mountain there is a small river with a small wooden ferry on the bank.At this time, there were already a dozen or twenty sampans.Because people in a radius of tens of miles are buying salt rock blocks here, the business is still very good.

A straw shelf was set up beside the ferry, and a table was placed on the shelf.Behind it sat a strong man with a beard.He asked for the quantity, took the money, and waved for someone to take it from the back—those dark rock salt blocks were placed behind the straw shelf in a big way, but no one dared to take them in person.

Although it is not an official salt, it is also a business without capital.The toughest job was removing rock salt blocks from the mountain.Naturally, such enterprises will not be small households, but will be controlled by the "Great Lake Overlord".

Of course, Xu Xiumeishi didn't know these things.All she knows is that the rock salt here is cheap and good.Three women waited a long time to get to the table.

"How much do you want?" the burly man asked lazily, holding the ten copper coin that was handed over by the last person in his hand.

At present, the price of a catty of official salt is 30 times that of rice.Official salt is 200 to 250 Wen per catty, and rock salt is 10 Wen and five yuan.Although the salt separated from the rock salt block is not very stable, it can be consumed by a family for three months, which is much more practical than official salt.

Xu Xiumei's family wants to pickle salted eggs, which requires a lot of rock salt.She took out 50 Wen, and the big man looked at her, but only received 20 Wen, "Everyone is only 10 Yuan per day."

Su Yunxue wanted to say that she and her sister could buy it, but was stopped by the blinking Xingzi.It would be better to let them behave on the outside.

In fact, these ten rock salt blocks are not light.Xu Xiumei put eight pieces in the bamboo basket on her back, and put two pieces in another small basket for Su Yunxue to hold.Niangsan put the salt on the sampan, and the draft of the small sampan suddenly became deep.

The way back is upstream.Since there was no turbulence, Xu Xiumei shook his oars and came back slowly.

"I'll go with Yunxue tomorrow." Xu Xiumei looked at the draft of the sampan.Fortunately, he borrowed the big board from Gou Sheng's before he came, otherwise he would be in trouble when he came back.

Soaking in water is the first step from rock salt block to usable salt.The Xu family used to have a large tank for soaking salt water.At this time, it was pushed out and washed ashore.Xu Xiumei put three rock salt blocks in it.The two sisters drew water from the stream in clay pots and poured it here.

Clear water suddenly became cloudy.Xu Xiumei stone was inserted with a wooden stick, pounded and stirred, and the water became more turbid.Weeds and impurities attached to the rock salt block floated down.Xu Xiumei scooped out the impurities with a wooden spoon and put the lid on.This step is completed, and the rest is waiting for the things inside to slowly settle down.

Xu Xiumei's movements seemed to be much faster than yesterday, and there was no trace of melancholy in front of the sisters.Su Yunman couldn't see any clues from her face, she only knew that she had been in a daze for a long time while cooking.

(End of this chapter)