The growth of the eldest daughter-in-law of the farm gate

Chapter 65 Soap

The next day, Zhao Yunlan drove the ox cart to Liu's small courtyard in the morning to take care of the peppers for a while, and then came back in the afternoon to start tinkering with the lard soap.

Hey, Zhao Yunlan doesn't know the specific ratio of lard and plant ash. If he didn't see this ancient soap this time, he wouldn't know when he would think of this thing!
As for the fact that she had been using plant ash to wash dishes before, Zhao Yunlan couldn't remember that the teacher in high school history class used to talk about ancient soap in an extracurricular topic.Later, Zhao Yunlan went to the Internet to find information to see the specific method.Although I don’t know if those ratios are correct, let’s try slowly first!

Zhao Yunlan first put the flowers he had picked in a pot, dried them on the kang and set them up for later use. Then he lit the small stove and put a small pot on it to start cooking lard. Afraid that it would not be successful in a while, he only added a small amount of lard. Boil, after the lard is boiled, add the precipitated and filtered plant ash liquid and keep stirring until it looks like a paste. I don’t know if it’s because the plant ash liquid is added too much this time or what’s going on. It’s mushy It wasn't obvious, Zhao Yunlan's hands were sore from stirring, and she didn't feel that it was particularly sticky, so she had to find a bamboo tube and put it in a bamboo tube like this, and marked it with the number 'one'.Find a cool place to wait for it to solidify.

Zhao Yunlan also recorded the ratio of lard and plant ash in No. [-], and just waited to see the situation after it solidified.

When Zhao Yunlan was pouring the plant ash liquid, she thought she had to filter it a few more times, but the plant ash liquid was only filtered once, and it wasn't particularly clear.What was supposed to be soap in that trumpet looked dusty.

Zhao Yunlan plans to make the second one. After all, it will take a long time for this to solidify. Make a few more to see the situation. The second Zhao Yunlan changed the ratio and was stirring when she suddenly looked up and saw the jar of salt. Only then did I realize that I should add some salt water and stir together, but No. [-] soon became semi-solidified.Zhao Yunlan was a little happy.

'No. [-]' was completed in this way. No. [-] also put some dried flowers into the bamboo tube.

Zhao Yunlan made five lard soaps with different ratios in a row, and recorded each one in the book, just waiting for these to completely solidify and try them out.

Li Mingli and Li Mingmei took Xiaobao around these bamboo tubes, all of them were curious.

Xiaobao still wanted to reach out to touch them, but Zhao Yunlan picked up Xiaobao and hugged them before leaving. She also told the two brothers and sisters: "You two, don't touch them!"

Knowing that Zhao Yunlan used lard to make this pancreas, Li Mingren now admires his wife more and more.In addition, since he followed Zhao Yunlan's schedule to study, Li Mingren felt that his study efficiency had improved a lot, and he went to run every day, helped with work, and ate the food cooked by Zhao Yunlan. It's getting better and better, and it seems to be a little taller.

When Li Mingren was lost in thought, Zhao Yunlan came in and said quietly: "Tomorrow's quiz, oh! The location of tomorrow's quiz is next to the toilet!"

Li Mingren was so scared that he came back to his senses: "Ah? Why is it next to the toilet?"

Zhao Yunlan: "Won't there be bad names in your exam room? In case you get assigned to this position in the exam later, you should get used to it in advance."

Li Mingren: "..."

Zhao Yunlan hugged Xiaobao and went out for a walk again. These days, Li Mingmei was cooking. Li Mingmei also learned a lot of dishes from Zhao Yunlan, and the taste of the dishes was not bad.

Now Li Mingren does all the housework at home, Wang's health has improved a lot, and he occasionally helps with light housework, Zhao Yunlan runs around the house every day.Going home is quite leisurely, and occasionally Zhao Yunlan will follow when the work in the field is too busy, and the days go by like this.

The peppers in the town began to bear fruit, and Zhao Yunlan was very happy with each small green pepper.

Mrs. Liu was also infected by Zhao Yunlan's atmosphere, and asked someone to withdraw 50 taels of silver.

Mrs. Liu: "Ms. Zhao, these 50 taels are your wages during this period. At first, Mrs. Zhao didn't talk about wages with me. Seeing that Mrs. Zhao comes here on time every day to take care of and record these peppers, this 50 taels is just Talk about expressing your heart, if Mrs. Zhao needs anything in the future, I will definitely help you if you can."

Zhao Yunlan didn't take the 50 taels, but said: "Master Liu, can the women exchange the 50 taels for this pepper tree?"

Grandpa Liu thought for a while and didn't speak. Zhao Yunlan was also nervous at the moment, and looked up at Grandpa Liu.

Old Master Liu then said: "I originally wanted to give it to you, but it's a royal gift, so it's not easy to give it away. It's the fruit! Lady Zhao can pick it when it's ripe."

Zhao Yunlan cheered in her heart, what she wanted was this fruit, and she thought that the pepper tree would be impossible to get, so if the goal of asking for it was set higher, the chances of Mrs. Liu being able to give this pepper tree would also be higher.

At that time, I can keep some of the seeds in the pepper and plant them myself.

Zhao Yunlan nodded happily: "Thank you, Mrs. Liu."

Old Master Liu also smiled: "The 50 taels are still for Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Zhao must not delay."

Zhao Yunlan feels ashamed of her petty thoughts at this moment, hey~
Zhao Yunlan couldn't refuse the 50 taels, so she had to go home with 50 taels.

Old man Li looked at the 50 taels on the table, and was surprised and delighted that he could get so much money by helping the nobles grow flowers.

Zhao Yunlan feels guilty, she should have known that she begged for peppers generously.

But now that I have 50 taels, I can build a house with the income from the store plus my share of the first flowers.

Zhao Yunlan thought about building a house for a long time.

In the evening, Zhao Yunlan occupied half of Li Mingren's desk to draw a sketch of the house she wanted to build.

Li Mingren looked at Zhao Yunlan's drawings one after another, and asked, "Miss, are you planning to build a house?"

Zhao Yunlan nodded and continued to draw her own picture, but her drawing skills can only be understood by herself.

Li Mingren asked in a low voice beside him: "Why don't I help the lady draw!"

Zhao Yunlan looked at Li Mingren: "You should have said it earlier!"

Li Mingren was stunned for a moment, Zhao Yunlan urged Li Mingren to draw a picture first.

Li Mingren drew a rough outline according to Zhao Yunlan's idea, and Zhao Yunlan was very satisfied.But there are still many rules for building a house here. Li Mingren explained them to Zhao Yunlan one by one. After talking about it, Zhao Yunlan stared at Li Mingren with resentful eyes.

Li Mingren felt chills and shrank his neck.

Zhao Yunlan said to Li Mingren viciously: "I want to live in a big house, and next year you must pass the exam for a scholar!"

During this time, Zhao Yunlan went to the small courtyard of the Liu family and saw those buildings that she liked very much. Thinking that her new house could also be built like that, she told Li Mingren, who would have thought that there is another important condition that she forgot, The Li family is still a commoner, and many buildings cannot be built. Even if they can be built for various reasons, the Li family will be targeted sooner or later.

Zhao Yunlan had no choice but to shelve her plan to build a house, Zhao Yunlan sighed again and again!Li Mingren just felt terrible beside him.

　The soap made of lard and plant ash is for reference only! ! !
　　If you are interested, you can check the information!
　　
　
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