After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Chapter 144 Soap Powder
It was still early when we left the restaurant.

Qin Yao led Dalang to the West Market where a stall was set up, selling white-haired squirrels.

Ordinary people would not even take a second look at this kind of "playing with things to lose one's ambition" thing.

Qin Yao could only hope that she would be lucky and take a fancy to some house manager who came out to buy it, and take it back to please the young master or young lady in the house.

The little squirrel didn't eat because the food Dalang fed it yesterday didn't taste good.

Qin Yao and the lady selling peanuts next to her spent two cents to catch a small handful. The eyes of the originally limp squirrel suddenly lit up. If it hadn't been for the hemp rope around its feet, it would have jumped into Qin Yao's arms to grab the peanuts. .

The old man put it down and took the peanuts from Qin Yao to feed it. The little squirrel picked it up and ate it. The way it gnawed looked particularly cute.

Dalang looked at it with some reluctance.

But he also knows that the current situation at home is not suitable for raising this little guy, and he only hopes to meet a good family who can treat the little guy well.

The little squirrel became lively and still sucked sperm. Seeing those people dressed as housekeepers appearing at the corner of the street, Qin Yao immediately started shouting.

She didn't feel embarrassed at all. The whole street was filled with her hawking voice, and it was difficult not to attract attention.

A housekeeper and a man who looked like a purchasing boy walked up to inquire about the price out of curiosity. Qin Yao stretched out six fingers and said, "Six hundred yuan."

After hearing this, the two of them took a breath of cold air. What the hell is this? It’s too expensive!
Looking at the clothes of mother and son, they looked like beggars. The shopping boy shook his head in disgust and walked away. After taking a few steps, he turned back and sneered:
"I don't even have two ounces of meat, but I'm still selling it for six hundred cents. I'm going crazy thinking about money!"

After saying that, I thought the mother and son would look embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, neither of them glanced at him. The younger one was concentrating on feeding the squirrels, while the older one was already chatting with the housekeeper.

I vaguely heard a few words: "White hair is a rare breed, only seen once in a hundred years" and "It has a good temper, and both brothers and sisters will definitely like it".

"This kind of squirrel with white hair and cute face cannot be seen unless you go deep into the mountains. It only costs [-] coins, and you can make a lot of money if you buy it back." Qin Yao said seriously.

The housekeeper thought for a while and said happily: "That's it."

The purchasing boy, who had not gone far, was suddenly startled and hurried back, wanting it too.

"Sorry, it's just one. Whoever buys it first will get it." Qin Yao gave him a look of disdain like you don't know what the goods are, and smiled as she gave the little squirrel to the housekeeper and put it in the basket on her wrist.

"It won't run away?"

"No." Qin Yao pulled the housekeeper aside and taught her a few tricks on how to train small animals.

There was also after-sales service when shopping. The housekeeper looked at the white-haired squirrel eating peanuts in the basket, and the more she looked at it, the more she fell in love with it.

After receiving the [-] yuan, the reluctance in Dalang's heart disappeared instantly, and he only thought about buying something to go home.

Qin Yao found a carpenter in the city and booked a carriage.

The carriage will not be delivered until mid-October, but Qin Yao can wait. After all, the carriage she customized is unconventional and a bit complicated.

Qin Yao requested that a fixed table be installed in the carriage. It would be best if it could be folded and retracted during normal times and unfolded and stood up when needed. It should also have a certain amount of storage space.

As for other things, because the carriage space is very small, Qin Yao has no requirements for the time being.

I thought to myself that I would study the carriage bearings in the future and make a four-wheeled carriage.

However, if alloy materials cannot be obtained, this idea may be difficult to realize.

Don't worry about the awkward four-wheeled carriage, which is not as flexible as the current two-wheeled carriage.The carriage must be made of good materials, and including the wheels covered with metal, five taels of silver will be spent just like that.

The young man followed his stepmother and watched her hand over five taels of silver to others without blinking. The young man who had never seen so much money was slightly shocked in his heart.

But when I heard Qin Yao say that this carriage was made for them to use when they go to school next year, I was immediately moved.

He was so moved that Dalang completely forgot that he had a father who was studying in the city academy.

Qin Yao bought some more cloth and shoe soles, and also brought two kilograms of pastries and five kilograms of meat.

After buying these, Qin Yao suddenly remembered the cleaning supplies for bathing while passing by the grocery store and wanted to see if there were any saponins sold.

As expected, there was none at all. There was only a clean powder called soap powder, which foamed when touched with water. It was said to be made from pig pancreas.

Qin Yao was a little interested and asked how much it would cost.

The shopkeeper looked her up and down and saw the bow and arrow on her back and the knife tied with a cloth strip. He suppressed his disgust and said, "One tael for twenty coins."

"One tael?" Qin Yao suspected that she had heard the wrong unit. Are you sure it wasn't one pound?
The shopkeeper looked impatient as if he knew you were going to ask this question, and said solemnly: "Just one tael!"

"Forget it, let's go, Da Lang." Qin Yao turned around and left. If she couldn't afford it, why not do it herself?
Thanks to the grocery store for the inspiration, she suddenly remembered that she had learned how to make soap in her junior high school chemistry class.

So, I went back to the pork shop to buy fat meat.

Unfortunately, it was a bit late, there was nothing left at the meat stall, and Qin Yao only bought four kilograms.

Fatty meat is more expensive than pork belly, 25 cents per pound, exactly [-] cents.

Two pounds of fat can produce one pound of oil, and four pounds of fat can produce two pounds of oil, which is enough for her to make ten pieces of soap.

After this purchase, Shopkeeper Fan only had 81 taels of silver left. Together with her original savings, there was a total of 180 [-] taels of silver left.

Who would have thought that going into the mountains for some experience would lead to such unexpected gains?
Thinking of being able to buy a few more acres of fertile land, Qin Yao felt very good and her fatigue disappeared.

But Dalang obviously couldn't hold it any longer. The two took a bullock cart home and he slept all the way.

At first, he was leaning against the car fence, falling asleep, and his head fell on Qin Yao's back.

When the driver stopped and arrived at Xiahe Village, he was lying on Qin Yao's lap.

Qin Yao woke him up, and Dalang immediately made a big blush.

The sun was about to set, so they had to hurry back to Liujiacun. Qin Yao had weapons on her back and her hands were full.

Dalang carried his own small baggage and weapons, and held the two kilograms of fragrant pastries in his hands.

The braised pork noodles that the two of them had for lunch had been almost digested by now, and the aroma of pastries wafted into their noses. Reason and impulse were constantly at war with each other along the way, and Dalang's walk was extremely difficult.

Fortunately, the two finally arrived at Liujia Village before nightfall.

Mother and son spent so many days in the forest without washing their hair or changing clothes, living like beggars.

The people enjoying the cool weather by the village well did not recognize the mother and son until they heard the Erlang brother and sister playing in surprise, shouting "Auntie, eldest brother" and rushing towards them. Then people looked up in surprise and saw that the beggar was actually Mrs. Qin!
Jinhua Jinbao led the way and shouted excitedly after entering the house: "My third aunt is back!"

Dinner had already been eaten in the house, and Old Man Liu was repairing farm tools. Everyone's eyes lit up.

(End of this chapter)