The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 65 Picking Mushrooms

"No, there is something bad in the paper that is made, and it cannot be used for writing, so it can be used to use the toilet. There is nothing to avoid."

"That doesn't work either. You can use toilet paper when you go to the toilet. How can you use paper?" Chu Ying looked at Ye Qiu who was a bit embarrassed, and she just wanted to say that we modern people use toilet paper when we go to the toilet. Bamboo slices to solve.

"Anyway, it's impossible to use those papers for writing. This is to make the best use of them. You'll know when you try it. Of course, you won't understand if you haven't tried it now." Seeing what Chu Ying said, Ye Qiu didn't say any more. , after all, she is a maid and has no reason to contradict her master.

After the branch fibers had been beaten into a soft dough, Chu Ying poured the wood pulp into the wooden basin, poured in water and stirred evenly, then found a large stone and put it on the stove to bake, dipped the wood pulp with a brush The pulp is brushed upwards, because the branch fibers are already loose after being cooked, stirred with plant ash and beaten, and the wood pulp that comes out is relatively uniform.

The paper produced is also smoother than before, without protruding wood fibers, and the paper is thicker, so it should be more comfortable to wipe PP.

"Chu Ying, why do you make paper? You have to scoop up the pulp with a grate, then dry it and tear it off." Although Ye Qiu doesn't know how to make paper, he has seen how people in paper workshops make paper.

"These are mainly made of toilet paper. The writing paper is useless now. You can do it later when you learn calligraphy." Ye Qiu looked at Chu Ying who had applied a layer of pulp and then slowly waited for the pulp to dry and tore it off. It is true that the second lady has never practiced calligraphy, and she is not very good at using paper.

"En, I understand." Ye Qiu continued to chop the branches and bark into small pieces, "We can sell them when we slowly make them, but let's use them ourselves first."

Chu Ying has thought about this paper business, but the paper here is sold in large sheets, and I can’t find a large stone, so I can’t make such a large paper, even if I make cut paper The size is not enough, and these stones are uneven, and the paper made is not very smooth, so it can only be used as toilet paper.

After finding a suitable flat stone, you can build a stove to make paper. Chu Ying has seen that the general paper in the bookstore costs 10 yuan a piece, but you can go home and cut it yourself.

"It's enough for yourself, but it's better not to show your face too much. After all, you are a girl, and you can't compare with those young men who can often go out, set up stalls or hawk along the street. You have sex."

What Ye Qiu said, he had really thought about it. It is not convenient for women to show their faces in this day and age, but the atmosphere in the village is not so strict. To make a living, they can only set up a street stall and do some work to earn some money.

"When the time comes, there will be a place to sell it. Don't worry about it. I won't sell it on the street." When good-quality paper is produced and the output is stable, it's time to worry about sales.

Waiting for Ye Qiu to finish cooking, Chu Ying added a few more fires, and took Ye Qiu to the grove behind to have a look. Ye Qiu could see the ground next to the house clearly, because there were traps in the grove She didn't let her see it by herself.

Ye Qiu is serious about things, not lazy or squeamish, and has done his best to himself as a servant. The most important thing is that her contract of prostitution is with him. I feel more at ease with her these days. You can take her to the back to have a look. In this way, there is no fear of her doing bad things to her main source of food.

"These are chestnut trees, followed by pine trees, and those are raw lacquer. Cut a strip every two or three days, and then bring home the pine resin and raw lacquer. These are fungus, shiitake mushrooms and oyster mushrooms on the ground. I saw it at the foot of the mountain before. So I brought it back, and I didn’t know the other mushrooms so I didn’t touch them.”

Ye Qiu looked at the big mushrooms that had grown on the ground. He knew them all, and there was no problem eating them. He was a bit tired of eating mustard greens and leeks every day, but these mushrooms could be a change.

"It's big enough to eat." Chu Ying put a basket on the ground, "You pick those, I'll pick these, so it's easy to divide, and the unfinished ones can be dried and stored without spoiling, just this oyster mushroom Pick as much as you want."

"Okay." Seeing that Ye Qiu didn't have a strange expression, it seemed like what Brother Wang said, people here eat mushrooms, and they can easily distinguish between poisonous mushrooms and edible mushrooms. Bring some rotten wood with mushrooms for my own food, but I'm afraid I won't make much money if I sell it.

"Ah..." Chu Ying looked at Ye Qiu whose face was pale with one foot suspended, almost laughed out loud, but she quickly rescued Ye Qiu.

"These are the traps I set, and there are marks on the side, you see."

Ye Qiu looked at the practical trap Chu Ying made, and then at Chu Ying who had just reached her chest. It seemed that Second Miss had really learned a lot from living alone.

"Where did you learn this? Can you catch something?" Chu Ying held up the basket full of picks in her hand, and pointed out the traps to Ye Qiu one by one. Most of them were in the aisle, so it was easier to see them. .

"The rabbits in front of the yard were caught. I caught pheasants and hamsters before, and they ate them if they were not easy to raise. Look..." Chu Ying pulled a dead hamster from the rope. Untie it.

"Is this edible? How dirty..." Ye Qiu was so frightened that he quickly hid behind the tree trunk.

"This gopher eats insects and whole grains, so it's cleaner than the ones we saw at home." Chu Ying picked up the field mouse with grass and put it in a basket. Looking at Ye Qiu who was hiding aside in fear, she stretched out her hand to pull it. she.

"Don't be afraid to die."

Ye Qiu looked at the calm Chu Ying and wondered if it was the first time she had eaten this food, or how many times she had eaten it. "Second Miss, do you just eat this?"

"Although this meat is small, it's still meat. It tastes good when roasted, but you haven't eaten it before." After returning to the house, Chu Ying peeled the vole, washed it, and put it on the branch.

Seeing Chu Ying skillfully and quickly deal with the voles, Ye Qiu couldn't believe it. The second young lady has been afraid of these furry things since she was a child, and she is afraid of blood whenever she sees it. Somehow she became like this.

"Second miss, you used to be very afraid of seeing blood, and you couldn't even touch these small things. Now what..." Ye Qiu moved the almost cooked rice away, and watched Chu Ying slowly roasting voles.

"People always have to grow up and have to face some things by themselves. What's the use of being afraid, because if I don't eat these things because I'm afraid, I'll starve to death long ago. I even worked as a butcher of pigs and made a lot of money. , pay the tax."

Ye Qiu looked at Chu Ying, who was probably not as big as a pig in front of him, but said so calmly about killing pigs. But killing pigs is something that even grown men can't do. Chu Ying, a 9-year-old girl, can still kill pigs. Pig, I don't know what kind of life Chu Ying is living.

Ye Qiu hugged Chu Ying, and said softly, "It's okay, I'll help you now, let's live a good life together, and then we can raise a few pigs so we can eat meat."

"I don't plan to raise pigs. Firstly, it's too dirty and tired. Secondly, there's no food for it. Thirdly, there's no room. Raising rabbits is clean and convenient." Chu Ying looked at the dozen or so rabbits in the shed. And the two female rabbits with growing bellies.

"That's true." When Ye Qiu was a child, his family raised pigs, and the smell was really bad, and the pigs ate quite a lot. Compared with the grass-eating rabbits, it was indeed a bit more troublesome.

"At that time, we can raise some milk sheep, and they still have the taste, but fortunately, the sheep eat grass, and after giving birth, they can have milk. If there are more lambs, they can be sold or eaten by themselves."

For this piece of land, I actually have a plan in my heart, but time and funds are limited, and I need to spend the money wisely. Chu Ying has not considered some things that are not necessary for the time being.

(End of this chapter)