The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 71
Chu Ying felt better after taking a bath and lying on the warm blanket. "Don't sleep yet, drink some ginger soup, and I'll call you after dinner."

Chu Ying drank the ginger soup and fell into a deep sleep, but from time to time she felt a scent teasing her. When she opened her eyes, she felt dizzy and her limbs were weak, but she still put on an extra autumn coat before going out.

"How about it, is it better? Although it's almost summer, you can't walk back from the lake in such a wet state. Let's drink some fish soup first. The best dish in the soup is water shield. Now The water shield in April is the freshest and tenderest, called pheasant tail water shield, and the most plump."

"The other
Can I still eat it for a few months? "Chu Ying took a sip of the soup first, the water shield in it was light and sweet, and the fish was also smooth and delicious.

"Yes, when the leaves grow long, it is called silk water shield. Use silk water shield in May and June, and you can't eat it in July. There will be a kind of worm on it, which is small and indistinguishable from the water shield. Eat it It's not good."

"Only eat for 3 months?" This kind of delicious food only has a shelf life of three months, which is too short, Chu Ying ate the pancakes while drinking the soup.

"No, you can eat the worms if they freeze to death in October, and you can eat them until March of the next year. You only eat the stubble on the root and under the silkworm. You see, what you pick is the part that will be eaten after October. Comparing with the above paragraph, it will be bitter if you pick deeper.”

There are only three months in a year when you can't eat it. This water shield is very good. "That's good, I'll plant them tomorrow."

"You want to plant it? Then you have to pick a new seed. Either put it in the water, or it will die tomorrow, and the plant will not survive." Chu Ying hurriedly bit the cake when she heard that she wanted to plant it today, and took it out of pine wood. torches go to the lake.

"What are you doing? You don't want to go into the water. You're in poor health and you don't know how to swim. I'll do it." Ye Qiu pulled up his trouser legs, and slowly went down from the shallower side, holding the water shield stem between his toes. Or press it in the mud, and plant a pot of water shield until it gets dark.

Chu Ying changed the torches she held three times, and Ye Qiu, who climbed up, had wrinkled toes. "Go and warm yourself by the fire, the skin is wrinkled." Chu Ying helped Ye Qiu, who was a little unsteady, go to the well to wash first.

"It's the same when you picked it today. Actually, there are many in the lake, so it's not a problem to pick it yourself. It's too much tossing back and forth, and your body can't stand it."

"It's okay. We don't grow any species. We just plant them in the nearby places. With the addition of those reeds and cattails, the fish in the water are also a little angry, so they won't die so easily."

"Okay, you should wash up a bit and go to bed first. You've been tossing around all day." Chu Ying lay down after washing up. After dinner, she felt a little refreshed, but her nose was still a little runny.Chu Ying took some paper and put it aside, and rubbed the paper to soften it a little, otherwise her nose would turn red.

On the second day, Chu Ying got up early and carried another 40 catties of turpentine to the pharmacy, and also asked where to get raw lacquer.

"Grandpa Wen, I'm here again. Cough..." Chu Ying covered her mouth and coughed lightly.

"What's the matter? It was fine yesterday. Ah Fu, go and weigh it. Come sit down and let me take a look." Grandpa Wen felt Chu Ying's pulse.

"It's okay, I just have a cold."

"Cold? You have caught a cold, and you are so self-conscious when you feel better. Why did you go yesterday?" Grandpa Wen hastily wrote down a few medicines and handed them to the medicine boy. Half of the wind and cold will not take medicine. She got better, but Chu Ying was too weak to delay, it would be better to get well sooner.

"No, I just played in the water for a while. It will be fine in a few days." Chu Ying waved her hands again and again. Chu Ying didn't dare to spend money on this minor illness.

"It's okay, it doesn't take much money, I gave it to you, you are weak, and you can't delay if you are sick. It would be bad if you dragged out your old illness." Grandpa Wen gave three medicines and 1 tael 6 coins The 80 papers were placed in Chu Ying's basket and covered with a linen cloth.

"Okay, thank you. The next delivery will take a while until I have saved more. Grandpa Wen, do you know where there is a raw lacquer?"

"Raw lacquer is used more to build houses. You can go to the place where the wood is sold. Maybe you can get it. Raw lacquer is waterproof, and it is used more for shipbuilding. But shipbuilding has to go to another city. Go east to Linghai City where there are many shipbuilders. factory, but it’s too far away.”

"Okay, thank you, I'll ask." Chu Ying went to the market to ask, and those who sell wood will sell this by the way. Most people don't use raw lacquer, and those who are a little richer will use raw lacquer to make wood look good. It is brighter, and there are more wooden utensils such as wooden basins and bowls.

The price also ranges from 80 Wen to 90 Wen per catty. This raw lacquer is indeed not as productive as turpentine, which can also be cut down and heated to obtain turpentine, but raw lacquer can only be cut and slowly wait for it to flow down by itself.

Just like Chu Ying has only collected 10 catties so far. Chu Ying first went to Qin Zhong to buy rice. These days, she is really tired of eating pancakes. She is fine. She lived in the north for a while before. Qiu Dao is always difficult to swallow, after all, he is a child who is used to eating rice.

"I went to the city again today, what do I want to buy?" Qin Zhong wrote down the things he had just sold on paper. It seems that there are no thread-bound books in this day and age. Qin Zhong folded them one by one and stacked them in a box. .

"You make a hole in the paper, and then use a needle to thread it through. It's fine, it's a little looser, and it's easier to check." Chu Ying stuck her hand in the rice with her back to Qin Zhong, playing.

"This idea is not bad. Don't play with rice." Chu Ying had no choice but to withdraw her hand. She couldn't tell the good from the bad, but the ones with high prices should taste better, but I don't know what will happen in the future, so I still can't be too Extravagant, Chu Ying bought slightly better rice.

I bought 4 catties for 30 coins per catty, and spent 1 coin and 20 coins for silver. Chu Ying still didn't buy too much because she had a cold recently, or she would be tired and ill.

"Ah Choo..." Chu Ying blew her nose on a small toilet paper and threw it into the small pile of fruit peels on the side of the street, which was cleaned every day.In fact, Ye Qiu made a fine linen veil for herself, but Chu Ying still couldn't stand blowing the front and then the back.

"Why are you wiping your nose with paper? Are you squandering money like this now?" Seeing Qin Zhong's angry face, Chu Ying hurriedly showed her toilet paper to Qin Zhong.

"It's not the kind of paper you write on. I made it myself. It's smaller, thinner and softer than the paper you write on."

Qin Zhong took a piece of paper and looked at it, and it was indeed different from the writing paper, "You can make paper, but it's too indecent to wipe your nose with paper, I have a handkerchief, you can use it first .”

Chu Ying pushed the handkerchief back, "I have it, but it's too troublesome to wash, and this toilet paper can also be used when going to the toilet. It's not as troublesome to make as writing paper, and it can only be made into small paper. Come to the toilet and use it for normal use.”

Qin Zhong was already a little displeased, but now he looked at Chu Ying like a monster. "How can paper be used in the toilet? It's really disrespectful."

Concepts are the most ingrained, and Chu Ying couldn't make Qin Zhong and others accept this all at once, so she took out some fingers and put them on Qin Zhong's table.

"You try it, how can it be disrespectful if there is no writing on this paper. I'll go first." Qin Zhong usually seems to have a strong ability to accept new things, but in this era when all toilet chips are used for his own The idea is indeed a bit weird.

(End of this chapter)