The daily farming life of the black-bellied young lady

Chapter 75 Buying a Pony

Chu Ying knew that in ancient times, people tied mugwort and reeds together and dipped them in oil as torches. Later, someone wrapped the hollow reeds around strips of cloth, then filled them with beeswax and lit them. Beeswax was extracted from honey. Instead of making candles, I went to keep bees.

Chu Ying made a prototype of a lantern with paper and rice, put a thin piece of wood on the bottom, then put the candle in it, and put a stick on the top. Although it looks rough, it is more practical, at least not Get blown out while walking at night.

Chu Ying watched as Ye Qiu poured the boiled Sapindus juice into a bamboo tube and covered it for future use. The soap she made herself was burnt out in the fire last time, so she will make some more now.

The grinding tool is not troublesome to make. Chu Ying asked Ye Qiu to mix the juice of Sapindus chinensis and chestnut powder in a wooden basin, so that it would be like making cakes. Chu Ying also washed her hands and started to make soap. "This bath bean is probably made in the same way."
"I don't know." Although Chu Ying had seen the bath beans sold by Qin Zhong, Qin Zhong said that they were made of animal fat, which should be different from that of Sapindus chinensis.

"I've seen Mammy make soap locusts before, and it's also very useful, and it's cheaper than those sold outside." Chu Ying originally wanted to make soap and sell it, but now it seems that she can make some by herself, even if she doesn't To make soap, the acacia can also be used directly.

But if you do more of it, it won't be broken. At worst, give it to Aunt Wang and the others.At the beginning, Chu Ying thought it would be easy to earn some money by traveling here and relying on the wisdom of modern people, but Chu Ying, who sells the most basic recipes, went to the street.

Many vegetables here have not been imported, and there is no iron pot, so it is impossible to cook. In addition, the cooking habits of the people here are very different, so selling recipes is basically stifled in the mind.

People in the village are mostly self-sufficient. In addition to going to the town to buy some salt, everyone can make some sauce and vinegar by themselves. They don’t go out very often unless they have a lot of vegetables and fruits at home. They will take them to the town to exchange for some money, girls She seldom goes out to show her face, which is why Chu Ying is unwilling to enter the city wearing the skirt that Ye Qiu made.

In addition, the atmosphere of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business here is so heavy, it is better to be at ease on the land, and being self-sufficient is considered well-off.Chu Ying made the mold like a mooncake mold, so that the soap would have some shape and not be so monotonous, and the soap with flour would be a little harder in texture, and after it was pressed, it would be reversed and knocked out to form it .

Chu Ying cooled the soap on the bamboo sieve she made, which looked like moon cakes one by one. Chu Ying touched her hungry stomach. Now she can eat 2 to 3 bowls of rice in one meal. She is tall and strong. Quite a lot.

"It should be enough to make these, even for Mrs. Wang's family, I'll do it next time." Ye Qiu cleaned up the things and cooked the rice, looking at Chu who was still playing with making soap Sakura, so much soap every few months is inexhaustible.

"Chu Ying, are you going to the city tomorrow? I've got some turpentine, and I've finished all the embroidery pieces. It's time to hand in the work."
"Let's go together tomorrow. You haven't been in town for a long time. Let's buy something you like. We have money now." Chu Ying purposely sat with her legs apart, and patted her thighs, looking like a master, I'm very dragged.

Seeing Chu Ying like this, Ye Qiu also found it funny, "Well, last time you said that you want to practice calligraphy, you need to buy some pens and inkstones, and you need to buy more mills."
"Enen, let's buy some more meat, I feel like I'm getting thinner." Chu Ying looked at her own shadow on the ground, these days after the rabbit moved into the rabbit house, not many people got sick and died.

Every day, Chu Ying would sprinkle some water on the house to cool down, and add lotus leaves to the water for the rabbits to drink. After a day or two, Chu Ying would use plant ashes to clean the rabbit's nest, in case the weather is hot and the rabbits Not clean and sick.

And those newborn bunny bunnies are quite cute even when their fur isn't fully grown, but Ye Qiu didn't ask Chu Ying to clean the rabbit nest anymore when she saw Chu Ying drooling.

"Yes, I've lost weight, this face has become thin and fat, so much meat, I still want to eat it." Chu Ying snorted in disgust and went to the kitchen to stuff the unfinished pancakes between her teeth.

On the second day, Ye Qiu fed the fodder and watered up yesterday, woke up Chu Ying and went to mow some grass, and when she came back from mowing, Chu Ying also washed up. "move."
Because she tried to make fake candles last night and went to bed late, Chu Ying fell asleep leaning against Ye Qiu as soon as she got into the ox cart.After arriving in the city, Chu Ying still hadn't slept enough.

Chu Ying finished sending the 10 catties of turpentine and waited for Ye Qiu to hand over the embroidery pieces. She looked around at the cows and horses in the market. A thin pony leaned against the mare, as if as long as the mare took a step away. It's about to fall.

"This newborn has been weaned. It costs 1 tael of silver. This is a bloody horse breed. It's not expensive at all." The horse dealer was shaking hands with another man and gesticulating in his sleeve.

"Is it still weaned like this? It's too young. It's premature. I'm afraid it won't last long, so I can only eat. At most 4 yuan." The horse buyer shook his hand and was about to leave.

"Don't go, take a look again, look at the hooves, the color of the coat, the legs, and the teeth, they are all the same."
"Although it was mixed with the sweat-blooded BMW, it was born early, and it won't live long. You know this, and it can only be eaten."
The horse dealer patted the pony's butt annoyed, blaming the pony. He originally thought that he could sell more money by borrowing the blood of the bloody BMW, but the mare gave birth for the first time, and the pony The movement was so violent that the mare was startled, and the mare had dystocia. Although the pony was born, the mare died of exhaustion.

Chu Ying looked at the pony's dim eyes, as if she knew she was doomed, "Let's go. Let's eat meat skewers. There is a new restaurant there. They use spices and they taste delicious. ."
Ye Qiu saw that Chu Ying didn't respond after calling out once, and saw that she was staring blankly at a pony, so he took Chu Ying's hand and wanted to leave. "This pony is too small, it won't live long, let's go."
Chu Ying blinked her eyes and looked at Ye Qiu innocently, "It's useless to look at it again, let's go, what's the use of this pony, we can't lift it on the shoulders, and it will cost more food to buy it back, and it will die by then Another waste of money."
Chu Ying knew all about this, but she still felt that it was a pity. The horse's coat color, teeth, mouth and hooves were very good, but it was just as small as herself.Ye Qiu saw that Chu Ying was stuck here like this, and he had no choice but to spend money to buy a pony to eat.

"It's only 4 cents, not too much, not too much, if you sell it, I'll take it back and slaughter it."
"Hey, let's go, let's go." The horse dealer also wanted to make an early move, fearing that the pony would die one day. "4 and a half dollars, I'll buy it."
Troublemaker looked at Ye Qiu who was being pulled by Chu Ying, "Okay, okay."
"You child, we have already discussed what you are talking about, do you have 4 coins?" Chu Ying took 5 coins from the back basket and threw them in front of the horse dealer.

(End of this chapter)