Traversing the good life of a peasant woman

Chapter 66

Sitting under the big tree with Man'er in her arms, Mrs. Zhao watched Wen Yue struggle with a pot of potatoes for a whole hour.Although she knew that Wen Yue was not the one to waste things casually, seeing her chopping up all the good potatoes and soaking them in water to rub them, Mrs. Zhao couldn't help asking: "Yue Niang, what are you doing?" What? What a waste of things?"

Wen Yue is also very tired. Everything is easy to think but difficult to do. Even the simplest potato starch makes Wen Yue's tired body sweat.Wen Yue originally thought that it would be fine to just cut the potatoes into pieces and soak them in the water, but after waiting for a while, she realized that this method of soaking was too slow to produce powder.In order to quickly turn the ideas in her head into reality, Wen Yue could only roll up her sleeves and rub the potatoes in the bucket repeatedly, so that the starch in them would precipitate out earlier.

"Grandma, don't waste it. It's useful for me to take out these starches." Wen Yue straightened up, thumped her waist and said.

Seeing that Wen Yue was already panting tiredly, Mrs. Li said, "Yue Niang, what else do you have to do, I'll help you."

"Mother, when the water settles, I will ask you to help me when I take out the wet powder." Wen Yue was not polite, and she really needed Li Shi's help. If she wanted to make the finished product quickly, she couldn't wait for wet powder The powder is dried naturally in the sun, and a fire is needed to dry it.

With the help of Mrs. Li, Wen Yue finally came up with two big bowls of potato starch, which was the key to her prickly heat powder after spending a whole morning.In fact, corn starch is the best, but corn flour is more troublesome than potatoes, and corn is the staple food, if she really spoils it like this, Mrs. Zhao will definitely be the first to refuse.Thinking of Zhao's temper, Wen Yue didn't dare to go to this trouble.

I don't know if it's because of the time travel that the memory has become particularly good. Wen Yue really didn't expect that she would think of the ratio in a short time.It's just that Wenyue reduced the dose when adding borneol.Ice flakes are not a good thing after all, so be careful when using them on children.

After mixing three parts of prickly heat powder, Wenyue pinched it with her hands, and it felt good, very greasy.I smeared it on my body again, and it felt very good, except for the smell, it was really no different from the prickly heat powder from the previous life.Just wait for Da Chuan to come back and make some containers for her prickly heat powder, and this Wen's prickly heat powder will be considered to be formed.

He took the leftover starch into the kitchen, just in time to see Mrs. Zhao there: "Grandma, I brought the leftover starch, and I will save it for food later on."

"What do you eat?" Mrs. Zhao took the bowl of starch, held it in her hand and looked at it repeatedly.

"You can collect juice when making soup and cooking." This is the most common way to use starch, so Wen Yue said it without even thinking about it.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhao put the starch aside and said, "It's too wasteful to waste so many potatoes that can be used in soup at the end. It would be okay if I could make something else."

Zhao's words reminded Wen Yue, yes, who said starch can only be used for soup?Sure enough, the brain that was corroded by the abundant material life in the previous life became stiff. Who said that starch can only thicken the corn?How come you forgot vermicelli and skin care?Oh, and mung bean starch can be used to make jelly.Wen Yue, Wen Yue, is your brain really rusty?He also said that he didn't know what to sell when he opened a store. Just vermicelli can almost support a store.

"Grandma, you are so kind, thank you! Give me some time, and I will make you something new to eat." Wen Yue excitedly hugged Mrs. Zhao, who was so frightened that Mrs. Zhao froze on the spot until Wen Yue It took a long time for Yue to walk out before she regained her composure, and said with a smile, "This child."

Fang Dachuan, who came back from the field in the afternoon, made a small wooden box according to Wen Yue's request, because the things were too small, and it was particularly troublesome to polish them.Wen Yue, who was sitting on the side, looked at Fang Dachuan's hands and feet, frowned and said, "It seems that making wood is too much trouble, and it's better to make porcelain."

"That's what I said, but as it is now, the cost is too high. Yueniang, I didn't hit you, I'm afraid ordinary people would not buy this thing." Fang Dachuan blew on the sawdust on the box, and put the lid on I tried it on with the lid on, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so I handed it over to Wen Yue.

"Oh, I know too! There are only three boxes of more than one tael of silver, and that's not counting the money for the potatoes. I have to make a powder puff for the material you used to make the box, which is made of muslin and cotton. It's money." Helplessly, Wen Yue lowered her head, opened and closed the box, closed and opened it, and said repeatedly.

Fang Dachuan shook his head and said, "Not only that, but also the wages? If you really want to do takeout, how can we have enough people? I usually have to go to the field, so I don't have time to help you do it, mother I can't help much with my grandma, and I can't always buy these medicinal materials from the pharmacy."

After Fang Dachuan's analysis, Wen Yue also felt that she really took it for granted, and there were really many difficulties in selling this thing.But it was rare to have such a good idea, and she was really reluctant to give up like this.When she was making prickly heat powder just now, she had already thought about it, as long as she added some flower juice to it, it could be turned into a scented body powder for adults, and sold to women, wouldn't she also be able to make a fortune?

But Okawa was right, the cost of this thing was indeed too high, and if he wanted to make a profit, the price would definitely be higher.Ordinary households certainly cannot become the main consumers of this thing, but how easy is it to sell it to dignitaries?Such a family has a fixed store to buy things, and new things will not be so easily accepted.To be realistic, she really didn't have the courage to invest her family's money in this uncertain commodity.well!Still lack courage!

Seeing Wen Yue's silent and sad face, Fang Dachuan rubbed his nose and secretly blamed himself. The daughter-in-law finally wanted to do something, and she agreed to support her, but she was discouraged when she opened her mouth. What a bad mouth.

"Yue Niang, that is to say, it can't be true. If we don't try it, how will we know if we can sell it? In hot weather, there must be a lot of children with prickly heat." Fang Dachuan hurriedly said, thinking It is necessary to mobilize Wen Yue's enthusiasm again.

But Wenyue still shook her head, and said in a depressed mood: "Forget it, Dachuan, what you just said is right, the cost of this thing is too high, we really can't take this risk." After thinking it over, Wenyue glanced at Fang Da Chuan, seeing his worried face, said with a smile: "Don't look at me like that, our family has no money now, I don't have the guts, when our family has money in the future, it won't be the same if I start over again. ?"

"Don't you have more than 300 taels at home? It's enough!" Fang Dachuan still didn't want Wen Yue to give up like this, so he said.

"That won't work. One of the money is reserved for buying a shop, and the rest is for savings. You must prepare some cross-river money!" Wen Yue denied Fang Dachuan's idea without question.

"But... Fang Dachuan didn't give up, and wanted to say more, Wen Yue glared at him and said: "It's nothing to worry about, this matter is settled like this, don't worry, the business is still going to be done, I thought about it again today idea, let me tell you...

After Wen Yue finished speaking, she looked at Fang Dachuan proudly and said, "Well, my idea is feasible, right? We only need potatoes and sweet potatoes, all of which are cheap things. We only need to buy a small shop and open a grocery store."

Fang Dachuan nodded. He also thought that Wen Yue's idea was very good. At least this thing was quite down-to-earth. In winter, the vermicelli that Wen Yue mentioned would definitely sell well.However, Fang Dachuan looked at Wen Yue with some embarrassment and said, "Yue Niang, the autumn harvest is about to start, and Zhuangzi will be very busy with the addition of this land. I'm afraid I don't have time to get this thing."

"Don't worry, I have to make it myself first, I'm only theoretical, I haven't practiced it yet. I have to make it myself before I can sell it? I reckon, I won't be able to make it before the autumn harvest, hehe." Wen Yue said with some confidence, she is really full of theory, and has no practice at all. Thinking of wasting too many potatoes and sweet potatoes, Mrs. Zhao's distorted face due to distress, Wen Yue couldn't help but want to frown .

"Dachuan, Dachuan!" Wen Yue, who woke up suddenly after sleeping until midnight, kept calling Fang Dachuan, who was sleeping soundly beside her.

"What's wrong? Yue Niang, what's wrong?" Fang Dachuan, who was woken up by Wen Yue, looked at her nervously and asked.

"Dachuan, do you think this will work? Tomorrow, you go to the town and send some of the prickly heat powder and comfrey oil I made to Zhu's family. Anyway, isn't their child suffering from this problem? Let's send these things to the Zhu family. Give it to them, as long as they use it well, will they come to buy it again? If they can really come to buy it, then won’t we have a market? "

"Ouch! You are really... In the moonlight, Fang Dachuan looked helplessly at Wen Yue, who was obviously not fully awake, and forcefully pushed her down on the kang, "Go to sleep, I've been tired all day, what's the matter tomorrow?" Besides, be obedient. "

"Oh!" Wen Yue said vaguely, and immediately fell asleep after touching the pillow.

Sitting beside Wen Yue, Fang Dachuan looked at Wen Yue's sound sleep, smiled dotingly, turned around and hugged Man'er who had rolled to his feet, and fell asleep again contentedly.

In the early morning, when Wen Yue woke up, she saw that Fang Dachuan's bed was empty, Man'er didn't know how to roll, and rolled herself into the bed.Carefully rescued her from the quilt, kissed her and showed no signs of waking up, Wen Yue then got dressed and got up.

Pushing open the door, taking a deep breath of the air with the fragrance of grass leaves, Wen Yue suddenly heard a voice coming from the side room where the sundries were placed, who could it be at this time, Da Chuan?Wen Yue walked over curiously, and saw Da Chuan carving something there with a carving knife in his hand.

Before she could ask what Da Chuan was doing, Fang Da Chuan, who had been bowing his head seriously, said first, "Yue Niang, are you awake?"

"Dachuan, what are you doing?" Wen Yue squatted beside Dachuan and asked.

"Reprocess this box, don't you want to give it away? It can't be too shabby." Fang Dachuan pointed to the polishing stone at Wen Yue's feet, and motioned Wen Yue to bring it to him.

Wen Yue obediently gave the stone to Da Chuan, but looked at him incomprehensibly and asked, "Give it to someone? To whom?"

Her question finally shifted Fang Dachuan's thoughts on the box to her, looking at Wen Yue helplessly, Fang Dachuan asked: "What did you say in the middle of the night last night, did you forget it? "

"Me?" Wen Yue looked at Fang Dachuan in confusion, then suddenly opened her eyes wide and said "ah", "So you... when did you get up and do it?"

Fang Dachuan gently blew the sawdust off the box, handed it to Wen Yue and said, "Look, is this okay? This is my highest level."

Wen Yue looked at the wooden box in her palm. On the round box, there were four fat boys carved with different movements, with simple, honest and lovely expressions.On the lid of the box is carved a fat baby with feet on a lotus pod and a lotus leaf on its head. That vivid appearance is really cute.

Such an exquisite wooden box gave Wen Yueji a big surprise, "Da Chuan, can you know how to carve wood?" She looked at Fang Da Chuan excitedly and said.

"I learned it secretly when I was learning carpentry. My level is also average. Do you think it's okay?" Seeing Wen Yue so happy, Fang Dachuan's mood also improved, and he felt a little sleepy because he got up too early Also disappeared together.

Wen Yue looked at Fang Dachuan's dark eye circles, and said movedly, "Dachuan, thank you! You must have woken up very early." Although Fang Dachuan didn't say anything, Wen Yue could still see the tiredness on his face.

"Not tired, this thing is not troublesome, let's go, let's go back to the house." Fang Dachuan was afraid that Wen Yue's legs would go numb after squatting for a long time, so he stretched out his hand to pull Wen Yue up.On the hand that happened to be in front of Wen Yue's eyes, a few traces of slightly oozing blood fell so clearly in her eyes. "Dachuan, are you injured?" Wen Yue carefully grabbed Fang Dachuan's hand and said distressedly.

Fang Dachuan said indifferently: "It's okay, I haven't used the knife for a long time, my hand is a little raw, it's not a serious injury. Don't be sad, it's something serious, let's go, it's time to wake up. "

"How can it be a small injury? It's all on the fingertips. You still have to work in the field. It hurts so much. It's all my fault. I will find something for you to do when you sleep at night." Seeing Fang Dachuan like this, Wen Yue felt She blames herself very much, she is really a careless person, she can't even sleep soundly, and even in her dreams she has to find something for Fang Dachuan to do, isn't this bullying an honest person?

"You are underestimating me. Do you mean that you want to raise me as a bad boy? Why do you blame yourself when it's my turn to do things that husband and wife can work hard together? I really don't like you like this." Comfortable, don't you think I'm a useless person?" Fang Dachuan looked at Wen Yue with an accusing expression like a wronged child.

"Oh!" Wen Yue was angry, anxious and funny, not knowing what to do, she finally patted the shoulder of Da Chuan below and said, "You are really a person, I am in a hurry, who is joking with you! "

Fang Dachuan grinned and said, "Okay, it's really not a big deal. If you really feel distressed, come on, give me a few too!" He followed Man'er's example and put his hand to Wen Yue's mouth What made Wen Yue even more dumbfounded was that he was still blowing "huhu" there.

"I'm too lazy to talk to you!" Wen Yue shot Fang Dachuan a look, turned her head and walked out, until she walked out of the wing room, she could still hear Fang Dachuan giggling non-stop inside.

Mrs. Li, who was preparing breakfast under the newly built shed in the courtyard, watched Wen Yue enter the house, and saw her son chasing after him from the wing room, smiled and said to herself: "The relationship is really good, it seems that it can't be done." How long will it take for me to have a grandson in my arms again?"

Wen Yue, who entered the room, took out the comfrey oil she had made yesterday, held Fang Dachuan's hand after entering the room, and smeared some on the wounds on his hands. "Don't get wet for now, this is to prevent wound infection,"

Fang Dachuan saw that Wen Yue was so careful, although he felt that it was a bit of a fuss, but he still enjoyed Wen Yue's unabashed concern for him. "Da Chuan, go and tell mother that I won't help in the kitchen today, you made such a beautiful box, my powder puff can't be too simple, right, I'll embroider some patterns on it."

"Okay, you remember to come out for breakfast at that time." Fang Dachuan nodded and readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)