Chapter 89: I didn’t see it, you’re a Mensao

July 26, 2023Ai Hrist

In the sugar workshop opened by Shi Qingluo, the processed sugar was the original color, or refined into rock sugar.

The white sugar was now monopolized by the Bai family to sell it to the whole Daliang at a high price, so she didn’t decolorize the sugar anymore.

Because of the low cost, the price was much cheaper than the sugar in the shops in the county town.

After harvesting all the beets, she raised a batch of seeds to start planting next month.

The sugar workshop was carried out in an orderly manner, and the Taoist Temple began to be built.

Shi Qingluo was generous whenever she has money.

The Old Taoist Priest has helped her carry so much blame, and will continue to help her in the future, so she bought the best building materials for building the Taoist Temple.

In addition to being busy at the sugar workshop, Bai Xu would often take her to the floor tile workshop to do research.

Since the relationship with Xiao Hanzheng got better and better, Shi Qingluo went to the county town to buy some cotton cloth.

Mrs. Kong was asked to help her make several short-sleeved nightdresses and short-sleeved pajamas for Xiao Hanzheng.

After waking up this morning, Shi Qingluo found several mosquito bites on her legs and arms.

Xiao Hanzheng will get up half an hour early in the morning to practice swordsmanship, and then he will accompany Shi Qingluo to practice Tai Chi for health.

As soon as he opened the door and came in, he saw his little wife scratching her arms and legs.

“I’ll make some cooling medicine for you later, don’t scratch it.”

Mosquitoes were very poisonous now.

Shi Qinglou nodded: “Okay, the mosquitoes are annoying these days.”

It kept buzzing in the middle of the night, which affected her sleep.

Xiao Hanzheng hung up the sword and said with a smile: “I’ll go cut some wormwood and smoke the room at night.”

He discovered that when there was no money, his little wife can suffer.

But after the conditions at home got better, some of her petty problems will show up slowly.

For example, picky eaters, afraid of heat, like to be coaxed by him, etc.

Of course, he also liked her coquettish side and was willing to spoil her.

Shi Qingluo got up with a look of unrequited love: “There will still be some smoked in the middle of the night.”

Then she tapped her head: “Oh, how did I forget that I can make mosquito coils.”

“Old Xiao, let’s make mosquito coils by ourselves.”

When she was in the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, she also went to the countryside to help the poor with her colleagues in the academy.

Combined with many local plants, they set up an industry for that village to make mosquito coils.

Handmade mosquito coils were non-toxic and harmless and can be sold online through live broadcasts.

After introducing a batch of machines to make mosquito coils and anti-mosquito liquid, they exported supplies to other places.

Because of this, she can make handmade mosquito coils.

Xiao Hanzheng has never heard of it: “Mosquito coil?”

Shi Qinglou laughed and said, “It’s used to kill mosquitoes.”

“Light one at night, and you won’t be harassed by mosquitoes all night.”

“We can also take advantage of the hot weather to make a few batches of mosquito coils and sell them. We can earn as much as we can.”

“It can also take the opportunity to spread the name of our place.”

“After the mosquito coil is made, we can name it Nanxi mosquito coil.”

Xiao Hanzheng saw that his little wife wanted it, so he nodded his head to give support: “Okay, let’s make mosquito coils.”

Shi Qingluo suddenly regained her spirits, and after washing up, she wanted to take Xiao Hanzheng up the mountain to pick the grass needed for making mosquito coils.

Mosquito coils need to use dried wormwood, dried wild chrysanthemum, and fish bone powder.

Dried and mixed these materials, grind them into a fine powder, and add 95% of dry wood chips (i.e. sawdust), which was the finished material of mosquito-repellent incense.

Before going up the mountain, she called Xiao Hanyi over.

“Erlang, go tell the children in the village that from today onwards, our family will collect eels or fish bones.”

“Eels cost three cents a catty, and fish bones cost a penny per catty. The more, the better.”

“Of course, if you want to replace it with sugar or tofu, that’s fine too.”

Eels and soft-shelled turtles were the best for fish bone powder. Soft-shelled turtles were hard to catch, but eels can be caught a lot in villages.

People here don’t usually like to eat eel, so no one catches it and sells it.

Three pennies per catty was considered a very good price.

Xiao Hanyi didn’t know why his sister-in-law wanted the eel and fish bones, but he only had one idea, what his sister-in-law was going to do would never be bad.

“Okay, I’ll go to the village in a while and tell everyone to catch it.”

Shi Qingluo thought for a while since he has to do it, then do more.

“You can also ask people to go out and publicize it in other villages. As long as they are brought, we will spend money to collect them.”

Xiao Hanyi nodded: “Okay!”

Since his sister-in-law came to the house, their life has become easier, and the children in the village also like to play with him more.

Of course, he knows that more and more people in the village like to play with him, which has a lot to do with the candy his sister-in-law gave him, the enlightenment books she made for him, and the toys she asked his elder brother to make for him.

Shi Qingluo grabbed a handful of homemade fruit candies from her purse and gave them to him: “Then I will rely on Erlang, take these candies and share them with your friends.”

Xiao Hanyi took the fruit candy: “Thank you, sister-in-law, I will handle it.”

He liked his sister-in-law to praise him, which makes him feel a little proud that he can help the family.

Xiao Hanyi bounced to the village with candy, Shi Qingluo also took Xiao Hanzheng out.

Xiao Hanzheng was happy to see his younger brother’s temper becoming more and more cheerful.

His little wife knew how to teach the children.

He suddenly sighed: “If you have children in the future, you can teach them.”

She will teach their children well.

Shi Qing was stunned: “What children?”

Seeing her appearance, Xiao Hanzheng thought she was cute, so he raised his hand and pinched her nose.

Leaning close to her ear, he chuckled and said, “Of course, it’s the child you and I had.”

When Shi Qingluo heard a man say for the first time that he was going to have a baby with him, her face blushed rarely.

She pushed Xiao Hanzheng away unnaturally: “It’s still early.”

She curled her lips again and said: “And I am like this now, I’m afraid that I can’t fit in between your teeth.”

Her fair-skinned and beautiful long-legged, when will they come back to her!

Xiao Hanzheng laughed and said: “I think you are doing well now, and you can barely fit in my teeth.”

It was not that he has never seen beautiful women, but he just likes his little wife.

If he didn’t think she was still young, he wanted to eat her a bit.

Shi Qingluo’s face reddened from blush: “Pervert!”

Then she reached out and twisted Xiao Hanzheng’s waist: “Don’t say such a thing right now, I’m still young.”

Now that she looked like this, she found herself shabby. She doesn’t want to leave such an impression on her young husband for the first time.

Besides, at her current age, it would not be good if she had children.

So they better talk about having children or something later.

Xiao Hanzheng grabbed her troublesome hand, “In the future, if you find it okay, let’s talk about it then, alright?”

Shi Qinglou gave him an angry look: “Old Xiao, I didn’t see it, you’re a Mensao!”

Her young husband was unexpectedly coquettish. She thought he was a gentle and modest gentleman, the kind with a pure heart and few desires.

But he likes her so much!

Sure enough, she was still very attractive even if she looked shabby, he didn’t dislike her, ahem… …

Xiao Hanzheng took her hand and asked: “What is Mensao?”

Shi Qingluo explained, “Mensao is duplicity. It looks like you are pure-hearted and have an ascetic look, but actually deep and passionate inside.”