Mayberry took a very long bath this time, so long that when she got out of the tub, she saw her mother boiling water again.
"Mom, I've finished washing. No need to add hot water."
Meiberry thought it was her mother who was worried that the water in her bath was cold and wanted to heat the water for herself, so she quickly stopped her.
"What are you thinking about? This is the boiled kudzu vine. After it is cooked and dried, I have to pull out the 'silk' inside, and then send it to Widow Chen for weaving."
"Ah, is that so? Hahahaha..."
The sentimental Mayberry laughed quietly and disposed of the bath water.
Just looking down at the dirt floating on the water that she couldn't even stand, Mayberry turned away and talked to the system about the heroine making soap in the original book.
[Is Meiyu going to make soap soon? 】
System: [Yeah, almost. 】
[That’s good, it’s convenient to take a bath with soap~]
Meiberry thought that the reason why she took so long to take a bath this time was because she didn't have soap or shower gel.
Although Mayberry also learned how to make soap in high school, she is the kind of rookie who can never combine theory with practice.
Let her make soap, not to mention that it is the highlight of the heroine. Even if she does it, her family has to finish all the things they have recently done.
Their family has been busy lately!
[By the way, there is a highlight card here on Soap, right? 】
Meiberry took the initiative to ask about this, so the system simply sent out the task:
[Please host to check in the famous scene "Meiyu successfully made soil soap", limited time is two months. If you check in successfully, you will be rewarded with upgraded goat milk soap formula ×1 and floral essential oil soap formula ×1! Failed to check in, and lost the opportunity to make money in the soap business with the heroine. 】
With this reward, Mayberry's breath froze in excitement.
Does this punishment for failing to clock in count as another angle? If she succeeds on time, she can make money with the heroine? !
[Host, you can’t take the initiative to bring up the soap thing, to prevent the previous check-in items from being missed by you~]
The system issued a premature reminder this time because it discovered that Mei Berry had this tendency.
Just because of the bathing thing, Mei Berry was thinking about the heroine's soap. When she rushed to the heroine and suggested that she let the heroine make soap, the system would also need a ventilator to absorb oxygen.
Therefore, it announced the task as early as possible and specially reminded Mayberry about it.
Mei Bei, who had just been excited, was now splashed with cold water by Dou Tou.
[I can’t take the initiative to mention it myself, what about hints? What about that inadvertent guidance? 】
System: [It depends on the situation, the system will make a decision when the time comes. 】
Mayberry:......
It’s a bit difficult!
"What are you doing standing there? Help me bring in the kudzu that has been collected outside."
At this time, the water in the pot also boiled.
"Hey, here we come!"
Meiberry put the clocking thing in her stomach for the time being.
Since she couldn't take the initiative in this matter, she naturally didn't have to worry about it in a hurry. She had to get busy with her own affairs first.
Under Wei's beautiful display of the cooked kudzu, Mei Berry could see slender and tough fibers appearing inside the kudzu.
That's what her mother calls "silk."
Mayberry was also surprised that the fibers of the kudzu looked better after being cooked than before.
"I'll put these in the yard to dry in the sun later. When I finish them in the next few days, I'll pack them up and send them to Widow Chen's house."
"Send it to their home?"
Meiberry remembered that her mother said that there was someone in the village who knew how to make Gebu. Meiberry did not expect that she was talking about Widow Chen.
"Can she make gebu?"
"Yes, she also has a loom at home! She usually weaves some linen and a little silk."
Wei Meili doesn't think there is much difference in the weaving of linen and Gebu.
"If she doesn't weave and just relies on farming, how can she, a widow, support this family? Her mother-in-law can't even hope to do laundry and cooking. Her son was young before. Even if she wakes up early in the field every day and works hard at night, the whole family can't have enough to eat. .”
Speaking of Widow Chen, Mei Bei could hear the admiration and appreciation in her mother's tone, and even Mei Bei also had a crazy impression of this woman.
Since Wei Meili had been busy working all morning, the lunch meal took only a short time and was very simple.
A dish of steamed eggplant with garlic paste and a dish of fried pumpkin flowers, paired with multigrain rice mixed with wheat, corn crumbs and rice, are not bad when eaten together.
Meiberry likes the fried pumpkin blossoms very much. They are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, with a hint of egg and wheat mixed with a light floral fragrance.
Plum berries wish they could eat them every day, but it’s a pity that they have to save the pumpkins, and deep-frying them really consumes a lot of oil.
Not even if it is reused.
"My third son and I plowed the two acres of wheat field this morning. I think we will plow it again tomorrow so that we can plant other crops later. I will plant whatever you want to eat."
"No, just grow normal grains. Otherwise, it won't be too weird and become a topic of conversation for other people in the village."
Mayberry quickly stopped her father's thoughts.
If the acres of peanut land hadn't been on the mountain, there would probably have been enough people talking about their family's use of paddy fields to grow peanuts!
Traveling back to these days in ancient times, Mei Berry found that there was really no entertainment at all.
Fortunately, their family now has something to do basically every day, and they can play with the cat in their free time. Otherwise, these boring days would really drive them crazy.
Neighbors have nothing to do and they still have time to get together and chat every day. The content is not updated in a timely manner.
In these days when news is not very developed, there is one thing that is quite famous that they can talk about over and over again, and then they can make up their own minds and update it to a new version.
Just like the previous separation of their family.
At the beginning, everyone said that Mrs. Zhang was an unkind mother-in-law, beating and scolding her daughter-in-law every day, and that Old Man Mei was partial and made it difficult for her two sons to live together before they separated.
In the end, it turned out that their two bedrooms were so rich that Lao Mei's family couldn't afford to support them and let them live alone...
When they heard about the new version of this last iteration, Wei Meili and Mei Beili were looking at their phones like old men on the subway.
Your family can eat so much, but the one who can eat is called skinny and skinny?
After that incident, Mei Berry and the others could understand why Old Man Mei was so concerned about face.
It's really not heavy.
"I heard from Mei You that their paddy fields have been replanted with rhubarb rice. How about we grow some too?"
If her father just planted two acres of corn, Mayberry probably wouldn't like it very much.
"Okay, one acre each of yellow rice and corn. And... I'll mix some soybeans in between the corn."
The decision on what to plant on the last two acres of dry land at home was made after lunch.
So, after the family’s nap, they started working on something new——
Make kudzu powder.
Today, their family is at loggerheads with this kudzu.
Kudzu in the morning, Kudzu in the afternoon.
Peel the plum berries, and Wei Meili slices the peeled kudzu into strips and wraps them in clean gauze.
Then, Mei Berry's father took a mallet and beat the kudzu root wrapped in gauze in the basin.
Then mix the white juice inside with clean water and wash it out, then let a basin of turbid kudzu water stand for clarification.
Finally, pour out the upper layer of water, leaving a white layer at the bottom, which can be placed in the yard to dry.
This several kilograms of kudzu root kept the family busy until sunset.
It wasn't until she helped her father carry the last pot of kudzu powder to the corner of the eaves that Meiberry finally rested.
She stood in the yard and stretched, turning her head to look at the pile of drying items that were placed in the yard today, and she felt a sense of satisfaction.
"When we pick the honeysuckle tomorrow, there will really be no place to set foot in this yard~"
Meiberry: I’m so busy every day~
Author: I am very busy every day thinking about you.
Meiberry: Then let me lie down for a while.
Author: No!
