Yesterday I went to sell mushrooms and had one tael of silver left. Su Wan took out the silver and divided it among several brothers.
"Wan Wan, why did you give us the money?" Su Chen looked at the copper plates in his hand and asked in confusion.
"I need some brothers to help me buy ingredients!" Su Wan explained with a smile.
When the brothers heard this, they looked at each other, not quite understanding what she meant.
"What on earth are you going to do?" Su Mu asked with a frown.
"Second brother, you don't need to ask any more questions. You will know after I make it. Please ask third brother to help me buy five kilograms of pork suet from the county. I remember that there is a family raising sheep in our village. Please ask second brother to help me." Come back with a can of goat's milk, fourth brother, take a handful of straw and help me burn it into ashes!"
She asked about pork suet yesterday. It was more expensive than pork belly, at nine cents per pound, because after the pork suet is refined into lard, it can be eaten for a long time, and it is heavy in oil and water.
Five pounds of pork suet cost forty-five cents, and she gave Su Chen fifty cents.
She didn't know how goat milk was sold. That day she saw the kid herding sheep in the village. There were many lambs in the flock, and there were also ewes with swollen milk, so she concluded that there was goat milk.
I gave Su Mu thirty coins, which should be enough, right?
The autumn harvest has just finished, and there are straws everywhere. It is very simple to get some plant ash to refine alkaline water.
Su Wan kept trying to keep it secret, but she couldn't figure out why. She wanted these things, but she didn't know what they were used for.
But forget it, she earned the money herself, and she can spend it however she wants.
"I'd like to see what tricks you want to do, right? Just wait!"
Su Yun has been with her for a few days, and now he is not so resistant to her. Instead, he feels that she is very mysterious and understands a lot.
The three brothers went to help her get things, while she took a hatchet to the bamboo forest behind and chopped down a few relatively large bamboo tubes.
The plant ash was quickly prepared, and Su Wan asked him to find some lime powder, add water to the plant ash and filter it several times, wait for it to precipitate into alkaline water, and then add limestone.
She had previously discovered that there was no soap in this dynasty, and only saponin rice could be used to wash clothes. Alkaline water and lard can produce a natural reaction and produce fine foam. Alkalinity can remove oil stains. Goat milk is good for the skin, and it can be made into goat milk. Soap can be used to wash your face.
This goat milk soap is sure to be a hit.
After the alkaline water had been filtered, Su Chen and Su Mu had also returned.
Su Mu only spent ten coins on the goat milk, and the remaining twenty coins were returned to Su Wan.
“The taste of goat milk is so delicious and it’s not as expensive as you think!”
Fresh goat milk does have a strong smell, but it won't go away after boiling it.
Su Chen went to the county to buy lard and was the last one to come back, so the lye water and goat milk had been processed and he was waiting to boil the lard.
Cut the lard into small pieces and then refine it into lard. The oil residue can be kept for cooking. Five kilograms of lard is refined to produce a few bowls of lard. Before it solidifies, I take a bowl out and skim off the foam on it. clean.
Just keep the remaining two bowls for your own consumption. Try it out first, make it and take it to the market to see if it sells well. If the price is high, continue making it.
Su Wan guarantees that it will definitely be easy to sell. This thing will not make a loss. It is a must-have tip for traveling through time.
Pour the hot goat's milk into the lard and mix evenly, then pour in the alkaline water in proportion.
Stirring constantly at this time required a lot of arm strength, so she had no choice but to ask Su Chen, because he practiced martial arts, so he had good arm strength.
Su Chen obediently followed her instructions, while Su Mu and Su Yun watched the whole process, wondering what she was going to do.
"Su Wan, you've made a bowl of lard look like this, can you still eat it?"
It hurts the hearts of these few brothers who have been diligent and thrifty since childhood. It hurts to see her ruining her like this!
"Who said I was going to be eaten?"
Su Wan smiled meaningfully, and waited until Su Chen had stirred the oil into a creamy consistency before he stopped.
She poured the semi-finished goat milk soap into a bamboo tube and took it to a cool and ventilated place to rest for a few days. After it saponified and became less alkaline, she could take it out for use.
"Is this the end? What on earth are you going to do?"
Su Yun was confused. He had been doing this for a whole day. How could he make money?
"Don't tell me, this is how you make money?"
"That's right, Fourth Brother, we'll find out in three days!"
Talking about it is not very convincing. It will only be useful if you show them the finished product on site and see the effect!
"Why are you so mysterious? Let me see what tricks you are going to do!"
Su Yun curled his lips and went to study his own things. He had been thinking about the condiments and sauces Su Wan mentioned all night yesterday, so he wanted to think about it and start from this direction to make something unique, fresh and delicious. Cuisine to eat.
In the afternoon, Su Jing and Su Yi came back from the mountains to collect mushrooms. Recently, there were so many people collecting mushrooms that it was difficult to collect them. After a day of collecting, they only collected two baskets.
Su Wan took him to see the goat milk soap she made, and she only told him her thoughts.
"Brother, we usually use wooden sticks to hammer our clothes, which makes it difficult to wash them clean. You have to spend money to buy soap locust, and you may not be able to wash them clean after using them. So I thought of a way and made this goat milk soap. , it can be used not only for washing clothes, but also for washing face and bathing. In three days, when we go to the county to deliver bacteria, can we also take the goat milk soap to the county?"
Now in this family, only Su Jing is the closest to her, so if something happens subconsciously, she will only tell him because he will not hurt her.
It was indeed true. Su Jing felt very good after hearing her idea.
"Is this goat milk soap so good? Then I have to give it a try. If it is easy to use, it will definitely sell for a higher price!"
"Yeah, and it's very simple to make. If it's popular with people, we can definitely pay off the thirty taels in a month, and maybe we can make even more money!"
Su Wan still trusts her goat milk soap. It is something that ordinary people use. It is affordable, fresh and easy to use, so it will sell well.
Seeing how confident she looked, Su Jing couldn't help but smile. His sister is actually very good!
He is very smart, has his own ideas, is also very diligent, and his eyes are very pure and clear.
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Three days later, a load of fungi was harvested, and this time Su Jing took Su Wan to the county.
Su Wan peeled the goat milk soap and cut it evenly into round pieces with the same thickness. Because it was economical, Su Wan cut it into a thicker piece.
It's a light creamy yellow goat's milk soap. When you pick it up and smell it, it has a very rich milk smell, which is quite nice.
I used some scraps, dipped them in water and rubbed them together. Very dense bubbles appeared, and it was easy to rinse. After washing, my hands had a light milky smell, which smelled very good.
