Jiang Yu has been wearing clothes belonging to several brothers these days. He is tall, so only Su Jing, Su Mu and Su Chen can wear clothes. Although they are just ordinary linen clothes with patches on them, Even if it is put on him, it can't stop the noble temperament that flourishes.
Now he can't get out of bed for fear of tearing the wounds on his body, which will eventually scab. The fragrance of osmanthus comes from the yard from time to time, and he doesn't know what these brothers and sisters are doing.
Su Yun's thoughts today were all about building a chicken pen. He cut the bamboo into strips of wood, then weaved them and surrounded them around the divided chicken pen.
After working on it all morning, it was finally finished. I put a small wooden basin in it and filled it with water. The chickens now have a home.
Flower soap is easy to make. After mixing it with the precipitated plant ash water, add dried flowers ground into powder to mix the color to make it uniformly pink.
It's a pity that there are no yellow flowers. Otherwise, the osmanthus-scented soap should be yellow.
Early in the morning, she asked Su Mu about plants that were good for hair. Su Mu also went out after breakfast. When he came back, his backpack was full of things.
It turned out to be soapberry fruits picked up in the back mountain, as well as medicinal plants such as ligustrum lucidum and hibiscus leaves.
"Second brother, what are these?" Su Wan asked curiously as he didn't recognize them.
Su Mu took the backpack off his back and placed it on the ground. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied:
"You asked in time. Sapindus are ripe and falling off at this time. The mountains behind us are all wild. This medicinal material is used to nourish hair. I also collected some and saved them. I will take them to the drug store in a few days to exchange for some money. Ligustrum lucidum and hibiscus leaves are also good for hair. There are people in our village who directly boil soapberry and hibiscus leaves to wash their hair. I don’t know if you need them, so I picked them all for you!”
Yes, soapberry fruit can be directly rubbed into foam and added to soap. The resulting foam will be thicker and more delicate.
"Use it, use it. I'm just thinking about making a special soap for hair, but it can't be the same as other soaps. Second brother, you are really helpful. Let's pick it up together in the afternoon. Pick up more. Come back, you can sell it, and I can think about new products!"
Su Wan knelt down, held a handful of soapberries and smelled them. The smell was weird. Some modern online videos said that you can spit bubbles after eating, but I don't know if that's true.
"Okay, how are you doing with your other soaps? Let's continue making them if they are not finished. My eldest brother and I will go back to the county in a few days, and you four siblings will be the only ones doing the work at home!"
In addition to the rice fields at home, every household in the village has also reclaimed land in the barren mountains to grow corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and some vegetables.
Usually the eldest and second eldest son are in the county, and the third, fourth and fifth sons take care of the nearly two acres of vegetable land at home.
Most of them are corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes. Corn is ground into flour, which can be made into corn grits and corn cakes. It is a bit rough, but it is better than filling your stomach.
Sweet potatoes Potatoes are also good for filling your stomach. Sweet potatoes can also add sugar!
"Do it slowly. We are not in a hurry to pay off the debt now. The landlady and I have agreed to deliver the goods in ten days. There is no rush."
Allow the prepared soap to dry more often so that the alkalinity can evaporate quickly.
Everyone had a simple meal for lunch. Su Mu brought Jiang Yu a meal as usual, which was still bacon porridge and two potato pancakes.
Since he was out of danger, Su Wan rarely stepped into the room to see him. Jiang Yu could only hear her bickering with her fourth brother in the yard from time to time. She was full of energy and sounded like a girl who loved to laugh.
In the afternoon, the brothers and sisters went to the mountains to pick up soapberries together, leaving only Su Jing at home.
He went back to the room to read, and Jiang Yu lay down with his eyes closed to relax. The two of them were so quiet at first.
Until Su Jing took the lead to break the silence, he was halfway through reading when he encountered a tangled point. He turned to look at Jiang Yu, thinking that he should also be a well-read poet, so why not ask him for his opinion.
As a result, this question made the two of them unable to stop chatting. They had roughly the same opinions, and even the poets they liked were the same. It felt like they had met each other too late.
The hearty smiles of the two men could be heard in the room from time to time.
"Brother Su, we had a great conversation today, and I feel like we are so late for meeting each other!"
Although Jiang Yu could not see them for the time being, he had already imagined their images in his mind. For example, the man in front of him must be a talented man with stunning scenery and gentleness like jade.
"How many years am I older than you? If you don't mind, I will just call you Ah Yu!"
"I don't mind, Brother Su, just do whatever you want. I just heard that Brother Su is interested in spring next year. I guess with Brother Su's talents and ambitions, you will definitely have a seat in the court!"
"Ah Yu is so commendable. There is a sky outside the sky, there are people outside the world, there are people who are better than me. There are many people in this world. I can't predict my future. Everything is fate. I have already missed an opportunity. This is the only time. I don't want to have any regrets. !”
When Su Jing thought back to the beginning, he still felt a little regretful. It was his regret not being able to participate in the Spring Festival. He couldn't miss it next year.
Even if he goes to Beijing barefoot, he must complete the imperial examination road.
He has already passed the examination as a scholar and passed the provincial examination. In fact, the imperial examination has started this fall, and he is already a scholar. He took the examination again in the state capital before returning home, and has already obtained a place for the joint examination. Now he only needs to directly participate in next year's examination. Only the top three in each provincial examination are eligible to enter Beijing to take the Jinshi examination. The top thirty can enter the final palace examination, which will be invigilated by the current emperor. The first place will be the number one scholar, the second place will be the second place, and the third place will be the second place. It's called Tanhua.
As long as you get in the top ten, you will have an official career, but there are too many competitors, and students all over the world are preparing for this year. As he said, there are people outside the world, and there may be people who are better than him.
In the evening, the brothers and sisters rushed home one after another. They picked up several baskets of soapberries and gave a small part to Su Wan. The rest were washed and dried in the sun for a few days. Su Mu then picked them. Take it to the drug store.
He worked as an apprentice in a drug store, and he also said hello to the old master. Every autumn, he would only accept soapberries from him.
Although it is not worth much money, it is still an income.
Su Chen also picked up a load of firewood and brought back some prey, two hares and a pheasant.
Su Wan was very excited. This was the first time she saw hares and pheasants with her own eyes.
The wild animals are all still alive in order to sell them for a good price.
Seeing that she liked it so much, Su Chen thought she was greedy, so he suggested killing the pheasant and eating its meat.
Of course Su Wan didn't want to. She was curious because she was a modern person. As a child who grew up in the city, wherever she saw wild chickens and rabbits, they were all artificially raised.
She knew it was for money, so how could she be greedy?
