Feng Gui brought a person from Xiaqiu Village back to the village and needed to take care of food and livestock.
The surrounding villages came to rent livestock one after another, but if they could find a way, they did not want to rent, and had to exchange for food.
Zhu Cheng is a young man, twenty years old. He got married the year before last. The child is only two years old, but is actually one year and three months old.
His daughter-in-law's natal family is in Fuguang Village. They rent animals and he is responsible for taking care of them.
Early in the morning, he put large and small packages on the animals, rented fifteen mules, and gave out seventeen mules, with people riding on both ends, and all three of his family went.
I happened to have an opportunity. When I returned to my parents' house, my uncle came to the door and held the child in his arms.
Before leaving, the child's grandmother chased him out, carrying a bunch of copper coins.
She handed it to her daughter-in-law: "Lan! The village is busy, your father and I can't go there first. You give it to your mother-in-law. You are a married woman, not someone else's water."
"Mom, there are too many." The daughter-in-law's eyes turned red.
"It's not much. I'll make more money in the future and give it to them. My father-in-law and mother-in-law are pretty good people. When you give birth to a child, you come here to take care of the confinement child.
His family brought us a lot of things. Even though life was hard, his family had money, so they could still give it to us.
But don't talk about silly things. If you do, we may not have any village guards. Keep this in mind. "
When the mother-in-law said and warned, the most important thing was to keep it secret.
The daughter-in-law nodded vigorously: "Mom, I won't say anything even if you beat her to death."
"Don't talk about death, be careful on the road, watch every word carefully, and obey every word!"
The mother-in-law said a few more words and waved her hands. Each sentence was her grandson's nickname.
The family of three set off and walked for an hour and a half before arriving at Fuguang Village.
As soon as we arrived at the entrance of the village, some playing children ran towards the village.
After a while, the head of the village came out with a smile on his face: "Arrived so early? It's been a hard journey, eh? Why are there so many extra heads?"
"Uncle Fang, it's me, Xiaolan. I'm going back to my parents' house to ride on."
Back to the village, the wife-in-law said hello.
"Hey! Xiaolan? You haven't seen any change in two years." The chief recognized him.
People have indeed changed. When I got married, I was thin, but now I eat well, have a flushed face, and have new clothes made of silk.
The villagers came to watch. The daughter of Fang Wu's family who had been married came home. It was amazing. Her clothes were so good.
Fifteen mules were divided, and Zhu Cheng and the others arrived at the door of Fang Wu's house.
A family of four had just received the news and had to greet the person when they went out.
Two people in their forties, a boy of fourteen or fifteen years old, and a girl of twelve or thirteen years old.
"Sister, brother-in-law." The two children shouted.
"My uncle is here." The mother-in-law looked at the two adults and stretched out her hand.
When the child was handed to her, she smiled and said, "Que Chu looks really white and strong, with small arms and legs."
Zhu Cheng called his parents and carried things down from the mule.
"Uncle, what are they?" Mother-in-law was curious.
"Mom, go in and talk." Her daughter winked.
Zhu Cheng moved the children three times, tied up the mules, and then the family entered the house and closed the door.
The packages were placed on the bed. The daughter-in-law opened one first and took out rock sugar, caramel sugar, white sugar, brown sugar, and sesame sugar.
Peel the candy to your parents first, and then to your younger brothers and sisters.
The people of Fang Wu's family had caramel in their mouths and their eyes were filled with surprise. Why is there still rock candy? A large bag weighs two kilograms.
Fang Lan continued to open the package and found a sealed jar.
"Mom, there are twenty pounds of rapeseed oil here for cooking at home."
She said again and hit the next one.
Twenty kilograms of bacon, five dried chickens, four bolts of silk, twenty kilograms of salt, ten balls of acacia soap, ten kilograms of lard, and a set of eight plates, eight plates, and eight bowls of tableware.
In addition, there are fifty pounds of ramie, thirty pounds of cotton, five stewed bamboo rats, and one hundred eggs.
Finally, she took out a bunch of money, which was always one thousand yuan, and put it on the bed: "My mother-in-law chased me out and gave it to me when I came here. No matter how many things there are, it's not as good as cash in hand."
"Lan, is your family struggling? I know your Xiaqiu Village is rich, but..."
The mother-in-law was dazzled and frightened when she saw things.
My family can live a normal and smooth life. These things are all the family's expenses except food can be exchanged for in two years.
There is still one thousand cash left, plus a big bag of sugar.
"Mom, my mother-in-law said, I am the daughter-in-law who came into the family, not someone else's daughter-in-law.
What's more, my family is rich, and we in Xiaqiu Village are rich and eat meat every day.
We work, and half of the money we earn is kept for ourselves, and the other half is given to the village to pay for our work as ministers.
We used the minister's money to eat in a big pot, kept our own money, and bought the things we brought with us from the village.
Those two mules were brought to us by the village chief to carry water for the family. They were treated separately from the village and we didn't pay for them. "
Fang Lan said happily, not caring about this thing.
"Xiaqiu Village is famous for its benevolence and righteousness. That's why I married you in the first place. My uncle, you sit down while I cook for you. You and your father have a drink."
The mother-in-law's perception changed. There was money in Xiaqiu Village, but it was not ordinary money.
Zhu Cheng hurriedly stopped him and pointed to the two unopened packages next to him: "Mom, there's no need to cook. I brought them from home."
The package was opened, and there was a basket with a lid, which contained sheets of butter cakes, sliced bacon, sliced cucumbers, green onions, and coriander.
Add fried black bean sauce, five pounds of soy beef, and salted duck eggs.
The other contains a ten-pound jar of wine, wine cups, and wine bundles.
"Xiao Cheng, are you afraid that your family won't give you food to eat?" My father-in-law was a little unhappy.
"Dad, I brought something new here for you to try. You haven't tasted it before. The drinking utensils are here to honor you. You usually drink medicinal wine."
Zhu Cheng laughed and said that according to etiquette, you really shouldn't bring your own food instead of asking others to cook it.
"Your village is really rich!" My father-in-law laughed.
He really couldn't provide such a meal unless he cooked what he brought.
"Uncle, why are you willing to kill cows in this village?" The mother-in-law felt sorry for the cows.
"There are always dead cows in the village. If you see them, buy them and come back to eat them." Zhu Cheng shook his head.
'Wow~~Wow~~~' The baby suddenly cried.
"Quickly, look, are you hungry or peed?"
The mother-in-law hugged the child and took her daughter to the room next to her.
The baby took up both of them. First, he changed the diaper he brought with him. The mother-in-law immediately went to wash it and the daughter breastfed the baby.
After a lot of busy work, after settling down and the baby falling asleep, everyone went to the table to eat.
"You haven't stopped breastfeeding yet?" the mother-in-law asked at this moment.
"Wait for another two months. She won't need to be too busy at home. Now she will eat other things."
Zhu Cheng responded, Hanhan said it would be okay to feed him a few more months, otherwise he would have been weaned off long ago.
The family ate happily, and Zhu Cheng turned to look at the use of the livestock. His father-in-law brought two mules to carry water to his family.
…
On the first day of June, Zhu Yuanzhang went to the altar in the suburbs to pray for rain by stepping on the seven-star steps.
It was estimated that it was time to rain. A light rain fell on the third day after Zhu Yuanzhang prayed for rain.
People in drought-stricken areas are relieved that it will rain.
People in Xiaqiu Village finally no longer need to water, and Zhu Wentian is free to lead people to plant bamboo fungus.
When the heavy rain fell and the weather became fine, he began to make money and carry out his great undertakings.
The reserves of soda ash are sufficient, and there is no shortage of rapeseed oil.
The next steps are simple, make the mold, choose the spices, and add salt filtered with kaolin clay to make it as pure as possible.
Soap and soap thus come out are hard, otherwise they are soft.
Zhu Wentian didn't think this was anything to show off, it was a necessary skill for anyone with modern knowledge.
Yes, it is normal. No, that's the problem.
The next step is to make... a washboard, which is used for washing clothes. There was no such thing before. It was either used for washing silk, or it was beaten with a stick, stepped on by feet, or rubbed by hands.
The villagers looked at what Hanhan had made and didn't know how to use it.
Zhu Wentian introduced with gestures: "Scent, wash your hands, not fragrant, clothes, cloth, rub."
After hearing this, the villagers laughed and expressed their understanding. Those who wash people with soap and wash clothes with soap should use this board to rub it.
When I tried it, someone brought out the tub, found the dirty clothes, and washed them on the spot.
"It's clean. It's really clean. It's faster. It's better than soap locust. It's also a better scrubber."
After washing a piece of clothing, everyone looks at it and gives an evaluation.
Next came the question of how to sell it. The director picked up a piece of soap and said, "Isn't it dangerous to sell this?"
"No, it's for sale, it's different, but..."
"That's all." The headmaster said helpfully.
"Yes, hey hey hey hey." Zhu Wentian is very dedicated and is still working hard to maintain his character.
"How much will it cost?" The village chief is ready to make the village rich.
However, all the money earned from this soap is the minister's money. The villagers use the soap themselves at no cost, and the money from selling the soap has nothing to do with the villagers.
Zhu Wentian: "..."
He nodded: "First of all, let's talk about who likes to use soap. Soap is for the people in the village, and soap is required for takeout.
Nowadays, we in Ming Dynasty have soap beans and fragrant soap balled into balls, but it is really not possible to use plant ash to wash things.
Ordinary people will not buy our soap unless the soap is cheaper than plant ash.
Rich people don't buy soap without fragrance. We just make money from rich people by selling scented soap.
Based on the size, the same size of soap and round soap made of soap locust should cost five times as much. "
"Okay, let's make a few hundred yuan first, then..." The director hesitated.
"Xuancheng and Dangtu County's municipal officials are too small, and the people in Xuancheng County and Ningguo Mansion have absolute interests in us.
After our rock sugar manufacturing methods and farming matters were reported to the Ningguo Mansion, our relationship with us became different.
We can go over and find out what the results will be after they apply, in case there is a reward! "
Zhu Wentian analyzed to the village chief that not only economic interests but also political interests were tied up between the village and Ningguo Mansion.
The headmaster touched Hanhan's head and said, "You're right. I'll take you with me tomorrow morning. Where will you stay tonight?"
"Sacrificial Hall, hehehe!" Zhu Wentian considered the distance and chose a closer place.
The headmaster shook his head and looked for someone to make arrangements for tomorrow's trip.
The next day it was still dark, the village chief went to the sacrificial hall to wake Hanhan up, had breakfast, and the procession set off.
Bring six hundred pieces of soap and one hundred pieces of soap, sickles, bamboo spears, and food.
There were ten cars in total and fifty villagers in good health. After selling soap, they wanted to buy something, fearing they would be robbed on the road.
