When Mrs. Cui heard what Jiang Zhiluo said, she felt it was quite magical.

It turns out that there are many grasses and flowers that she didn’t know could be used to make food.

For example, the locust flower from before is so delicious when made into steamed buns.

Mrs. Cui went over to pull mugwort with Jiang Zhiluo, looking forward to the taste of various mugwort foods.

There are many hillsides in this area, and they didn't pay attention before as they were walking back and forth on the road.

I happened to see it when I came back this time, so I pulled out some more and put them on the bullock cart.

Jiang Zhiluo said: "Mom, there happens to be no dry food at home. Let's go back to make dough and make mugwort steamed buns in the afternoon. We happen to have the pork belly that Zhuzhu gave us, so we can use it to make braised pork."

They haven't eaten pork belly for a long time.

"Okay, let's arrange it like this."

She mainly wanted to taste the mugwort steamed buns.

Mainly because it's lunch time now, so it's too late to make freshly made steamed buns.

Jiang Zhiluo thought for a moment and said, "Mom, let's make pork rib soup with mushrooms at noon."

When Jiang Zhiluo was pulling mugwort, she happened to pick a few mushrooms and fungus.

After it rains, there are a lot of mushrooms and fungus.

She and Mrs. Cui ate together, and one dish was enough.

After returning home, the two began to get busy.

After driving the oxcart home, Jiang Zhiluo quickly used her mind to put the duck eggs in the empty space back into the basket on the back of the oxcart.

When Mrs. Cui opened the grass above, she saw the duck eggs inside.

"I was worried about bumping it on the road. It looked like it wasn't broken, but I didn't know if there were any broken duck eggs underneath."

A duck egg costs half a penny. If it is broken, Mrs. Cui will feel distressed.

And these duck eggs can be pickled into preserved eggs, which are not cheap.

Jiang Zhiluo knew what Mrs. Cui was worried about, "Mom, don't worry, we are walking slowly on the road, the carriage is padded with straw, so it won't be bumpy."

"Yes, that's true. I listened to the sounds on the way and didn't hear any broken sounds."

Jiang Zhiluo and Mrs. Cui first took down the backpacks one by one.

Then he took down the five big bags of shells.

The duck eggs will be pickled in the afternoon, and a small part of the shells will be kept for later use, while the rest will be put in the utility room.

Also remove the mugwort and set aside.

The bullock cart was tied up under the cowshed.

Jiang Zhiluo started washing her hands and cooking.

There is still rice cooked in the morning, which is enough for two people at noon. They can just heat it up and eat it as a staple food.

The dish is mushroom and pork ribs soup.

Mrs. Cui washes the ribs and mushrooms.

Jiang Zhiluo prepared the seasonings.

Wash the shiitake mushrooms and cut the fungus.

Jiang Zhiluo also cut some carrot slices.

Then Mrs. Cui lit the fire and Jiang Zhiluo blanched the ribs.

After blanching, clean the pot and add water again, add onion and ginger segments, and some rice wine.

There is no cooking wine here, so we can only use rice wine instead.

Then stew the ribs.

After boiling over high heat, remove the blood foam, then add mushrooms, fungus and carrot slices, and simmer over low heat.

When it's almost done, add some seasoning and sprinkle with coriander.

Coriander is grown in the vegetable garden, just pull some out when needed.

The vegetables of this era do not contain any pesticides. They are all pure green and pollution-free ingredients, and they are safe to eat.

Mrs. Cui and Jiang Zhiluo both felt relaxed when they sat together for lunch.

Mrs. Cui felt that she was busy working every day just for one bite to eat.

Every time I eat, my body and mind feel relaxed and comfortable.

Mrs. Cui said: "This soup is light and delicious, and it tastes delicious." Jiang Zhiluo also felt that drinking some soup made her both physically and mentally comfortable, and all her fatigue was dispelled.

After lunch, Mrs. Cui had to prepare the dough for making steamed buns.

Jiang Zhiluo picked off the leaves of mugwort, washed them, then pounded them in a stone mortar, added water to make a paste, and then filtered them with gauze to filter out the juice from the mugwort leaves.

Mrs. Cui looked at so much mugwort juice and said, "You don't need so much."

All you need for kneading is a little water.

Jiang Zhiluo said: "Mom, scoop out as much as you want. I will keep the remaining mugwort juice to make mugwort loquats and mugwort glutinous rice dumplings tomorrow."

"it is good."

Mrs. Cui used mugwort juice to make dough.

Jiang Zhiluo went to the yard to scoop out water and wash the duck eggs. After washing the duck eggs, she started to prepare a pot to burn the plant ashes.

Then sift it and pour in the ashes from the cooking fire.

Then mash the shells, burn the shells, pour them in after burning, and then pour in salt. After stirring, pour in the rice water after washing two or three times in the morning. This rice water is alkaline.

She thought she would need the pickled duck eggs when she got home in the afternoon, so she kept them.

Stir everything in the bowl until evenly mixed.

After everything is done, put the duck eggs in, roll them, and wrap them.

Then put hay and wood ash in a jar and add the wrapped duck eggs.

Then put it in a cool place, and you can eat it after more than half a month.

But when Jiang Zhiluo was pickling duck eggs, she looked at the mugwort and the gray shells, and her mind moved.

"Actually, these things plus roasted lard can be used to make soap."

Yes, these things can also be used to make soap.

If you happen to have wormwood, you can make wormwood soap.

But I don’t have molds at home.

But there is a bamboo tube, put it in the bamboo tube, and after it has settled and solidified, you can peel off the bamboo tube and cut the long pieces into pieces.

The family uses soap leaves to wash clothes on weekdays.

In order to clean the clothes, she and Mrs. Cui beat them hard with mallets.

However, some clothes are easy to break if you are not careful, so you need to be careful when beating them.

So washing clothes is sometimes very slow.

If you have soap, washing clothes will be much faster.

While Jiang Zhiluo was thinking about it, Mrs. Cui had already kneaded the dough, covered it and put it aside. It should have risen in more than two hours, and then she could make steamed buns.

Not to mention that after taking the mugwort juice, she smelled a faint grassy fragrance.

It probably tastes good too.

"Zhi Luo, if you need anything else, mother will help you."

Jiang Zhiluo said: "Mom, I'm thinking of taking out some pork belly and roasting it in some lard."

Mrs. Cui said: "Our family roasted some lard before, and there is also a small jar."

Their family uses a lot of oil when making bread, chili con carne sauce, and food, so they roasted some of the lard they bought before.

This way you don’t have to bake the oil every time.

There is also a small jar at home that can be used.

When Jiang Zhiluo heard this, her expression changed and she said, "Mom, take out the jar of oil. We can use this time to make soap."

Mrs. Cui didn't know why, but how to make soap instead of pickled duck eggs.

But what is soap?
Mrs. Cui just went to the back room and took out a puddle of lard and said, "Zhiluo, is the soap you mentioned similar to acacia leaves?"

Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "Well, it's just soap for washing. It's much easier to use than acacia leaves."

"Let's do a little bit first, and then we'll know after we make it ready for the stepmother."

If possible, Jiang Zhiluo would like to start a soap business.

But now that there is a war outside, and all forces are ready to take action, Jiang Zhiluo doesn't want to be too high-profile yet.

What if someone sees that the soap is so good and covets the secret recipe.


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