Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 66
Chapter 65 Soap
The boiled lard is enough to fill half a jar.Jin Xi took the eating bowl and packed it into a flat bowl. The oil shuttle left over from oil extraction was used for making dumplings, and the rest was also packed up and put into a simple wooden kitchen cupboard. , Reserved for daily cooking.

The Sun family was very surprised that Jinxi bought lard and bean noodles without authorization. Everyone had the same idea as Sun Yubao, thinking that the child was a glutton. The adults didn't say anything, but everyone I blame myself very much.

Including Sun Yubao, Jinxi, Jinrou, and the others are tall at this age, and they can't eat good things, so it's only natural to buy some meat oil to stir-fry a dish for a tooth sacrifice.

However, when Mrs. Sun and the others saw Jinxi distributing the lard like this, and went to the backyard to fetch spring water to make the bean noodles, Mrs. Sun and the others were all surprised again.

Didn't you just eat dumplings last night?
In the kitchen, Jin Xi started to work again, her sleeves rolled up to her arms.Holding a rolling pin in her white and tender slender arms, she poured clear spring water into the jar containing bean noodles in front of her, and while stirring the rolling pin regularly, stirred the bean flour.

On the side, Ga Po, Jin Rou, Sun Shi and Sun Yuxia all looked around, all of them puzzled, wondering what Jin Xi was doing again.But because of the previous two business operations, whenever Jin Xi makes these strange moves, they are full of novelty.But Jin Xi didn't tell them what she was doing, and kept it a mystery.The whole family is busy under her command.

"Uncle, go to the stove and light the firewood."

"Mother, pour some of the lard in that pot into the pot and heat it up." Although she ordered Sun in this way, the exact amount to pour in depends on the bean noodles she is mixing now. Matching.Jin Xi put down her rolling pin for the time being, ran over in two or three steps, and stopped the amount of oil poured into Mrs. Sun before returning to continue her stirring work.

"Auntie, wash the dodder flowers we picked this morning, squeeze out the juice, and put them in a clean bowl. I'll use them later."

"Rou'er, go to our house and fetch the bag of sweet-scented osmanthus powder that we dried in the sun." Jin Rou hurried away, but Ga Po was worried and followed behind.

"Father, the mold I asked you to make two days ago, is it ready?"

"Isn't that something that will take a while! Good morning, I'll get it for you!"

After a while, Liang Yuzhong turned back, and in his hand was a template similar to the length and size of a washboard. Unlike the washboard, the template that Jinxi wanted didn't have strips of prisms on it, but It is evenly carved out more than a dozen small blocks of different shapes.

Some are square, some are rectangular, some are oval, and some are round and octagonal.

"I haven't touched these things for many years, and the craftsmanship has been born. These are all made according to the blueprint you drew. Take a look, can you get it?" Liang Yuzhong was a little embarrassed to take out his carpenter live.

Jin Xi took it over and looked at it, she was very satisfied, and praised: "Father's craftsmanship is really good. If I have free time tomorrow, I can take over some carpentry work!"

The father got the daughter's praise and admiration, he felt a sense of pride, and his face glowed a little, and he said: "Xi'er thinks this can be done, so I will try it tomorrow if I don't say much, I can make money." It is also gratifying to give a few small money to improve the life of our family!"

"If you want to do carpentry well, you will get extra money! My brother-in-law is proficient in this job, better than me!" Sun Yubao said.

Liang Yuzhong waved his hand modestly: "Whether strong or not, I dare not say now, no matter what, I have discussed it with your elder sister, and when I have free time in a few days, I will go to the back mountain to cut some wood and bamboo and come back. Add a few pieces of furniture to your home and treat it as practice!"

"That's good, then I will go with my brother-in-law." Sun Yubao said happily.

Mrs. Sun was warming up the lard, watching the warm scene in the kitchen, with a smile streaming down her eyes.

When Jin Xi added the saponin powder bought in the town yesterday into the soy flour, her mystery emerged.

"Hey, we Xi'er dare to make soap? This is really a new thing!" Sun Yubao said curiously.

"Xi'er, will you do it?" Sun asked, a little curious but more worried, they have basically never used the pancreas, so how to do it?It's soy noodles and lard, it looks like it's at a loss, can Jin Xi really do it?Sun put her worries in her heart, but didn't stop her.

"Xi'er will definitely be able to make soap, I believe her." Sun Yubao said.

"I also believe in my sister. My sister is the most powerful." Jinrou brought in the sweet-scented osmanthus powder and said loudly.

"If it's okay, you have to do it, right girl? What are you going to do, dad will help you!" Liang Yuzhong said with a smile.

"Once born, twice acquainted, don't you have to pay for everything? Xi'er, do whatever you want to do boldly." Gapo encouraged Jinxi with a loving smile.

Jin Xi looked at them, and they all showed surprise and support on their faces, which pleased her.But the worries they buried deep in their hearts were concealed and they didn't want Jin Xi to see them, which made Jin Xi feel warm and moved.

What is a loved one who is really good to you?Among other things, the first thing is, no matter what daring attempt you decide to do, except of course those who commit crimes and bad things.

They will believe in you without hesitation, support you, and there will be no voice of doubt, and they will let you do it without any worries.This is the one who really treats you well and stands with you... relatives!
"Xi'er, I've cut through this lard, can you see how hot it is?" Sun's question interrupted Jin Xi's contemplation.

Jin Xi estimated the time, and said, "Sure, I've done the same thing, Dad, help me pour these into the cauldron."

Liang Yuzhong leaned over and poured the bean noodle paste that Jin Xi had stirred evenly into the lard cauldron.As soon as it was put into the wok, there was a cheerful sound of chirping chirping, and the oil splashed when it hit the water. Sun shielded Jinxi with her body and said, "Go to the side, why stir you?" Commanded, mother to do it!"

When the pot calmed down a bit, Jin Xi stood not far away, and Mrs. Sun followed Jin Xi's instructions and began to vigorously stir the pot of paste.

"Auntie, has the flower juice been squeezed out?" Jin Xi looked at the solution in the pot, which gradually became thicker, and pointed her head outward to urge Sun Yuxia.

"Here we come." Sun Yuxia responded crisply, and came in with two eating bowls, peeped at the yellow-brown thick paste-like thing in the pot, and said with a smile: "Well, look It is dyed and smelled, and it really smells like soap. If it doesn’t shape, don’t pour it, at least there is saponin powder in it, so I can save it for me to slowly wash the clothes and it will still be done!”

"Auntie, I let you use the shaped soap!" Jin Xi smiled, and poured all the squeezed flower juice into the solution in the pot.

The scientific name of dodder is cyclamen, which is a flower that blooms in late autumn and early winter.It has a faint fragrance and the petals are rose red.In the mountains and forests behind Sunjiagou, this kind of flower blooms the most.A few days ago, Jin Xi passed by the forest to pick tea, picked a few dodder flowers to play with, crushed the petals, unexpectedly the flower juice got on her fingers, and the rose red color faded after several days.

Jinxi had an idea, and decided to extract the pigment from the dodder flower, so at dawn today, she asked Mrs. Sun and Sun Yuxia to go to the forest behind and pick a basket full.

"Hey, it's really interesting. Once the flower juice is poured into the pot, the yellow soup in the pot turns red." Mrs. Sun continued to stir evenly, and couldn't help being surprised.

Everyone turned their heads to look at it again, and they all let out a sound of exclamation.

There is a big sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the yard of Gapo’s house. On the day Jinxi and the others first came, the sweet-scented osmanthus trees were in full bloom.Afterwards, it gradually withered, and the fallen petals were collected by Jin Xi, which was a huge burden.

Taking some out now to spice things up, really came in handy!Jin Xi is a little bit proud of her preparations for a rainy day.

"Wow, it smells so good!" Jinrou sniffed exaggeratedly, sniffing the refreshing fragrance floating in the air, her eyes sparkled.

"Our Xi'er is still making fragrant pancakes, my dear, if we really make it, we can make a fortune selling fragrant pancakes in the future!" Sun Yuxia's cheeks flushed with joy.

The whole family looked at the rosy red color in the pot, and the sticky soap that was spraying with fragrance, and everyone's eyes were bright.

"Mother, it's almost time to get out of the pot." Jin Xi observed the movement in the pot and said to Sun.

"Come on, where do you put it? Is it the mold your father brought?"

"Well, that's the one." Jin Xi said, Liang Yuzhong had already washed the molds and handed them over. Then, Mrs. Sun changed to a small ladle, scooped out the rose-red viscous solution from the pot, and put them into different shapes evenly. in the section.

When the last drop was scooped out, the mold was full, and Jin Xi couldn't help sighing secretly that her ability to measure was not bad.

"What are you going to do next?" Sun asked.

"Well, let Dad take this big mold to the house to dry, and it will be ready when it solidifies." Jin Xi said, according to the principles in the book, it should be enough to dry it for about a day.

In order to prevent dust from falling on it and making it dirty, Sun also found a netted bamboo sieve to cover the big mold.

After finally freeing up some free time, Jin Xi found out the ledger, then called Sun Erhu and Sun Yubao, and the three of them started to calculate the money.

Yesterday when I was buying soap locust powder at the grocery store, Jinxi, in order to surprise the shopkeeper, took the whole bunch of money for the tea seller. After returning home, she took out her private room and took the seven taels of money. The silver is fully replenished.

At this moment, the three of them together planned to take some out of the seven taels of silver sold for tea, and pay the villagers some rent for the tea garden in advance according to the contract.The money from the villagers cannot be owed.

Jin Xi proposed to give Sun Erhu's part to him.But Sun Erhu was not happy anyway.

"We are working together to grow tea. This is just the beginning, and there will be more places to spend money in the future. I don't worry about my part. Anyway, I don't have much money!" Sun Erhu said: "My idea is to count as one year. It’s just a matter of returning, and it’s worth selling tea just once!”

"Uncle Erhu wants to say that, it's up to you, I haven't kept it for now. But I can tell Uncle Erhu what's in his heart, when Uncle Erhu needs money urgently, just say it." Jin Xi road.

Sun Erhu nodded, and the matter was settled.

(End of this chapter)