The next day, Zhao Yunlan drove the oxcart to Liu's small courtyard to take care of the peppers for a while in the morning, and then came back in the afternoon to start tinkering with the lard soap.

Hey, Zhao Yunlan doesn't know the specific ratio of lard and plant ash. If he hadn't seen this ancient soap this time, he doesn't know when he would have remembered this thing!

Zhao Yunlan couldn't even remember that she had been using plant ash to wash the dishes before. In her high school history class, the teacher once talked about soap in ancient times. Later, Zhao Yunlan went to the Internet to find information to see how to do it. Although

I don’t know if those ratios are correct, so let’s try them slowly first!

Zhao Yunlan first put the flowers she had picked before into a pot and dried them on a heated kang and put them away for later use. Then she lit a small stove and put a small pot on and started boiling lard. She was afraid that it would not be successful after a while, so she only added a small amount of lard.

Boil, wait until the lard is cooked, then add the precipitated and filtered plant ash liquid and stir continuously until it resembles a paste. I don’t know if too much plant ash liquid was added this time or what happened, but it is mushy.

It wasn't obvious that Zhao Yunlan's hands were sore from stirring, and she didn't feel particularly mushy, so she had to find a bamboo tube to put it in and mark it with the number '1'. She found a cool place and left it to wait for it to solidify.

Zhao Yunlan also recorded the ratio of lard and plant ash in No. 1, just waiting to see the situation after solidification.

When Zhao Yunlan was pouring the plant ash liquid, he thought that he had to filter it a few more times. The plant ash liquid had only been filtered once and was not particularly clear. The items in the No. 1 tube that could be regarded as soap looked gray.

Zhao Yunlan planned to make the second one. After all, it would take a long time to solidify. He wanted to make a few more to see how it went. Zhao Yunlan changed the ratio for the second time and was stirring when he suddenly looked up and saw the jar of salt.

Then I remembered that I should add some salt water and stir it together, but the number two quickly became a semi-solidified state. Zhao Yunlan felt a little happy.

‘No. 2’ was completed in this way, and some dried flowers were put in the bamboo tube when No. 2 was put into it.

Zhao Yunlan made five lard soaps with different ratios in succession, recording each one in a book, just waiting for them to completely solidify to try.

Li Mingli and Li Mingmei took Xiaobao around these bamboo tubes, and everyone was extremely curious.

Xiaobao still wanted to reach out and touch him. Zhao Yunlan picked up Xiaobao and hugged him and left. She also told the brother and sister: "Don't touch them!"

Knowing that Zhao Yunlan used lard to make this pancake, Li Mingren admired his wife more and more. In addition, since he studied according to Zhao Yunlan's schedule, Li Mingren felt that his learning efficiency had improved a lot.

There are few, and I go running every day, help with the work, and eat the food cooked by Zhao Yunlan. My body and bones are getting better and better, and I seem to have grown taller.

When Li Mingren was lost in thought, Zhao Yunlan came in and said quietly: "Tomorrow's quiz, oh! The location for tomorrow's quiz is next to the toilet!"

Li Mingren was so frightened that he came back to his senses: "Ah? Why are you next to the toilet?"

Zhao Yunlan: "Wouldn't there be a bad name in your examination room? If you are assigned to this position in future examinations, you should adapt to it in advance."

Li Mingren: "..."

Zhao Yunlan hugged Xiaobao and walked out again. Li Mingmei has been cooking these days. Li Mingmei also learned a lot of dishes from Zhao Yunlan, and the taste is not bad.

Now Li Mingren does all the work at home. Wang's health has improved a lot, and he occasionally helps with some light housework. Zhao Yunlan runs to and from home in town every day. It's quite leisurely at home, and occasionally goes to the fields.

If the work is too busy, Zhao Yunlan will follow him, and the days go by like this.

The sweet peppers in the town are starting to bear fruit, and the small green peppers make Zhao Yunlan very happy.

Old Mrs. Liu was also infected by Zhao Yunlan's atmosphere and asked someone to get fifty taels of silver.

Old Mrs. Liu: "Mrs. Zhao, these fifty taels are your wages for this period of time. At first, Madam Zhao didn't talk to me about wages. Seeing that Madam Zhao comes here on time every day to take care of and record these peppers, these fifty taels

It's just a way of expressing my feelings. If Madam Zhao needs anything in the future, I will definitely help you if I can."

Zhao Yunlan did not accept the fifty taels, but only said: "Mr. Liu, can I exchange these fifty taels for one of these pepper trees?"

Old Mrs. Liu thought for a while but did not speak. Zhao Yunlan was also nervous at the moment and looked up at Old Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu then said: "I originally wanted to give it to you, but it's a gift from the emperor, so it's hard to give it away. Instead, it's this fruit! Lady Zhao can pick it when it's ripe."

Zhao Yunlan cheered in his heart, what he wanted was this fruit. He originally thought that the pepper tree should be unobtainable, so if he set the goal of begging higher, the chance that Mrs. Liu could give away the pepper would be higher.

When the time comes, you can save some of the seeds in the peppers and plant them yourself.

Zhao Yunlan nodded happily: "Thank you, Mrs. Liu."

Old Mrs. Liu also smiled: "These fifty taels should be given to Madam Zhao. Madam Zhao must not delay."

Zhao Yunlan felt ashamed of her petty thoughts at the moment, ugh~

Zhao Yunlan couldn't refuse the fifty taels, so she had to go home with the fifty taels.

Old Man Li looked at the fifty taels on the table, surprised and happy that these noble people could get so much money from growing flowers.

Zhao Yunlan felt guilty, she would have known better and asked for the pepper more openly.

But now that I have fifty taels, I can build a house with the income from the shop plus my own share of the first flower.

Zhao Yunlan thought about building a house for a long time.

In the evening, Zhao Yunlan occupied half of Li Mingren's desk and drew sketches of the house he wanted to build.

Li Mingren looked at the drawings one after another in Zhao Yunlan's hand and asked, "Are you planning to build a house?"

Zhao Yunlan nodded and continued to draw his own picture, but his drawing skills could only be understood by himself.

Li Mingren asked in a low voice from the side: "Why don't I come and help the lady paint!"

Zhao Yunlan looked at Li Mingren: "You should have told me earlier!"

Li Mingren was stunned, and Zhao Yunlan urged Li Mingren to draw one first.

Li Mingren drew a rough sketch according to Zhao Yunlan's ideas, and Zhao Yunlan was very satisfied. However, there were still many rules for building a house here. Li Mingren explained them to Zhao Yunlan one by one. Afterwards, Zhao Yunlan looked directly at him with a resentful look.

Staring at Li Mingren.

Li Mingren felt chilly and shrank his neck.

Zhao Yunlan said to Li Mingren fiercely: "I want to live in a big house, and you must pass the exam to become a scholar next year!"

During this time, Zhao Yunlan went to Liu's courtyard and saw the buildings. She liked them very much. Thinking that her new house could be built like that, she told Li Mingren, who would have thought that there is another important condition that she forgot.

The Li family is still a common people, and many buildings cannot be built. Even if they can be built for various reasons, the Li family will be targeted sooner or later.

Zhao Yunlan had no choice but to shelve her plan to build a house. Zhao Yunlan sighed repeatedly! Li Mingren felt terrible when he was next to him.

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