Li Xuemei was the most interested in this, and she put down the other two volumes. Only this volume of dyed bamboo slips couldn't be put down.
Yan Yu pushed the folded quilt and pillows to the side, and then moved the kang table over.
Li Xuemei put on her clothes clumsily, took out the notebook she made, and laid it flat on the table.
Interpret the words on the bamboo slips bit by bit.
"The name is ancient indigo dyeing. I have written down everything that needs to be used. I still need to go over the steps. But according to what is written above, the dyeing vat needs time to settle. We are preparing now, and we will not be able to start dyeing until next year at the earliest.
cloth."
Li Xuemei put down the bamboo slips for dyeing cloth, picked up the bamboo slips recording the making of lithospermum ointment, and wrote down the various medicinal materials and dosages mentioned above.
"Fortunately, I have read a lot of medical books in the past few months, so I know the names of medicinal materials fairly well..." She compared them and copied them one by one on the paper.
Finally, there is lip balm. According to the bamboo slips, it should be a colorless and transparent lip balm with a light floral fragrance.
It is most suitable for autumn and winter, and the materials used are also very simple.
But the flowers mentioned here are flowers. I don’t know if dried flowers will work...
"It's a coincidence that we have beeswax at home, which I can use for both lip balm and comfrey ointment."
The beeswax was obtained by poking a few honeycombs when the villagers went into the mountains. Grandma Rong collected them around the village and stocked a lot in the cellar, as well as pure wild honey, which is very sweet.
Li Xuemei said while Yan Yu nodded.
She pursed her little mouth, it was indeed a little dry and needed to be wiped away.
"Mom, it doesn't take several months to make lipstick, no, lip balm, right?"
"It says half a month." Li Xuemei put down the pen, handed the paper to her, and said: "I have nothing to do in winter, so we just happened to try it at home. Although the season is wrong, the temperature is fine. It is more convenient to keep it cold, so we can get it directly.
Just outside the house."
Yan Yu couldn't agree more. Look at how convenient their conditions are.
It's as hot as summer inside, and as cold as a refrigerator outside...
Aunt Rong brought the chocolate goat's milk to the two of them. It was freshly boiled and had an irresistible aroma.
The temperature is just right, warm enough to be eaten.
Yan Yu gulped down the bowl.
Shaking his head and thinking happily.
Li Xuemei finished the drink in small sips. The expressions of mother and daughter were very similar, enjoying the same drink.
"It's great to be able to drink chocolate milk in winter!" Yan Yu sighed.
She suddenly thought: "I'll bring some for dad. It'll be fine if it gets cold. Just warm it up again."
Li Xuemei thought for a while, shook her head and said, "Forget it. Your father lives with your master in the backyard of the government office now. It's not good for others to see him. It's better to wait until he comes back."
They can only eat chocolate and other foods that cannot be exposed to light, and cannot take them out blatantly.
Yan Yu pushed up the window a little and used a lot of strength. It was cold outside but hot in the room, and there was a layer of ice hanging outside the window.
She broke off a piece of ice and played with it in her hand. The ice was cool and soon it became crystal clear.
At this time, the sky outside gradually became brighter.
There was movement in the yard, it was the eldest sister getting up.
She immediately threw the ice out, put on her clothes and shoes and left the house.
"Sister, I'm going to Huju City today, why don't you go too?"
Da Ya was a little moved. Look at the sky, the snow should have ended today.
"Go, go," Yan Yu said coquettishly.
"Okay, then you wait for me, I'll go to Hu's house." Da Ya said.
The eldest girls in the village often get together. It's been snowing these past few days, so they get together every day. Today, they agreed to go to Hu's house. If she doesn't go, she has to let people know.
Daya made half a steamed bun, drank a bowl of hot goat milk, and went out.
Qing'er secretly glanced at the two of them, thinking that no one had seen them.
But Yan Yu saw it clearly. There was longing in the child's eyes, and he also wanted to go.
"Qing'er, it's too cold outside. You are weak and can easily get sick when the wind blows. I will take you out to play when the weather warms up." Yan Yu said softly.
Qing'er nodded sensibly and drank the goat milk obediently.
The people in Xiaoan Village are kind-hearted. Ever since the snow started to fall, they have not used the old and weak women and children sent by the elder to work. Instead, they always want to find some work themselves.
All the mules and donkeys in the village have been bought, and providing fodder for winter has become a headache for every family.
The horses captured from Beirong also became a headache for Murakami.
Keeping these horses is not an ordinary endeavor.
The village elders have been organizing and storing fodder for the past month.
Except for Qing'er, this group of people have gradually adapted to life in Xiao'an Village.
No matter what you do, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will be rewarded.
The people in the village don't think they are working in vain. Compared with the quarry, their days are like heaven and earth.
Village Chief Luo’s angry shout came from the Luo family next door.
Yan Yu looked at the sky and saw that the sun had just begun to peek out. He could only say that the people in the village were very hardworking.
She left the yard and entered Luo's house.
"... Ma Jingui is here. We need to keep more fodder so they don't starve. Boss of the shed, you'll have to check it out later to make sure it doesn't collapse under the weight of the snow. You have to sweep it more diligently. Brother, find a few people."
Let’s try to build a fire wall, and when it gets really cold, we can burn it for them so they don’t freeze. While Master Lu and the others are still in the village, they can point out what’s wrong...”
Yan Yuxin said there was no need to take advantage, Master Lu and the others might not want to leave.
My mother said that Mrs. Lu had asked her about how to sell the homestead in the village a few days ago.
This speaks to her mother's blind spot.
They are a village that fled from famine, and they really don't know how to buy and sell this land.
Yan Yu went to Huju today with this mission to ask his uncle. This matter is under the control of the government office.
There are also families who have settled in the village from Gufeng, most of whom live in Da'an Village. They are all related to each other and live with relatives for the time being. Only a few houses have been built for those whom they do not know. The homestead is still the village head of Luo Village.
The paddling boat with a guide is located at the north end of the village. It is the same size as every other house in the village. There should be nothing wrong with it. You need to complete some formalities.
There is also wasteland that should be divided among these families according to their heads. The government sent people to measure the land and marked it, but they didn't have time to draw a fish scale atlas. After all, it didn't make people feel at ease.
Everyone was eagerly looking forward to her uncle or Uncle Liang coming back.
But I also know that they are busy with work, so I can only keep this concern in my heart silently.
"Third brother, hurry up and kill one of the sheep in the backyard. Once the snow stops, people will have to go out for a walk. The sales will definitely be good today." Village Chief Luo assigned jobs to all three sons.
As for the grandson below, it is up to me to take care of it.
Luo San agreed happily and sharpened his knife towards the goat.
Village Chief Luo saw Yan Yu.
"The waiter is here, have you eaten?"
"Have eaten, Grandpa Luo."
"Come inside quickly, it's cold outside."
"Eh!"
Yan Yu entered the house, and Village Chief Luo asked his grandson to go to the kitchen and add more firewood to the stove.
His family was full of boys, and they were all very dry and couldn't bear the warmth. Therefore, the kang in the Luo family's house was not very hot, but warm, and he was afraid that the children would get cold.
