After a while, the grass picker came back again, and saw a few women drying the millet on the lawn, so he spontaneously picked the millet to the middle of the lawn, and dried the grass easily, so the millet was dried quickly, and Xu and others didn't need to dry it, so Xu took Shen Mei into the yard, leaving Xiangyun to help catch the sparrows.

Entering the yard, Xu took Shen Mei to the house to cook, Shen Lan sat for a while and became a little sleepy, Shen Wei saw her like this, so she let her go to the house to sleep, she played with the stone by herself, Shen Mei didn't have to say excuses, she was just a little sleepy these days, leaving Shen Wei and the stone into the house by herself.

In the next few days, nothing happened, Yuan Hao brought people to help the Shen family collect all the millet, and then beat it down and entered the warehouse, the field was also plowed and released with water, if it wasn't for the seedlings that had not grown, I was afraid that the seedlings would have to be planted before they left, so that the work was done, Yuan Hao took people back.

It will take a few days to plant seedlings, and Shen Lan is also a little tired of living in Shen's house, so she is also ready to go back to Yuan's house, because the seedlings have not been planted yet, so only Shen Lan and her son and the Xu family, Xiangling and Shen Changhai around her will go back, as for the others, they will wait until the seedlings are planted before going back.

After returning to Yuan's house from Linchun Village, he sweated all over, and ordered someone to prepare bath water, Shen Lan took a bath and came out, and saw Xu waiting outside the house, and Shen Lan washed her hair by the way when she took a bath, so her hair was still wet at this time, and she held a dry cloth towel in her hand and asked while wiping it, "Is there something?" ”

Xu nodded, walked to Shen Lan's side and took the cloth towel. While helping to wipe the water, he replied: "It's Song Sanye who came, saying that he came to ask you about collecting grain." ”

Shen Lan sat on the couch in front of the window, and let Xu help her wipe her hair, listening to Xu's words, she knew the purpose of Song Wenyou's coming, so she said: "Then let Changhai come over later, I have something to tell him to do." ”

"Yes." Xu Shi responded, knowing that Shen Lan was going to tell Shen Changhai to do things, Xu hurriedly sped up his hands and feet to wipe his hair, after all, it was not a hair dryer. No matter how much you wipe it, it's only half-dry. It still has to be dried slowly, and Shen Lan is impatient to wait slowly, so she said, "Okay, so be it." Go and call Changhai over. ”

Just took a shower. Shen Lan was wearing a white undershirt. The hair has just been washed and has not dried, and at this time it can be said that it looks like a cloak of hair, but it is not suitable for seeing people. But she was thinking about collecting grain, and she was not in the mood to wait, so she directly ordered Xu.

"Madam, I'll dress you and comb your hair before you see someone." The Xu family must not do it, although Shen Changhai can be said to be the person next to Shen Lan, but after all, he is a man, where can he see his wife like this.

Hearing this, Shen Lan was a little depressed, but she also knew that she couldn't compete with Xu, so she had to nod, Xu immediately went to the cabinet to find a set of skirts and put them on Shen Lan, and then combed her half-dry wet hair into a bun, but she didn't insert anything on her head, it was refreshing and refreshing, and it was quite in line with Shen Lan's wishes, and after getting it done, she went out of the house to find Shen Changhai.

Shen Lan also walked out of the inner room, ready to talk to Shen Changhai in the outer room, and after a while, Shen Changhai followed Xu over.

"Master." After entering the house, Shen Changhai called Shen Lan first, and Shen Lan casually pointed to a chair and said, "Sit down." ”

Shen Changhai turned around and sat down, and Shen Lan said to Xu again: "Go to the tea, I'll tell Changhai about the grain collection." ”

Xu bent his knees and left, and Shen Lan looked at Shen Changhai and said: "The third brother of the Song family is here, saying that he came to ask about the grain collection, and you can give me a leg run later, bring the silver from the grain collection, and then see what he still lacks there, and come back to tell me." ”

"Yes." Shen Changhai responded.

"And did Yuan Hao say when he would come to settle the bill?" Shen Lan asked, she had already given Yuan Hao a batch of salt before, and she didn't know how much he had sold.

Shen Changhai nodded and replied: "The second master said that he would come over in two days, and he also asked the master to make up for the goods." ”

Shen Lan nodded, it seems that this salt is still very good to sell, and at this time, he wants her to replenish the stock.

"Okay, I see." Shen Lan replied, but she didn't want to say more about this matter, at this time Xu also brought the tea, Shen Lan couldn't drink tea because she was pregnant, but Wu boiled hawthorn water for her, added rock sugar to the water, and it was sweet and sour and appetizing in her mouth, while Shen Changhai drank ordinary tea.

After serving tea, Xu Shi retreated very eye-catchingly, and left Shen Changhai and Shen Lan in the house, Shen Lan drank a sip of hawthorn water, and remembered the tea oil trees on the mountain, these trees were planted this year, although the trees were two or three years old, after all, they were transplanted from the space island, Shen Lan was afraid that he would not be able to adapt to the change in climate, and the trees were not easy to live, so he had to ask about the situation of the trees on the mountain from time to time, because Shen Changsheng went out to collect grain, and naturally the affairs of the family fell on Shen Changhai.

"By the way, you take the time to take a look at those tea trees, if there are dead trees, pull them out quickly, see if you can replant them, I still wait for these trees to bear seeds and extract oil next year." Shen Lan continued.

"Okay, when I come back from Songjia Village, I'll go to the mountains to have a look." Shen Changhai replied, these trees are very precious to their own owners, and when Shen Changsheng was there before, he was also called over twice in three days to ask about the situation.

"Well, tell those workers to be vigilant, don't dry it and don't get waterlogged, and pay attention to catching insects." Shen Lan said, at this time, there are no machines and fertilizers, and there are no pesticides are really troublesome, and it is not easy to plant so many trees.

"Yes." Shen Changhai should go down.

Shen Lan was thinking about whether to make some soil pesticides, after all, she had seen on TV before, some insects don't like some plants or other things, as long as they find substances that pests don't like, they can prevent pests.

"By the way, when you come back, buy peppercorns and come back." Shen Lan didn't know much about other things. But knowing the smell of peppercorns, insects don't like it very much, and she doesn't know whether it is used or not, and she also knows that aphids don't like soapy water, so when she used to raise flowers, a friend told her that if the flowers at home have aphids, just use soapy water to water them, but there is no soap in this era.

I'm not afraid, Shen Lan used to watch "Cherry Balls" when she saw Maruko's mother making soap, and now she wants to try it at home, but this soap is not only used to kill insects. It can also be used to make money. Thinking of this, Shen Lan wanted to give it a try.

"Okay." Shen Changhai agreed, and when he looked up, he saw his master with a weird smile on his face, and his brows furrowed unconsciously, what's the matter?

When Shen Lan came back to her senses. Shen Changhai was struggling with whether to call her.

"Buy some more alkali and saltpeter and come back." Alkali is used to make soap. This Shen Lan knows. In addition, Shen Lan also thought of one thing, now that the weather is so hot, it would be nice if there was ice. Shen Lan remembered that she had heard that saltpeter could make ice before, so she wanted to use this method to add some special drinks to her shop and boost business.

"What does the master want alkali and saltpeter?" Shen Changhai was a little puzzled, if he wanted to say that he couldn't buy the alkali at home to make food, "How much do these two things cost?" ”

"Naturally, you have to make good things, you can get a hundred catties of saltpeter back, and you can take four or five catties of alkali." Although Shen Lan knows the raw materials, but the proportion is not clear, so she wants to experiment at home first, as for the method of saltpeter ice making is very simple, throw saltpeter into water, and the water can become ice, but this kind of water is not drinkable, after all, there is saltpeter dissolution in it, but this kind of ice can be used to freeze things, and it is no problem to ice watermelon and drink.

Seeing that Shen Lan wanted a lot of things, Shen Changhai silently wrote it down in his heart, but he didn't need to ask the reason again, after all, his master was a fairy-like person, and since he didn't want to tell himself, there must be a reason for her, so he didn't ask again.

"Does the master want anything?" Shen Changhai asked.

Shen Lan thought for a while, shook her head, and replied, "No, just these things, you go down and do it first." ”

"Yes." After saying that, Shen Changhai got up and walked out of the house, so Shen Lan had nothing to do, and directly asked Xu to come in and clean up the teacup, and turned around and went to her own house, it seemed that she was sleepy again.

When Shen Changhai brought the things back, it was in the afternoon, and Shen Lan didn't ask him anything, but was very interested in the things he brought back, first asked him to move the saltpeter into his house, and then asked Xu Shi to fetch a basin of water, and then drove the person out of the room, and prepared to make ice by himself.

In fact, the method of saltpeter ice making has been available for a long time in ancient times, in fact, it is not a rare thing, Shen Lan is not sure, after all, she has never done it, so she doesn't want people to see it, so she drove everyone out, a basin of water was placed in the house, Shen Lan scooped saltpeter into the water with a gourd, and slowly white smoke floated on the water surface, Shen Lan didn't know how much to put it, so she scooped another scoop in, only to see that the water in the basin slowly formed into ice cubes to a degree visible to the naked eye, and Shen Lan was dumbfounded, It turns out that saltpeter can really freeze.

Seeing that the ice was made, Shen Lan was in a good mood, and at this time she walked to the door and opened the door, Shen Changhai and Xu were standing outside the door, and Shen Lan opened with a smile: "Come in." ”

When the two entered the house together, they saw a basin of ice in the center of the room, and white smoke was still floating on the ice basin, and they were stunned for a while.

"Ma'am, is this ice?" Xu hesitated, and then said uncertainly, at this time, some families also store ice, that is, they hide the ice in winter and use it in summer, of course, the people who can afford to use ice are not ordinary people, and they are generally not rich or expensive.

"Yes, but this ice can only be put in the house and cannot be eaten, this pot of ice is put in my house, and it will be cooler at night." Pregnant people are more afraid of heat than ordinary people because of their double bodies, and it is already very cool to sleep on the bamboo mat at this time, but Shen Lan still feels hot, and occasionally misses things like air conditioners and fans.

"Madam, this can't be done, you can't be greedy for coolness when you have a body, you can't put this ice in your house, let Xiangling fan you for a while at night." Xu Shi hurriedly objected, but it is still very rare for his wife to magically make ice, although some books also record the process of making ice, but it is not something that everyone knows, after all, most of the books that will record this are miscellaneous books, which is contradicted by those who want to read the imperial examination, as for those who have read miscellaneous books, there are also many children of powerful families, and there are ice cellars at home, and it is not uncommon to spend time to do it, so it is normal for Xu to have never seen ice making.

Shen Changhai also squatted on the ground curiously to study the basin of ice that Shen Lan made, Shen Changhai naturally had also read books, but the master who taught him at the beginning did not have a deep foundation, and he also read more of the Four Books and Five Classics, as for those books that recorded various acrobatics, it was not easy to read, so Shen Changhai really didn't know that saltpeter could freeze when put in water.

Although Shen Changhai had never read such a book, he could also see the doorway, especially when Shen Lan scooped saltpeter, some powder fell on the outside of the basin, and there was also a little on the edge of the basin, and after looking at it for a while, he understood, but he just looked at the Xu family next to him, so he didn't ask, and planned to ask again when the master was alone.

was ordered not to put ice in the house, Shen Lan was a little disappointed, and saw Shen Changhai squatting there pondering, so he said: "Changhai, I can't use it, you can use this ice in your house." ”

"Yes." Shen Changhai didn't need to be pretentious, he responded at once, and then pointed to the remaining saltpeter on the side and asked, "Master, what about these things?" ”

"You take it to the warehouse first, and tomorrow we will make more ice and send it to Shiweixuan, in this hot weather, we can use ice, and our business will be better." Shen Lan smiled and spoke.

Shen Changhai nodded, and began to move things out, and when he moved all the things away and came back to get the ice basin, Shen Lan said loudly: "Changhai, let someone send a few large vats tomorrow, and you go to the blacksmith shop to make a few iron basins and come back." ”

"Yes." Shen Changhai answered before leaving the house with an ice basin.

After Shen Changhai left the house, the Xu family, who had been staying in the house, immediately cleaned up the house, looked up at the sky outside, and found that it was time to prepare dinner, so he asked, "Madam, it's not early, what do you want to eat at night?" ”

The weather was hot, Shen Lan really didn't have much appetite, and after thinking about it, she still wanted to eat some soup and water, so she replied: "Cook some mung bean porridge, get a few pickles, mix a plate of sugar persimmons, and stew an egg custard for the stones, so be it." ”

After Shen Lan's words, Xu agreed with a smile, turned around and went out of the house to work for dinner. (To be continued......)