A crisp birdsong sounded, and the young woman in the patch slowly opened her eyes.

First of all, what catches your eye is a simple thatched house, but the grass grows and warblers fly outside the window, splashing a pastoral mood.

She was a 30-year-old leftover girl working for a cosmetics company, and while developing a new perfume, she died suddenly from exhaustion due to the intensity of her work.

What she didn't expect was that her body had penetrated to ancient times, and she had become an ordinary village girl in Peach Blossom Village, Jiang Cheng'er, also known as Jiang Dani, who was fifteen years old.

Jiang Cheng'er loves cleanliness, looking at the yellowed mattress and quilt, she wants to remove the cloth and wash it, and bounce the cotton inside again to make it softer.

She immediately picked up the scissors from the needlework and began to remove the stitches, and her movements were so skillful and swift that she was delighted.

In her previous life, she was pampered by her parents, and she could only wash clothes and sweep the floor, and basically never did other housework. Fortunately, the original owner left all his memories and skills to her, and she is very grateful.

Thinking of her parents, Jiang Cheng'er was sad, and her baby daughter died suddenly, how sad her parents should be.

She couldn't comfort her, so she could only silently tell her parents and daughter in her heart that she was still alive and would live well in another world, and she would definitely do so!

Jiang Tao'er and Jiang Ping'er helped her sister Jiang Cheng'er pull out the cut thread, and the two little girls pursed their lips and smiled, longer than the thread in their hands.

Sunlight shone in obliquely through the low windows, shining on their skinny little faces.

There are some things that cannot be erased by suffering, and the joy they inadvertently revealed moved Jiang Cheng'er. Hopefully one day they will be able to laugh out loud instead of the timidly and distressing laughter they have now.

Jiang Cheng'er knew that the way to wash clothes here was simple and rude, that is, to soak the clothes, put them on the stones, and beat them vigorously with a wooden mallet.

The gray and yellow dirt on the bedding can not be washed only by beating, and some materials must be added, but there was no laundry detergent or anything in ancient times.

Jiang Cheng'er had a flash of inspiration in her mind, there was nothing she could do by herself!

She used to be a perfumer, and she has been exposed to fragrance-related cosmetics and toiletries to some extent. Although there are no restrictions on the machine, some things can be made by hand.

It is better to make some pure natural soap first, which can not only wash clothes, but also wash your face and wash your hands for bathing, and use it for multiple purposes.

Just do it, Jiang Cheng'er asked her sisters to finish dismantling the bedding, she jumped off the kang and went to the stove room to find something.

To make a simple handmade soap, four raw materials are mainly used: oil, caustic soda, floral essential oil, and water.

Oil, generally coconut oil, olive oil, palm oil, etc., uh-ha, there are no in the above three stoves, only rapeseed oil. It's okay, you can use it.

As for the floral essential oil, you can pick fresh petals and mash them; boiling; Distillation and other methods to extract the juice, the effect is similar.

The key is that there was no such chemical as sodium hydroxide in ancient times, Jiang Cheng'er thought about it for a while, this is not difficult for her, it can be extracted from plant ash.

Jiang Cheng'er went out to pick flowers first, pushed open a dilapidated fence door on the fence wall, and the peach blossoms like clouds came to her face, and the fragrance was refreshing.

"The peach blossoms bloom first in the warm spring, and no one can see the brightness", Jiang Cheng'er walked under the peach tree with a small bamboo basket.

The wind was blowing, and the falling flowers were colorful, and she collected some clean petals from the ground.

She went back to the stove, extracted the flower juice, and poured out the appropriate amount of oil and water for later use.

She found a piece of cloth to cover her mouth and nose to do a alkali extraction test, first used a small rake to take out some plant ash from the stove, then soaked, stirred, and filtered.

After that, the resulting lye is heated to boil off excess water and increase the concentration of alkali.

In this way, the caustic soda is made and cooled in a basin.

Jiang Ping'er ran over to help her sister light the fire, the poor man's child was in charge of the house, and Ping'er was only nine years old, and she did any kind of work.

Jiang Cheng'er then poured the brassica oil, water, and flower juice into a clay pot, heated it through water, and boiled it into fat.

When the temperature of the alkaline water and the grease is almost uniform, about forty or fifty degrees, pour the two together and stir them constantly with bamboo chopsticks.

Soap is a work of strength, and it should be exercised.

Jiang Cheng'er was so tired that her arms were sore, and she finally stirred the liquid into a paste.

She poured the fragrant paste into a rectangular box, sprinkled with a layer of peach petals, pink and delicate, and her appearance suddenly improved.

The liquid soap is left in a cool place for twelve hours until it is ready to form by this time tomorrow.

It's done, to be honest, the first time to make soap in ancient times, Jiang Cheng'er is not very satisfied, next time it should be better.

Ping'er remained in a state of surprise the whole time, her big eyes were wide open, and she didn't know what good things her sister was tinkering with, and she smelled fragrant, like delicious drops.

The tone of my sister's voice has changed, and the things she has made have become novel.

Looking at her sister's cute little appearance, Jiang Cheng'er smiled, put the remaining fragrant paste into a small crockpot, and used it to wash the cloth surface of the futon for the time being.

Jiang Cheng'er smeared fragrant paste on the palms of her and Ping'er's hands and washed her hands and face.

Only then did Ping'er realize that the fragrant paste was not delicious, so she rubbed it like her sister, and washed the ashes on her hands at once.

Apple's exclaimed, "That's amazing! Big sister, what is this? How would you do that? ”

Jiang Cheng'er said wittily, "The eldest sister went to the ghost gate and learned a lot of things on the way. This is called soap, the nemesis of dust and dirt, and the helper of whitening skin care. ”

Jiang Cheng'er took a self-portrait in the mirror, alas, her face was still so dark after washing.

It's no wonder that the original owner often does farm work outside, collecting firewood, picking mushrooms, and it's strange that it's not dark when it's windy and sun-drenched.

Fortunately, the facial features are very exquisite, and the most brilliant thing is a pair of big eyes, clear as spring water, bright as stars, and smart.

Well, as long as the foundation is good, it doesn't matter if you have black spots, you usually pay attention to sun protection, and then use skin care products to maintain it, and you can slowly turn white.

Jiang Ping'er took out a fragrant roasted sweet potato from the stove and handed it to her sister with chopsticks.

Jiang Cheng'er's index finger moved, and the roasted sweet potato was golden and glutinous, so delicious.

After filling her stomach, Jiang Cheng'er had to wash out the cloth as soon as possible, dry it and sew it up at night.

Jiang Cheng'er looked at Xiao Bijian, opened the curtain and walked in, and Liu was busy spinning inside.

Jiang Cheng'er saw a fist-sized wound on her forehead, and her flesh and blood were blurred, which was beaten by Jiang Drunkard while she was protecting her daughter.

Hearing the footsteps, Liu raised his head, his hands did not stop, but a smile bloomed on his tired face, and he looked at his lost eldest daughter lovingly.

This weak and pitiful woman was frightened by her tyrannical husband, but she still tried her best to protect her daughter and loved her from the bottom of her heart.

Mother's love is great, and Jiang Cheng'er also respects her from the bottom of her heart and recognizes her as a mother......

Jiang Cheng'er came in and told her mother that she was going to the river to wash clothes.

Jiang Cheng'er responded with a docile attitude.

Tao'er went out to collect firewood, Ping'er learned spinning at home with her mother, and everyone had their own work to do.

Jiang Cheng'er picked up the big wooden basin and walked out, uh, the ancient wooden basin was really heavy.

She pushed open the door with her foot, and as soon as she reached the courtyard, she heard a woman's shrill voice.

"Oops! Dani, I'm going out to wander. ”

A woman wearing a water-red cross-shirt and a long green coarse cloth skirt leaned on the door frame of the East House, smiling rather than smiling.

She is Jiang Cheng'er's cousin Jiang Manman, seventeen years old this year, unmarried, and a demon at home all day long.

Jiang Cheng'er's grandmother, Mrs. Jiang, gave birth to a bunch of children, not counting those who died young, and survived with three sons and two daughters.

Jiang Cheng'er's father is the second among the brothers, with an elder brother Jiang Lao and a younger brother Jiang Laosan.

Jiang has three sons, a daughter, the eldest son and the second son are married, and the third son is one year younger than Jiang Manman.

Jiang Laosan first had two daughters, and then gave birth to a son, both daughters are younger than Jiang Cheng'er, and the son is eight years old this year.

So many people are crammed into a courtyard, similar to a small courtyard house, surrounded by thatched huts from east to west, north and south, leaving a patio the size of a tofu block.

Mrs. Jiang and her husband Mrs. Jiang are both patriarchal, especially the eldest son's family, which has many grandchildren, and let the main house (north house) live in the eldest son's family, and the old couple live in the east house.

Nanwu was divided among the third sons, leaving the worst Westinghouse, to the second son who gave birth to three girls.

After Jiang Manman's two older brothers got married, there was no room for her in the North House, so she moved to the East House and lived with her grandparents.

The reason why Jiang Manman is so old and hasn't looked for her in-laws is because her parents want to use her to exchange her for a daughter-in-law for their youngest son, and everyone in the Jiang family, including Jiang Manman himself, knows this.

Jiang Manman did not feel sad about this, but was a little more arrogant and felt that he was useful. She can't compare with her brothers, and among several cousins, she is top-notch everywhere, and everyone wants to step on it.

Seeing that Jiang Cheng'er didn't answer, Jiang Manman secretly scolded the dumbfounded Mu Gua.

She pursed her thick lips and hooked up a sneer, "Jiang Dani, you can be careful, you just returned to your soul yesterday, don't lie down anymore, let Sister Manman and I worry." ”

The name "Jiang Dani" was given by Jiang drunkard casually, and the two daughters in the back were called Jiang Erni and Jiang Sanni in turn, and his voice was fierce and full of disgust.

Liu felt wronged by his daughters, so he changed his name to Jiang Cheng'er, Jiang Tao'er, and Jiang Ping'er.

Jiang Cheng'er glanced at Jiang Manman, her eyes were full of disdain, and she replied sarcastically without hurrying.

"Thank you for your concern, Man...... Sister, you are not too young, let's worry about your marriage first, Sister Orange, I am anxious for you. ”

After Jiang Cheng'er finished speaking, she raised her feet and walked towards the door, she didn't have time to grind with such a boring woman.

"You, you ......" Jiang Manman was blocked coldly, choking and not answering for a long time.

Jiang Manman was dumbfounded, in the past, Dani was as honest as a rabbit, wooden as a stuffy gourd, no matter how she scolded, she didn't dare to fight back, she would only hide aside and cry.

Why did you suddenly talk back today, and you will talk back. It's really grotesque, who gave her such guts?

Jiang Cheng'er went out of the fence gate, the fragrance of flowers hit, and the rural scenery in spring can be painted everywhere, which is beautiful.