"Your second brother-in-law took his brother up the mountain, saying that he was going to stay for two more days, and he was going to get enough of what the family needed at one time." Putting down her son, Erhua'er scooped a spoonful of water from the water tank and drank it tons, "I just know it, your second brother-in-law's craft of nitrate fur was learned from the old hunter, he saved an old hunter before, and in order to thank him, people passed on his craft, even his father and mother didn't know, and he didn't care." Do you think this person is stupid? ”

She seemed to complain, but in fact, she showed her careful thoughts, making her two sisters bite their mouths and snicker.

"Second sister, you and your little nephew haven't eaten yet, I'll cook some porridge for you, there are still some vegetables left today, but there are no cakes."

It also takes time to make a face, the two of them have been busy all day today, and now they are still a little sore, they originally planned to rest for a while and come back to meet in the evening, but they didn't expect the second sister to come back so soon.

"I'm too lazy to get that, just eat whatever you want." Erhua'er is a good one, but her son is still young, so he can't just drink some porridge.

Dabao is very serious about helping to take care of the dishes at home today, in order to praise him, Wei Jin specially made him stewed eggs, all for his younger brother to eat, he can't treat his baby nephew badly.

The time required for the stewed egg is very short, Wei Jin made it first, let Dabao watch the fire, here she chopped the vegetable stalks, scooped a spoonful of gruel, added the vegetable stalks, and then slowly boiled for a while, until the vegetable stalks were soft and rotten, poked a little bit of the fat condensed after the stewed chicken soup was cold. Vegetable porridge is very bland to eat like this, and it is different with a little oil, and the boiled porridge is fragrant, and even Dabao looks at the porridge bowl of his eldest nephew and purses his mouth.

"Tomorrow, the third sister will do it for you and your eldest nephew, can you write down the words taught to you today?"

The status of women in the Eastern Tang Dynasty is not too low, and those with better family conditions can read a few words. Wei Jin picked up some daily teachings and gave them to Dabao, so that he had a foundation, don't go to the master when the time comes, you don't know anything, and people must not dislike him.

Wei Jin knows the "Three Character Classic", but this era has not yet appeared, and the "Thousand Character Text" has existed during the Six Dynasties, but it is not something that can be read by schoolchildren in Mengxue. After all, only "Hundred Family Names" is the most suitable, and village studies generally use this book for enlightenment.

Wei Jin taught Dabao for two days and learned the first twenty words. He also polished his hardwood and made a wooden pen for him to learn to write on the ground in the yard.

Dabao has not practiced calligraphy, and the words he writes are not shaped. Wei Jin didn't embarrass him, after all, the feeling of using a wooden stick pen and a brush is very different. She is just letting Dabao get acquainted with it now, and after she really starts learning, the expenditure of paper, pen, ink and inkstone is indispensable. This invisibly increased the pressure on her shoulders.

"Shall we continue to study today?" Wei Jin rubbed his brother's head, "When you can memorize it, Sister will go buy you a pen and paper, and when you worship the master, you will have to be able to write your own name." ”

"Third sister, is my name Wei Dabao?" Dabao raised his head, looking at Wei Jin with big grape-like eyes, "This name is not good, can't you change it?" ”

"Silly brother." Wei Jin laughed, "Dabao is just a nickname given to you by your father, and if you really want to enter school, you have to ask your master to choose a big name for you." ”

"Why does the master take it?" Dabao pouted, "I want the third sister to fetch it for me." ”

Wei Jin squatted down and looked at his younger brother at eye level: "The third sister is a girl, and Dabao will be a man who will support the door in the future, so Dabao's name should be decided by the master for you." Obedient. ”

Dabao pursed his mouth, and lowered his head to continue painting on the ground without crying.

"I said Sanhua'er, won't you get one for him? Won't he be able to ask the master to take his words in the future? ”

Wei Jin opened her mouth slightly to refute, but saw Dabao secretly looking at her from the corner of his eyes, with a hint of hope in his eyes.

"Well, I'll think about it again, okay? The name of our family treasure must be cautious, if you don't get it well, people will laugh at you for the rest of your life. ”

Wei Jin took this to heart, she was grateful to her adoptive parents for their care, even if she was a crazy little girl, they didn't say to abandon herself, and before she died, she also told her two sisters to take care of her.

Now that she has come to her senses, it is her turn to protect this family and protect her younger siblings as they grow up.

After thinking about it for several days, Wei Jin finally planned to use the word "Maoxing" as the name of Dabao.

There is a sentence in "Lisao" that "Fuwei Shengzhe is Mao Xingxi". Mao Xing means that virtue is abundant, she does not ask Dabao to be a slaughterer for the official, she just asks him to be a virtuous person.

gave Dabao a name, so naturally he couldn't miss the four flowers. Her name is "瑧", which is the name of jade, and Sihuaer followed her and named it "Hui", which is also named after jade, symbolizing beauty.

I found an opportunity to tell the two little ones about it, and Sihua and Dabao were very happy, if it wasn't for the fact that it was late, they would have been able to run out and yell three times that they had their names.

The big flower and the second flower have been married and have become a certain family, and it is useless to choose a name at this time, besides, only the older ones name the younger ones, and there is no small one to name the big one, and she didn't go to her heart after a while in her head.

Early in the morning of the second day, Sihuaer and Dabao got up early to help clean up, and the noodles were reconciled and placed in the stove room the night before, and other fresh meat dishes had to be freshly cooked. Now that the conditions at home are not too good, Wei Jin does not pursue delicacy too much, she plans to wait for the conditions to be better in the future, and she has to get a cellar out to store fruits, vegetables and meat.

Most people know the method of saltpeter ice, and it is also the most commonly used means of ice making and cooling in ancient times. If you only need to keep it low, you don't need too much saltpeter, and the saltpeter can be evaporated and crystallized again after dissolving, which is a cost-effective ore.

Thinking that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the meat can't be put without ice at all, and the fresh meat in the morning will change its flavor in the evening. Most of the thrifty people washed the meat and blanched it before continuing to eat it, but Wei Jin couldn't bear it a little.

Fortunately, the pot helmet business is not bad, and she has some money in her hands. After explaining the pros and cons to her younger siblings, she gritted her teeth and took some out, and asked her second brother-in-law to go to the town to buy a bag of saltpeter.

"What is this for?" When the second sister sent saltpeter, she thought that the three little ones in the family also wanted to learn to make saltpeter, so she did a half-day construction for herself before she gritted her teeth and carried saltpeter over. She thought that if the three little ones really wanted to learn, they would tell the men good things and teach them, and there would be nothing wrong with multiple crafts.

"We're going to make ice." Wei Jin hurriedly filled half of the larger wooden basin with water, poured a third of the saltpeter into it, and after a while, he saw that the water froze.

"This ...... What do you use saltpeter for icing? ”