In these years, everyone takes a bath very simply, even in the Tang family, the richest man in Jubao Village, the grandma-in-law and the He family occasionally wash their hair, but they are still in the stage of using plant ash.

There is a separate "ash basket" at home, put two layers of mats at the bottom of the basket, and then put the burned wood ash and grass ash into it, and then water it, collect the gray water filtered from the bottom of the basket, and then use it to wash your hair and bathe.

From the perspective of modern people, the plant ash contains trona, and the decontamination function is good, not only can be used to wash hair and bath, but also can be used to wash clothes.

Sometimes it's a coincidence, you can also use rice water to bathe, every New Year's holiday, buy some honey locusts, pay attention to it, peel off the skin and seeds of the honey locust, leave only the honey locust meat to dry, and then soak it in hot water to boil, it is the honey locust soup.

There are no honey locust trees in the area, but the honey locust is not too expensive, and a little more advanced is the bath bean.

Wash the pig's pancreatic blood, tear off the fat, grind it into a paste, then add soybean flour, spices, egg whites, and even add a variety of traditional Chinese medicines, such as Angelica dahurica, white aconite, white zombie silkworm, white rhizome, etc., mix evenly, and then dry naturally, and make a slightly larger ball than the rice balls, which is the bath bean, which should be the prototype of soap. One piece costs 60 to 200 yuan, and Tang Shiyue picked four pieces at a price.

There are also facial fat and facial medicine, the facial medicine is lumpy, the facial fat is contained in a small porcelain jar with a lid, and a box also costs one or two hundred yuan, most of them are made of medicine, each with effective use, what "treats facial blackness", what "but old wrinkles", Tang Shiyue couldn't stop watching.

In the end, I carefully selected four boxes of what "makes the centenarian's face like a girl, lustrous and white", "makes the face white and pleasant, and the color is ruddy". It was also called some honey locusts, even if I didn't buy any rouge and lipstick, it cost nearly two taels of silver.

Zhou Niangzi has never seen this kind of posture of buying and buying, and she can't stop giving her a look, but she still buys it without changing her face, because she is generous and neat, and the shopkeeper also gave her a small jar of flour fat.

As a beautiful actress who has been beautiful for half her life, she has never been distressed about money in this regard, this kind of thing, it is difficult for these people to understand, fortunately, this kind of thing has Wang's back, so she said obediently: "A-Niang called to buy." ”

Wang's family is synonymous with craftsmanship in the eyes of the whole village, and Zhou Niangzi instantly believed it, sighed a few times, and didn't say anything more.

These things are not heavy, put them away in the back basket, and go to buy cloth.

Now at home, there is no cover on the bed, and everyone only has a set of clothes on them, so they counted the fabrics one by one and bought them, and went to the garment shop to buy a decent robe for Tang Shirong, and spent nearly two taels of silver, and then they had to buy pots and pans.

After all, her body is only twelve years old, and she has been bedridden for a long time, malnourished, even with the help of Zhou Niangzi, she is out of breath in the end.

Fortunately, she bought a lot, but the manpower was not worth much these years, and the young man pushed the cart to follow, and she went to buy some rice noodles, some seeds, three catties of mutton, and a few meat cakes, and some small snacks.

After all, this trip cost more than five taels of silver, and the car back was full of her things.

In the car, Zhou Niangzi talked about the snake tongue grass, and the envious village women had green eyes, how they despised it at the beginning, and how envious they are now. Several people asked one after another, wishing that she would take out the silver and take a look.

When they arrived at Jubao Village, the ox cart was delivered directly to the door of the house, Uncle Tang helped unload the goods, and Tang Shiyue handed Zhou Niangzi a small packet: "This aunt takes it and eats it." ”

Zhou Niangzi hurriedly said: "This can't be helped." ”

"Auntie take it quickly," Tang Shiyue said with a smile: "Today, my aunt has been running with me for a day, running errands and worrying, and saving me a lot of silver, this is just a little bit of my mind, if my aunt doesn't continue, I won't trouble you next time." ”

Zhou Niangzi said two more modest sentences, and then accepted it.

She is not a stingy person, this is what she prepared alone, a pound of mutton, two Hu cakes and some small snacks. A pound of mutton is one hundred and twenty wen, and the meat cake is twenty wen, plus dim sum, which is a very good thank you gift in the countryside.

Favors are all things that come out, she can be a person, and Zhou Niangzi will naturally return the favor. gave the things to Uncle Tang, and Uncle Tang drove the ox cart home, and Mrs. Zhou helped her take the things into the door.

As soon as I opened the courtyard door, I saw Xiao Yao'er squatting in the courtyard playing with branches, and when I saw them, I greeted them happily: "Sister, Aunt Zhou!" You're back! ”

"Hey!" Zhou Niangzi smiled: "Yao girl, where is your aunt?" ”

The door opened suddenly, and a person walked out, it was Tang Yongfu, Wang trotted out behind, his cheeks flushed: "Yue'er is back!" He pulled the placket in a panic.

Tang Shiyue's eyes were on fire at that time!

The lonely man and widow in broad daylight are still closed doors, are these two really shameless?!

Seeing that Zhou Niangzi's face was wrong, Tang Shiyue's heart sank even more.

Tang Yongfu's face was also extremely uncomfortable, he coughed while holding the shelf, and said, "Then let's do it first, I'll go first!" He stumbled and walked out in all directions.

Tang Shiyue glanced at his back fiercely, and the roots of his straight teeth itched.

Zhou Niangzi quickly eased up, smiled and accosted a few words, and was about to go back, Tang Shiyue sent it to the door, took out the small can of flour fat from her arms, stuffed it to her, and said with a smile: "Auntie bothered." ”

Her thank you gift has been sent just now, although this small jar of flour fat is a ride, it is also worth thirty or fifty yuan, Zhou Niangzi is also a person, she immediately understood, her eyes were complicated, she hesitated for a moment before accepting it, and said: "If your aunt doesn't accept you, I'll take it, you can rest assured, my aunt knows it...... It's hard for you. ”

She touched her head and turned to leave.

The Wang family was rare and diligent, and together with Xiao Yao'er, they moved everything into the house, and the more annoyed Tang Shiyue became, the more stable his face became. Coldly watched them take out the butter bath beans, and the family shared a piece.

When Xiao Yao'er heard that she still had a separate one, she was overjoyed.

Wang's person has a benefit, as long as she is good enough, she doesn't mind sharing it with others, but she just muttered a few words, and she didn't buy rouge and lipstick, so she happily put it away.

It's also getting dark, everyone is hungry, Tang Shiyue bought noodles today, boiled them with wild vegetables, and then stirred the batter to make a small gnocchi soup, and the mother ate it with meat cakes, and spread out the cloth to choose, dividing who this cloth is for, and who this cloth is for, and she can't close her mouth with joy.

Tang Shiyue has been silent. waited until it was late, Xiao Yao'er fell asleep, and Tang Shiyue called: "A-Niang." ”

Wang Shi responded in a daze, and Tang Shiyue said coldly: "Today I sold medicinal herbs for ten taels of silver. ”

"Oh?" Wang's spirits perked up: "Then why don't you buy rouge and lipstick for A-Niang?" If you have any surplus, you can also buy a hairpin and come back to wear ......"

"Yes," Tang Shiyue said word by word: "I said, I will take you to live a good life, I will buy you everything you want, but Auntie, you tell me first, what is Tang Yongfu doing today?" ”

"What Tang Yongfu!" Wang Shi said angrily: "Do you still have a little courtesy!" That's your uncle! ”

Tang Shiyue sneered: "I don't know etiquette, a married man, and my widowed aunt closes the door in broad daylight, this is very good at etiquette?" ”