"This, I'll read this manuscript slowly."

After reading a few paragraphs, Hu Yanshu put down the book and suddenly said: "Xinglongyuan has launched two new dishes, which are quite delicious. My sister is now selling this book, and I also helped my brother disgust the Jiang dog's head, why don't I be the east today, and go to Xinglong Garden to taste the fried fish with nitrate meat, and how about the meat with bean cakes? ”

Jian Ning subconsciously wanted to nod, but immediately realized that he was not in the twenty-first century, and going to dinner with a man was a very inappropriate behavior, and his face was embarrassed at the moment, "Brother is out of sight, it's just me ......"

Hu Yanshu was stunned, suddenly smiled bitterly, and said, "Okay, it's me Meng Lang." Now my sister is making a living, but if she goes to the meeting privately for other reasons, it will damage her sister's reputation, and it is my brother Meng Lang. ”

"Alas......"

Jian Ning sighed softly, "My brother is a gentleman, but his words are terrifying, and the most cruel thing to women in this world is a few words." ”

The two were silent for a while, Hu Yanshu looked at Jian Ning, for the first time, he saw a kind of helplessness and unwillingness in her eyes. What kind of woman is she? Fate hit her so hard, she didn't admit defeat, but when she talked about it, she had a deep helplessness, what kind of person is she? Why is it so different from the women of this world?

Pity rose in his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Sister, haven't you really thought about starting a family?" ”

"My brother is not married yet, how dare I think of anything else? And my brother is like this, how can I rest assured that I will be handed over to others? I'm afraid I'll have to take care of ...... for the rest of my life."

"I ......"

"What is my brother going to say?"

Hu Yanshu almost said the sentence "I do" in his heart, but this person who has never been afraid of heaven and earth, I don't know what's going on, since that time my heart moved, when I met this Jian Ning, it was like a different person, I always felt panicked in my heart, and I was always stumbling and unspeakably nervous when I talked to her.

"No, it's nothing."

He picked up his tea and pulled his sleeves to cover his face, "How many words are in the new book?" ”

"About 50,000 words."

Hu Yanshu's expression began to become numb, what else could he say about such a rebellious creative speed? At first, I was amazed, but now I am only numb.

Not only him, but also some readers have noticed Bai Xiaosheng's creative speed, and because of this, in a short period of time, Bai Xiaosheng has accumulated a group of regular readers, and every few days someone will come to inquire about Bai Xiaosheng's creation and whether there are any new books.

"How the hell did my sister write a script? That's too fast. ”

Jian Ning pursed her lips and smiled, "Originally, it was all legends of the mountains and wilderness, I was just picking up people's teeth and wisdom, and I didn't write Bagu Wen, so it was naturally fast." ”

“……”

The corners of Hu Yanshu's eyes twitched, and he found that he couldn't answer, which was really a bit bullying. If other authors hear this, they will probably have to cry angrily.

In order not to let himself and other authors under his umbrella continue to be hurt, Hu Yanshu opened the topic and said: "I printed another batch of books, all of which were made of the worst paper, painted skin, Ying Ning, each came with 5,000 sets, and they could be delivered the day after tomorrow, each book is set at about two coins of silver, what does my sister think?" ”

"I don't know this, just don't make money at a loss."

"How could that be?"

Hu Yanshu laughed, "I just rely on this business to make a career and eat, and there is no reason to do things that are loss-making." Besides, there is no need to go down to Jiang Dog's head just to disgust. ”

After a pause, he said, "Sister, don't underestimate these two coins of silver." My Changzhou has been the imperial examination mansion since ancient times, and even the most street merchants can also chant a few lines of poetry. In the third year of Song Daguan (1109), there were 300 Jinshi in the whole country, and 53 people in Changzhou Prefecture Independent Middle School......"

Jian Ning's eyes widened, although she knew that her hometown had been a strong house for the imperial examination since ancient times, she never knew that it was so powerful.

That's one sixth of the country's quotas! A sense of simple pride arose, and he involuntarily said, "Great! It is worthy of being the hometown of Ji Zi and the hometown of sages, and Yun Shu is deeply proud. ”

"Heh......"

Hu Yanshu also smiled a little proudly, and said: "So we have a tradition of sending children to study here since ancient times, and it is often the whole family and the whole village to support a scholar without complaint, which is a place where Confucianism is magnificent and learning style is prosperous." ”

"The land is thin and the pines and cypresses are planted, and the poor children study ......"

Jian Ning nodded, "Because of this, the Yuan soldiers are coming to the city, so that my Changzhou villagers can resist like that......"

Hu Yanshu was silent, remembering the location of his shop, and was silent for a while before he sighed and said: "When the city was broken, Boyan ordered the slaughter of the city, and the soldiers and civilians of Changzhou were killed, only a few families escaped, and then returned here and built an ancient village...... This place, under the prosperity, is endless blood, tears and sorrow......"

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten."

Jian Ning said lightly: "If you don't want the tragedy to come again, you can only work hard." ”

After a pause, he said, "I understand what my brother meant. My brother wants to say that there are many people in Changzhou who can read and hyphenation, and there are more people with slightly mediocre family backgrounds, so the small profits and quick sales will not be worse than the ordinary version, right? ”

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten......"

Hu Yanshu was stunned for a moment, did not respond to Jian Ning's other words, and after a long time, he suddenly got up and bowed to the end, "If you are a threesome, there must be my teacher." Sister, I was taught......"

"Don't dare."

Jian Ning hurriedly got up, avoided this salute, and said, "It's just picking up the wisdom of the predecessors." ”

"But there aren't many people like my sister who can think through it."

Hu Yanshu sat down and sighed, "Now the traitor is in charge......

"Brother be cautious!"

Jian Ning hurriedly stopped Hu Yanshu and lowered his voice: "Such words must not be mentioned again, so as not to attract death." ”

"Hmph."

Hu Yanshu snorted coldly, "I said the same thing in front of him!" ”

"Why bother?"

Jian Ning shook his head, "Corrupt officials are traitors, and clean officials are even more traitorous." Wouldn't it be better to keep a useful body and accumulate strength? ”

Hu Yanshu was silent for a while, nodded, and no longer dwelled on this topic.

"I printed 10,000 sets of each of these two silver books, and I found a small bookstore, and the wages were cheap, and if I sold them all, I would earn a considerable income."

Speaking of making money, the two have a tacit understanding, and the slightly dull atmosphere has just faded, that is, they are talking and laughing, Jian Ning took a sip of tea and said: "I have written about this for the time being, and it is boring to always write this." Now that there is no pressure to survive, I want to write some longer stories. ”

"What story are you going to write?"

Jian Ning smiled, "Keep it secret for now." ”

After seven and a half months, after worshipping the ancestors, the days became shorter, and after a few autumn rains, the weather became colder, and Jian Ning planned to make handmade soap.

On this day, the family gathered in the courtyard, all fully armed, and it was quite spectacular to watch.

"Wait until I pour the water, you will take care of the second brother."

"Sanniang, I don't make trouble, don't look at me."

Jian Ning pursed her lips and smiled, poured the water into the basin, and poured the quicklime into it. With the sound of "snort", a hot air rose, and Jian Ning poured the alkaline noodles (sodium carbonate) into it, stirring carefully at the same time, and ordered: "You must not handle these things, and you must be careful to keep them away from the candle, you know?" ”

Several people nodded desperately, even the second brother was no exception. At this moment, in their hearts, Jian Ning is no longer Jian Ning, but an immortal.

How could she conjure up stones? Last time, she was able to conjure up ice cubes!

Janine couldn't explain the chemistry to them, and she didn't want to make a living out of it. Even if she wanted to, she didn't have that ability.

As a liberal arts student, it is not easy for her to remember this, after all, she learned things many years ago. If it weren't for writing a book, I'm afraid I would have returned it to the teacher a long time ago.

The action of quicklime and water can produce hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide), which can then react with alkali surface to generate sodium hydroxide and calcium carbonate to precipitate calcium. Sodium hydroxide is dissolved in water, and as long as the liquid is poured out and heated, it can obtain caustic soda suitable for making soap.

Caustic soda has many uses, in addition to making soap, it can also be used for leather, paper, textile, dyeing and other purposes.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Janine. Because even if she knew there were these uses, she didn't know what to do. Right now, she is thankful that she can make this handmade soap, after all, Daming's DIY environment is not ordinarily difficult.

She doesn't even have goggles now, and she's risking her life to make soap.

After getting the caustic soda, Jian Ning began to make soap in earnest. She plans to make two kinds of soap, a cold soap for bathing and washing her hair and face, and a hot soap.

Cold soap does not need to be heated, it is directly mixed with oil, left for a period of time, and naturally saponified to produce a soap that is most suitable for washing the face and bathing. You can also add skin-nourishing ingredients to your liking when making it. It's just that saponification takes time, just like winemaking, if you want to get good wine, you have to go through time brewing.

It's impossible to use something like this in a short period of time. So after she made this batch of soap, she had to make some after a while, so as not to break the stall in the future.

Hot soap, as the name suggests, needs to be heated, and its advantage is that it can accelerate the saponification reaction, so that the saponification is more sufficient, and there is less free alkali, but in the same way, the disadvantage is also obvious, hot soap is obviously not as delicate as cold soap, and it is easy to crack, and it is not suitable for washing face. Of course, considering the strong cleaning power of hot soap, it is necessary to make some to wash clothes at home.

Pouring the soap into the grinding tool, Jian Ning's heart swelled with satisfaction, knowledge is power, this will not be wrong anywhere, and his life in Daming has been improved a little. A small piece of soap can make a difference in your life!

Most importantly, it can also reduce the occurrence of diseases! In this year when a small wind and cold can kill people, cleaning in place is the biggest magic weapon to save life.

"Oh my God, it's so clean!"

After drying the soap for a week, the first batch of hot soap came out, and under Jian Ning's description, Zhang Niang couldn't wait to take a piece and experiment.

She shook the cloth in her hand and said in disbelief: "Sir, this rag is the most difficult to wash, now I will soak it in hot water, and then use this soap, and the oil stains will be clean!" Look, look, this is incredible, you know how to do immortal law, right?! ”