Chapter 70: Making Soap
As soon as Father Gu heard Gu Chengyu call him, he was about to step forward to help. However, Yang Laosan called Wang Yueniang, and Father Gu stood still.
Wang Yueniang helped Yang Laosan up, the two didn't say anything, they walked quickly with each other, and after a while, they disappeared outside the gate of the Gu family.
"Brother Gu gave birth to a good son! Let's enjoy it in the future! Today's events are also different from their respective positions, and it is difficult for me to do it! I also hope that Brother Gu will not be angry, forgive me! Lin Li arched his hand towards Father Gu, as an apology.
"What are you talking about? You have your problems too! Father Gu said this, but in fact, he was already dissatisfied with him in his heart. He didn't believe that this Lin Li didn't have the same idea of beating his family's money as the people in the village, but he could just talk about the scene!
After Lin Lizheng left, the Gu family finally regained their calm, but everyone was still a little indignant.
"Little treasure! You have to be careful about this person! You offended him again today, he has a bit of a villain's heart, because of the last incident, I think he has a prejudice against our family, this time you have brushed his face again, it is difficult to guarantee that in the future, he will not make a stumbling block for our family. "Father Gu and the others entered the house and waited for the Lu family to get food.
"Daddy! Rest assured! It's just face! It shouldn't be blatantly against our family! Besides, he is also a smart person, our family will get better and better, can he still get along with our family all the time? If that's the case, he doesn't want to do it anymore. ”
Gu Chengyu doesn't believe that he will always be decent in his daily life, as long as he has done it, he will leave a handle, if he has never known each other, then don't blame him for shaking out his old bottom.
"If only you had a good idea!" Gu's father didn't even find out about himself, and now he won't hide the affairs of the family from his youngest son, and he is used to his youngest son's advice, in other words, Gu Chengyu already has the right to speak at home.
Gu Chengyi looked at this little baby sitting on the side of the kang, this younger brother, he was getting more and more unable to see through, as if anything came to him, he could easily solve it, and even his father obeyed him. No! This can't be done, so if the fifth child calculates their brother in the future, won't Dad stop it?
Is it really good to let the fifth child go to school? Let's not talk about whether I can glorify my ancestors for the family, the fifth child originally had a heart, and now that he has read the book, it will be even more flowery, but I am afraid that when the time comes, they will have to play these brothers around.
After a while, the Lu family brought the food, the meal had been prepared a long time ago, and it was hot in the pot, who knew that as soon as they came back, they encountered this matter, and at this time, their stomachs were a little hungry.
Lu instructed the Fang family to bring the food to the table. Gu Chengyu glanced at the braised pork ribs, and saw that the ribs were bright in color, but they were just ......
What about the meat on this rib? Why did he only see a little lean flesh attached to the bone? No wonder Daddy Gu said that the ribs are out of meat, it turns out that the ancient ribs are really bones, but not like in the previous life, there is a lot of meat attached to the ribs, and after the lean meat here is removed, it is sold separately. It seems that if you still want to eat pork ribs in the future, you have to negotiate with the meat seller and spend a few pennies a pound more.
After dinner at home, Gu Chengyu began to make soap.
First put the lard in a pot and heat it to the touch, but you can only approximate it here. Then slowly add lard to the heated lye, i.e. plant ash, on the other side, and stir constantly.
Gu Chengyu looked at the Lu clan and the Fang clan that they were almost stirred, so he asked them to pour the soap into the prepared mold, as long as this was solidified, when the mold was removed, and then put it in a cool place, it should be almost the same for a month or two.
Carefully observed the soap poured into the mold, found that the color is not as good as the previous life, probably because of the relationship between plant ash, there was no soda ash in ancient times, it is not easy to purify plant ash, looking at the yellow soap, I thought that I can put some petals or essential oils in the future, it should be better than this appearance.
"Little treasure! This yellow thing, is it really the soap you said? Why is this like water? It's also sticky. When the Lu family was doing it, Daddy Gu and the others were also watching from the side, and when they saw such soap, they were a little worried, and they didn't know if they could take a bath and wash clothes.
"Daddy! This hasn't been done yet! It's good to wait until it's dry. It will have to be left for more than a month. You can't use it at this point, burn your hands. Although Gu Chengyu was not satisfied with the appearance of the finished product, he still did not doubt its role.
"Then our family still has to move! What's wrong with this soap? Do you have to move to a house over there? When Lu heard Gu Chengyu say that it would have to be put for more than a month, he was worried that if he built a house here, there would be no place for soap.
"Of course I moved over there! Isn't it just right that it's close to the foot of the mountain, and few people go there? So that no one else will find out, so let's make these pieces first! Wait until you move to a new house in two days, otherwise you will do too much, and it will be troublesome to move around, and it will not be good to be seen by the villagers at that time. Gu Chengyu just couldn't help it, he tried a few pieces first, but he didn't expect it to be done all at once, and he wrote down the proportion of the test just now, and he will do it according to this ratio in the future.
"Uncle Sun said that he could come to build a house the day after tomorrow. We'll have to call a few people to help. After Daddy Gu finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and thought for a while.
"Call the uncle's filial piety, and call a few more in the village. Alas! At this time, I called someone to help, and I don't know if I can call it, but I guess there will be no fewer people in the village who will go to serve in the conscription this time. People are separated from meat, and our family is building a house here lively, won't it be good? Gu Chengyi remembered that there was a lot of labor left in the village this time, so it would be difficult for people, and they would be gossiped.
"What are you afraid of? You think they're all stupid? If you don't want to go, those who are reluctant to have a baby will sell their land, and they won't go much. It's just that after this conscription, I am afraid that the land in our village will be less, I heard that it was bought by Master Zhao, and the silver given is also less, even if I get together the silver of the conscription, I am afraid that I will be greatly injured, and the future will be sad. ”
Father Gu is not afraid that he will not find strong laborers, so he listens to the rumors today, the village is selling land, and this Master Zhao has made a lot of money this time. It's just that he doesn't blush at this wealth, and he burns his hands with the money he earns in this way, which is a stone falling into a well.
Gu Chengli listened to Gu's father's words and sighed, he liked fields and crops the most, seeing so much land being sold cheaply, he didn't feel good in his heart, but his family couldn't afford it, so he could only watch it.
"Yes! People with little land, originally paid taxes, there was no food left, and after selling the land, they could only rent the land of Master Zhao's house. ”