Chapter 50. Keep it as a souvenir
After the kiln was dried, Ma Tao immediately put into the work of firing pottery. For a time, the clay pots in the village were also sufficient.
After the glass workshop was built, Su Yan handed over the raw materials to Ma Tao.
"I don't know much about this ratio, you can figure it out for yourself."
"Burned with these three things?" Ma Tao only thought it was incredible.
"Isn't the ceramics you burn also using clay?" If she hadn't come from modern times, she wouldn't have thought that the crystal clear glass was fired from these things.
"It's me who wants to be left." Ma Tao scratched his head, his eyes full of excitement.
"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news." Su Yan was about to leave, "If you need anything, go to the fourth master, and he will get it for you." ”
"Okay." Ma Tao looked at the contents of the sack and nodded in agreement.
The weather is getting warmer and warmer, and the villagers of Wolong Village are getting busier and busier. Except for Ma Tao and two helpers who tried to burn glass in the workshop, the others were either busy clearing the wasteland or weeding the crops on the two hundred acres of land.
The men sweated in the field shirtless. The women do the logistics in the village, grow vegetables, cook and raise livestock. When they are not busy, the women also go to the fields to help weed.
Aunt Liu temporarily handed over the kitchen to Aunt Li and her daughter-in-law, and she and Luo hatched chickens and ducklings. Most of the eggs of these hatching chicks were laid by the first batch of chickens and ducks.
The little flea took the eggs that the children also picked up in the reeds and sent them to the kitchen, and Aunt Li didn't save them, so she made the decision to fry them with leeks and add meals to a few children alone.
Aunt Li's daughter-in-law, Wang, is a diligent person, and she took a dozen or so women with quick hands and feet to cook in a short time.
The children couldn't help but cheer when they saw the fragrant scrambled eggs with leeks. Adults don't fight with children for this stuttering, after all, they also have some meat in the dishes they eat.
Wu Qing saw the quiet days in his eyes, but he was anxious in his heart, he felt that the speed of land reclamation was too slow, and he was afraid that before planting sweet potatoes in the next season, the land had not been reclaimed. Unconsciously, some bubbles appeared at the corners of his mouth.
After Su Yan found out about Wu Qing's concerns, she waved her hand and added five cows to the village. Now the burden on everyone's shoulders is finally lighter.
So far, in addition to digging wild vegetables, the children in the village have one more thing to do: herding cattle.
Little Flea is the king of children, and he has always been feeding the cow of Wu Qing's family, but now there are five more, and he and those friends naturally took over the matter of feeding the cow.
The six or seven acres of sweet potato fields that were originally seedlings have long grown dense sweet potato vines, and there must be a large pot of sweet potato tips in the vegetables eaten every day on the mountain and down the mountain.
Pei Jing brought back two subordinates when he went out, a mother and daughter. The eldest mother-in-law's surname is Gao, and her daughter's name is Xiaoyao, who is thirteen years old and her father's surname is Chen. Thin and small, with a sallow face.
Don't look at her small person, but she combed her hair in a beautiful bun, and then put on Su Yan's beautiful clothes, which directly made her village owner's wife take her style to the next level.
Su Yan's hair is so long and so much that she can't take care of it herself. On weekdays, Pei Jing helps her put a simple bun on her. When he's busy, she only braid a long braid hanging down her chest.
Therefore, no matter how many beautiful clothes she wears on her body, with such a hairstyle, it will always make people feel that something is missing.
Now that she has a subordinate, Su Yan has also lived the life of a corrupt landlord's wife.
Cleaning, cooking, laundry, and laundry are all done by the grandmother. comb her hair and dress, and Xiao Yao will help her take care of it. She has now realized the days of rice worms with food to open her mouth and clothes to stretch her hands.
"Ma'am?" Xiao Yao held a hairpin.
"What's wrong?" Su Yan came back to her senses from her contemplation.
"How do you think you're wearing one today?" Xiao Yao gestured with the jasper hairpin in her hand.
"Yes, you've already combed it nicely." Su Yan praised sincerely.
Xiao Yao is a girl with classical aesthetics, and Su Yan is more and more like the beautiful women in those ladies under her skillful hands. Now she doesn't see the simple beauty of modern people at all.
Xiao Yao smiled shyly, "Madame likes it." As he spoke, he inserted the hairpin into Su Yan's bun.
Someone is in charge of everything in Wolong Village now, and Su Yan is also idle, Wu Jinlan and Gu Baozhen have looked for her a few times and asked Su Yan to teach them makeup.
Su Yan was not ambiguous, and she painted a makeup that suited them. Afterwards, the two looked at the mirror for a long time.
Gu Baozhen stared at the makeup and pestered Su Yan to ask how to whiten. Su Yan couldn't help it, so she told her what she knew, for example, washing her face with rice water, slicing cucumbers and sticking her face, not going out to dry, etc......
Xiao Yao learned Su Yan's technique on the side, and the next time she combed Su Yan's hair, she had to put on Su Yan's makeup.
The days of Panlong Mountain are living steadily and busily like this. Outside Panlong Mountain, there is a time of chaos.
The group of refugees swept through Qingyang Mansion and gathered the displaced people all the way to the north, like locusts crossing the border, disturbing the people's livelihood. And the king of Dingbei, who had long been ready to move in the north, finally raised his troops to rebel and attacked the capital all the way.
The one above naturally did not sit still, saying that the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and sent troops to face the army of the king of Dingbei on the one hand, and sent people south to meet the rebel army composed of refugees. The battle became more and more intense, and the two sides were at a stalemate for a while.
In the south, because of the high mountains and distant waters, the situation is complicated, and there is no one in charge, and those civil officials can only watch. If they can take care of the affairs in front of their own door, they are already Amitabha.
As for the large mountainous area of Panlong Mountain, people from the outside world didn't even notice the bandits in this poor mountain and bad water!
The common people only care about living a good life. After last year's locust plague, this year it seems that it can breathe a sigh of relief, but the war in the north has made the imperial court's taxes heavier by 20%. The people were in dire straits. There are countless people who sell their sons and daughters.
Panlong Mountain is a bandit den, so naturally there is no long-sighted person to collect taxes.
Ma Tao fumbled for half a month and finally burned a piece of crystal clear glass.
He excitedly found Su Yan and took out the palm-sized glass.
"So fast?" Su Yan was a little surprised.
"If it hadn't taken a bit of effort to make the stove, I would have burned it faster." Ma Tao's face burned red. He researched for nearly half a month before making a furnace suitable for burning glass.
Su Yan looked at the thick piece of glass in her hand, "You are too thick, it's best to take a smooth iron plate and press it when it is formed, and then pour a thin layer of mercury on one side, and it will become a mirror." ”
"Hey! I'll try it when I go back, and I want to show my wife if this is the glass that my wife said. ”
"Yes, when the things are made, I'll give you a bonus." Su Yan returned the glass to Ma Tao, "This is for you as a souvenir." What is needed, just look for four masters. ”
"Hey! Then I'll go first. Ma Tao couldn't wait to go back to the workshop.
Now Wu Qing is still in charge of farming in the village.
What is needed in the village, Wu Jin took Chen Li with him, and he was slowly letting go of the affairs of Wolong Village to Chen Li.
Since the land was cleared, the daily martial arts practice has also stopped, and Hu Sanlu is responsible for the security of the village. Everything is in order in the village.
Ma Tao lived up to expectations, and after countless failures, he finally made a smooth and translucent mirror.
Su Yan held the glass mirror and looked at the face in the mirror, and was in a trance for a while.
The face was familiar and unfamiliar, bright and dignified, with long ink-like hair layered on top of each other, typical of an ancient woman.
She felt that her modern life in her previous life was like a dream. And now she is in this ancient world is the real real life.
She was in a trance for a while, and after a year here, she felt that she was about to be assimilated by the people here.