Chapter 174: Like a Boyfriend (Two Chapters in One)

The female guard, Sui He, also opened her eyes.

Sui He secretly observed Lu Yan's expression and thought:

Their generals are Chinese New Year's Eve one year old and have been practicing martial arts since they were seven years old.

If he didn't practice martial arts and joined the army back then, but chose to become his own son like most women, the general's daughter must be as big as Xu Tianxin.

Has the general ever regretted it?

Now the general is looking at Xu Tianxin with that softened look, is he imagining what it would be like to have a daughter?

Yes, she guessed, it should be the same as Xu Tianxin.

How wonderful.

is honest and well-behaved, with a smile and a smile between her words, revealing the agility of a little girl, and she will considerately wipe her hands with a quilt covering her sleeping mother.

When the mother slept, the daughter sat quietly in the room full of flowers, busy with the work of her daughter's family.

Not to mention, at this moment, even Sui He is a little nostalgic for this room.

The windowsill was covered with dried petals of all colors, osmanthus, concentric flowers (gardenias), jasmine, honeysuckle, and some other types of petals that she did not recognize.

On a long table are jars of various sizes, with labels of flower dew and oil.

There were also two large urns, one of which seemed to have many flowers soaked in oil. In the other large urn, it seems to be soaked in wine, but it does not smell of wine.

The smell of this small room was fragrant, and it didn't need to be asked, it was all from the hands of the girl who was engrossed in scooping the oil in front of her.

However, Yao Suihe said that she preferred the orange-flavored hand washing mucus that Miss Xu poured for them after going to the thatched house to the fragrance of flowers. After only a little bit of the bamboo tube was poured into the tube, it was very sticky, and she immediately washed her face with the remaining foam in her hand.

She thought it smelled so good that it evoked the idea that she was a woman.

I don't know how.

I heard that the raw material is to eat the leftover orange peel, shredded and dried to brew.

Also, without special skills, it is impossible for General Jia to place an order in this small mountain village, let alone call a teenage girl Xiaoyou.

At that time, as soon as the word Xiaoyou came out, the generals glanced sideways at General Jia, as if reprimanding: Are you exaggerating your age?

Sui He quietly closed his eyes.

In short, she guessed that the general of their family did not continue to make up for sleep, it should be a rare relaxation, that is, thinking about the appearance of her daughter.

Lu Yan, who was brain-filled by the guards, his real thoughts were:

Not really.

I can't substitute for it.

It's not that she doesn't look like it, but her daughter won't be dressed so worn, because she has money.

But it was precisely because Xu Tianxin was dressed in tatters that Lu Yan felt that it was rare.

The girl who entertained them in front of them had a rare heart, and this village was rare.

At this point, there is a knock on the door.

The old lady knocked on the door first, handed three pairs of mended shoes to her great-granddaughter, lowered her eyebrows and didn't dare to glance at them, and said in a breathy voice: "There is a person named Red Date looking for you outside."

Xu Tianxin looked at the sky outside, and knew in his heart that according to the hour, her first batch of soaphorns was about to take shape, and the girls who were working couldn't make up their minds whether to cut them tonight.

Xu Tianxin looked back at the three people on the kang, and Lu Yan quickly closed his eyes.

After closing it, Lu Yan wondered in his heart, why was he afraid that the little girl would know that she was awake, she would be a dignified general, was she still afraid that she would not be able to wipe her hands in the face of a girl? Isn't it just a hand oil.

Sui He and Sui Feng, who had been pretending to be asleep, also turned over and turned their backs to the direction of the door.

This is called three martial arts practitioners, and the slightest movement will be noticed.

Let's put it this way, when Bai Muyan looked out of the window and inside, Lu Yan didn't open his eyes clearly. If he hadn't had this vigilance ability, he would have died a thousand and eight hundred times.

Xu Tianxin didn't know that the three of them had already woken up, she saw that everyone was still asleep and relaxed, and after extinguishing the flame burning the still, she went out to work with confidence.

After Xu Tianxin left, Lu Yan sat up, opened the window, and looked outside.

Sui Feng also sat up, sniffed his nose and said, "General, they seem to be stewing fish."

Sui He glared at Sui Feng in disgust, you know how to eat, you are hungry, right?

Sui He asked, "General, do you want to go out and have a look?"

So Mrs. Xu didn't know that all the actions of the people in the village today were seen by the female general.

Lu Yan saw that the strong laborers of this village were washing the war horses.

The man in charge of grooming the horses was full of joy and did not seem to feel hard.

The half-grown boy could only watch from the sidelines, and his eyes showed a desire to come forward and touch the horse, but before he could come forward, he was reprimanded: "What can you touch?"

There were also some old men who gathered in front of another stable to cheer: "Life events, eat and drink, eat, pull, eat more."

Lu Yan, who was hidden in the shadows, looked at Sui He.

Sui He immediately understood, and found an accompanying soldier who whispered a few words.

In a few moments, there were cheers of surprise from the stable.

Because the half-sized sons were allowed to touch the horses.

Lu Yan left with cheers and went to a place to cook in the distance.

She saw that because it was cooking over an open fire, many of the women would rub their stiff fingers before chopping the vegetables.

The horses were cleaned with lukewarm water, and a pot of hot water was not disliked and carried to the stable, and the women removed the fish scales but used cold water directly by the well.

In this house, are there not enough pots in the house?

Lu Yan heard a woman waving her hand and shouting, "Aunt Xu asked the stewed fish to put some su leaves, hurry up, distribute it, it's very good to remove the fish." We must let the general and his entourage eat fragrantly, sisters-in-law, brothers and sisters, take out the housekeeping skills to take care of a few dishes, and let people know that our Erdaohe also has craftsmanship."

The firelight reflected the faces of the women, who were eager to pick up their scoops.

Lu Yan saw another winding team in the distance.

The first to arrive were several ox carts with wooden barrels full of rice.

Behind the ox cart, followed by villagers carrying quilts on their shoulders.

More villagers are carrying burdens, baskets full of cabbage, turnips, potatoes, sweet potatoes and some dried vegetables.

There were also men and peasant women with jars on their heads.

Sui He came back and informed him of the news he had heard:

"General, the jar is filled with pickles.

I heard that the stewed fish that our group ate tonight will put different dishes, because they are all spontaneously made up by the villagers.

The villagers are not for anything else, just to entertain you, to give outsiders the impression that they have backers, and if they are bullied, you will stand behind them.

Isn't this a mutual market, the location of Erdaohe Village, the wasteland on the side of the road has become valuable, and it is always stared at.

The villagers are very worried in their hearts, and they are very worried that in the end, they will be forcibly occupied by powerful people and become empty."

Sui He was a little angry after speaking, and he was still afraid that the land in his village would be forcibly occupied, which showed how chaotic the management of this town was before, and how many land snakes there were.

When they came, they saw the scene of the fight, and they didn't need to ask to know that the other group was the so-called powerful people who often oppressed the people.

It seems that Miss Xu has not had time to tell the villagers that their general has already sent someone to the town.

The results should be available tomorrow.

And the reason why it is tomorrow is that their general deliberately asked them to investigate first.

Good officials are not afraid of checks.

It's not good, Sui He thought to himself: The time should be almost now, and the person is already in prison.

After the investigation, it will be posted, along with those minions.

That was the time when their general deliberately set aside so that the people in the town could rush to tell each other about the accident in the town pavilion.

In this way, the people who have been oppressed dare to sue one after another.

After hearing this, Lu Yan nodded slightly, and turned to leave.

When Lu Yan passed by the house where soaphorns were made, he stopped when he heard the sound of chirping inside.

Look, what the little girl is doing.

Xu Tianxin is cutting soap.

This is the first batch of 2,000 pieces of soap.

To make soap in large quantities, it cannot be molded into small boxes or bamboo tubes as before.

Instead, Xu Tianxin learned from the ancient Syrian soap making, and after the guidance of the family members in the live broadcast room, he directly sprinkled the soap on the ground to dry.

Xu Tianxin was worried that the stone floor of Wang Yusheng's house was still not smooth enough, and it was prone to uneven soap corners, so she also laid the floor on the entire floor before pouring the soap, which is why Xu Lao Er kept doing carpentry work, but his eyes were black and he could never finish it.

Then pour the soap. After pouring, let the girls scrape the soap into the same thickness like putty and scrape it white, so that it can be placed to dry slowly.

Today, it is the day when the hardness and softness are suitable for cutting, and Xu Tianxin does not dare to delay.

At this time, Xu Tianxin seemed to be wearing a pair of skate shoes, but the skate shoes were connected together and belonged to a homemade cutting tool, so that he could cut out soaphorn squares of the same size.

Speaking of the two knives under her feet, she also has to thank the robbers who robbed her three uncles at the beginning, which are especially easy to use after grinding.

But Xu Tianxin couldn't complete the cutting alone, and the two arms, including pushing her to move the blade, needed several girls to wear oil-paper shoe covers on their feet to complete it together.

So the house is a little noisy.

But don't look at the lack of order at this time, but it doesn't affect the spectacular scene.

The door was open, and the old lady stood in the doorway, so shocked that she didn't notice that the general was standing behind her and looking into the room.

Granny: Oh my God, is there anything more evil going to happen?

A boxy grandmother's white fragrant pancreas appeared under the feet of her great-granddaughter.

When was it made? Push the door and the house.

Xu Tianxin saw Lu Yan and Sui He Suifeng, she couldn't come down before she finished her work, she could only step on the knife now, put one hand around the neck of the little sister Mai Miao in the village, and waved to a few people with a smile as a greeting.

Lu Yan looked at the cheerful little girl: "......"

I don't know if it's an illusion, I always feel that this little girl is making money as if she is playing, and it seems that Jia Lai has booked less.

But then she denied her idea.

After all the cuts were completed, Xu Tianxin took off his "ice skate shoes", put on oiled paper foot covers, and began to beat the soap corners with a small hammer.

Lace icons immediately appeared on the milky white soap of the square.

After Xu Tianxin distributed the small hammer to the girls working in the house, he was asked during the meal, and then explained the whole process to the general.

It is said that until the icon is finished, it is necessary to build a hill and continue to place it for ventilation and drying, which is called saponification reaction, and finally put a special paper on the bread of each piece of soap before it will be transported away.

There are also small paintings on the paper, which are actually quite beautiful.

Lu Yan saw the sample one step ahead of Jia Lai.

And this turned out to be the easiest stage of making soap.

Every step before that, Sui Feng and Sui He were amazed when they heard it.

I heard that there is a lot of oil to boil, and the types of oil are divided into lard, rapeseed oil, castor oil, camellia oil, and palm oil, which is used to make lily clothes and oil-paper umbrellas.

Among them, the castor oil used in this batch of soap was all picked by the village girls.

After picking the castor beans and removing the shell, they are crushed in a red-hot pot before the oil comes out.

Sui He didn't expect that even Sui Feng, who had few words, rarely chatted with Tian Xin and said: "I don't know that castor can make soap, but in the army, I only know that I use castor leaves to wrap pork kidneys, smear salt, tie them with ropes, stuff charcoal ashes, simmer them in ashes, and eat them to protect my body."

The three female generals know very well that they are protecting the men's place and protecting the kidneys, and they have seen those men's homes eat less. If it's not delicious, it's hard to stuff it in your mouth.

Then the oil is blended and completed, and the lye is made in large quantities.

I heard that the grass and wood ashes left over from the daily firewood burning in the whole village were collected by Miss Xu.

Miss Xu not only wants dung, but also ash.

In addition, whether it is lye or frozen milk, bucket by bucket is added to it, and the dried petals in pots are ground into powder to make oil

With each addition, the village girls had to stir it for more than three hours (six hours) to form the soap that was poured on the ground, and the scene they had just seen would take place.

One batch of 2,000 yuan, which has to be busy in four batches in a row.

General Jia didn't negotiate with Miss Xu yet, so Miss Xu did it carefully.

Look at this, after it is ready, I will hire a car to send it, and I don't have to worry about General Jia at all.

Sui He and Sui Feng didn't feel good when they heard it, they were waiting for the general to say a few words, at least if their general said that there was no need to deliver the goods, he would send someone to pick it up, then Miss Xu would save a lot of trouble.

Before he could think of it, the general spoke, but what he said, "Where did you buy this wine?"

Xu Tianxin clutched his chopsticks: "...... Homemade."

She gave the distillation a little more degree for the petals.

Xu Tianxin didn't expect that the remaining two bowls of liquor were served by milk.

Grandma said: How can there be a general who leads the army who doesn't drink, before going to the battlefield to kill the enemy, people have acted in TV dramas, and they have to drink and smash the wine bowl. It's called drinking the strongest wine, riding the fastest horse, and cutting off the head of the man with the highest prize.

Lu Yan took a sip of wine: "Planning to open a shop to sell wine? Yes, I have time to make more."

She went back and ordered a few cars and rewarded them with the generals under her command.

Xu Tianxin didn't hear the voiceover of this sentence, she only knew that she really had to distill more.

Lu Yan didn't explain much, because the little girl was already very hard, she was not in a hurry, she could drink it during the New Year.

I can't tell the little girl that she wants to order wine.

Go back and ask someone to buy it, and buy it at the normal price.

Xu Tianxin's bowl suddenly had an extra piece of gill meat, which Lu Yan sandwiched.

"Eat more, you're too thin."

Sui Feng and Sui He: "......"

Miss Xu, you may not know that their generals never serve food to people.

Compared with the warmth here, the four shops of the Xu family are particularly lively.

Mrs. Xu spoke to everyone and said that the Xu family and the village are very happy that the first group of guests to be entertained is you.

also beckoned the soldiers, eat, take care of enough.

But that night, the villagers of Erdaohe Village ate rice soaked in water.

Lu Yan knew that Xu Tianxin's grandmother and grandmother ate the same food as the villagers.

Many of the generals who lived here also saw this scene.

Therefore, the dumplings made by the villagers in the early morning of the second day, as well as the boiled eggs in each person's hand, seemed so precious.

Later, some of the soldiers returned to the camp to tell the story.

When it was dawn on the second day, Lu Yan had already mounted her horse, and she was looking at Xu Tianxin, who was standing in front of her and chattering.

The little girl said that she had found the money, and she hated to leave too much money.

It's not much, it's only one hundred and twenty taels, and it's all the way to the general's mansion, and there is so much left on it.

And the town has sent a message to investigate and deal with a small town pavilion and confiscate 1,700 taels.

Lu Yan wore a helmet on his head, turned the horse's head and bent down and pinched Xu Tianxin's face, leaving only one sentence: "Buy you a few beautiful clothes to wear."

Then they took a deep look at the village, and the group shouted and rode away.

I didn't say if I would come back or when we would meet again.

When Sui He hit the horse to Lu Yan's side, he said, "Tian Xin'er also secretly stuffed things for us."

The two of them had enough to eat instant noodles for a week, as well as brown sugar cubes.