A 1970s mom raises a cute baby, and a crazy boss spoils her

After everyone had left, Zhong Zijun came out. Seeing the mess in the yard, she picked up the bag of grain on the ground with a distressed look on her face.

The wild vegetables and potato pancakes were inedible as they were all trampled to pieces.

Good food is wasted.

Her hands were not convenient to use, so Dabao and Beibei helped her clean up the dirt on the floor.

Although some food was sacrificed today and the old witch was severely beaten, she probably won't dare to act like a demon again. Gu Qinghuan said he was in a good mood.

The wound on her shoulder had cracked again, so Gu Qinghuan secretly applied some ointment to help it heal without their knowledge.

Although it was a bit late, they still had to eat breakfast. Gu Qinghuan took out eggs and flour and made a few more pots of egg pancakes. The whole family ate their fill with the vegetable soup in the pot.

After dinner, Xu Huaian continued to go out to dig the ground and plant vegetables as if nothing had happened.

Dabao and Beibei followed him like little followers.

Zhong Zijun gathered the clothes that the people in the family had taken off in the past two days and prepared to do the laundry.

Villagers usually go to the river to wash clothes, but she can't go out.

Fortunately, there is a well in this house, so we can wash.

In the first few days after Gu Qinghuan came here, she secretly washed clothes in the villa's washing machine. At that time, Xu Huaian was not yet awake and Zhong Zijun did not come to live here.

Now you can't be lazy anymore.

"Mom, let me do it. Your hands are not fit to wash clothes!" Gu Qinghuan rolled up her sleeves and prepared to wash clothes.

Zhong Zijun did not try to show off and gave the main position to Gu Qinghuan, while he helped from the side.

She found a broken wooden shovel and scooped a full load of wood ash into a large wooden basin.

Gu Qinghuan soaked the clothes in wood ash and then could use the hammer to wash them after a while.

Conditions in the countryside are really difficult these days. The better-off families can use soapberries to wash clothes, but the less well-off ones can only use wood ash, or simply beat them hard with a mallet to remove dust from the surface.

It is absolutely impossible to wash clothes with soap. No one's clothes are that precious.

The piece of soap that Gu Qinghuan took out before was treated as a treasure by the whole family, and they only used a little bit of it when taking a bath or washing their hair.

Don't be surprised, this is really the case these days. It is a luxury to use soap bought from outside to take a bath.

Only those who can afford it will buy pig pancreas soap for one dollar and five cents to take a bath.

Pig pancreas soap is made from pig's pancreas. It's okay to use, but it smells really bad.

Thinking of this, Gu Qinghuan suddenly had an idea. She could make her own handmade soap.

As long as you prepare the materials, it couldn't be easier. She had made traditional soap in her life video before, and she even remembered the recipe.

But I still have to wash the clothes on my hands first.

Both mother and daughter were injured, and it took them almost two hours to wash and hang up a large basin of clothes.

Of course, everyone washes their own underwear, except for the two children, who are washed by the adults.

Because we had a late breakfast, lunch was simple, with a bowl of lard noodles per person.

Put a spoonful of lard in the bowl, and then add soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings, the taste is surprisingly good.

He even drank up the soup.

After dinner, Xu Huaian washed the dishes as usual. He spent the whole morning and finally dug out four mu of land. He was tired and took a rest.

Gu Qinghuan and Zhong Zijun began to study the traditional method of making soap.

In fact, pig pancreas is simpler, but she really can't stand the smell, and she has to find pig pancreas, so forget it.

Zhong Zijun was very interested in Gu Qinghuan's idea of ​​making soap. This recipe was worth a try. If it was really made, they would have soap for washing clothes and taking a bath in the future.

The main formula for making soap using the ancient method is to add various oils and alkaline substances to form a saponification reaction.

Gu Qinghuan tried his best to replace the recipe with supplies that were easily available to them. Things that needed to be prepared included shellfish shells, wood ash, lard, bamboo tubes, spices, etc.

Dabao was listening attentively. It turned out that the soap sold in the market could actually be made by yourself?

Mom didn't lie. Well-educated people are great at anything.

The next step is to prepare the things needed for the recipe. We already have wood ash and lard at home.

As for spices, the osmanthus flowers from the osmanthus tree in the yard are very good. Zhong Zijun has already dried some osmanthus flowers a few days ago, which is enough.

Now all that’s missing are the shells and the bamboo tubes to help shape them.

Dabao responded positively and offered to pick up some clam shells from the river, as they were everywhere on the river bank.

Beibei quickly followed and said that she also wanted to help.

Xu Huaian was also very interested in what they were doing and said that the bamboo tube could be given to him.

Of course Gu Qinghuan readily agreed, but she asked the children to be careful and not go to the river.

Each family member performed their duties and began to make preparations.

Gu Qinghuan was responsible for burning the wood ash, and then filtering out the alkaline water with cloth for later use.

Zhong Zijun was responsible for preparing the lard. Yesterday's lard had already cooled down, and today it had to be boiled into liquid for later use.

Dabao and Beibei soon came back with a basket of clam shells.

Gu Qinghuan cleaned them, roasted them in the stove until they were crispy, and then crushed them into powder.

Then pour the shell powder into the alkaline water, stir evenly, filter it twice, and set aside for later use.

After the sedimentation is complete, you can pour the alkaline water into the lard, add some salt to increase the hardness, add dried osmanthus to enhance the fragrance, and finally stir in one direction to make them form a saponification reaction and become a sticky paste.

The last step is to use the bamboo tube that Xu Huaian brought back.

Pour the sticky paste into a bamboo tube and let it set.

Gu Qinghuan made a total of five large bamboo tubes of soap and put them away. After three days, they could be demolded and cut into thick slices for use.

Of course, if you leave it for another month, the effect will be better.

The whole family smiled as they looked at the results of their hard work for an afternoon.

"Once these soaps are ready, we can use them to wash clothes, take a bath, wash our hair, and wash our hands," said Gu Qinghuan.

Dabao said a little embarrassedly: "Mom, when the soap is ready, can I give Erdan a piece? Just a small piece will do."

"Why did you only give it to Erdan? Is he your best friend?"

Gu Qinghuan didn't feel sorry for the soap, she just felt a little strange. This was not the first time she had heard the name Erdan.

Dabao hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth.

"When we went to look for clam shells in the afternoon, we met Dacheng by the river. We didn't provoke him, but when he saw us picking up clam shells, he called us unlucky and bastards, and said we were so poor that we even ate the shells.

I was so angry that I rushed up to fight with him. The people around him bullied my sister and almost pushed her into the river. Fortunately, Erdan came to help and my sister did not fall into the river.

My father said that we should be grateful to those who have helped us, so I wanted to give him a bar of soap.

May I? "