Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

After this day, the Lin family calmed down again, closed the door and concentrated on managing the affairs of the farm.

The previous plan was to prepare the land, turn the soil over, apply fertilizer and water the crops, and then plant soybeans, winter wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes and various vegetables.

When I straightened up again, almost half a month had passed and the temperature was getting cooler.

According to several people who travel back and forth to the town, the epidemic situation in the town has been fully controlled. Even if more refugees are diverted to Wanbao Town or the villages below, they no longer have to worry about being ostracized by local people for carrying germs.

As for whether the local people would gang up to bully the refugees if they start over in another place, that is another matter.

However, people who leave their hometowns and wander around outside can foresee such a situation. As long as they are mentally prepared, the gap should be similar.

As the epidemic passed, people's lives gradually returned to normal, and the focus of local governments shifted from fighting the epidemic to stabilizing food prices and cracking down on unscrupulous businesses that drove up prices.

Speaking of the current grain prices, although they are slightly higher than during the peaceful years, at least they are no longer as overly skyrocketing and chaotic as before. At least the grain prices in Wanbao Town can be considered reasonable.

In the chaotic world that just ended, order was restored and people's lives returned to normal, and they could even be said to be living and working in peace and contentment. In particular, Wanbao Town was adjacent to the military stockade, and the public security was impeccable, without much chaos, which was closely related to the ability of the managers above.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with the Lin family. They just close the door and concentrate on working in the fields and their own small workshop, which is enough to keep them busy.

Fortunately, now that there are nine animals in the farm, a lot of farm work can be shared. Otherwise, farming, distilling liquor, and making instant noodles are really busy and happy.

Many people are still saying that after they are done with this busy work, they will go to the town to buy a house or a shop. Regardless of whether they live there or not, it is always good to have an extra fixed asset.

Lin Xiaoyue listened to everyone's discussion and felt that it made sense. She had been keeping an eye on the auction, waiting for the county government to free up its hands to hold the auction. She had been thinking about the other manor, but she didn't know if she could successfully take it.

At the same time, during this half month, Lin Xiaoyue did not participate in any collective work in the village. Instead, she found an empty room and closed the door to tinker with cement and blackboard.

She didn't tell everyone the details, but no one raised any objections. After all, before Lin Xiaoyue made something, she made it clear that it was closely related to everyone and everyone could use it.

Besides, from the very beginning, she also made it clear that she hated working in the fields, but she didn't tell us the reason, leaving everyone to think for themselves.

Everyone lived up to her expectations and naturally imagined her experience of being exploited by the old house for several years, using people like oxen for farming. In addition, now there are nine animals on the farm, as well as many experienced farmers, so there is really no shortage of labor from a little girl like her.

Grandpa waved his hand and let her do it alone.

As a result, Lin Xiaoyue's personal studio became busy in full swing.

Cement and blackboard are both what we can use right now.

She found the corresponding production books in the space, then took charcoal and paper, and roughly copied out the materials and production steps needed for the two things. Then she compared the ease and difficulty of production and decided to start with the blackboard first.

These productions are not difficult, but the difficulty lies in that she only has theoretical knowledge from books and lacks practice, especially in the proportions of various materials, which still requires a little bit of adjustment.

In addition, as a novice, she had to work in the dark, and she was embarrassed to trouble others, mainly because she was afraid of ruining her character, so she could only figure it out on her own.

For a blackboard, you need a hard, smooth board, carbon black, and grease; for chalk, you need lime and clay.

These materials were not difficult to find in ancient times. You only need to go to the nearby forests and streams to collect them. If you don't want to bother or want to go faster, you can go to the grocery store, pharmacy, and coffin shop in the town to buy most of them.

Lin Xiaoyue thought it was too troublesome to collect the things by herself, so she rode her mule to the town and came back with all the things collected.

It just so happened that Mule always felt that she had ignored him recently and felt neglected, so she took Mule out for a walk during this visit, just to give him some fresh air.

After preparing the materials, Lin Xiaoyue returned to her personal studio, closed the door, sat cross-legged on the ground, rolled up her sleeves, and polished the wooden board to make it smoother to ensure smoothness when writing.

Next, mix the carbon black obtained from burning wood with grease, stir thoroughly and apply it on the wooden board.

This process requires patience and meticulousness to ensure that the carbon black layer is applied evenly and at an appropriate thickness. In order to make a better blackboard, Lin Xiaoyue does not mind the trouble. After each coat of paint, she lets it dry and then paints again until the surface is matte and shiny.

This process requires several days of repeated natural drying to make the carbon black layer on the wooden board hard and durable. The process is not difficult but complicated and requires sufficient patience. Lin Xiaoyue is not in a hurry.

After coating both boards with a layer of carbon black, he put them aside and started making chalk.

She bought the ready-ground lime used to make chalk from the coffin shop. The pharmacy had this stuff, after all, it was a Chinese medicine.

Raw use has the effects of clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving restlessness and quenching thirst; calcined use has the effects of astringing sores, promoting tissue regeneration, absorbing dampness and stopping bleeding. It is also commonly used for exogenous febrile diseases, high fever and thirst, lung heat, wheezing and coughing, hyperactivity of stomach fire, headache, toothache and other symptoms.

But in terms of cost-effectiveness, using it on a living person is definitely more expensive than using it on a dead person, and she needed a lot of it, so she simply went to the coffin shop in town.

There were no frozen coffins in ancient times. Before the funeral and mourning were over, the body had to be kept absolutely dry by lime to prevent it from rotting or changing smell.

Once the corpse rots and produces a foul smell, the coffin bearers curse and swear, and in order to take care of the face of the deceased and the face of the living, people will try to cover up the smell as much as possible. Even if the weather is a little cooler, people will still do this.

After all, don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected.

It doesn't take much effort to spread some lime, but if you don't spread it you might be scolded, so this has gradually become a habit.

Far away.

Lin Xiaoyue kept working with her hands while thinking. The coffin shop owner suddenly found it funny when he heard that she wanted to buy a large amount of lime and his face showed a complicated and sympathetic expression.

She would buy ground lime powder and mix it with clay in different proportions, and make further adjustments through repeated experiments, slowly finding the best ratio.