Don't panic in a famine, I live in the mountains with my golden finger

After a hearty meal, Gu Qingming felt very satisfied.

After tasting the spicy fried dried fish again, Gu Qingming drank three bowls of rice and was so full that he could hardly walk.

"Walk slower and be careful." It was already late at night, and Xu Yuan sent the two brothers out of his house.

"Well, stay, go back."

Gu Qinghan held the torch, held Gu Qingming's hand, and walked slowly towards home.

At this time, an oil lamp was lit in the kitchen, and Guozi and Xu were washing dishes nearby. The large pot of water on the stove was boiling, and the fire in the stove had gone out.

Xu Zhi was using the bathroom at that time and came out after a while.

He picked up two empty buckets beside him, scooped a few spoonfuls of hot water, put it into the buckets, carried them into the bathroom, and added some cold water.

"Guozi, Xiaoduo, after you finish washing the dishes, find your clothes and wash up. I've prepared water for you."

"Okay." The two children said in unison.

After finishing the cleaning, the four siblings lay down in their own rooms.

The oil lamp gradually went out and I had a good night's sleep.

……

Early in the morning, Xuyuan was awakened by stomach pains.

It’s not difficult to guess what this familiar yet unfamiliar feeling is.

It has been more than two months, and my body is so out of balance. It was the first time I felt dysmenorrhea when I made a wish.

The menstrual belt in ancient times was very simple. It was just a piece of cloth sewn together, wrapped with wood ash and tied with a bag at the side.

After use, you have to clean it before using it again.

Life was really inconvenient for women in ancient times.

Open it in your mind and take a look at the mall panel.

There is an option for sanitary napkins commonly used by women among the daily necessities, but I didn’t expect it to be a gray option. However, in the column for crop seeds, cotton seeds can be exchanged when the time comes.

My goodness, you don’t want me to grow cotton so that I can use this sanitary napkin? How presumptuous! I need you now and you can’t use it.

I flipped to the medicine column and directly exchanged for a painkiller. After a while, it appeared directly in the palm of my hand.

Xu Yuan got up, took out some clean clothes and a sanitary belt from the closet, lit the oil lamp, and went into the bathroom.

It was still the middle of the night and the water in the pot on the stove was still warm.

Just as I had wished, I picked up half a bucket of warm water, went into the bathroom, changed into clean clothes, and then rubbed the blood-stained clothes with soap nuts to make bubbles. After rubbing them, I rinsed them with clean water and hung them directly outside.

Looking at the clothes piled in the bucket, I thought, why bother washing just one piece? Since I'm here, I might as well wash them all.

I scooped a bowl of warm water and swallowed the painkiller in one gulp.

He rolled up his sleeves and rubbed the clothes carefully in the bathroom. He used the stick to beat with just the right amount of force, and soon the dirt on the clothes was beaten out. After rinsing them with water, he hung them in the corridor.

Xuyuan was satisfied and went into the house to rest.

……

When Xu Yuan was half asleep and half awake, the crowing of roosters suddenly woke him up.

Xuyuan turned over, covered his ears with a pillow, and fell asleep again.

It only took a moment for him to get up from the kang.

This ancient menstrual belt is not leak-proof, and if it gets dirty you have to wash it.

Fortunately, he got up in time and took the menstrual belt into the toilet to change it. As for the menstrual belt that needed to be used again, Xu Yuan felt that it was not very hygienic, so he simply dug a deep pit outside, covered the hole with a board, and dug some soil in to cover it up. In this way, he made a simple trash can.

There were some scraps left over from making clothes last time, and Xu Zhi made them into menstrual belts, so there was still enough.

"Sister, are you up so early? You look so pale."

When Xu Zhi woke up early in the morning, he saw the clothes hanging out to dry. He thought he was dazzled. He got up before dawn, so the clothes must have been washed last night.

Sister...

Aren't you tired?

After entering the kitchen, they started to light a fire and cook. Xu Yuan saw a light coming on in the kitchen, and it seemed that Xu Zhi had also gotten up early.

Seeing Xu Yuan entering the kitchen, Xu Zhi was frightened by the expression on his elder sister's face.

"It's nothing, just girly things."

After hearing this, Xu Zhi understood.

My sister and I don't have our period every month, it's very irregular.

"Then sister, I'll make you some malt sugar ginger water to warm your stomach."

"Okay, let's beat a few more eggs and have some too."

Xuyuan came to the place where the bean sprouts were grown and started changing the water.

Now every household has it, sprouts are just like Chinese cabbage, it is not a rare thing. These are distributed when you need to eat them daily.

The family kept a portion of the remaining peanuts and sold the rest to Fumanlou. They also sold the secret recipe of the sugar-coated peanuts. After all, they didn't have that much sugar, so they could make money by selling it to others.

With this secret recipe for sugar-coated peanuts, Xu Yuan also signed a contract with Fu Man Lou, splitting the profits 40% to 60% every six months. Xu Yuan took the lion's share, and finally he could make money without doing anything.

"Big sister, second sister, good morning." At this time, many Heguozi also woke up and went into the bathroom to wash up.

Seeing the steaming soup fresh from the pot on the table, with eggs floating on top of each bowl and smelling of sweet ginger, the two brothers were very surprised and exclaimed in surprise.

"Wow, egg drop soup?"

"Drink it while it's hot. This is a reward."

Xuyuan picked up the bowl, took a sip, and his stomach felt warm instantly.

"Hmm, it's delicious and sweet." Many people's eyes lit up after taking a bite.

After just one bowl of rice, everyone was almost full, so Xu Zhi didn't prepare any more dishes. The rice was ready and they saved it for lunch.

Then began today's work.

Xu Zhi and Xu Yuan moved the fish hanging in the yard outside again. The fish were not completely dry yet and needed to be dried in the sun for some time.

As for the two little kids, they picked up their small backpacks again and went to the vegetable garden in the backyard to cut some grass, chopped it up and fed it to Dahua.

Every spot in the yard was swept clean with a broom, covered with bamboo mats, and several sacks of grain were moved from the utility room to the yard.

Xu Yuan and Xu Zhi were responsible for pouring out the millet, while the two little kids were responsible for spreading the millet into a thin layer with a wooden rake.

"Sister, why do we need to dry the millet in the sun? Can't we just grind it into rice?"

Many of them held their own small wooden rakes, spread out piles of grain, and asked the people who were pouring the grain to make a wish.

"Why do we need to dry it? The grains we harvest still have some moisture in them. We dry them in the sun to make them drier. Look at the fish drying outside. Why don't I just prepare them and put them in a basin when I want to eat them? Why do I have to spend all the effort to marinate them and then dry them in the sun?"

"Of course it is better to preserve it after drying it in the sun. If it is not pickled for a long time, it will become smelly and inedible."

"So, the same is true for rice. There is moisture inside. If it is not dried in the sun, it will become moldy. Then the rice we have worked so hard to harvest will be inedible. Drying it in the sun and keeping it dry is suitable for easy storage."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Many people nodded seriously and understood.

"When you are free, come and take a look every once in a while. I'll leave this matter to you." Xu Yuan handed over the matter to many Japanese sweets.

"Don't worry, we guarantee to complete the task." Many Japanese fruits patted their chests and said confidently.

It’s time to start digging the sweet potatoes and peanuts in the vegetable garden.

The utility room is already very crowded with a few sacks of millet, and there will be no place to store the food for the winter.

It seems that I have to find time to dig a cellar.