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The old lady was feeling pain in her heart when she suddenly heard Zheng Yuan say that he wanted to borrow her toilet. For a moment, she didn't know whether she should continue to feel pain about the ice jelly she had just drunk.

"Toilet? It's in the backyard. Just go if you want to use it. It's not like you don't know where it is." The old lady looked as if you had lost your memory.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin put down the backpack they borrowed yesterday and walked to the backyard with the bucket in hand: "Mom, this is the backpack Erhe borrowed yesterday. It has been knocked clean. I put it here for you. You can put it away yourself."

Old Mrs. Chen agreed, but she felt strange. These two people went to the toilet together? And they were carrying buckets? Was this to keep the good things within the family? They even took the urine back?

The old lady was full of doubts, but seeing that the ice in the basin was about to melt, she didn't bother to chase after it and hurriedly shared the drink with Wang Yulian.

Before the two men holding the urine buckets came close, a strong smell of ammonia hit their noses and almost made them fall over.

It’s a sure win, this one.

Looking at each other's red eyes, the two were confident that they could make something big from Old Chen's house.

As expected, when I got closer, I saw that large chunks of white crystals were precipitating from the corners of the toilet and the pigsty. Wow! There must be five or six kilograms of crystals! It is indeed the Chen family's old pit, and the output is really amazing.

Just as they were about to dig, they realized that they had forgotten to bring tools, so they hurried to the front yard and got two small hoes and a dustpan from Old Lady Chen.

Do you want to shovel away the shit you just pooped? This was the only thought that came to Old Lady Chen's mind as she watched Zheng Yuan rushing to the backyard with a hoe in his hand.

Oh no! Could it be that they are taking advantage of this opportunity to take the fertilizer back home? The fertilizer is also needed in my own fields. The old lady was alarmed and put down the bowl and wanted to go to the backyard.

After running a few steps, she stopped again. Never mind. Since the second son's wife had been sending him meat and ice jelly recently, she could just take some manure. She had a large family anyway, so she took two buckets and continued to poop.

The little old lady suddenly turned around, picked up a dung scoop, and prepared to help dig out the dung.

Watching her grandma's series of smooth movements, Wang Yulian looked at her with a confused look on her face while holding the bowl. What's wrong with her grandma?

When the old lady walked to the backyard with the dung scoop, she saw two men lying beside the pit toilet, retching and digging the wall with hoes.

Hey! You prodigal son, you can dig manure if you want, but why are you digging the wall? She hurriedly stepped forward, trying to stop them from digging into their own wall.

"Yue~Yuanbao, your mother-in-law's pit is much more powerful than ours. Look at this strawberry tower, it's straight into the sky! Look at this little protein, fat and strong, it's nutritious at a glance!"

"Yue~yue~Can you please stop talking? I just forgot about it and you remembered it for me! Thank you!"

"yue~yue..."

What strawberry? Old Mrs. Chen was confused when she heard the conversation between the two.

"Second brother's wife, from the Zhao family, what are you two doing? Why are you trying to steal our girl?"

Looking up and seeing the old lady, Zheng Yuan was about to explain: "Yue~ mother... Yue~"

No, no, this smell is too strong, there is no way to explain it. She stood up and moved a little further away from the toilet, then dared to breathe deeply.

Old Mrs. Chen thought to herself, can you explain it more clearly? Why do you vomit when you call me "mother"? Is mother a dirty thing?

"Mom, we are not trying to steal your property. We just want the white blocks that have come out of the wall." After finally calming down, Zheng Yuan began to explain.

"What's the use of this thing? There are plenty of them around the pigpen." Old Mrs. Chen asked with a puzzled look on her face, pointing at the corner of the pigpen.

“It’s just a little bit useful.”

Zheng Yuan didn't intend to explain. After all, this was her livelihood these days. It wasn't that she didn't trust the old lady. It was just a secret. If she told it to others, it wouldn't be a secret anymore. She should be careful.

Seeing that she didn't want to talk, Old Lady Chen didn't say anything. The second son's wife might have her own use for it. Since she wanted it, and it wasn't something insignificant, she would just help pick it out.

Old Mrs. Chen joined the poaching team, and for a while, all she could hear was the "yue" sounds of the three people.

Fortunately, this thing does not require much technical content, and it was collected in a short time. As expected, it is worthy of being an old pit, and the two buckets are full.

The three men returned to the front yard carrying the bucket with red and swollen eyes, and ran into Wang Yulian who was trying to come to the backyard to check with her child in her arms.

Wang Yulian was shocked to see the three people like this. Were they fighting in the backyard? But it didn't look like that. The three of them were elders, so she didn't dare to ask.

"Second son's wife, it's getting late. You two should stay here for a meal." Seeing that it was getting late, the old lady prepared to cook.

"No, no, Aunt Chen, the children are still waiting for us at home." Duan Minmin quickly refused.

Mrs. Chen thought so too. If these two people were mixed together, there would be ten mouths to feed, so she didn't keep them. It's not that she was reluctant to let them go, but the conditions did not allow it. There were eight or nine people in her family.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin happily carried two buckets full of mud and saltpeter mixture back home. Saltpeter cost 60 wen per pound, so they saved at least 300 wen immediately.

When they got home, Sanni and Sizhu also came back, and they were not in a hurry to purify saltpeter. Seeing that it was time to cook, Zheng Yuan took Sanni to prepare dinner.

She still hadn't mastered the art of making a fire.

Duan Minmin and Sizhu began to study the toothbrush handle. The two, one big and one small, sat face to face in the yard, studying the shape of the toothbrush and how to drill a hole in the handle.

Maybe it was due to the nature of boys, Sizhu was very interested and kept chattering around Duan Minmin.

As the sun was about to set, several people who had been working in the fields returned one after another.

Looking at the stir-fried cabbage, boiled radish, and corn and rice porridge on the table, the children felt a little disappointed. Then they cursed themselves, thinking that their mother had spoiled them so much that they were disappointed with such delicious food.

Looking at the expressions of the children, Zheng Yuan knew that it was difficult to go from extravagant to frugal. They were greedy for meat. But she could do nothing about it. A good cook cannot cook without rice.

I can only wait until tomorrow after the market to bring back the meat. I must buy more this time. Without a refrigerator, I can only make some meat soaked in oil that can be stored and I can eat it whenever I want.

After finishing their meal, the two of them and their children began to work in an orderly manner, preparing things for the market tomorrow.

Several girls were kneading ice powder and boiling brown sugar juice, while the boys were responsible for feeding the pigs, washing dishes and making ice buckets. All the things were collected from last time, and with the experience from last time, the ice powder and ice buckets were soon ready.

After thinking about it, Zheng Yuan decided to arrange for Dashu and Erhe to fetch water from the well and chill it. The well water is icy and has a better calming effect than the water brought down from the mountain.

As for ice, I'd better get up tomorrow morning to make it. Zhonghe Town is nearby, and the brown sugar juice is ready tonight. I'll make ice tomorrow morning, so I don't have to get up so early.

The two arranged for Erhe to go with them. Erhe had the first experience and could get started quickly. The business had just started, so it was safer this way. She could see that the children wanted to go to the town very much. When they became bigger and stronger, she could bring the other children to experience it.

After packing up everything, the two men remembered the two barrels of saltpeter and arranged for Xu Hui Niang to bring the children to purify the saltpeter tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, they would go to Yongding County again. This time, they would prepare a large amount and naturally use more things.

Duan Minmin still sleeps with Zheng Yuan tonight.

Although they didn't have to get up at three or four o'clock like they did when they went to Yongding County, Zheng Yuan still told Xu Hui Niang to wake them up before going to bed. Erhe couldn't get up, so they had to go and wake them up. Don't let them sleep soundly when the ox cart has left tomorrow morning. It's not fun to walk to the town.