Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

After finishing the brush handle, Duan Minmin felt hungry and wandered into the kitchen to see if Zheng Yuan had finished cooking. Sizhu and Sanni were still holding the brush handle, looking very curious.

Zheng Yuan was cutting meat soaked in oil. When he saw her come in, he stuffed a piece of meat into her mouth.

This oil-soaked meat is a common way to preserve pork in their hometown. In the memories of Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Duan, this method was not used here. Tasting the familiar taste in this foreign world comforted their homesickness a little.

The food was ready and on the table, and the children were all back. Except for an extra bowl of meat soaked in oil, everything else was the same as usual.

The children were full of praise for the oil-soaked meat, which was boiled and then fried, and had a very unique flavor.

After dinner, Zheng Yuan packed up the leftover buns from yesterday, and took the flint and stone with him. He also made a bowl of ice powder this morning, but it was almost solidified now, so he didn't make ice anymore, as it would be inconvenient to bring it up the mountain. He also took two cans of water, and the whole family went up the mountain today.

Today's sun is still very hot, and the family is struggling to move up the mountain. Fortunately, there are many people, chattering, and it is not so difficult.

At noon, we found a slightly flat ground under the shade of a tree, started a fire, and baked the buns with branches. They tasted different when paired with ice jelly.

The children had never tried this way of eating before, and since they were in the mountains, they all thought it was delicious and novel.

Duan Minmin told them that this was called a picnic and promised to take them camping and barbecue when she had time.

The children surrounded her and asked what camping was. After listening to her description, they were all looking forward to it.

Today, the whole family went up the mountain and made rapid progress. When they returned home in the evening, they had basically reached a quarter of the way there. They also calculated over the past two days that an acre in this era is estimated to be only one-third of the modern one.

The calculation for one acre is one hundred steps long and two steps wide, so one acre of land is at most more than two hundred square meters, which is different from the current scale.

Therefore, the mountain land of their two families added together was only about the size of twelve or thirteen acres in modern times. When they just remembered that their own family had dozens of acres of land, they thought these two old women were small landlords.

After returning home after a tiring day and having a simple meal, Duan Minmin started fiddling with her toothbrush again.

The children were all there, so she was in charge of directing Xu Hui Niang and the others to use twine to fix the pig hair to the brush handle. The girls were very smart, and they knew what was going on after Duan Minmin explained it briefly.

In less than half an hour, all ten toothbrushes were fixed. Duan Minmin found a pair of scissors and trimmed the pig hair neatly, and an authentic handmade toothbrush was completed.

Looking at the toothbrushes she made with her own hands, Duan Minmin liked them more and more and couldn't wait to give them to the children.

"Come here, come here, pure handmade toothbrushes, one for each person, all available."

Looking at this strangely shaped thing, the children didn't know how to use it.

Zheng Yuan took out the jar of tooth powder that he had made a few days ago, poured a bowl of water, and started to demonstrate to the children how to use it together with Duan Minmin.

"Here, that's it. Dip the toothbrush in a little water, then put the tooth powder in it, put it in your mouth and brush it diagonally. Brush for two to three minutes each time."

"What is two or three minutes?" Erhe asked, holding up a toothbrush.

She spoke too quickly. There was no concept of minutes in ancient times, but it was really difficult for her to express these two minutes. She said one-fifth of an hour, but these children couldn't understand the concept of fractions.

After thinking about it, I really don't have a suitable way to express it, so I can only change it to another way: "Anyway, just remember to brush all your teeth every time you brush your teeth. And not only the outside of the teeth, but also the inside, and brush the tongue coating after brushing."

Zheng Yuan stuck out his tongue, which was stained black by tooth powder, to demonstrate to them. This body had never brushed its teeth before, and now it had a strong reaction to brushing its tongue.

"yue~"

"yue~"

......

As soon as he brushed his tongue, Zheng Yuan couldn't stop retching. His mouth was full of black, and the retching caused physiological tears, which was not a good sight.

Seeing her like that, Duan Minmin couldn't help but laugh out loud with her teeth bared, little did she know that even with her mouth full of black mud and her mouth open, she was no better than Zheng Yuan.

Seeing them like this, all the other children were a little hesitant except Sizhu. Sizhu didn't care about black or white, he just knew that he got something that no other child in the village had, and he could show it off.

"Mom, why is this tooth powder black? Will my mouth turn black too after brushing? Do I swallow it after brushing?" Erhe couldn't help but ask first. Of course, his question was also the question in the minds of the other children.

Zheng Yuan couldn't help but free up a hand and knocked him on the head: "Idiot! Of course you have to spit it out after brushing, otherwise the bacteria in your mouth will go to your stomach again."

"Look, just like this." Zheng Yuan took a sip of water, rinsed it in his mouth and spit it out, repeating it several times and demonstrating to the children.

After all, it is a handmade product, and the pig bristles are uneven. Some of the shorter ones are not fixed properly. When I brushed it, I felt a lot of pig bristles fell into my mouth, and I had to spit it out several times before I could get it all out.

But this is the best they can achieve. Some hair will fall off when you rinse it at first, but it will be fine once the unfixed pig hair falls off.

"Yes, the process is just as we demonstrated to you." Duan Minmin also finished brushing her teeth and felt her mouth refreshed instantly.

"From today on, everyone in our family must brush their teeth, once in the morning and once in the evening. And they must brush all their teeth like us, and also brush their tongue."

When they heard that they had to brush their hair twice every day, the girls, who loved cleanliness, didn't think it was a big deal, but the boys were a little reluctant.

"Do we have to brush it every day? It's so troublesome to brush it twice. Aunt Duan, can we just brush it once a day?" Dashu discussed.

Duan Minmin couldn't help but knock him: "You think brushing your teeth is for fun, and you're still bargaining."

"The first thing to do when brushing your teeth is to clean the food residues between your teeth, keep them clean, and prevent the food residues from fermenting and growing bacteria in your mouth."

After thinking for a while that they didn't know about bacteria, he continued, "Do you know what bacteria are? Bacteria are densely packed small insects. When there are food residues in your mouth, they get married and have children in your mouth to continue the family line. When there are more and more of them, they start to bite your teeth, leaving cavities all over your teeth. Hard things will break when you bite them, and it will hurt when you eat."

"Then I'll ask your mother to make delicious food every day and make you cry with envy."

After hearing her say this, the children were a little scared. What’s the point if they can’t eat the food their mother cooks?

"The second thing is that brushing your teeth can remove bad breath and make your breath fresh. Dashu, if you don't want to make Hui Niang sick when you brush your mouth, let Hui Niang move in with us and see if you can still get your own wife."

How could the newlyweds stand such teasing? Their faces turned red and Xu Hui Niang wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

How could Aunt Duan say such embarrassing words in front of so many people?

"Auntie, I get it. I will brush my teeth well!" Dashu promised hurriedly with a red face, fearing that she would say something shocking again.

"What about you?" The two turned their eyes to the other children.

The children were so scared that they nodded repeatedly. Their eldest brother had already been humiliated, so how could they dare to complain?

Seeing the children nod, the two old mothers were very pleased. They had been really worried about their children's dental health.

The tooth powder was divided equally among each family. After that, Duan Minmin took the jar and took the children home.

The air is so fresh today.