Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

She only needed to give the instruction, telling Mu Nan how to propagate by cuttings, and then she didn't have to worry about anything else! She left it all to Mu Nan.

The scented soap was a great success. She took two bars and washed her hands. The mint-flavored soap felt cool and refreshing on her hands, while the mugwort-flavored soap had a faint mugwort aroma. Mugwort can also have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

Scented soap needs to be saponified in a cool, ventilated place for more than 30 days before use to ensure it is gentle and non-irritating. Therefore, it cannot be used immediately.

After successfully unmolding the first batch of scented soap, Wang Qing'er spent another afternoon making three more scented soaps: peppermint, mugwort, magnolia flower hydrosol, and peach blossom hydrosol.

The magnolia hydrosol and peach blossom hydrosol also included dried flowers. All the molds were filled, totaling over a hundred pieces.

With Muqin by her side, she diligently picked the magnolia blossoms for three days, but they were still blooming proudly in the forest, seemingly endless.

Dozens of bottles of magnolia hydrosol and several bottles of essential oil have been extracted. Wang Qing'er was a little worried that the hydrosol and essential oil would spoil if left for a long time, so she dried a lot of flowers.

Every day, Wang Qing'er would carefully teach Mu Qin to recognize a few characters, and the next day she would test her on what she had learned the previous day.

Mu Qin was exceptionally intelligent and could remember all the words she was taught. She planned to go to the county town and find some picture books with vivid and interesting content, the kind that were suitable for girls to read.

Wang Qing'er didn't want to just teach Mu Qin to read those ancient texts from Zhihu. In her previous life, she would get a headache just looking at those classical Chinese poems and lyrics. However, she couldn't resist because her grandfather was determined to make her study literature. When she had to choose between arts and sciences in high school, she resolutely chose science.

We also need to buy more writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, not only to teach her to recognize characters, but also to teach her to write them.

Furthermore, Mu Yao is already four years old. If there are suitable children's books, we can buy a few and teach her to read them slowly.

In the past few days, in addition to helping his wife propagate the various saplings she had asked him to, Mu Nan also picked all the soapberries he had found, roughly estimating that there were over a thousand pounds of them.

Although some soapberries have turned dark brown and cannot be used to make soap for bathing and shampooing, they can only be used to make ordinary soap for washing clothes.

However, at this time of year, it's quite remarkable to find so many soapberries that haven't spoiled.

She also plans to add some mugwort to the scented soap she uses for washing clothes to achieve a sterilizing effect, which will require a large amount of mugwort.

She instructed everyone in her family that if they encountered a large patch of mugwort on the mountain, they should remember its location. If there were only a few sparse plants, they should dig them up and plant them outside the courtyard wall to make it easier to harvest the leaves.

On the third day, his cousin Mu Feng returned from the county town. Upon hearing that his grandfather had mentioned that Mu Nan needed a carriage, he unloaded his things and immediately delivered the carriage to Mu Nan's house.

The next day, just before dawn, Mu Nan gently pulled Wang Qing'er out of bed from her deep sleep and softly called out, "Qing'er, get up and let's go."

Wang Qing'er, still half-asleep, struggled to open her eyes, glanced outside the room, and muttered, "Brother Mu Nan, it's still dark!"

"Qing'er, didn't we agree last night that we would take your father and Mu Xiao to town first today?"

"Oh, but I'm so sleepy!"

"How about we sleep in the carriage later?" Mu Nan coaxed softly.

"Okay." Wang Qing'er reluctantly opened her eyes, slowly climbed out of bed, and wobbled towards the back to wash up.

Mu Nan, fearing she might fall, followed closely behind her like a mother hen protecting her chicks.

Wang Qing'er washed her face with cold water, which made her feel a little more awake. After washing up, she returned to her room and changed into the dress she had carefully chosen the night before.

She even took out her long-unused lip rouge and carefully dressed herself up. No matter what dynasty it was, what woman didn't love beauty? Besides, the original owner of this body had a pretty face, the sweet and cute type.

Looking at the woman in the bronze mirror, who was as beautiful as a poem or a painting, Wang Qing'er smiled mischievously with satisfaction.

Since they were going to stay overnight, she carefully packed their clothes, a bottle of peach blossom hydrosol and lip rouge into a bundle, and carefully placed it in the carriage in the front yard.

Wang Qing'er walked into the kitchen, where Wang Cuiying had already prepared breakfast and was helping Old Man Mu pack the braised meat.

Wang Qing'er pondered to herself that Old Man Mu and Mu Xiao would get up before dawn every day, each carrying a load of braised meat, as well as bamboo shoots and mushrooms, and trek along the long mountain road to the restaurant in town.

She secretly decided that after selling the he shou wu, she would definitely buy a horse-drawn carriage to deliver goods, so that she and her son would not have to carry braised meat to town on foot every day, nor would they have to get up so early.

Wang Qing'er stepped forward, intending to help pack the braised meat, but Wang Cuiying quickly stopped her, saying, "Qing'er, don't move, you'll get your clothes dirty."

At this moment, Mu Nan also entered the kitchen to help. However, when he saw his wife, he couldn't help but stare at her in a daze.

Today, Wang Qing'er wore a lake-green top paired with a light blue long skirt. The hem and cuffs of the skirt were carefully embroidered with plum blossoms in pink silk thread. Her long black hair was tied up high and adorned with two pink silk flowers.

Her expression was lively and graceful, like autumn water; her eyebrows and eyes were like a painting, like spring flowers; and her two red lips, after being painted with lip rouge, looked even more delicate and luscious, like ripe cherries.

If her parents hadn't been there, Mu Nan would have rushed forward, pulled her into a tight embrace, and given her a passionate kiss.

"Mu Nan, don't just stand there like an idiot, hurry up and help load the braised meat onto the carriage." After loading the braised meat, Wang Cuiying saw her son standing there in a daze, so she reminded him.

Mu Nan only came to her senses after being reminded by her mother. She quickly composed herself and helped lift the braised meat.

After breakfast, Mu Nan let Wang Qing'er enter the carriage. Although her uncle's carriage was not luxurious, it had all the necessary amenities.

The carriage was equipped with beds for resting. Although not very spacious, they were more than enough for one person to sleep in. Mu Nan had already made up her own bedding.

Numerous hidden compartments were located beneath the bed for storing luggage. Braised meat, mushrooms, and bamboo shoots were placed on the luggage rack at the back of the carriage.

Not long after, Mu Nan also entered the carriage. To avoid suspicion, Old Man Mu did not enter the carriage, but instead sat outside with Mu Xiao, driving the carriage.

Before long, Wang Qing'er became drowsy from the jolting of the carriage, so she simply lay down and soon fell asleep.

When she woke up, the carriage had already left the town. Mu Nan was already driving outside, and Wang Qing'er lifted the curtain and sat with Mu Nan outside.

"Are you awake?" Mu Nan glanced at his wife.

"Hmm! Brother Mu Nan, how much longer until we reach the county town?" She had never seen what an ancient county town was like, so she was quite looking forward to it.

"It will probably take another two hours. Go lie down in the carriage; it will be more comfortable there."

"No need, I'll stay here with you."

"Qing'er, come a little closer!"

"Ah? Okay." She obediently leaned her head closer.