These days, everyone is very simple about bathing. Even people like the Tang family, the richest man in Jubao Village, Sun Po and He family, who occasionally wash their hair, are still at the stage of using plant ashes.
There is a separate "ash basket" at home. Put two layers of mats at the bottom of the basket, then put the burned firewood ash and grass ash into it, then water it, and collect the gray water filtered from the bottom of the basket, which can be used for washing.
Head bathed.
From a modern perspective, plant ash contains trona, which has good decontamination properties. It can not only be used to wash hair and bathe, but can also be used to wash clothes.
Sometimes, by chance, you can also use rice water to bathe. During festivals, you can buy some honey locusts. If you are particular about it, peel off the skin and seeds of the honey locusts, leaving only the honey locust flesh to dry in the sun, and then boil it in hot water, which is the honey locusts.
Soup.
There are no honey locust trees locally, but the honey locust trees are not expensive. The more advanced ones are bath beans.
Wash the pig pancreas and remove the fat, grind it into a paste, then add soybean powder, spices, egg whites, and even various traditional Chinese medicines, such as Angelica dahurica, White Aconite, White Bombyx, Bletilla, etc., evenly
Mix, and then dry naturally to get a ball slightly larger than glutinous rice balls, which is bath beans, which should be the prototype of soap. One piece costs between sixty and two hundred yuan, so Tang Shiyue picked it based on the price.
Four pieces.
There are also facial fats and facial medicines. Facial creams are in the form of lumps. Facial fats are stored in small porcelain jars with lids. Each box costs between one and two hundred yuan. Most of them are made from medicines, each with its own effect. What?
"Treating dark spots on the face" and "removing wrinkles due to old age" made Tang Shiyue unable to stop looking at them.
Finally, I carefully selected four boxes of products that "make a centenarian face look like a girl, with a white luster" and "make a face look white and rosy," and so on. I also weighed some honey locusts, including rouge and lip balm.
I didn’t buy any of them, and after all, I spent nearly two taels of silver.
Madam Zhou had never seen such a buying and selling attitude. She kept winking at her, but she still bought it without changing her expression. Because it was so generous and neat, the shopkeeper even gave her a small can of face cream.
As a movie queen who has been beautiful for half her life, she has never cared about money in this regard. It is difficult for these people to understand this kind of thing. Fortunately, Wang Shi took the blame for this kind of thing, so she said obediently: "My mother's name is
Bought."
The Wang family was synonymous with semen in the eyes of the whole village. Mrs. Zhou believed her immediately, clicked her tongue a few times, and said nothing more.
These things are not heavy, so I collected them carefully and put them in my backpack, and then went to buy some cloth.
Now at home, there is no cover on the bed, and everyone only has one set of clothes. I count the fabrics one by one and buy them. I also go to the clothing store and buy a decent robe for Tang Shirong, and I spend nearly 100 yuan on it.
Two taels of silver, and then I have to buy pots and pans.
After all, her body was only twelve years old, and she had been bedridden for a long time and was malnourished. Even with Mrs. Zhou's help, she was still out of breath at the end of the purchase.
Fortunately, she bought a lot. Manpower is not worth much these days. The boy pushed a cart and followed behind. She went to buy some rice noodles, some seeds, three kilograms of mutton, and a few meat pancakes.
I also bought some snacks.
After all, this trip cost more than five taels of silver, and the car back was full of her things.
In the car, when Mrs. Zhou told her about Hedyotis, the eyes of the envious village women turned green. They were so envious of them at first. They asked her repeatedly, wishing that she would take out their money to see it.
Just watch.
When they arrived at Jubao Village, the oxcart was delivered directly to the door of their house. Fourth Uncle Tang helped unload the goods. Tang Shiyue handed Mrs. Zhou a small bag and said, "Auntie, take it and eat it."
Lady Zhou said anxiously: "This is impossible."
"Auntie, hurry up and take it," Tang Shiyue said with a smile: "Today, auntie ran with me for a day, running errands and worrying about things. She also saved me a lot of money. This is just a little thought of mine. If auntie doesn't take it, I will
I won’t bother you next time.”
Madam Zhou said a few more modest words before she accepted it.
She is not a stingy person, so she prepared this alone, one pound of mutton, two Hu biscuits and some snacks. One pound of mutton is one hundred and twenty Wen, and each Pork Hu biscuit is twenty Wen, plus snacks.
The countryside is a very useful thank you gift.
Things like favors come from the outside. She knows how to be a good person, and Mrs. Zhou will naturally reciprocate the favor. She gave the things to Uncle Tang, and Uncle Tang drove the bullock cart home. Mrs. Zhou helped her take the things into the door.
As soon as the courtyard door was opened, Xiao Yao'er was squatting in the courtyard playing with tree branches. As soon as she saw them, she welcomed them out happily: "Sister, Aunt Zhou! You are back!"
"Hey!" Mrs. Zhou said with a smile: "Yao girl, where is your mother-in-law?"
The door suddenly opened, and a person walked out. It was Tang Yongfu. Wang ran out behind him, her cheeks flushed: "Yue'er is back!" She tugged on her clothes in a panic.
Tang Shiyue was so angry that his eyes were on fire!
A man and a woman are alone in broad daylight with the door closed. Are these two really shameless?!
Seeing that Mrs. Zhou's face looked wrong, Tang Shiyue became even more heartbroken.
Tang Yongfu also felt extremely uncomfortable on his face. He coughed and said, "That's it for now. I'll leave first!" He stumbled and walked out with square steps.
Tang Shiyue glanced at his back fiercely, her teeth itching with anger.
Mrs. Zhou quickly calmed down, chatted with a smile, and was about to go back. Tang Shiyue walked to the door, took out the small jar of facial fat from her arms, stuffed it into her, and said with a smile: "
Auntie, you took the trouble."
She had already given her a thank you gift just now. Although this small jar of facial cream was given as a gift, it was still worth thirty or fifty cents. Mrs. Zhou was also a good person, so she immediately understood. Her eyes were complicated, and she hesitated for a moment before accepting it.
He said: "Don't worry if Auntie doesn't take it, so I'll take it. Don't worry, Auntie knows what she wants... It's really hard for you."
She touched her head, turned and left.
Mrs. Wang was rarely diligent inside. Together with Xiao Yao'er, she moved everything into the house. The angrier Tang Shiyue felt, the calmer her face became. She looked at them coldly and took out the facial fat bath beans.
Each member of the family shared a piece.
When Xiao Yao'er heard that she was still alone, she was overjoyed.
One good thing about Mrs. Wang is that as long as it is good enough for her, she doesn't mind giving it to others. She just muttered a few words and thought she didn't buy rouge, so she happily put it away.
It was already afternoon, and everyone was hungry. Tang Shiyue bought noodles today, boiled them with wild vegetables in water, then stirred the batter and made a small noodle soup. The three of them ate the meat and pancakes, and then set up a stall.
I opened the cloth selection and divided it into who this piece of cloth is for and who this piece of cloth is for. I was so happy that I couldn't open my mouth from ear to ear.
Tang Shiyue remained calm. It was not until it got late and Xiao Yao'er fell asleep that Tang Shiyue called out: "Auntie."
Mrs. Wang responded in a daze, and Tang Shiyue said coldly: "I sold medicinal herbs for ten taels of silver today."
"Oh?" Ms. Wang perked up: "Then why don't you buy rouge and lip balm for my grandma? If you still have some left, buy a hairpin to wear back..."
"Okay," Tang Shiyue said word by word: "I said, I will lead you to live a good life, and I will buy you everything you want. But, Auntie, please tell me first.
What did your son Tang Yongfu do here?"
"What Tang Yongfu!" Wang said angrily: "Do you have any etiquette? That's your uncle!"
Tang Shiyue sneered: "I don't know etiquette. A married man who closes the door with my widowed mother in broad daylight, how does that mean he knows etiquette?" (To be continued)