Of course the fight didn't end in the end.
Qin Yao's cold glance worked better than anything else. Liu Ji immediately settled down and became much more well-behaved than before.
Old man Liu glanced at Qin Yao with admiration. Thanks to her ruthlessness, the third child was indeed quite sensible after going through the border crossing.
Zhang saw Old Man Liu's expression, leaned behind him, and whispered proudly:
"Look, what I said before, how could Yao Niang harm the third child? She doesn't pay for the corvee, she just wants to help the third child learn well."
Old man Liu was convinced and kept saying: "Yes, yes, you are right."
Zhang arrogantly tilted her head, "That's~"
How is it like now? In winter, there are charcoal fires and airtight rooms, as well as soft quilts and small charcoal basins. Huddled in the warm quilt, it is so comfortable that you don't want to get up.
Liu Ji stared at him, so shocked that he almost touched his fingers by the charcoal fire. While sucking in the air-conditioning, he asked in surprise:
“I still have to get money from my son?”
The four brothers and sisters of Dalang shared a footbath to wash their feet. After washing their feet, they put on their straw slippers, divided the charcoal from the charcoal stove into their small charcoal basins, and then went back to their room to rest.
The weather is getting cold, and it has been snowing for a long time today. Everyone is afraid of the cold, and no one comes to the water mill. Erlang shook the money box, and there were only two or three sounds.
After watching Liu Ji make bubbles, he grabbed the soap and put it back on the stone table next to the kitchen door.
“Dad, grandma said that you will be responsible for three meals a day while you are home, so if you want to use money, just come to me.”
Liu Ji closed the windproof board, stood up, and sent Erlang to fetch a basin of water to wash his hands.
Liu Ji held the soap in his hand and looked at Erlang suspiciously, "What is this?" "Soap, it can be used for washing your face, washing your hands, bathing and washing clothes. It will foam. Dad, try it." Erlang said with a bit of showoff. , just wanted to see his father's ignorant look.
In the memories of the four Dalang brothers and sisters, winter was the most difficult thing to endure.
Now use several wooden boards to surround the corridor of the main room, burn a pot of charcoal fire, cover it with ashes, and slowly smoke it.
The charcoal stove in the main room was always burning, and there was boiling hot water on it. Seeing that his father had just come home, Erlang opened his legs, fetched him a basin of hot water, and handed him a piece of soap.
On a cold winter night, first fill the charcoal pot with charcoal, then cover it with a bamboo cover, put it under the quilt, iron it before getting into bed, and you won't feel cold at all.
The little guy walked down the corridor seriously and said to Liu Ji who was adding charcoal to the bacon charcoal basin:
And the money is not much, so she is not afraid of losing it, and she is at ease.
Liu Ji wanted to take a look, but Qin Yao immediately raised her head warily. He had to sit down opposite her angrily, took out a book from his bag, and pretended to read it in a low voice, pretending to be hard at work.
She bought the bowl back and asked Carpenter Liu to help make a jacket out of bamboo slices. She put the pottery bowl in the bamboo woven case and put the handles on both ends so that it would be small enough to hold in her hand without fear of burning her hands.
When I got home, I took it out and saw that there were only three copper coins.
The quality of the pottery bowl may not last long and it will need to be replaced with a new one next year.
Touched a hand of coal, it was as black as if it came out of a coal mine.
But Qin Yao also found it troublesome to ask for money every time she bought something small, so she simply re-established a daily storage tank and used the income from the water mill for daily expenses.
Three were made in total, one for herself, and four for Dalang and her sister, two and two for a total of one.
Oh, I remembered that Fan Xiucai had mentioned before that his grandfather specially bought a pack of soap from Shuntian Prefecture in the south. It was specially used for washing hands and bathing. It would foam and have a fragrance, which was a hundred times better than soap powder.
“Where did you buy it?” Liu Ji poured out the dirty water and asked Erlang quietly.
This job was originally done by Liu Ji. When he returned home, he found that his power to manage money had been taken away by Erlang, and he felt very depressed.
Qin Yao's family of six held a torch, left the old house and returned to their own home.
This function is similar to the copper hand warmers of wealthy people. It is not so exquisite, but it is cheap and practical.
Liu Ji had no choice but to give up and look at the small piece of white jade-colored soap on the stone table, as if he had heard of this thing somewhere.
Liu Ji washed his hands and smelled his hands again. There was no strange smell. This soap is very useful.
This small charcoal basin is a bit interesting. Qin Yao found it in a shop selling pottery bowls in the town. It is shaped like an open jar, but it is actually a very thick pottery bowl.
However, this one has no fragrance, probably because no expensive spices are added.
It gets dark early in winter. After dinner, it is already dark.
Everyday he and Dalang need to take money to go out to buy groceries or something, so they take the money from here, and then write it down in the account book every day.
Qin Yao took out the account book at home. Erlang already knew how to add today's income from the water mill, and then threw the copper plate into the clay pot in the cupboard in the main room.
Liu Ji asked tentatively as soon as he entered the main room.
Qin Yao's ingenious ideas are all thanks to the developed Internet in her previous life. Specialties from all over the world can be bought online.
Qin Yao hummed, nothing on a pig is cheap. She motioned to Dalang to put the candlestick higher, holding an account in her hand and reading it.
The reason why it is so troublesome is that when Qin Yao is busy at the water mill, she basically cannot take care of three meals a day at home.
It's a pity that the other person is an adult after all. Although he was surprised in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, which made Erlang greatly disappointed.
The small charcoal basin can also be placed on the knees to warm your hands. If your hands feel cold when writing, just touch them.
A few days ago, Qin Yao bought a small half fan of pork from the butcher in the town. She asked He and Zhang to help cut it into strips and marinate it, and then made twelve strips of bacon.
At the time, she might have looked happy and passed it by, but looking back now, it can provide a lot of conveniences to her life.
Liu Ji's mouth twitched slightly, this woman is fooling a child again, there is no magic in this world!
He wanted to ask more about what it was made of, but Erlang felt it was cold outside and ran into the house.
When you pass by the water mill, take the money box away.
Erlang raised his hand and circled everyone in the room, "No, everyone in the family has to come from me if they want to get money."
Qin Yao, who was eating fried peanuts in the room, nodded in approval, "Now Erlang is the housekeeper."
“Madam, your soap is not cheap to make, is it?”
Erlang also whispered back, "My mother-in-law conjured it up. She is amazing, she can do magic!"
Qin Yao thinks that for children, learning some simple accounts can help them develop their financial intelligence. Since Erlang doesn't like martial arts, let him manage money.
Erlang locked the cupboard and hung the key directly around his neck on a rope. He would only take it off when taking a shower.
Liu Ji glanced at the small bamboo-covered charcoal basin on Qin Yao's knees with greedy eyes, not forgetting to ask about soap.
Fan Xiucai said that if something is useful, it must be a valuable thing. If you can make more and sell it, why don't you give it away?
His fiery gaze could not be ignored by Qin Yao.
She had thought of what he was thinking about before. How could she not know the little thing in Liu Ji's heart?
Chapter end
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