Chapter Five

Qin Fang sandwiched a piece of pig intestines, his eyes lit up, that woman make such delicious food.

He speeded up the speed of eating vegetables and finally dipped the steamed buns in the soup of the pig's large intestine and almost licked the bottom of the lunch box clean.

There are also pig trotters, it stew slowly so it feels like it melts in the mouth.

Qin Fang was relieved to think that the food from the big family was different and the dishes were all delicious.

After lunch, there was a sequel to Qin Fang's wife who committed suicide by taking poison on her wedding night. The soldiers under his command praised the sister-in-law's craftsmanship and everyone knew that Qin Fang's wife did not commit suicide, but was in bad health.

Naturally, Yang Haiyan didn't know about these things. She and Sister Lu arrived home and after a while, the person who washed the clothes and fetched water came. It was the eldest daughter-in-law of the family, Mrs. Tang, who came with her ten-year-old daughter, pulling the cart.

This pull cart is very special. There are four small wheels at the bottom, which are covered with wooden boards. In this way, the big wooden barrels filled with water can be placed on the wooden boards and pulled back, even women can pull them.

Mrs. Tang: "Madam, you have to take out the things you want to wash. We have to take them to the sink to wash them, otherwise the sheets and quilt cover will be too large and it will take too much time to pull the water back and forth."

Yang Haiyan: "That makes sense, I'll go with you, I still have clothes to wash." She went back to the room to get the sheets and quilt covers and bought laundry soap on the platform. Ordinary soap is 2 yuan a piece, Yang Haiyan Bought 1 piece and cut it in half. She is not worried that someone will recognize the soap, because this is the border, the border is the center of trade and she can often see merchants from other countries.

If anyone asks, she said that it was bought from merchants from other countries.

But seeing soap, she thought of another way to make money.

Yang Haiyan put this thought aside first and she followed Tang's mother and daughter to do the laundry first.

Next to the sink is the well and there is a place for washing clothes. Mother Tang helped her wash the quilt covers and she washed the clothes she changed yesterday. She washed quickly and went home first. After another quarter of an hour (half an hour), Mother Tang came back with a cart. They loosened her quilt sheets and carried two buckets of water to the kitchen.

The sheets and quilt covers a total of 4 pounds, cost 4 cents, carry water 15 times a month and charge 10 cents a month, so a total of 14 cents. After paying, there are only 11 cents for a tael of silver.

Mrs. Tang took the money and didn't leave immediately. She hesitated for a while and asked a little embarrassedly, "Mrs. Qin, what is your laundry thing called? It looks a bit like a pancreas, but it's very easy to use. Not to mention the cleanliness, there is still a smell."

Yang Haiyan: "I don't know what this is. When I went to the vegetable market this morning, I saw a foreigner setting up a stall. There was this on the stall. I thought it was interesting, so I bought it."

When Mr. Tang heard this, he felt a little pity: "Then it's definitely impossible to buy it now. You don't know, some ladies' clothes are more elaborate, but they can't be washed with pancreas acacia. I see that they will be clean with your washing ."

Yang Haiyan smiled: "This thing is expensive, it costs 20 cents per piece."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Tang said, "It's expensive, but after using it, the clothes after washing are clean and fragrant." With this washing, every time she wash clothes, she will charge a few cents more and those ladies will not care about it. In this way, Their family has an advantage over others.

Yang Haiyan understood what she meant when she heard it: "Do you want this?"

Mr. Tang: "Isn't it impossible to buy it?"

Yang Haiyan: "I bought it later. I'll help you buy a few pieces."

Mr. Tang shook his head: "A few pieces are not enough, it would be nice if I could buy it for a long time."

After all, their family has to wash clothes every day.

Yang Haiyan: "That's a pity."

Mrs Tang: "Madam, well go first and come back to fetch water for you after dinner the day after tomorrow."

Yang Haiyan: "Okay."

After the mother and daughter of the Tang family pushed the cart away, Yang Haiyan recalled it. To make soap, she need plant ashes, filters, water, pot, salt and lard.

Of these materials, the one that costs money is lard.

After having an idea, Yang Haiyan immediately began to act.

She spent 18 yuan to buy an old-fashioned wooden scale on the trading platform, which is the same as the one used for business in the vegetable market. She spent another 10 yuan to buy a filter bag, a very common filter bag, the same as the white filter bag used to filter soy milk.

Then she spent another 20 yuan on a bottle of rose-flavored perfume.

Then she spent 250 yuan and 50 grams of silver, which is one tael, 1,000 yuan.

After that, she went to the vegetable market. She went to the meat stall first and ordered the pork fat for tomorrow with the boss. She ordered 5 catties, 10 cents per catty, and spent 50 cents. Finally, she went to the carpenter's workshop and ordered a wooden lattice, that is, a soap model. It cost 15 cents and there were 20 rectangular models on a wooden board. In the end, the one tael of silver that Mrs. Lu gave, plus the one tael of silver that she bought on the platform, totaled 2,000 yuan, leaving only 946 yuan.

In the evening, Yang Haiyan fried cabbage, cooked brown rice and ate very lightly. After dinner, she began to filter the lime, add water and stir, then boil the lye in the pot, take it out to settle and go to bed.

The next day, before dawn, there was 5 catties of pork fat from the meat stall. So Yang Haiyan simply boiled lard and boiled 3 catties of lard.

Yang Haiyan was a little interested, so she decided to try it first.

She first took 100 grams of lard to try, a little less. In the first step, the lard and the lye are stirred together and heated during the stirring process, with a few drops of perfume and salt in the middle. The second step, after half an hour, took out the soap solution and put it into a bowl. After that, she didn't care anymore. She was going to prepare lunch and she had to go to deliver food to Qin Fang at noon.

Thinking of Qin Fang, Yang Haiyan decided to live like this first. She is unfamiliar here and Qin Fang is her favorite, so she is willing to try to live first and if she feels inappropriate in the future, she can think of a way.

She boiled lard this morning, so there is a lot of lard residue, sprinkle a little salt and the lard residue can be eaten. The staple food is cabbage noodle soup, the soup is pig trotter soup left over from yesterday and then she made three poached eggs, one for herself and two for Qin Fang.

She feels that it is good to deliver food every day and proper digestion and exercise after meals is good for her health.

After having a good meal, she carried a basket and went out. When she passed Sister-in-law Lu's house, she said, "Sister-in-law, I'm going to deliver food to Xianggong(husband). Please help me look at the yard."

Speaking of which, this is the family quarters of the soldiers in the military camp, so it is very safe and no one will come here to make trouble. After all, soldiers are also officials in the hearts of ordinary people. In modern times, they are civil servants.

Sister-in-law Lu: "Hey, don't worry."

Today, Yang Haiyan delivered the food alone, because Sister Lu told her yesterday that she will not be there today. She went with Yang Haiyan yesterday to show her the way.

Yang Haiyan felt relieved when she went alone. The road from the family room to the military camp seemed to take an hour, but in fact there was not much road,and it was also safe here. After all, no one will do bad things near the barracks, right?

Yang Haiyan arrived at the back door of the barracks and the soldiers standing on guard recognized her: "Mr Qin's wife , are you here to deliver meals to Mr. Qin?"

Among the military sister-in-law, it is very rare to see someone as beautiful as Yang Haiyan.

After all, the original owner followed the eldest lady, so the etiquette is not bad, but ordinary people can't compare to her, that is, the girls from the seven-rank county magistrate's family. I'm afraid it can't match her etiquette. Now it is Yang Haiyan's soul . She is more confident than the original owner and she lacks the inferiority complex of the original owner as a servant. Her temperament is that of a young lady from a big family.

Yang Haiyan smiled slightly: "Yeah, I agreed with the husband yesterday, please call him for me, brother."

Soldier: "Sister-in-law, you're welcome, wait a moment."

The soldiers ran to Qin Fang's barracks.

Qin Fang was already awake, lying on the bed looking at the top of the tent. The woman said before she left yesterday that she will come to deliver lunch today, will she really come? Qin Fang was very hesitant. If she didn't come, he would be hungry because he didn't eat yet. But if he went to lunch and she came again, two lunches would be a waste.

"Boss Qin...Boss Qin...sister-in-law has brought you a meal."

The other soldiers listened and laughed and coaxed: "Boss Qin, your wife has brought you meals."

Qin Fang picked up yesterday's basket, he had already washed it and strode out of the tent with no expression on his face, but in fact, his heartbeat was a little faster. Did that woman really bring him food?

"Boss Qin, what did sister-in-law give you? Let's go see it together."

"Yes, Boss Qin, sister-in-law's craftsmanship is so good, she must have brought delicious food."

Qin Fang glanced at them, and these people wanted to eat, thinking he didn't know? Qin Fang saw the woman standing at the door from a distance, the same aqua blue dress as yesterday, not to mention the powder on her face, not even a lipstick , the whole person is clean and looks like a painting . Involuntarily, he took a bigger step.

It was undeniable that he was a little happy to hear that she had also come to deliver meals today and probably because she didn't miss the appointment.

"Xiang Gong..." Yang Haiyan waved when Qin Fang approached.

Qin Fang was relieved to think, was she so happy to see him? After approaching, Qin Fang said: "Why are you here again? It's too tiring to go back and forth, don't come tomorrow."

Yang Haiyan said angrily, "You're here to protect your family and the country, why don't you allow me to replenish your body and make something delicious?"

Qin Fang pursed his lips, but.. his mouth couldn't hold back anymore. It is always a pleasure to be praised like this.

Yang Haiyan: "It's easy to make food today, I just made noodles and brought you snacks. I don't know if it suits your taste. Did it match your taste yesterday?"

Qin Fang: "Well." After a pause, he said again, "Everyone said it was delicious." He even brought him snacks, but he was not a child.