After lunch, everyone rested for a while before rolling up their sleeves and getting back to work.

Seeing that the weather was too hot, Jiang Wanwan was worried that her family members would suffer from heatstroke, so she advised everyone to take a break before continuing. However, she couldn't persuade them at all.

There was no way around it; the allure of the silver was simply too great, and Grandma Jiang and the others were unwilling to stop and rest.

Having no other choice, Jiang Wanwan went straight to the kitchen, intending to make a pot of mung bean soup to cool everyone down.

Since the family's food and economic conditions improved, Jiang Wanwan easily persuaded Grandma Jiang to move all the grain into the kitchen, instead of locking it in the old lady's east room as before.

Jiang Wanwan went into the kitchen and first scooped a ladle of water to soak the mung beans. Then, she washed the clay pot, filled it with water, and put it on the stove to boil.

Then, I went to the vegetable garden in the backyard and picked a large bunch of plantain, which I will cook with mung bean soup in a while.

After the water in the clay pot boiled, Jiang Wanwan added the mung beans and continued to simmer over low heat. When the mung beans were almost cooked, she added a large handful of plantain and continued to simmer.

After the mung beans were cooked until they became mushy, Jiang Wanwan added an appropriate amount of white sugar to the mung bean soup. And just like that, a pot of cooling and refreshing mung bean soup was ready.

Jiang Wanwan poured the mung bean soup from the clay pot into an iron pot, and then put it into the cold well water to chill it.

After doing all that, she joined the ranks of mosquito coil makers.

However, with the addition of Granny Jiang and Madam Hu, Jiang Wanwan had Madam Lu take her place and asked her and her adoptive father to prepare the proportions of various ingredients.

Meanwhile, she continued to develop new scented mosquito coils.

Back in the house, Jiang Wanwan tightly closed the door, opened the online store, and bought some sandalwood powder, ambergris powder, and pear-scented tent powder.

These face powders aren't expensive in the mall; a large pound can be had for just a few dozen yuan.

Since it was just a trial, she only bought about ten grams of each item.

Seeing Jiang Wanwan take out several small packets of face powder, the Jiang family members didn't find it strange at all.

They had all gotten used to Jiang Wanwan frequently bringing out all sorts of things.

After making these different scented mosquito coils, Jiang Wanwan marked them before starting to dry them.

At this time, the sun was already setting in the west, and it was just past Shen Shi (3-5 PM).

Jiang Wanwan invited the Jiang family to rest for a while and have a bowl of chilled mung bean soup to cool off.

Upon hearing that there was food, the four boys, Jiang, He, Hu, and Xun, were the most enthusiastic.

A person sat in the main room, holding a large bowl of mung bean soup, and happily drank it.

Jiang Xun slurped up the soup, and half of it was gone in no time. "Mmm, so sweet, so delicious, and so refreshingly cool."

"It's so delicious." Jiang He almost cried.

The icy-cold mung bean soup slid down their throats, taking away the summer heat and bringing a touch of coolness. The Jiang family members instantly felt alive again.

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As night fell, the Jiang family packed all the mosquito coils they had dried that day into cloth bags, then placed them on the warm stove to finish their day's work.

To Jiang Wanwan's astonishment, the Jiang family had actually exceeded their target. They had originally planned to make 3,500 mosquito coils, but had actually produced approximately 5,000.

At this rate, the task could probably be completed in just seven days.

The family finished their dinner in a warm and joyful atmosphere.

After washing up, Jiang Wanwan was just about to lie down in bed to rest when there was a knock on the door.