The fat otaku happy water that Miao Wan didn't have time to continue making on the first day ignited everyone's enthusiasm on the second day.
The water is black and bubbly right out of the box, and honestly, it looks a bit scary.
When Miao Wan drank it yesterday, Geng was worried that it might be poisonous.
Seeing that she was fine after drinking, Miao Wan wanted to continue to do it the next day, so she didn't stop her.
The Ruan family traveled all the way from Jiangnan to the capital, and then turned from the capital to the northwest. They were on the road for several months and had no time to rest properly.
The children were fine, but the adults slept soundly. When dawn came, only a few maids and coachmen got up to take care of the children and livestock. No one else got up.
But the maidservant had not gotten enough sleep either. While she was sitting there feeding the children, her head was as noisy as a chicken eating rice, which made the children laugh and even fight while they were eating.
It wasn't a fight, they were just embarrassing each other with the food in their hands, as if they were just joking.
As soon as Miao Wan came out, she saw that the ground in the courtyard was full of broken pieces of fried dough sticks, and her brows furrowed slightly.
As a new mother, she attaches great importance to educating her child. She has been writing notes about Taotao's education until she is almost eighteen years old (in her mind). Of course, she can't bear to see her child waste food.
Nowadays, there are still many ordinary people who cannot get enough food to eat. We don’t know how many people die of starvation every year. We have seen this from childhood. If they are not educated when they are young, they will not value food when they grow up.
However, she was a little surprised that the maid gave the child oil-fried cakes. Although they tasted delicious when chewed, they were very hard and not suitable for children to eat directly.
There is leftover pork bone soup from last night in the kitchen. Why not soak it in the soup?
She went over and clapped her hands, "Nephews, it's wrong to throw away food. You'll get beaten for wasting food!"
After saying this, she felt embarrassed. This name made her feel like she was possessed by Monkey King.
But the Ruan family has so many children that Miao Wan still can’t tell which one belongs to which family, let alone remember their names.
In terms of headcount, including the two from Ruan Jialin's family, there are a total of thirteen!
The Ruan family has enough money to afford a football team, but they have nothing better to do than have children???
She blinked and changed her address, "A good child won't waste food!"
The children all liked this aunt very much. She was pretty and smelled good, so they all put down the oil-fried cakes in their hands.
There were also older children there, who quickly stood up to greet Miao Wan.
One of the children who looked like the oldest explained, "Auntie, we can't bite it."
The maid was nodding her head in a daze when she suddenly woke up and heard the young master say that he couldn't bite it. She didn't even see Miao Wan and hurriedly said, "I'll go get you some hot soup."
Miao Wan simply told her to go and rest, "Let me do it, you guys rest first and then we can talk."
The maids were startled when they discovered that Miao Wan was here. "How dare we let the young lady come here..."
"It's okay, go ahead. We don't have so many rules in our family." Miao Wan waved her hand to interrupt her, turned around and looked at the child who was still secretly breaking off the oil-fried pancake to make trouble.
"I'll make you some delicious food later. Children who eat well will be rewarded. Anyone who throws food away or doesn't eat well will have their buttocks used to cook for you at noon!"
A little kid hid the broken oil pancake in his hand, tilted his head and asked in a low voice, "What's the dish?"
Miao Wan bent down and pinched his cheek, smiling, "Stir-frying meat with a fire stick. A stick as thick as your fist, in perfect contact with your buttocks, mixed with the salty taste of your tears, becomes a dish."
Ruan Jialin, who got up early, said: "..." You described beating a child in such detail, are you a devil?
The child who asked the question was probably not very old and could not speak clearly. After he understood, his mouth curled up, his eyes turned red, and he was about to cry.
Miao Wan quickly stuffed a piece of candy into his mouth and said, "Good boy, go pick up the food on the ground now. Aunt Xiaorui will send you to Zhang's house to feed the pigs. Then come back and sit down and wait for dinner. Whoever comes back first will get something good that other children don't have!"
When she said that, no one except the older ones had any idea what she meant.
Good or bad, what does it matter?
Miao Wan probably understood this as well. After a moment's thought, she exaggeratedly spread her arms and said, "It's the kind of good stuff that will make you go 'wow' when you see it, the kind that other kids will be envious of!"
More than a dozen children said: "Wow——"
Ruan Jialin: “…” This cousin is at most three years old, no older.
Children are very curious, and everyone was attracted by their "wa wa". They hurriedly picked up the food thrown on the ground, shyly went to find Qiao Rui, and asked her to lead them to Zhang's house.
"Why should we let them go? Will so many children disturb the Zhang family?" Ruan Jialin was hiding behind the door and only came over after the children left.
If the children saw him, they would definitely cling to him and make a fuss like monkeys. He had just changed his clothes and was going out soon, so he didn't plan to get dressed again.
Miao Wan smiled as she entered the kitchen. "Of course not. Second sister-in-law is the most frugal. When she sees them bringing oil-fried pancakes over, she'll definitely ask what's going on. If she finds out, she'll definitely sigh for a while. Don't underestimate the children. They have their own pride, too."
Only by letting them realize that this is a bad behavior will they subconsciously avoid waste in the future.
Ruan Jialin didn't quite believe it would be of any use.
Even if the Ruan family fell into decline, where was their foundation? These children had difficulty getting food since they were young, and the amount of food wasted was not a small amount.
Even the two in his family are not as good at eating as Qiao Rui, Tiedan and Maodan. They always give up halfway through eating and refuse to continue eating no matter how you coax them.
Unexpectedly, when Miao Wan was feeding the children the noodles that Geng had prepared earlier with pork bone soup, Qiao Rui and two children older than her came back with several tearful little ones.
As soon as they entered the door, the little ones started crying. They didn't cry loudly, just whimpering quietly.
Ruan Jialin couldn't help but be curious and asked, "What's going on?"
"Wow, wow, wow... Second Uncle, Tiedan, what a joke, dumber than a pig." A child cried and said incoherently.
It seems that the effect is better than Miao Wan expected. Yang will definitely not speak harshly to the children, but Tiedan and Maodan are still young, and they have learned the sharp tongues of Zhang Niangzi and Yang, so they will definitely be impolite in their words.
Miao Wan called out to Ruan Jialin as he brought the bowl, "Next time, if you don't waste food, they won't laugh at you. Come and eat. Children who don't eat well won't get 'wa wa' until they finish eating."
The little ones smelled the aroma and sat down obediently, but one little one with a stronger sense of self-esteem refused to give up and asked, "Can I be smarter than a pig?"
Miao Wan: “…” Why are you competing with it?
"Then it depends on your performance!" She held back her laughter and went into the kitchen and started fiddling with the Coke.
This time she used a clay pot with a larger narrow mouth, wanting to make a big pot directly for everyone to taste.
There is a reason why Coke is called happy water.
Even Ruan Jialin was curious when he saw her humming a song there. He didn't leave in a hurry. He ate a bowl of Ga noodles with her, then stood at the door and watched, rubbing his arms.
When Qiao Ruichen came over after practicing kung fu outside, he saw Miao Wan busying around there, and Ruan Jialin standing beside her and smiling.
He raised his eyebrows, walked over and said lightly: "Make way."
"Ruichen..." Ruan Jialin saw Qiao Ruichen and raised his hand to say hello, but Qiao Ruichen easily dodged it.
Li came out and saw it, raised her eyebrows, and asked, "What's going on?"
Although Awan's husband is a man of few words and has always been gentle, why is he suddenly so cold to her husband?
After all, he was her own man, so Li felt a little uncomfortable and went over to see him.
Qiao Ruichen took the earthenware jar from Miao Wan's hand very smoothly and listened to her pointing and talking.
"Add brown sugar first, then add a little more, then add baking soda by one-third. Is there still enough vinegar at home?"
"Xiao Rui, go to Zhang's house and borrow two jars of fermented vinegar!"
"Be careful, don't shake it too much, or you'll get splashed."
…
After it was done, Qiao Ruichen placed the earthenware jar on the long table in the patio.
After the Ruan family came last night, they didn’t move the table into the house. They will be using it every day for the next few days.
After doing all this, he went to the bathroom to wash and change clothes. When he passed by Ruan Jialin, he gave him a cold look.
Ruan Jialin was a little confused, "No, why do I feel that my brother-in-law doesn't like me?"
Miao Wan and Li, who came to help, were each holding a coarse porcelain bowl. When they heard his words, Li frowned and Miao Wan smiled.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, in both the Qiao and Zhang families, the wives are the masters of the household. No one talks to a man who just sits there stroking his hands while watching his wife busy herself. It's a family rule, right?"
"Hmm?" Li's brows relaxed, then furrowed again, but her expression was different.
Ruan Jialin: "No, a gentleman stays away from the kitchen. You didn't ask me to help just now."
Miao Wan glanced at Li in surprise, her eyes filled with heartache. "Are you still yelling? We didn't have the time to listen to you explain your difficulties. We already did it ourselves!"
Mrs. Li felt a pain in her knee, and her heart became a little sour and a little aggrieved. She didn't want to pay any attention to her husband anymore.
Ruan Jialin: “…” Once again, cousin, are you a devil? ?
When Geng coaxed Taotao to sleep and she came out, she was startled to see Ruan Jialin washing and scrubbing at the kitchen door.
"What are you doing, Brother Lin? Let me do it. You're not going to Qianjinlou anymore, are you?"
Ruan Jialin's face was full of bitterness. He looked up at Geng and said, "Aunt, just let me do it. If I don't work, I won't even be able to lie on the kang in the future."
Sleeping on the floor in the middle of winter is too miserable.
Geng was amused and laughed. "Well, it's rare that you have such awareness and know how to lend a hand. Your wife takes care of the two children every day and accompanies you all the way to the northwest. It's not easy either. She must be very distressed."
Ruan Jialin glanced at his wife who was facing away from him and suddenly felt a little guilty, as if that was the case.
Miao Wan waited for the reaction in the clay pot while pulling her cousin aside to talk. "Since your cousin is from the same family as my second aunt, she should be proficient in textiles, right? Why didn't you tell me earlier? I think it would be great if you could work at Qianjinlou too."
When it comes to nesting dolls, Miao Shiren becomes excited.
She leaned close to Li's ear and whispered, "When the time comes, your wages and bonuses will be higher than your second cousin's. If he makes you unhappy, you can either kick him out or build a new house for yourself with the children. Wouldn't that be nice?"
Ruan Jialin: “!!!” I’m still here!
Miao Wan didn't care about him. Seeing that the children followed the adults in washing their hands, wiping their faces and brushing their teeth, and then sat back down and waited, she handed each of the children a coarse porcelain bowl.
Considering that there are frequent gatherings, there is no shortage of plates and bowls at home. They were all made by Master Gu and Yu Erqiang. They are all ivory white coarse porcelain with circles of patterns that look particularly beautiful.
When brown cola is poured into such a coarse porcelain bowl, tiny bubbles gurgle out and a sweet aroma comes out, which makes the children exclaim "wow" again.
Miao Wan poured a bowl for both Geng and Li, then took a sip herself. "Wow! It tastes even better than yesterday!"
When the little ones saw that it was drinkable, they all came over to drink it because they had no resistance to sweet things and were not afraid of them.
With this drink, I received more than a dozen pairs of bright eyes and more wows, as well as the sound of people gulping down the Coke.
Miao Wan didn't dare pour too much, just half a bowl for each person, which was quickly finished.
The child who had been crying the loudest spoke first, "Good... burp...good... burp...drink... burp hahahahaha..."
The others saw him burping and laughing as he spoke, and since happiness was contagious, they couldn't help but laugh too.
The problem is that they were laughing and burping at the same time, and the more they burped, the more they laughed. While burping, they pointed at each other and kept burping.
The sleeping adults were woken up, and as it was daybreak, they all got up and tidied up. When they went out, they saw the yard full of "gulp gulp" and "burp ha ha ha" noises.
There might not be any burping afterwards. They learned how to burp by themselves. They begged Miao Wan to pour some more Coke, took a small sip, burped, and smiled like a tumbler.
The adults who woke up were a little confused: Did they click on the laughing technique?
In any case, as soon as we stood up, we heard the children's laughter and satisfaction on their little faces, and the adults were in a good mood too.
The children cried most of the time along the way, but they were so happy when they settled down. They also felt a sense of security that everything had settled.
When they were pulled over by their own children or grandchildren to taste Miao Wan's wow water, and when they burped and the children pointed at it and laughed, they couldn't help but laugh too.
That morning, laughter could be heard from the Qiao family's yard from time to time. It was so lively that the Zhang family members came over to watch and then joined in the laughter.
But Madam Zhang was a little puzzled. "Why is this thing called Wawa Water? Shouldn't it be called Gaga Water or Haha Water?"
Miao Wan was holding Taotao who had been woken up, and was using chopsticks to dip in cola to satisfy her craving.
Hearing this: “…”
Can she say, this thing is called happy water, and say it several times?
The children didn't care. Maybe her previous description left such a deep impression on them that they just kept yelling "Wow wow water". What could she do?
Fortunately, this thing will have its own name when it arrives at Ju Fu Restaurant.
Miao Wan was not in a hurry to send Coke to the restaurant. The idea of making Coke came about because of saltpeter. Of course, drinking iced Coke is the most enjoyable way to eat hot pot.
Making ice with saltpeter is not difficult in this kind of weather. Just ask Uncle Geng to make a few more wooden ice frames with fine grids.
But Coke is not easy to store. Whether you pour it from a can or scoop it with a spoon like herbal tea, the gas will be released quickly as long as it is open.
She needed a suitable tool, so she told Mrs. Li and her second aunt clearly what loom she wanted to make.
While they were drawing at home, Miao Wan went directly to Yu's house to find Yu Daqiang and Master Gu.
The two were confused after hearing Miao Wan's request. "I need to be able to drain water at the bottom, and there needs to be a valve to seal the entire barrel at all times?"
Yu Daqiang rubbed his chin in worry. "It's not difficult to open a hole at the bottom to release the water, and it's not difficult to just pull out the iron sheet to block the water flow. But if you release the water at the bottom and block the water flow, with the water pressing on it, it will definitely leak."
Miao Wan understood what he meant. It was a problem of water pressure. Carbonated drinks also have air pressure.
Europe was able to develop beer kegs a long time ago, so there's no reason why they can't do it now. It's just that they lack air valves.
The problem is, she doesn't know how to operate the air valve. She only knows that it exists and seems to need a sealing rubber plug or something, but there is no rubber at all now.
Miao Wan could only use her poor physics skills to describe to the two people the existence and function of the air valve.
Master Gu, an old and experienced man, suddenly said, "You can boil tree bark and mix it with bladder glue to make a cork. When firing the pottery, you can directly burn a mouth that looks like a teapot and seal the top with a cork wrapped in muslin. Is that okay?"
That is to pour it out from the halfway point, so that the pressure will be less. At most, fill the cola halfway, tilt the jar over and pour it out.
Anyway, Coke can be made and sold immediately, and it doesn’t need to be sealed, as long as it doesn’t lose gas very quickly.
Miao Wan thought, isn't that just like the lid of a thermos? If there's gas pushing up, just tie it up with a rope or hold it down with something, and the sealing effect is still very good.
She nodded vigorously. "Just do as you say. Let's make... ten first. The walls of the jars should be thicker, not too thin. Will this thing be made quickly?"
Once someone has tasted Coke, they will definitely want to drink it again and again. It is better to make more preparations than less.
"Oh, right. Make some ceramic bottles, about six inches long and as thick as a child's fist. The mouth of the bottle can be the size of a copper coin, and they need corks. Make a hundred of them first."
Yu Daqiang nodded. "It's not difficult to make corks. Any carpenter can make them. But it's quite expensive. I didn't think of it at the moment. You want a lot, so it will take about five days."
Now that Master Gu had spoken, he knew exactly how to cook the clay pot. "That's fine with me. I'll have Daqiang deliver it to the restaurant for you in five days."
Miao Wan thought that Qiao Ruichen had already gone to check on the progress of the beets, and the processed beet pieces would probably arrive at the restaurant in the next few days.
At that time, let Sun Ada boil sugar and make cola to sell.
This way, she doesn't have to attract attention by selling candy. It's perfect. How can she be so smart? Hehe...
After returning home, Qiao Ruichen held Taotao and walked around in the courtyard. Everyone else went to a house not far away to watch Lin Dazhi and his men repair the house. Geng also went over to tidy up.
Seeing that there was no one around, Miao Wan held onto Qiao Ruichen's arm and took a bite on each of their faces.
Taotao is used to her mother kissing her, so she turns her head and lies in her mother's arms, wanting to kiss her back.
Qiao Ruichen was caught off guard. In broad daylight in the yard, his wife's enthusiastic call made his ears burn.
He suppressed his discomfort and joy, steadying Taotao, and asked Miao Wan, "What are you so happy about?"
Miao Wan smiled brightly at him, "My husband married a very smart wife. I'm happy for him!"
Qiao Ruichen: “…”
The author has something to say:
Ruan Jialin: The cousin in the storybook speaks softly in Wu dialect, is gentle and considerate. My cousin is timid, good at shifting the blame, being a bootlicker, taking credit for others’ work and a narcissistic devil!
Miao Wan: Haha, can you say it again?
Ruan Jialin: My cousin, she is so perfect that she seems unreal (devil!!!).
ps: It is not good to drink too much carbonated drinks. I just want to try it. I won’t let my children drink too much of this. This is the carrot with the little donkey hanging on it ~ hehe
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