Chapter 20: Purify crude salt and buy land from the village head
By the time everything was tidied up, it was almost You time, and the house was finally presentable, at least livable.
Chen Xinghai also came back from cutting grass and added half of the grass to the cows.
Chen Xingyun and Chen Xingyue started cooking. They stewed pig's trotters and steamed a large pot of white rice. Xiao Ying also asked them to stir-fry two side dishes and add more oil.
She set about purifying the crude salt.
Because the quantity was too large and it was her first time, she only took out three pounds.
First, I got a clean basin, filled it with half a basin of spiritual spring water, and then dissolved the coarse salt in the water.
After everything is dissolved, take another clean basin, put a clean fine cloth on the basin, and start filtering.
The three siblings watched curiously, not knowing what they were going to do, but they didn't dare to disturb them.
After filtering, the water becomes much clearer, but a layer of impurities remains on the cloth.
The last step is evaporation and crystallization. Without other items, purification can only be done to this step.
After dinner, Xiao Ying cleaned the pot before she began to evaporate the water. When only half a bowl of water remained, and the snow-white, delicate salt gradually precipitated out, the three siblings opened their eyes wide.
What kind of magical method is this?
"Mom, is this salt?"
Chen Xingyun asked in surprise. It was the first time she had seen such snow-white and delicate salt!
"Well, the salt tastes better and is cleaner this way."
Xiao Ying dipped her finger in it and tasted it. It tasted good and she was quite satisfied with the result of her first attempt.
The surprise and joy in the eyes of the three people were even greater. Mother knew so much.
Unconsciously, Chen Xingyue also called out "mother" in her heart, and was willing to treat the other person as her own mother.
The salt was put into two small jars, one for consumption and the other sealed to prevent it from getting damp.
"Xinghai, come here."
While the two sisters were boiling water for a bath, Xiao Ying called Chen Xinghai.
"Mom, what's the matter?" Chen Xinghai was now convinced by her.
Xiao Ying said, "I haven't treated your feet yet today, so please sit down."
Chen Xinghai just remembered this and hurriedly sat down next to her, his face blushing again.
"How about we wait until I'm done washing?"
Xiao Ying smiled and said, "It's no big deal, it'll only take a quarter of an hour."
She placed her fingers on Chen Xinghai's foot and treated it as she did yesterday. She felt that the injured area of Chen Xinghai was a little more unblocked than yesterday.
"Has the medicine the doctor gave you today not been boiled yet?"
"I forgot."
Chen Xinghai scratched his head embarrassedly, mainly because he had a lot of things to do in the afternoon.
"Well, remember to make it early tomorrow morning. If anyone asks, just say it's for your feet. It's up to you whether you drink it or not."
Xiao Ying's reminder was actually just for show.
"I remember." Chen Xinghai answered obediently.
Xiao Ying added, "I'm going to go to the village head tomorrow morning and buy a few acres of land, just in time for planting rice."
Chen Xinghai's eyes suddenly lit up and his breathing became heavier.
There is no common people who don’t want land, land is their lifeblood!
"Great, I'll be the one to plant them from now on."
After his foot heals, he has the confidence to cultivate the fields well. He can't rely on his mother for everything.
"Mom, are you planning to grow the kind of rice we've been eating lately?"
I discovered the first time I ate it that this kind of rice tastes much better than the ones I grew before, and the grains are fuller, so I guess the yield will be higher too.
Xiao Ying nodded approvingly: "That's right, this kind of rice yields over a thousand kilograms per mu. Even if it's less when planted in ordinary fields, it would still yield at least seven or eight hundred kilograms."
This was her own estimate, perhaps a little more than that.
Chen Xinghai's eyes lit up even brighter. He had never heard of such a high yield and couldn't wait to plant it now.
"The problem now is that there's no one to help plow the fields. Xinghai, do you have anyone to choose?"
It was impossible for Xiao Ying to plow the fields by herself. She had never done such a thing in her three lifetimes and had no idea how to do it.
Xinghai's foot has not healed yet, so naturally he can't do such a thing.
"Maybe we can ask my uncle." Chen Xinghai thought for a moment and said, "My uncle is a very good person. He often helped us with farming before we sold the land. But his family is currently planting rice, so I don't know if he's available."
"Time is not a big deal. It won't matter if we wait a few more days." Xiao Ying nodded slightly. "If your uncle is willing to come, I'll pay him 20 wen per mu of land."
Chen Xinghai was delighted: "Uncle will definitely agree if I pay him. I'll go talk to him tomorrow."
"Okay." Xiao Ying nodded, and the problem was solved.
A quarter of an hour later, the treatment was completed. Chen Xinghai felt a little more relaxed and sincerely thanked his mother.
Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Xiao Ying went back to the house and entered the fairy palace.
The two acres of spiritual fields in the fairy palace still needed to be dealt with. She first set a fire to burn the straw, which could serve as fertilizer and prevent pests and diseases.
But if you want to plant again, you have to plow the field again.
Fortunately, there is a magical tool for plowing the fields in the wooden house. It can operate automatically as long as spiritual power is injected into it, which is much easier than relying on manpower outside.
Seeing the straw burning, she went to dig potatoes. She had only dug about one acre of potatoes, and there were still many left. She planned to dig them all out tonight.
The tool used to dig potatoes was also the same as that used for plowing the fields. The work was done very quickly and it was all done in less than an hour.
Next, all you have to do is collect the potatoes and move them into the cabin.
So she spent more than an hour moving the potatoes. Seeing the kitchen filled with potatoes and spiritual rice, she felt a sense of accomplishment.
There are tens of thousands of pounds of potatoes and an estimated 1,300 to 1,400 pounds of spiritual rice. I don't plan to sell the rice, but I have to find a way to sell the potatoes.
After picking all the potatoes, there were still some potato vines left, which were difficult to burn, so she planned to take them out as fodder for the cows.
So it took a lot of time to collect the potato vines, and she piled them up near the cabin, forming a small hill.
When she finally finished everything, she was exhausted and covered in dust.
After resting for a while, she took a bath in a bucket of spiritual spring water, then changed another bucket of water before sitting in it and starting to practice.
As the spiritual power continued to flow into the body, the feeling of fatigue gradually disappeared. After circulating for several cycles, people became more and more energetic, and felt that the spiritual power cyclone in the body had become stronger.
The next morning, after breakfast, Xiao Ying took a large pile of potato seedlings and piled them in the cowshed so that Chen Xinghai didn't have to go out to cut grass.
But the cowshed has to be cleaned, otherwise it will smell bad.
Chen Xingyun was busy making medicine for Chen Xinghai, and the smell of the medicine spread everywhere, which really attracted the attention of the neighbors around.
The children followed her instructions and said they were treating Chen Xinghai's feet, which caused another round of discussion among the villagers.
Xiao Ying didn't pay any attention to anything else. He just said a few words and went out.
She went to the village head to buy land, but she only had more than 30 taels of silver left and didn't know how many acres she could buy.
The head of Chenjia Village is called Chen Jie, who is over 40 years old. He was chosen as the head of the village because he had some education, was fair and strict, and had some talents.
Chen Jie has a high prestige in Chenjia Village. Everyone trusts him and likes to go to him when they have any big issues that they cannot handle.
When Xiao Ying arrived at Chen Jie's house, Chen Jie's son and daughter-in-law had just gone out to plant rice in the fields.
Chen Jie has two sons and one daughter, and two or three grandchildren, so he can be considered a large family.
There are more than ten acres of land at home, and almost all of them are planted.
"Madam Xiao, what can I do for you?"
Seeing Xiao Ying coming, Chen Jie frowned slightly, obviously not having a good impression of her.
This woman sold her fields, her land, and her children. It would be strange if she had a good impression of him.
"I want to buy a few acres of land. I wonder if there is any in the village?"
Xiao Ying didn't care and asked directly.
Chen Jie was stunned. He was right. It was not about selling land, but about buying land?
Thinking about what happened two days ago, Xiao Ying was hunting wild boars and refused to sell Chen Xingyun to Wang Ergou. Could it be that this woman really changed her personality?
But he was too lazy to think too much and said, "Yes, but only four acres. Two acres of high-quality land, which you sold before, and two acres of low-quality land. How much do you want?"
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