In a blink of an eye, frost came.
When I woke up this morning, the ground was covered with white snow.
As soon as Luo Yunqing opened the door, Wu Xiaoling came running over: "It's frost, it's frost."
"Qingqing, there's such a heavy frost today."
Seeing her so happy, Luo Yunqing smiled and said, "Let's start picking today!"
"start!"
There are many persimmon trees on the mountains, by the river, and in the yards where the troops are located.
Led by Wu Xiaoling and Yang Ying, most of the unemployed family members in the compound came to help.
Luo Yunqing learned Yang Ying's trick - not paying money, but exchanging goods.
Her shampoo is even better than the one sold at the supply and marketing cooperative, and now many family members come to her to exchange their shampoo.
This lively scene soon spread to the camp...
"What do they want this for? Is this also medicine?"
How would Lin Dachuan know?
He looked at Liu Dajiang and shook his head: "I don't know, it should be useful, right?"
"All herbs are medicine. If they want them, there must be a reason."
At this moment, Wu Junhao ran over and said, "Captain, I know what Sister Luo is going to do with this!"
He knows?
Lin Dachuan looked anxious: "Tell me quickly, what does she want this for?"
Wu Junhao did not answer Lin Dachuan directly, but took out a box of vanishing cream from his arms.
"Captain, this is the antifreeze and chapped skin cream Sister Luo made for us. It's really useful!"
"Look at my hands, there's no redness or swelling at all."
Wu Junhao is from southern province. He is most afraid of the cold. Every year at the end of October, the backs of his hands start to become red and swollen.
Lin Dachuan took it and looked at it: "Is this made of persimmon leaves?"
"No, no."
Wu Junhao waved his hands repeatedly: "Sister Luo said that the vanishing cream made from persimmon leaves is even better than Baiqueling."
"She picked persimmon leaves to make lard persimmon paste, which is for her face."
"The day before yesterday, Captain Mu brought over a few barrels of lard for her. She's been using Chinese medicine to make the oil these past two days."
What?
"Using lard to make vanishing cream? People don't even have enough to eat it, and she uses it to make facial oil?"
Liu Dajiang called out...
Wu Junhao is now a little fan of Luo Yunqing, and he will not let others ruin the image of his idol.
He curled his lips and said, "Captain Liu, Sister Luo uses the flavored lard from the supply and marketing cooperative. That doesn't require a ticket and is cheap."
The flavored lard is war oil.
The shelf life of oil is short, and the old stock must be replaced every year.
This kind of oil smells good after being used for a long time, so it doesn’t require a ticket and is cheap.
But the taste is too strong.
If there was no oil to eat, people would not buy it.
The group picking persimmon leaves grew larger and larger. At noon that day, a large truck stopped at the gate of the family compound...
"Captain, Captain, Sister Luo said we have enough persimmon leaves. Captain Mu asked someone to bring a large truck over!"
It’s Mu Yang again!
Lin Dachuan and his men have been picking fruits outside the army at noon these days. It is a place that others dare not go to, but Lin Dachuan dares to take his men there.
After lunch, he prepared to take people to get the leaves from the big persimmon trees on the cliff on the mountainside.
But before he could leave, Wu Junhao ran in.
He immediately became unhappy when he heard the news.
"One truckload is enough for what? Isn't she going to send a batch to the soldiers of the Northern Army? Pick more!"
All right.
Wu Junhao knew his battalion commander's temper.
Although he was very busy with training every day, he had to have night training every other day, and he could not rest until 11 o'clock in the evening.
Noon is his only rest time.
Persimmon leaf paste is mainly used for cosmetic purposes and is of little use to soldiers.
Luo Yunqing donated the formula of the chapped skin ointment to the army. Soldiers in the north spend most of the year patrolling in the ice and snow, so it would be most useful.
Upon learning that she was collecting persimmon leaves, the commander waved his hand and handed the task to Mu Yang...
Seeing that he hadn't explained himself clearly, Wu Junhao became anxious: "Captain, there's more than one truck. Captain Mu said there are still four trucks that haven't been delivered yet."
"I'm afraid there's no place to dry them here, so I'll send them over after they're dried."
Lin Dachuan: “…”
It is not easy to make persimmon leaf paste. There are no machines now, so it all depends on manual labor.
There were enough persimmon leaves, so Luo Yunqing asked Song Zhiqing for help and bought a lot of rollers and sieves.
"It must be ground very finely, sifted, ground again, ground again, sifted again, at least three times."
Everyone followed Luo Yunqing's instructions and immediately started working hard after she finished her explanation...
A few days later, Aunt Zhou called and said, "Xiao Luo, my daughter said your stuff is amazing."
"Prepare 1,200 portions of persimmon leaf cream, shampoo, and handmade soap."
"We all need big bottles of persimmon leaf paste. After everyone used the bottles you gave us, they all clamored to buy more."
The factory where Aunt Zhou's daughter works receives all big orders.
"Auntie, the delivery will take until early December, is that okay?"
The product is good and handmade, so Aunt Zhou naturally knows that it is not easy.
"no problem!"
Having taken on such a big business, the shampoo has to be made at the pig farm. With Director Wu's help, there will naturally be no problem.
But just as they were starting to make persimmon leaf paste, Mu Yang took the persimmon leaf paste, shampoo and handmade soap to the city textile factory union.
"I want 10,000 copies of each. Do you have any?"
Luo Yunqing: “?(???)?”
[I'm just a small family-run workshop, and you want me to produce in large quantities?]
"Can't you do it?"
Luo Yunqing honestly told Aunt Zhou's daughter about the order placed at the factory: "We don't have that much raw material, nor do we have that much manpower."
Mu Yang thought for a moment and said, "Well, the division's logistics area is large, I'll go and prepare the tools and materials."
"Manpower... There are many unemployed military wives in the division, so we can use them."
Luo Yunqing was just about to say that this was a good idea...
"No need to go to the division, there's plenty of empty space in the regiment's auto repair shop."
"I've already reported this to the regiment commander. He's borrowing it. The stove is already set up."
"By the way, I also bought a few large barrels of lard. If it's not enough, I'll buy more."
This time he was finally not late, and Lin Dachuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Mu Yang looked at him, his eyes twinkling: "That's fine too. I'll take care of the tools and herbs."
"Tell me what you need and I'll find a way for you."
Such a large quantity requires a lot of materials, tools and manpower.
Luo Yunqing knew that she couldn't spare the energy to take care of this, so the worst that could happen was that she could just give Mu Yang a share of the profits.
"Then I'll make a list for you. I have the early stage stuff, so don't worry too much."
Mu Yang nodded: "Okay."
Luo Yunqing quickly made a list, including the herbs, tools and required packaging.
Mu Yang immediately reached out to take it: "You get ready first, I will try to deliver the things tomorrow."
Without saying a word, as if afraid that Luo Yunqing would refuse, Mu Yang turned and left.
Lin Dachuan wanted to call him.
I thought there was no need for him to be so attentive.
He could find someone to help him with these things, but in the end he could only stammer and swallow his words...
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