Chapter 61 Trying to Make Soap
Zhang Juexia was thinking about going to the town, firstly to buy books, and secondly to buy some more things for the winter.
Another thing is that Ye Beixiu's leg needs to be changed. She wants to go to Li's Pharmacy to find out whether Doctor Liu Mingda will come to the town. If not, she needs to make plans in advance.
She told Ye Beixiu about her plan to go to the town and that she would drive there herself.
Ye Beixiu thought for a moment, "You should have learned how to drive a carriage, so I shouldn't stop you from going out. But you are a novice driver, and I am worried that something might happen to you on the road. I am not with you and cannot help you."
His words were so flawless that Zhang Juexia felt relieved. However, she really didn't want to ride in an ox cart because it was too slow.
"How about I call my sister-in-law and ask her to accompany me."
"Then call Big Brother along as well. If there are any people from the old house going to town, you can give them a ride."
Zhang Juexia deliberately asked, "Do you charge money?"
"It's up to you. If you want to take it, take it. I have no objection."
"Okay then, but since it's just a side trip, I'd better not charge for it! If Uncle Yunhai knew about this, he'd think I was trying to steal his business."
"I guess if Uncle Yunhai knew that our family bought a carriage, he would be unable to sleep at night."
"It's right that he can't sleep. It's his own fault that his ox cart is so slow. That's what they call no competition, no pressure."
"Who did you learn this from? It's all so complicated."
Zhang Juexia didn't want to explain this to him. Suddenly, she remembered another important matter, "Are there any bamboos on the hill behind?"
"I think so! But we have to walk a little way."
"Then you stay home alone for now. I'll be back soon."
Zhang Juexia searched for a long time in the back mountain and finally found a bamboo as thick as her arm. She cut down one and pulled it down the mountain.
When I got home, I started chopping in the yard.
When Ye Beixiu heard the sound, he came out with a wooden stick, "How long will it take you to finish this? Put it up high and I'll take care of it."
Zhang Juexia didn't force it, "Just help me chop it into pieces."
Ye Beixiu took a few steps and a few bamboo tubes appeared.
Zhang Juexia picked it up and looked at it with satisfaction, "Not bad."
"What's the use of this?"
"secret."
Ye Beixiu smiled dotingly. He now had enough understanding of Zhang Juexia. If she could make such a fuss, she must have something to do, otherwise, she would not bother to do it.
"Are you going to make something delicious?"
"Why do you only know how to eat?"
"It's not for cooking!"
"Well, I'm not sure about making other things, so I'll give it a try and see if I can do it."
"I'll help you."
"No, just lie down. It's really not good to stand for a long time."
"Okay then! I'll follow the doctor's instructions carefully, so I can get better quickly."
"How come you said everything I wanted to say?"
"That way, I can take the initiative! For lunch, I still want to eat steamed rice. If you are free tomorrow, I will eat white flour buns."
"Okay, satisfied."
"Steam more rice. I want to eat egg fried rice."
"OK."
When Ye Beixiu mentioned fried rice, Zhang Juexia remembered to go to the backyard. Every time the hen laid eggs, she forgot to pick them up and only remembered them in the afternoon.
Going to the backyard, she fed the rabbits first and then fed the hens.
Maybe the weather is getting colder and the hens are not laying eggs as often as before.
There was only one egg in the chicken coop, and Zhang Juexia picked it up.
"My little cuties, don't you need some nutrition? I'll buy you some rice bran when I go to town again."
The two pheasants that Ye Jishun carried down the mountain have now become fighting cocks. Perhaps because they don't have to forage in the wild, their fighting power is very strong. One of them has bleeding comb, and the other has almost lost all its feathers.
They are still unwilling to admit defeat to each other, and are more competitive than cockfighting, determined to determine the winner.
Zhang Juexia thought, since they couldn't be stopped or pulled apart, he might as well let them fight.
Anyway, it won’t be able to fight for a few days and will become their delicacy.
Back in the front yard, Zhang Juexia looked up at the sky and asked Ye Beixiu if he was hungry.
"I'm not hungry, I just ordered food in advance."
"Okay! Then I'll do something else first and then cook."
"Do you need help?"
"Where is our clay stove?"
"There should be some in the storeroom, and there are also pottery jars."
Zhang Juexia found a clay stove in the warehouse, lit the fire, and threw the shells on the windowsill into the fire and started burning them.
After burning it, she found two longer twigs and picked out the shells.
She put the shells into a mortar and pounded them into powder.
She ran to the warehouse again, found the mugwort leaves she had dried, picked up a handful, and put them in a dry clay pot to burn.
After burning the mugwort into ashes, add water and bring to a boil.
Ye Beixiu, who was lying in the room, could no longer sit still. He heard Zhang Juexia running up and down, and saw smoke coming out of the yard from time to time, and occasional noises. He got up again, leaned on a wooden stick, and went out.
"Wife, what are you doing?"
"You'll find out tomorrow."
Zhang Juexia took out gauze and two wooden basins in the kitchen, filtered the wood ash made from mugwort into the wooden basin with gauze, added the pounded shell powder, stirred it evenly, and filtered it into another wooden basin again.
Zhang Juexia put the wooden basin aside and asked Ye Beixiu who was standing beside him, "Do you want to eat rice with oil residue?"
"Is it tasty?"
"tasty!"
When Zhang Juexia answered, saliva was already flowing from his mouth.
"Then do it."
Zhang Juexia took out the lard he had bought from the town that day from the well.
"Wife, it's already this time. There's no need to put things in the well."
"I'm worried sick, aren't I?"
"On this day, nothing will go wrong."
"Well, I won't let it go next time."
Zhang Juexia cut the lard into small pieces and put it into a large pot with water, then slowly boiled the lard over low heat.
She used another pot to steam rice.
After the lard was cooked, she filtered it out and set it aside.
After the oil residue was scooped out, she took out about enough for two people and chopped it up on the chopping board.
The rice was also steamed over there. She put the rice into a slightly larger bowl, added the chopped oil residue, poured in an appropriate amount of soy sauce, and boiled lard.
She added some salt and chopped green onions to the rice, mixed it well and took a bite. It tasted really good.
This was Ye Beixiu's first time eating rice with oil residue, and he kept saying it was delicious.
Zhang Juexia wiped the rice that Ye Beixiu had put on his mouth with her hand and said, "Can't you eat it slower? If you like it in the future, I will cook it for you often."
"Wife, the food you cook is so delicious. Why do you cook so many delicious meals?"
Zhang Juexia looked at the man in front of her, blinking his bright eyes with a childish look on his face. She couldn't help but step forward and pat him, "Are you asking a hundred thousand questions?"
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