The weather was cold, so the temperature in the wooden barrel dropped quickly. Tong Wen Yao asked someone to move the basket of chicken and duck eggs to the entrance of the hall, and she picked up the wooden barrel with both hands and moved it to the hall.
Dongzi had also burned the ash by now, and he put it in a dustpan and moved it to the hall to put it together with the eggs.
After Tong Wenyao saw that the materials were almost ready, she began to demonstrate to them.
"Put chicken or duck eggs in the bucket and let them be evenly coated with the mucus. Then, place the eggs in the wood ash and wrap them around. Once coated, place them in the clay pot and repeat the above steps." After that, Lanhua was the first to speak, "Miss San, let me try."
After getting consent, Lanhua immediately rolled up her sleeves, picked up the egg and put it into the wooden barrel, and then dipped it in wood ash. Unlike the wood ash she dipped, the egg in Lanhua's hand was dipped in a shaped way, and unlike hers, some were big and some were small. Lanhua's egg was dipped very evenly, and looked very good.
Not only did she notice it, but Xin'er also noticed it, and Xin'er even said, "Auntie Lan, you don't do it like my sister, where one side is high and the other side is low."
After hearing this, Lanhua said, "Miss San demonstrated it herself, so the eggs she makes are naturally different from ours." Tong Wenyao, who was listening to Lanhua, wanted to give her a raise. What emotional intelligence! What a reaction!
He Chuan, this show-off, had changed into a red robe at some point. As he passed by her, he saw the preserved eggs made by Tong Wen Yao and even leaned forward to take a look.
"There's something on your forehead." As soon as she finished speaking, Tong Wenyao felt He Chuan tapping her forehead with his fingertips. Xin'er saw it and quickly jumped up and said, "Sister, he lied to you. There's nothing on your forehead. He has a dirty hand and made it black."
After hearing what Xin'er said, Tong Wen Yao's face immediately turned dark and she roared: "He! Chuan! Get out of here!" If Tong Wen Yao's hands were not covered in mud, she would have wanted to hit He Chuan. Thinking of this, her mind suddenly turned, he dared to wipe his dirty hands on her face, so why couldn't she touch him, but instead considered his feelings!
Thinking of this, Tong Wenyao reached out and pinched his face. He Chuan was caught off guard and was stunned for a moment. When he reacted, he reached into the bucket and tried to pinch it back. After being seen through by Tong Wenyao, she quickly stepped back to prevent He Chuan from pinching it back.
"You dare to pinch me!" He Chuan tried to pinch back the big cat, but Tong Wen Yao dodged him. Second Aunt came out from inside. He Chuan's heart, which was about to move, stopped instantly. He turned around, pretending not to see Cui's mother, and ran quickly to the backyard to wash his face.
Without He Chuan to mess with her, Tong Wenyao squatted down and coated the eggs with mucus, then quickly coated them with a layer of ash before placing them in the earthenware jar. Soon, the basket of chicken and duck eggs was ready. She instructed, "Seal the lid of the jar tightly, then move it to the next room and leave it there for about a month. This will make the preserved eggs ready."
At this moment, her mother also woke up. After washing her hands, Tong Wen Yao went into her mother's room to visit her mother and brother.
Mother Qian was now half leaning on the head of the bed, with her other hand teasing the baby in the cradle. The wet nurse had just fed him, so he was not very sleepy yet.
Tong Wen Yao walked to the cradle and looked down at her wrinkled brother. She couldn't help but frown. His eyes were not open yet, but his lips kept moving, a bit like he was sucking milk, which made her smile.
When her mother saw her coming, she hugged her and said, "Yao'er, he looks like An Guo." After hearing this, Tong Wenyao pursed her lips and said, "Mom, have you thought of a name for him?"
"I want you to name him."
Tong Wen Yao was a little confused by what Qian's mother said. Generally speaking, if her father was not around, the eldest son would be given a name. Now that Qian's mother asked her to choose a name, this really surprised her.
Seeing the expectation in Qian's mother's eyes, Tong Wenyao couldn't bring herself to say no. She thought for a moment and said, "How about Tong Jia'an? His nickname is An'an, and his future courtesy name will be chosen by his teacher."
Mother Qian repeated the name once more, "Tong Jia'an, Jia'an! Good, Yao'er, you have chosen a great name." Mother Qian loved it very much. Tong Wenyao stretched out her hand and teased him, "Jia'an, from now on, your name will be Jia'an!"
Qian's mother looked at her and smiled, "He's so young, how could he understand this?" She then expressed her disbelief, "Mom, he understands! If you don't believe me, just look, every time I call him, he smiles at me."
However, newborns fall asleep easily, and soon he fell asleep. Tong Wenyao didn't dare to make any more noise and quietly left the room. In the morning, she delivered red eggs, and in the afternoon, she made preserved eggs. By this time, it was already dark outside.
Tong Hong also came back at this time.
"Wen Yao, come to the study." Tong Wen Yao came to the study after knowing this. She was a little surprised to see Tong Bo sitting here with her elder brother.
After she closed the door, Tong Hong asked her to sit down.
"Yao'er, your uncle Ping is back now and is in town right now. Do you want to take him to Changzhen Village tomorrow?"
Tong Wen Yao was a little surprised when she heard this. She was worried that no one was hiring. Now the construction in the town had already started, but the production of lime and other things could not keep up with the production capacity, so she wanted to recruit more people. However, these people found by her second uncle were missing arms or legs, so it would be okay to teach them martial arts and exercise their bodies.
"Uncle, how many people are there in total?" Tong Hong said after hearing this, "There are more than 40 people Wu Ping has found, 13 of whom are missing arms, but it does not affect their walking or martial arts practice. The others have healthy limbs." If this is the case, then she wants to set up an intelligence team so that they will not be cut off from information. You know, many things depend on information to facilitate action!
Then, let's consider these twenty-seven people as the main force of Xuanfeng. Tong Hong said, "Wu Ping has also brought back news from the south. They left before the refugees, but I estimate that the refugees from the south are almost in Cangzhou by now! Right now, fifty percent of the towns in the south are empty. Too many people have died, and now the barbarians are eyeing us covetously. Tomorrow, we will set off for the border."
After hearing this, Tong Wen Yao felt a little reluctant, but she also understood that she could only rely on herself now. Since she couldn't stop her second uncle and others from going to the border, she decided to take all the pills she had made before.
Because the news came a day or two earlier, Tong Wen Yao had already prepared the epidemic pills the day before yesterday. She had not made them in the past two days because of dealing with things, but she had made hundreds of bottles. Tong Wen Yao asked her second uncle to take them all with her to avoid any accidents when she was not around. At the same time, she also taught her second uncle how to deal with the epidemic.
Wen Ziyu watched Tong Wenyao explain everything to his second uncle one by one, and felt an inexplicable sense of loss in his heart.
After Tong Wenyao finished her instructions, she looked at him and said, "Ziyu, I wish you to become a general soon!"
He started laughing after hearing that.
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