Chapter 36 My Grandfather Was a Pig Butcher
Xue laughed and scolded, "You silly child, who eats dirt?"
Ling Yun asked in confusion: "Can't we? But they are all eating."
Su Nuan couldn't laugh after hearing this. "Has anyone started eating dirt already?" There were edible things on the surrounding hills and grasslands. Why would they eat dirt?
She reached out and picked up a fist-sized piece of earth, scraped off the outer layer of soil and saw the reddish stones inside.
“It’s salt!”
Although rock salt tastes salty, it is not suitable for direct consumption and is poisonous.
Su Nuan was just about to ask Ling Yun to throw these away when a lot of unfamiliar knowledge suddenly emerged in her mind.
This knowledge was the method of refining rock salt into refined salt. She suppressed her excitement and doubts and said, "Go get some more. I can use it."
"Yeah." Ling Yun poured the rock salt on the ground and went out again.
Xue asked, "What's the use of these? I remember the book said there's a kind of stone on the mountain that tastes salty, but it can't be eaten because it will poison you."
Su Nuan smiled and said, "Mom, I've also read in a book that this kind of stone in the mountains is called rock salt, and there's a way to make this salt into edible fine salt."
Xue's eyes flashed and she lowered her voice and said, "This is a secret and cannot be spread outside."
Su Nuan also knew that salt was controlled by the government and that private individuals were not allowed to hoard or produce salt. She nodded and responded, "Mom, let's get some quietly."
"If there's a lot of game on the road, we always have to pickle some of it. For example, the dried meat must be eaten quickly, otherwise it will quickly get moldy in this weather."
Xue sighed. Although she didn't feel any pressure about food, this was not a matter of one or two days, but a journey of half a year, so she was still confused about the future.
Su Nuan patted Xue's shoulder and comforted her, "Mom, we are making a fortune quietly. When we are on the road, we should rub our faces yellow. Otherwise, we will have enough food to live on and become fat and white, which will make people jealous."
Xue nodded vigorously, "Yes, you are right, I understand. What do you think I should do?"
Su Nuan smiled and said, "We need to boil the salt in water. I'll ask Dong'er to get a piece of fine cotton cloth to filter it."
Xue didn't know what to filter, but she didn't ask and went to cook the salt blocks as Su Nuan said.
The next step is to boil the salt, filter it, boil it, wash the salt, filter it, and boil it. In the end, more than 100 kilograms of charcoal are wasted to boil out five kilograms of yellow salt.
Su Nuan picked up a little salt with her finger and licked it. The salt did not taste bitter, but very salty and pure.
"Mom, we succeeded."
Xue nodded excitedly, "Yes, it worked. I never thought that inedible stones could be boiled into salt in this way."
The old lady stared at Su Nuan thoughtfully and asked, "Nuan girl, do you have a master named Wanshitong?"
Su Nuan was stunned. A know-it-all? The all-knowing know-it-all who was said to know everything about astronomy and geography?
Xue slapped her thigh and said excitedly, "So Nuannuan's master is a know-it-all. It makes sense that she knows so much."
Su Nuan: "..." She didn't seem to admit it.
Then the old lady smiled and said, "Yes, we have brought home a precious baby."
Mrs. Xue nodded, "Yes, that's right, our Ling family is really lucky."
Su Nuan, “…” She couldn’t get a word in at all. Even if she could, what should she say?
She simply came to Ling Cang and asked, "How are you feeling?"
Ling Cang glanced at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were getting more and more excited as they talked, and said with a smile: "Mother and grandmother are arranging an identity for you. You don't have to admit or deny it."
Su Nuan nodded helplessly, "I know, but this is just deceiving myself."
Ling Cang smiled slightly, "You don't understand us. Our family has been through a lot. We are not a wealthy family with smooth sailing."
Su Nuan nodded, "I really don't know much about it. Can you tell me more?"
Even in my previous life, I didn't know much about the Ling family. At that time, I only had hatred for them.
Ling Cang said, "My grandfather was a butcher. He joined the army and became a general. He didn't abandon his fiancée, but returned to the village to marry my grandmother."
“Neither of them had ever been to school, so there were a lot of jokes.
"Grandmother was a strong-willed person. She taught herself all the things a lady should know, and she learned them quite well."
"After my grandfather passed away, my father went to the battlefield. He was also a good fighter and became a general."
"This is because our family has quite a bit of wealth, and my father is also very handsome, so many noble ladies have their eyes on him."
"My mother was no pushover either. She fought those noble ladies for a long time. Later, my father was away on the battlefield and never came back, so my family fell into disrepair."
Su Nuan asked curiously, "Any other special experiences?"
Ling Cang nodded, "Yes, for example, my grandmother and mother were kidnapped, and they escaped back with their own abilities."
"So you don't have to think of your mother and grandmother as weak. They are both heroes."
Only then did Su Nuan understand the Ling family. They were the kind of people who didn't care about trivial matters.
Ling Cang added, "If this method of making salt is reported back to the capital, you should be exempted from exile."
Su Nuan glanced sideways. "Exemption? Then what? Returning to a life of poverty in the capital? Even if I take the reward, how long can I live?"
"I might as well go to the Northland and start making salt myself once we have a stable power. This will not only save us money but also make a profit."
"I know the North is close to several countries. We can sell the salt and build our own city."
Ling Cang was very surprised, because Su Nuan's ideas were already heretical, and if investigated carefully, she could be charged with treason.
Seeing Ling Cang staring at her without saying a word, Su Nuan asked tentatively, "Why? Do you think I'm deceiving you?"
Ling Cang quickly shook his head, "No... I just think it's a good idea."
Su Nuan knew that he was a general who had fought to the death to protect the country, and it would be difficult to break his loyalty and patriotism in a short period of time.
It doesn’t matter. There are still many days to come. Such a foolish emperor will always do disappointing things. When disappointment accumulates enough, it will turn into hatred.
By then, there will definitely be others who will rebel against the dog emperor, and I can just live my own life on the border. How nice it is.
Of course, she didn't say these words. After all, some people's minds cannot be changed with just a few words.
The two fell silent and the atmosphere became awkward.
Ling Cang asked tentatively: "You and Xiaoyun..."
Unfortunately, before he could finish his question, Xue called out, "Nuannuan, where did you get this fish?"
Su Nuan didn't want to sit next to Ling Cang either, so she stood up and said, "There's a pond on the mountain. Xiaobai went there to catch fish."
Xue then realized that Xiaobai was not there and asked, "Where is Xiaobai?"
Su Nuan replied: "It plays in the mountains and comes back at night."
Xue nodded and asked, "How do you cook this fish?"
Before Su Nuan could answer, Li Shitou's voice came from outside the cave.
"Sister Su, the captain is injured, help!"
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