"Sister, are you here to pick us up? Where is Brother Li Yan?"
"Well, I came to town today for something, so I took you home. Li Yanqian is working on some trees on the mountain, so I asked my mother to tell him not to come over."
"Sister, I'm so happy that you can come to pick me and my brother up!" Minghao stood beside Li Mengyue, chattering non-stop.
Mingyu, Mingxuan and Chen Bao were all envious of the way Minghao and his sister got along.
But their personalities are different from Minghao's, and they can't be as intimate as Li Mengyue.
But they also like their sister, and they can't hide their joy.
After Li Mengyue finished talking to Minghao, she saw three little boys standing in front of her. She reached out and touched their heads, then asked softly, "How was your day at the academy?"
Chen Bao nodded vigorously, and then said loudly: "Sister Li, we are fine."
Mingyu frowned when he saw Chen Bao interrupting him and about to speak, but before he could open his mouth, Chen Bao spoke again.
"Sister Li, the braised pork is so delicious. Sister Li is amazing. She can make such delicious braised pork. Sister Li, when you bring food to Minghao and the others next time, can you bring some for me? I don't eat much, so just prepare a little more, about two plates."
Look at Chen Bao flattering me like a puppy, and even asking for food from his sister. He is nowhere near as awesome as he was when he was fighting in the bookstore. He was conquered by the delicious food cooked by his sister.
Mingxuan stood by and saw Chen Bao acting cute and trying to please others for the sake of delicious food. He couldn't help but sigh that the charm of delicious food was too great. Even the usually arrogant Young Master Chen had to act cute for some delicious food.
Li Mengyue looked at the adorable little boy in front of her and couldn't connect him with the young master Chen she met in the bookstore.
However, my three younger brothers are in college, so it’s good to be friends with Chen Baoheng.
Although the college is a sacred place for teaching and educating people, it is also a worldly place and cannot be exempted from worldly affairs. The background of students determines their status in the college to a certain extent.
For example, my three younger brothers all have ordinary surnames, and are what people call "peasants". It is normal for them to be looked down upon and bullied after entering college.
Not to mention anything else, wasn't he bullied by Chen Bao just because he went to the bookstore to buy books?
Although he didn't suffer any loss in the end, it was a big blow to his three younger brothers.
In order to study better, Mingyu lights a lamp to read at night every day. She has told Mingyu several times that reading for a long time at night is bad for the eyes.
Mingyu had promised her on the surface that he wouldn't read for too long, but she found that Mingyu still read secretly, sometimes putting the oil lamp in a place where he couldn't see by the window, and sometimes reading with the help of moonlight. She didn't want to stifle his enterprising spirit, so she could only pretend not to know.
Suddenly an idea came to her mind. Since she couldn't stop Mingyu from reading at night, why not create better conditions for him, such as making some candles.
In this way, when Mingyu wants to read at night, he can light a candle, which is much better than an oil lamp. If one candle is not bright enough, he can light a few more.
Of course, candles were eliminated in the post-war era, but here, most people use oil lamps for lighting, and the fuel used is animal fat.
Moreover, when these oils burn, they will not only produce a lot of smoke, but also an unpleasant odor. Within a quarter of an hour, the whole room will be filled with a smell.
If you live in this kind of environment for a long time, it will undoubtedly cause great harm to your health.
The key is that the safety performance of using oil lamps is still very low. After all, this kind of open flame burning in the presence of wind or other external interference can easily cause a fire and cause immeasurable consequences.
The most important thing is that the brightness of the oil lamp is too low. The dim light is only slightly better than no light. Reading at night requires a higher brightness, which is obviously not enough for the oil lamp.
But now people are used to it. Another point is that not everyone can afford an oil lamp.
Not to mention other places, even in Xinghua Village, there are no more than ten households that can afford oil lamps. It must be because she has made a lot of money that she is not stingy with using oil lamps.
Even when we first started lighting the oil lamp, my mother felt bad about the waste. Later, when we lit it every day and the family had enough money for oil, she gradually accepted it.
If she made candles, not only would it be convenient for her family to use, but she might also be able to find a way to make money and save more money for her baby.
In addition, villagers can also work in candle workshops, which will bring more income to their families, improve their living conditions, and naturally increase their gratitude.
This will achieve multiple goals at once and should not be delayed but should be carried out as soon as possible.
Another point is that there were candles in this era, but only wealthy families could afford them.
Wax yellow candles have a relatively low hardness and cannot even be stored at room temperature. They can only be kept at low temperatures, otherwise the candles will deform.
As long as she made candles that were bright and easy to store, she wouldn't have to worry about not being able to sell them.
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