Chapter 168 Playing with Flowers
Chen Chunxing was squatting under the eaves brushing his teeth with dark circles under his eyes.
Swipe twice, pause for a moment, then swipe twice more.
The coarse salt foam is almost rubbed into fine salt.
Diao Shi couldn't bear to see this, so she twisted the handkerchief, walked over, and smeared it on her face, rubbing it vigorously a few times, and scolded her: "Wild boars can't eat fine bran. This is a good thing, but in your hands, it's no different from willow branches."
"Okay?" Chen Chunxing answered unconsciously, his mind still not wrapping its head around it.
"Look at how arrogant you are! In the past, only the master and his wife could use these things! If it weren't for Xiao Xue's help, where would you get cow bones and horsetails?" Diao snatched the toothbrush in a bad mood, rinsed it clean, and carefully placed it high up. She turned around and said, "Keep an eye on those two beasts. Don't let them run around. Last time, they almost knocked over a box of tooth powder of mine..."
Chen Chunxing blinked, then patted his face a few times, finally coming to his senses. He said casually, "If you don't have cow bones and horsetails, you can use bamboo boards and pig hair instead. If you don't mind the low profit and the difficulty in collecting raw materials, you can find some people to make a batch and take it away. Maybe you can make a few more."
In fact, toothbrushes have existed in ancient times. They used willow branches, but it was just for the sake of cost-effectiveness. In big cities like the capital, there were shops specializing in selling such items.
If we talk about rare things, tooth powder is the one.
Ordinary people mostly use salt, and even the rich at most rinse their mouths with strong tea. The tooth powder prepared by the Shen family is mixed with herbs such as honeysuckle, which is extremely rare.
But who knows what's going on in their village, even though there aren't many other things, there are many people who can identify medicinal herbs.
After all, Shen Zhixia's teaching was not in vain. Now, whenever everyone leaves the village, they will pick any familiar herbs they see on the road and send them all to Doctor Chang's hospital.
Even a fool knows which is more important: temporary wealth or lifelong peace.
Diao naturally wouldn't think it was too little, and she believed that her fellow villagers wouldn't either.
My granddaughter is right about what she said: you can make a lot of money from small businesses!
I am not an imperial merchant, so how can I expect to become rich in one go?
It’s always right to add up a little.
She made note of this, prepared to have breakfast, and then went to discuss raising livestock with the villagers.
Pig hair can be used to make toothbrushes, duck down is warmer than cotton, and even wool, my granddaughter can find a way to spin it into yarn and weave it into a sweater!
Summer is coming soon, but can winter be far behind? This year, everyone must have a good year.
Thinking of this, the old lady couldn't help but feel anxious. She called out twice, but failed to call out the third child who was squatting in the toilet. She had no choice but to hand the shovel to Zhixia and prepare to go to the opposite side to check by herself.
"Don't bother! I'll go!" Chen Chunxing waved his hand and rushed out the door first.
I don’t know what’s going on with those four ghosts. It’s broad daylight, so don’t scare the old lady.
She didn't sleep well last night!
There was always a faint sound of scolding in my ears.
At first, one person was cursing, and the other was talking back. Then someone seemed to try to stop the fight, and it turned into a melee...
The noise of various dialects made her head hurt.
When he arrived in front of Doctor Chang's yard, he saw that the door was ajar. Chen Chunxing kicked it open and sneered at the inside.
Then I just laughed alone.
The yard was empty, not even a ghost was in sight.
The doors of the two rooms were closed.
She couldn't tell who lived in which house, so she simply took out the copper mortar and pestle used to grind medicine.
Knock it once and it makes a "clang" sound.
The little girl walked around the yard and beat the wooden fish, clang, clang, clang, clang, the magical sound pierced the ears.
After a while, someone couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Who is it? Who is doing nothing so early in the morning and coming to disturb my sweet sleep..."
Wang Youcai opened the door in his slippers, staring at his disheveled hair, and saw a little girl looking at him with a smile. He felt a chill for some reason, and hurriedly tightened his coat, muttering to himself.
"Do ghosts also feel the cold?"
Chen Chunxing rolled his eyes and preemptively asked, "Did you have a welcome party last night? My goodness! If I hadn't been the only one who heard it, I'm afraid the whole village would have rushed to the temple to find a high monk to perform a ritual!"
Wang Youcai scratched his messy hair and looked reminiscent.
This person is not awake yet.
What a good idea! The old man slapped his thigh and complained to Chen Chunxing: "Do you think I want to? Why did you let this ancestor out..."
The door of the house diagonally opposite opened with a bang.
"What do you mean by release? So the place I'm in is a prison, and you're just going to watch me suffer in the underworld?"
Niu Chunhua floated out, she had not yet adapted to having a physical body.
That's how we avoided a chaos yesterday, as mortals cannot hear the ghost's voice.
Chen Chunxing said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, hey, don't blame us in the underworld. We won't let a bad ghost go, and we will never hurt a good ghost..."
Niu Chunhua retorted forcefully, "How can being lovesick not be considered suffering? You in the underworld are capable of creating posthumous romances, but why can't you lock two loving hearts together?"
"Were you the ones who sent me to the senior dating corner? I finally found this one, and you let her run away!"
“…”
Chen Chunxing scratched his ears, suspecting that he had misheard.
Wow, is the underworld so extravagant now?
She instantly lost her temper and had no choice but to turn around and criticize Wang Youcai, "I didn't expect you to be such a scumbag?"
"What the hell!" Old Wang pulled at his beard angrily. "Niu, you want me to explain it a few more times before you understand? We missed each other in life, and it's even more impossible for us to be together in life or death!"
"Some things are beyond your control," Niu Chunhua said, looking lost. He smoothed his graying hair and changed the subject. "I heard you opened a new school here?"
When asked, Chen Chunxing said "ah", which was considered as confirmation.
Niu Chunhua walked out the door without giving any room for refusal, "Take me there."
Chen Chunxing uttered another "ah" and hurriedly tried to stop him, "Don't do that. It's broad daylight, and you're going to burn before nightfall... Wait for me to go to the county town. You can wait on the road, and I'll say you're back from Xinqing."
Niu Chunhua then paused, raised his neck slightly, and said with a reserved and noble look on his face: "Don't worry, I will take care of the school from now on. I guarantee that the results will not be worse than those of the other two."
Wang Youcai pinched his nose in pain and squatted down, as if he wanted to solve the problem on the spot.
"Hey hey!" Old Song shouted in the house. He had actually woken up a long time ago, but he was too lazy to get involved in the affairs of those two people, so he hid inside and didn't want to come out.
Chen Chunxing was overjoyed and asked politely, "Your demeanor shows that you are an intellectual. Could you have been a principal or something?"
"That's about right," Niu Chunhua straightened his clothes with a serious expression, "I used to run a nursery in the countryside."
“…”
Chen Chunxing smacked his lips, and his profession was quite suitable.
Niu Chunhua glanced at her and added, "The overall environment was chaotic at the time, and education suffered a significant impact. It was an honor for my generation to be able to preserve some sparks of hope for the country."
Chen Chunxing stood in awe.
No matter how arrogant the old lady behaves, once she shows her work experience, no one can find fault with her.
She grabbed Niu Chunhua's hand and shook it again and again: "So I will entrust all the children in the village to Granny Niu. Whatever you need, I can get it for you, just a little!"
Niu Chunhua's face turned serious, and a sense of mission arose spontaneously. He said seriously: "Please speak!"
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