Chapter 514: Full of Sense of Accomplishment
Making soap is one of the essential skills for a time-traveling woman. As a member of the time-traveling army, she has to do it as well, right?
However, now that I have the method of making soap, I will not talk about making money from it for now. I should make it first so that it will be more convenient for me to use it in daily life.
As Zhuang Qingning thought about it, he began to enthusiastically prepare the ingredients for making soap according to the recipe.
But as soon as I looked up, I saw the sole of the shoe that had just made some progress on the table beside me...
The task was arduous, and it seemed that he had to solve them one by one. Zhuang Qingning picked up the sole and the big needle, and decided not to be the monkey who broke the sticks. He wanted to complete the task of sewing the soles that he had just become familiar with first.
So, in the afterglow of the setting sun, Zhuang Qingning basked in the warm sunshine and continued to insert and remove needles, a mechanical task.
Even when it was dark and after dinner, Zhuang Qingning continued to sew for a while under the candlelight. Before going to bed, he had completed almost half of the sole of a shoe.
Moreover, although the stitches here are not as neat and beautiful as those made by He, they are not messy because they were marked with rouge early on.
Overall, it is...
satisfy!
A full sense of accomplishment! When Zhuang Qingning got up the next day, he had a smile on his face. After breakfast, he even sewed the soles of shoes for a while before going out to the county town.
The purpose was to buy some lard and other things necessary for making soap, and the other was to talk to Ding Gaochang about Shang Chengen and the noodle workshop.
Lard is naturally not difficult to buy. As the year draws to a close, many people slaughter pigs, buy meat, and naturally more people make lard.
However, there is a lot of lard, and because it is the end of the year, many families are reluctant to eat too much meat, so they buy some lard and put some of it in the cooking at home, as if they are eating pork. Because of this, quite a few people buy lard.
So when Zhuang Qingning went to buy it, this was the last can of lard.
After paying the money and getting the things, Zhuang Qingning was glad that he had arrived early. He bought some cakes and other things and went to the county government office.
The runner on duty at the gate of the county government recognized Zhuang Qingning. He saw him from a distance and ran over to greet him, "Manager Zhuang, you haven't been here for a while. Have you been very busy recently?"
"Every workshop is busy at the end of the year. It's really busy." Zhuang Qingning smiled and handed over the square cake in his hand. "When I came here just now, I saw the newly made jujube flower cake in the cake shop, so I brought some for you. I bought a lot, you can take it and share it among you."
"Thank you, Manager Zhuang." The yamen runner accepted it happily.
It's no wonder that everyone in the government office likes Manager Zhuang. He is capable, courageous, and smart, but he is also always friendly and polite to them, and even cares about their food. Who wouldn't like such a person? "Is Lord Ding in the government office today? I want to talk to Lord Ding about something." Zhuang Qingning said.
"Unfortunately, Lord Ding is out investigating a case." The yamen runner said a little embarrassedly, "It's still the case in Majiazhuang. There has been no clue yet. Lord Ding is also very anxious. Today, he took away most of the people in the yamen. Shi Bao, Shen Quan, Zhang Lin, all went."
Zhuang Qingning had heard about the Majiazhuang case several times before from Shi Bao and others.
Ding Gaochang took the tragic case of the annihilation of an entire family very seriously, and with such a large number of deaths, he estimated that his superiors also took it very seriously and would definitely order him to solve the case within a time limit.
In this case, I'm afraid Ding Gaochang will have no time to take care of other things.
As for the noodle workshop, although there hasn't been much practical progress before the New Year, if everything is settled early, we can make preparations early. If we delay it until after the New Year, it will still be a little late.
Zhuang Qingning frowned and began to think about how to deal with this matter.
"If Manager Zhuang has something to say, can you let me pass a message to Lord Ding?" The yamen runner saw that Zhuang Qingning's brows were furrowed, as if there was something important, so he said, "If it's a very troublesome matter, I'm afraid I can't express it verbally, so if I can't, please write it down. When Lord Ding comes back, I'll pass it on to Lord Ding."
There are many things that a yamen runner like him might not know. Delivering a message can not only help Zhuang Qingning, but also avoid suspicion and clarify the whole matter. It is the most appropriate solution.
Zhuang Qingning thought this was a good idea, so he nodded, went to a nearby shop, spent some money, wrote a letter, roughly described the whole incident, sealed it in an envelope, and handed it to the yamen runner.
"Manager Zhuang, you are too polite. It's my duty." The yamen runner stuffed the letter into his arms. "Manager Zhuang, rest assured. I will definitely deliver the letter."
"Thank you very much." Zhuang Qingning said with a smile. After chatting for a few words, he left the county government office and went home.
After returning home, he continued to be busy sewing shoe soles, and even for lunch he simply ate a few bites of a few cakes he brought back from the county town.
With the attitude of never giving up until a task is completed, Zhuang Qingning worked hard for two whole days and finally finished a pair of soles.
Zhuang Qingning looked at the shoe soles that were densely covered with stitches and were relatively smooth, and felt a great sense of accomplishment. Even the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the daily task of sewing a pair of soles by hand. Based on the comprehensive evaluation of the speed and quality of the host's completion of the task, the host can obtain 113 diligence points. ]
good.
The basic diligence value is 99, and now it has reached 113, which has basically reached the best level and added 15% diligence value.
Zhuang Qingning became more and more satisfied. He put the shoe sole away temporarily, waiting to return it to He when he had time, and then started to prepare dinner.
Seeing this, Zhuang Qingsui put down the pen in his hand and came to help Zhuang Qingning to make a fire.
"Have you finished writing today?"
As the year was coming to an end, Fan Wenxuan gave a few little ones a holiday and asked them to review the articles and words they had learned in the past. He then gave them some new articles and asked them to read them first and then write down their own thoughts and experiences.
It's a bit like assigning winter homework during the winter vacation.
"I've finished writing. I've already read most of what I'm going to review tomorrow." Zhuang Qingsui nodded excitedly, and then continued, "Just now I saw that there seemed to be lard in the jar over there. Are you planning to have stew in the evening?"
Add some lard to the stew, and it will become more fragrant as it stews.
When Zhuang Qingsui was hungry in the past, what she missed most was this lard stew. It was so delicious that she drooled. Even though her life is better now and she has no shortage of chicken, duck, fish and meat, Zhuang Qingsui still misses this delicious lard stew.
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