When Grandma Cheng heard that Yun needed her help, she was very happy, which meant that Yun was not a stranger to her.
"What's wrong?"
"That's how it is. Grandma knows that there's no separate place to take a bath at home, which is always inconvenient. Plus, it'll start getting cold in a couple of months, so I was thinking of asking my sixth grandfather to make me a bath tub. When it gets cold, I can take a bath in the room. The room is very warm because of the heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed), so I don't have to worry about catching a cold while taking a bath."
Actually, there seems to be an old one at home, which Yunxi and her grandmother used to use together. However, after the peach tree spirit entered her body, it would feel a bit awkward to continue using it, so she decided to just give up on it.
Making a bathtub doesn't cost much, so it's better to make a new one. At least you'll feel more comfortable using it.
"It's nothing serious. When we get back, I'll ask your sixth grandfather to make one for you. It's quick; it'll only take two or three days. Then I'll have your second uncle bring it over to you."
Grandma Cheng readily agreed. Anyway, her husband had some leg problems and it was inconvenient for him to do anything, so he didn't go out much. He could just stay at home and think about his wooden things every day.
Leaving some chores for him makes him happier; at least the old man feels he's useful to the family, not a burden.
"Thank you, Grandma and Sixth Grandpa. How much does a bathtub cost? Grandma, please don't say it's free. If it's free, I won't take it."
Grandma Cheng, whose face changed as soon as she heard him mention money, quickly tried to appease him.
Even if the timber on the mountain were free, and we could just cut it down and plant saplings later, Grandpa Liu had still done a good deed, so we couldn't let him do it for nothing. I don't have that kind of shamelessness.
Seeing Yunxi like this, Grandma Cheng realized that if she didn't accept the money, Yunxi might actually refuse it.
I'm worried that they won't want what they have here and will have to go to the market to buy it, which will cost them more money.
"You silly girl, why are you being so polite with your grandma? Never mind, just give her a dollar. The wood on the mountain isn't worth much anyway, so just give her a little bit as a fee for your sixth grandpa's work. Don't refuse again, or grandma will get angry."
One yuan is really cheap. It's quite a bargain to spend only one yuan on such a big bathtub. It's a special consideration for Yunxi, making her feel a little embarrassed.
"Okay, then thank you Grandma and Sixth Grandpa."
He pretended to take a dollar out of his pocket and handed it to Grandma Cheng, saying, "I happen to have some money on me right now, so I'll give it to you first. After the bath tub is finished, I'll need to trouble Second Uncle to help deliver it."
Seeing Yunxi's anxious expression, Grandma Cheng looked helpless and put the money away.
"There's no need to rush. I'll accept it and just wait at home."
After chatting for a few more minutes, seeing that it was getting late, Yunxi quickly left.
Pretending to go up the mountain to collect kudzu roots, when no one was looking, I turned a corner on the mountain, went down the mountain from another place, and then headed home.
When we get back, we need to take some kudzu root and put it in the empty room in the left wing, just to make it look like we're doing something.
After returning home, I checked the herbs and kudzu root powder that were drying outside. The kudzu root powder was almost dry and could be stored away.
I found two flour sacks in the storage room. They used to be used to store flour, and after I cleaned them, I kept them there.
Now is the perfect time to use them to store kudzu root powder. Two flour bags, each can hold about 50 jin (25 catties).
All the kudzu root powder weighs about 80 or 90 pounds, which is more than enough for two bags.
When packing the kudzu root, I put a little out in a separate bowl, intending to make a bowl of it later and taste it.
The rest were all stored in the space; there was simply too much. Adding the kudzu roots that hadn't been touched yet, it felt like enough to last a very, very long time.
I also gathered up all the medicinal herbs on the side; they were already dried. If I left them to dry in the sun any longer, they would become too dry and lose their weight.
In addition, given the current condition, the medicine is at its most effective; if we continue to expose it to the sun, I feel that the medicine will lose its effectiveness.
After collecting everything that had been drying in the yard and making sure there was nothing left in the yard, I grabbed a stool and sat down under the eaves.
When I have nothing to do, I like to sit quietly and enjoy the feeling of peace.
Because I ate lunch too late, I still don't feel hungry.
I suddenly remembered the soybeans I harvested a couple of nights ago. They've been sitting in my storage space, and I haven't taken them out to dry yet.
Quickly close your eyes, use your mental energy to enter the space, separate all the soybeans from their husks, throw the sprouts far away, and what's left are the soybeans.
Because soybeans and corn are planted alternately, even though there are only three-tenths of an acre of soybeans, the actual number is indeed quite large.
I packed the soybeans from the space into six burlap sacks, then took them out of the space to dry in the yard the next day.
Yunxi roughly weighed the soybeans and estimated that they weighed about 500 jin (250 kg).
Isn't that a bit too much?
I don't think I've applied a lot of fertilizer.
I don't feel like I took very good care of her.
How come the soybeans grown here weigh so much?
However, having more is better than having none. With these 500-plus kilograms of soybeans, it will be enough for me to use for a long time.
If we focused solely on making tofu, we wouldn't be able to finish it all in a year.
Of course, if it's for pressing oil, it would be quite good if more than 500 kilograms of soybeans could be pressed into 50 kilograms.
I figured I didn't need any oil in the space right now, so I'll just put it away after it dries. Maybe I can grow some more in other places?
When the oil in the space runs out, we can take a larger amount at once to press more oil, thus saving time.
However, Yunxi had an idea in her mind: she wanted to try to squeeze out the soybean oil using spatial compression within the space.
If possible, it wouldn't be so troublesome, since taking out so many soybeans all at once would be quite conspicuous.
If it can be done in the space, then of course it's done in the space, how easy is that!
Put all the soybeans in the second room of the left wing, and also take out some kudzu root from the space. This room will be used to store these things from now on.
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