Soon, everyone finished their breakfast.
At this moment, the sky began to brighten.
The Jiang family members began to carry baskets on their backs, or take sickles or wood-chopping knives, and happily left their home.
Even Old Man Jiang and Old Woman Jiang went out to help cut mugwort on the hillside.
Soon, only Jiang Wanwan and Jiang Xun remained in the courtyard.
Jiang Xun looked at Jiang Wanwan, "Wanwan, what should we do now? Should we grind the mugwort and charcoal into powder?"
Jiang Wanwan shook her head and asked, "Go up the mountain and cut two bamboo stalks. One stalk only needs to be about the size of two fingers held together, and the other about the size of one finger. Remember, the bamboo nodes shouldn't be too close together; the greater the distance between the nodes, the better."
She planned to use two bamboo poles to make a shape similar to a syringe.
Since the shape and size of hand-cut mosquito coils are unpredictable, perhaps squeezing them directly from bamboo would solve the problem of coil shape.
Jiang Xun didn't ask any more questions and just followed Jiang Wanwan's instructions. "Okay, you wait here, I'll be right back."
After saying that, Jiang Xun went into the kitchen, grabbed a sharp wood-chopping knife, and rushed out the door.
Jiang Wanwan didn't stay idle either; she turned around and went back to her room.
She opened the floating panel in front of her, switched the page to the online store, and then typed "mosquito coils" into the search bar. Instantly, the entire page displayed mosquito coils of different scents.
The mosquito coils from a certain brand are very cheap; you can buy a large bucket for just ten yuan, and each bucket contains 40 coils.
There are many types of mosquito coils, such as mugwort, osmanthus, rose, jasmine, sandalwood, and mint.
She only chose to buy one mosquito coil with an osmanthus scent.
The fragrance of osmanthus is wonderful, and I believe many young ladies and wives will love it.
She plans to buy several different scents of mosquito coils and make several different types of mosquito coils after the experiment is successful, so that grocery stores and spice shops can choose from them.
Jiang Wanwan bought two large tubs of mosquito coils in one go, choosing to remove the packaging and keep only the coils.
In an instant, she found herself holding 80 coils of mosquito coils in her arms.
Then she bought a cloth bag at the mall and put all the mosquito coils into the bag.
Next, Jiang Wanwan bought 20 jin of dried tangerine peel powder and realgar powder, 50 jin of charcoal, and 11 jin of elm wood glutinous powder from the mall. She still had 10 jin left, so she only bought 20 jin from the mall.
As for mugwort, she didn't buy it.
Modern people pay attention to health preservation, so mugwort is relatively expensive, far more expensive than it was in ancient times.
The mugwort in the mall is quite expensive, costing six or seven yuan per kilogram, while in ancient times it was practically dirt cheap, costing only one coin per kilogram.
She bought ten catties of mugwort from the town's pharmacy last time, and now she has nine catties left. She plans to use the mugwort to make mosquito coils first, and then go to town again in the afternoon to buy some more.
Although the Jiang family had already gone up the mountain to cut mugwort, it would still take three or four days to dry it, and she was getting impatient.
The online store is very considerate; you can choose the packaging method for the bulk items you purchase, including plastic bags, cloth bags, and even oil paper packaging.
Jiang Wanwan chose to have it packaged in a cloth bag.
She put all the things she had just bought into a basket and dragged it from the room to the yard.
Jiang Xun hadn't returned from cutting bamboo yet, so Jiang Wanwan took advantage of the moment to throw the mosquito coils she had bought, along with the cloth bag, into the stone mortar and pounded them up with both hands, gripping the wooden stick tightly.
She quickly crushed the mosquito coils completely.
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