Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 667
When Zhu Xiuyuan was walking on the road, he was thinking about all aspects of boiling salt. When everyone arrived, he had a simple schedule in his mind.

"To boil salt, in addition to sea water, you also need pots and firewood."

The three of them stood still on the tidal flat. Zhu Xiuyuan looked at the two women, like teachers giving a lecture, explaining, or sorting out the regulations.

"Uh-huh!"

The two women nodded repeatedly, with very serious expressions. Two pairs of eyes, four big eyes, were all staring at him.

And the two women are still eager to try, obviously, they have secretly started a battle for favor.

"Behind us is seawater, which can be said to be inexhaustible, and we also have more efficient saturated brine!" Zhu Xiuyuan added.

"Uh-huh!"

The two women continued to nod, and in unison, they both took a small step closer to Zhu Xiuyuan.

There is an idea of ​​"taking the first step to snatch Zhu Xiuyuan, or preventing the other party from snatching Zhu Xiuyuan".

As for what Zhu Xiuyuan said, the "saturated brine" and the like, the two women are actually not very clear about what it is?
But that doesn't matter anymore.

"As for pots, we have this copper basin. Although it's not as big as a big iron pot, it's barely enough for the limited conditions." Zhu Xiuyuan did not notice the secret moves of the two women.

"Uh-huh!"

The two girls continued to nod, and together they took another small step closer to Zhu Xiuyuan.

"Now we are short of firewood! So now, there are two tasks. The first one is to stay with me and dig a big pit here to gather more brine for cooking."

"The second task is to find firewood, which will be used for cooking brine later! Between you two, who wants to stay, and who wants to go find firewood?"

"Hmmmm... eh?"

The two women were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Me! I'll stay and dig the hole!"

Before Zhu Xiuyuan could react, the two women had glanced at each other, then turned around and faced each other, staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes, leaving Zhu Xiuyuan aside.

"Kou Wanwan, you are younger. If you want to be obedient, go find Chaihe!" Dong Shuzhen said in a commanding tone.

"Madam, my family has just recovered. It will be very inconvenient if I go to find firewood alone..." Kou Wanwan pretended to be pitiful again.

"Since you haven't recovered enough, then go back and keep lying down. I'll be the only one to assist you!" Dong Shuzhen took advantage of every opportunity.

"lady……"

Next to him, Zhu Xiuyuan kept grinning. They...they started arguing again. Oh my god!
Zhu Xiuyuan always felt like his scalp was numb. He seemed to have seen what would happen later: the two women started fighting...

"shut up!"

They couldn't let them quarrel anymore. Zhu Xiuyuan had no choice but to interrupt the two women.

However, because Zhu Xiuyuan felt guilty and did not stop the two women, they seemed a little out of breath and their voices were trembling slightly.

However, when he yelled, the two women shut up at the same time and turned around to look at him.

Unexpectedly, they all stopped arguing.

Zhu Xiuyuan was stunned. Is the effect so good?
Are they so obedient?

Some things shouldn’t be done!

"Ahem...well, that..." Zhu Xiuyuan was a little at a loss. He was unsure, but now was the critical moment. He couldn't be timid, so he shamelessly and boldly cursed: "Why are you making a noise? It makes me feel so noisy." I’m bored, is this interesting?”

After he finished scolding, Zhu Xiuyuan carefully observed the expressions of the two women.

It would be too embarrassing if the two women ignored him and continued to argue.

Fortunately, after he scolded them, the two women lowered their heads, looking slightly embarrassed.

This is... bowing my head and admitting my mistake!Zhu Xiuyuan felt reassured and couldn't help but feel excited and puffed up his chest.

"Aren't they just two simple tasks? What's there to argue about? You... just guess the game. The one who wins can stay and dig holes." Zhu Xiuyuan said.

The two women looked up blankly, then looked at each other, their eyes became clear, and then they reached a mutual decision in an instant: let's decide on the guessing game.

As a result, the two women took action quickly.

Zhu Xiuyuan's eyesight blurred. Before he could see clearly what punches they had thrown, Kou Wanwan screamed: "Sir, I want to stay..."

Zhu Xiuyuan grinned slightly. He knew that Kou Wanwan should have lost the guessing game between the two women.

"I would like to admit defeat, go find firewood, hurry up, don't delay your husband's important event!" Dong Shuzhen, as the winner, was naturally proud and urged there.

At the same time, Dong Shuzhen took the first step and took the rusty shovel in her hand, then took a step back, as if she was afraid that Kou Wanwan would snatch it away.

Kou Wanwan held her tongue, reluctantly left, turned back three times at a step, and finally disappeared, looking for firewood in the distance.

Dong Shuzhen's face was full of joy, full of motivation, she didn't need Zhu Xiuyuan to do anything, she dug a big hole in the tidal flat by herself.

If it wasn't for Zhu Xiuyuan's last words to stop her, she would have continued to dig until she dug a big hole the height of a person...

Not long after the big pit was dug, brown brine continued to emerge, and soon a large pool was gathered, which was completely sufficient.

Dong Shuzhen, who was in high spirits, moved rocks again under the command of Zhu Xiuyuan, built a simple earth stove nearby, washed the copper basin and placed it on it.

"Husband, what are you going to do next?" Dong Shuzhen's face turned red, as if she couldn't take any time off.

"Next, I need something." Zhu Xiuyuan smiled.

"what is this?"

"Your dress!"

"Ah!" Dong Shuzhen's face suddenly turned red, she wrung her hands and lowered her head, mumbling speechlessly.

"What are you thinking about!" Zhu Xiuyuan knocked her brains out and said with a smile, "I just need a piece of cloth from your skirt to filter the sediment in the brine."

"Oh..." Dong Shuzhen's face was still very red, covering the place where her head had collapsed.

Fortunately, there was enough fabric used in ancient women's skirts. Zhu Xiuyuan took off two pieces of fabric of different thicknesses, but there was no loss to the overall skirt.

Dong Shuzhen was shy for a while, but soon became lively again. Together with Zhu Xiuyuan, they used the two pieces of cloth to make a simple two-layer "filtration system".

"What's next, husband? Should we start that... filtering now?"

Dong Shuzhen couldn't stay idle, and picked up an earthen jar with both hands, eager to try, wanting to fill the brine pool with water.

"No rush, Miss Kou's firewood hasn't arrived yet, so we just have a rest. We'll also wait for the brine in the pond to settle and filter it later, so there will be less sediment." Zhu Xiuyuan smiled.

After waiting for a while, Kou Wanwan suddenly appeared in the field of vision.

I saw that she was holding a hemp rope in her hand, which was very tight, and tied behind it was a large bundle of firewood, which was about the size of two people holding it together. It was a very big bundle.

Kou Wanwan just dragged the bundle of firewood and ran over quickly with great ease.

In the blink of an eye, she was in front of the temporary earth stove.

"Master Hou, I'm so tired! The whole family is exhausted!"

Kou Wanwan let go of the thick hemp rope, her whole delicate body went limp, and she fell straight onto Zhu Xiuyuan, seemingly exhausted and weak.

"Be careful!" Zhu Xiuyuan subconsciously hugged him.

"Kou Wanwan, that's enough!" Dong Shuzhen's hair stood on end, she rushed over with a whoosh, took Kou Wanwan's arm, and pulled her out of Zhu Xiuyuan's arms with a strong force.

(End of this chapter)