Selena slept until midnight, then got up and took another comfortable hot bath, and then she seemed to be alive again. Maria thought it was because her daugther was tired these two days and didn't ask any more questions. They rummaged through the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers that were drying outside, and the mother and daughter sat by the bed talking and making sachets. Because the sachets with the scent of flowers that Selena made with flowers were particularly popular, Selena asked her father to buy some fine cotton and gauze with nice colors from the cloth shop.
Sachets are not as labor-intensive as weaving lace, and they are easy to sew. They can also earn some income by making some and selling them. Moreover, the well-scented sachets are especially popular with young girls and wives. The fine cotton and gauze material carries the fragrance of osmanthus. The sachets sold for 15-20 copper coins could be bought. Although it is expensive per foot fabric, if they spread it out and save it, they can make about twenty sachets, and they can probably earn half the fabric money.
Although Selena had left her embroidery skills behind for too long in her previous life, she had learned it from Maria for many years, so it was not that unfamiliar to pick up needlework again. Maria also felt gratified when she saw her daughter mastering the skillful needlework. Although her daughter was born in a peasant family, she was good-looking. If she was good at embroidery, she would not have to worry about marrying into a good family in the future. Then she enthusiastically teached her daugther.
When talking about the cow raised by Leo's family, it finally gave birth to milk a few days ago. Selena's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. The cow that keep producing milk was a rare thing at this region. Before, there was no one specially used to produce milk in the country Seuropaste. Later, someone quietly brought a few cows from Norpaste, and then they gave birth to calves with their own cows for takeout. Gradually, more people raised them, and Leo's family spent a year's wages to buy such a cow. The heifer is expected to replenish the body of his family's.
The peasants didn't quite recognize the benefits of the milk, but Selena knew it was a good thing. In her previous life, when she was the Earl's lover, she heard that the Earl had cows raised in his villa. The earl's mother could drink a bowl of fresh milk every day. She was in her sixties and her skin was very good and no had physical problems. She looked like she was in her forties.
Unfortunately, this kind of dairy cows cannot work in the fields, so there are not as many as cattle, and the amount of milk they produce is not very large. Selena only drank it for a short time of the five years she was lover. It tastes not bad, but it has the smell of sandalwood, which is really unbearable for those who are not used to it.
So Selena begged Maria if she could go to Leo's house every day and buy some. She persuaded Maria and said, "I heard that this stuff is very nourishing for the body. Dad is so tired every day. Drinking some of this is good for your health. And if women drink some, it can also whiten their skin."
Maria was also somewhat tempted. Recently, they just sold four boxes of rouge in the past two days and made a profit of 2 silver coins. Although they have not collected enough money to build a house, they still have enough money to drink some milk.
After thinking about it, she went to Leo's house around noon. When she came back, she had a jar with some milk in her hand. When she put the jar in the kitchen, she couldn't help but muttered: "This thing taste bad, not only is it troublesome to get, but it is also so expensive. I heard from Leo's wife Lucia that selling it to a wealthy family cost fifteen copper coins a bowl. If your father hadn't helped her sell a lot of lace, it wouldn't have been so cheap. And that little The cow had just given birth, and could only milk half a bucket a day. When I went there, Lucia had just finished milking, so she gave a small half a jar and only charged ten copper coins. If you think about it, ten copper coins a day, a month, it needs three hundred copper coins..." In the past, this was unthinkable.
In the past, a family of three would not be willing to spend even one copper coin. More than one hundred copper coins had to be used carefully for a month. Now, just the milk will cost three hundred copper coins. It makes me feel heartache just thinking about it.
Selena pursed her lips and smiled and said: "Momy, our family's life will get better and better in the future. Maybe we will be rich in a few years. In the future, we will have land, land and shops, and mom will no longer have to worry about this little money."
This sentence made half of Maria's heartache disappear. Think about it, in addition to the family expenses and the pension money for the stepmother, they would have at least about 20 silver coins left in a month, and three hundred copper coins was nothing. Besides, these Most of the money was earned by their daughter, so the rest of her heartache disappeared when she thought about it.
After saying a few words, Maria quickly took the milk and poured it into the pot to boil. It was almost noon, so that Jose could eat when he came back. Milk must be boiled before it can be drunk, this is what Lulcia said. Selena took the watermelon her father bought yesterday, hung it in the well and chilled it. Her father must have been covered in sweat when he came back, and eating a piece of watermelon will make it much cooler.
When he heard that she bought Leo's milk, Jose put down his burden and didn't say anything, but he seemed not used to the taste after drinking it. Selena smiled and said, "Dad, I heard that adding a spoonful of sesame powder to cooked milk can make it better. It will be very fragrant, I will grind some in the afternoon."
Jose knew that some wealthy people liked to drink this, and would put some sesame powder before drinking to cover up the taste, so he nodded. Maria almost closed her eyes and drank it in one breath. She felt that drinking this thing was really painful, but when she thought that it cost 10 coins, she felt that she couldn't waste it. But Selena lowered her head and swallowed slowly, mouth full of familiar milk. Although the taste is not good, it is worth it if you think that your body will be stronger in the future.
She had heard someone say before that for growing girls, drinking more of this stuff would have a slight breast enlargement effect. Thinking of this, Selena lowered her head and glanced at her breasts, which were only rising slightly at the moment. Although she knew that she would also have breast would grow in the future, but what woman doesn't wish she could be plumper.
There were four bowls of milk in total. After drinking one bowl, Jose and Maria said they didn't want to drink any more and left the rest for their daughter. After washing the dishes, Selena secretly put the bowl of milk into a small jar. While Maria was taking a nap in the room, she put warm cattail root concoction and a bowl of blood-replenishing red grass juice into the bamboo basket. Red grass fruits are everywhere. There are red fruits smaller than fingernails near her fence. Selena picked them, pounded them into red juice, put them into a small jar, and then put some rice paste before heading up the mountain.
The cave was much cooler than outside. Lucio was still lying flat on the stone slab as motionless as last night, but his expression seemed less painful than last night. Selena reached out and took off the cloth covering his forehead to test the temperature. It was not as hot as last night, but it was still a little hot, but this was normal. Such a serious injury could not heal in a day.
Then he stretched out his hand and pinched his mouth, first fed him a few spoonfuls of rice cereal, and then a few mouthfuls of milk. Then he washed down the red grass fruit and cattail root concoction. He probably drank the concoction a little too quickly. Lucio seemed to have some reaction. After first coughing up some juice, the hand on the stone slab suddenly raised and firmly grasped her wrist holding the spoon.