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Chapter 108: Starting a Brothel

The two returned home and went to the backyard.

The cave house has been formed, and now Grandpa Chen is leading them to repair it and perfect the details.

"Dad, is this okay?" The two of them didn't know what was okay, they just thought that the cave was big and flat, which was very good.

"Not yet. After we finish repairing it, we have to test fire a kiln. One is to see if the smoke outlet is OK, and the other is to see if the kiln is stable. Firing a kiln can also determine the shape."

The two nodded in understanding.

There were a lot of people here, and the two of them couldn't help much, so they could only go back to the front yard to prepare lunch. Hearing what the old man said, it might take most of the day.

The weather is still very hot today, so Zheng Yuan plans to make cold noodles and ice jelly.

But the ice couldn’t be taken out, so Duan Minmin took a bucket to fetch some well water to chill it.

Today there is plenty of time, and Zheng Yuan made the cold noodles today even more successfully than last time. By the way, he also tore off a small piece of noodles to use as a starter for making pasta next time.

Of course, other people couldn’t tell any difference in the cold noodles, but the children still enjoyed it very much. Grandpa Chen and Chen Jiadong were even more amazed when they ate the cold noodles for the first time.

Zheng Yuan also made an extra pot and asked Sizhu to deliver it to Old Lady Chen and the others.

They had become accustomed to Zheng Yuan feeding them from time to time, so they took the cold noodles and picked a basket of vegetables for Sizhu to take back.

After lunch, Mr. Chen and Chen Jiadong said they wanted to take the boys up the mountain to cut trees, and Mr. Jiang also insisted on going with them.

It is better to use hard wood such as Castanopsis glauca and Quercus acutissima for charcoal making. The charcoal produced is hard, not easy to fall apart and durable.

It is also best to use wet wood for charcoal making, so that the carbonization is more uniform, and the charcoal produced is denser and more durable.

After they went up the mountain, Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin went there with the girls again. The girls' clothes were almost finished, and now they just needed to tidy up the edges and cut the threads.

Duan Minmin picked up her own set of clothes and gestured: "Yuanbao, do you think this one looks good?"

She specifically asked Mei'er to embroider a small flower on the hem of her clothes, which made the blue fabric look a lot brighter.

Just as she was feeling proud of herself, Duan Minmin's expression suddenly changed. She dropped her clothes and ran out pulling Zheng Yuan.

Zheng Yuan naturally noticed that her face looked strange, so he walked out and asked, "Amin, what's wrong with you? Why did your face change so suddenly?"

Duan Minmin said nothing. She dragged Zheng Yuan to the backyard before speaking: "Yuanbao, I think I'm having my period."

"Ah?" Zheng Yuan was also stunned.

Duan Minmin let go of Zheng Yuan's hand and walked straight to the toilet. After a while, she came out with a bitter face.

"It's really here. Damn it. I thought we both had menopause eight hundred years ago. This period came too suddenly. Yuanbao, do you feel anything?"

Zheng Yuan touched her belly and thought for a moment: "I didn't feel anything, but in my memory, this body hasn't had its period for at least a year."

"Mine isn't that yet, it's been going on for more than a year. A few days ago I thought I finally wouldn't have to suffer from my period, but within a few days she came again. What a sin I've committed." Duan Minmin squatted on the ground dejectedly. The hormones brought by the sudden period quickly affected her mood.

"I think we were careless. After all, these two women are not even forty years old, so how could they possibly go through menopause? I guess the food was too bad before we came, and they were malnourished, so their period didn't come. Or maybe they didn't pay much attention to it because it came less. Now they eat more and better, and their nutrition is up, so their period naturally comes on time."

Duan Minmin was very angry: "This is a good meal, but it was eaten wrong."

Zheng Yuan patted her head soothingly: "Don't worry if you pat your head. Did you just check if the amount is large?"

"The first day's flow wasn't heavy, just a little bit came just now. Luckily we both wore small chamomile shoes, otherwise it would have flowed down our legs. The new chamomile shoes I just put on died just like that."

"Change your clothes and I'll wash them for you later. You've died in battle. Luckily, they made two sets of clothes for you. Go back and lie down first. I'll make you a bowl of brown sugar water. You can't use the ash menstrual belt they used to use. Bring some cotton cloth and ask Mei'er to sew one for you and stuff some cotton in it for temporary use."

Zheng Yuan pulled Duan Minmin to the room, tucked her in, and hurried over to boil brown sugar water.

After the brown sugar water was boiled, Zheng Yuan hurried to the room to look for it. There was still a lot of cotton cloth left from making small clothes. Zheng Yuan thought about it and took it all. The two of them plus the girls would use a lot. Ku Chazi would make a few more sets when she had time. It seemed that she had to buy some cotton cloth back.

However, Zheng Yuan searched the whole room but couldn't find the cotton. This family hadn't made cotton clothes for many years. Zheng Yuan had no choice but to cut open the cotton clothes and take out some cotton wool to make do with it. When Ah Gui came to deliver the vegetables today, he would ask him to bring a few kilograms of cotton tomorrow.

Duan Minmin had already fallen asleep when Zheng Yuan brought the brown sugar water over. He gently woke her up and asked her to drink it before going back to sleep.

She then took the cotton cloth and gave it to Mei'er, asking her to sew a menstrual belt first. The girls were very anxious when they heard that their mother was not feeling well, and the menstrual belt was simple, so they made it quickly.

When the children followed Zheng Yuan in, Duan Minmin was leaning on the pillow and rubbing her belly.

"Mom, does your stomach hurt?" Xing'er sat on the bed and looked at Duan Minmin worriedly.

Xing'er was only thirteen years old and had not yet had her period, but she had seen Tao'er and Mei'er sometimes unable to get out of bed due to the pain during their periods, so she was naturally worried when she saw her mother lying in bed.

"Mom, I'm fine. Your aunt made me some brown sugar water and I drank a lot." Duan Minmin pinched the hands of several girls to show that she was fine.

"Let's go out first and change your mother's dirty pants."

Zheng Yuan took a few girls out of the room and asked them to go to the main room to continue making the menstrual belt. This thing still needs to be made as soon as possible. It feels like she will be done soon. There are so many girls. Now that the family has the conditions, the plant ash can no longer be used.

She went out with a backpack on her back. The children were all busy today, so the task of finding pig grass fell on her.

When I came back with a basket of pig feed, Grandpa Chen and his companions had already returned with wood.

Zheng Yuan put down the pig feed and went to the backyard. She had to learn how to use this brothel.

Old man Chen directed Chen Jiadong to stack the firewood neatly from inside the cave to outside, and then used dry firewood to form a circle on the outermost layer, and then began to seal the cave, leaving an observation hole. Finally, he started the fire from the ignition hole, and when he saw the smoke coming out of the smoke outlet, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, and the cave was considered half successful.

Burning charcoal takes a long time and one has to stand by all the time to observe the degree of burning of the wood. Zheng Yuan told Dashu and Erhe to learn from the old man, while she went to carry back the remaining pig grass.

After carrying the pig feed, Agui also brought over the vegetables. Zheng Yuan started to prepare lunch, and Taoer also came to help.

With Tao'er, Zheng Yuan was able to completely free her hands. Tao'er was quick to understand and interested, so Zheng Yuan only needed to move her mouth and Tao'er would do what she wanted.

By dinner time, the smoke from the smoke outlet had turned green, indicating that the wood had been completely burned through and the kiln could be sealed. Mr. Chen personally sealed all the holes, and the next step was to seal the kiln and wait for it to cool down.

It will probably take a day or two.