Rebirth of the Evil Stepmother and the Four Villainous Children

As for the needed molds, there was a carpenter in the village who sent her a set of molds on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

The mold is made of a wooden board with round holes the size of a little finger dug out one by one. After the meatballs are poked, you can directly pinch off a piece of dough and put it into the hole to knead it. This way, the size can be controlled to be right, and the meatballs will look good and not look bad.

When people arrived, there were already seven of them standing in the small courtyard and it seemed a bit crowded.

Zhou Rongrong began to instruct everyone about their tasks. Since they were going to sell the pills, Zhou Rongrong decided to change the production process and make them into sweet honey pills. Anyway, the raw cakes were bitter enough, wouldn't it be better if the pills in the mouth were sweeter?

"Wang Feng, Mrs. Du, and Miss Zhou Min will be in charge of boiling the medicine. I have already prepared the herbs for you. Each of you will be in charge of three medicine stoves. Is that okay?"

The three of them are good at doing housework at home. Not to mention three medicine stoves, even adding three more is not a problem.

"no problem."

"Chunhua and Xiaoyue are responsible for kneading the medicine balls, Aunt Zhang is responsible for rubbing the medicine balls, and Granny Wang is responsible for making our lunch. The ingredients for lunch will also be prepared for everyone by then."

Most of the people whose names were called said that it was no problem. Then Granny Wang said, "Rongrong, don't think that I am old and can do things quickly. I can only cook quickly. Let me help Aunt Zhang."

Zhou Rongrong naturally agreed.

After dividing the work, Zhou Rongrong took out the herbs that she and Sanbao had packed and distributed them to the three people in charge of decocting the medicine: "I prepared this medicine. You can't take the residue away after decocting it. Just pour it into the box next to it. You see, this batch of medicine is the same as the ones you usually make at home, but the only difficulty is to boil the medicine into a viscous state. You watch the fire first and I will teach them first."

"Yeah, I understand. It's not difficult." But the medicine was still precious. The three of them did not dare to be careless and followed Zhou Rongrong's instructions, staring at the medicine jars and watching the medicine boil.

Zhou Rongrong looked at it for a while and thought there was no problem, so she went to the pill-poking group to teach Chunhua and Xiaoyue how to make honey. Winter is not over yet, so they used more old honey.

"Sieve the honey to remove all the residues. Then put the filtered honey into the pot and boil it. When the honey starts to bubble up, you can knock off the foam on top and turn off the heat."

Chunhua and Xiaoyue were both a little worried that they might not do a good job. After all, honey is a good thing. They heard that honey costs twelve or thirteen cents a pound in winter. They didn't dare to do anything rash for fear of wasting it.

Chunhua said, "Rongrong, please watch us and make sure we are doing well. I am afraid that your honey will go bad."

Zhou Rongrong naturally had nothing to say: "Okay, I'll watch you do it once."

Although honey is expensive, one pound of honey can make many pills, so Zhou Rongrong watched the two little girls make honey.

The time was still very simple and not difficult. Zhou Rongrong occasionally reminded the two little girls once or twice and they understood it immediately and became a little bolder. Xiaoyue said happily: "I understand, I understand, it's very simple."

Chun Huasheng was afraid that her lively best friend would make the host unhappy, so she nudged her with her elbow. The little girl seemed to realize that she had said the wrong thing and looked at Zhou Rongrong embarrassedly.

Zhou Rongrong didn't think it was a big deal. She gave the two girls a thumbs up and praised them, "Not bad, not bad, very smart."

The two little girls had never received any praise at home, so when the host praised them, their faces turned red.

While teaching the two little girls, Wang Feng and his team had already prepared the medicinal soup.

Wang Feng: "Rongrong, can you come and take a look?"

Zhou Rongrong walked over, took out a spoon, scooped a spoonful of medicine from the medicine jar, looked at the medicine soup, and then said, "Yes, it's like this. You can serve it up and put it in a bowl to cool down."

The three of them moved quickly, used gauze to filter out the medicine soup in a bowl, and squeezed it to make sure not to waste any of it.

Zhou Rongrong yelled at Sanbao who was still preparing medicinal herbs in the kitchen.

"Sanbao, bring out the medicine quickly."

"coming."

Sanbao ran out with his short legs, holding the herbs and handed them to his three sisters.

"Sisters, here you go."

After saying that, she twisted her little body and went back in to weigh the medicinal materials.

Dazhu's wife looked at the child's little figure and couldn't help but sigh: "Rongrong, how did you teach your child to be so sensible?"

Zhou Rongrong looked at the busy little figure of Sanbao in the main room and the two babies who were learning to read with Dabao and said with pride.

"They are sensible, and Sanbao likes medicinal herbs. I am still thinking of finding a good master for him, and then I will send Sanbao to study medicine."

Dazhu's wife said, "That's great. He's not like my kid who just plays all day long."

Zhou Rongrong smiled and didn't respond. She touched the bowl and saw that it was almost cold and not too hot.

Then I went to teach Xiaoyue and Chunhua.

“Watch me do it for you.” As he said this, he added a small amount of fine flour into the bowl in small amounts several times. When it was almost done, he added two spoons of sweet honey and stirred it. Just like kneading dough, when it was kneaded into a ball, he could put it aside.

"You see, it's like this. Don't worry about how much flour to add. Just add small amounts and multiple times. It's almost the same as kneading dough at home."

The two girls were familiar with this step, and they also followed Zhou Rongrong's example and began to add the fine flour. However, they were not as free and easy as Zhou Rongrong, and they added it little by little at the beginning, fearing that they would add too much.

Zhou Rongrong breathed a sigh of relief after watching the two girls' actions. This was good. If they added too much at once, it would be really difficult to deal with. She was also a thoughtful girl, and the people Aunt Zhang introduced to her were all very good.

After kneading, it was Aunt Zhang and Mrs. Wang's turn to the last step.

"Aunt, mother-in-law, this step is very simple, just like poking glutinous rice balls, just poke inside the mold."

As she spoke, Zhou Rongrong sprinkled a thin layer of flour on the mold for fear that the mold would get sticky with the pills. She then put a little flour on her hands and began to push the pills into the holes one by one, just like poking the pills into the holes when playing mahjong.

After a while, a dozen medicine balls in a mold were rolled into small round balls of uniform size, and then they were put into the bamboo sieve newly bought by Zhou Rongrong.

Mrs. Wang said: "Leave this to me and your aunt."

After this process, a large bowl or half a bowl of medicinal juice can be made into 22 pills. She calculated the cost price and found that the average price of a set of medicinal materials purchased from wholesalers is only eight cents. If purchased in large quantities, the price can be lowered.

Honey now costs 11 cents in winter, but the dosage each time is two spoonfuls, or two and a half spoonfuls at most. One pound can make twenty sets of medicine, and one set of medicine contains honey, which costs about two cents.

Zhou Rongrong and the people in the village bought fine noodles at six cents per pound. Each time they used only about one or two ounces, which also cost one or two cents.

It turned out that one dose of medicine cost fourteen cents, but one pill cost ten cents for the army and ten cents for the caravan. Minus the daily labor cost of seventy cents, the cost was basically recovered in one or two doses. It was really profitable, but he still had things to do.

According to the time, it is time to take Dabao to Jishidiang in town to see a doctor for his legs, and also to bargain with the drug dealer. If they act quickly, the herbs she bought will be used up in less than three days.

Then he said to everyone, "Everyone sit down first. I'm going to take Dabao to town to have his feet checked. I'd like to trouble you to help me look after the children. I've prepared all the ingredients for cooking in grandma's room and put them in this big pot. You can cook directly when the time comes. If we haven't come back yet, you can eat first. You don't have to wait for us. We will eat in town."

Sibao and Erbao had already become a little impatient with their studies. They combed their ears and listened to their mother say that they were going to town. The two little guys hurried out.

"Mom, let's go too. Let's go too."

After spending some time together, the children are no longer timid when talking about their needs, but are now speaking out directly.

Zhou Rongrong said, "No, no, mother brought your eldest brother here today because of something. I will bring you some cakes when the time comes."

The two little guys' lips are so pouty that you can hang an oil bottle on them.

But mother is busy and they can’t go and mess with her.

He took out all his copper coins and gave them to Zhou Rongrong.

Sibao: "Mom, can you buy me a hairband? I want a hairband with flowers on it."

Erbao: "Mom, can you buy me a bow and arrow?"

Sanbao also came and took out his copper coins: "Mom, can you buy me a book, the kind that teaches me about medicinal herbs?"

Zhou Rongrong was not willing to take the children's money, but looking at the children's bright eyes, Zhou Rongrong still took the money.

She patted the heads of the three babies one by one and said, "Okay, Mommy remembers. You should be good at home and don't run out to play. Erbao, you are the older brother, so you should take good care of your younger brothers and sisters."

Erbao nodded vigorously and said, "I know, Mom. I will definitely keep an eye on them. Then you should go back soon and don't go out to play by yourself."

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard Erbao's childish words.

Aunt Zhang said, "Erbao, your mother is not like you who only knows how to play, hahaha."

Erbao muttered, "I don't play all day. I'm busy. I have to practice martial arts and calligraphy."

Zhou Rongrong packed up and put Dabao in the backpack and went to the village chief's house to borrow a bullock cart. The village chief would definitely agree. His wife was still working in someone else's house, so to be honest, their family was not that short of money.

But my wife said that there was nothing to do and she felt bored just looking at his old face at home, so she decided to go.

Asked: "Is your aunt okay at your house?"

Zhou Rongrong smiled and said, "That's great. Auntie is very efficient and has helped me a lot."

The village chief was relieved and told Zhou Rongrong to be careful on the road.