Lady of the Lord From the East

The next day, Wei Wei woke up early in the morning.

Her work and rest time has become stable in the recent days when there is no nightlife and can't stay up late. Unlike the nobles who do not get up until nearly ten o'clock, she only gets up at six or seven o'clock almost every day.

In view of the fact that there were no clocks in the West at this time, and they could only rely on sundial timekeeping, Wei Wei's accurate grasp of time came from the system's timekeeping.

She once thought about whether to find a way to get a timer such as a pocket watch from the system, but after thinking about it, she gave up.

The maids were accustomed to her getting up early, and not long after she woke up, there was a knock on the door.

Following Wei Wei's answer, Qin and Penny walked in with toiletry tools.

In addition to the usual face wash tools, there are now more toothbrushes and toothpaste.

The handle of this toothbrush was cut by a carpenter. The slender one was flat at one end, and two rows of holes were punched on it. Horsehair, which is softer than pig bristles, was inserted into the holes, and then fixed at the back.

In order to prevent it from depilating, Wei Wei also tried many times before succeeding.

With a toothbrush, toothpaste is of course indispensable. Thanks to the system, Wei Wei, who is proficient in medicine, remembers the formula of tooth powder in traditional Chinese medicine. Unfortunately, the herbs in the formula are not available in Sardinson County, so she turned to the encyclopedia library. From it, I found a recipe invented in ancient Egypt: Grind 1% oz of rock salt and dried iris flowers, 2% oz of mint and 20 peppercorns into powder, and the ground powder will turn into a paste when it hits saliva. This can be said to be the earliest toothpaste.

There are other recipes, but this one is the easiest to make, because peppercorns are very expensive, and it’s okay to use them all the time, but it’s too extravagant to use them all the time, so Wei Wei is planning to take time to learn about Europe after she’s been busy for a while. of herbal medicine to find suitable substitutes.

After all, what she has obtained from the system are all medicines and poisons that are suitable for the East, and the herbs she knows are naturally the types of the East. If she wants to make her medical skills useful in the West, she must first find out what is available here. Herbs that can be used.

I am once again fortunate that I got the encyclopedia library, which is really a treasure trove.

Because the newly made toothpaste was too expensive, Wei Wei gave Felix and Dolores the first batch of toothpaste and toothbrush. Wei Wei bought a handkerchief embroidered by herself.

After brushing her teeth and washing her face, Wei Wei touched her fair and delicate face and felt that in addition to alternative toothpaste, research on skin care products and cosmetics should be put on the agenda earlier.

All kinds of cosmetics and skin care products that are popular among noble women now Wei Wei was prepared for her by the maids when she stayed in Sardinson Castle, but she did not dare to use it at all. She likes to use lead-containing cosmetics for sure. If she doesn't want to poison herself, she'd better not touch it at all.

After finally taking care of herself, Wei Wei put on the cloak, and the veil went downstairs.

At this time, Dolores hadn't woken up yet, and Wei Wei had something to do, so she ate something to fill her stomach first, and turned to ask where the housekeeper was.

Although the butler did not need to wait because Felix was away, he was in charge of the servants of the entire castle and was very busy every day.

Fortunately, when Wei Wei was looking for him, he was just about to come over and tell Wei Wei that all the things that the slaves had collected yesterday had been collected.

"According to your request, it will be placed in the open space outside the castle."

There is a moat outside the castle, and the outer circle was not cultivated for safety. Wei Wei specially asked them to pile the collected weeds and straws on the open space.

Although the housekeeper wanted to follow him, he was really busy, so he could only assign another servant and two slaves to fight Wei Wei.

Qin and Penny were still left in the castle, and Wei Wei left the castle with the footman, two slaves, and digging tools.

The steps for burning fire manure are very simple, just find a flat ground, build a conical mound on it, then dig a hole in the middle of the mound, and then put the collected weeds and bellflowers in it and cover it with soil, only the exposed The parts at both ends, and then light the fire.

Wei Wei did this for the first time—of course, the people who brought her could not let her do it herself, so the two slaves did everything, and she was only responsible for verbal guidance—but she had carefully checked the information before and knew how to use it. The soil should not be too large or too fine. The firewood must be dry, but the soil should be half-wet and not dry. It should not be too dry. If it is dry, it will burn quickly, and the fertilizer will not be effective. Too wet and easy Destroyed again.

But knowing that it is still difficult to actually make it, so she let the two slaves make several fire dung piles at the beginning, and each made a different attempt, thinking that she would always figure out which one is the most suitable. .

As a result, because there was too much burning, as soon as the fire was lit, there was thick smoke everywhere, making Wei Wei cough. Even if she deliberately wore a veil, it was useless, and she could only retreat to the upper wind to avoid the smoke.

At the same time, she felt a little guilty. The smoke was so big, if she hadn't said hello in advance, the people in the castle would have thought it was on fire.

And the place she chose is very close to the castle. Although she also considered the wind direction, the fire dung will burn for several days. One day the wind direction changes, and the soldiers guarding the castle will be choked. .

Fortunately, these few were only used for experiments at the beginning, Wei Wei said to the servant who followed: "This smoke is too big, it may affect the people in the castle, let's change to a more open place to burn it. ."

"Okay lady, I'll have someone come over and take everything away immediately."

The valet was obviously a man of action. After speaking, he ran back to the castle to go to the delivery carriage, and took a few slaves to pack up the remaining burning items in the open space for transport.

Wei Wei wanted to go with her, but the servant told her, "Miss, this thing has a lot of smoke. Why don't you go back to the castle to rest first, and I'll take a good look here."

Wei Wei couldn't help but glance at him, but at first she didn't pay attention, but now she remembered that this person seemed to be a distant relative of Butler Patton.

Butler Patton called him something just now, it seemed to be Ward.

Wei Wei was already choked on by the smoke. She knew that she couldn't stand the smoke, and she didn't insist on going. She explained everything she knew about burning fire dung to Ward, and asked him to take over the matter. Back to the castle.

When she returned to the castle, she didn't go to rest, but went to the kitchen and moved all the seeds she brought back to the garden yesterday.

The garden in the castle is not small, and all the flowers and trees are neatly trimmed, and these flowers and trees are carefully taken care of by the gardeners.

Wei Wei asked the servant to help carry all the seeds she picked out into the garden. She also borrowed an apron from the maid to tie it to herself, and was going to go to the gardener to get some tools to plant some of the seeds in the garden.

She had said hello in advance. Butler Barton would not refuse such a simple request because of Felix's orders, but he thought Wei Wei was going to plant some favorite flowers in the garden until he heard her yesterday. It was only after the conversation with the steward that she realized that she was probably not planting any flowers or plants.

But at this moment, the housekeeper who didn't know that Wei Wei had returned was still busy with his work, so naturally he couldn't find someone to help Wei Wei.

Of course, Wei Wei felt that she could do it all by herself. She didn't want to farm directly, she just planned to raise seedlings. She felt that she could do it alone.

But when she went to borrow tools, the gardener immediately offered to help, knowing what she was going to do.

The garden of the castle is maintained by the gardener Terrence's family of seven. At the beginning, when they knew that their family had three boys, two girls and five children, although they were not only children, Wei Wei, who had divorced since childhood, lived alone with her grandparents and grandparents. be surprised.

Later I learned that this is the norm in this era. No matter the nobles or the commoners, they are very happy to have children, because children are easy to die due to various reasons, so it is necessary to have more children to ensure that some of them (even just one) can survive. Live to adulthood.

"If it doesn't disturb your work."

Terrence: "Of course not, ma'am, we'd be happy to serve you."

Wei Wei looked at their family, the eldest boy looked fifteen or sixteen years old, and the youngest girl was 8 years old. Wei Wei often went to the garden with Dolores, knowing that all their children would help Terrence work, Although the little girl is young, she is already very good at doing things.

She then said, "Then let the children help me. I don't have much work here, and their help is enough."

"Okay lady." Terence quickly told the children to be obedient, and asked them to follow Wei Wei with their tools.

Wei Wei had already encircled a piece of land in the garden, where the original grass had been cleaned up, and the exposed land was fertile enough that she didn't need to add extra fat, so Wei Wei chose this piece of land.

The gardener helped her to turn over the ground in advance, so all the children needed to do was follow Wei Wei's instructions, dig a hole and scatter seeds, sprinkle a layer of soil on the surface, and water it well.

Wei Wei has a lot of seeds that need to be nursed before planting, but not all crops are suitable for sowing now, and the temperature in Sardinson is relatively low. Now it is the end of March, the temperature is about 18 degrees, and it can drop to 18 degrees at night. 12 degrees is not suitable for many crops with high temperature requirements.

Fortunately, although the temperature here is not very high, it does not rain very much this month, and the occasional light rain is "spring rain is as expensive as oil", so it is basically impossible to detect a sudden and large temperature drop.

So Wei Wei was picky, and finally decided to try corn and sweet potatoes first.

Corn is originally a crop planted in March. Although it is inseparable from the use of plastic film when raising seedlings in modern farmhouses, Wei Wei feels that the current temperature in Sardinson, as long as it is not a sudden drop in unfortunate temperature, is very suitable for the current temperature. Growth of corn seedlings.

Although sweet potatoes are generally planted in April and May when the temperature is higher, it is not impossible to plant them in the current weather. At most, they grow slower. In addition, Wei Wei has a systematic guarantee here. The reduced version of sweet potatoes planted is absolutely It can grow out, so naturally, it has to be planted before it goes away, and it can be planted during the effective period of after-sales. If you encounter problems, you can still find it.