Chapter 136: Good at Boiling Salt

  Mo disagreed, and Guihua got a bit sulky. In the end, Chu Lixiang mediated and they bought 30 kilograms of salt to settle the matter.

  But when Guihua returned home and really opened the salt-filled jar, she almost fainted.

  It has always been known that his father is a good talker, but he did not expect him to have cultivated to such an extent.

  Osmanthus wanted to buy more salt, but Mo Shi disagreed. In the end, Chu Li stood in the middle and mediated, and finally decided to buy 30 kilograms of salt. Osmanthus thought he could start his own pickling plan, but unexpectedly, the salt in the salt jar was not edible refined salt, but a full container of coarse salt.

  What is called coarse salt is actually similar to the large-grained salt that osmanthus flowers used to eat in their past life, but its purity is far inferior to that of large-grained salt.

  Such crude salt, if given to a good salt-refining master, can produce at most half a catty of refined salt per catty of crude salt. If it's not refined well, it's also possible to only get three taels from one catty.

  And the price of a catty of refined salt averages thirty cents, if it is made from coarse salt by boiling and refining, one catty cannot be exchanged for three taels, that would not be suitable.

  Even if one kilogram of coarse salt can be boiled into four kilograms of refined salt, it is not suitable. After all, the firewood and water used for boiling salt, as well as labor, are all consumed.

  Unless he can produce half a catty of fine salt, Chu Li will really be driven to death by Gui Hua.

  It was Chu Lishou who remained calm and collected, not feeling at all that he would lose.

  "Dad, what's wrong with you?! We agreed to buy salt, why did you bring back so much coarse salt?! If this pound of coarse salt can't even yield half a pound of refined salt, then the money will be wasted!" Guihua couldn't help but find Chuliguard and complain.

  Upon hearing Guihua's complaints, Chu Lishou couldn't help but burst out laughing and said: "Silly girl, with your mother around, for every catty of coarse salt, you'll at least get half a catty of refined salt."

  "Ah?" Now it's Guihua's turn to be stunned.

  Is there a Mo? Can it be boiled with salt? It looks like it's still quite fierce!

  What is going on here?

  Plum Blossom, holding two pieces of cloth in her arms, couldn't help but speak up as she passed by Osmanthus: "Osmanthus, how could you forget? Our mother's hometown is famous for its excellent salt-making skills in these ten villages!"

  Mò's... maternal family?

  Boiling salt... good hand?

  Alright, she's just a newcomer from elsewhere, it's normal that she doesn't understand some things!

  Osmanthus in her heart kept comforting herself, but at the same time also expressed deep curiosity about Mo's salted fish.

  But curiosity aside, I still need to move all the things from the carriage into the house first. After all, it's not good to occupy someone else's cow cart for too long.

  The osmanthus family went to the town to buy a lot of things and even rented an ox cart, this matter had long been spread in Qinhe Village.

  So they hadn't even entered the village yet, but there were already children in the village shouting loudly "The Chu family of Lao San has returned".

  As a result, when the whole family of Osmanthus fragrans really arrived at the door, there were already many children surrounding the front and back of the car, and more people standing at the door, just to see what they had bought.

  Osmanthus is quite calm about this.

  In rural areas, especially in this era, there are originally few entertainment activities, so they naturally become exceptionally gossipy.

  But such a big commotion naturally startled the people in the main house, especially Xu Shi, who was already in a bad mood.