Chapter 198 Simple
Chapter 198 Simple
Yes, after Xiaocaoer suggested to Sanmao to dig a lotus pond, Sanmao made his own plan and went straight to Qi Xingyun and Zheng Huaming in the city to do it in a big way. Old Lady Yang and Yang Dashan and his wife had no idea about it at all.
"What about now?" Zheng Huaming looked at him and asked.
"Aren't I here now?" Sanmao said with the same faint smile.
"Didn't you say that Aunt Li wanted your grandparents to do it? Aren't you afraid that Aunt Li will scold Xiao Cao again if you seek cooperation with us?" Zheng Huaming continued to ask.
"My grandparents want to take back all the share of the brine and bean products. Although my family doesn't need that much now, Xiaocao is very upset that they are using my mother as a weapon. She said that she doesn't want the soap business to have anything to do with my grandparents, fearing that soap will become the second brine recipe.
I'm afraid it's not just the soap business. In the future, any business that Xiaocao comes up with, my grandparents shouldn't even think about getting involved." Sanmao despised her grandparents' behavior, but she didn't want to say too much to them.
Qi Xingyun and Zheng Huaming were not in a position to comment on the matter between the two families. For a moment, the hall fell silent.
Sanmao took out a piece of paper from her bosom. Zheng Huaming reached out to take it without thinking, but the paper went straight into Qi Xingyun's hand without even turning.
Qi Xingyun naturally took the note and took a look at it, without any change on his face, and then put it in his arms.
Zheng Huaming looked at his outstretched hand awkwardly, glanced at Qi Xingyun, then looked at Sanmao, and then silently withdrew his hand.
"Then we'll do as you say for the soap workshop. You can decide where to build the workshop and make a list of the materials you'll need. I'll have someone prepare them in advance."
Zheng Huaming: Humph, you aroused my curiosity but you didn’t show me the note, so I’ll force you to work to offset my curiosity.
Sanmao took out another piece of paper from her pocket with a smile. This time Zheng Huaming didn't want to embarrass himself, so he crossed his arms and watched which direction Sanmao was going to pass it.
To his surprise, a note was delivered to him, which read [wood ash, grease: pig fat can be used]
Zheng Huaming turned the note over and over several times, and after making sure it had not changed, he asked, "Are you kidding me?"
Sanmao didn't understand why Zheng Huaming asked this, "Brother Huaming, what do you mean?"
"Just those few words? Are you kidding me?"
"Brother Hua Ming, when have we ever joked about something we just invented?"
Zheng Huaming: Of course there is. The things I worked on in the past were given a little bit when I asked a question, and a little bit more when I asked another question, just like a dog pooping, one grain at a time.
"You tell me that the new thing you came up with is just these few words? Do you think I will believe it?" Zheng Huaming asked back.
"Didn't I just say that the method and materials for making soap are simple and easy? Otherwise, how could Brother Goudan and the others be able to make it right away? It only took them two days to make it twice. In between, they also spent half a day picking flowers in the mountains and half a day doing other things. It can be said that they only spent two and a half days. Isn't it very simple and easy?"
"Is it true?" Zheng Huaming asked again.
"Of course it's real. I saw the products they made yesterday. There is one with original flavor and one with bamboo flavor. My sister also said that she would ask brother to promote it among his classmates." Sanmao assured.
"What is the original flavor?" Qi Xingyun asked curiously.
“The original flavor is the flavor of the ingredients themselves, without anything added.”
"Although I know the ingredients, why is it not written down what the proportions of the various materials are?" Zheng Huaming asked again.
“It’s too late.” Sanmao said, “They made the original flavor on the first day, and tried the bamboo flavor on the second day. We came back just after they finished, so we still have to try to see if we can make it, so the specific amounts of various ingredients have not been recorded yet.”
"This won't work. Although the materials are cheap, without a specific ratio, it will still be a waste of materials," Zheng Huaming said seriously.
Sanmao scratched his head and said with a smile: "Hey, Brother Huaming, don't worry, my sister accidentally said it was about 1:3 to 1:6, let us study the details ourselves.
She said that there is no precise and unified standard for the amount of wood ash and oil. Usually, the ratio of wood ash to oil is between 1:3 and 1:6. But this is only a rough range, and the actual amount will vary depending on production conditions, experience, and the properties of the soap required.
For example, if you want the soap to have a stronger cleaning ability, you may increase the amount of wood ash; if you want the soap to have a moisturizing effect, you may add more oil. "
Zheng Huaming looked at the note on the table, thinking. With such simple ingredients, it was no wonder that Li wanted her family to make it.
He thought to himself that this time, the new thing Xiaocao'er and the others had come up with might be as successful as before. If they could produce and sell it in large quantities, they would be able to make a lot of money again.
"Brother Huaming, where do you think we should set up the workshop here?" Sanmao asked Zheng Huaming.
"According to that statement, this new thing doesn't require a lot of people at all. Let's first arrange people in the mansion to try to make it in different proportions, and then compare the results." Qi Xingyun gave his suggestion.
"We will all be back in Beijing after a while. It will take another ten days for the soap to solidify and be shipped out, and no one knows how to check the results." Zheng Huaming said, stroking his chin. "How about letting Xiaocaoer come here to help? I think Xiaocaoer should be in charge of the workshop here, and she should record the test results and send them back to Beijing, so that we can start mass production when we return to Beijing."
Sanmao looked at Zheng Huaming with disdain, and after a while he said, "Brother Huaming, did you not hear clearly what I said just now?"
"I heard it clearly, what's going on?"
"If Xiaocao can do it by herself, does she need help from Goudan and Tietou? How old is Xiaocao?" Sanmao rolled her eyes at Zheng Huaming. She muttered, "If she could do it by herself, what happened yesterday wouldn't have happened."
"Zhujun, go back today and ask Goudan and Tietou to come here tomorrow." Qi Xingyun told Sanmao. "I will stay here for a few days to watch them do the experiment and check the results. I will send the data back to you when it comes out."
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