After transmigrating,The Female Supporting Character Became Darling of The Five

Chapter 39: It's a pity that we met too late.

Jiang Yu has been wearing the clothes of his brothers these days. He is tall, so only Su Jing, Su Mu and Su Chen can wear their clothes. Although they are just ordinary linen clothes with patches on them, they can't hide his noble temperament.
　　Now he can't get out of bed for fear of tearing the wounds on his body. The wounds finally scab over. The fragrance of osmanthus wafts from the yard from time to time. I don't know what these brothers and sisters are doing.
　　Su Yun's mind is on the chicken coop today. He cut the bamboo into strips of wood, then weaved them and surrounded the outer perimeter of the divided chicken coop. After working for a whole morning, it is finally finished. Put a small wooden basin inside and fill it with water. The chickens will have a home from now on.
　　Flower soap is easy to make. After mixing it with the precipitated plant ash water, add the ground dried flowers to adjust the color and make it pink.
　　It's a pity that there are no yellow flowers, otherwise, the osmanthus scented soap should be yellow.
　　She asked Su Mu about plants that are good for hair in the morning. After Su Mu had breakfast, he also went out. When he came back, his backpack was full of things.
　　It turned out that he picked soapberry fruits from the back mountain, and also picked Ligustrum lucidum and hibiscus leaves.
　　"Second brother, what are these?" Su Guan didn't know them, so he asked curiously.
　　Su Mu took the backpack off his back and put it on the ground. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied:
　　"You asked in time. The soapberry is ripe and falling off at this time. Our back mountain is all wild. This medicinal material is a hair-nourishing thing. I also picked some and saved them. I will take them to the medicine shop in a few days to exchange for some silver. Ligustrum lucidum and hibiscus leaves are also hair-nourishing. There are people in our village who directly use soapberry and hibiscus leaves to boil water for hair. I don't know if you can use them, so I picked them all for you!"
　　Yes, soapberry fruits can be directly rubbed into foam. Adding them to soap will produce denser and more delicate foam.
　　"It's useful. I'm just thinking about making a soap for hair washing, but it can't be the same as other soaps. Second brother, you really helped a lot. Let's go pick it up together in the afternoon. Pick up more. You can sell it, and I can also think about new products!"
　　Su Guan squatted down, took a handful of soapberries and smelled it. The smell was weird. Some modern online videos say that you can spit bubbles after eating it, but I don't know if it's true.
　　"Okay, how are your other soaps? If they are not finished, let's continue. In a few days, my eldest brother and I will go back to the county, and you four brothers and sisters will be the only ones to do the housework!"
　　In addition to the rice fields at home, every household in the village has reclaimed land on the barren mountains to grow corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and some vegetables.
Usually, the eldest and second sons are in the county, and the nearly two acres of vegetable fields at home are taken care of by the third, fourth, and fifth sons.
　　Most of them are corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes. Corn is ground into flour, which can be made into corn grits and corn cakes. It is a bit rough, but it is good for filling the stomach.
　　Sweet potatoes are also good for filling up the stomach, and they can also replenish sugar!
　　"Take your time, we are not in a hurry to pay off the debt now. The boss's wife and I have agreed to deliver the goods in ten days, no hurry."
　　The soap should be dried for a long time so that the alkalinity can evaporate quickly.
　　Everyone had a simple lunch. Su Mu brought Jiang Yu lunch as usual, which was still bacon porridge, plus two potato cakes.
　　Since he was out of danger, Su Wan rarely stepped into the room to see him. Jiang Yu could only hear her bickering with the fourth brother in the yard from time to time. She was full of energy and she was a girl who loved to laugh.
　　In the afternoon, the brothers and sisters went to the mountains to pick soapberries together, leaving Su Jing at home.
　　He returned to the room to read, and Jiang Yu lay down with his eyes closed to rest. At first, the two were so quiet.
　　Until Su Jing broke the silence first, he was halfway through reading a book, encountered a tangled point, turned his head to look at Jiang Yu, thinking that he should also be a well-read person, why not ask for his opinion.
　　As a result, the two of them couldn't stop chatting after asking this question. They had similar opinions and even liked the same poets. They felt like they had met too late. From
time to time, the two men's hearty smiles could be heard in the room.
　　"Brother Su, we had a great time talking today. It feels like we met too late!"
　　Although Jiang Yu couldn't see them for the time being, he had already imagined their images in his mind. For example, the man in front of him must be a talented man with a bright and gentle appearance.
　　"I am a few years older than you. If you don't mind, I will just call you Ah Yu!"
　　"Of course I don't mind. Brother Su, just be casual. I just heard that Brother Su is interested in the next spring exam. I believe that with Brother Su's talent and ambition, you will definitely have a place in the court!"

　　"Ayu, you are too kind. There are always people better than me. There are many people in this world who are better than me. The future is uncertain. Everything is up to fate. I have missed an opportunity. Just this once, I don't want to have any regrets!"
　　Su Jing recalled that he still felt a little regretful. It was his regret that he failed to participate in the Spring Examination. He must not miss it again next year.
　　Even if he went to Beijing barefoot, he must complete this imperial examination.
　　He has already passed the examination for a scholar and the provincial examination. In fact, the imperial examination started in the fall of this year, and he was already a scholar. Before returning home, he took the examination again in the prefecture and got a place in the joint examination. Now he only needs to directly participate in next year's joint examination. The top three in the joint examination of each provincial prefecture will be eligible to go to Beijing to take the examination for Jinshi. The top 30 can enter the final palace examination, which will be supervised by the current emperor. The first place is the champion, the second is the second place, and the third is the third place.
As long as he gets into the top ten, he will have a career, but there are too many competitors. Students all over the world are preparing for this year. As he said, there are always people better than him. There may be many people who are better than him.
　　In the evening, the brothers and sisters rushed home one after another. They picked up a few baskets of soapberries, and divided a small part for Su Guan to use. The rest were washed and dried for a few days, and then Su Mu carried them to the medicine shop.
　　He was an apprentice in the medicine shop and greeted the master. Every autumn, he would only accept soapberries from him.
　　Although it is not worth much silver, it is still an income.
　　Su Chen also picked up a load of firewood and brought back some prey, two hares and a pheasant.
　　Su Guan was very excited. It was the first time she saw hares and pheasants with her own eyes.
　　The wild animals were still alive, in order to sell them for a good price. Su Chen saw that she liked it so much, and thought she was greedy, so he suggested killing the pheasant for meat.
　　Of course Su Guan didn't want to. She was curious because she was a modern person, a child who grew up in the city. How could she have seen wild chickens and rabbits? They were only artificially raised.
　　She knew that they were used to exchange for money, so how could she be greedy?