Chapter 35: Needlework

  Brushing teeth with salt is definitely salty, but compared to not brushing teeth at all, Osmanthus prefers this numb feeling.

  "Alas, this girl doesn't know what's wrong with her. After she recovered from her illness, she insists on doing this twice a day." Plum Blossom shook her head in dismay, expressing her puzzlement. "Ordinarily, we just rinse our mouths and that's it. But she has to be so extravagant, wasting salt to brush her teeth."

  In this era, salt was a necessity for every household and a luxury item that had to be consumed.

  According to Mei Hua, the price of one kilogram of salt can basically buy 10 or 8 kilograms of coarse rice. This shows how high the price of salt is.

  But if she didn't brush her teeth, Guihua would really go crazy. Moreover, she had previously suffered physical damage and couldn't take care of herself, so Chu Lixiao could only let Guihua come to him.

  But even if Osmanthus said it loudly, her family members still followed her example, and others also shook their heads, refusing to learn from her.

  Those who were brushed away are all silver! Who would wipe silver on their teeth for no reason and spit it out after rinsing with water?

  Later, Guihua also came to understand that the salt used for brushing her teeth was bought by Moshi with her own secretly saved private money, and Xushi didn't know about it. Moreover, Moshi's private money wasn't much, and there were many uses for it, so being able to buy salt for Guihua to brush her teeth was also a very luxurious thing.

  Things can be done to this point, osmanthus is not good to ask family members to be the same as themselves, but in their hearts, they have secretly made up their minds. If one day they really succeed in separating from their families, they must use their cleverness and small business-minded brain to make more money than those who only know how to look at the sky and eat, and then let their family members be like themselves, using salt to brush their teeth!

  It's just a small thing that doesn't seem to matter, but it's one thing after another like this that makes the osmanthus flower more and more determined to work hard for money.

  After listening to Plum Blossom's explanation, Lotus and Peach Blossom's faces became even more puzzled.

  However, the two of them didn't maintain their curiosity for too long, as Plum Blossom took out a needle case and a bundle wrapped in various pieces of cloth. Lotus and Plum Blossom tacitly went to fetch needles and threads to work on their handicrafts, while Peach Blossom neatly arranged the various pieces of cloth at the side. Only Cassia Blossom sat alone on one side watching the commotion.

  It's not that the osmanthus flower doesn't want to lend a hand, but rather she is completely clueless about things like needles and threads, with only one sense left that doesn't work.

  It's not actually Osmanthus' fault.

  In her previous life, when she was very young, her parents were still alive and the family conditions were good, so there was no need to mend or repair anything.

  Later, after her parents passed away, she lived with her only relative, her grandmother. Although the inheritance left by her parents was enough for their living, her grandmother always said that money should be kept for critical moments and it's enough if they have enough to eat and drink every day.

  That's what she said, but grandma insisted on not letting Guihua come into contact with needlework and embroidery, saying that these things are tiring for the eyes, and it would be better for Guihua to read more books.

  Later, grandma passed away, and she didn't even have time to experience living alone, hastily rushing over here.

  So it turns out that Osmanthus fragrans really doesn't know anything about needlework.

  Watching everyone busy, even three-year-old Peach Blossom knows to help with the work, but she herself stays on the side watching the excitement, Cassia Flower can't help but feel a little ashamed.