Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 783 Wrapping Paper

Even if it was just a pound of cans, they would not be used, so they would need to use wrapping paper. However, in the Great Sheng Dynasty, the cost of paper was even more expensive, and it was impossible to use it for packaging.

Therefore, they still had to think of a way to package the snowflake candy. In order to save money and to facilitate customers who sell it in small quantities, Hualei decided to use corn husks to package the snowflake candy.

When the corn is ripe and ready to be threshed, a lot of corn husks will be peeled off and the clean, insect-free, mildew-free and complete corn husks will be selected.

After washing it with water, boil it, dry it in the sun, and flatten it with a flat stone. The leaves will then be flexible and not easily damaged.

After a little weaving horizontally and vertically, you can make a basket to hold snowflake candy. If the quantity is small, you can roll it up with corn husks, like wrapping zongzi, and tie it tightly with a string, and you can also hold three to five taels of snowflake candy.

When Zhao Zhizhou heard that Hua Lei actually thought of using corn husks to make wrapping paper and sell snowflake candies in small quantities, he was confused at first.

After Hualei explained it in detail, she was full of admiration. Master Hua was really smart, and he always thought ahead of her.

So he quickly asked the clerk to draft a notice and posted it. When the people nearby heard the notice saying that ten kilograms of corn husks could be exchanged for one kilogram of brown sugar, they were overjoyed.

I was busy going to the storehouse to collect and sort out the corn husks left over from last year. In fact, although there was no notice last year, the prefect once said that we should not waste any insignificant things.

The governor of Changlanzhou next door used the leftover sorghum stalks from growing sorghum and asked the local people to make a lot of brooms, pot brushes and other small items.

Then the people were asked to go to an ordinary shop on a street corner in Changlanzhou City to exchange soap, toothbrushes, mosquito coils and so on.

There are a lot of things in the shop, and sometimes you can exchange for precious things such as salted duck eggs and fermented bean curd. Now, many local people in Changlanzhou like to go to this shop to exchange things.

When relatives came to visit, they talked about this matter, so many people in Changtong Prefecture also knew about it.

Therefore, these corn husks that were originally useless and thrown away have been preserved and can now be exchanged for brown sugar, which is really great.

The people were looking forward to the corn growing in the fields, which was not yet fully mature. This corn was really a treasure.

The golden color makes people happy at first sight, and it can also fill the stomach. Corn silk can be used as medicine, and corn stalks can be used as fodder for cattle and donkeys. Now, corn husks can be exchanged for sugar, which is great.

Thus, the subsequent wrapping paper problem of the sugar factory was solved, and the people also ate brown sugar, which was a luxury for them.

After solving the problem of the sugar factory wrapping paper, Hualei left Changtong Prefecture. Then, Hualei spent another twenty days visiting several other prefectures.

A month later, Hualei returned to the government office. However, she was fine when she left, but she was limping when she came back.

I don’t know if it’s because I walked too much or my shoes were uncomfortable, but Hualei had several blisters on her feet. In the first few days, because the blisters were not big, Hualei just let the body absorb them on its own and ignored them.

However, over the next few days, the blisters on my feet became too big. Because the buds had not been treated, some of them were worn out, and the weather was hot, so they became infected.

There are still several blisters that are still swollen and have not been popped. However, no matter what, it has affected my walking.

So, after returning to the government office, Hua Lei wanted to prick it with a needle herself. However, Rong Jin stopped Hua Lei and asked Qing Qi to find Xiao Xu, the doctor who lived behind the house.

When Jinnian and Jinshi returned to the capital, Hualei originally wanted to let the young doctor Xu go with them. However, Marquis Pei said that there was no problem as the doctor Xu was in the Marquis's mansion.

It would be better for Xiao Xufu Doctor to stay with Hua Lei Rong Jin to take care of her. Therefore, Xiao Xufu Doctor stayed in Xichang Prefecture.

However, Rong Jin and Hua Lei have always been in good physical condition and seldom get sick, so Xiao Xu, the doctor in the mansion, is also very free.

When Xiao Xu received the news from Qingqi, he ran faster than anyone else. In his memory, the last time Hualei felt unwell and came to him for pulse check, he was still in Mobei.

At that time, I felt the pulse of pregnancy. Maybe it was the same this time. After all, the young master and his wife had sex very frequently.

Except for a few days in a month when his wife was inconvenienced, the young master was content every day, thanks to his wife's cooperation.

As the court doctor, he was very clear about this. However, when he saw Hua Lei sitting on the round stool with bare feet, Doctor Xu realized that he might have misunderstood.

After checking the blisters on Hualei's feet, Doctor Xu carefully placed his fingers on Hualei's wrists to see if she was pregnant.

However, after feeling for a long time, I found that the pulse was not as smooth as I had imagined, nor was it sliding back and forth vigorously. It seemed that I was not pregnant.

Doctor Xu felt a little disappointed, and asked Qingqi next to him softly, "After the lady's latest menstrual period, he finally confirmed that the lady was not pregnant.

So, he changed to a low stool and sat in front of the bud.

At this time, Hualei had just washed her feet with warm water and was barefoot, resting her feet on a low stool. Because she seldom saw the sun, her skin was fair and there were clear blue veins on the soles of her feet.

However, now there are several blisters the size of soybeans on the heels of both feet. Some of them have broken and are oozing some yellowish juice, and are somewhat infected.

The young doctor Xu took out needles and thread from the medicine box, wiped them with a soft cloth first, and then asked Qingqi to throw a few needles and clean cotton threads into a clean small pot and boil them.

Although there was alcohol in the medicine box, the blisters on Hualei's feet had already broken. If alcohol was used to wipe them, it would be irritating and painful, so Xiao Xufu Doctor still used the most primitive method to disinfect the needle.

After the water boiled, Doctor Xu picked up the needle and thread, and directly pierced the blister with the needle. He removed the needle and left the thread, allowing the entire thread to penetrate the blister.

In this way, there will not be a big wound on the blister, and the liquid in the blister can flow out along the thread. This is the best way to deal with blisters.

After cutting the threads on both sides of the blister, Doctor Xu took out some ointment and asked Qingqi to help apply it to the areas that were not too badly damaged.

As for the seriously infected and inflamed areas, ointment cannot be applied. And the weather is hot, so bandages cannot be applied. So we can only wait for it to heal on its own. Therefore, Xiao Xufu Doctor also prescribed a decoction for Hualei.