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Chapter 207 Water-powered Washing Machine

Now it seems that their decision was absolutely right. Seeing so many people coming and taking them away in one go, they were afraid of losing their wages.

"Tao'er's mother, come here!" Wang Xiaoqing thought for a moment and waved to Duan Minmin.

Duan Minmin looked at her, then turned to look at Zheng Yuan, with a puzzled look on her face. What was this person doing? He wanted to talk to her alone?

Zheng Yuan nodded and motioned her to go over. Maybe there was something that couldn't be said in front of her, but Wang Xiaoqing might not know that they had no secrets from each other, and Duan Minmin would tell her everything.

So Zheng Yuan didn't care at this moment.

Now their skills in making toothbrushes have become very mature, so they work in groups of three or five, and can chat while working. Wang Xiaoqing and her group have five or six people in total.

Duan Minmin walked over and squatted down: "What's wrong? Sister Xiaoqing?"

"You'd better be careful with your mother-in-law." Wang Xiaoqing lowered her voice.

Ok?

Duan Minmin didn't react for a while. Ever since she and Zheng Yuan cursed "Old Bidden!" last time, it seemed that they hadn't seen her nominal mother-in-law yet.

Over the years, hasn't that group of people been disdainful of associating with them? Why would Wang Xiaoqing ask her to pay attention?

"Sister Xiaoqing, do you know something?" Duan Minmin asked.

Wang Xiaoqing kept tying the thread in her hands and told all about what Old Lady Zhao had done in the village in the past two days. The other women also told about their encounters with the Zhao family in the past two days and what they said.

So that's how it is, Duan Minmin understood.

No wonder she didn’t dare let Yuanbao come over. She was afraid that her husband’s family affairs would affect the relationship between them.

They didn't know that the two of them were as close as a pair of pants, and that her in-laws had nothing to do with her, so even if Yuanbao knew, he would just complain with her.

However, she still thanked them for their kindness.

"Thank you, sisters. We now know about this."

"Sister Duan, you'd better be careful. Your in-laws are not someone you can easily mess with. We all know what kind of life you and the three girls lived in the past. If they find the opportunity, it will be a disaster." Wang Xiaoqing couldn't help but say a few more words.

"Yes, yes. And as for Sister Zheng, you guys have finally made it through, you can't let them ruin it." The other women also looked worried.

"Don't worry, we are no longer the ones who were bullied by them. Our two families are now of one mind, and no one can do anything to us."

Although these women didn't know the specific situation, Duan Minmin was still grateful that the husband was still considerate of them and was afraid that they would have conflicts because of their in-laws.

After finishing her talk, Duan Minmin stood up and walked straight back to Zheng Yuan.

"What's going on?" Zheng Yuan asked directly. There was no need for guessing between the two of them. They were all straightforward.

Duan Minmin gave a brief account of the matter.

Zheng Yuan's first reaction after hearing this was to be grateful to those women. She knew that they all meant well.

As for Old Mrs. Zhao's family, neither of them cared.

They didn't have much in common, so she could say whatever she wanted. If the workshop hadn't been opened before, the two of them might have had the energy to fight her, but now who has the time to care about her.

As long as this family doesn't dance directly in front of the two of them, they will bother to pay attention to them.

The top priority right now is the opening of the toothbrush shop, and everything else can be put aside.

Seeing Duan Minmin turned around and went to find Zheng Yuan, Wang Xiaoqing and others began to feel uneasy, fearing that Zheng Yuan would be angry if he knew.

But seeing that Zheng Yuan's expression didn't change at all, and he even noticed the gazes of several people and smiled at them, they felt relieved.

I think they are just worrying too much. The other person is as good as a human being, and they are worrying about nothing.

Neither of them took the matter seriously and forgot about it after hearing it. They were still thinking about opening the business.

Although Aji said that everything had been prepared and he was there, the two were still a little nervous. After all, success or failure depended on this one move.

After some discussion, the two decided to pack up and go to the store tomorrow afternoon.

You have to familiarize yourself with it in advance, and if there is anything wrong, you can find it in time.

We should be able to make about 2,000 toothbrushes by tomorrow morning, which will be enough for the opening.

Old Lady Chen and two other people were watching over the factory. Zheng Yuan went to the warehouse and took out the soap made from glycerin last time, and then the two of them went home.

This time the soap was much better formed than the previous one, at least it didn't turn into a puddle of mud.

I have been so busy these past two days that I haven't taken care of this family. If it weren't for the kids who are very smart, this house would have become a pigsty long ago.

The two went back to collect their dirty clothes and took the children to the river.

There are ten people in a family, and each person has several pieces of dirty clothes, which is a considerable number.

The villagers didn't have the habit of washing clothes in the middle of the day, so they looked at the two people carrying large and small basins in surprise.

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin also felt a little embarrassed and wanted to say that not all of them were their clothes, but they also felt that this explanation was strange.

I just said nothing and walked towards the river.

When they arrived at the river, they couldn't wait to try out the effects of the soap.

Don't say it, although it can't be compared with the soaps of later generations, it is already a technological and powerful work compared with the wood ash of this era. And because this soap is made of walnut oil, it has a faint smell of nuts, which smells very good.

They rubbed the water on the clothes and hit them with a mallet, and black water flowed out. Both of them doubted whether the clothes had been washed clean before.

Most of the people in the family were wearing dark-colored coarse linen clothes at the moment, so they didn't feel bad about beating them hard with the mallet. With the help of soap, the two large basins of clothes were all washed clean in a short while.

Even so, the two still felt that washing clothes was a bit of a waste. Rubbing their sore arms, they thought of the washing machine in later generations, which was really a great invention.

"Hey, Yuanbao, it seems we can use the water mill to make a hydraulic washing machine." Duan Minmin looked at her wrinkled hands and her eyes suddenly lit up.

"Hey hey hey! Don't say it! Please don't say it! Amin, how come you are so smart?" Zheng Yuan rushed over excitedly and hugged Duan Minmin.

He completely forgot that they were standing by the river and almost pushed Duan Minmin into the river.

Duan Minmin steadied herself, gave Zheng Yuan a slap on the head, and said unhappily, "I say, can you be as mature and steady as me?"

"Yes, yes, yes! Our Amin is the most mature and steady. Otherwise, how could he come up with such a good idea of ​​a hydraulic washing machine." Zheng Yuan smiled apologetically.

"Of course not! Who am I!" Duan Minmin raised her head slightly with a cocky look, "Let's go, let's go home quickly and study it. After the toothbrush shop opens, we will go find Sister Li and the others. It will save a lot of effort to make it."

Along the way, the two of them carried two large basins of clothes with brisk steps, as if these clothes were not washed by them. The villagers they met just now looked surprised.

When the two returned home, it was almost noon, and they hurriedly prepared lunch.

The children came back from school, had lunch, and took a nap as usual, while the two of them studied the drawings of the hydraulic washing machine.

This research took an entire afternoon, but they were not in a hurry because it would be done after the business opened anyway.

After dinner, Aji went to the workshop to sleep. Afraid that he would be lonely, Zheng Yuan called Sizhu over to keep him company.

Sizhu liked Aji talking about things outside the outside world the most, so he naturally followed him happily.