The couple waited for a while at the door of the pharmacy. They saw the pharmacy clerk carry the stone powder away, pay the money, and count out two hundred coins and hand them over.

　　Fifty jins weighs two hundred coins.

　　When the delivery man came out, the two men stopped him, said something polite, and asked directly how much the stone powder cost.

　　”Why did you buy this for yourself?”

　　”Can’t it be purchased privately?” Gu Zhao asked.

　　The delivery man replied: “You can buy it, but you can’t eat it or drink it. If it gets in your eyes, it could cause blindness. Only doctors and pharmacies can help.”

　　”If you want to buy it, it’s 230 cents a bag.”

　　Li Zhouzhou then said that he had just paid two hundred coins to the pharmacy.

　　”That’s a long-term order from the pharmacy, so it’s naturally different.”

　　Gu Zhao asked, “How often do you order it?”

　　”About three bags a year.”

　　Nowadays, the town and surrounding villages are peaceful and there is no epidemic. The amount used by the pharmacy is not large, and it may be used for daily disinfection. Gu Zhao thought that if his family’s ten acres of paddy fields were used for fertilizer, the amount might be larger than that of the pharmacy, and it would be cheaper.

　　But there’s no rush now.

　　Gu Zhao asked for the address of the stone powder delivery and said he would go back to discuss it. The stone powder delivery person lived in a village outside the town, close to the town, and it only took about 20 minutes to walk there.

　　”… Once you get into the village, just ask where Shifen’s house is and you’ll find out.”

　　”Okay, thank you.”

　　Shi Fen’s family guessed that this person was not the type to buy, so they didn’t take it to heart and pushed their wooden cart away.

　　”Husband, is this stone powder gypsum?” Li Zhouzhou asked.

　　Gu Zhao said, “No, just add water.” He knew what Zhou Zhou was going to say, so he said directly, “No hurry, go back and discuss it with Dad first. Paddy fields are a big deal, and it’s not easy for us to decide.”

　　”That’s right.”

　　Paddy fields and wheat fields are both legitimate crops that can be sold at a good price, so we dare not mess with them. Besides, there is still more than a month before rice planting, so we can start with fertilizer for dry wheat fields.

　　The two of them bought some sauce, vinegar, salt, wine, etc., and then carried the baskets back to the village.

　　When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I found Wang Ergou carrying a jar of wine and drunk, banging on the door. He looked happy and shouted loudly: “You bitch, are you deaf? Open the door. I won money and I won’t let you complain all day long…”

　　”I won two taels of silver this time, open the door!”

　　Banging on the door.

　　Uncle Wang came to open the door, but Wang Ergou pushed him and scolded him, “What are you doing in there? Are you trying to steal someone again? You’re so slow—”

　　Then seeing Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou coming back, Wang Ergou hurried into the yard, yelling at Wang Xue to close the door, and then cursed through the door, saying that he had won money and could kill a chicken to eat meat, and then boasting that he had won everything at the table, acting like a big boss and asking for meat to be served quickly.

　　There was a lot of noise in the Wang family’s yard.

　　Li Zhouzhou was quite happy after coming back from the town, but he became angry again when he heard Wang Ergou scolding Uncle Wang in the Wang family’s yard. Then his hand was held by his husband.

　　”Go back and try braised dishes and meat. Zhou Zhou has to help me make them. I don’t know how to make them.” Gu Zhao drew his wife’s attention back. The Wang family’s affairs were not something that outsiders like them could help with. Buying a bottle of medicinal oil was fine for a while, but it was too difficult to completely solve the problem for Uncle Wang and get rid of the entire Wang family.

　　In this era, it is no less important than ascending to heaven.

　　First, he was an abandoned baby, with no family behind him, but the Wang family raised him, which was a great favor. When you get married, it is the right way to support your husband, educate your children, and be filial to your parents-in-law. It is okay to quarrel behind closed doors, and it cannot be spread out.

　　Even though the whole village now says that Uncle Wang is pitiful and sympathizes with him everywhere, if Uncle Wang proposes a divorce, those who previously sympathized with and praised Uncle Wang will definitely turn around and say that Uncle Wang is a heartless and unfilial person, and that it was a pity that the Wang family passed on the tofu-making skills to him.

　　It is impossible for Xiaotian to belong to Uncle Wang.

　　Unless Wang Ergou dies, Uncle Wang can stand up on his own.

　　Gu Zhao thought.

　　The two arrived home. Li Zhouzhou put away the things he bought and started to cook. After the Chinese New Year, he couldn’t eat meat every day, so he cooked a pot of multi-grain porridge, cut the pickled radish into shreds and added some vinegar. Finally, after thinking about it, he decided to heat a spoonful of lard and pour it on top.