Chapter 375 - Chapter 375: Chapter 368: Buying a Maid, Black Market_1 (1/2)

Chapter 375: Chapter 368: Buying a Maid, Black Market_1

After Qin Niu stored the Black Spider Gu inside his body, he tidied up a bit and finally emerged from the basement he had been trapped in for two days.

After taking a bath and changing into clean clothes, he felt an unprecedented level of relaxation. These past few days, not having slept a single sound sleep, that sense of impending danger, like a sword hanging over one’s head, constantly weighed on his mind.

He owed his wives and concubines for the past few days, and he intended to make it up to them.

He entered Wang Wanyan’s room, and what happened there goes without saying.

The next day, he didn’t get out of bed until the sun was three poles high.

He was also human, worn out and tense from consecutive days of toil, last night he lay in the tender land of dreams and was able to completely relax. He slept extremely soundly.

“Husband, you’re up!”

Wang Wanyan saw him dressed and coming out of the room, and she immediately walked over with a smile.

“Wash your face and come eat breakfast quickly!”

She brought over the water for washing and the medicinal paste for oral hygiene.

In this world, there was no toothpaste, and people mostly used salt to clean their teeth.

People in cities, those with slightly better economic conditions, would use specialized dental pastes. Moreover, this world already had tools similar to toothbrushes.

One type was made from willow branches, and another was made from horse’s mane hair; both types were quite convenient to use.

Poor folks in the countryside often didn’t brush their teeth, opting to swish water in their mouths after meals instead.

People who were a bit more health-conscious used their fingertips or a cloth strip for tooth-brushing.

The mainstream method was still to use a brush made from willow branches, dipped into a bit of salt for brushing teeth.

Qin Niu, now affluent, ensured that both Wang Wanyan and Tang Caixian, who came from not so poor families, used specialized dental pastes for their daily tooth-brushing.

These came in both expensive and cheap varieties.

A simpler version cost twenty-five Wen Money a box, enough to last two or three months.

Quite affordable.

The paste not only cleaned teeth but also kept the breath fresh and prevented cavities. Thus, it was much more effective than using salt for dental hygiene.

As long as a household was somewhat wealthy, they generally used dental paste.

“I can do it myself, you just sit and rest more,” Qin Niu took the dental paste, looking at his wife, her face flushed, his eyes filled with tenderness.

Last night, she had shown him the utmost gentleness, and this morning she had gotten up early with Xiao Qing to prepare breakfast for the family. This made Qin Niu feel very distressed for her.

You should know that before she married over, she hardly had to lift a finger to do any work.

After washing up, Qin Niu sat at the dining table to have breakfast.

“Wan Yan, today I’ll take you into the city, and we’ll pick a couple of servant girls to bring back. From now on, household chores will all be handed over to the servants,” he said.

“Why spend that money? Recently, I’ve been keeping an eye on land prices. Many landlord and wealthy farmers, as well as merchants, have started to offload their lands, and the price has fallen from twelve Silver Money per mu of good land to ten Silver Money per mu. That’s a full drop of Two Silver Money. Wouldn’t it be better to save some money to buy more fields and lands?” she replied.

She was a true miser at heart.