Chapter 253: Harvesting wheat (second update)
Jiang Zhiluo felt relieved when she saw the smile on Cui Qingci's face.
Maybe it’s right to bring Cui Qingci out. It can relax your mind by taking a look.
After the two of them returned home, Mrs. Cui looked at them and felt relieved.
“It’s good to be back. I just made lunch. Let’s eat together.”
Cui Qingci also found out after waking up yesterday that her mother had learned to cook.
I think back then, her mother was the wife of a princess, and she couldn’t even light a fire, let alone cook, without touching Yang Chun Shui.
But now her mother can cook a lot of food.
She also had a sour feeling in her heart.
But she understood that if she wanted to live well in the village, she had to learn many things.
She thought that as long as she studied hard, she could learn it too.
At noon, Mrs. Cui steamed rice and cooked dishes.
After washing, they ate with rice and vegetables.
Perhaps she was hungry because she had been busy all afternoon, so Cui Qingci ate an extra bowl of rice.
Mrs. Cui was surprised.
She knew how picky her daughter was when she ate.
When she was at the house, the kitchen would cook food in various ways, and she would stop eating after a few bites.
Mrs. Cui looked at Cui Qingci and hesitated to speak.
Cui Qingci looked up and saw her mother's expression. She realized something and said, "Mom, maybe the food you cooked is too delicious."
Mrs. Cui said: "Don't fool me. Rice is the same. You didn't like rice the most before. You were picky about what you ate."
Cui Qingci thought that she didn't dare to be picky about food now. She had eaten scraps in Pei's house many times, so she was no longer picky about food.
Of course some things are unpalatable and indeed difficult to swallow.
But she just thinks the rice is very fragrant and delicious.
“Mom, I’m not lying to you. I think the rice dishes at our house are delicious.”
“It smells really good. Maybe it’s because I was hungry when I went out to work at noon, so I wanted to eat.”
Jiang Zhiluo knew in her heart that it was because water was added when steaming the rice, and the water contained spiritual spring water, and the same was true for cooking.
So the food will be extra fragrant and appetizing.
Seeing Cui Qingci eating a lot, Mrs. Cui was happy from the bottom of her heart.
“Just know how to eat.”
Cui Qingci sighed: "Now that I think about it, it was inappropriate to waste food in the house before."
But she really didn’t like eating at that time.
But when she came here, she felt that everything tasted delicious, which was really strange.
“After you have eaten, I will count the money with my sister-in-law later.”
Mrs. Cui also remembered how happy she was when she and Zhi Luo set up a stall to cook food together and counted the copper coins.
That feels good.
The money you earn a little bit has different meanings.
Jiang Zhiluo smiled, finished eating and packed up.
She brewed kudzu root powder and put canned apricots and mugwort glutinous rice dumplings in it.
The mugwort glutinous rice dumplings were made by Jiang Zhiluo before and put in a jar, and they were all cooked.
When using it, just scoop out some and eat it, just like the small dumplings in milk tea.
This is just like a bowl of sugar water.
Jiang Zhiluo made three bowls.
“The weather is getting hotter, let’s eat some of this to cool down.”
The three of them sat in the living room, eating one spoonful at a time.
“It’s delicious, sweet and refreshing, and this canned apricot is even more delicious, not sour at all.”
“Sister-in-law, how did you come up with so many food recipes? It’s amazing!”
It was beyond her imagination. Mrs. Cui watched her daughter go out to set up a stall, and when she came back, her eyebrows relaxed.
She looked happy and said with a smile: "Where is this? Your sister-in-law knows a lot of food."
After finishing a bowl, the three of them counted the copper coins.
Earned a total of 2,816 cash at noon.
After counting, Cui Qingci played with the copper coins, her eyebrows raised as she listened to the sound of the coins.
Mrs. Cui used a rope to string a thousand pieces together, so Jiang Zhiluo went back to the bank to exchange them for silver.
Jiang Zhiluo thought for a while and also told about the incident of someone causing trouble at the dock in the morning.
Mrs. Cui was shocked, "Is there someone making trouble so soon?"
Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "Well, it looks like there won't be peace here in Beizhou either."
Mrs. Cui was at a loss. "Would it be better to move to the mountains as soon as possible? We still have a lot of things, and the people in the village have dried some food for storage. If someone makes trouble and grabs food, it will be chaos."
Mrs. Cui herself understands how important food is to the villagers.
Especially many people live on this little food.
Jiang Zhiluo thought for a while and said: "It's better to tell Li Zheng and the villagers. If everyone is not in a hurry to move there, it would be better to move the stored food to the mountains. At least we can store good things."
“But it depends on everyone’s thoughts. You can’t force everyone to send things into the mountains. If you don’t live in the mountains, you won’t feel safe putting your things there.”
Cui Qingci thought for a moment and said, "Can we arrange for some people to guard there?"
“For example, elderly people who have nothing to do can live there.”
Mrs. Cui nodded and said, "This is a good idea."
Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said: "This is feasible."
Mrs. Cui said: "I will go and talk to Li Zheng in a moment."
Mrs. Cui understands that when living in the village, she must stick together.
Especially if there is chaos outside, people in the village also need to look after each other.
Jiang Zhiluo thought about it and went to Xingshan Village in the afternoon to tell her parents about it.
Jiang Xiangchuan's legs were still fixed with the deck, so he didn't dare to walk around.
He listened to Jiang Zhiluo’s words and said, “Don’t worry, dad will discuss it with the villagers and try to move to the mountains and hide as soon as possible.”
Jiang Zhiluo felt relieved after hearing these words. She checked her father's feet.
"It's growing very well. The deck will be removed in half a month. Once you practice walking, it will be fine."
Everyone was happy when they heard this.
…
After Mrs. Cui told Li Zheng her idea, Li Zheng convened a meeting with the villagers that day to discuss the matter.
I heard that someone is deliberately causing trouble at the dock. It may not be peaceful here, and everyone is also worried that someone will come to the village to rob food.
Everyone agreed with Li Zheng's opinion.
The next day, Jiang Zhiluo took some of the villagers to the valley area they had discovered before.
After showing everyone the way, move some things over first and arrange for some villagers to guard them.
After harvesting the wheat grain, everyone moved to the mountains to hide.
After this arrangement, the villagers did this quietly without disturbing anyone.
…
Just like that, time passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, the weather became hotter, summer entered, and the wheat harvest was about to begin.
Li Zheng’s daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhu, also came to Jiang Zhiluo in person and asked, “Zhiluo, my aunt knows that you are a person with ideas, so she wanted to come over on behalf of the villagers and ask, when is the best time for us to harvest grain?”
“People in the village are afraid that if they harvest too early, the grain grains will not grow well. If they harvest too late, they are afraid that bandits will target these wheat crops.”
Everyone is also afraid.
Jiang Zhiluo looked at Zhu's trusting expression and said, "Then it will be in two days. Hurry up and collect it in two days."
According to the instructions in his sleep, there are still a few days left, and these days are enough to harvest wheat.
Jiang Zhiluo's family still has five acres of food, including wheat and potatoes, and they must seize the time to harvest it.