Chapter 285 Ginger Soup

Qin Yao finished the statistics before dark.

A total of twelve families collected 530 kilograms of grain for Qin Yao, most of which were coarse grains and a small part were medium-quality grains.

Qin Yao stood up with the recorded notebook and checked it again with Granny Wang and others. After both parties confirmed that it was correct, she wrote a collective authorization note and took out red ink and asked everyone to put their fingerprints on it to avoid trouble for her later.

There was nothing wrong with Qin Yao's behavior. The villagers expressed their understanding and trust in her character. They didn't even bother to look at the contents of the note and crowded forward to put their fingerprints on it.

Seeing them like this, Qin Yao couldn't help but jokingly asked, "Aren't you afraid that this note of mine will say that you owe me money?"

Granny Wang and the others were all stunned. The villagers who were pressing their fingerprints were stunned for a moment, with their fingers hanging hesitantly in the air.

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"Ahem!" Qin Yao coughed twice uncomfortably to break the awkward atmosphere. She seriously pulled a villager over, held up the words on the note, and read them to them one by one.

After reading it, he patted the villager on the shoulder and said, "Remember this? Next time someone asks you to sign, ask him to read it to you first. If the number of words doesn't match or there are problems with the punctuation, you should be alert in your heart."

The villagers realized that Madam Qin was teaching them how to identify scammers!

They all nodded vigorously to show that they remembered it and were extremely moved.

Qin Yao kept smiling and watched them leave. She turned around and quickly raised her hand to wipe the sweat off her face. It seemed that she could not joke with the villagers casually in the future. They took them too seriously.

Awang has already prepared dinner. People who have worked as chefs in big restaurants are different. They can make simple dishes taste super good.

Qin Yao asked Awang to bring a bowl of food into the house for Liu Ji, and started eating immediately after Awang came out.

The four brothers and sisters of Dalang wanted to bury their heads in the food, and each of them ate half a bowl more.

Fortunately, Awang cooked a little more today, and Liu Ji didn’t have much appetite and only ate half a bowl, otherwise it would not be enough for the four brothers and sisters.

It is said that a young boy can starve his father to death. Seeing that Dalang and Erlang have appetites comparable to those of an adult man, Qin Yao secretly estimated the rice in her own rice jar and asked Awang to leave 300 kilograms of wheat when loading the truck tomorrow morning and not load it all.

The price of rice is high now, and the workers at the stationery factory consume a lot of food. Fortunately, Qin Yao and Carpenter Liu stocked up extra food for the factory at the beginning. Now that the price of food has been balanced, the cost can be controlled.

Because it is a special period now, if new workers choose to eat in the factory, they will only be paid one-third of their wages.

The remaining two-thirds will not be withheld, but will be given after this special period is over, leaving more funds for the factory just in case.

Therefore, the condition that the stationery factory provided two meals alone made villagers from nearby villages scramble to get in.

Having said that, the children at home are growing and their appetites are increasing, and with the addition of Awang, the originally calculated amount of food is definitely not enough.

If we leave an extra 300 kilograms of wheat, it will be enough to eat until the autumn harvest.

Awang nodded to show that he understood. Looking at the white rice, egg soup and bacon on the table, he actually wanted to tell Qin Yao that if the family's food quality could be lowered a bit, there would be no need to keep the 300 kilograms of wheat.

But the food in his mouth tasted so delicious that he couldn't make such a suggestion against his will.

In fact, Awang was also very surprised. He thought that when he followed Liu Ji back to Liujia Village, he would definitely have to eat coarse food every day.

Who would have thought that Qin Yao's family not only ate well, but also allowed him to eat well with them. This kind of luck made people unconsciously want to stay there for the rest of their lives.

After dinner, it was Erlang and Saburo's turn to take back the cash box from the water mill.

There were two eggs, and you could tell at a glance that Grandma Wang and her grandchildren had come today.

There are also three copper coins and half a bowl of green beans.

The dishes were placed in the kitchen and the money was given to Erlang and locked in his small safe.

"Mother, the income these days is 30% less than before." Erlang flipped through his small account book and reported to Qin Yao.

"It's okay." Qin Yao told him: "The situation is different now. People are afraid to spend money now. Everything will be fine after this wave of disasters passes."

Jilang was still a little worried, "What if the disaster continues?"

Qin Yao pointed to the green mountains and clear water outside and said, "Just pay attention to the land we live on and see if the grass is still growing and the fish are still swimming. If the land can still grow crops and the river can still have fish swimming, the difficulties will soon pass."

As he was speaking, a silver light flashed on the roof, followed by a loud thunder.

"It's thundering!" Si Niang ran into the house excitedly, "Mom, it's going to rain~"

When it rains, there will be water, and fish will swim in the river. The disaster will soon be over.

Qin Yao nodded calmly and moved the stool to the door. The children stood behind her. The five of them, mother and children, looked up at the sky together and watched the rain fall.

The rainy night came with white noise, and the whole family had a good sleep.

When Qin Yao woke up in the morning, the rain had stopped, but there was still some water on the ground. The road was muddy and difficult to walk on with the grain cart out of the city. When they arrived, they were more than half an hour later than the scheduled time yesterday.

The refugees had already been waiting outside the pavilion, and when they saw the grain carts approaching, they were excited.

It rained heavily last night, and the simple sheds were unable to protect them from the rain. The refugees were covered in mud and walked barefoot on the muddy ground, with water droplets dripping from the tips of their hair.

The thin child curled up in his mother's arms to absorb the warmth. The woman held the child in one hand and spread out the wet firewood with the other, letting out weak sighs.

Qin Yao didn't consider himself a good person, and he was disgusted with those refugees who abandoned their bottom line and did evil, but when he saw such a scene, he still wanted to do something.

"Awang, go to Mr. Ding's house and find the young master of the Ding family. Tell them that I asked you to go. Buy ten kilograms of ginger and use the pot as an excuse to make a pot of ginger soup for them."

Awang immediately put down the scale in his hand, took on the task, and ran towards the town.

Soon, he came back with a big iron pot, followed by a fair-skinned girl in men's clothes with a bag of ginger in her hand. When she saw Qin Yao, she smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"Qin Yao!" She waved to Qin Yao excitedly.

Unexpectedly, the warm welcome she had expected did not come. What responded to her was Qin Yao's cold face, "What are you doing here? You didn't bring any guards with you. Did you sneak out?"

Qin Yao glanced at Awang with dissatisfaction.

Awang was innocent, and his wife didn't stop him from bringing the Ding family over.

Moreover, this Miss Ding came here on her own. She is only responsible for Qin Yao's family and will not pay attention to what other people are doing.

Qin Yao was choked by Awang's innocent look. Since everyone was already here, there was no point in saying anything more. She asked Awang to quickly set up the stove and boil ginger soup while she continued to weigh and sell the grain.

Ding Xiang was left out and knew that Qin Yao was angry with him. He didn't dare to go forward. He rolled up his sleeves and followed Awang to help with some of the work he could do.

By the time the ginger soup was distributed, Ding Xiang was exhausted and sat on a wooden stake to relax. He looked at the refugee children walking around in front of him, and smiled at them from time to time, and he would receive a few stones, leaves and other "treasures".

(End of this chapter)