If one trick doesn't work, try another. Aren't workers the only ones who get discounts at the grocery store? Then why don't they just send their servants to apply to become workers?

Xue Huan: Haha, that’s really not possible. Do you think my boyfriend’s intelligence agency is just a decoration?

Workers who come to apply for jobs must undergo identity verification. If they fail the verification, they will be sent back to where they came from!

After several rounds of fighting, the rich families were unable to gain any advantage and had to buy supplies at three times the price.

Ice houses were built and the victims moved in, and the number of people who froze to death dropped significantly.

With the successful case in Shiquan City, Pei Ji quickly promoted the ice house construction method to other disaster-stricken areas.

The relief food sent by the imperial court was also delivered to the victims from the grocery store at a half-sale and half-gift basis.

The recruitment conditions for workers to build igloos are extremely relaxed. As long as they can still move, they will be accepted and can enjoy various benefits after becoming a worker.

The court will provide additional subsidies to those who are seriously ill, infants, the elderly and others who are unable to move.

If they still freeze to death or starve to death, the court will be helpless.

The heavy snow continued for a few more days, but the disaster was contained.

Especially in Shiquan City, which served as the first test base, the death toll has dropped to double digits, and these are due to causes such as illness and old age. There are no more people who starved to death or froze to death due to heavy snow!

Now, when people look at the falling snow, they feel not despair but excitement, because this snow is money!

In the past, if someone said that money would fall from the sky, no one would believe it, but now everyone believes it!

All this snow is the material for building igloos. The more it falls, the longer their construction period will be and the more wages they will get, so if this snow is not money, then what is it!

In the central ice house, there is a brazier embedded in the ground. The firewood inside is burning vigorously, bringing bursts of hot warmth. A pot is hung above the brazier. The beef soup in the pot is bubbling, and the strong aroma is particularly tempting in this cold weather.

Xue Huan threw in the chopped white radish, mushrooms, etc. and stirred it with a spoon.

There is a circle of sweet potatoes beside the brazier. The sweet potatoes are as big as an adult's palm. After being patiently roasted over charcoal fire, they gradually release a burnt and sweet smell.

Although heavy snow was falling outside, the house was warm as spring, and the fragrance was so warm that it made people's bones soften.

Suddenly, the thick felt curtain at the door of the ice house was lifted, and Pei Ji came in covered in snow.

He hurriedly lowered the felt curtain, took off his snow-covered hat, and leaned it against the wall.

"You're back." Xue Huan called out to him, "Come over and warm yourself by the fire."

Pei Ji looked at her face, which was particularly warm and bright in the reflection of the flames. Before he even reached the stove, he had already warmed up.

As soon as he sat down, Xue Huan took his hand and placed it on her warm knees, rubbing it for him.

"Are you hungry? Have some sweet potatoes first. The soup will probably take a while to cook. I just added radish and mushrooms."

Xue Huan pressed on each sweet potato to see which one was soft, but she hissed because of the burn and quickly pinched Pei Ji's cold ears to cool him down.

Pei Ji was amused and distressed, "I'll do it."

The two of them huddled together, knee to knee, face to face, and shared a sweet potato that was roasted until it was oozing with honey. The warm and sweet sweet potato immediately warmed their stomachs.

Ah Man watched from the side, feeling completely redundant. It was dinner time, and the workers outside had all returned. The kitchen window on the other side was becoming bustling with activity. She quickly said, "Miss, I'll go help out in the back."

Xue Huan: "Well, go ahead."

The inner and outer rooms were also separated by thick felt curtains, and there was also a screen, but the cooks inside would not come here easily under normal circumstances.

The beef soup was ready, and Xue Huan washed a basket of fresh vegetables and placed a few side dishes on the table, including tofu, meatballs, and hand-rolled noodles.

She served a large bowl of it to Ah Man and put it in an insulated lunch box.

The two of them had beef soup first. The beef had been stewed for an entire afternoon and was already tender. The white radish had absorbed the soup and was soft and glutinous with a hint of sweetness. The mushrooms even had a meaty texture.

Very delicious anyway.

When they had almost finished eating the meat, they put various side dishes into the thick and spicy soup and had a casual beef hotpot.

The remaining soup was the essence. Xue Huan put a bowl of noodles in it and added two poached eggs. They both ate until sweat broke out on their foreheads.

At this time, someone opened the felt curtain and came in. Seeing Pei Ji, he subconsciously lowered his head and said, "I greet the prince."

As a poor commoner, although it was not the first time for the man to see the Regent, he still couldn't help but tremble.

Although the Regent never spoke harshly or did anything intimidating.

Pei Ji nodded. Probably because he had just eaten a full meal, he felt very relaxed. He took the initiative to greet him, "But what do you want to buy?"

The man was flattered and terrified, and couldn't help but look at Xue Huan for help.

Xue Huan found it a little funny. She stood up, walked behind the counter, and asked the man again.

The man felt much more at ease when facing Xue Huan. Although this Miss Mo was also very beautiful and distant, after more contacts, he was not as reserved as he was at the beginning.

"I want to buy a bottle of warming pills and five dou of coarse flour."

The warming pills were specially made by Xue Huan for the workers who worked in the wind and snow. They were a simplified version of the Lieyang Pill, an elixir taken by cultivators. After taking them, the body temperature could be maintained, allowing the cultivators to move freely even in extremely cold environments.

The Lieyang Pill is not suitable for ordinary people, so she simplified it and the effect became much weaker, but it is enough for the current level of cold. Eating one pill can keep you warm all day.

A bottle of warming pills contains thirty pills and costs one hundred coins.

A dou of rice cost only thirty wen (1 dou ≈ 5.9 kilograms). Of course, this was in peacetime, so for ordinary people, a hundred wen was not a small amount of money. It took five days of work to get enough. At the beginning, many people were reluctant to buy warming pills.

But after some people bought it and tried it, they realized the benefits of this pill and couldn’t live without it anymore!

With this pill, I'm no longer afraid of the cold and can work more efficiently! And this pill not only warms me up, it also strengthens me!

Some people ate it for five consecutive days, and all their minor health ailments were cured!

This is natural. Although the warming pills refined by Xue Huan are only a simplified version, the medicinal materials used are all spiritual medicines grown in the space. Although the spiritual energy contained in each pill is negligible, it can still slightly improve the body.

After a long time, the effect will be apparent.

One hundred coins could be considered a bargain price. If sold to the wealthy Xue Huan, he would ask for one or two ounces of silver for each coin.

In comparison, the workers no longer think it is expensive. After saving a little money, they can afford it if they grit their teeth.

After all, your body is your own. If it gets frozen, won’t you be the one who suffers in the end?

In addition to warming pills, Xue Huan also refined some other medicines, such as those for treating typhoid and colds, frostbite, etc., which are much more effective than those on the market.

Even though the price is a bit high, it is still in short supply.

Xue Huan handed the items to the man and took the money. Afterwards, more people came to buy things.

These workers are relatively free only after dinner every day, and this period is also the peak sales period for grocery stores.

The grocery store was busy for almost an hour before it gradually quieted down. At this moment, a sharp scream suddenly came from outside, and the entire camp was instantly alarmed.