Upon opening her eyes, Shen Qing found herself in a mud-and-thatch hut, wearing clothes covered in patches, eating corn paste, and seeing no trace of meat or oil. Shen Qing: This is too miserable! ...
Chapter 266: This is the first time I know that having enough Yang Qi has this benefit
Shen Qing saw Jiang Xiangdong come back, the door was closed, and all the family members were present. Jiang Xiangzhong had already prepared the writing book and began to count: "Your second, third, and fifth grandfathers each sent ten kilograms of malt sugar."
This is the most valuable and expensive gift in the entire village.
Guan Li felt warmed when she heard this. The two families of Jiang Erye also gave her father ten kilograms of malt sugar. Her husband was a member of the Jiang family, so it was natural to give them ten kilograms. It seemed that giving ten kilograms to her family was because he was not partial to one over the other. He was really a considerate person.
"The Zhao family has two geese, two old hens, and fifty chicken eggs."
"The Qin family has two old hens, two salted ducks, fifty duck eggs and fifty chicken eggs;"
"The Zhou family has four geese and eighty goose eggs;"
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She had previously gone to the city and stocked up two empty lockers with chicken eggs, one with duck eggs and two with goose eggs, so that she could supplement them and eat them slowly during the winter when the eggs were less abundant.
When the ducks are killed and made into salted ducks, most of the duck eggs are taken out to make salted duck eggs.
After the brush workshop started providing meals, the goose eggs were consumed very quickly, and I was worried about how to get the remaining duck eggs to add to the meals. Unexpectedly, the villagers not only sent chickens, ducks and geese, but also so many eggs!
You know, farmers are reluctant to eat eggs. How long did it take to accumulate so many favors?
"Mom, I was worried that there wouldn't be enough eggs before, but I didn't expect that they not only sent hundreds of eggs, but also old laying hens and geese. No matter how few eggs are laid in winter, these are enough for us to eat!" Jiang Shui said in surprise.
Every family sends eggs in pairs. Chicken eggs are delicious, but goose eggs are bigger, one is equivalent to three or four chicken eggs. To make food in the workshop, you only need to beat more than ten goose eggs for a meal. If it is not enough, you can make egg drop soup, which tastes better than warm water with the egg flavor!
But now you don’t have to be too frugal, you can put two more goose eggs in the egg drop soup.
Shen Qing smiled and nodded: "You like to eat eggs, so from now on, keep the eggs for your family's dinner, and slowly add the goose eggs and duck eggs to the workshop's lunch."
She even stockpiled five lockers full of eggs! Surely that was enough to eat.
No one else expected that the gifts from the villagers this time would be so generous!
They already have quite a few chickens, ducks and geese of their own, and now with these twenty or so chickens and geese, their team has expanded again!
"The eldest brother Lei gave half a sheep, three rabbits and three pheasants. The second brother Lei gave half a sheep and six pheasants. The third brother Lei gave the same thing as the second brother."
Cuihua said she sent the sheep because she thought the villagers preferred eating sheep to wild game. She opened a workshop and would make sheep soup from time to time. After discussing with the three families, they felt that sheep were the most practical, so they kept the sheep they had divided and sent them over.
Pheasants are better than rabbits, so she was planning to give them as gifts. However, Mrs. Cao had bought wild game saying it was for Pinggu's health. She thought pheasant soup was the most nutritious, so she gave away a few extra pheasants from her own family. Since the number was not enough, she could only give them away in half.
Shen Qing felt that Mrs. Cao was just using Pinggu as a cover, and even if she gave up the pheasant, it would not fall into Pinggu's stomach. But hey, what if it could? Cuihua was also thinking about that what if.
As soon as the gifts from the three Lei families came out, the room fell silent and even the breathing became much quieter.
My God, the Lei family is so generous!
This time, the Lei family got the most wild sheep, but it was only half a head. Isn't it equivalent to giving them all to their family?
If three companies sent it at the same time, that would be half a sheep!
There are also rabbits and pheasants. With so many pheasants, we can stew a pot of pheasant soup every now and then, which can last for more than a month.
In addition to the pheasants and rabbits that were shared, we didn’t have to slaughter the chickens and geese we raised at home throughout the winter.
Shen Qing instructed: "Wild sheep have a strong taste, so eat them all first in the workshop."
She doesn't like the taste of wild sheep very much, always feeling that the smell is too strong. She prefers domestic sheep. The sheep meat has a sweet taste, and it is delicious even when stewed, without any fishy or mutton smell.
The men actually prefer wild sheep. They think the fishy smell to her is more like sheep.
Although she didn't understand, she respected it very much. Well, it was just right to send them all to the workshop.
Jiang Yu nodded in agreement: "Okay, sister-in-law, I will move it over and stew it tomorrow."
Shen Qing thought that they had been busy with wedding preparations during the past few days since the workshop opened, and Jiang Yu had mostly been preparing the food. Now that the wedding was successfully completed, it was natural to redistribute the work.
She looked at Jiang Yu and said, "You've been busy with the wedding, it's hard for you to handle it alone. Let's make new arrangements."
The others were fine, but Jiang Xiangnan and Jiang Xiangzhong looked at Shen Qing, fearing that it would be assigned to them.
Jiang Xiangnan thought that he didn't know how to cook. He couldn't stand wasting ingredients while cooking, and he couldn't stand eating bad food even more!
Jiang Xiangzhong was thinking that since ancient times, gentlemen have stayed away from the kitchen. How could a scholar like him go into the kitchen and cook for a group of servants?
Guan Li really wanted to say that she would do it. Her sister-in-law and sister-in-law had worked so hard for her for so many days, so it was only right that she should do more after marrying into the family.
But when she looked up at her mother, she saw her mother's eyes telling her not to panic.
Mom, do you have an idea about the distribution?
Shen Qing made a clear distribution: "From now on, there will be two groups of people taking turns to be responsible for food. One group will be responsible for one day, not only the lunch at the workshop, but also the dinner at home.
One group works for one day, and the sixth and seventh days of the workshop are a break. They are only responsible for the food at home.
Xiaoyu, you lead Xiangnan's group, and Xiaoshui, you and your fourth brother will be in the same group. You two will be responsible for cooking, while they will be responsible for washing, cleaning, and the physical labor of moving things around.
Boys have plenty of yang energy, so it's okay for them to touch water. But you two girls should avoid touching water too much, as it will cause a cold that is difficult to cure."
Jiang Xiangnan, Jiang Xiangbei: .....This is the first time I know that having sufficient Yang energy has such benefits!
Is this where the sufficient Yang energy is used?
Jiang Xiangnan immediately shook his head, thinking happily that as long as he didn't have to cook, it would be fine for him to work, as long as there was delicious food!
He looked at his aunt and said with a smile: "Aunt, if you have anything to do, leave it to me. You just need to make the meal delicious!"
Jiang Yu quickly glanced at Shen Qing, and seeing that she didn't look at all like she felt sorry for her son, he nodded slightly.
On the other side, Jiang Xiangzhong breathed a sigh of relief because his mother didn't choose him.
But it's also true, he is a scholar after all, and his mother treated him badly before because he was not very useful. But after coming here, he was in charge of recording the shipment and income, which made him very useful to the family and important to the entire village. His value rose, and his mother's attitude towards him naturally improved.
The best proof is that the desk and armchair in front are given to him alone!
"We have a lot more chickens and geese at home. We need to feed them several times a day. Let Xiangzhong mix the chicken feed for them."
A clear and resonant voice was heard, sounding like thunder in Jiang Xiangzhong's ears.
He looked as if he had been struck by lightning, looking at Shen Qing with a crispy exterior and tender interior.
As a scholar, he should stay away from the kitchen, but mixing chicken feed is worse than going into the kitchen!
After all, cooking in the kitchen is for people to eat, while mixing chicken feed is for feeding animals. Who is more noble?
No, even worse!