"Xingfu, when the snow melts, go to the next village and ask who's selling pigs. Buy a few pigs and bring them back. We need to prepare in advance."
"How many should we buy?" Both of them were making shoes in front of the stove.
"Just ask your family's Shitou to take the men there and buy three or four. If you can't finish them, pickle them in a water jar. We'll need to eat them eventually. Don't we have to find a butcher to slaughter them?"
"Miss, there are so many men in our village and they can't even slaughter a few pigs. Let them kill them themselves."
"Did you go to the shop and ask about the marinade ingredients when I asked you to do so a while ago?"
"I asked, Miss, it's too expensive. It costs more than three taels of silver for one pound. I didn't buy it."
"Wait until the snow melts and you bring back three pounds of meat. We won't make too much. We have to eat the intestines and hooves of the few animals we bought, otherwise they will be wasted."
The two laughed at the side, "Miss, you spend 10 taels of silver to stew those intestines and you don't think it's a waste. You are just greedy."
She giggled foolishly. "I sit here every day with nothing to do, and I always think about something. As I think about it, I think about what to eat for the New Year, and naturally I think about these things. The snow is so heavy, I'm afraid the vegetables in the field are going to die."
"No, Chunliu and the others said before that it snows here every winter, and the vegetables in the fields will become more delicious later."
"Hey, I wonder how Chunwu and the others are doing over there. It's snowed for so long, it's hard to melt."
On the 28th, the sun was high in the sky and the sky finally cleared up. Water began to drip down from the eaves, and everything was wet. Chunxiao didn't even think about going out, and she stayed at home for several days. It was not until the 6th that the ice on the ground melted, and then she went to the yard to check.
The teachers' classes had already started two days ago, but due to the snow, they had to add more classes during these two days. Anyway, they couldn't do anything in such weather.
As expected, Yard No. 4 had borrowed grain from Yard No. 3 before. The people from Yard No. 3 had reported this to her two days ago. When they saw her, they asked if they could borrow the farm's ox cart as they wanted to go to the town to buy some things.
Xingfu was originally going to the town to buy stewed dishes for Chunxiao, so he asked them to wait and follow Xingfu.
Zhao Shitou has already taken his men and car to a nearby village.
After Chunxiao explained everything to Meiman, she drove her carriage to Linye Village. When she arrived at the farm, she drove the carriage around and found that not all the soybeans in the field had died.
"Aunt, why are you wandering around in the fields instead of coming into the house?" Shuwen was standing at the gate of the yard and had heard the sound of horse hooves a long time ago.
"With such heavy snow, I want to see how the soybeans are doing."
"My father said, it depends on fate. You can harvest as much as you can. Don't you also plant 150 acres?"
Chunxiao smiled and said, "I haven't seen the ones in my field, but I'm stopping by to see yours. Where's your father?"
"Dad is worried about the villagers, so he went over there early this morning. Do you want to come in and sit with us?"
"I'm not going to sit down anymore. I'll go take a look too. Shuwen, our teacher has started classes early. Don't miss out. He has several classes a day now."
Shuwen panicked when he heard this, "So soon? Then I'll go get ready and be there right away. Oh, aunt, why didn't you tell me earlier? I wouldn't have said anything to you." The person who was just standing at the door ran away.
Chunxiao set out for Wuying Town. There were still many people walking on the road, but there were almost no refugees. I don’t know if they were resettled by the government office or hid somewhere because of the cold weather.
When she arrived at Huangkou Village, she saw an ox cart coming out of the village. The driver was a young man from the village. She didn't know whether he saw her or was in a hurry, but he left in a hurry without even saying hello.
She quickly mounted her horse and entered the farm. Chunliu saw her carriage from afar and came to meet her.
"How are the people in Zhuangzi?"
Chunliu tied her carriage aside. "We're fine here. Since it's snowing, let them stay indoors and recuperate. Two of them had a slight fever the first two days, so I followed Manager Xingfu's instructions and had Chunliu give them ginger water every day to help them sweat under the quilt. They got better soon. I heard someone next door is sick, and the doctor is over there."
When Chunxiao heard that someone next door was sick, she hurried to the next village. The courtyards on both sides were actually not far away, and it was also for the convenience of future care. She walked for more than 20 minutes to reach the place. When she entered the courtyard, she saw Yan Dashan.
“Big Brother!”
"Chunxiao, you're here too."
"I heard someone is sick. Is it serious?"
"They are two newly-acquired servants who have had a high fever for two days. The roads were blocked and there was no doctor in the nearby village. They had already gone to town to get a doctor when I arrived. The doctor has already examined them and just used some medicine, but it's not enough, so he asked Qianwu to go get some."
"I was wondering why he was so flustered and hurried at the door. How is he now?"
"The doctor said the delay is quite long, so it's hard to say. We have to see how things go from today to tomorrow."
In this era, a small cold can be fatal. Chunxiao followed Yan Dashan to the patient's room.
Now the two women lived in two separate rooms, a fire was lit in the house, and several other women were responsible for taking care of them.
Chunxiao walked over to the doctor and said, "Doctor, is there anything I need to pay attention to or avoid eating?"
The doctor looked at her and said, "Why are you restricting your diet? The root cause of her illness is a weak constitution, and she can't stand the cold weather. Now it depends on whether she can make it through. If she can, she can eat light food for the first two days, but after that, she needs to nourish herself more and eat more oily foods. If she can't make it, then that's her fate."
Chunxiao looked at Yan Mingli, who was standing at the door with a worried look on his face, and walked out. "Brother Mingli, are you guys okay?"
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