The next morning, Chunwu came to tell her that the patient next door had recovered from the fever.
The fever finally subsided and she breathed a sigh of relief. When she went to see the doctor, he had already left, so Qian Wu went to get medicine.
Yan Mingli was obviously much more relaxed today. "Taking care of so many people is really more stressful than before. I was scared to death yesterday. If I can't make it, it will cost two lives. They are now considered our own people. It would be painful to see our own people die in our hands."
"This incident reminds me that there are almost 200 people in my village. I have to go back and tell them that if anyone has a headache, fever or discomfort, they should report it immediately. Now that they have survived, they are very lucky. They should be careful in the future. Not just in the future, but everyone else should be careful. Brother Mingli, have someone go to the pharmacy in town to buy some ginger. Let them drink a few bowls of ginger when it's cold. It's good for them."
"I will ask them to bring back more next time. It was only after I followed you to build the farm that I realized that money is really not worth spending. Fortunately, I still have more than 180 taels of silver on hand, which will last until July next year. With so many people, we have to save money in everything in the future." When I first came here, I thought that more than 2,000 taels would be enough. After buying things, I realized that I had spent a lot of money. This is just the beginning.
"The initial investment is huge, so next year's harvest won't be such a big worry. Everything has been arranged here. I don't think I'll come here often before the New Year. If you have anything to do, remember to go to the farm and find my brother and me. By the way, I'll send you some meat in a few days to nourish the people down below."
"Thank you so much, Chunxiao. It's really convenient to follow you."
"I've already said that helping you is also helping myself. I'll be leaving soon. If it's inconvenient for you, you can ask Chunliu and the others to bring me some news."
When Chunxiao returned, a pig was being slaughtered in the open space outside Yard No. 2, with many people gathered there. The two teachers would occasionally glance over there from afar.
Chunxiao's car stopped in front of the No. 2 courtyard. She got out and walked over but was stopped by several women from the Chunyuan courtyard. "Boss, don't go near them. They're bleeding right now. Don't scare you."
Happiness and happiness ran over from the crowd, "Miss!"
"You bought four pigs?"
"Four, each weighing over 300 pounds. Two have already been slaughtered, and the third is being bled. Don't go over there. The ground is very dirty. We'll need to wash it after we kill the pigs."
"Have you bought the marinade ingredients?"
"I've bought it. After we finish dissecting it, I'll teach them how to wash out the intestines. We'll go back to the main courtyard to stew it later."
Chunxiao glanced over there, eager to take a look, but after a brief glance, she decided not to. "Let's keep the last one alive for now and kill it when the meat is almost gone. Once the pig is slaughtered, let the women in charge of cooking in each courtyard receive half a fan each. This is the New Year's meal. Courtyard No. 4 should also receive half a fan, the main courtyard should keep half, and Huangkou Village will send half a fan tomorrow." She thought for a moment and said, "The main courtyard can keep a small half, and the majority can be sent to Huangkou Village."
"Oh, I have to go tell them quickly, or the fourth one will be killed too." Meiman ran towards the crowd.
"Xingfu, you can drive the carriage to deliver it tomorrow. And buy some ginger from the pharmacy in town. Go quickly and come back soon."
"Yes, miss."
In the afternoon, the whole main courtyard was filled with the aroma of braised meat, and Chunxiao's mouth was watering with greed.
She stood at the door of the kitchen and said, "People used to say our braised meat was delicious, but I didn't think much of it. Now that I smell it, I realize how tempting it is. Why isn't it ready yet?"
Meiman sat in front of the stove, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "Miss, you said it would take at least two or three hours to stew the food, so that it would be delicious after it has absorbed the flavor. Why are you rushing me again? It takes so long for Xingfu to go to the village to collect eggs. Miss, why are you stewing so many eggs?"
"Well, eggs aren't worth much. As the saying goes, happiness is better shared than shared. We don't have enough braised meat to share with them, so let each of them have two eggs. It also lets them know that my cooking skills are not to be underestimated." After saying this, she smiled. "The main thing is that the marinade of our pig heads and intestines can't be wasted. Braised eggs are just right for it."
That night, each of the four courtyards received three braised eggs. Those who ate them were very surprised and said they had never eaten such delicious eggs. Most of them saved the remaining two after eating them, planning to eat them two days later.
Chunxiao also prepared more than 200 braised eggs for Huangkou Village, and the next day asked Xingfu to take the eggs and meat to Huangkou Village.
Chunxiao had a rare moment of free time today, so she planned to go to each courtyard to check on the classes of the people in the farm. Classes should be going on in the courtyard at this moment, but she didn't hear any talking when she approached. Curious, she pushed open the courtyard door and saw people in the courtyard concentrating on writing. The teacher made a gesture to her to keep quiet, so she walked over.
"I am writing in ink, please wait a moment, sir."
Chunxiao looked at the people scratching their heads below, as if she saw herself memorizing the words at that time. However, the student at the front was writing calmly.
After a moment's silence, the teacher recited another line of poetry, which was the word that needed to be ink-coated. Seeing everyone's increasingly painful expressions, she was afraid that if she stayed any longer she would burst out laughing, so she quickly gestured to the teacher to leave, left Yard No. 1, and walked for more than an incense stick's time to reach Yard No. 2.
There was finally the sound of reading in Yard No. 2. When she walked in, the people who were originally following the reading stood up and looked at her.
"Look at me, what are you doing? Just do what you need to do. I just came to see if you are studying seriously with the teacher." She bowed to the teacher, "You continue, don't worry about me."
The teacher continued to lead the reading. She didn't know if it was because she was there or if it was just the way it was, but everyone was learning very seriously. This made her very happy.
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