Chapter 81 Winter Preparations
"Put the chicken and duck eggs into the car, put the goose eggs here, and don't put the chickens and ducks in the car, just put them outside." Lin Mu instructed the farmhands to bring all the things that Gu Yan and the others were going to take away.
"Lin Mu, after my wife and I return, you will be in charge of everything at the manor.
Now that the wheat has been planted, there won't be much work to do in the fields in the near future. I'll come back when it's time to water the fields.
If I can't come due to something, you can just take care of the arrangements when the time comes, and don't delay watering the wheat fields (the last round of watering before they freeze)." Gu Yan also took out the last few things in the house.
"Don't worry, boss, I will take good care of Zhuangzi." Lin Mu assured.
"While I'm away, you can take care of things at the manor.
If there's anything you can't decide, go to the county town and find Manager Liu." Gu Yan said.
"I understand, Boss." Manager Liu was the original boss of Zhuangzi, and Lin Mu was also familiar with him.
After giving Lin Mu a few instructions, Gu Yan helped Li Wanqing onto the carriage: "Is there nothing left?"
"No more, let's go. We have to pack up when we get back, otherwise we won't be able to sleep at night." Li Wanqing said.
They have been away for another month, and the house is covered in dust again. It will be uninhabitable if they don't clean it up properly.
The bedding also needs to be dried in the sun, otherwise it will be damp and uncomfortable to cover yourself with.
There was no conversation along the way, and the two returned home two hours later.
The first thing to do is to hang out all the bedding to dry. Now that the weather is clear and cool in autumn, it is a good time to dry the bedding.
Then he lit the fire and heated up the kang, just in time to boil some hot water in the kettle.
The weather is getting colder now, so use hot water to avoid freezing your hands.
I was busy all day long. I didn't cook for lunch and just had beef pancakes.
The pancake was bought yesterday, and the braised beef in the pancake was braised by Li Wanqing herself.
"Gu Yan, what are we going to eat tonight? It's better to eat early and go to bed early. We are tired after a busy day." Li Wanqing put the last duck egg into the jar.
After the original pickled duck eggs were eaten, Li Wanqing pickled another thirty.
"What do you want to eat? How about I make you some dumpling soup? That way you don't have to do anything and just wait to eat it." Gu Yan wanted Li Wanqing to take a break, as dumpling soup was his only specialty.
"Okay, let's have the dumpling soup. The vegetables in my space are edible, so let's use them to make it." Li Wanqing agreed happily.
After dinner, the two of them lay on the kang. Li Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally, we're done. Tomorrow we'll go collect herbs. This time we'll only look for Ganoderma lucidum and Kidney Essence Grass.
But we can't just dig medicinal herbs. We don't have much firewood at home, so we have to set aside time to chop wood.
This year is different from previous years. In previous years, you were alone and basically not at home during the day. You didn’t cook at home and didn’t use much firewood.
Think about it, I've been at home all day this year, and the stove at home has to be lit all day, so firewood is definitely needed.
In addition to firewood, you can see that after hunting two wild sheep, you also need a bison, after all, it will take food for the whole winter.
I also plan to cook pheasants and rabbits into spicy dishes. Not only will they taste good, but they will also be easy to store.
I also want to pick more mushrooms, black fungus, walnuts, pine nuts, hazelnuts and other dried fruits.
It’s nice to stay at home and have fun in the winter, and eating more dried fruits is also nutritious.”
Gu Yan hadn’t noticed it at first, but now that Li Wanqing said this, he would be busy from now on.
First of all, firewood is indeed a big deal. Although they live in the mountains, they certainly have no shortage of wood.
Even if there is no firewood, there is still time to chop it later, but it will snow in winter.
Especially in the mountains, it is common for snow to fall for several days and nights.
Imagine that the snow outside is half a person's height, and you still have to go out to chop firewood. Just thinking about it makes you suffer.
So it is necessary to cut enough firewood now to last the whole winter.
Although the rest are not necessary, as a husband, I must do my best to satisfy my wife's wishes.
In the following days, Gu Yan and Li Wanqing became busy.
First they dug medicinal herbs. Making money is always the most important thing, so the two of them dug for nearly a month.
They had basically searched everywhere within a radius of fifty miles.
Li Wanqing processed the medicinal herbs she dug up and took them out to sell with Gu Yan today.
"If I didn't want to buy some fried dough sticks, tofu pudding and flatbread, I wouldn't go with you.
My legs are so tired after this trip that they ache." After leaving the mountain and seeing that there was no one around, Li Wanqing quickly let out the carriage.
"Let's buy more this time, and next time you don't have to come out with me. Or we can just stay at the farm."
"In winter, you can't hunt or dig for medicinal herbs. It doesn't matter where you live," said Gu Yan.
"This year I want to live in the mountains and experience what winter is like in the mountains.
As for living in the manor, we’ll see next year.”
These foods are best eaten when they are hot from the pot; they will not taste the same when they are cold.
It is also because Li Wanqing’s space has a fresh-keeping function, so whatever you put in will remain the same when you take it out, so she buys a lot every time.
When they arrived at the county town, they found Manager Liu and sold some medicinal herbs. Their hard work for the past month was not in vain, as they sold a total of 136 taels of silver for various medicinal herbs.
This is quite a lot, mainly because they found a lot of Ganoderma lucidum this time, including a purple Ganoderma lucidum.
Purple Ganoderma lucidum is rare and expensive.
With money in hand, Li Wanqing went on another big shopping spree.
This time they bought 300 fried dough sticks and 100 bowls of tofu pudding. They bought so much that they took over the entire breakfast stall.
I also bought 50 kilograms of pancakes. As the pancakes were not enough, the pancake seller went out to buy flour and kneaded the dough to make the pancakes.
In addition to these, Li Wanqing also asked Gu Yan to buy several hundred kilograms of carbon. For this winter, Li Wanqing can be said to have made sufficient preparations.
Since she didn't plan to go out in the future, Li Wanqing bought some salt, sugar and seasonings.
In fact, there are still quite a few in the space, but she always feels that it is not enough. Anyway, this thing will not break, so she prepares more.
In the end, the two people returned with a full load.
In the following days, the two remained busy.
Gu Yan first chopped firewood for several days. There were dead trees everywhere in the deep mountains, and Gu Yan chopped down dozens of them in just a few days.
After getting the dead tree back, it had to be chopped into firewood suitable for burning. Gu Yan chopped firewood for several days in a row.
While Gu Yan was chopping wood, Li Wanqing was not idle either. The mushrooms and black fungus were now a little dried up.
Although most of them are broken, there are also many good ones.
There are also walnuts, pine nuts, chestnuts, hazelnuts, etc., and there are plenty of them without having to look for them specifically.
It is also worth mentioning that Li Wanqing also discovered a small jujube forest.
The red dates on the tree were big and sweet, which surprised Li Wanqing.
Li Wanqing also asked Gu Yan to get it back.
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