When it was time for breakfast, Bai Shuang planned to take advantage of everyone being present to explain the process of making mulberry bark paper.
Although Lu Yu had already told everyone beforehand, Bai Shuang still felt it was necessary to say it again.
Although they were all Lu Yu's personal guards, there were many people in the military camp, and where there are people, there are conflicts. Who can guarantee that there won't be any dissenting opinions from top to bottom?
To make things clear now, so that no one will say she took advantage of the situation later.
In the makeshift mess hall of the military camp, the officers and soldiers were preparing to receive their meals when Bai Shuang and Lu Yu walked in, accompanied by Xue Bao.
Everyone saluted in unison: "Greetings, Commander! Greetings, Dr. Bai!"
Bai Shuang and Lu Yu nodded in return. "Hello everyone, I'll take ten minutes to tell you something."
...My wages will be covered by the wages I earned from refining medicine for the military camp. If there is any excess, I will distribute it to everyone.
During the papermaking period, I provided meals and heating for the working soldiers.
If you have any other opinions, please let us know.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a soldier shouted, "We don't need wages! Dr. Bai saved our lives; it's only right that we help him with some work."
Everyone agreed, "Yes, that's right."
A soldier who had once guarded the hillside said, "Dr. Bai, if you have time, it would be great if you could cook us a meal."
Dr. Bai's cooking is so delicious.
Lu Yu looked over, and the soldier immediately shut up.
Bai Shuang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll definitely help everyone when I have time."
It's not that the chef's cooking is bad; the key is that they lack seasonings.
Bai Jiu and the other person had eaten breakfast early, and now they were hungry, so they ate with everyone: potatoes, porridge, and pickled cabbage.
Even the snow leopard enjoyed the meal with everyone.
Bai Shuang and Lu Yu were having dinner together. On the table, there was an extra plate of cured meat, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and a can of fish.
Bai Shuang ate a potato and drank a bowl of corn porridge. Suddenly, she remembered the ostrich in her spatial dimension. "Do you keep ostriches?"
Lu Yu's lips twitched slightly. "I don't want to raise an ostrich, I just want to raise you."
Bai Shuang glared at him, "Nonsense! I'm talking about serious matters."
Do I need you to support me? I'm a wealthy family myself!
Lu Yu nodded, acknowledging that Bai Shuang came from a wealthy family. "Or, you could support me," he said.
"Support you? Does that mean I also have to support your army?"
Lu Yu: "Don't worry, the army doesn't need you to support it, and besides, you can't afford to."
Bai Shuang nodded. Such a large army is indeed unaffordable. If each person eats one pound, it would require tens of thousands of pounds. Even if there were space, it wouldn't be possible.
Lu Yu: "I will always wait for you, until the time you need me."
"What if I never need it? Or what if I marry someone else?"
Lu Yu gritted his teeth, but he still restrained himself. "You'll need it, and you won't marry anyone else. No one is better than me, and only I can protect you!"
"Don't be overconfident."
After the meal, Bai Shuang and the other two went to the factory with everyone else.
With tens of thousands of soldiers in the military camp, Bai Shuang's three production lines certainly wouldn't be enough. Lu Yu specially selected a group of technicians skilled in this area. They learned quickly and were conscientious and responsible, so Bai Shuang didn't have to worry too much.
Next, she truly witnessed the hardship and exhaustion of making mulberry bark paper. Every step of the process was fraught with difficulty, no wonder there's a folk song that goes:
The saying, "No girl should marry into Zhifang Village, for the papermaking process is so arduous that it breaks your bones," illustrates the immense hardship involved in papermaking.
No wonder that before the natural disaster, a single sheet of mulberry paper, measuring 110×230cm, was sold for 140 yuan by hand.
Mulberry bark paper is a type of traditional Chinese medicine. It can dispel wind and dampness, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. When used in combination with moxibustion sticks, it can enhance the health benefits of moxibustion.
Mulberry bark paper has long been used for high-end calligraphy and painting, as well as for advanced mounting.
From then on, besides secretly adding some snow to lighten their burden during their morning exercises, Bai Shuang also cooked for them, trying to make their meals as nutritious as possible every day.
Bai Jiu and Bai Chang usually help Bai Shuang cook. There are many people in the paper mill, and other soldiers who want to come in to work can't squeeze in, so they don't need to.
The snow leopard went wild, racing against the soldiers every day during training. That guy was cunning; when he wanted meat, he would come to Bai Shuang's room, hide in his spatial dimension, eat, and then come out again.
Bai Shuang took out the milk powder she had collected from the mall before the disaster and made a cup for each of them for breakfast to increase their nutrition.
Her space now produces milk, much of which is processed into milk powder by the white frost, so there's no need to store it.
They used the soybeans and chili peppers they grew to make a lot of Lao Gan Ma chili sauce, which is quite delicious as a condiment or seasoning for rice.
When we eat rice at lunchtime, we add a canned spicy sausage or other meat dish every day. We also take out a lot of dehydrated vegetables that we have stored in our storage space to feed them.
Many soldiers wanted to work in the paper mill because of the food, but there were enough people, so it was difficult to get in. As for the hard work, it was nothing to them, who were used to doing hard work.
The paper mill was warm and well-lit, and Bai Shuang planted many potted vegetables in the corners and groves, watering them with spring water, and they grew quite fast.
It's beautiful, it purifies the air, and you can eat fresh vegetables. Every time she picks vegetables, Bai Shuang secretly mixes some of the vegetables into the space.
In this way, even if the people at the large stove (the stove in the paper mill was called the small stove) shamelessly came to ask for some every day, they would still get some.
They all said that Dr. Bai's vegetables tasted better than meat. Once, a soldier who came to get vegetables even put a raw rapeseed into his mouth.
Since Bai Shuang started cooking, Lu Yu has been eating with her here every day, and his chef has also started cooking for Bai Shuang.
Bai Shuang told everyone that she raises chickens at home and occasionally takes out the eggs to make egg drop soup.
But Lu Yu had been to her house several times and had never seen a chicken. Bai Shuang then told him that the chicken was being kept in Bai Jiu's house.
Bai Jiu, Bai Chang, ...
That goofy soldier, who didn't get a job at the paper mill, would always ask Bai Shuang whenever he saw her, "Fairy Sister, is there any work to do?"
Sometimes Bai Shuang would find him some chores to do, such as helping Bai Shuang carry water or take out the trash. After he finished, Bai Shuang would give him a steamed bun or a pancake, which he would finish in a few bites, even throwing the crumbs into his mouth.
From this perspective, the soldiers were not full at each meal, probably only about 80-90% full, but in the context of a natural disaster, this was already quite good.
Many people want to join Lu Yu's army but can't. Although life in the military is tough, at least there's food to eat, and there are conditions for enlisting.
Bai Shuang, the three of them, and their dog would go home for a day off every few days. The paper mill workers were also supposed to have days off, but none of them wanted to.
The three of them and their dog would return every few days. When they returned to the corridor of Building C, the newly moved-in residents saw them and looked at them with strange eyes.
One time, when the three of them returned with the snow leopard, they happened to run into the mother and daughter from the 14th floor. The mother said, "Could you take my daughter out with you?"
Bai Shuang and Bai Chang ignored her, while Bai Jiu looked at her like she was an idiot, "How much does your daughter weigh?"
The mother was horrified. "Ah—you are cannibals?"
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