Chapter 36 Chapter 036 Mutton Soup Bun, Daddy Qin Yu, Ten/……
After discussing the matter of the Baiyuzhi workshop at the village chief's house until noon, the location of the Baiyuzhi workshop in the village was completely determined. The ancestral hall will be opened to announce this matter tomorrow, and the villagers will be arranged to start construction.
Qin Dali, at such an old age, suddenly became the elder of Qinjia Village. He felt so relieved. As soon as he left the house, he started chatting with the other two brothers.
Qin Daniu put his arms around his brother's neck and asked in a low voice.
"How are you doing recently? Are you still healthy?"
As an older brother, he always cares about his younger brother's family. To be honest, when Qin Yu married Xie Yaer, not only did the village chief think there was something wrong, but he, as the eldest brother, was afraid. However, his younger brother was a henpecked husband, so he agreed to whatever his wife said. Now it seems that having a good daughter-in-law at home can benefit a lifetime.
Since Youyou was born, although the two grandfathers Qin Daniu and Qin Dazhuang had never seen her, they had heard from Qin Dali several times about this granddaughter whose fortune had been told by a Taoist priest, and they really cared about her.
After all, he had seen all the other children in his brother's family and had all of them go out to visit friends, but Yoyo, the one who was so dear to his heart, was the only one he had not seen, even his closest relatives, because they said that he could not meet too many people.
"Brother, of course I'm fine. Everything is fine at home. Thank you for your concern." Qin Dali nodded with a smile. Compared to his family, where everyone has to spend all the money they have, his eldest and second brother's families live a better life.
There was no concept of dividing the family in the Dayong Dynasty. Qin Daniu and Qin Dazhuang were both fertile. The eldest brother's family had four sons and three daughters, and the second brother's family had five sons and one daughter. The family had not been divided yet. As the old men in the family, the two of them naturally lived a good life.
"It's okay. I'll be out tomorrow and bring some pickled fruits for Youyou. Children love sweet and sour things the most." Qin Daniu's second daughter-in-law knows how to pickle fruits. The pickled fruits are very delicious and taste good in winter.
"Third brother, I still have some pears here. Xiaoyang and the others found some late pears in the mountains the day before yesterday. I'll bring them to you tomorrow. Do you have any eggs at home? If not, I'll bring them along."
Qin Dazhuang also asked his third brother. He knew that his third brother raised this granddaughter very preciously and needed eggs every day. However, it was not possible for ordinary farmers to have chickens lay eggs every day. Even if they raised ten chickens, they might only lay one or two eggs a day. This was even more difficult in winter because eggs were expensive and ordinary people could not afford them.
For the sake of their younger brother, Qin Daniu and Qin Dazhuang both asked their family to collect the eggs laid by the chickens every day and send them to their younger brother's house. Originally, the son and daughter-in-law had some complaints, but as soon as their younger brother received the eggs, the sister-in-law was unwilling to owe anyone, so she always sent meat or food. After a while, no one in the family said anything. After all, the eggs could be saved and exchanged for salt from Qin Dali's family, so it was not a loss at all.
"Thank you very much, big brother and second brother. We are really running out of eggs, but we have some pork at home recently. I will ask my daughter-in-law to send it to your house tomorrow."
Qin Dali didn't bother to be polite with his brothers and directly exchanged pork for eggs. The pork was sent by the Zhang family. Youyou didn't like it. Youyou only liked lamb meat.
Seeing that his brother was becoming distant again, Qin Daniu glared at him but ultimately said nothing. Qin Dazhuang was a quiet person to begin with, so he could only walk forward quietly with him.
When the three of them reached the intersection, they went back to their homes, followed by their sons who also remained silent. After the excitement at the village chief's house, they came out to blow the wind and snow, and they felt much calmer.
When I got home, Wang Pandi had already prepared the meal. Although the meal was not rich, it was still a rare delicacy.
Because today I am making the mutton soup bun that Qin Yuan has been craving for a long time!!!
With wheat, it is equivalent to making steamed buns. Qin Yuan directed her aunt to make golden and soft steamed buns in the kitchen, and then asked her aunt to make mutton soup with local ingredients. When everyone looked at Qin Yuan sitting on a low stool and tearing the steamed buns into pieces obediently, they all smiled.
"The best part about this mutton soup is the mutton soup. The steamed bun tastes amazing in the soup!"
And don’t mention that this is the freshest little lamb! Qin Yuanhashahasha felt like her saliva was about to fall.
The bowls of other people were much bigger than Qin Yuan's, but they contained a lot of wild vegetable dumplings and mutton, but it was mixed with cooked pork. The lamb in the house was reserved for Qin Yuan, so everyone just tasted it. Qin Yuan didn't know about this. If she knew that pork and mutton were cooked together, she would definitely think it was a dark dish!
The pork from Dayong is truly unpalatable! It has that indescribable fishy smell, perhaps because... it's not castrated?
Anyway, Qin Yuan likes mutton the most now. She pinched the small wooden spoon made by her father with her little fingers and gently scooped up the mutton soup. Even in winter, mutton soup cools down quickly. Qin Yuan didn't even need to blow on it. It was already warm when she put it to her mouth.
The unique smell of mutton came over, and with the fishy-removing seasoning that Qin Yuan found among the Zhang family's medicinal herbs, today's mutton soup was completely free of fishy smell. Her small bowl was full of tender mutton, and the steamed bun made it even whiter and tenderer. The floating garlic chives also made people's mouths water.
“Ouch!”
She opened her mouth and took a sip of the mutton soup, then revealed an expression of absolute delicacy.
Mutton has a fishy smell, but the smell can be removed by using angelica, ginger, fennel, pepper and rice wine. However, Qin Yuan did not expect that angelica and pepper are not used for eating now, but are a kind of medicinal herbs.
She took another small bite of the lamb. The lamb was so tender and delicious, and soft in the mouth that even Qin Yuan's small teeth could eat it easily. Her cheeks were bulging from eating, like a cute little squirrel, making everyone else at the coffee table look at her quietly. Seeing her cute appearance, they couldn't help laughing.
Xie Yaer did the same. She lowered her head to wipe the corner of her daughter's mouth, then picked up the small bowl and tasted the mutton soup with steamed bun. After soaking the steamed bun in the soup like her daughter did, the steamed bun in her mouth tasted like mutton, which not only made her stomach feel satisfied, but also tasted excellent.
This... is really a good recipe.
The others also began to lower their heads to eat. The bowls of the men in the family mostly contained more pork, but because the mutton soup used so much ingredients, the pork cooked in the mutton soup became extremely fragrant. Although it was not as good as the taste of lamb, being able to eat meat was much better than ordinary people.
The Qin family has two meals a day, and one of them must have meat. The family members work a lot, and if there is nothing to eat, they will ruin their health.
"This is good!" Liu Chunhua tasted the mutton soup and said something so unscrupulous that even Qin Yuan admired it.
"To make this mutton soup with steamed buns, you just need to boil the mutton soup, put a few slices of mutton in the bowl, and add this steamed bun. A strong man can be full with just two steamed buns."
Not only can you eat meat, but there is also soup. After the soup is added, the steamed bun tastes like mutton, which is really delicious.
Qin Yuan nodded and thought to herself, Grandma, you have already mastered the modern way of selling mutton soup steamed buns. Three or four slices of meat are filled with mutton soup, and everyone tastes the same soup.
"If I were to open a stall, I'm afraid the business would be good."
Wang Pandi's mind became quicker. When he said this, Zhou Yan's eyes lit up. She thought this was feasible, but they didn't dare to say much. They just glanced at their mother-in-law.
Liu Chunhua could see what the two daughters-in-law meant. Putting aside the recipe, the Baiyuzhi incident had drained away all the men in the family. How could two women go out and start a business? Wouldn't that be like sending a sheep into a tiger's mouth?
Besides, when the Baiyuzhi workshop is established in the future, their family will not be short of money, so it is more important for them to stay at home and take care of Youyou.
Qin Yuan was drinking soup quietly. When she heard what her eldest aunt said and then saw the shining look in her second aunt's eyes, she suddenly had an idea.
"Second aunt, I remember that Second Uncle raised a lot of sheep. You can give him this recipe for mutton soup with steamed buns. Go to the county and set up a mutton stall. It's cold in winter, and there must be a lot of people who would like to try mutton soup with steamed buns."
But Qin Yuan was just talking. She really didn't understand the situation in the Dayong Dynasty. Is doing business... easy?
Zhou Yan's eyes were shining brightly, but her husband pinched her leg hard under the table. She immediately learned to control her emotions. Suddenly she found that her mother-in-law was staring at her. Her third brother's wife did not react, but the more this happened, the colder Zhou Yan's hot heart became. She trembled and dared not speak.
"Oh, business is not easy in winter. Your second aunt appreciates your kindness."
She forced an awkward smile towards Youyou. As she said this, Qin Yuan was concentrating on drinking her soup and didn't see the expression on her second aunt's face. Little did she know that her casual words could turn the entire Qin family upside down.
"That's right. Business is too difficult in winter. We can wait until spring. Anyway, people who want to eat mutton soup with steamed buns will eat it sooner or later." Qin Yuan didn't care. It was just a sudden thought. After all, her second aunt often brought her goat milk from home, so she didn't mind giving her the recipe for making mutton soup with her second aunt.
The men at the table were silent. No one expected Qin Yuan to suddenly say these words. The atmosphere was a little solemn. Xie Yaer then lowered her head to wipe the soup stains from her daughter's mouth again.
"Hey, mother knows you're thinking about your second aunt. I'll write a recipe for mutton soup buns and ask your second aunt to send it to your mother's house. What do you think?"
She would not keep such a recipe to herself, she would support whatever her daughter wanted to do.
"Okay." Qin Yuan obediently let her mother wipe her mouth, then she looked up at her second aunt beside her and found that her second aunt's eyes were very bright, but seemed to be slightly red?
She was just about to express her concern when her second aunt started laughing.
"Yoyo, Second Aunt is going back to her parents' home in the next two days. I'll bring you some goat milk when I get there~"
She didn't dare take her third sister-in-law's words seriously and could only say these words cleverly. Liu Chunhua was not dissatisfied in her heart, but she couldn't help feeling depressed and glared at her second daughter-in-law.
"Okay! Thank you, second aunt." Qin Yuanke was unaware of the undercurrents between the adults. After finishing her meal, she felt full and even a little bloated.
Xie Yaer held her in her arms and gently rubbed her belly.
"But are you able to hold on?"
In the past, Yoyo at home always ate little, but today it seemed that the mutton made by my sister-in-law was really delicious, and Yoyo ate too much.
"Yeah, I'm full."
Qin Yuan was also a little embarrassed because the mutton was so delicious that she ate too much. It didn't sound like something an adult should do, so she shyly buried her head in her mother's arms.
"Then mother will take you to take some digestive tablets."
Those daily medicines were placed in Xie Yaer's room. Xie Yaer could distinguish the effects of each medicine, and at this time she thought of the digestive tablets.
"Yeah." Qin Yuan nodded. Her stomach was a little uncomfortable. After her body became smaller, Qin Yuan felt that her thoughts became childish and her body was out of control.
Xie Yaer stood up holding Qin Yuan and nodded to her parents. Qin Yu beside her also stood up and walked outside with his wife and daughter. After the two of them left, the originally warm hall suddenly fell silent.
Qin Dali couldn't help but glance at his old wife who put down her chopsticks, then looked at his uneasy second son and daughter-in-law, and laughed dryly.
"Well... today is a good day. I never thought I'd become an elder of the Qin clan one day. Dashan and Dashu, you must take good care of the White Jade Fat Workshop. Also, Niu Niu, Hu Zi, and Da Xiong, you three have mastered the braising method. You must not let anyone know from now on. This is the foundation of our Qin clan, understand?"
He called out the names of his sons and grandsons one by one, and Qin Shan and Qin Shu nodded immediately.
"Don't worry, Dad. My second brother and I will keep a close eye on the affairs of the workshop, and as well as my third brother, we will definitely not let anything go wrong with it."
Qin Shu was also smart and spoke immediately.
"Today, the village chief has calculated the money needed to build this workshop. Niu Niu and Hu Zi have learned arithmetic from my sister-in-law. I'll have them start keeping accounts tomorrow and then bring them home every day for my sister-in-law to see."
After all, this white jade fat is Youyou's recipe. The family can see the account book, and even the village chief agreed to give the daily account book to Xie Yaer to look at, and Xie Yaer will also divide the money in the end.
"Don't worry, Grandpa. We promise not to tell anyone about Bai Yuzhi!"
Qin Niu Niu, Qin Hu and Qin Xiong, the youngest of the three, Qin Xiong, is already eleven years old. In the Dayong Dynasty, he is a man who can support a family. Naturally, he knows the importance of the white jade fat recipe, among which the braising sauce is the most important to master. According to the wishes of the third aunt, the braising sauce must be kept in the hands of their Qin family and cannot be told to anyone else.
The children were all well-behaved, and Qin Dali was happy too. However, when he looked at his wife again and saw that she still looked unhappy, he said with some embarrassment.
"Old woman, please say a few words."
In the past, whenever there was any big thing at home, my wife would tell me a few words.
Liu Chunhua finally reacted at this time, and then she looked directly at Zhou Yan, who looked smart and apologized instinctively.
"Mom, I really didn't mean to ask Youyou for the recipe just now. I really didn't..."
It is said that a daughter who is married off is like spilled water. Zhou Yan was very lucky to marry into the Qin family. An ordinary woman might not be able to go back home for many years after getting married. Zhou Yan's home was in the next village. Her parents treated her well and always asked her brothers to come and give her good things. Later, Zhou Yan gave birth to a baby and she mentioned her baby often when she went home. In the past five years, she also brought back this and that from her parents' home. Liu Chunhua turned a blind eye and let her daughter-in-law go home.
But what Youyou said today made Liu Chunhua a little unhappy. It's not that good things should be kept within the family, but that just because ordinary people like them were nice to Youyou, Youyou would keep it in mind. How unbearable is that?
Wang Pandi couldn't bear to see his sister-in-law being blamed, so he quickly whispered.
"Mom, it's all my fault. You're talking about recipes for no reason. We'll never see these recipes in our lifetime, let alone make them. I'm too quick to talk. A-Yan really doesn't have any ideas."
Recently, all the improved meals at home are made by Wang Pandidi. She has even mastered the skill of rolling noodles, and making pancakes is even easier. Now she speaks for her second brother's wife.
Zhou Yan was also feeling aggrieved, her eyes were red, and she even wanted to cry, but her family was all there, and she couldn't afford to lose face, so she could only tremble silently. Under the table, Qin Shu secretly held his wife's hand, and didn't dare to add fuel to his mother's anger.
"Alright, stop complaining to me. Am I mad at you? Yoyo is thinking about you, my second aunt. I just hope you can think of Yoyo in your heart too. She casually gives people the ability to make a living with a prescription, but the first thing she thinks of is my second uncle who raises sheep at home. Isn't it for you, my second aunt?"
It's nothing more than a heart-for-heart exchange. When Liu Chunhua said this, Zhou Yan really shed tears. This time, she was not feeling wronged, but happy.
Tears fell from her eyes, and she lowered her head and wiped them away hastily, but her voice was filled with laughter.
"I know mother didn't blame me. I know Youyou is thinking about me. I raised her with my own milk. How can I not hope for her well? Mother, I'm going to tell you today. I want to keep Feng'er at home as a baby. I hope you and father will allow me to do so. When I'm old, there will be someone by your side to watch over Youyou."
She directly said that she wanted her daughter to stay at home. Qin Feng'er nodded happily and looked at her grandparents.
"Grandpa and grandma, I don't want to get married. I want to stay at home and accompany my sister forever. When grandma and mom are old, I will keep watch over my sister. I know my sister can't sleep alone. I will watch over her and I will watch over her for the rest of my life."
The eight-year-old Qin Feng'er didn't know how long life was, but she liked her younger sister. Her younger sister could bring out many delicious foods and would even give her the most beautiful silver hairpin. Apart from her parents, her younger sister treated her the best in the world. Qin Feng'er was determined to be with her younger sister forever.
Qin Yue was standing by, their hands intertwined under the table. She was also moved, but could not say much.
The present days are already a dream for the Qin family. There may be earth-shaking changes in the future because of Youyou, but the Qin family values Youyou the most in their hearts, and none of them are willing to let Youyou go.
Liu Chunhua didn't expect that her second daughter-in-law would have such an idea. She looked at her granddaughter in surprise, then looked at her second daughter-in-law who had wiped away her tears, and finally her eyes fell on her second son.
"Do you know about Feng'er's situation?"
When asked by his mother, Qin Shu nodded.
"Mom, I heard about the baby from my sister-in-law. She plans to let Youyou stay at home as a baby. Of course I am happy, but sooner or later we will all grow old. Youyou is still young, and we can still protect her. When Youyou grows up and has no children around her, who will take care of her? I think it's not bad to let Feng'er stay at home as a baby. Besides, if Feng'er marries outside, I, as her father, don't know if she can live a good life in the future. But Youyou loves her sisters and brothers the most, and they will definitely not let Feng'er suffer. We can rest assured that Feng'er is guarding Youyou."
Whether for the sake of interests or emotions, Qin Shu thought it was a very good idea. If a woman married into an outsider's family, she would be wronged. It would be better for her to stay in her own home and be protected by her third brother's wife and Youyou. It would be better for his daughter to marry a stranger after all.
"...Since that's the case, don't regret it later."
Liu Chunhua said nothing in the end. Qin Dali opened his mouth. He didn't understand these babies and stuff. He only knew that Feng'er had to stay at home to take care of Youyou. After thinking about it, he didn't resist. Farmers have many children, and they are worthless. If Feng'er grows up and gets married, she might not live as well as she does at home.
Qin Shan and Wang Pandi looked at each other, their eyes swept over their daughter's sad face, and there seemed to be a fire burning in their hearts.
Qin Yuan didn't know all this. She was carried back to the house by her mother. After taking some stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets, her mother gently rubbed her stomach, and she slowly felt better.
The socks on her feet were taken off, and Qin Yu squatted there, gently wiping her daughter's feet with a handkerchief. This was unbelievable to outsiders.
But Qin Yuan didn't say that. She deliberately jumped her feet and hit Qin Yu's face when her father was wiping his feet. Qin Yu smiled helplessly and grabbed her daughter's soft little feet with the fragrance of pears. Qin Yuan had been eating well recently and had gained some weight, so her feet felt soft to the touch.
"Yoyo, don't make a fuss. Daddy will clean you up. Hurry up and get under the quilt later, otherwise you will catch a cold."
Qin Yu has a gentle voice and always gives people the impression that he has no temper in front of his wife and daughter. Such a gentle man made Qin Yuan a little presumptuous, and she deliberately kicked her father in the face again.
"Dad, apply perfume."
Qin Yu was already used to her asking her father for orders. He took out the frostbite cream and gently wiped his daughter's feet. The feet that were once red and swollen have now become white and tender.
"Dad, are you going to the workshop tomorrow? Are you going to take care of a lot of people?"
Qin Yuan was curious and took the initiative to ask her father about the Baiyuzhi workshop. Qin Yu nodded, tucked his daughter's feet into the quilt, and spoke while washing the handkerchief in the basin.
"I need to manage some people. We'll build a workshop tomorrow. The location has been decided. It's to the west of the village. There's a mountain behind it. The wood for the workshop can be cut directly from the mountain. Everyone in the village will be busy tomorrow. We'll try to finish building the workshop within ten days. Tomorrow should be good weather."
He rarely talked so much, and it was a bit boring, but Qin Yuan listened with great interest.
"I'm in charge of a team of about a hundred people cutting trees in the mountains. My eldest and second brothers also have to take charge of some of them. And your uncle also has to take people to the mountains to quarry stone. He probably has to lead a few hundred people out."
Fortunately, there are mountains around Qinjia Village, and most of the materials are locally available. Otherwise, it would sound abnormal for a village to leave so many laborers in winter.
Qin Yuan didn't expect that the villagers had to go to the mountains to cut trees to build houses, and she became even more curious.
"Then Dad, can we go to the mountains to cut trees when we build a house?"
Qin Yu was immediately defeated by his daughter's innocence. He shook his head with a smile and wrung out the cloth in his hand.
"Of course not. We need to buy wood and find people to help us build the house. It's different from building a workshop in the village. There are four mountains surrounding Qinjia Village, all of which belong to the village. On weekdays, everyone goes to the forest to chop wood and hunt, but cutting trees is not allowed."
The mountain belongs to the Qin family. You can chop wood, but you can't chop trees. Only when there is something happening in the Qin family, or when they need to make coffins, can they go up the mountain to chop trees. This is the rule.
After all, it is not easy for a tree to grow. It takes a few years at the shortest and more than ten years or even decades. If everyone did not obey and went up the mountain to cut trees, the mountain would have become bare long ago.
After he finished speaking, he went to fetch water again. The Qin family always boiled hot water, which wasted a lot of firewood. However, Qin Yuan asked everyone to drink hot water. In summer, everyone only dared to drink cold hot water. After a while, Qin Yu brought new hot water, and Xie Yaer washed her feet on the side.
Qin Yuan sat on the bed and reached out to her father. Qin Yu sat over and hugged his daughter.
He felt a little sad. His daughter was five years old this year. In a blink of an eye, she had grown from a tiny baby in his arms to what she is now. In two years, she would be grown up and would avoid her father. He was afraid that he would not be able to hug his daughter again.
"Dad, I prepared gifts for grandma, mom, and my aunts, but not for you. Will you be unhappy?"
She deliberately teased her biological father who was always gentle and silent. Probably all the men in the Qin family were like this. They were busy in the fields or chopping wood every day. They could only meet each other at mealtimes and in the evening. Qin Yuan thought she had a good relationship with her biological father.
"Dad doesn't need any gifts from Yoyo, as long as Yoyo is happy and healthy every day."
Qin Yu shook his head and looked at his daughter's shining eyes. He couldn't help but smile, knowing that his daughter still missed him and was happy even without a gift.
"Dad, do you have any gift you want? I can give you anything!"
Qin Yuan made the sound of giving a gift. Compared to her biological mother Xie Yaer, whom she knew better, Qin Yu's father always worked silently. After finishing the work in the fields, he did the housework. After finishing the housework, he still had to serve her and her mother. Qin Yuan was a little confused about what her father liked.
“…I just want to protect Yoyo.”
The changes in almost a month have made Qin Yu, a silent man, feel the coming of danger. He doesn't know if he can protect his daughter, but he doesn't want to do something big or become famous. He just wants to... protect his daughter and his wife.
Whether it was the white jade fat, the stone mill, or even the white salt in the kitchen that looked like snowflakes, the Qin family was boiling with excitement, but at the same time, they also felt a strange sense of unease. Everyone did their work in silence, but that unease was already deep in their bones, as if it was about to explode at any moment.
Qin Yu admitted that he was afraid. All the changes made him afraid. He was not afraid of his wife leaving him, but he was afraid that he would be unable to protect his wife and daughter.
"Is that so? Then... I'll find a very, very powerful weapon for Daddy, and then you can protect Mommy and me!"
Qin Yuan's eyes lit up, and she immediately thought of some kind of cold weapon. This kind of cold weapon is very lethal even for ordinary people without any training. Her father is as strong as an ox. If he has this thing, it will be like adding wings to a tiger. Wonderful!
"What?" Qin Yu was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that the gods had weapons. But she found that her daughter shook her head mysteriously.
"I can't tell Daddy now. I'll bring it back to him when I get it. He'll definitely like it!"
Not only does her own father like it, Qin Yuan also likes it. Cold weapons that were previously unusable in the modern world can now be used and played with at will in the Great Yong Dynasty. It sounds absolutely amazing!!!
"Okay, then wait for Yoyo to get Daddy the most powerful weapon. Daddy will definitely protect Yoyo and your mother."
Qin Yu promised. After Xie Yaer finished washing her feet, he squatted down and wiped his wife's feet as usual. Xie Yaer also imitated her daughter and gently kicked her husband's palm and whispered.
"You should take a shower later and sleep with Yoyo tonight."
This is what it means to not separate the beds. Qin Yu lowered his head, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. His hands moved more gently, wiping the water stains on his wife's feet and considerately placing them on the bed.
When he came back again, Xie Yaer had already lain down, and his daughter was asleep in his wife's arms. Qin Yu got on the bed, opened his arms and hugged his wife and daughter in his arms. His eyes were full of smiles. Xie Yaer looked up at him, but did not say a word. She just closed her eyes, let him hug her, and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, when Qin Yuan woke up, only her mother was left in the bed.
"Good morning, Mom. Where's Dad?"
She asked with narrowed eyes, and Xie Yaer said as she put on her coat.
"Your father has already left. The gong in the ancestral hall has been rung several times. I guess everyone in the village knows about the plan to build a white jade fat workshop."
Nothing at home would be hidden from her daughter. While the mother and daughter were talking, Zhou Yan came in with hot water.
"Are you up? Come here, let your aunt wipe your face."
Qin Yuan stood up. In the ancestral hall of Qinjia Village, all the laborers of Qinjia Village gathered together again. Compared with the lazy look last time, everyone looked very energetic this time.
Everyone has already benefited from using stone mill to grind wheat flour. Now that it is winter and there is no banditry, it must be a good thing for the village chief to gather everyone together!
When most of the villagers had arrived, Qin Xingsheng stood on the high platform and had a clear view of the villagers below. He then called Qin Dali to stand on the platform as well and shouted loudly.
"Fellow villagers of Qinjia Village! I am Qin Xingsheng, the patriarch of the Qin clan. Starting today, my Qin clan will build our first in-house enterprise! You all know the person standing next to me. He is Qin Dali, the one who provides free stone milling services to everyone in our village. This winter has been rainy and snowy, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive. Qin Dali's third daughter-in-law has come up with a recipe for 'White Jade Fat' and has given it to the clan to make. Once the White Jade Fat is made and sold, there will definitely be no more villagers starving or freezing to death in the village this winter!!!"
Qin Xingsheng's words were a notification, not an inquiry. When the people of Qinjia Village heard that there was work to be done, they were stunned at first, and then they couldn't help but remember that Qin Dali's daughter-in-law was from a noble family. How could the things she brought out not be good things?
In order to prove that Baiyuzhi is indeed a good thing, the Qin family brought two large slabs of tofu today, cut them into small pieces, and distributed them one by one by the Qin family for everyone to taste.
"What you are holding in your hands now is white jade fat. This white jade fat is the color of white jade and melts in your mouth. It is a rare delicacy in the world. Today, I will let you taste it and then start to build a workshop! The clan will provide daily meals, and after the workshop is completed, we will distribute food to everyone..."
As Qin Xingsheng continued to speak, the people below silently tasted the white jade fat. Although it was cold, it melted in the mouth. It was a kind of food that was... hard to describe, but it did not look like something that farmers would eat. It was indeed something that only a girl from an aristocratic family could make.
This thing must be very valuable, right?
After everyone tasted the white jade fat, they heard Qin Xingsheng announce that Qin Dali and others became the elders of the tribe. He then continued to assign work to each team. There was no chaos or crowding. In winter, no one wanted to expend any effort, and no one even shouted loudly. They saved some energy and didn't have to eat, thus avoiding wasting food.
As for working for the village, as soon as they were told that food would be provided, the men tacitly agreed to participate. After all, if they didn't eat at home, the food saved could allow their families to eat better.
It was already late when the teams were divided. Qin Shan, Qin Shu and Qin Yu had to lead the team to cut down trees. These trees would be used to distribute food to the villagers.
Qin Dali was also busy. He stood behind his grandson and felt for the first time that marrying the right daughter-in-law would bring prosperity to the family business. Seeing that his grandson could actually write, Qin Dali was happy. He asked his grandson about the situation of the villagers and then asked his grandson to record it one by one.
The third daughter-in-law said that she wanted to compile the information of everyone in the village so that she could use it later.
The Qinjia Village was bustling with activity, heading all the way to the snowy forest. They were not afraid of the large crowd, and were enthusiastic when they thought of the two free meals a day.
Qin Yuan received a call from Qin Huan after finishing her breakfast.
"Good morning, Mom!"
Qin Huan was still bright and cheerful, and seeing as she was still in the ward, Qin Yuan was not surprised by this, but felt a little distressed.
"Huanhuan, you don't have to stay with Mom all the time. Since Mom can't wake up, she has the nurses you hired to take care of her in the ward. You finally have a break, why don't you go home and have a good rest? Aren't you tired in the hospital?"
Qin Yuan had wanted to say this a long time ago, but she was afraid that her daughter would be unhappy. She mentioned it now because she thought that her daughter had been in contact with her for more than ten days and had confirmed her existence. Her daughter should not be so afraid of her disappearing.
"Mom, I'm not tired!" Qin Huan immediately shook his head. "When I was on the set, I was constantly rotating day and night, and I basically got into the habit of falling asleep just by lying on a chair. So don't worry about me, Mom. Your ward is the best one. Besides your bed, there are two beds for accompanying you. I'll just lie on this bed at night. Look, it's so soft, and I'll sleep peacefully."
Qin Huan moved the camera to let his mother look at his soft bed. Zhang Jiajia had covered it with a thick blanket, which looked soft. The air conditioner in the hospital was very cold in the summer, so Qin Huan sat in the ward wearing a cloak.
Qin Huan would never say that she only felt at ease when she was with her mother, as she didn't want her mother to worry about her.
"This bed is not bad, so I feel relieved."
This bed is not a single bed, it is even bigger than a single bed, and it is also comfortable for her daughter to sleep on it. Qin Yuan felt relieved after seeing this.
"Don't worry, Mom. I will take good care of myself. I'm not a child anymore. But you, have you been weighed recently? I see you have some flesh on your face. So cute. Did you look like this when you were a child?"
Qin Huan looked at his five-year-old mother and wondered what her mother was like in the orphanage. Was she also this cute? She had a round face, big eyes, and looked like someone who could be easily bullied.
"...I don't know either. Now that I think about it, I haven't even seen what I look like. You know, I don't have a mirror at home."
Qin Yuan was also stunned. Ever since she traveled to the Dayong Dynasty, she had been busy trying to die or seeing messages about her daughter. In addition, she was being watched by the Qin family all the time, so how could she have the chance to see herself in her current state?
She really didn't seem to notice what she looked like now.
"Then do you want me to send you a mirror today? Oh, right! If there are no mirrors in Dayong Dynasty, I can pick out a bunch of particularly beautiful mirrors and buy you a bunch of them. Then you can sell them and make a lot of money, and your life will be better."
Qin Huan was committed to giving his mother a good life, and at this moment he felt excited that his idea was great.
"Huanhuan, actually, I'm living quite well here now. The villagers have already started building a tofu factory, and my mother here doesn't seem to want me to leave Qinjia Village, for fear that I'll be bullied if someone sees me. We need to develop slowly, first in Qinjia Village, and then slowly expand outside. We can take out the mirror later."
Of course, a divine object like a mirror should be sold at the highest price possible, ideally worth a fortune. However, for the Qin family today, selling it for a fortune of ten thousand is not easy, as they might be targeted by others...
"Okay then, I'll listen to you, Mom. I'll give you whatever you ask me to give you." Qin Huan was as obedient as when he was a child.
Qin Yuan really had something for her daughter to buy right now, she said seriously.
"I actually have something for you to buy this time. Do you remember your Uncle Lu? He's Mom's friend from the orphanage. He runs a custom workshop and makes some personal collectibles. Can you help Mom ask him if he has a crossbow today? I want to buy a crossbow for my dad in this world. A small one weighing under five pounds, it should be pretty powerful."
All the fear comes from insufficient firepower, Qin Yuan added.
"If you have a small crossbow, please bring me one too. I think I need it."
The Dayong Dynasty sounded far from being as safe as she had been in the past few years, and Qin Yuan became somewhat alert.
Qin Huan nodded immediately.
"No problem, I'll contact Uncle Lu right away and buy you a crossbow!"
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The author has a message: The government prohibits the private sale of any bows or crossbows! This article is purely fictional! Don't even think about buying a bow or crossbow in real life! It's illegal!
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