Chapter 200 Sugar Pills Save Life
The temperature is low in winter, water evaporates slowly, and seedlings are in a dormant state, which is the golden season for planting woody medicinal materials.
In addition, the villagers were not busy with farming in winter, so it was convenient to hire workers. Therefore, Jiang Tangtang seized the opportunity and hired a large number of workers to work at his home.
She paid a high wage and also provided a meal.
Not only did the nearby villagers come, but even many villagers from far away came together to work.
Jiang Tangtang asked He Qiuniang to select a few people to be supervisors and be fully responsible for the preliminary work.
The workers' meals were prepared by a woman hired from the farm. These women were paid the same wages as the workers in the fields: 15 wen a day, with lunch provided.
There was famine everywhere at that time, and the meals Jiang Tangtang prepared for the workers were not very good. They were all coarse grains, but they were enough to fill them up. She didn't care how many vegetables they ate.
In addition to buying some vegetables from people in the village, Jiang Tangtang also uses wild vegetables dug from the fields by the servants at home to make steamed corn bread. She also often mixes sweet potato leaves from the space into the mix.
Originally, she thought that there were too many sweet potato leaves in the space. These people were working for her, and she didn't give them meat to eat. But she gave them some spiritual sweet potato leaves to nourish their bodies and make them work more efficiently.
Because they didn't give much sweet potato leaves, but they ate a lot of steamed buns every day, so apart from feeling a little better, the villagers didn't feel anything else on weekdays.
But there was a villager whose family was very poor and had a son who had been sick for many years.
Every day after coming to the Lu family to work, the villagers would eat fewer steamed buns and save a few to take home for their families.
His son was so sick that he couldn't get out of bed, but after eating the steamed buns he brought back, his health gradually improved.
At first, the villager thought that his son had suffered, so he used his wages to buy a few eggs to nourish his son.
But after eating the eggs, there was no physical change in his son. Instead, after eating the Lu family's steamed buns, his spirits improved visibly every time.
After trying several times, he was sure that it was the Lu family's steamed bread that was the problem. He quickly went to the women who cooked for the Lu family and asked, "Old sister-in-law, how do you make your steamed bread? How do you make it taste better than mine?"
He was afraid that someone would know that he secretly brought steamed bread back for his family to eat, so he didn't tell the truth, but just praised the cooking skills of several people.
Hearing someone praising them, the village women were naturally happy, but the way they made steamed cornbread was no different from usual, so they were humble and told the truth.
After listening to several people cooking, Shi Dalin found that there was nothing special, so he guessed that the reason why these steamed buns were so different might be due to the raw materials.
So I asked what ingredients these steamed buns were made of.
"What can it be made of? It's just mixed bean flour and greens. If there's any difference, it's that in addition to the greens, it also contains some wild vegetables picked from the fields."
There are no sweet potatoes in this world. The sweet potatoes in Jiang Tangtang's space have not been widely promoted, so people don't know what sweet potatoes are, let alone sweet potato leaves.
Jiang Tangtang put the sweet potato leaves together with other wild vegetables. A few women asked about it, but when they heard that they were wild vegetables picked from the fields, they didn't pay much attention. Now her answer was also very casual.
Shi Dalin felt that the wild vegetables must be very effective for his son's condition, so he immediately asked, "What kind of wild vegetables did you pick from the mountains? Can you show them to me?"
"We've already finished cooking, how can we have any more? Why don't you go ask Madam Lu?"
Several women casually replied, "Besides, Madam Lu is so busy all day, how could she have the time to care about wild vegetables? Most likely, the servants at home just picked them casually, and you won't be able to find out even if you ask."
For the sake of his son, Shi Dalin went to Jiang Tangtang for advice.
Jiang Tangtang hadn't expected that even though she'd managed the portions so well, someone would still notice the difference in her steamed bread. She couldn't help but wonder if she'd been too relaxed lately.
Shi Dalin looked at Jiang Tangtang's expression and felt extremely nervous. He gritted his teeth and secretly took the steamed bread home for his son to eat. He told him that his son's health improved after eating it.
"Mrs. Lu, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have taken the steamed bread home secretly, but my family really had no choice. The child's mother passed away early, and the child was born sick. I also wanted to save my wages to take the child to the doctor."
He knelt down as he spoke, "I only ask Madam to tell me what wild vegetables are used in those steamed buns. If you can cure my son's illness, I, Shi Dalin, will serve you like a slave."
Jiang Tangtang didn't blame him, but magnanimously helped him up and said, "Uncle Shi, you can't do that. Those wild vegetables were dug by my servants, and I don't know what they are. I have some pills given by a miracle doctor, they are all for health. Why don't you take them home and show them to the child?"
They are said to be pills given by a miracle doctor, but in fact they are just fruit candies made by Jiang Tangtang using the fruits in the space.
The tiny bit of spiritual energy in his son's steamed buns made him feel much better, so the effect of eating this candy should be even better.
Shi Dalin was extremely grateful. He kowtowed to Jiang Tangtang several times before taking the pills Jiang Tangtang gave him and going home.
Jiang Tangtang didn't take this matter to heart and turned around to get busy.
She has taught the chefs at the pastry shop how to make several cheap but delicious pastries.
Nowadays, the main focus is on the development of new products and the cultivation of flowers, herbs and other medicinal materials.
These days, apart from sending people to look for experienced flower and herbal farmers, she was reading books on cosmetics in her study.
One day, she was reading when a servant suddenly knocked on the door and said, "Madam, a villager brought his son here to thank you for the medicine."
Jiang Tangtang was stunned for a moment before realizing that she had given a jar of sugar pills to a villager a few days ago. She hurriedly ordered the servants to call them in.
As soon as he entered the room, Shi Dalin said to his son, "Hurry up and kowtow to Madam. It was Madam's kindness that saved you. Otherwise..."
Shi Dalin said this, tears streaming down his face, and he knelt down as well, "Thank you, Madam. It was all because of you that my son An recovered from his illness."
Shi An is ten years old this year, but because his family is poor, he often doesn't have enough to eat and is sick all year round, so he looks only six or seven years old.
He knelt down with his father and kowtowed to Jiang Tangtang, saying, "Thank you, Madam, for saving my life. Shi An is willing to go through fire and water for you in the future, even if he dies, he will never regret it!"
Jiang Tangtang was just casually giving them a candy pill and didn't take it seriously at all, but the two refused to get up and even took out the indentures they had written earlier and gave them to Jiang Tangtang.
Seeing that the two were determined, Jiang Tangtang did not refuse again, but did not confiscate their indentures. Instead, he asked them, "Then tell me, what can you two do?"
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