Chapter 151 The Importance of Food (Part 3)
Old Madam Cui was also surprised to see Cui Hejin coming back.
She looked at Jiang Zhiluo and said, "Yes, Zhiluo, go sit over there and rest for a while."
"You're going to be exhausted, and we're worried and distressed too."
Old Madam Cui wished that Zhiluo could sit down and rest quickly.
I've been busy all day.
Looking at Jiang Zhiluo's thin figure, Mrs. Cui felt a little uncomfortable.
I wanted her to pull the plow, but it was useless to persuade Zhiluo, not to mention that the family also needed to plow the land.
It was she and Cui Hejin who worked hard to harvest the winter wheat last winter.
Fortunately, Cui Hejin came back from vacation.
Jiang Zhiluo met Cui Hejin's solemn and dark eyes and could only nod.
But after sitting next to him for a while and watching Cui Hejin busying around, Jiang Zhiluo felt a little distressed.
I just feel that Cui Hejin is not suitable for doing this kind of thing.
She wanted to buy a cow more and more.
After returning home that night, Mrs. Cui cooked dinner while Jiang Zhiluo was busy making chili pork sauce.
After moving into the big house, there were more rooms, a dedicated bathroom, and a large kitchen with two large pots, small pots, and frying pans.
Cooking is much more convenient.
She also designed a special study room for Cui Hejin to read books on weekdays.
There are two large desks and some bookshelves in the study. These are furniture that she drew and had a special carpenter make.
There are only a few books on the bookshelf.
Jiang Zhiluo thought that when her family's financial situation improved in the future, she would be able to buy a lot of books.
There are two desks, one for Cui Hejin and the other for her.
This way we don't have to squeeze into a small table in the house like before.
Moreover, the front and back yards are very large and have walls, which provides good privacy.
They no longer have to worry about villagers passing by the door seeing what they are doing in the yard when they go to the yard as before.
This way you can find time to grow more vegetables in the yard.
The land can be used to grow crops without having to set aside any land for growing vegetables.
There is enough space to grow a lot of vegetables in the front and back yards.
This makes it convenient to eat them on a daily basis, as you can just pick them in the yard.
Mrs. Cui also scattered some cucumber seeds at the base of the courtyard wall.
Jiang Zhiluo also went to the mountain to get some flower seeds and scattered them in the corners of the yard.
Living in a big house with a courtyard wall as a protection, Jiang Zhiluo feels safe living here.
Even Mrs. Cui likes the house designed by Jiang Zhiluo.
While cooking, Old Madam Cui couldn't help but say to Jiang Zhiluo, "Zhiluo, the room layout you designed is so comfortable."
The windows are bright and clean, the bed is comfortable to lie on, and there are bedside tables and chairs, cabinets and clothes drying racks.
No one in the village uses clothes drying racks. Those clothes drying racks were all drawn by Zhiluo and made by carpenters.
Not to mention, although she has few clothes, they are not easily wrinkled when hung on a rack.
And the drawer key.
There is also a special bed room.
When the weather is cold, you sleep on the kang, and in summer you can sleep in the room with the bed.
Jiang Zhiluo smiled and said, "As long as Mom lives comfortably, that's fine."
As she spoke, Jiang Zhiluo sorted the pickled mustard greens in her hand.
"These pickled mustard greens have been dried. They're called preserved mustard greens. We can make some more preserved mustard greens pot cakes."
Jiang Zhiluo thought about preparing the pickled mustard greens, making more chili pork sauce and selling it, so that she could buy a cow.
The kitchen was very large, and she was watching over two pots at once, one for cooking braised food and the other for making chili meat sauce.
Han Bingce has delivered some of the wooden bottles that were ordered a few days ago. They can all be bottled and sold at the dock.
She plans to take more orders in the next two days and make more money during these two days.
She had inquired and found out that it would cost nine taels of silver to buy an old cow.
So tomorrow she would take the silver from the braised food and sell more chili meat sauce, so she should have an extra three taels of silver in her hands.
With the previous eight taels of silver plus three taels of silver, there would still be one tael of silver left after buying a cow.
Jiang Zhiluo was busy until midnight before she went to bed.
Jiang Zhiluo hasn't had a dream for a long time.
I don't know why I had the dream again that night.
In the dream, there were merchants coming into the village to collect grain.
"What are you harvesting?"
"Corn flour is twelve cents a pound?"
“Is it so expensive?”
Normal mixed grain noodles cost eight cents per pound when bought at a grain store. When many people heard this, they thought about selling some of the grain at home.
Everyone thought that if there was not enough food, they could just go to the grain store and buy some whole grain noodles or corn.
But not long after, war broke out outside and food prices continued to rise.
Many people want to buy food but can’t, and even if they do, the price has doubled.
This is a very serious matter for ordinary people.
The town is in chaos because of the war and the food issue...
Jiang Zhiluo sat up in shock in the middle of the night.
When Cui Hejin heard the noise, he quickly sat up.
He saw in the moonlight that Jiang Zhiluo looked unhappy and asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Did you dream?"
Jiang Zhiluo slowly came back to her senses after hearing Cui Hejin's voice.
Her heart was beating a little faster at this moment.
Jiang Zhiluo realized that it was just a dream and that everything outside was calm and there was no chaos.
The time in the dream was a little vague, and Jiang Zhiluo didn't know when the war would break out and when food prices would rise.
But she thinks it is still necessary to prepare in advance.
Jiang Zhiluo came back to her senses, suppressed her chaotic heartbeat, and said softly, "Nothing."
Cui Hejin picked up the flint next to him and lit the pine oil candle.
Jiang Zhiluo used to make candles with pine oil, which had been used at home and were very durable.
Cui Hejin looked at the cold sweat on her face, took out a towel, and gently wiped it for her.
Jiang Zhiluo's eyelashes trembled, and she gently avoided Cui Hejin's hand.
Cui Hejin paused and asked, "Are you tired during the day?"
Jiang Zhiluo shook her head and said, "It's okay, I just thought it would be better to grow more food."
When the world is at peace, people don't realize the importance of food.
But once a war breaks out, the price of food in Yun State will rise and Yun State will be in chaos.
A glimmer of light flashed across Cui Hejin's eyes, as if he had thought of something. He said, "There's still a lot of open space in the front and back yards. We can plant some crops."
Jiang Zhiluo felt that it was still not enough. Although the food was enough for the family, who knew how long the war would last.
In the dream, many people took food and went to caves in the mountains to avoid the war.
If there is not enough food, there is no way to escape the war.
Some refugees even started gnawing on tree bark.
Jiang Zhiluo concentrated and said, "I want to buy more land."
Cui Hejin said: "Okay."
Jiang Zhiluo didn't expect Cui Hejin to be so easy to talk to. "You don't even want to know the reason?"
Cui Hejin said gently: "You can do whatever you want to do."
"Besides, buying more land is also a good thing."
Jiang Zhiluo said, "If we buy more land, we won't be able to handle it. We might as well hire someone to help farm."
"But now it's the busy farming season and labor is scarce. I guess everyone is busy cultivating their own land."
"But there's no need to rush. Whoever finishes their work can come and help us farm."
There is a one-month buffer when planting in spring.
Even if you start farming a month later, it won’t have any impact.
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