Chapter 253: Harvesting Wheat (Part 2)
Jiang Zhiluo felt relieved when she saw the smile on Cui Qingci's face.
Maybe it was right to bring Cui Qingci out. Going out and taking a look can help to relax.
After the two returned home, Mrs. Cui looked at them and felt relieved.
"I'm glad you're back. I just made lunch. Let's eat together."
It was only after Cui Qingci woke up yesterday that she found out that her mother had learned to cook.
Back then, her mother was the wife of a duke, and she had never touched a household turkey before. She couldn't even light a fire, let alone cook.
But now her mother cooks a lot of food.
She also felt a sour feeling in her heart.
But she understood that if she wanted to live well in the village, she had to learn a lot.
She thought that as long as she studied hard, she would be able to learn it.
At noon, Mrs. Cui steamed rice and cooked some dishes.
After washing up, they ate with rice and vegetables.
Maybe because she had been busy all afternoon and was hungry, Cui Qingci simply ate an extra bowl of rice.
Mrs. Cui was shocked.
She knew how picky her daughter was about food in the past.
When she was in the mansion before, the kitchen cooked food in different ways, but she would stop eating after a few bites.
Old Madam Cui looked at Cui Qingci and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Cui Qingci looked up and saw her mother's expression. She realized something and said, "Mom, maybe the food you cooked is too delicious."
Madam Cui said, "Don't fool me. All rice is the same rice. You used to hate rice the most and were very picky about food."
Cui Qingci thought that she would not dare to be picky about food now. She had eaten leftovers so many times in Pei's house that she was no longer picky about food.
Of course, some things are unpalatable and difficult to swallow.
But she just thinks rice is fragrant and delicious.
"Mom, I'm not lying to you. I think all the rice and vegetables in our house are delicious."
"It just smells especially good. Maybe it's because I was busy at noon and got hungry, so I wanted to eat."
Jiang Zhiluo understood that it was because water was added when steaming the rice, and the water contained spiritual spring water, and the same was true for cooking.
So the food will be extra fragrant and appetizing.
Seeing Cui Qingci eating so much, Mrs. Cui was happy from the bottom of her heart.
"Just know how to eat."
Cui Qingci sighed, "Now that I think about it, it was really wrong to waste food in the mansion before."
But she really didn't like eating at that time.
But when she came here, she thought everything was delicious, which was strange.
"Eat your fill. I'm going to count the money with my sister-in-law later."
Old Madam Cui also recalled the joy she had when she and Zhiluo first set up a stall to cook food and then came back to count the copper coins.
It feels good.
The little bit of money you earn yourself has different meanings.
Jiang Zhiluo smiled, finished her meal and cleaned up.
She brewed kudzu root powder with kudzu root, added canned apricots, and small glutinous rice balls with mugwort.
Jiang Zhiluo had made the mugwort glutinous rice dumplings earlier and placed them in a jar, and they were all cooked.
When using, just scoop out some and eat it, just like the dumplings in milk tea.
This is like a bowl of sugar water.
Jiang Zhiluo made three bowls.
"The weather is getting hot, eat something to cool down."
The three of them sat in the living room and ate one spoonful at a time.
"It's delicious, sweet and refreshing. And these canned apricots are even better, not sour at all."
"Sister-in-law, how did you come up with all these food recipes? It's amazing!"
It was beyond her imagination.
Old Madam Cui watched her daughter go out to set up the stall, and when she came back her brows were relaxed.
She looked happy and said with a smile: "This is just the beginning. Your sister-in-law knows how to cook many more dishes."
After finishing a bowl, the three men counted the copper coins.
At noon, I earned a total of 2,816 coins.
After counting, Cui Qingci played with the coins, listened to the sound of the coins, and raised her eyebrows.
Old Madam Cui strung a thousand of them together with a rope so that Jiang Zhiluo could easily exchange them for silver at the bank later.
Jiang Zhiluo thought about it and told him about the trouble that happened at the dock that morning.
Madam Cui was shocked. "Someone is causing trouble so soon?"
Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "Well, it looks like things won't be peaceful here in Beizhou either."
Madam Cui's mind was focused. "Then wouldn't it be better to move to the mountains as soon as possible? We still have a lot of things, and the villagers have dried some food and stored it. If someone makes trouble and steals the food, it will be a mess."
Mrs. Cui herself understood how important food was to the villagers.
Especially since many people depend on this little food for their livelihood.
Jiang Zhiluo thought for a moment and said, "I should tell the village head and the villagers that if they are not in a hurry to move there, they can move the stored food to the deep mountains. At least they can store good things there."
"But it depends on everyone's opinion. We can't force everyone to send things into the mountains right now. If everyone doesn't live in the mountains, we won't feel safe leaving things there."
Cui Qingci thought for a moment and said, "Then can we arrange for some people to guard over there?"
"For example, elderly people who don't have anything to do can live there."
Madam Cui nodded and said, "That's a good idea."
Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said, "That's feasible."
Mrs. Cui said, "I'll go tell the headman right away."
Mrs. Cui understood that when living in the village, they had to stick together.
Especially if there is chaos outside, the villagers need to take care of each other.
Jiang Zhiluo thought about it and went to Xingshan Village in the afternoon to tell her parents about this matter.
Jiang Xiangchuan's legs were still fixed to the deck and he didn't dare to walk around.
After listening to Jiang Zhiluo's words, he said, "Don't worry, Dad will discuss it with the villagers and try to move to the mountains and hide as soon as possible."
Jiang Zhiluo felt relieved after hearing this and checked her father's feet.
"It's growing well. The deck can be removed in half a month. Once it practices walking, it will be fine."
Everyone was happy when they heard this.
…
After Mrs. Cui told the village head about her idea, the village head called a meeting of the villagers that day to discuss the matter.
When they heard that someone was deliberately causing trouble at the dock, they knew that things might not be peaceful here, and everyone was worried that someone would come to the village to steal food.
Everyone agreed with the village head's opinion.
The next day, Jiang Zhiluo took some villagers to the valley area that had been discovered before.
After showing everyone the way, we moved some things over and arranged for some villagers to guard them.
After harvesting the wheat, everyone moved to the mountains to hide.
After making this arrangement, the villagers did these things quietly without disturbing anyone.
…
In this way, time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, the weather became hot, summer came, and it was almost time to harvest wheat.
The village head's wife, Zhu, also came to Jiang Zhiluo in person and asked, "Zhiluo, I know you're a person with ideas, so I wanted to ask on behalf of the villagers, when is the best time for us to harvest the grain?"
"The villagers are afraid that if they harvest too early, the grains won't grow well. If they harvest too late, they're afraid bandits will target their wheat crops."
Everyone is afraid.
Jiang Zhiluo looked at Zhu's trusting expression and said, "Then wait for two days. Collect it quickly in two days."
According to the instructions in the dream, there are still a few days left, and these few days are enough to harvest wheat.
Jiang Zhiluo's family still has five acres of grain, including wheat and potatoes, and they have to hurry to harvest them.
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