Chapter 283 Do you like this name?
Pinggu wanted to say no, but found that she couldn't say it out loud because they really needed clothes.
When she came out of Cao's house in the morning, Mrs. Cao did not allow her to take any clothes except what she was wearing. Naturally, she did not confiscate anything from her daughters when she picked them up just now.
Moreover, she had been injured recently. The weather was very cold and her cotton clothes were soaked in water, which made them even heavier. She didn't have enough to eat and had no energy to take care of herself. She looked so dirty that it was unsightly.
The five of them sat quietly on the long bench waiting. The warm atmosphere in the room made them feel relaxed and comfortable, making them drowsy.
"Mom, this room is as warm even if we're not on the kang." Xiao Tie said in a low voice.
Ping Gu explained softly, "This is a ground dragon. It can warm the whole house, but it consumes a lot of firewood and takes up a lot of space. People in the city with small houses and limited financial resources are reluctant to install it."
Xiao Tie seemed to understand, but he could tell that this was something very powerful.
The other three people thought that the Cao family did not have it, but the new master's family did, so it seemed that the new master's family was more powerful than the Cao family.
The five of them sat stiffly on a long bench. A moment later, Huo Bing and Guan Li came in with steaming hot noodles. They placed them on the table one by one and greeted them gently, "Are you hungry? Come and eat."
Both of them have experienced hardships and know what it feels like to be hungry. They also deeply understand how uncomfortable it feels to be hungry.
Pinggu led her four daughters forward and saw the dough balls placed on the square wooden table. She couldn't stop swallowing her saliva.
The five people thanked him, picked up their chopsticks, and picked up a piece of noodle with trembling hands.
"Mom, it's white flour!" Xiao Jin exclaimed.
Pinggu also saw it and was stunned. She was just a servant, so was she worthy of eating white flour?
"Mom, there's an egg inside! It's an egg!" Xiao Tong shouted in surprise.
“There’s some in my bowl too!”
"Me too!"
This is an egg, and they all have one? A whole one for each person!
"There are also oil residues, which smells so good."
The daughters' cheers of surprise brought Pinggu back to her senses. With a sour nose, she said, "Well, eat slowly and don't choke."
"Mom, here are the eggs for you! There are so many dumplings, enough to fill you up." Xiao Tie transferred the poached eggs in the bowl to her mother's bowl.
Guan Li felt bitter and quickly advised: "You can keep some for yourself. Your mother has some in her bowl. This is just a base. There's also dinner tonight."
These children are as thin as corn stalks. When they have food, they always want to give the good food to their mother. No wonder Pinggu goes to great lengths to plan to bring all of them out.
If it were me, I would not want any of them to be away from me...
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Shen Qing didn't expect that the seeds category actually included various plant seedlings!
She couldn't take her eyes off the fruit trees and vines of grapes, kiwis, etc.
She was wrong. She admitted that her voice was a little loud just now. You are the best in the mall!
Although I can't use them now, I will be able to use them in a few months when spring comes. She has yellow peaches, green pears, pineapples, red apples, cherries, grapes, kiwis, strawberries, blueberries, apricots, plums, chestnuts, walnuts...
After a year or two of harvest, the leftover yellow peaches can be canned, apples can be dried, apricots, plums, and cherries can be preserved, and strawberries and blueberries can be made into jam.
Especially chestnuts and walnuts, these two can be used as staple food, they can fill the stomach and can also be used to extract oil. They are economic forests and should be planted on all flat areas of the mountain!
Blueberries look like wild fruits and are also planted on the mountains in inconspicuous clusters.
Let's plant more cherries in front of and behind the house. They are expensive. She couldn't even afford to buy them in China and they don't keep well. Now that she's here and the place is big, she has to plant more cherries and eat fresh ones every day to her heart's content!
Plant the grapes in the yard, build a wooden rack, and let the vines climb all over the rack. Bunches of green, red or purple grapes hang down, which looks very pleasing.
Shen Qing felt like she was following a bear into a cornfield, not knowing which one to break first.
There are so many varieties of fruits that I feel like every piece of land should be utilized well and nothing should be wasted!
After looking at the fruits, Shen Qing started looking at other things.
They have nothing but land here, so they can't grow wheat and rice. But the land is good, so they can grow high-yielding sweet potatoes and potatoes.
This way, the maximum number of people can be fed with the minimum harvest from the land.
It can also free up more land for growing medicinal herbs.
By the way, Shen Qing quickly searched for the seeds of medicinal herbs such as Astragalus and Notopterygium wilfordii, and felt relieved when he saw that they were all available.
In the future, you can buy some and scatter them everywhere in the mountains. As many plants as can survive will do. They are naturally grown, so you don’t have to spend much effort. As long as they grow, you will make money, right?
After taking a closer look, Shen Qing reluctantly closed the mall and began to pack his clothes.
She had the most clothes in the house, so she took out three sets of underwear and outerwear, and also took out two pieces of cloth from the storage cabinet.
I'll ask Ah Bing and Ah Li for a set each later, and then I can slowly make new clothes to change into later.
When we arrived at the main room, we saw that Huo Bing and Guan Li had each taken out two sets of clothes.
"Mom, although these are old, they are all washed. There are no clothes suitable for four children at home. You can modify them first and wear them temporarily. Then I will make some new clothes for them to change into later." Guan Li said quickly.
It was mainly said to Pinggu and the other four.
When Pinggu saw Shen Qing coming out with two pieces of cloth, she stood up unconsciously.
She murmured, "Master, we already have a change of clothes."
How could she not understand how valuable the cloth of a peasant family was? Many families only had one set of clothes, and the better ones only had two sets of clothes to change into. Shen Qing's family was richer than other families, but they probably didn't have much cloth either.
Shen Qing smiled and arranged: "These clothes are suitable for you to wear, but they won't fit the four girls. Just make do with them for now.
Once I make new clothes that fit me, I can change them out, and keep these old ones for work or as replacements."
Gold, silver, copper and iron hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, master!"
Shen Qing corrected: "I am your mother's master, but not yours. From now on, just call me aunt."
Pinggu sold herself, but she raised these four girls with money. In the future, when they get married and have children, not only can they become the legal wife, but their children and descendants will no longer be slaves.
Pinggu, with her own efforts, created another path for her daughters.
Whether it is easy to walk and how to walk depends on them.
"Ah?" The four of them didn't understand for a moment and opened their mouths blankly.
Ping Gu explained it carefully and finally said: "Although she is not your master, she is my mother's master, and she is the savior of the five of us mother and daughter. Without her, we would not exist."
The four of Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Iron nodded heavily, then looked at Shen Qing. Shen Qing was afraid of embarrassment and hurriedly changed the subject: "Do you like this name?"
Small gold and small silver are fine, but are there really any girls who like the names of small copper and small iron?
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