Staying in the house every day, Qiao Lan felt extremely bored.
There is not much entertainment in the winter. The Qiangguo class ended briefly at the end of the year, and new classes will not start until next year. Qiao Lan does not need to worry about the affairs of the back house.
I heard that Qiao Lan was at home, and many people sent me messages, inviting Qiao Lan to come over to enjoy a banquet and listen to music.
It's just that Qiao Lan is not very interested in those, or she does not have the ability to appreciate classical aesthetics.
Those women were all well-rounded and considerate in their words and deeds. As a "big boss", Qiao Lan felt that she was not from the same group as them, so she was not in the mood to drink tea with them.
Xu was very idle, so Qiao Lan found a job for herself and went to the kitchen to hone her cooking skills.
You must know that the processing of agricultural products is also a part of the course of strengthening the country through agriculture. Rounding it off means that cooking is also learning about strengthening the country.
Of course, it has to be delicious.
Qiao Lan studied the recipes in the system for two days before diving into the kitchen.
I braised a pot of eggs for the children at home, made some garlic and coriander cabbage, and cooked radish salad. I also made a large pot of lamb bone soup, and guided the master chef in the kitchen to make more than a dozen bowls of hand-pulled noodles.
The family sat around the table. In front of them was a huge soup bowl bigger than their face. The soup noodles were sprinkled with green onions and a cut egg, and there were two plates of side dishes next to them.
From the perspective of the diet standards of the Beijing aristocrats, one never gets tired of fine food.
Small plates of exquisite dishes were a symbol of status, and upper-class nobles would not eat with a bowl bigger than their head.
The Duan family didn't have that sentiment. I heard that today's meal was prepared by the old lady, so I ate it directly with chopsticks.
The noodles are very thin and delicious, and the two side dishes on the side are very good.
Take a few more sips of the mutton soup and your whole body will immediately feel warm!
All the feedback Qiao Lan received was that it was delicious, so she smiled and said, "If it's delicious, make it for a few more days. This soup is also suitable for drinking in the cold winter."
By the way, I praised the system in my mind, "The recipes and spices are very good!"
The recipe is one of the rewards that Qiao Lan drew before, and the spices are the remaining rewards from the previous mission.
The lamb bones stewed with spices not only have no fishy smell, but also make the meat more fragrant.
[System Mall, worthy of your trust!] 1818 started advertising.
Qiao Lan glanced at the system reward icon and began to think about the pepper seeds in the mall. In the face of the Little Ice Age, peppers are a good thing.
Compared with staple foods, vegetable seeds are much cheaper.
For example, Chili Pepper only requires one hundred thousand points.
It would be great if I could save more points to exchange for chili peppers next year!
Qiao Lan thought and felt that she had to work harder.
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It snowed for a long time and finally stopped completely on the fourth day.
The temperature outside has already reached below zero, and the cleared snowflakes are difficult to melt and can only be piled up in the corner, dirty and getting higher and higher.
As soon as the snow begins to fall, the price of charcoal in the capital begins to rise. This happens every year, and it is nothing unusual.
However, day after day, for three or four days, the price of charcoal fires has increased several times, and the supply is still in short supply. Along with the price of other food and cloth, the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt has also increased.
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The Duan family's belongings were settled before it started snowing, and the money was paid in advance.
When it snowed on the first day, the merchants didn't take it seriously.
On the second day, I was still a little heartbroken. The prices outside had increased a lot. The items in my store could only be sold at the same price as the previous two days, and I lost a lot of money.
On the third day, the price increased again, and the merchants were so frustrated that they wanted to cry. Since the people doing business were from the Nujun Mansion, none of them dared to cry in front of the Duan family.
On the fourth day, the Duan family finally finished moving their things, and a group of merchants cried so hard that they finally left! It snowed so hard this year, and I thought I could make a lot of money, so I asked the Duan family to take away their things.
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All I can say is that it’s fate!
They don’t have a life of wealth and honor!
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Secondly, the price is high, and the people who are more affected are the poor people. Many people live in thatched houses, which have all collapsed under the weight of the snow.
For a time, a group of homeless people had no choice but to go to the capital to beg.
It's just that it's such a cold day and I don't have thick clothes on my body. Getting frostbite from the wind and cold is a trivial matter, but freezing to death in the ice and snow is a real big deal.
On the second day of snow, after several beggars froze to death on the streets of Beijing, passers-by on the street just observed a moment of silence and then went to the government office to report the crime and ask the special officers to remove the bodies.
It was not until the third day that the news of the people freezing to death reached the city. The courtiers heard the news and expressed their sorrow, imploring the emperor to provide relief to the people.
The national treasury is not as sufficient as in previous years. In addition, the harvests in previous years were not very good. It has only been a bumper year. How can we spend money for disaster relief?
The young emperor felt that he did not have this ability, so he called the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to the front and asked him to deal with the other ministers.
What should the emperor do if he has no money or food?
As a result, the ministers and their families began to donate food, materials, and money to help the people affected by the disaster tide over the difficulties.
Part of it is donated directly to the court, and the officials of the court are responsible for handling these items.
Others were shacks set up by some well-off courtiers to deliver porridge and food in their own name.
After more people donated, straw huts were erected against the city wall. The people affected by the disaster gathered there, hugging each other to keep warm, and waiting for meals to be distributed with free soup and porridge.
The Duan family also received posts and letters urging donations, hoping that Qiao Lan would lend a helping hand.
After all, if someone like you is good at farming, she must have a lot of food at home.
Qiao Lan glanced at the letter and found out what other people had donated, and then planned to donate five thousand kilograms of old grain from her own warehouse.
Duan Mingjing accepted the pair of cards given by Qiao Lan and planned to go to the granary in Zhuangzi to get grain.
Holding the sign in his hand, Duan Mingjing hesitated: "Mom, will the food donation be insufficient?"
Qiao Lan shook her head, "It's quite a lot, five thousand catties."
Although the grain output on my own farm is exceptionally high, apart from rye and rice, the yield per mu is only 500 to 600 kilograms, and if placed on other people's fields, the amount would be reduced by half.
The output of dozens of acres of land here is really quite a lot.
"But I heard that many people opened their sheds to give porridge and give clothes to the people. What our family donated was old grain." Duan Mingjing said hesitantly, "I'm afraid if word gets out, others will say our family is stingy."
Qiao Lan didn't take it seriously: "Let them go ahead and ignore them. Let's just live our own lives."
Duan Mingjing was still puzzled, "Mom, you bought so much rice in advance, weren't you preparing for this disaster?"
Qiao Lan said seriously: "Of course it is prepared for the people who were affected by the disaster! But Jing'er, it's only November now, and winter is still early."
Winter has just begun. The days to come will be colder than now, and food will be less and less.
"This year's autumn harvest is in September and October. It's just after the autumn harvest. If the people have farmed seriously for a year, they should still have a lot of food in their homes. The weather will be colder, and the food will not disappear in vain." Qiao Lan mentioned Duan Mingjing.