delicious little cook

Chapter 1076 The Secret Garden
Mengmei immediately assigned some people to work, some of them were busy drying, some of them went to catch the chickens, ducks and chicks, put them on the scale, weigh them, and mark them. They had already seen that they were going to feed them. Chickens and ducks, as long as they think that chickens and ducks are omnivorous and eat meat, everyone thinks that this experiment must be successful. A smile appeared on the face of the officials of Guangli County, and they rolled up their sleeves to help catch chickens and ducks. Mountains, pine cones and pine wood are the source of income for the people and the source of tax for the county. If the pine forest is destroyed by insects, it will be a catastrophe.

The first pot of insect powder was fed to the chickens and ducks. After eating it, there was no poisoning reaction, and they were alive and kicking. Three chickens and ducks laid eggs the next day. The kitchen continued to feed them with insect powder. After waiting for a day, the chickens and ducks died A few more eggs were picked up in the fence, and everyone laughed and said that if they were fed like this every day, there would probably be eggs picked every day, so they would be reluctant to kill them and eat them.

Bai Kou originally wanted to observe for a few more days to see how the chicks grew after eating the insect powder, but the imperial court, who had been paying attention, had no time to wait any longer. Seeing that the chickens and ducks were not poisoned to death, they decided that the experiment was successful. Come to the factory to discuss the next method with Bai Kou.

Of course, there is a solution. Guangli County does not focus on poultry and livestock breeding, and the daily production and life of the people cannot consume pupae all over the mountains and plains. However, Bai Kou has the confidence to dislike this one-shot deal, and offers a price for the purchase of insect powder. She will send people to Guangli County to supervise the processing on site, and bring the insect powder back to the farm directly. The pine forests that the county people rely on for their livelihood will be affected, but if there is additional income to make up for it, it will also reduce the burden of the imperial court for disaster relief.

The officials of Guangli County got the order, packed up their luggage and rushed back to the county. The imperial court then sent a message with carrier pigeons, asking the county to immediately mobilize the people to go up the mountain to dig pupae, cook the meat, cook, dry and grind the powder. The official document for disaster relief will arrive soon, Bai Kou On the other side, they immediately prepared cash and arranged for ships to go to Guangli County.

The steward who was sent on a business trip brought a boatload of copper coins to pay the labor costs of the people, and in his arms was used to manage the public relations fees of the county government. The name of Mr. Bai made Guangli County very cooperative. Officials, big and small, can also be exempted from being recorded. No one wants to have multiple stains in the performance appraisal at the end of the year that will affect their future career.

Hearing that these chrysalis can be sold for money, the common people flocked to the mountain to dig the chrysalis, causing a lot of chaos and conflicts and disputes for a while. After the people sent by Bai Kou rushed to the county and learned about the situation, they immediately divided the pine forest into pieces. There is a foreman in the area, and his subordinates lead men, women and children to dig pupae and process them into insect powder. The steward is only responsible for contacting the foreman, receiving the goods and paying for them, and the foreman sends the money to his subordinates.

As soon as this method came out, the contradictions disappeared immediately, and the pupae in the mountains ushered in a catastrophe. The carpet search and excavation of a small piece of land found a lot of empty pupae shells, but the unbroken pupae It still accounts for the vast majority and cannot escape the fate of being processed into insect powder.

The pupae dug up were more than Bai Kou guessed, and I don't know if they also dug up pupae from other insects. Anyway, the insect powder made from so many pupae is barely [-] catties. , There are so many poultry and livestock on the farm, it is estimated that they will be able to eat them all by the end of the year.

The imperial court breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, and the Ministry of Households allocated funds for replanting saplings. The people made up a sum of money to make up for the loss of the pine forest, and happily resumed their normal lives.

Gu Yun was most relieved, Bai Kou wanted those pupae not to eat by himself, but to make insect powder as feed, so that a catastrophe could be wiped out in time, and a successful experience that could be spread across the country was left behind.

Well, she is indeed his good daughter-in-law~
While the citizens of Guangli County were digging pupae to make insect powder, the annual Mid-Autumn Festival came quietly. Although it was a public holiday for three days, Gu Yun stayed outside from morning to night due to the festive entertainment in the official circles. Bai Kou's noodles also couldn't eat her family's good food, which made Gu Yun quite depressed.

Bai Kou was also invited to the party in the secret garden during this holiday. She really didn't lie to Gu Yun, she really received the invitation, and the party location was in a garden specially rented out to powerful people for banquets. I saw other people there, and Bai Kou found that there were quite a few familiar faces. She had met many noble ladies at the hot soup party organized by Princess Jingyun, but she didn't know many more people.

The handyman who led the guests left after sending Bai Kou in, and the two maids inside came up to take the two food boxes she brought and took them down to prepare meals, leaving her alone to face the whole garden of noble ladies.

"Ah, our new sister is here!"

"Come on, come on! Sit wherever you want, you don't have to be restrained here, we are all sisters, there is no distinction of status or status!"

Bai Kou glanced at the lady who said this, and was taken aback by the people around her. Although she didn't know her, she was dressed like a princess, and she was very young, only in her early twenties, but she couldn't think of it. It seems that the princess was widowed at a young age, and she really knew very little about the saint's prince and daughter.

"Hahahaha, look, scare another one."

"You still laugh at her? Didn't you do the same at the beginning?"

"Okay, okay, don't scare the little girl, we are used to old faces, and the little girl is still tender, what should I do if I get scared?"

"I don't care what you think, anyway, I saw the food box in her hand at a glance, so please be reserved, I'm not polite."

The two young ladies got up, one went to Bai Kou to take her to a seat, and the other went to the prepared table to steal food.

Bai Kou looked eastward and westward. After being startled by the princess just now, she had an expression of interest on her face at the moment, and she was not at all nervous because of the noble status of the ladies present. A person who talks eloquently.

"This glutton, seems to lose her mouth every day at home."

"She is always disliked at home because of her greediness."

"Hey, the people in her family can only complain behind their backs. The young and old of the whole family rely on her to support their families now. The arrogant sister-in-law is now as good as a grandson in front of her."

"That's right, some blind fool always thinks widows are easy to bully."

"You guys, don't patronize your own chat and leave our new sister aside."

The young princess interrupted with a smile, got up and sat down beside Bai Kou, holding Bai Kou's hand and smiling softly.

"There is no status here, only age, everyone is a sister."

"Well, I've made a note." Bai Kou nodded obediently.

"Here we don't call them common names. Since it is a secret garden, each sister is a flower in the garden, so we have to choose another flower name, like my name is Hemerocallis."

"Hemerocallis?" Bai Kou lost her train of thought immediately.

"It's not something to eat." Hemerocallis knew where Bai Kou was thinking when she saw Bai Kou's expression, and poked her on the forehead to bring her back to her senses.

"Oh." Bai Kou didn't hesitate. If the day lily doesn't want to be seen as day lily, then it's another famous name, Forget Worry Grass.

"Think of a name carefully."

"Any flower will do?"

"It's fine if it's a plant. It doesn't matter even if we are ignorant and unheard of plants, as long as you like it."

"Well, I was suddenly asked to choose a nickname, and I really couldn't think of what to call it for a while."

"If you can't figure it out, just walk in this garden and see which flower is pleasing to the eye."

"So casual?!"

"Choose a name before the end of today, otherwise what do you want everyone to call the next party?"

"Oh fine."

Bai Kou nodded in agreement, looked around, looked at the ladies chatting with each other, and scratched his head.

Is this whole lady's tea party scene the secret garden of a group of arrogant widows?
(End of this chapter)