farm lady

Chapter 195 The Battle Begins on the Frontier
The wedding date of Zhang Hengyue and Wan Shuang'er has finally been set, which made the Xia family and the Zhang family very excited.There is only such an only son left in the Zhang family. If he can inherit the incense, he will be a great contributor to the Zhang family.The Xia family has already started preparing for Zhang Yueheng's marriage.

The winter here is extraordinarily cold, and Yi Xue still feels cold in thick cotton-padded clothes. Fortunately, all the households are heated, which makes Yi Xue much more comfortable.Only now did the servants in the family truly feel the wisdom of the eldest lady, and the house was not as cold as it used to be.As long as it is on the hot kang, the warmth will make people happy.

Many people in the village have received this benefit, and they are even more grateful to Yi Xue's family, while those who don't have a kang regret it now.But fortunately, even though it is cold in winter, it can be used on a kang, so many families hired Zhang Xian to do the work.

Carbon is in short supply in winter. Many people know the benefits of carbon and come to buy it one after another. As a result, there is no carbon to sell now. It’s not that Yixue doesn’t find someone to dig it, but it’s too cold in winter, not to mention the thickness of one foot. Even standing outside for an hour in the snow will freeze your ears.So in order not to freeze the people in the carbon field, Yi Xue had no choice but to make a rule that each person should change after half an hour.Fortunately, there is a special house for warming up in the carbon field, which makes everyone much more comfortable.

At present, the carbon dug up by the carbon field is less than [-] jin every day, which is not enough to sell.There is no other way, and many people have no choice but to go to the mountains to continue cutting firewood.

It has been more than half a month since winter, but now Yi Xue is much more leisurely, whether it is a carbon field, a restaurant or others, everything is going smoothly.The only thing to do now is to buy a shop in the county town and open a puppet shop.But seeing such a heavy snow, Yi Xue still gave up.In such a cold day, it is estimated that fewer people go out, and who would buy puppets specially.

"Qiu Shui, did I have the customized hot pot delivered?" Yi Xue asked.

"Miss, it was delivered yesterday." Qiu Shui was curious about the use of that strange thing.

A few days ago, Yi Xue asked Tianjia to order ten hot pots in the town. Hot pot was one of her favorite delicacies in her previous life. Now that winter is coming, it's time to eat hot pot.

"We'll have hot pot in the afternoon," Yi Xue said.

In the afternoon, Yi Xue's whole family sat on the kang, and a small round table was placed on the kang.Yi Xue has ordered a few maids to prepare a lot of dishes and ingredients.Put red-hot charcoal in the middle of the earthen hot pot, and then the surrounding is filled with water, pour in the water, and the water will boil for a while, Yixue puts the seasoning, then puts the mutton, and then puts vegetables, tofu, chicken legs, etc. .

"Smells so good, big sister," Sanya said happily.

"It's ready to eat right away," Yi Xue smiled, stirring the soup with chopsticks.

"Elder Sister is amazing, she can come up with such a method," Er Ya said with a smile.

"That's the advantage of having carbon. If you use firewood, it will be much worse." Yi Xue said with a smile, then turned to ask Xiaojun, "Have you invited Mr. Wang Yin?"

Xiaojun nodded, "Sir, there is still a word to write, it should be here now."

"Hehe, I'm here. I don't know what delicious food Miss Yi Xue has prepared." While speaking, Wang Yin had already walked in and said to Yi Xue with a smile.

Yi Xue smiled lightly, "Come here, sir, this is the best food, especially in winter, it can relax the tendons, activate the blood and relieve the cold."

"Then you have to have a good taste," Wang Yin said, sitting cross-legged on the kang.

"Okay, let's eat," Yi Xue said, and she ate it by herself. The spicy feeling of a mouthful made Yi Xue feel comfortable all over her body.

"I want to eat too," Sanya said immediately when she saw Yi Xue's comfortable expression.

Mrs. Zhang was naturally happy to pick up a bowl for Sanya.

"It tastes really good, it's so comfortable, you should eat this in such a cold day," Wang Yin said with a smile.

"Qiu Shui, you guys have read the words, take two pots and go to Manager Tian, ​​let the people below eat it," Yi Xue said.

Qiu Shui was curious at first, but after hearing everyone's praise, he couldn't bear it anymore, and hurriedly brought two pots to find Manager Tian.

"Yixue, how did you come up with this method? It's amazing," Zhang asked with a smile.

Yi Xue ate mouthful, tears almost came down from her eyes.Quickly took a sip of water, "Mom, this was a dream, so I did it"

Naturally, everyone didn't believe this, Mrs. Zhang glared at her, and scolded with a smile, "I don't want to talk about it, but for such a reason..."

Yi Xue chuckled and didn't explain.

"Sister, if such a good thing is put in a restaurant, it must be very popular." Xiaojun said while eating, sweating profusely from eating, but he didn't care at all, but found it enjoyable.

"Yeah, it's best to eat this in winter. However, there are not so many ingredients in winter, and our family doesn't have enough restaurants to sell, so let's eat it first. After a while, the vegetables in the greenhouse lose, and we can eat it. There is also a limited supply at the restaurant," Yi Xue said.

In fact, the vegetables in the greenhouse are not enough for the restaurant to consume.There are hundreds of people eating in the restaurant every day, how can the food in the greenhouse be enough?Although there are also planted in the valley, the sum is not enough.So Yi Xue thought of a way, which is to give birth.Irrigate with space spring water, and those vegetables will grow fast, and you should be able to harvest several stubbles in one winter.

The family had a lively meal, and Tianjia and the others were also excited. At the beginning, they thought Qiushui's two iron lumps were a joke, but once they got it together and ate it, they realized that it was really delicious.

"Miss Qiushui, did the young lady make this too?" Xu Lei asked amidst the crowd holding a bowl.

Qiu Shui nodded, and said proudly, "That's natural, otherwise, who else would have thought of this method?"

Everyone nodded, only the eldest lady has this ability.

"Qiu Shui, let's eat at night too," Xu Lei smiled, looking at Qiu Shui's heart.

"I can't make the decision at night. There is a lot of meat in the house, but there are not many vegetables, so I can't eat it every day," Qiu Shui said.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Qiu Shui saw Xu Lei pick up the pot and run away.

"Brother Xu Lei, I'm not full yet..." Tian Bing roared.

As a result, a group of people put down their bowls and chopsticks and chased after Xu Lei who was holding a steaming pot.

When Yi Xue heard this, Mrs. Zhang and the others also laughed.Yi Xue said to Qiu Shui, "You must not have eaten."

Qiu Shui's eyes were red, "One pot was taken away by Xu Lei, and the other one was taken to the carbon field by Manager Tian."

"Hehe, well, such a big girl is still crying," Zhang said with a smile, "Anyway, there are a lot of pots, so let's take another one."

Qiu Shui nodded, took the hot pot with Chunmei and left happily.

Tianjia had good intentions, but Yixue felt that doing so was afraid that Tianjia would reveal this way of eating, and she would still count on using it to make money in the future.Then I thought about it again, forget it, there is more than one way to make money by myself, besides, other people use it, at most it is boiled meat, where can I eat vegetables like ours?

After eating, Yi Xue called Tianjia and said, "Master Tian, ​​order someone to send one hot pot to Mr. Xia's house and Mr. Wen's house, and some fresh vegetables as well."

Time passed quickly, and it was another ten days, and the weather became colder and colder.

"Well, in this kind of weather, many people will freeze to death. In previous winters, people would die," Zhang said.

"Mother, it's only February [-]th and it's so cold, won't you not even be able to leave the door when it's March [-]th?" Yi Xue asked.

Mrs. Zhang smiled, "I remember last winter, when we were burning firewood in that dilapidated house, Sanya accidentally almost set the house on fire."

"Hehe, yes, Zhixue was still young at that time, if the house burned down, we would really be frozen to death," Xiaojun said with a smile.

Sanya was surrounded by Mrs. Zhang, her bright eyes blinked, her nose twitched, "No, I don't know how to make a fire, mother coughs badly, I want to boil some water for mother to drink"

Hearing what Sanya said, Mrs. Zhang hugged Sanya tightly and kissed her, "You are really a good boy of my mother."

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tenth day of november

Tianjia hurried in and said to Yi Xue, "Miss, there is news that the border is at war."

war?Yi Xue was startled, and finally started fighting. She hurried to find Mr. Wang Yin.

"Miss Yixue, come in," Wang Yin said.

Yi Xue walked in, but saw Wang Yin holding a desk and looking at a map, obviously Wang Yin also knew about the war.

"Mr. Wang, do you think the Tang army can resist?" Yi Xue asked.

Wang Yin shook his head, "It's hard to say, now General Xiao Bufan has been relieved of his military power, and the general who leads the army is Ximenyu, it's hard to say now"

"Who is Ximen Yu?" Yi Xue asked hastily.

Wang Yin said dully, "Ximenyu is the capable general of the Western King. He is brave in battle and is also a powerful general."

"Then why is Mr. so worried?" Yi Xue asked again.

Wang Yin sighed, "It is precisely because Ximenyu is the coach that I am worried. Although this Ximenyu is brave, he has no strategy. If he faces the incomparable talent of the barbarians, he may not be able to win. What's more, Ximen has the intention of rebelling against him." Heart"

"What?" Yixue was taken aback, rebellion?

Wang Yin nodded, and said solemnly, "The Holy Majesty already knew about the rebellion of King Xi, but there is no proof, so there is nothing to do with him. And now I don't know why the Holy Majesty appointed Ximen Yu as the coach. Wouldn't it be a lure?"

Yi Xue thought for a while, and said, "Perhaps the Holy Majesty is thinking of using this method to catch the turtle in the urn."

Wang Yin slammed the hammer on the table, and said in surprise, "It's really a word that wakes up the dreamer, Miss Yixue, you are right, the Holy Majesty should be doing this way, hahaha, I really got into a dead end."

But Yi Xue had some concerns, and said, "Mr. Wang, I think this is a bit risky."

Wang Yin asked suspiciously, "Why do you say that?"

Yi Xue said, "Firstly, King Xi is also old and cunning, even a little girl like me can see it, how can he not see it? Will he be fooled? Second, if His Majesty really wishes, But where is the range that the Holy One can control? Should we lose a few cities to consolidate, and then counterattack the barbarians, or destroy the King of the West in one go? If we do this, we will fight on two fronts, and I am afraid it will be difficult to achieve the effect."

Wang Yin was startled suddenly, and looked at Yi Xue in a daze, "Young lady is really smart, I didn't expect this. If you say it like this, the first possibility, King Xi will definitely see it. But the second possibility is for him. It is much safer to say that he may be defeated at the border, and then the barbarian army will drive straight in. And if he still wants to endure, I am afraid that the Holy One will not be able to do anything, then the court will always face the barbarian army. Once there is a chance, the king of the West will hands on"

(End of this chapter)