The wealth of rebirth is deep in the mountains

Chapter 7
It turned out that the young girl of the Lu family didn't like reading. After occupying her body, she was busy filling her stomach, worrying about the inside and outside of the house, and she didn't have time to study the origin of the Great Yuan Empire. It developed from a certain historical fork in the past, and it is still a mirror image of a parallel space.

But thinking about it now, since cucumbers from the western regions and peppers from the southeast are all available here, it is not surprising to see potatoes.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell these ground eggs? I want to buy more!"

Lu Xiaomi was overjoyed, and kept asking the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was a little hesitant. The ground egg was given to him by a merchant from the south as a head. It is not considered expensive. It is said that all the mountainous cities in the south have planted it. In a good year, I can't wait to feed it to pigs.Speaking of which, there is nothing reluctant to sell him all.But Lu Xiaomi's bright eyes always make him wonder if the egg is a layer of paper, with gold hidden inside...

Now Lu Xiaomi also understood that she was looking good, so she put back her smile and said, "It's fine if the shopkeeper is reluctant to sell it. I just want to buy more and try to plant a few ridges next spring. Then, I'll go to another house to see Let's see."

"Hey, don't go, girl, I'm not reluctant to sell, there is only one bag at home, since the girl likes it, I can sell it all to the girl."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he didn't want to offend Lu Xiaomi, a big customer, so he hurriedly stopped him, and didn't dare to ask for more money.

Lu Xiaoxiao was happy and asked Lu Wu to carry the bag of potatoes.Lu Wu was still a little unhappy, so Lu Xiaomi directly said, "Forget it if you don't memorize it, don't eat the good food!"

Lu Wu immediately grabbed the potato bag tightly, looking like a hero defending the Dayuan territory, "Don't worry, little girl, even if you lose me, this bag will not be lost."

Lu Xiaomi squeezed his shriveled purse, went to the bank decisively to exchange for a bank note, and went to the cloth shop by the road.

The family, young and old, needed to buy new cotton-padded clothes, and the quilts were not enough for the arrival of Feng Jian's three masters and servants. There were also shoes, socks, pillows, and small needles and threads, which was another big expense.

But the tiger and the black bear had made great contributions, and she didn't feel sorry for them. Forty catties of cotton, five bolts of fine cloth and coarse cloth, two bolts of brocade, and two boxes of embroidery thread...

There are too many things, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop is a good businessman, and he directly ordered the little guy to send the things to the sledge in the dark alley.

Originally, Lu Wu was clamoring to go to the restaurant to have a big meal, but snowflakes fell from the sky.

Running in the wind and snow was no joke, the brother and sister didn't want to delay, so they rushed to find Lao Yang after buying some more things, and they went out of the city to meet up.

The villagers who went into the city together had been waiting at the gate of the city long ago. Seeing that everyone from the Lu family came here with such big bags, they all guessed that the prey was bought at a good price, so they were all happy for their family.

When he came, he was valiant, and when he returned, he was full of vigor, and he came and went with a full load. He suffered two old horses, but he laughed at Lu Xiaomi.She is finally not a clever woman who has nothing to eat!

On the contrary, Lao Yang was still frowning when he saw the shanty town outside the city wall.

Aunt Liu on the other sledge was probably hungry, so she broke half of the pancake and handed it to Lu Xiaomi when the two sledges crossed.

"Xiaomi is hungry, let's eat a pancake first. Just now your uncle wanted to give all the dry food to those refugees, but fortunately I saved a piece. There is nothing in this stomach, it is not resistant to freezing."

Lu Xiaomi thanked with a smile, but Uncle Liu, who was driving the car, looked back at the shanty towns and sighed, "They are all poor people. I don't know if I can survive this winter."

"I'm afraid it's hard to endure. I heard that dozens of people froze to death last year!"

When everyone talked about it, they all had sad expressions on their faces. Although they were not related to those refugees, they were all from poor families, and there was always a sense of sympathy for each other.

"Speaking of Anzhou, Anzhou, Anzhou is a good place. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the arms of officials are long. Hunt wild animals on the mountain, and wild beasts taste people!"

Uncle Liu smiled wryly and sighed, and sang a long tune unique to Anzhou.

The wind and snow were getting bigger and bigger. Although it was not dusk, the sky was very dark.

The desolate song flew through the twilight, wind and snow, and flew to the distant mountains, causing everyone to fall silent.

No matter when and where, for the people, survival is a difficult issue.

On Laoxiong Ridge, because almost every household has people coming to the city, so at this time, there are many old people and children gathered at the entrance of the village.The elderly worry about the safety of their children, while the children hope that their mother and father will be generous and buy some candies to eat when they come back.

After finally looking forward to the carriage arriving at the entrance of the village, the crowd surrounded him almost immediately.This one shouted, "Goofy, have you bought me tobacco leaves?"

That shouted, "Mom, I want to eat sesame candy!"

All of a sudden, the chickens were flying and the dogs were jumping, and it was extremely lively, which completely dissipated the previous depression.

Lu Xiaomi didn't want such a big purchase at home to catch everyone's eyes, so he urged Lu Wu to go straight back to his compound.

Boss Lu and the third child ran out of the main room as if they saw a savior, and hurriedly dumped things from the sledge to the house.

Lu Xiaomi thought that everyone was hungry, and it was time to make some convenient and quick food to fill their stomachs.

But she, who loved rice the most in her previous life, has never seen rice grains since she came to Lu's house, and the gluttons in her stomach have already rioted.Now that I bought rice, I couldn't help it, not to mention potatoes, the best side dish.

Simply, she ignored the people tossing things, and got busy as soon as she plunged into the kitchen.

Wash the rice in a large pot, boil water in a large pot to set up a wooden grid, and sit directly on it to steam.

The potatoes I just bought, endured the pain of the meat, and cut seven or eight. The pork ribs shaved yesterday did not need to be blanched. Stew the water for a quarter of an hour, then throw the potatoes in, and sprinkle two slices of red pepper to add color.A pot of stewed pork ribs with potatoes is about to come out of the pot.

Cut the minced meat into a bowl, slice the cabbage into thin slices, and fry the cabbage with golden edges. Cook it with sweet and sour sauce, a little soy sauce, and a little salt.

Lu Xiaomi caught him and looked at Tim Chai, then turned around and sliced ​​a piece of medium-cooked pork belly left over from last night, added sauerkraut vermicelli, and stir-fried on a plate.

Only dishes, no soup, a little monotonous.

A handful of seaweed, an egg, a handful of shallots, and the light and stomach-enhancing seaweed egg soup is done.

Lu Xiaomi slapped Gao Ren's thieves for stealing the meat, and kicked him out after thinking about it, "Gao Ren, go ask Brother Feng, if he doesn't mind, the dinner table for tonight will be in the East Wing, right? Not much, it’s too troublesome to separate out, and it’s easy to get cold. It’s better to eat together, it’s more lively.”

Gao Ren failed to steal the meat, so he grabbed another piece of ribs, and finally wandered out of the kitchen.

After a while, Lao Yang opened the door of the East Wing and called out to Lu Xiaomi, "Miss Lu, our young master said it would be nice to have dinner together, there are so many people."

"Okay! Let's have dinner now!"

Lu Xiaomi happily responded, and the Lu brothers who had been waiting at the door of the main room hurried over to help serve the meals.

Soon, on the big kang in the east wing, the square table that Lu Laosan used to read and practice calligraphy was placed neatly.The hot meals were served all the time, and the Lu family's dinner was finally ready.

Three dishes and one soup, with pork ribs and meat, and vegetables and soup, would certainly be lacking compared to the feasts of rich and noble families, but in the Lu family it is rare and rich.

Lu Xiaomi picked up the plates with sharp eyes and hands, picked up a few chopsticks for each dish, turned around and handed them to Feng Jian who was sitting on the top of the kang, then added a bowl of soup and a bowl of rice, and brought them to him together, and then greeted everyone .

"It's been a busy day, let's eat quickly."

Father Lu was the first to move his chopsticks, Boss Lu and his three brothers followed closely, Gao Ren and Lao Yang were not far behind, and the six pairs of chopsticks emptied half of the spare ribs and twice-cooked pork in an instant.

Lu Xiaomi, on the other hand, held the rice bowl and specially picked up the potatoes in the ribs pot, and ate with a satisfied and happy face.

Seeing her like this occasionally, Feng Jian picked up a piece of potato with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. At the end, he raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"It's delicious to cook this egg like this."

"Hey, Brother Feng, where have you seen this ground egg? The shopkeeper of the grocery store who sold it to me looks so mean, I thought this ground egg was a rare thing."

Lu Xiaomi picked up a clean wooden spoon and scooped up a few pieces of potatoes and sent them back to Feng Jian's bowl. Feng Jian nodded his thanks and finally replied, "Eggs are grown in several states in the south of Dayuan, but most of them are used for feeding. livestock."

Lu Wuzheng was happily eating a piece of potato, when he heard this, he almost choked, his expression was very strange, he didn't know whether to swallow it or spit it out.

Lu Xiaomi raised his hand to pat his brother on the back, and said angrily, "What do you pay attention to, which rabbit and wild boar on the mountain don't eat wild vegetables? Didn't you also eat them for many years, and turned into a rabbit and wild boar without seeing you?"

Thinking about it, Lu Wu also made the same reason. He smirked at his younger sister and turned his chopsticks towards the potatoes.

"There are many ways to eat these eggs, and they are also durable to store. Unfortunately, I only bought a small bag and set aside more than half of them for planting in spring."

Boss Lu wanted to ask his sister, even if there were ground eggs to grow, it would be difficult if no one knew how to plant them.But seeing that the second brother had almost snatched up the last few pieces of potatoes, he forgot about it.

After dinner, everyone cleared the table, and Lu Xiaomi sent a set of blue and white tea sets with a white background and half a pack of tea leaves, and then went to tidy up her spoils of the day with great interest.

Gao Ren ate and drank enough, and went directly to the kang to sleep.

On the contrary, Lao Yang talked about what he had seen and heard outside the city while making tea, and finally sighed, "I heard that dozens of people froze to death last winter, and I'm afraid there will be more this winter..."

A stern look flashed in Feng Jian's eyes, and he said in a cold voice, "The fall of last year, when the refugees from the three southern states went north, the imperial court sent documents to the state capitals to provide relief and resettlement on the spot. Why are they stranded in the northernmost Anzhou now?"

Lao Yang didn't answer. Although this question was a question, both master and servant knew the answer.It may be that the state capitals are reluctant to give up money and food, and keep driving refugees to the north.If it weren't for Anzhou going further north and leaving the Dayuan territory, I'm afraid there wouldn't be a single refugee here, and they would sing and dance to make peace.

"Any news from Xuanming?"

Feng Jian suppressed his anger and asked about another matter. Lao Yang nodded and replied in a low voice, "Yes, according to the investigation, it was a coincidence that those bandits passed by the ruined temple that day, and there was no one planning behind it."

(End of this chapter)