It was the end of October, and the autumn harvest had ended long ago. After paying the grain tax, the villagers' good mood for the autumn harvest was gone.

There is little rain this year, and the yields of rice and wheat are not as good as last year. After paying the taxes, the remaining grain will hardly last until next spring.

Chu Qing often heard the voices of the villagers who came to work asking each other and complaining. It was really a sad life. But the villagers were glad that Chu Qing was here to make money to support their families. They originally thought that they would have to disband after selling the bricks, but then

It was discovered that bricks continued to be sold, and the work of crushing ore started again.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Fortunately, there is no shortage of coal in Chuqing and there is no problem with heating. I just don’t like to go to the reception hall.

The house is large and has no heating. If you want to go there now, you have to have a servant carry a brazier in. And the brazier can't solve much of the problem. Chu Qing plans to get an iron stove and an iron chimney and place them in the middle of the house.

Nice looking, but warm.

The cast steel pots studied by Chu Qing and Master Lu were very successful. Basically, after demoulding, they only need to be polished and there is no need to hire a blacksmith.

Chu Qing gave each of the three village chiefs a steel pot. In addition to a steel pot, he also gave Mr. Xie a horse spoon. He also gave Zhang Erni a horse spoon. The horse spoon is suitable for starting a small stove.

To have a good relationship with the villagers, one cannot live without society. Although Chu Qing was not friendly with the villagers, he did not want to offend anyone.

Fortunately, I live far away from the village, so I can't hear any bad words. Now no one in the villagers really gossips in private. Even when they talk about Chu Qing, they always have good things to say. Chu Qing is the boss.

Today's day was very gloomy, and the cold wind was blowing. Chu Qing felt too cold and didn't want to leave the house, so she studied what to eat. Xiaobao has grown a little taller and looks thinner, so he needs to take good care of himself.

Chu Qing came to the kitchen and was very satisfied when she saw the flour in the noodle jar. She had been here for half a year. When she first came here, she had to carefully shake out the corners of the flour bag to eat flour, for fear of wasting it. Now, the rice

Both the vat and the noodle vat are full.

Chu Qing dug out a spoonful of lard and wanted to make some tea noodles for Xiao Bao. The food here was too monotonous. In the morning, it was just porridge. Chu Qing occasionally made some wontons for Xiao Bao, but sometimes he was busy.

I really don’t have time to get up.

It would be good to get some oil tea noodles, which are fragrant and can be eaten as a snack. I knocked the lard spoon on the pan, and the solidified white lard fell down. When heated, it emits a meaty smell.

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Chu Qing didn't like the taste. Is there any other way? Xiaobao came in and stood beside him to see what delicious food Chu Qing made. He grabbed something from his pocket and stuffed it into Chu Qing's mouth.

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Chu Qing never looked at the food Xiaobao was fed. He just opened his mouth and took it. He chewed it a few times and tasted it. It was fried soybeans. It was very fragrant!

Chu Qing smiled and touched Xiaobao's head: "You are really a little koi!"

Xiaobao didn't understand what he meant, and stared at Chu Qing with a pair of round eyes. After half a year, Xiaobao's hair had grown a lot, but he still couldn't tie it up. The only thing that could be tied up was the small bunch on the top of his head.

The rest was messy and scattered. Chu Qing had to comb it with wood shavings every day and set it into shape. Fortunately, it was not neat, otherwise it would have been a "princess cut".

Wooden shavings water is a good thing, high quality and cheap. You can see elm trees everywhere. Except for the outermost black cracked part, use a woodworking plane to cut the bark into thin slices. Soak it in warm water and it can be used as hairspray. It's okay.

Cleansing. All natural and not harmful to hair.

It is said that one relies on the mountain to eat the mountain. Chu Qing is really relying on the mountain now, using the rocks and trees on the mountain to eat the wild vegetables and fruits on the mountain.

The lard was hot and melted. Chu Qing mixed the flour with crushed peanuts and hazelnuts and stir-fried. When making oil tea noodles, you can't be lazy and you have to stir-fry all the time.

Xiaobao smelled the increasingly strong aroma and used his nose to quench his appetite. Chu Qing chatted with Xiaobao while working: "I say you are a little koi, because every time I get into trouble, hey, you can bring me inspiration.

, think of a way! Look, you peeled the peanuts, which made me think of making iron pot molds; I was worried that lard was not delicious, and the sesame oil in the city was too expensive, so you brought fried soybeans. Can we make soybean oil?

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Xiaobao didn't know what soybean oil was for, but as long as Chu Qing told him, he would just nod. Everything Chu Qing wanted to do was extraordinary.

The oil tea noodles were out of the pot. Chu Qing made a bowl for Xiaobao with boiling water and added a small spoonful of sugar. Sugar was very valuable and he had to go to the prefectural city to buy it. It was not sold in the county town.

This world is very strange. According to history, sugar was only available in the Song Dynasty, and peanuts were introduced in the Ming Dynasty. But here, sugar is available, peanuts are available, but there is no peanut oil, and of course no soybean oil. I really don’t know what kind of world this is.

Xiaobao ate deliciously. It was the first time for him to eat such delicious paste. Chu Qing stretched out his hand towards him: "Give me some money, I want to buy soybeans."

Xiaobao took out an ingot of ten taels of silver from his pocket and gave it to Chu Qing. Chu Qing was dumbfounded! Is this child so casual? He doesn't even have any money! Is it so safe these days? Children carry ten taels of silver with them.

Two pieces of silver?

"Xiaobao, aren't you afraid of others robbing you?" Chu Qing asked.

Xiaobao pointed outside. Chu Yuan was looking this way. He must have been attracted by the fragrance. Now the twenty elders of Chu Qing Dynasty all have brick houses to live in, all in the original shack location. But Baijia is prosperous.

Chu Yuan lived in Chu Qing's large courtyard. Two houses were built on both sides of the gate, one on the left and one on the right. For safety reasons, Chu Qing asked them to guard the door.

So they both know what delicious food Chu Qing makes in the kitchen. Chu Qing also sends some to them from time to time. Baijiaxing has always been polite and courteous, but Chu Yuan is now letting himself go more and more. Occasionally looking at Chu Qing

When he is in a good mood, he will take the initiative to ask for food.

Now Chu Yuan was looking over here. When he saw Xiaobao pointing at him, he ran over. He was good at kung fu and had good ears. He heard the conversation in the kitchen just now, so as soon as he came in, he said: "I let you

Xiaobao carries some money in his pocket. He's afraid that we won't be around when you need money. Bai Jiaxing, Xiaobao and I each carry ten taels. No matter who follows you, if you want to buy something, you will always have money.

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Touched! Chu Qing was really touched. In my own world, I can pay via WeChat, so I often don’t carry a wallet. I have my mobile phone in my hand, and I have everything in the world. After I got here, I was broke and had no money at first, and then I was busy all day long, and I had no chance.

When you spend money in person, you don't develop the habit of carrying money with you. If you need to spend money, just ask Xiaobao for it. Xiaobao is in charge of all the banknotes and the entire banknote at home.

Look, these people around him are supporting him in various ways invisibly, and Chu Qing's nose feels a little sore. He turns around and takes the soup bowl to make two large bowls of tea noodles, and puts a large spoonful of sugar in each bowl.

, and asked Chu Yuan to ask Baijiaxing to eat together.

While they were both there, Chu Qing asked them to help collect some soybeans after they finished eating.

"Boss, how much do you charge?" Chu Yuan asked.

"Let's collect five hundred kilograms first." Chu calculated and said. According to the ratio of ten kilograms of beans to less than one kilogram of oil, five hundred kilograms will not yield fifty kilograms of oil, but it will last for a while.

"Five hundred catties!" Bai Jiaxing exclaimed, "I guess even two acres of land can't produce five hundred catties!"

"Ah? Is the yield so low?" Chu Qing didn't know the yield per mu here, and thought that five hundred kilograms was the yield of one mu of land.

"One acre of land can produce less than 200 kilograms of beans." Bai Jiaxing said, he had more experience than Chu Yuan in these matters.

"Oh, why don't you two go to a few more houses and collect some from each house?" Chu Qing asked. She saw that there was a mill in the village, and everyone's soybeans were mostly exchanged for tofu. Bean sprouts were rarely eaten, and there was no vegetable in winter.

, I have to entertain guests at home, so I am willing to send out some bean sprouts.

"Okay, let's go collect it."

The two of them quickly bought back 500 kilograms of beans, because they heard that Chu Qing had collected them and the price was the same as in the county, so they were very happy to sell them to them.

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Chapter completed!