Chapter 262 The vicious female partner escapes to farm (13)
Xu Yin simply used the herbs dug by Chen Mancang and others to cook two full jars of granules and distributed them to people with symptoms.
The yamen servant also came over and asked for a few bowls to take back.
Those who had no symptoms and did not participate in digging for herbal medicine could not help but regret it at this time.
After packing up and continuing on their way, they crowded around Xu Yin and asked flatteringly: "Little brother, let's dig up herbs later. Can you make some soup for us?"
"Okay." Xu Yin nodded.
She is willing to put in the work, and she is not stingy with a few packets of granules.
What's more, the herbs that Chen Mancang and the others dug up helped her light up three illustrated books in one morning.
According to this rhythm, "Chinese Herbal Medicine Illustrated Book" will soon be able to light up the entire book, completely clear the level, and get random skill rewards.
Among them, [Wind Cold Grass] is a medicine for preventing and treating wind and cold. It can be used after drying in the sun and mixed with a few auxiliary ingredients. Therefore, even if you finish drinking the cold medicine, you will not have to worry about wind and cold.
I drove for two days in a row.
During this period, more and more people went to the fields and mountains to dig herbs to exchange soups with Xu Yin during their breaks.
Xu Yin cooks two pots every morning and evening: one pot is still an infusion to treat wind-cold, wind-heat, and cold, which is given to patients with obvious symptoms; the other pot is traditional Chinese medicine that focuses on prevention and improves immunity.
While boiling, I also added mountain spring water from Lingxu Sect.
Maybe those bowls of soup cured the yamen servant’s cold symptoms and prevented him from being groggy on a business trip. When he was happy, he found a nearby wasteland to resettle the victims: “This is it!”
The victims cheered happily when they heard that they did not have to go further to the mountainous areas to clear wasteland.
What's even more gratifying is that the imperial court also distributed a batch of relief grain to them, the victims of land reclamation. Although it was old grain, it was enough to fill their stomachs! I just heard that the Yamen officials said it would be shipped in batches, probably because they were afraid that they would not receive it.
Food runs away.
The leader of the Yamen came over to Xu Yin before he went back to deliver his errands and said, "You have some skills! I'll find an opportunity to say something nice to you in front of the county magistrate."
Xu Yin cupped her hands and said thank you.
Erlang tugged on her sleeve.
What's wrong? She asked with her eyes.
Erlang looked at her with a look that made him hate the iron, so he might as well do it himself.
He carried a small bundle over, containing several liters of rice, and presented it to the Yamen servant respectfully.
The officer laughed loudly: "Xu Yingxiong, your little brother is very clever! But I'm not here to ask you for rewards, I'm just here to say goodbye to you. If I come to see you with a headache or fever in the future, just don't refuse!"
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Xu Yin just realized it. After seeing off the Yamen servant, she glanced at Erlang with a half-smile: "You know a lot at such a young age!"
Erlang curled his lips and said, "It's my brother who has no eyesight!"
"..."
Hey! This guy even dislikes her!
"Speaking of which, Erlang, you have great potential to join the officialdom. Let's find you a husband as soon as possible to enlighten you and teach you how to read?"
Erlang stared at her blankly.
"What's wrong?" Xu Yin was puzzled and slapped his forehead, "Don't you like reading?"
"I like it! I like it!" Erlang expressed his opinion hurriedly, "It's just... studying is a waste of money."
When his parents were still alive, they were not willing to send him to the scholar's house for literacy education. At that time, a year of cultivation required two pieces of bacon, which must be more expensive now.
"You don't have to worry about money, I'm here with you!" Xu Yin said.
She really has no shortage of gold and silver, and there are mountains of them in the system warehouse.
The wasteland where the government officials placed them was at the foot of a Chai Mountain.
Although it is not a rocky mountainous area that is difficult to open, and it is not too far from the nearest village, it is not much better - the yellow mud is mixed with sand and gravel, and it is considered inferior land to open up.
The victims couldn't help but worry: "Even if such poor land is opened, how much harvest can we get in a year? It will be classified as ordinary land after three years, and the taxes may not be enough."
"Then what should we do? We've already come here! Should we retreat now and go back to Tongxing Mansion?"
"If we don't open up wasteland, will we not be able to receive relief food? My family is about to run out of food, what will we eat in the future?"
"It's the same at my house. Tongxing Prefecture doesn't know if it's raining. If it's still dry, not only will there be no water to drink when we go back, but we'll also be hungry. It's better to stay and give it a try, at least until we get the relief food."
After saying this, everyone stayed and divided their work dejectedly.
The middle-aged man took his young children up the mountain to cut wood and build a house.
If it rains as heavily as the previous two days again, there is no mountain temple for them to take shelter, so they have to build a shelter as soon as possible.
Housewives took the elderly and children to circle the wasteland, pull weeds and collect stones.
Because it is inferior land, weeds grow sparsely, and there is no one to open up wasteland in a large area. No matter how many people there are, the victims can still be divided.
What's more, most people just want to receive relief food to survive the drought in their hometowns, and are not willing to put in more effort to open up wasteland.
Xu Yin took the two children to find a piece of land with a wide view, and proudly said that she wanted this piece of land.
Erlang was a little dumbfounded: "Sister-in-law, there are only three of us in our family, why do we need to open up such a large piece of wasteland? The land here is not good. Didn't you say that when the eldest brother comes back after the new year, we can go home? Or we can just make do with it.
Just circle an acre of land and plant some sweet potatoes!"
Although I always fart after eating sweet potatoes.
He suppressed the words in his stomach.
Xu Yin picked up a handful of yellow soil, a small handful mixed with a lot of gravel and sand.
This land is not very good, but she has grown on worse land.
She has thought about planting watermelons in the sand, potatoes in the sand, and occasionally some drought-tolerant crops like corn.
[Ding - There is no land that cannot be planted, only people who can’t plant it! Cracking inferior land will reward random skills]
[Ding—How can we treat illnesses and save lives without herbal medicine? Each acre of herbal medicine planted will reward you with 100 energy points]
Xu Yin couldn't help but raise her eyebrows after receiving two tasks in a row.
Does the dog system want her to artificially cultivate herbs?
It’s not impossible!
Xu Yin opened the "Illustrated Book of Chinese Herbal Medicine" and read through the ten lines at a glance, and immediately found four or five kinds of herbs suitable for planting in sandy soil.
Ginseng, Fritillaria, Astragalus, Codonopsis...
Just plant them!
With the direction, Xu Yin became more energetic, holding the two children and saying:
"Sister-in-law is very strong, so you have nothing to do when you are idle. Open more land and you won't suffer. Let's go! Let's choose a homestead! Where do you like to live? Is it closer to the mountains or to the village?"
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One morning, Chen Mancang took the men from the same village up the mountain to cut down more than a dozen trees and chiseled down several baskets of large rocks.
Logically speaking, freshly cut wood cannot be used to build a house, but now they have no place to live, so they can only make do with what they have, which is better than being exposed to the rain.
The temporary residence is not so particular: stones are used as the foundation, wood is used as the beams and columns, and yellow mud mixed with clay is used as the wall plaster.
With more people and greater strength, if it doesn't rain, several houses like this can be built in a day.
Chen Mancang came over specially and said to Xu Yin: "Brother Hero, we will build your house for you. Have you chosen the place?"
Xu Yin rolled up her sleeves and said, "I will do the foundation myself. You will have to help me when it comes to the beams."
Chen Mancang looked at her fair and smooth arms, and was stunned for a moment. Then he came back to his senses and said, "You have thin arms and legs. You don't do heavy work at first glance. Leave it alone, let's do it..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Yin picked up a shovel and quickly dug up the foundation. After digging, she walked to the side and picked up a basket of large rocks that required two people to lift.
Chen Mancang: "..."
Not dazzled?
He rubbed his eyes vigorously and saw Xu Yin not only carrying the basket of stones, but also holding it upside down with one hand and pouring the stones on the dug foundation. It seemed as if what was in the basket were not stones but radishes.
What shocked him even more was: the heroic brothers took turns jumping on the big rocks, and saw that the rocks were visibly flattened...
"Clang..."
The hoe in Chen Mancang's hand fell to the ground and almost hit Erlang's instep.
Erlang jumped away in disgust: "Uncle Mancang! You dropped your hoe!"
"Oh, oh." Chen Mancang came to his senses and said in disbelief, "Good boy! Your brother is too strong! You really can't tell a person's face..."