in2ebook Chapter 308 Spring Outing
Chapter 308 Spring Outing
An hour later, everyone got on the carriage contentedly.
As the eldest daughter, Miaomiao thinks things through very comprehensively. She bought some more of the dragon's beard candies that everyone likes and plans to take them back tomorrow for the villagers to try.
This is the same as when someone goes out traveling and brings back some local specialties.
After finishing their meal, everyone went shopping without wasting a second. Su He asked a few people to park the four carriages at her house first, and she paid some silver to leave the rest directly at the dock.
Miaomiao's group was led by Yanzhi, who was holding Tiantian and Miaomiao's hands. Liu Ci was holding Jiaojiao, Tietou was watching Daya and Xiaoya, and finally Wang Sheng was holding Xiao Shitou to cover the rear. The same went for the others. The five groups lined up and walked over one by one.
Su He saw that they were having a good time shopping, so he didn't follow them. He took a car to the government office to hand in his test paper.
Liu Bai did not go with them. He had already been bribed by Miaomiao and would be responsible for the safety of the entire spring outing team.
Su He handed in three bamboo boxes in the study and explained the three types of questions and the examination process in detail to County Magistrate Ge.
County Magistrate Ge was amazed. In the past, he would just give a set of test papers and be done with it. The question types were the simplest ones, such as giving the first half of a sentence and filling in the blanks of the second half.
He thought it was easy, but every time he graded the papers, he would be so angry that he would explode. These people had a hard time writing, not to mention answering the questions. The black circles made him so angry that he vomited blood. It was good enough if one of them could pass.
Suhe's examination method is very flexible and takes all aspects into consideration.
A constable who is not very literate but has experience can also get a good result in the interview.
Even if you can read but have poor handwriting, you can still get more points from the multiple-choice questions as long as you read the rules carefully.
In short, it can be predicted that everyone’s scores will be much better in this exam.
Magistrate Ge was quite satisfied. He happily asked the lawyer to lock up the test questions and then inquired about the preparations for Suhe Tea Stall.
"Everything is going on in an orderly manner. I estimate that we can open the store in about 20 days."
"Is there anything I can help you with?"
Because of the exam, County Magistrate Ge felt more confident about the tea stall that Su He mentioned, and asked with a smile.
Su He wasn't polite either, she was just waiting.
"Sir, it's like this. I read in a book that there is something called saltpeter that can cool things down. I thought the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and if the sweet water in the tea stall is ice cold, it will sell faster. I want to buy some from you, sir."
"Saltpeter? This is not allowed for civilian use. I know this, it can indeed make hot water cooler, but it will be poisonous if you drink it."
"Sir, I have a way that won't poison anyone. If you trust me, you can give me some for experiments."
Magistrate Ge pondered for a moment and asked the gatekeeper outside to get it, as their yamen was not short of this thing.
In fact, Su He was not short of it, as there were plenty of them on the walls of the toilet. But this thing could not be used without the magistrate's permission. When Su He learned that there were firecrackers in the south, he understood that saltpeter could not be used casually.
As long as the magistrate agrees, they will have nothing to worry about in the future.
Two quarters of an hour later, the magistrate watched the steaming water in the basin turn to room temperature, and then become icy cold again.
Su He took a little drink and nothing happened.
Magistrate Ge smiled and said, "You are a book lover. Which book says that you can make iced drinks?"
Su He smiled and replied, "It's a saying left by our ancestors. Saltpeter can also be used as medicine. Lotus's ancestors discovered it accidentally."
County Magistrate Ge nodded, reached his hand into the water to feel it, and found that the water had become colder after just a short while. It seemed that Su He's method was indeed effective.
"Sir, when summer comes, our government office can also use this method to cool down. The iced sour plum soup must be very refreshing."
County Magistrate Ge laughed, knowing that Su He's proposal was a disguised form of tribute.
"In that case, you can use it, and you don't have to pay for it."
Su He knelt down and thanked him, "Thank you for your kindness, sir."
This method of making ice with saltpeter was an exclusive secret recipe in ancient times, but saltpeter was a contraband, and it was impossible for them, the peasants, to spend huge sums of money to build an ice cellar. There was no other way. If they wanted to use it in a legitimate way, they could only give up some benefits. There is gain in loss.
Su He felt relieved when he saw County Magistrate Ge's satisfied expression.
As soon as she came out of the yamen, she went to the pharmacy to buy ingredients, cinnamon, pepper, star anise, etc., enough for a year.
These alone cost more than one hundred taels.
She couldn't carry so much by herself, so since she was a big customer, the pharmacy delivered the goods to her door.
By the way, send Su He home as well.
She was the only one at home at that time, and everyone was still walking around outside.
Su He put one third of the herbs outside and put the rest into the space.
Then he took a lollipop from the space and ate it, and sat alone in the yard writing and drawing on paper, comparing and deleting the materials he had bought to see if there was anything missing.
There were too few young roosters for frying chicken in the village, so Su He had people collect a lot of them in the past few days. She specially designated an area to build a chicken farm to raise chickens.
Raising chickens is a meticulous job, especially raising hundreds of chickens, so she lets the elderly in the village do this job.
She also wrote a list of how to maintain the chicken farm, and everyone will start maintenance when they go back tomorrow.
As for sugar, she designated an area to grow sugarcane, but none of them knew how to grow it, so Su He planned to hire someone to do it. It just so happened that Old Man Zhao's family in Zhoujiazhuang knew how to do it, so the job was given to them.
Their whole family could earn a total of one or two taels of silver a month, including meals. This huge surprise made Old Zhao cry so hard that he cried for two days before he recovered. Now they go out early and come back late every day just for the five acres of sugarcane.
Sugarcane has a long ripening period, so if Suhe wants to use sugar this year, it can only buy sugarcane from other places or directly buy brown sugar.
She has a lot of space, so she won't have to worry about anything in the next one or two years.
The main seasonings are cumin and chili powder, which she planted a lot in her space.
The materials for making rice wine are round glutinous rice and a container for rice wine.
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Su He wrote down the missing ingredients on the menu in a very active manner and filled up two sheets of paper.
After writing, she went out again. This time she drove the cart herself, carrying a large jar of 1,000 kilograms of glutinous rice to deliver to the village.
She was worried about the medicinal herbs, so she planned to ask Miaomiao to bring them tomorrow.
Su He was busy purchasing according to the list. Miaomiao was not stingy with her money. She only had 40 taels of silver left out of the 8 taels. This was because she didn't have dinner. If she had eaten, she would probably have no tael left in her pocket.
As for sleeping at night, she was not at all worried because Aunt He said she would invite them to stay in the inn for free.
Su Miao was so happy that she completely forgot about having to eat the next day.
We had dinner at the pier.
Su He came over after finishing her work, and this time everyone had stir-fried dishes.
There are 8 dishes on each table, three meat dishes, three vegetarian dishes and two half meat and half vegetarian dishes.
They don’t want rice as their staple food, they still prefer steamed buns.
We walked for the whole afternoon. We didn't feel tired while walking, but when we sat down, our legs immediately felt sore, and we felt hungry and tired.
No one was talking, everyone was eating.
After eating and drinking, everyone drove the carriage to the inn booked by He Huiru, which was close to Su He's small house.
Now the people were divided into two groups. The men took a shower directly at the well on the first floor, while the girls followed Su He home and boiled hot water for a shower.
Su He prepared two bathtubs, one for two people. After two hours, everyone had finished bathing.
The girls ate the apples that Su He took out from the space and took a walk to the inn. There was originally a night market, but these little ones could no longer open their eyelids, so the only thing left for them to do was sleep.