Chapter 156 Fireworks in the Valley
Hearing Granny Zhong murmur, Su Yunnuan came over and sat next to her: "Grandma, this is very good. They have fought a lifetime and deserve to be able to live freely. We are busy and it is still early.
"
"Seeing you so tired makes my heart ache." Granny Zhong followed Su Yunnuan's hair: "How much strength can a person have? You have exhausted my dear granddaughter, what should I do?"
Su Yunnuan smiled and said: "When I have time, I will look through the books in the study to see if there are any chess records or anything like that. Rongyang, I just want to make them happy."
Granny Zhong could only give up. Su Yunnuan was very thoughtful. It was not that she didn't use these people, but it was more about making them feel that their lives were interesting. She thought that when these people came some time ago, all of them would
His eyes were gray and slightly squinted. Looking at him now, if it weren't for his age, he would look like a live rabbit in the mountains.
"When they really feel comfortable living, our place will be better. We have to give these people time to adapt here." Su Yunnuan said.
Grandma Zhong said with a smile: "There are too few young people, and they lack a bit of lively energy."
Su Yunnuan stood up and poured tea for Granny Zhong and sat next to her: "So, I will go out to the mountains in a while and take some helpless orphans into the mountains. These people have no relatives. I will find them for them."
Some relatives come back."
Grandma Zhong laughed loudly: "Good girl, your idea is great."
"I knew I couldn't hide it from grandma. In the future, whether the things here are sent to the northwest or to the front, our own team will be available. These old people are very precious." Su Yunnuan didn't hide it from Granny Zhong.
, said with a smile.
Grandma Zhong became interested: "What about other things? What are you planning?"
"Of course it's to make money, but we can't be sure yet. We have to wait until we know what's going on outside." Su Yunnuan pursed her lips: "Not to mention the distance, so many people starved to death in Qingniu Town the year before last.
Life is prosperous in Yonggu County, which is separated by a mountain, so there will definitely be a lot of potential in places further out."
"Is that so?" Granny Zhong asked, "What are Yun Nuan going to do to make money?"
"Sugar and wine." Su Yunnuan pointed to the beets planted in the distance and said: "Those are the beets specially used to make sugar. They can be taken back in autumn to boil sugar. Then we will take out the sugar.
You can definitely make a lot of money."
Grandma Zhong nodded slowly: "In this case, grandma can use her connections with those merchants back then."
Good guy! It’s so lucky that Su Yunnuan feels that grandma looks like a humanoid plug-in!
"Miss, we're back." Pomegranate came in from outside carrying a basket of medicine and raised her hand to wipe the sweat on her forehead: "Aunt Dayun also hunted a lot of game. The old people over there are discussing how to roast it and eat it.
.”
Su Yunnuan suddenly became energetic: "Okay, I'll go to the chef. You can process the herbs and then come over for dinner. Ask Aunt Zhou and Aunt Li to follow and help."
Pomegranate responded and went to the backyard, while Su Yunnuan helped Granny Zhong to the open space by the river.
This is a place planned by Su Yunnuan. Elderly people can go fishing and play chess here when they have free time.
In addition to these, Su Yunnuan also made a barbecue rack here. When she was finishing it two days ago, she mentioned it to Qiao Dayun, but she didn't expect Qiao Dayun to catch the prey so quickly.
Speaking of which, what is left behind in the waves is gold, and Qiao Dayun is this gold. She never lets Su Yunnuan worry about anything she does, and she will take everything Su Yunnuan says to heart.
Aunt Zhou and Aunt Li were the two servants in charge of the kitchen in the main house. They were very good at cooking. When they heard that the lady asked them to help, they slipped over with a cutting board and a kitchen knife.
"Yun Nuan." Qiao Dayun looked at Su Yun Nuan's shadow and immediately raised his hand and shook it a few times: "It's over here."
Try to deal with the prey downstream, which can also greatly ensure the cleanliness of the river water. Su Yunnuan came over and looked at the pheasants and hares, and clicked her tongue: "So many!"
"We don't have many here, and no big prey comes in." Qiao Dayun glanced at the river: "When I go out, I will find a group of sheep to raise and buy a few cows to plow the fields."
Su Yunnuan also thought that this was okay. The imperial court stipulated that cattle were not allowed to be killed, but the nutritional value of beef and mutton was much higher than that of pork. If they could breed some, they would be able to give those soldiers a delicious taste.
Handling the pheasants with ease: "Okay, but we have to go to Yonggu County. We don't have any livestock in Qingniu County."
This is the current situation. In the winter of the year before last, everything that could be eaten was eaten. Even if last year was better, cattle and sheep are not crops that grow in the ground. They cannot recover so quickly. We still have to try to raise pigs.
Ah, I have time to go to Qingniu County.
"Miss, what are we doing?" asked Aunt Zhou.
Su Yunnuan pointed at the pheasant: "Boil it in water to remove the feathers. I'll take care of it later."
Qiao Dayun arranged to get large and small wooden basins for later use. Granny Zhong took a fish basket to fish by the river. Pomegranate and others came over to help. As long as the pot was set up with a big stone quickly, the pot could be used.
Old Zhaotou also came to join in the fun: "Miss Yun Nuan, can we help?"
"Grandpa Zhao, please ask everyone to come over and help me make bamboo sticks." Su Yunnuan told the thickness and uses of bamboo sticks.
Old Zhaotou immediately strode away. Five hundred people was not a small number. Su Yunnuan decided to make rabbits too, but roasting rabbit meat was not as good as stewing soup. Delicious soup is very nourishing.
There were more than thirty pheasants and twelve hares in total. How could these be enough to feed five hundred people? Including grilled fish, Su Yunnuan asked Pomegranate and the others to carry the potatoes.
Aunt Qian and Aunt Guo were the servants responsible for cleaning. Su Yunnuan arranged for them to find wild vegetables, make steamed wild vegetable dumplings, rabbit soup and barbecue. This was their first dinner together.
In addition to Qiao Dayun, those who did not leave, Sun Rong, Kang Lihua, Zhou Ling and Cui Min all stayed behind. None of the people who had lived in Yugu Village left. These women were all very hardworking and quick, Su Yunnuan taught them.
How they cut up the pheasant, the chicken wings are divided into three parts, the upper and lower parts, the head, neck and legs...
The divided pheasant was marinated with different barbecue ingredients, and everyone cut the hare meat into pieces. Su Yunnuan looked at a row of more than 20 large pots, and realized the magnanimity of a large family.
There were more than twenty women, each with a pot. Su Yunnuan told them to do something, and at the end they added water and started to make soup.
Potatoes were cut into slices, skewered and soaked in a basin, peppers and eggplants were added together, and all kinds of ingredients were piled into a hill.
The Chang Sheng brothers brought baskets of charcoal with their skilled veterans. These were left over from the last time they made gunpowder. All the methods for making gunpowder were sent to the army, so there is no need to do it here. After all, it is not easy to store.
It's a very dangerous thing and has no use here.
Originally, Su Yunnuan thought about blowing up the entrance, but Qi Xuan did not agree because the river in the valley came from unknown sources and was a steady stream. If explosives were used frequently, the place would be useless if the water veins were cut off.
It made perfect sense, so Su Yunnuan gave up the idea of blowing up the entrance, so the charcoal became a barbecue ingredient.
After working hard until the sunset, Lao Zhaotou and his old buddies lit a bonfire. Su Yunnuan started to bake and eat. Everyone sat on the floor, holding a soup bowl in one hand and a skewer in the other. It was like opening the door to a new world.
, so delicious that my tongue almost swallowed it.
Su Yunnuan was sweating profusely. The Chang Sheng brothers learned quickly and helped out. Pomegranate and several maids were also good. Qiao Dayun and others used bamboo skewers to skewer all the ingredients.
Chapter completed!