Traveling through ancient times to escape famine, the prince led me to rebel

The village chief also needs to report the purchase and sale of land in the village to the officials of the county government, and Luo Xiaoran does not need to be present. All matters related to her purchase of the land can be handled at the village chief's house when the time comes.

Therefore, Luo Xiaoran greeted Village Chief Zhang, went to the street to buy some daily necessities and food, and then came to pick him up.

You must buy a toothbrush and toothpaste.

Luo Xiaoran remembered reading an article before, which recorded that ancient people used willow branches to brush their teeth.

It's like soaking willow branches in water. When you want to use it, bite the willow branches with your teeth, and the willow fibers inside will stick out, just like tiny wooden comb teeth, and poke them against your teeth to brush your teeth.

Luo Xiaoran felt that method was too troublesome and might not necessarily clean the teeth thoroughly, so she decided to go see if there were any better toothbrushing tools.

If it doesn’t work, try DIY.

Thankfully, the toothbrushes here already had a model of modern toothbrushes, which were mainly made of bone, horn, bamboo, wood and other materials, with two rows of pores drilled in the head and a horsetail planted on top.

Of course, bone brushes and horn brushes are usually used by dignitaries, while ordinary people use bamboo brushes and wooden brushes. Even the poorest people don’t brush their teeth.

Luo Xiaoran bought two bamboo toothbrushes, one for her and Luo Xingchen.

There are also alternatives to toothpaste.

Luo Xiaoran asked, and it is said that it is a paste made from medicinal herbs such as Poria cocos, and is generally used as a mouthwash when getting up in the morning.

Some people simply use salt to clean their teeth. Salt can not only protect teeth, but also have anti-inflammatory and disinfecting effects, and can also whiten teeth.

Luo Xiaoran bought a can of ancient toothpaste and went home to try it. If she was not used to it, she would brush her teeth with salt.

She bought a pair of peach wood combs and a pair of bronze mirrors. When the house was built, she and Luo Xingchen would each have a bedroom, and each would put a mirror in their room.

Copper basin and sweat towel, two sets per person, used for washing face and feet respectively.

Since you have a washbasin, you also need a washstand to put the basin on.

There are also bathtubs, buckets for fetching water, and shoulder poles...

The more Luo Xiaoran thought about it, the more she felt that the things she wanted to buy were too many and too heavy. She was afraid that a carriage would not be able to load them all and the horse would not be able to carry them.

It is better to buy many things after the house is built.

Now it’s enough to just buy some basic daily necessities, the most important thing is to buy some grains, vegetables, meat and the like.

After buying two kilograms of pork at the meat stall, the boss saw that Luo Xiaoran was buying two kilograms of meat at once, and wanted to give her some pork chops at a discount. Luo Xiaoran gladly accepted it and also got a pair of pig offal for free.

Autumn is a season of harvest. There are many edible vegetables, such as potatoes, eggplants, pumpkins, loofahs, beans, cucumbers, etc.

Luo Xiaoran looked for a lot but couldn't find tomatoes. She liked tomatoes the most and thought that tomatoes could be eaten raw as fruit or used in cooking, which was very convenient.

She remembered that before the end of the world, she often read novels on a reading app called Tomato Novel.

She was deeply impressed because the software was named after her favorite tomato.

I bought all the seasonings I could find, salt is a must.

Vinegar was not found, but Luo Xiaoran found a kind of wine called bitter wine, which tasted like vinegar. It should be the ancient version of vinegar, but it has not yet been used in cooking.

Soy sauce had not yet appeared, and it was replaced by sauce. However, ordinary people could not afford sauce because it was made from meat and only the rich and powerful could afford it.

When fleeing from famine, Qiu Niang brought a can of extremely precious rapeseed oil, which was the only kind of vegetable oil in Daliang. Most people ate lard made from pork.

Luo Xiaoran wondered if she could study how soybean oil is extracted in the future, perhaps she could allow more people to eat healthier vegetable oil.

There are also some commonly used spices that can be found in Chinese medicine shops: star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, peppercorns... Luo Xiaoran also bought some.

The two most important things have not yet been bought - food and eggs.

After fleeing famine for several months, I must eat more eggs to supplement my nutrition.

In the south, paddy fields are cultivated and the main crop is rice, which becomes the rice we are familiar with after the husking is removed.

The dry land in the north is cultivated, and the main crops are corn and wheat.

Although the northern border is located in the north, there are many large rivers, so rice is also produced there.

So I bought some rice, corn, wheat, and sorghum, also known as millet, as well as some mung beans and soybeans.

The most regrettable thing is that we didn’t find sweet potatoes, otherwise the five grains “rice, wheat, soybeans, corn, and potatoes” would be complete.

He bought a lot of things here and there, and the food alone took up most of the carriage. He also exchanged the silver for copper coins.

Luo Xiaoran also wanted to buy two sets of autumn clothes for Luo Xingchen and herself, but considering that it was already late, she decided to go to the county government office to pick up Village Chief Zhang first.

Don't leave him hanging outside the wall alone, it will have a bad influence.

Before the carriage reached the gate of the county government office, Luo Xiaoran saw the figure of Village Chief Zhang from afar.

With his left hand in the sleeve of his right hand, and his right hand in the sleeve of his left hand, he paced back and forth against the blue-gray wall with his head lowered and his waist bent, looking very desolate.

"Thank you for waiting, Mayor. I have a lot of things to buy. It's almost noon now. Why don't we have lunch in the city before returning to Hexi Village?"

Luo Xiaoran felt that it was a bit rude to expose the village chief here, so she wanted to treat him to a meal to make up for it.

"No need, Mr. Luo, um, Miss Luo, my family is waiting for me to have dinner together. Your carriage is fast, so it won't take much time to get back to the village."

The village chief was not angry when he saw Luo Xiaoran was late, but urged her to hurry back to the village.

When he went out in the morning, he told his wife that he would be back for lunch and that he should not be left waiting at home, otherwise she would give him the cold shoulder in the evening.

"Since the village chief said so, let's go back to the village quickly! Village chief, please be careful when getting in the car." Luo Xiaoran called on the village chief to get in the car.

After all, he is a man who works in the fields every day in the village. Even though he is old, it is not difficult for him to get on a horse-drawn carriage.

After the village chief sat down, Luo Xiaoran began to spur the horse.

The village chief held on tightly to the side of the carriage, afraid of being thrown out, and he also had to discuss with Luo Xiaoran about her purchase of land.

“I have just registered the relevant matters of the village’s land sales at the government office, and I can measure the dimensions in the village tomorrow.

All the fertile fields in Hexi Village, big and small, are owned by someone else. Only the uncultivated wasteland is available for sale. Mr. Luo, Ms. Luo, how much land do you want to buy?"

Luo Xiaoran felt that she had just arrived and there were only two of her family members, so she could just buy ten acres of land for farming in the early stage.

As for the land for building the house, it doesn’t need to be big. You still need to look at the map of Hexi Village and find a suitable location.

So he turned his head and said to the village chief: "It will take more than ten acres in the end. We still have to look at the actual situation and make the final plan at that time."

The village chief took a deep breath and said, "Ten acres of land is not a lot for a large family, but Miss Luo's family only has you and your brother. I wonder if you can take care of it?"

Luo Xiaoran cast a soothing look at the village chief, "I will ask the villagers to help reclaim the wasteland when the time comes. It's time to harvest the corn this season, so I will ask the villagers to help me plant the next crop.

I will offer a price no lower than that of a temporary worker in the city, so that I can manage my land and the villagers can also have some income, which is the best of both worlds."