At the beginning, I saved a little mute

"It's getting colder now." Mo Bai sighed.

When he and his brother were wandering in Dingzhou City, they would start to stock up on various windproof and warm items in their temporary residence in the autumn.

For example, dry firewood and miscellaneous items discarded by others.

Unfortunately, the latter are rare. In this day and age, people cherish their belongings and will not throw them away easily.

For example, torn clothes and rags. The former can be cut into new clothes, and the latter can be made into shoe soles. Both are things that can be used.

When they were lucky, they could pick up some rags and scraps from the back door of a wealthy family.

But most of the time, luck is bad and we can only try our best.

But the two winters they spent together were not easy.

Many times, Mo Bai thought they were going to meet the King of Hell, but they survived.

After meeting Jiang Zao, they had an extremely comfortable time during this period.

"Silk quilts are very expensive, and ordinary people can't afford them at all. And it's too difficult to buy a good quilt." Mo Bai was a little melancholy. If it weren't for Miss Jiang, they wouldn't even have a quilt to cover themselves with.

Therefore, for many families, it is considered very impressive if they can give a quilt as a dowry.

People like Jiang Zao all covered themselves with silk quilts; Mo Bai, Mo Shan and others only had quilts filled with reed and willow catkins, which had poor warmth retention.

They are already considered lucky; those who are worse off can only use straw to keep warm.

This was the case with Zhou Juan’s family before. Now she has bought several kapok quilts. Even though the quilt covers are still made of linen, it is warm enough for her to get through the winter and she no longer has to worry about being too cold to sleep.

Jiang Zao frowned: "No cotton?"

"Cotton? I've never heard of it." Mo Bai shook his head.

"It's just white, like a white flower, very fluffy and warm."

"No, I haven't seen it. I've never heard of anything called cotton."

Jiang Zao thought about it and said, "I'll draw it for you when we get home. You can put it outside the store and see if anyone recognizes it."

"it is good."

On the street in front of the shop, people were shivering in the autumn wind.

Jiang Zao looked at Mo Bai who was also shivering in the shop.

I couldn't help but search my mind for something that could keep me warm.

As she sat there thinking, she remembered something.

That is the big kang in Northeast China in the original world.

Jiang Zao is from the south, but she once went to a rural area in Northeast China on a business trip and lived there for more than half a month.

I really like the warmth-retaining property of the big kang.

In the city, there is floor heating, but in the countryside, the earthen kang is more practical, stronger and more convenient.

She slapped her head and realized that she should have arranged it in the staff dormitory first.

Do it when you think of it.

Jiang Zao had thought about it carefully in her mind. At that time, she had chatted with the host family in her spare time and had a general idea of ​​how to make a brick bed.

It's just that it has never been put into practice.

Now, she has time and someone to help her.

So, she took Mo Bai and a few others and drove around Fufeng County in a horse-drawn carriage.

Especially those places outside the county.

Mo Bai was very confused, "Miss, what are you looking for?"

"Look for soil."

? ?

A string of question marks suddenly appeared in the heads of Mo Bai, Chun Yu and Huai Feng.

Mo Bai licked his lips, "Miss, what are you looking for soil for?"

Jiang Zao briefly explained it.

When we heard that it was used to keep warm in winter, everyone was very excited.

"Miss, what kind of soil are you looking for? I am very familiar with soil." Mo Bai said.

"A kind of clayy yellow soil."

The soil here is basically dry soil and sand, and there is almost no loess.

Mo Bai and others frowned and thought hard.

"Miss, I know where it is." Huaifeng suddenly said excitedly, "It's just south of Fufeng County."

Jiang Zao's eyes lit up, "Lead the way."

Several people drove there hurriedly.

After walking for about a cup of tea, they arrived at the place Huaifeng mentioned.

It was indeed a large expanse of yellow earth.

It is obviously inappropriate to use a horse-drawn carriage to transport the soil.

Jiang Zao and his companions went back first, then rented a ox cart again. They made several trips back and forth before transporting several carts of loess to the future peanut base.

Of course, they were not hiding, so many people saw them.

When someone with a curious mind asked about it, Mo Bai just followed Jiang Zao's instructions and said that his young lady was going to make a new thing.

If you are willing to help move the loess, you can be an apprentice for free.

Everyone looked at each other.

What can you do with a truckload of loess?

Can it be eaten or drunk?

Everyone shook their heads and walked away.

This Miss Jiang is getting more and more outrageous.

But four people in the crowd did not leave.

They are the four brothers of the Lin family in the north of Fufeng County.

In fact, they were not from the county town, but from Linjia Village, dozens of miles north of the county.

It's poorer and colder there.

In order to make money for the New Year, the four brothers rushed from Linjia Village to Fufeng County to find work.

Who would have thought that they didn't find any work and all the copper coins they had were used up, so the four strong men could only huddle in the dilapidated temple.

When you have nothing to do, go out for a walk and see where help is needed.

Unfortunately, Fufeng County is already poor, and its people have to go to Dingzhou to find work. Where can they find vacant jobs?

Last time Jiang Zao’s peanut farm was recruiting people, they had just arrived and were not familiar with the place.

So I didn’t dare to go.

As a result, he was so frustrated that he beat his chest and stamped his feet.

This time, the eldest of the four brothers looked at his younger brothers and immediately understood what everyone was thinking.

As for Miss Jiang's reputation, it is not groundless.

What's more, I was just helping to pull the soil.

What they usually do is much more tiring than this job.

So when Mo Bai was driving the ox cart, he was blocked by four tall and strong men.

Mo Bai was startled and stopped immediately.

Huaifeng was about to draw his sword.

The eldest brother, Lin Jin, immediately waved his hands and said, "Gentlemen, we are not bad people."

The word "Master" made Mo Bai and Huai Feng's mouth twitch.

Huai Feng loosened his grip on the hilt of the sword, but did not stop talking.

During this period of time, he also realized that Jiang had long intended to cultivate the people around her.

So Mo Bai asked bravely, "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

Lin Jin clasped his fists and said, "The four of us brothers have no other skills, but we have strength, and we are willing to be Miss Jiang's apprentices."

Mo Bai looked at Huai Feng, who was holding a sword and said nothing.

He had no choice but to look at Lin Jin and the other three. "Well, my lady has a request. You must carry four loads of peanuts to the peanut base before you can enter."

The name of this peanut base was given by the young lady. It sounded strange at first, but it became much smoother after reading it twice.

Lin Jin was delighted and said loudly, "Of course."

The other three also followed his example and saluted with their fists clasped.

But they all seem out of place.

Mo Bai breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he didn't understand why the young lady had such a strange request.

Actually, Lin Jin and his three companions were not the first to ask, but they were the first to agree very readily.

So he divided the loads into four parts and instructed them which loess to choose and where to carry it.

Therefore, they attracted everyone's attention.