Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

As time goes by, autumn's paintbrush fades, replaced by winter, the calm sculptor.

The early winter wind, with a bit of chill, begins to quietly invade in the early morning and at night.

The morning dew condensed into frost, covering the tips of the grass, crystal clear, like pearls scattered by nature overnight.

The trees gradually shed their luxuriant attires, leaving only bare branches, which appeared particularly tough in the cold wind.

The birds are no longer as active as usual. They have either migrated south or found warm places to roost, waiting for the arrival of spring.

The sky became higher and clearer, with a few white clouds occasionally floating by, like messengers of winter, foreshadowing the coming changes.

The temperature continued to drop, and the first snow fell silently. The white snowflakes fell gently, but only a thin layer fell on the ground. This snow could not moisten the earth.

This has caused people who have always been afraid of drought to feel a little panic.

But it was early winter after all, and the whole winter was still a long time away, so the feeling of panic passed quietly and did not make everyone alert again.

Xia Shengsheng dried a lot of vegetables and smoked a lot of game throughout the autumn.

There were a total of 30 cured rabbits stored in the storeroom and cellar at home, of which more than were rabbits raised by Xia Shengsheng's family. The rabbits lay in large litters, and there were too many to give birth to, so he killed the adult rabbits and made them into cured rabbits for preservation.

The rest were obtained by hunting in the mountains.

There were fewer cured chickens, only about thirty or so, and there was also a lot of cured roe deer meat and wild boar meat, all of which were saved.

After Han the Hunter left Kaoshan Village, he never returned.

But Doctor Zhao, on a dark and windy night, took the silver that Xia Shengsheng sold him for the snake gall and brought it to Xia Shengsheng's house in several horse-drawn carriages.

Xia Shengsheng could feel that all the drivers were people with great martial arts skills.

But they have no ill will towards Xia Shengsheng.

Xia Shengsheng didn't even bother to find out their identities.

After unloading the boxes of gold and silver, Doctor Zhao made a special request.

Let Xia Shengsheng sell all the corn to him except the one left for the villagers to grow seeds.

Xia Shengsheng's original intention was to spread this corn across the country, so he did not refuse Doctor Zhao's request at all.

After selling the corn to Doctor Zhao, Doctor Zhao, like Han the Hunter, disappeared for a while, but soon returned to Kaoshan Village.

It was as if nothing had ever happened.

He is still working as a country barefoot doctor.

Over the past few months, Xia Shengsheng and Tao Wuji have been in close contact.

Not only the vermicelli factory, but also the instant noodle factory is progressing very smoothly.

The vermicelli factory has a guaranteed output of 10,000 kilograms of vermicelli every month.

The instant noodle factory can also ship 20,000 to 30,000 packages every month.

This brought a lot of benefits to both Xia Shengsheng and Tao Wuji.

But the chili peppers were out of stock after a while.

The weather is too cold to continue growing peppers.

Xia Shengsheng could buy a certain amount of chili peppers from Qiqi every month, but in that case she would have no reason to explain to Tao Wuji where the chili peppers came from.

Besides, she doesn't lack the money to do such risky things.

So the chili peppers were out of stock.

The person who was most saddened after the supply was out of stock was Tao Wuji.

Suddenly, the most profitable business was gone.

After selling this year, the price may not be that high next year.

There are many smart people in the world. As long as chili peppers are available on the market, there must be people who can grow them.

So, how many peppers will be needed next year and at what price? Tao Wuji cannot make a decision now.

This is also the reason why Xia Shengsheng asked the villagers to plant corn on most of the land.

Even though peppers are more valuable than grains now, we don’t know what the situation will be like next year.

Maybe by the time the peppers are ready to bear fruit next year, they will be all over the market and the prices may continue to drop.

It would be better to grow more food and make plans to fill your stomach in the future.

As winter begins and the weather gets colder, factory workers always have their hands cracked while working.

Xia Shengsheng prepared a lot of clam oil to distribute to everyone.

Time passes little by little, and everyone has something to do.

Everyone feels that this year has been unexpectedly good.

I've even thought about how to celebrate the New Year!

Ye Chao and Er Cheng started their winter vacation just as the twelfth lunar month began.

Yiyi and Shanshan have to wait until the Little New Year to have their holiday.

After Xia Shengsheng asked Tao Wuji's manager to take away the last batch of goods the day before Chinese New Year, the factory officially prepared to go on New Year holiday.

Work will start from Little New Year and continue until the eighth day of the first lunar month.

Tao Wuji had also discussed it in advance.

"Put everything in order. We will resume work after the Chinese New Year. Let's celebrate tonight. Borrow a few more tables and hold a party in the factory. After the party, distribute the benefits and everyone can go home happily to celebrate the Chinese New Year."

After Xia Shengsheng finished speaking, waves of cheers rang out one after another.

A few days ago, Xia Shengsheng ordered five pigs from the butcher in town.

They were all killed and delivered this morning.

Then ask the butcher to help cut it up.

All the meat was divided into ten-jin portions, and divided into more than 100 portions per person.

The rest of the pig's head, trotters, ribs, large bones, and offal are all kept for cooking.

Xia Shengsheng also bought more than a dozen chickens and ducks from each household in the village, and ordered more than 100 carps weighing three or four kilograms from Qiqi.

Today's meal is not just prepared by the few people who cook, but everyone helps out.

Everyone was talking and laughing while doing their work together.

These things are all going into their stomachs, so they work extra hard.

Xia Shengsheng prepared a lot of ingredients.

In addition to the pork and carp to be distributed to everyone,

Ten dishes were prepared for each table.

Braised carp, sweet and sour pork ribs, corn soup with big bones, fried sugar dumplings, stewed chicken with mushrooms, fried meat with cucumber, mouth-watering chicken, ants climbing trees, pumpkin pie, and garlic pork head.

Ye Chao and Er Cheng drove the donkey cart, Ma Kui, the Ma brothers, and the Li brothers came over to help carry the tables and chairs.

There are enough bowls, chopsticks and plates, so there is no need to borrow them. Xia Shengsheng has prepared enough in advance.

That means tables, chairs and benches. If you prepare too many, they won’t take up too much space when you don’t use them normally.

It’s better to borrow it from here and there when you need it.

Xia Shengsheng not only asked the people who helped to stay for dinner, but also invited Village Chief Ma, Doctor Zhao and several elders in the village.

The dinner time is very early, around two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

In this way, people from other villages can go back early after dinner.

All the food was prepared, but these people were just standing there without sitting down.

Everyone urged Xia Shengsheng to say a few words.

Xia Shengsheng was not stage-frightened and stood at the front, looking at the table where Village Chief Ma, Doctor Zhao, and several elders from the village were sitting behind him.

Seeing them all nodded.

He looked at the more than 100 workers outside.