Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Zhao Yuanzhen notified all shops and people outside.

It’s the New Year holiday, from the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month to the 6th day of the first lunar month.

Everyone has returned to the village recently, and it is very lively.

Especially the more than 2000 people who were building the road. When the village was being built, they went out to build the road and did not come back when the dormitories were allocated.

It was not until October that the entire line was completed. The cement road from Xiaoshan County to Yanshan Prefecture was finally built.

They also spent some time maintaining the entire route, and were so busy that they didn't all return until the end of the year.

After the sixth day of the New Year, we'll find a good day to cut the ribbon and set off firecrackers, and then this cement road can be put into use.

The property management company allocated dormitories to these more than 2000 people, and then reissued to them all the personal belongings that had been distributed in the village.

After a year of working outside in the wind and rain, they were very tired, so Zhao Yuanzhen specially asked the kitchen to improve their meals for two days.

The other road construction team finished their work early as the distance was short.

In November, the ribbon was cut and the building began to be used.

The road was built wide and flat, and it was also the best route specially planned by Zhao Yuanzhen.

It now takes about an hour and 40 minutes to go to the border trade market.

It has brought great convenience to the transportation team.

The merchants in the trade market were businessmen from the Liang Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, and each wanted to seize each other's market.

As the county closest to the border, Xiaoshan County was chosen as the first transit station for the trade market, and a large number of merchants began to transit in Xiaoshan County.

In order to facilitate transit, more and more people started buying houses and land.

According to the county magistrate, more than 5000 people have come to their county since the trade market began.

Many houses have been sold, and most of the shops on the street have been sold.

As a result, the sales of Zhao Yuanzhen's shop in Xiaoshan County also increased.

She believes that in the near future, Xiaoshan County will become a particularly prosperous and economically developed county.

By then, her shop's sales will also increase and she will sell better.

She felt happy thinking about the bright future development prospects.

Sure enough, making money is the happiest thing.

Get ready here and there, the New Year is coming.

On the morning of New Year's Day, the canteen served steamed rice as the staple food, and there were six dishes plus a soup, three meat dishes and three vegetable dishes.

After breakfast, people from each dormitory sent someone to the property management to collect couplets and hanging money and began to decorate their dormitories.

The property management replaced all the lanterns with big red lanterns and added a lot more. The whole village looked red from a distance and looked very beautiful.

The college has been on holiday since the beginning of the twelfth lunar month.

There are many noisy children in the village, running around, making the village even more lively.

For lunch, we had big white steamed buns, six dishes and a soup, three meat dishes and three vegetable dishes, so everyone had enough food.

tube full.

Because they have to stay up all night, most people have lunch and then take a rest.

During the lunch break, the property management began to distribute fruit plates, dried fruits and candies according to the population.

Melon seeds, chestnuts, walnuts, peanuts, sugar, and some fruits.

There were too many people, so we couldn’t put out the fruit plates, so we had to distribute them.

Double portions were distributed to all the canteen staff as they were the ones who worked the hardest during the Chinese New Year.

Zhao Yuanzhen always eats in the cafeteria with everyone else. If she feels hungry, she eats at the specialty counter or buys food herself.

After receiving the distributed fruit plates, some people returned to the dormitory, while others made an appointment to go to the cafeteria.

Play cards and chat.

There is also a fire dragon in the cafeteria, so it’s not cold.

At 12 o'clock, the kitchen was open for dinner.

“It’s time to eat dumplings! It’s time to eat dumplings!”

The cook who served the food started shouting to the people in the lobby.

Everyone took their plates and started lining up to get their meals.

Each person had a big bowl of dumplings, 40 for men, 35 for women, and 20 for children.

The dumplings are all very big and filled with a lot of stuffing. The skin is thin and the filling is big.

The plump white dumplings make people's appetite increase just by looking at them.

There were 10 dishes for dinner, 8 meat dishes and 2 vegetarian dishes, including chicken, duck, fish, beef, mutton, pork, and each person had a big spoonful.

There is no soup, so if you want to drink soup, you can make it yourself.

Original soup into original food.

The cafeteria is providing free wine today, 2 taels per person, and you can get your own cup.

Carrying a large plate full of dishes and a large bowl of dumplings, she and Zhang Qingyan found a place to sit down. Lan Ying went to make them some dumpling soup and ordered two glasses of wine.

"Lan Ying, you can sit here too, let's eat together."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Madam, please say a few words."

Zhang Yu saw that everyone was looking at Zhao Yuanzhen, so he stood up and spoke to her.

"Okay, let me say a few words. On this festive day, I hope that everyone will be safe and healthy in the new year, make a lot of money, and have all their wishes come true! Let's celebrate tomorrow!"

She was the first to raise her cup to everyone, and the others followed suit, standing up and raising their cups.

"Celebrate tomorrow!"

Zhao Yuanzhen took a sip and found it a bit spicy.

"Okay, everyone, sit down, let's eat!"

Hearing this, everyone sat down and started to eat with relish.

This dumpling is really delicious and fragrant.

Zhao Yuanzhen ate the whole bowl and almost half of the other dishes.

"The cooking skills are getting better and better, and the food is getting more and more delicious.

Lan Ying, I will open my private vault later and give all the cooks a red envelope with 2 taels of silver, the team leader of the government hall 5 taels, the others 2 taels, all the shopkeepers 5 taels, the workshop leader and the team leader 5 taels, and the team leader and the team members 2 taels. "

"Yes, ma'am, I'll hand out the red envelopes as soon as I finish the statistics."

"Well, this is for both of you. Happy New Year."

Zhao Yuanzhen gave Zhang Qingyan and Lan Ying each a gold hairpin as their New Year's gift.

"Thank you, ma'am/sister-in-law."

"You're welcome, put it away now."

After seeing that she had finished eating, Lan Ying returned the plate and cutlery.

"Madam, Happy New Year. Zhang Yu wishes you a happy new year."

After finishing his meal, Zhang Yu came over to wish Zhao Yuanzhen a happy new year.

"Happy New Year, and may all your wishes come true in the new year!"

As he spoke, he took out a red envelope and handed it to Zhang Yu.

There is a silver note worth 50 taels inside.

"Thank you ma'am."

"Okay, let's go back and rest."

Zhao Yuanzhen was afraid that many people would come, so she didn't prepare so many red envelopes and went back with Zhang Qingyan and Lan Ying.

When she returned to the small courtyard and just finished washing up, Zhang Qingyan came over with a cloth bag.

"Second sister-in-law, this is the New Year's gift I prepared for you. I hope that all your wishes will come true and everything will go smoothly in the new year."

Inside the cloth bag was a set of clothes, including inner clothes, outer clothes, socks and boots.

This was designed by Zhang Qingyan herself looking at the picture album. The style is exquisite and the colors are coordinated.

"Okay, thank you, it's thoughtful. The craftsmanship is getting better and better, and the design is getting more and more beautiful. I like it very much."

"Thank you, sister-in-law. It's all because of your good teaching."

The books given by my sister-in-law are naturally considered to be taught by my sister-in-law.

The next day, Zhao Yuanzhen changed into new clothes.

It looks really good, the style is nice, the size fits well, and it makes people look younger.

During the New Year holidays, there was nothing to do, so people in the village made plans to go hiking and stroll around the county town.

I have been here for almost a year, but I haven't gotten familiar with this county yet.

Zhao Yuanzhen also went to climb the mountain. When she saw the beautiful plum blossoms blooming on the mountain, she picked some and brought them back to put in a vase.

I don’t know whether the plum blossoms she planted in the spring of the previous year bloomed well.

It seems I won’t be able to enjoy it this year.

After a few days of rest, we started business again on the sixth day of the New Year. Although I was a little tired, I felt full of energy when I looked at the savings in my pocket.

She found the county magistrate and asked him to choose an auspicious time to hold a ceremony to open the new road from Xiaoshan County to Yanshan Prefecture.

The county magistrate chose the eighth day, at noon.

This was a major event that benefited both the country and the people, and on the day of the access ceremony, almost everyone in the county came.

The streets were deserted.

A lot of firecrackers were set off, and this route between the county town and the provincial capital, which saved half the travel time, was officially opened.

After the roadblocks were removed, cars started to pass through.

Those who came to cut the ribbon at noon were all wealthy people in Xiaoshan County, and even the county magistrate was brought over to add to the ceremony.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at these few big households and realized that Xiaoshan County still had a small population.

At noon, she hosted everyone for lunch in the dining room of the cafeteria, and prepared two tables in total, with 2 dishes and one soup per table.

The county magistrate had another delicious meal.

During the first month of the lunar year, all shops and workshops were open for business as usual, but she was still staying up all winter, as the weather was still cold.

Teaching the two little girls medical books.

She ordered the needlework workshop to make a set of spring clothes for each of her people, including inner and outer clothes and shoes and socks.

As for the other hired ones, they can buy them themselves if they need them. There are too many people and she really doesn’t want to do it.

Firstly, it costs money, and secondly, it takes too long.

After teaching his apprentice in the house for more than two months, Zhao Yuanzhen finally ended her life of staying at home in March.

The farmers have already started tilling the soil. This year, the army has added 40,000 acres of land, so they have to prepare the land as soon as possible.

During the first month of the year, Zhao Yuanzhen went to see the county magistrate and asked him to help write a memorial. She wanted to build a road from Xiaoshan County to Taiyuan Prefecture, and she would contribute her efforts and asked His Majesty to approve it.

To be rich, build roads first.

This is absolutely true. Building roads can not only save time and shorten the journey, but also increase economic exchanges.

At the beginning of March, His Majesty replied to the county magistrate and agreed to the request for road construction. Zhao Yuanzhen gave the construction team the best route map for road construction.

Zhao Yuanzhen expanded the construction team and added more chefs. The chefs of the construction team were recruited and selected from among these many people, and they were all men.

It was a desolate place in the mountains, and there were many men on the construction team. She was afraid that it would be inconvenient for the cook, so she hired a male chef.

Another 800 people were drawn from the construction team of the road from Xiaoshan County to the military camp to join this road construction team.

The remaining 200 people were building things in the village. The first thing they built was the ice cellar recorded in the small notebook, and then they built two more.

Everyone was assigned tasks and all kinds of seeds and seedlings were left behind. Zhao Yuanzhen had to go back to the capital to deliver rice seedlings to Zhuangzi.

At the beginning of March, Zhao Yuanzhen set off for Beijing.