Restart the Disaster of Another World

The sun shines on the disordered river channel, on the rocks and muddy land. On the shore, a group of people are busy, their sweat forms a lively picture.

It only took a few days for the number of people to increase from the dozens on the first day to the hundreds now.

As the treatment offered by the government was very generous, the villagers were very motivated and the river dredging project progressed smoothly and has begun to take shape.

"Brother Wu, how many work tickets did you get yesterday?" a villager asked curiously.

The man called Brother Wu thought for a moment and replied, "Four."

"Wow! Four pictures give so many!" People around exclaimed.

Since the construction site started, work tickets have been issued every day as wages. These work tickets are divided into denominations of 5, 10, 50, and 100, but the most common ones are 5 and 10.

Ordinary workers in the village received a 10-cent work ticket every day, while several foremen received 20-cent work tickets. In addition, the village chief Jing Yao was given special treatment and was able to receive a 30-cent work ticket.

The reason why Wang Wu's wages were much higher than those of ordinary workers was because Jing Yao unexpectedly discovered that he was a capable person. Wang Wu was not only able to understand the drawings drawn by Wen Yu, but also had experience in river dam construction.

Therefore, Jing Yao promoted him to chief engineer.

Although the villagers envied Wang Wu's high salary, they did not raise any objections. After all, everyone knew that this was a skill he had learned at the cost of his life while serving in the army.

Not only did they have some, but several women and husbands who were responsible for cooking also had some, but they had less, just five cents for a morning's work.

Everyone was overjoyed, with smiles on their faces, as if they had encountered a great joyful event.

They couldn't believe that they could get so much money. Each of them held their work tickets with eyes full of surprise and gratitude.

They carefully folded the work tickets and put them inside their clothes, fearing that they would be lost or damaged.

After putting it away, he patted the clothes again with some concern, and only felt relieved after making sure that the work ticket was still there.

On the way back, everyone kept looking back and looking at the ground, as if they were worried that they would lose their work tickets on the road.

After returning to the village, it was naturally bustling again.

If they had not been well-fed by the sumptuous lunch at noon and had not received their wages yet, it would have been hard for everyone to believe that such a good thing had actually happened to them.

Originally everyone thought that this labor service was just compulsory and the men who went there might suffer a lot of hardships, but they didn't expect that they would not only have food to eat, but also get paid.

This was something they dared not even think about, it was like a beautiful dream suddenly came into their lives.

Compared with the previous corvée labor, not only was there no salary, but also the travel to and fro had to be at one's own expense, and even meals had to be paid for. The treatment this time was really too good.

Everyone's heart was filled with emotion and gratitude, and they felt that they were very lucky this time.

The new county magistrate was different from the previous ones. He not only made them do the work, but also paid them.

Even if the water cannot be brought, no one will blame him.

Some men brought back steamed corn bread, which they broke into pieces and shared during dinner, each taking one bite. But no one disliked it and they treasured it very much.

Finally, a good official came to their Qingyang County, and they now have hope for the future.

"Son! Go and work hard tomorrow. We've been paid and provided with meals, so we can't be lazy, understand?"

"Hey, if I had known earlier, I would have asked your brothers to go with me this morning, even if they didn't get paid!"

"Where's your work ticket? Keep it for your wife. Don't lose it."

"Yes! If it is lost, it will be recorded. The county magistrate is very powerful. The guards brought by Lord Jing have to listen to him. We have to listen to him too."

Before we knew it, in just one day, that bastard, corrupt official, had turned into our county magistrate.

A good person needs to go through countless hardships to become a Buddha, but a bad person can become a Buddha immediately by just putting down his butcher knife.

This phenomenon is happening in almost every village.

Some people were happy about it, while others were beating their chests and regretting it.

After all, it is very difficult for the villagers to earn a penny.

The next morning, when all the men who came to the construction site were accepted and treated the same as before, everyone was even more grateful to the county magistrate and worked harder.

Today, the attitude of each village towards the county magistrate is no longer full of resentment and hatred as before.

When everyone came to work, they worked hard without supervision. The river channel was dug deeper and more and more mud was piled up on both sides.

The geological features here are somewhat special. Outside the village, there is mostly gravel land, similar to a sandy field.

After thinking for a while, Jing Yao ordered the workers to transport the excavated soil to the gravel ground far away from the river and lay it thicker. After a period of maintenance, these lands may be used to grow crops in the future.

Everything began to get on track. All the people in the county government were sent out to perform their duties. Jing Yao also had time to return to the county government.

Wen Qun looked at the drawing made by Wen Yu and said, "This millstone is so big!"

Wen Yu nodded and said, "The stone mill is big enough, so the powder produced will be fine enough."

The grains that can be bought here are all coarse grains, and the ones Wen Yu bought are also coarse grains. They taste very coarse and need to be ground into powder to be delicious.

There is a kind of yellow rice here that tastes similar to corn. Many farmers like to make it into yellow rice flour to eat.

Jing Yao spent several taels of silver to order this stone mill.

"When can I have some tofu?" Wen Qun asked.

Wen Qun's appetite has been strange recently and he can't even eat meat. Wen Yu finally bought some meat bones and stewed them into soup, but Wen Qun still couldn't eat it and just drank some of the soup.

Wen Yu was a little worried and asked, "Do you want to ask a doctor to take a look?"

Wen Qun shook his head and said, "No, I just want to eat tofu pudding and bean curd."

Listening to Jing Yao praising the tofu to the heavens, Wen Qun felt itchy and wanted to try it right away. Jing Yao even took out a cookbook that recorded all kinds of strange and bizarre ways of making it. Wen Qun felt even more itchy and wanted to try it himself right away.

Seeing this, Wen Yu on the side quickly said: "Qun Qun, don't worry, wait until the stone mill is ready and A Yao comes back, we can eat it."

Although Wen Qun is now able to do some simple things, Wen Yu has no experience in these matters, so he decided to wait for Jing Yao to come back before dealing with them.

Hearing this, Wen Qun couldn't help but say with some disappointment: "Alas, this stone mill is so laborious to make. How long will it take to make it?"

He clearly placed the order a few days ago, but it has not been completed until today.

"It will be soon." Wen Yu comforted.

Wen Yu said: "Once the stone mill arrives, we can make tofu."

Wen Qun nodded and said, "Okay, I hope I can eat it soon."

Wen Yu smiled and said, "It should be soon. Jing Yao has already urged him."

As the two were talking, they heard a knock on the door.

Jing Yao walked in and said with a smile: "Brother, the millstone has been delivered."

Hearing this, Wen Yu nodded slightly, with a hint of joy on his face: "Okay."

When Wen Qun heard this, he immediately became alert, stood up quickly, and said excitedly: "Really! I just mentioned it, and now it's delivered. What a coincidence! I have to go and take a look!"

As he said this, he walked towards the door impatiently.

Several people in the family worked together to carry the millstone into the courtyard. The courtyard behind the county government office was very large, and it was more than enough to place a millstone. The millstone was not light, and several people took a lot of effort to get it to the designated location.

Seeing this, Wen Qun wanted to go over to help, but was stopped by Jing Yao. He looked at the millstone in front of him, and a feeling of curiosity and anticipation surged in his heart.

Wen Qun exclaimed in surprise: "Wow, such a big millstone!"

Jing Yao smiled and said, "I specially asked a craftsman to customize this. I guarantee it will work well."

Wen Yu also said happily: "That's great. With this stone mill, we can grind tofu ourselves."

Wen Yu seemed particularly excited. He couldn't wait to ask, "Ayao, are you going to cook something delicious?"

He had heard a long time ago that Jing Yao gave Wen Qun a cookbook, which was full of tofu products.

The reason why he moved the stone mill back this time was obviously to make these delicacies. Therefore, he was full of anticipation for the upcoming delicacies.

Jing Yao smiled and nodded, and replied: "Yes, now that these things are brought back, we can start preparing delicious food. Today, let's make tofu!"

Hearing this, Wen Qun's eyes suddenly lit up and a happy smile appeared on his face.

He seemed to have smelled the tempting bean aroma and imagined the delicate taste of tofu.

Wen Yu stood quietly by, with a gentle light in his eyes, watching the interaction between Jing Yao and Wen Qun.

Jing Yao was holding a large wooden barrel in his hand and said with a smile, "Look, what did I bring back?"

Wen Qun and Wen Yu looked at each other, and then looked at the wooden barrel in Jing Yao's hand.

Jing Yao walked away, revealing the contents, and then said to Wen Yu: "I got some soaked soybeans and bile water, you can try to make tofu first."

Wen Qun looked at the things and said happily, "Okay, thank you Ayao."

Jing Yao waved his hand and said, "No need to thank me, it's just a small matter."

Wen Qun couldn't wait to say: "Then let's get started now!"

The three of them worked together and started making tofu.

"Hey, get up." Jing Yao pushed the millstone and started turning.

First, grind the soybeans into soy milk with a stone mill. Then, filter out the dregs of the soy milk to get pure soy milk. Finally, add gypsum water, stir evenly, and wait for the soy milk to solidify into tofu.

After Jing Yao successfully ground the soy milk, he first boiled some soy milk for everyone to taste.

"Ayao, it's really delicious!" Wen Qun said excitedly.

The soy milk with added sugar has a sweet taste and is very memorable. Wen Qun fully enjoys the pleasure brought by this delicious taste.

Jing Yao and Wen Yu were also very satisfied with the taste of the soy milk.

Next, they started making tofu.

After some effort, I finally made the first pot of tofu. Although the shape of the tofu was not very regular, it tasted very delicious.

Wen Qun took a bite and praised it highly: "It's delicious, even more delicious than I imagined."

Wen Yu also smiled happily: "As long as everyone likes it, we will make it often in the future."

"Ayao, I never thought that these beans could become such delicious food." Wen Yu said with emotion.

Although Dayu already had tofu as a food, it was not widely spread, and the local cooking methods for tofu were relatively simple. Jing Yao had only tasted it a few times in the long time he had been here.

Jing Yao smiled and responded: "If it tastes good, eat more."

He thought to himself: The food available here is really limited. It would be great if I could try all the different ways to eat tofu, such as tofu brain, mapo tofu, stinky tofu, dried tofu, tofu skin, frozen tofu, etc. Maybe I will get bored of eating too much tofu in the future.

Take tofu for example. Although it is not expensive, it is much cheaper than meat. It is also very filling and has high nutritional value. If you make more, you can definitely save a lot of money!

Jing Yao explained the production method in detail, and Wen Qun quickly mastered it and made a pot of delicious Mapo Tofu by himself.

Jing Yao picked up a piece of Mapo Tofu and put it in his mouth. A hint of surprise flashed across his eyes. Then he praised it profusely, "It's delicious. Qun Qun, your cooking skills are getting better and better."

After hearing this, Wen Qun showed a shy smile on his face and said softly, "As long as you like it."

Wen Yu, who was standing by, was watching the two of them with great joy in his heart. He also developed a strong interest in the tofu. He asked curiously, "I didn't expect that beans could be made into such delicious food. I didn't really like to eat bean-based food before. In addition to this method, are there any other ways to eat tofu?"

Wen Qun smiled and replied, "Of course, for example, tofu fish soup, it tastes very good."

Wen Qun smiled and said: "I can also teach you how to make more soy products, such as bean curd skin, dried bean curd, etc."

Wen Yu immediately became interested when he heard this, and couldn't wait to say, "That's great, let's try this tofu fish soup tomorrow."

Wen Qun nodded gently and responded with a smile: "Okay."

Jing Yao looked at the things on the table next to him, took out a drawing, unfolded it and examined it carefully, and couldn't help but sighed: "Brother, you actually drew so many things."

Wen Yu smiled slightly, pointed at the drawings and said, "These are all designed by me, including the curved plow, waterwheel, etc. The land here is too barren, and we need to improve it step by step."

Now as a local official, Wen Yu feels a great sense of responsibility and hopes to make more contributions to the local people.

Jing Yao looked at each drawing carefully and said with emotion: "With these things, it will be much easier for the villagers to farm!"

Wen Yu nodded and agreed: "Yes, this will improve production efficiency and allow everyone to live a better life."

Jing Yao looked at the design of the waterwheel carefully again, frowned and said, "This thing looks quite complicated. It must take a lot of effort to make it, right?"

Wen Yu smiled and replied, "That's true, but as long as we find the right craftsmen, it won't be a big problem. It's just that it's not easy to find carpenters and blacksmiths at the moment, but it doesn't matter, we can slowly look for them."

Wen Yu had a lot of money, and he was willing to invest part of it to improve people's livelihood. Although his salary was not high, it was enough for daily life.