Traveling through the mountains and farming

Before dawn, Lin Wan was awakened on time by her biological clock.

She slowly opened her eyes, her consciousness still a little hazy.

After rubbing my eyes, I turned to look out the window. It was still dark before dawn.

There is no need to make ice jelly today because she had asked Wang Yu Niang to help pass the message to Qinxin Teahouse yesterday, informing them that ice jelly could not be supplied today.

As for the matter of no longer serving ice jelly in the future, Lin Wan planned to explain it to the teahouse owner in person after entering the city.

Thinking of this, Lin Wan simply stopped sleeping. She got up quietly and carefully, worried about waking up the two siblings who were still sleeping in the bed.

She held a candle in her hand and walked softly towards the other bedroom.

The faint candlelight flickered in the darkness. She slowly walked to the wooden basin where the Gastrodia elata seedlings were previously cultivated, squatted down, brought the candle close to the basin, and examined it carefully by the candlelight.

As she expected, the Gastrodia elata seeds still did not sprout.

But she didn't give up and moved closer to take a closer look again.

I saw vaguely that one or two seeds were popping up, but these extremely subtle signs were almost imperceptible without careful observation.

Because time is tight, I can't wait for them all to sprout.

Lin Wan decisively decided to wait until daybreak, then take the pot of seeds and go to plant them in the three places where she had previously checked that hazel mushrooms were growing in large areas.

As for whether they can survive in the future, it all depends on themselves.

As the sky began to turn light, the two siblings woke up.

When they heard Lin Wan say that they wanted to go up the mountain to plant Gastrodia elata, they quickly divided the work.

Li Ke was responsible for making breakfast at home, while Li Chongle went up the mountain with Lin Wan.

Then, Li Chongle followed Lin Wan, holding the wooden basin.

Lin Wan also brought a wooden bucket, ready to fetch water on the way to water the planted Gastrodia elata seeds.

They hurried towards the three places that had been marked in the back mountain.

The first place we arrived at was the area where hazel mushrooms grew on the west side of the valley closest to home.

After finding the target location, Lin Wan carefully avoided the hazel mushrooms, turned over the soil, scattered the seeds evenly, and then covered the soil again.

Li Chongle also followed Lin Wan's example and helped, and soon they finished planting the land.

Finally, Lin Wan picked up the wooden barrel and sprinkled water evenly on the planted areas.

Then they rushed to two other places without stopping.

Wherever they went, the two of them cooperated tacitly. Lin Wan was responsible for sowing, and Li Chongle carefully covered the soil.

In this way, they quickly planted the other two plots of land.

Although the hazel mushrooms on the other two plots showed signs of having been picked, new hazel mushrooms were growing.

Lin Wan judged that the Armillaria body should not have been destroyed.

Then they hurried back home.

After arriving home, Lin Wan quickly finished her breakfast and then gave instructions to the two siblings with a serious and earnest face.

You must wait obediently at home for the arrival of the grain transport team, and then they will bring the transporters to the cave in the valley to transport the grain.

Lin Wan also emphasized that they must always pay attention to the situation outside, and pay special attention to the signals sent by unexpected patrol teams.

If you find that the patrol team has sent out a smoke signal, do not panic. Run quickly to the back mountain, ignore the things in your home, and try to escape from danger as soon as possible.

If we are lucky enough to find adults from the other six families while escaping, we will follow them.

If you don't encounter it, you must quickly hide in the cave where food is stored. Don't be discovered by others and make sure to ensure your own safety.

Lin Wan repeatedly explained these important things before leaving.

Then, with the help of Li Changli, he placed the sweet sauce, sweet and sour biscuits and melon seeds on the cart he used to transport cloth.

Lin Wan carried a backpack and headed towards the county town together.

Nowadays, the inspection for entering the city is stricter than before, and every passerby needs to undergo detailed questioning and inspection.

After Lin Wan and Li Changli entered the city, it was Li Changli who still helped carry her things to the entrance of Qinxin Teahouse, and then he went to the cloth shop. They agreed to meet at the south gate of the city before noon.

As soon as Lin Wan arrived at the entrance of the teahouse, she was immediately recognized by the sharp-eyed waiter.

Now in this teahouse, everyone knows Madam Lin.

This was not only due to the crystal ice jelly, but also the later sweet sauce, melon seeds, sweet and sour biscuits, etc., which attracted a large number of customers to the teahouse.

In particular, the recipe for the sweet pastry provided by Mrs. Lin made all the pastries in the teahouse become signature items.

It is said that many people have recently stopped going to dim sum shops and instead come to their teahouses to buy a variety of crispy dim sum.

At this time, the waiter quickly called other employees to help Lin Wan move things.

Lin Wan thanked them with a smile, then followed them into the teahouse.

The waiter was just about to take Lin Wan to the private room on the second floor to wait for Manager Shen, but Lin Wan stopped him in time and asked him to take her directly to find Manager Shen.

Lin Wan wanted to hand over the goods and settle the money as soon as possible, and then rush to the pharmacy to prepare medicine so that she could return home as soon as possible.

The waiter nodded quickly and took Lin Wan through the busy lobby to the back hall.

In a room in the back hall, Shopkeeper Shen was looking at the account book intently. Hearing footsteps, he looked up and saw the waiter bringing Lin Wan in.

He quickly put down the account book in his hand, stood up and greeted her, "Madam Lin, why are you here?"

Lin Wan bowed slightly and immediately said:

"Shopkeeper Shen, I brought some sweet sauce, three flavors of sweet and sour biscuits, and melon seeds this time. I also want to apologize to you in person. I will not be able to supply you with ice jelly for the time being."

Shopkeeper Lin was puzzled and asked hurriedly, "Why?"

Lin Wan showed a helpless look on her face and explained: "I told you before that the ingredients for making this thing come from the mountains. Now that the ingredients are in season, it is hard to find them, so I can't make ice jelly for the time being."

She could only use the excuse of seasonality to explain it; she couldn't say that she was going to the mountains to avoid disaster.

After hearing this, Shopkeeper Shen felt a little regretful but still expressed his understanding.

Afterwards, Lin Wan and Shopkeeper Shen checked the goods delivered this time, and also settled the money for the crystal ice jelly that had not been settled for the past sixteen days together with the current payment, a total of fifty-eight taels and seven hundred wen.

After Lin Wan received the money, she thanked Manager Shen again and prepared to leave.

"Recently, the world has become increasingly unstable, Madam Lin, please take care of yourself." Shopkeeper Shen suddenly reminded.

Lin Wan was slightly startled, then smiled and nodded and said, "Thank you, Manager Shen, and take care of yourself too."

After saying that, Lin Wan quickly left the teahouse, but she felt a little worried because of Manager Shen's words.

After entering the city, she found that there were fewer pedestrians on the road. She had just heard in the teahouse that there were purchase restrictions on salt, and even iron products were subject to purchase restrictions and required registration.

It seems that the King of Chu not only strengthened the control over materials, but also strengthened the control over information and speech.

Because she had just paid special attention in the teahouse, and did not hear any news about the war on the front line, nor any comments about the new emperor's court policies.

She walked hurriedly towards the pharmacy, thinking that she should buy the necessary herbs as soon as possible so that she could go back as soon as possible.