The Story of a Destitute Noblewoman Farming
Chapter 76 Infection
"Keep working hard and try to make all the down into clothing by early October. I've already agreed on the fabric with Young Master Zhang, and he'll have people send more." Lu Linlang took a look at the current output, which still didn't meet her expected standards.
"Don't worry, boss. We will definitely complete the task." The manager agreed immediately.
At this moment, Guan Ling still thought that Lu Linlang had these clothes made for the purpose of making money. She just tried on these clothes and found that they were indeed very warm as Uncle Yu said. In such hot weather, she felt very hot after wearing them for just a while.
In the pig farm, this year's fat pigs are nourished by sweet potato vines and various pig grasses. They are now lying leisurely in the clean pigsty. When the pig farmers come, they immediately get up and start to eat the pig food with a grunt.
"Boss, several pigs have given birth. I made crucian carp soup today. I guarantee that the sows and piglets will have their fill. Next year, we'll have another group of big pigs ready for slaughter." The aunt in charge of the farm said after she saw Lu Linlang coming and poured the food out of the bucket.
"Aunt Chen, these pigs are very clean. You have taken good care of them. I will definitely give you the biggest piece of meat when we slaughter them at the end of the year." Lu Linlang carefully observed the condition of the pigs. Many of them were ready to be slaughtered. When the restaurants in the county heard that she raised pigs on her farm, they all ordered a few.
The pigs here are raised more carefully. The pigs in the village live in dirty pig pens, but Lu Linlang requires them to clean the pig pens every day. There is a river nearby, and the water used to flush the pig pens can also be stored to irrigate crops, killing two birds with one stone.
Guan Ling also followed Lu Linlang to look around. These pig pens were not as smelly as she had imagined. Moreover, the pigs were chubby and looked cute when they raised their heads to listen to the movement. Guan Ling had originally stayed away from the pig pens, but now she also moved closer to take a look.
"Are these newborn piglets? They are so small, and they can give birth to several in one litter. These pigs are amazing. Won't we have meat to eat again next year?" Guan Ling seldom ate pork in the palace. Even if she did, the palace people would add spices to it for fear of the fishy smell, which would make the pork lose its original flavor.
There is meat almost every day in Lu Linlang's house, and pork is the main type, supplemented by mutton, chicken, and duck. Guan Ling feels that she has not eaten as much pork as she has during this period in the past fifteen years, but the magical thing is that these porks have not been specially processed, but she thinks they are very fragrant, and she has even fallen in love with the feeling of eating pork.
"Miss, this pig has given birth to very few pigs. Some can give birth to more than ten. If they are all raised, there will be more pigs next year than this year, and you can sell them for more money then." Aunt Chen saw that she had never seen this before, so she shared some knowledge with a smile.
"Wow, if humans could give birth to so many at once, there would be no shortage of people for war." Guan Ling said ignorantly.
"That's terrifying. The belly can't hold so many babies. Besides, if you really give birth to seven or eight at once, even if you give birth to them, you won't be able to raise them. Maybe not even one will survive. So people would rather give birth several times than give birth to many at once.
We are not like those rich families who have to hire wet nurses for their children. We still have to work in the fields after giving birth. It turns out that there is a wicked mother-in-law in our village who can't stand seeing her daughter-in-law rest. Her daughter-in-law just gave birth to a daughter, and she made her work in the fields the next day. The blood flowed down her heels. It was so pitiful.
Later, when he was in his twenties, his health declined. The old woman urged her son to marry another woman. The young wife refused to accept this and got up in the middle of the night and hanged herself in front of the old woman's door. The old woman was frightened to death in the morning.
Guan Ling was stunned when she heard it. She originally thought it was just a casual remark, but who knew it was actually the suffering of these ordinary women. Hearing the miserable situation of that woman, she suddenly felt that life was very difficult for women in this world. It was so difficult that they didn't even have the chance to choose for themselves. They lived their entire lives arranged by others.
On their way back to the village, Guan Ling was in a state of deep thought, and Lu Linlang did not interrupt her. In her opinion, although the little princess had experienced hardships before, she could not truly empathize with the lives of ordinary people.
Ordinary people thought that the emperor used a golden hoe to farm, but the women in the palace thought that ordinary people just had a house to live in and food to eat, but their status was lower.
Both groups are guessing about each other's lives, so how can they truly sympathize with the people? So let her see more of the dangers of the world and the survival of ordinary people, so that this noble princess can look at the real lives of these ordinary people with an equal eye.
As soon as she arrived in the village, Lu Linlang noticed that the atmosphere in the village was not right today. The old people at the entrance of the village had worried expressions on their faces, and they seemed to be worried about something in their words. The children had already finished their classes, and other people, except those in the workshop, would usually go out for a walk, but today there was a hint of tension in the air. Except for the old man guarding the village entrance, no one else was there.
"Boss, you're back. Go home quickly. It's a big deal. Someone in Dongshan Village has fallen ill, and someone in our village has also been infected. Go home quickly and don't go out these days."
Seeing Lu Linlang's carriage coming, an old man walked over anxiously and said.
"Uncle, what happened? Tell me, who is sick and what disease?" Lu Linlang suddenly felt like she was facing a great enemy. If it was really a contagious disease, it would be terrible.
"You haven't been in the village long, so you might not know that every year some people here get this disease. Some people's necks suddenly swell up, which looks scary. Everyone says it's contagious, so anyone who gets it is sent to live in a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain. If they recover on their own, they can come back next year. If they don't, their family will go to collect their bodies next year. Alas, I had a son back then who suddenly got this disease and died at a young age."
"Your neck is swollen. Are there any other symptoms?" Lu Linlang felt a little relieved when she heard him say that some people get the disease every year, but she had never heard of large-scale infection. Thinking about the common factors of this disease, she felt a little relieved.
"I've heard from people who've had it that they have trouble breathing, cough, their eyes bulge out, and even their voice changes. It's scary to see it, both adults and children."
Lu Linlang preliminarily determined the cause of this disease. This disease was prevalent when she was very young in modern times. This was mostly because the salt she ate was iodine-deficient, or in other words, she seldom ate salt. After all, the salt in Daqi was also controlled by the court, and the salt envoys from all over the country introduced the salt to the local wealthy businessmen, who then sold the salt.
There are too many things that can be manipulated here, and the price of salt remains high. Ordinary people eat coarse salt, which is not snow-white, but contains a lot of impurities. Many coarse salts also contain ingredients that are harmful to the human body.
However, the profit margin of these salts was too great, so the salt merchants who controlled the salt permits and the salt officials who distributed the salt permits made a lot of money, but the common people could not afford much.
Many people in the village cannot afford to buy salt, so they eat less salt. Moreover, in inland areas, there are not many foods containing iodine. If this continues for a long time, some people will suffer from goiter caused by iodine deficiency.
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