Chapter 4: Worry about livelihood

Renqiu City.
Renqiu is one of the seven cities in Mozhou. The number of cities and towns in each state is not necessarily the same. It is a medium-sized city with seven city states like Mozhou.
Listening to Li Jingnan said, there are 132 state capitals in Daqi. When the first emperor was in power, he ceded the twelve state capitals, and then the Liao soldiers entered again one year ago, and the borders fell one after another. Today the emperor ceded the six state capitals of Qin, Wei, Yuan, Xi, He and Mo to the Liao Kingdom. Therefore, there are only 114 states in Daqi today.
Once the lion opens its mouth, it won't stop easily.
Hua Qingxue knew that this was just the beginning.
Emperor Daqi sacrificed the interests of these six states and could only obtain short-term peace.
If the people here can ignore Liao Bing's high-pressure monitoring of Renqiu City and the deep sense of humiliation in their hearts, Hua Qingxue feels that their days will not change much.
But these are only if...
The tragic scene that I saw with my own eyes on the street had a great impact on Hua Qingxue.
The lightness of life made her heart so dull that she could hardly breathe.
She has a soft personality but she is also positive and optimistic. However, she has always lived in such an environment where she can't wait, and she can't help but taste the despair...
On this day, Hua Qingxue went back very late.
While she was away from home, Li Jingnan had been very anxious.
In this unfamiliar place, neither of them thought about how to survive if one of them is lost.
When Hua Qingxue knocked on the door, Li Jingnan ran over and opened the door almost without thinking.
Li Jingnan said triumphantly: "I swept the snow in the yard today, and I am still warming the porridge." In his tone, he pleased him without even realizing it.
Hua Qingxue's face was tight, and she turned to close the door and shouted involuntarily: "You opened the door without asking?! How do I tell you before I leave?"
Li Jingnan was dumbfounded. He saw Hua Qingxue angry for the first time. If he had been angry before, but at this moment, he forgot to put aside the rack and only whispered: "...I just forgot..."
After Hua Qingxue finished, he also felt a little too aggressive.
She took a breath and said in a soothing tone: "I bought the buns outside, they are stuffed with meat, and we eat buns tonight."
"Oh……"
Li Jingnan took her burden and walked back to the house, looking back at her anxiously.
Hua Qingxue thought a little self-deprecatingly. He was not as good as an eight-year-old child. Li Jingnan saw the body of the bodyguard with his own eyes, and when he came back, he just burst into tears. What's going on? Did extreme fear cause emotional out-of-control?
In this way, Hua Qingxue had to admire the treasurer of Fengle Building. The shopkeeper, no matter how frightened, hated, or disgusted in his heart, he can always show a warm smile to the Liao Bing in the store, even if those people don't pay every time they go.
In order to survive, people have to abandon something...
In the evening, Hua Qingxue and Li Jingnan ate buns next to the hot stove.
Both of them haven't known the taste of meat for a long time, and they are not polite at all. The big meat buns are as big as a slap. Hua Qingxue and Li Jingnan each ate two and filled half a bowl of gruel.
It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten so comfortably. Hua Qingxue has relaxed a lot. She thought optimistically: Fortunately, she and Li Jingnan, one is a woman and the other is a child, this meat bun is occasionally affordable. If you are an ordinary adult man, you might not be able to get full without eating four or five stomachs.
God likes to act like this. When you are next to each other, you will never be in despair.
It’s probably the meaning of the way to heaven.
The next day, both of them slept three times in the sun.
Waking up is awake, but no one wants to move, just squeezed in the bed and gossiping.
"Do you still wash your clothes today?" Li Jingnan asked next to her.
"I don't wash it today. This winter's twelfth lunar month, the clothes are not as diligent as when the weather is hot, so there are not a few pieces originally." Hua Qingxue said slowly with her eyes open.
This is not false. Rich people have their own maid-in-law to wash clothes. Poor people don't even change clothes, let alone take them out to wash outsiders.
The reason why Hua Qingxue was able to receive some chores for washing clothes was due to the care of Aunt Yan.
"Then do you still go out today?" Li Jingnan looked at Hua Qingxue uncomfortably. He still remembered that Hua Qingxue had gone out yesterday, and he was not in a good mood when he returned.
Hua Qingxue shook his head, "I don't have to go out today. I bought the rice grains yesterday, and the leftovers that Aunt Yan gave us were enough to deal with them for a while."
Li Jingnan's eyes rolled, and he was somewhat surprised, "...then...what should we do today..."
He was the prince and the only son of the emperor, and his studies were always full. He studied four books and five classics in the morning, and he learned martial arts in the afternoon. He also had to practice a big hour in the evening. He never worried about the schedule.
When he first arrived in Renqiu, he and Hua Qingxue paid attention to the clothing, food and shelter, and then anxiously inquired about the news. Now that the security is getting stricter, he is held in this small yard by Hua Qingxue and his heart is in a panic.
He wanted to find something to do for himself, even if it was good to sweep the yard, he was afraid of idle thinking, and the more he panicked...
Li Jingnan thought sullenly here, and Hua Qingxue over there was also in a state of sadness.
Washing clothes is not a long-term thing. If you don’t mention the live time, sometimes you are not sure about it. Just say that your hands, the cracked mouth has started to become inflamed, and occasionally it hurts when you touch it, let alone wash your clothes under the water. .
Originally, Hua Qingxue wanted to go to the restaurant to help the shopkeeper to calculate the account. There is a separate account room for accounting. There is no need to show his head. The daughter's house can also do it, but in that way, Hua Qingxue will inevitably enter and leave the restaurant frequently.
The garrison of Daliao had just been dispatched here, and the officers had not come to hurry to restrain the people below. At this time, it was the easiest to cause trouble, and no one was in charge of the trouble, and that was confirmed at the scene yesterday...
Hua Qingxue was so depressed that she couldn't go out and tried to make ends meet.
From her perspective, when a place is suddenly occupied by another force, the first year is usually the most chaotic, because the original rules and order are disrupted, this friction will continue for a long time, short In three to five years, it will last for decades. Until new rules and orders are established, this place will truly return to peace.
And she knew nothing about the world, she had no survival skills, and she had to live with a child. The difficulty was self-evident.
Hua Qingxue only hoped that the legendary General Fu would come to rescue the prince, by the way... piggyback on her.
"Let’s make tea today!"
Hua Qingxue's head suddenly flashed with light, even with his eyes a little brighter, "If it tastes good, we can trust Auntie to sell it in the restaurant!"
Li Jingnan in the bed immediately scorned, "You can't even cook well, what tea do you cook..."
Hua Qingxue didn't mind being ridiculed by Li Jingnan at all. "I haven't been in the kitchen. I have had a head start in everything. Besides, I have made progress. I think you've eaten it all up."
Li Jingnan pursed his lips. Was he hungry?
Every day is porridge buns, and finally there is a stir-fried little cabbage, of course, he is very rare.
However, Hua Qingxue didn't know to choose a dish, Li Jingnan didn't even know, the whole small cabbage was stirred in the pot, and finally the outside was paste, the inside was still raw, the salt was not completely melted, and some vegetables were on the leaves It was still covered with salt grains, and the salty dead people couldn't eat any more. They could not bear to throw it away. Hua Qingxue poured it back into the pot and added water. The fried cabbage was turned into boiled cabbage...
The two of them summed up that cooking is easier than frying, so what dish to eat later is directly thrown into the porridge and cooked together...
These things were too difficult for the prince of a country to talk about, so Li Jingnan said nothing.
Hua Qingxue was very interested, and continued to say: "Before yesterday's return, Aunt Yan gave me half a winter melon! The winter melon is so big, anyway, you can't finish one or two meals, just used to make winter melon tea..."
Li Jingnan endured it and finally asked her, "Have you done it before?"
"I don't remember, but I feel it should be fine." Hua Qingxue was full of confidence.
Li Jingnan heard that Xiao Baozi's face was more disdainful.
A woman who can't even cook small cabbages, he really can't expect everything from her!
Hua Qingxue said he would do it, and he would get up after turning over.
As soon as the bed was lifted, Li Jingnan, who was lying inside, flinched back—this day, it was getting colder!
Hua Qingxue put on her clothes under the kang, just walked for two steps, suddenly stopped, turned around and climbed up to the kang with a dejected look.
Li Jingnan blinked, "What's wrong?"
Hua Qingxue sullenly replied: "There is no sugar at home, and there is only a pot..."
If you really cook tea to sell, you must have at least a barrel?
The amount of water in a wok is only three to five bowls. Where can I sell it?
Ugh! It's so poor...
The campers who finally figured it out could only be so stranded, Hua Qingxue was a little frustrated, but when he looked back, he found that he remembered more things? All kinds of tea recipes are skipped in my mind like turning pages, winter melon tea, chrysanthemum tea, wolfberry tea, red date tea, dragon beard tea...
I casually remembered hundreds of tea making methods, Hua Qingxue was scared by himself!
What's happening here……
Is it...she is about to restore her memory?
She thought so and tried to recall again.
Still can't remember my identity, but accidentally remembered a few recipes...
This is too weird.
Hua Qingxue muttered silently.
In any case, winter melon tea can't be made.
Hua Qingxue cut a small portion of winter melon and fried it with a little oil, a little salt, and added some water. It was fried so badly that the chopsticks could hardly be clipped. However, the two still enjoyed themselves.
After lunch, Hua Qingxue squatted on the side to wash the dishes. Li Jingnan took the broom and started to sweep the snow in the yard. The sun was shining on them, and the yard seemed calm and leisure.