Remember what you owe, and make up for it when it's okay.

A certain Su did not mean to break his promise, he fell ill in the middle of the night, vomiting and diarrhea until now......

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However, it is appropriate to take out such things for the victims of the disaster, but I don't know if the inventory Qiu Chen said is enough......

Yang Jingyong got up, turned around and pulled up the duvet to take a look. It is sewn from the three-shuttle cloth, which is known for its thickness, and the dark blue fabric is quite fine with needlework...... Well, to put it bluntly, there is nothing brilliant, if he wasn't in the Jingbei Hou Mansion, he would definitely think that this was a thing for the Zhuang family, without the slightest hint of brilliance.

Zhou is generous after all, and at this time, Yang Jingyong can't try to come up with a reason, so he can't help but tell him: "Tang Gongzi can rest assured, we use this thing in our hometown, and use this quilt to make mattresses in winter, which is not only warm but also moisture-insulating, and the body is light and not sinking, and it is light and fluttering on the body, but it is very warm, only two or three catties, and the quilt that comes out is warmer than five or six catties of thick quilts." ”

"Hmm, it's so soft!" Yang Jingyong was skeptical...... No, almost full of doubts and suspicions, he sat up as he said, and immediately couldn't help but let out a low exclamation. Then, he raised his head and looked at Qiu Chen with inquiring eyes.

Qiu Chen didn't speak, only raised his head slightly, and motioned for Yang Jingyong to sit down and try it.

glanced back at Qiu Chen suspiciously, and saw that not only Qiu Chen, but even the gentle and simple Zhou had a calm smile on his face, peaceful and quiet, without the slightest uneasiness...... There is no meaning of laughter, obviously, the two of them are not joking, and they are very calm, calm, and confident.

Yang Jingyong stood on the edge of the couch, stretched out his hand and touched it, only to feel that it was very soft and light, and there was not much weight in the lightness...... Can such a thing really replace cotton and silk to keep out the cold?

After the paving, the girls stepped aside and stood with their hands down.

Yang Jingyong paid attention from beginning to end, and naturally saw that the girls took off the silk brocade mattress that had been laid, and opened the bulging baggage and spread it evenly on the couch.

Qiu Chen glanced at Yang Jingyong, who was full of surprise and doubt, and instructed the girls to spread things on the couch where she often sits.

What Yang Jingyong saw was a very bulging thing, held by the girl in his arms, and he could only see that something was wrapped in fabric, and it was crumpled. From the previous conversation, he could probably guess that the cloth might be wrapped in duck feathers or chicken feathers, but he couldn't tell what it was for.

Zhou had seen it, and Qiu Chen understood it as soon as she said it. Yes, he came forward to hold Qiu Chen's arm unexpectedly, only Yang Jingyong fell behind, he was stunned for a moment, and when he woke up, he saw that Qiu Chen had walked more than ten steps supported by the Zhou family and the girls, and Yang Jingyong could only put aside his doubts for the time being, and hurriedly chased after him.

Qiu Chen smiled, didn't answer, only beckoned Yuegui to get up, and said with a smile: "I've been sitting for a long time, let's go, I'll take you to see something!" ”

"Good!" Yang Jingyong was puzzled, but he still subconsciously agreed, and when it was over, he looked at Qiu Chen with a blank eye, "Sister, I have to tell me the truth, how can you wrap cotton clothes and quilts...... Tens of thousands of people, but you need a lot of cotton! ”

Regarding Zhou's answer, Qiu Chen nodded with satisfaction, turned his gaze back, and said to Yang Jingyong in a very good mood: "You raise silver!" I'll make you winter clothes and bedding! ”

Yang Jingyong looked at his sister-in-law in a daze, a little confused, and talked about the clothes and bedding of the victims, why did they pull on the duck feathers and chicken feathers?

Zhou blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "I have it, I have washed it and cooked it according to what you said, pressed it into a big bag, and stuffed it into two rooms......

Qiu Chen smiled and didn't answer Yang Jingyong's words, but turned to Zhou and asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I let you save all the duck feathers and chicken feathers, right?" ”

Yang Jingyong was slightly stunned, and then he was also infected with joy, and looked at Qiu Chen expectantly and asked, "Do you have any good ideas, come and listen!" ”

Before he finished speaking, Qiu Chen suddenly raised his eyes and looked over, and said with a bright smile: "There is really a way to do this!" ”

Yang Jingyong was afraid that she would hurt the fetal gas if she thought too much, so he considered and comforted: "I will discuss this matter with Marquis Qin, and I will definitely be able to find a solution......

Qiu Chen took the teacup, lowered his eyes, rubbed the slightly rough part of the bottom of the teacup with his hand, and muttered silently......

In such a social environment, it is not realistic to raise money with the people for clothing and bedding, and the clothes and bedding of rich and noble families, as Yang Jingyong said, cannot be worn by the victims, so the only feasible thing is to buy cotton cloth, linen and other cloth clothing, and then buy cotton to make new ...... It's just that, in this way, it is more difficult to raise silver and not to mention, and it is also more difficult to buy so much cotton cloth.

Qiu Chen's class is still three years old and three years old, and the clothes and bedding of ordinary people naturally have no superfluity, patches on clothes are very common, and the bedding at home can be equipped with heads, which is already a relatively good family. In poorer families, several children sleep on a futon, and children at the age of seven or eight still sleep on a futon with their parents...... All are common, not unique.

Even the people at the top of society are naturally frugal, which can fully indicate that the level of productivity of the whole society is very low, which leads to a shortage of materials......

Adequate food and clothing are the most basic living conditions of human beings.

The point is, this is the social norm!

On the other hand, even a person like Qiu Chen who has a lot of money and a very high status can buy new clothes all year round. A dress is definitely three years old and three years old...... Sewing and mending for another three years will not be. It's impossible to put it on the modern plutocrats!

In modern times, even if it is a working boy, who will eat other people's leftovers? It can't be said that there is no one, and the vast majority of people will not! Of course, there is the awakening of modern people's awareness of hygiene, but the essence of this is due to the abundance of social materials.

In this case, the leftover meals of the masters will also be divided by the girls and mothers-in-law......

The grade of the two masters of the Jingbei Hou Mansion is not the highest, and there are only the prince and the prince on the top, and the whole country is basically the top of the pyramid, not to mention Qiu Chen's strong financial resources, Jingbei Hou Qin Zheng inherited the century-old accumulation of the Yue Guogong, and fought against Beirong and Nanchen, and the family background is not the strongest in the capital. Under such a premise, Qiu Chen is not luxurious, his daily food and clothing, regardless of the master's servants, are relatively generous, and in the large kitchen dedicated to the servants' meals, the meat fragrance is constant every day, and there is at least one meat dish and one vegetarian dish at a meal, and dishes will be added during festivals or festive events. Moreover, the meat dishes mentioned here are definitely not the ones that say fried pork slices with cabbage, and you can't see a few traces of meat in a big pot of cabbage. The monthly silver of the servants was also abundant......

In this era, there is a shortage of materials, Qiu Chen has been here for a few years, and his life has become better, but he still feels speechless from time to time.

It was precisely because he thought of it and understood that he sighed, Qiu Chen nodded: "Well, I know." ”

"You also know that people like us, not to mention the clothes you and I wear, even the clothes worn by the girls, there is no way to wear them for those people......" Yang Jingyong looked at Qiu Chen's face and hurriedly explained, which was also relieved.

Qiu Chen was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help but sigh.

The corners of Yang Jingyong's mouth overflowed with a wry smile, and he shook his head and said: "It's okay to say that grain can be bought if you have silver, but you can't buy it in the capital, and you can buy it when you go south...... But the quilt and cotton clothes are too much to raise at once, but I am afraid that it is not easy. ”

The plague is the most feared disaster in summer, and the possibility of plague outbreak in winter is relatively small, but the cold and low temperature of winter itself is the most deadly threat. In this era, there is no greenhouse effect, there is no warm winter, and the areas around the capital are below minus 10 degrees Celsius for at least two and a half months in winter, and the rivers and lakes are really frozen. In such a cold weather, if there are no heating facilities, at least there must be warm measures, and the cotton clothes and quilts are not complete, so they can't survive at all.

Seeing that Yang Jingyong and Zhou's expressions were completely depressed, Qiu Chen hurriedly changed the topic again, and said with a chuckle: "However, this year's relief is very effective, and with the assistance of many Zhuangzi in the surrounding area, the soup soup and medicine have also rescued many people. In this way, the victims were basically able to get enough food to eat for the winter...... If you can call on families to donate some old clothes and quilts to those who are frail and old, you can almost help them get through this winter. ”

-- Without aid and relief, most of the elderly, weak, and sick victims would have long since disappeared.

It's late autumn in September, and the weather is getting colder and colder day by day. The victims had no homes, no shelter from their houses, and naturally no decent quilts to shelter from the cold...... It is good to have a shack, but there is no strong labor at home, and only the old and weak women and children cannot even build a shack...... I can't eat enough during the day, and I am even hungry continuously, and I have nowhere to hide at night, so hungry and cold, I can't last a few days. Qiu Chen didn't finish his sentence, but Yang Jingyong and Zhou both understood her unfinished meaning.

This topic inevitably makes people sigh, Qiu Chen sighed, glanced at Yang Jingyong with disdain in a blink of an eye, and said: "What you said is very common in ordinary people's homes...... What you see is that after the disaster, it's good that a seven-year-old boy can come out and earn some food to go back. If it weren't for you, many of those victims wouldn't have been able to hold out for a while......"

“…… I never thought about what it was like to not have enough to eat, let alone work hard to earn food to feed my mother, siblings, and even grandparents...... The youngest was no more than seven years old, less than my waist height...... has already supported the burden of the family......"

Yang Jingyong's tricks naturally caused Qiu Chen and Zhou to laugh once, but he was afraid that Qiu Chen would hurt his body by laughing, so he quickly took the topic to divert Qiu Chen's attention and talked about the river work for a while. Especially the matter of those half-grown children recruited by cash-for-work, I told Qiu Chen in detail.