The autumn harvest followed the autumn planting, and Qinghe Town, which had been busy for nearly a month, slowly stopped.

Today is the last batch of autumn grain tax to be paid, looking at more than a dozen oxen, horses, vehicles and dozens of horses, mules and donkeys carrying grain driven to the county seat by the people, Chen Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and looked at the remaining more than 1,000 stone of grain in the warehouse, and nodded with satisfaction, as long as there is this batch of grain in hand, it is estimated that no one will starve to death when the green and yellow are not harvested next year.

And after all this, all the tasks of this year are basically completely completed, followed by farming, and then a few months of winter, if it snows, it is basically a day to stay at home, and you can only stay at home and watch TV...... Well, boring.

Chen Xu returned to his residence, cleaned up his things briefly, and prepared to go back to Xiaohe Village with Yu Wuya, he went back a few times some time ago, and all the mud bricks he made had dried out, so he was ready to go back to live for a long time this time, and repair the house and the kang well.

"Ridian Lidian!" An elementary school boy rushed in and almost hit the door.

"What's the matter?" Chen Xu asked a little nervously.

"Last time, Uncle Zhao came here again, and he brought several carts of things, I heard that they were all given to you......"

"Zhao Qing!" Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, his face was overjoyed, and he threw away the things in his hand and hurriedly ran to the elementary school.

The last time I entrusted Zhao Qing to help collect some things, two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and just when I thought he would never come again, he came unexpectedly, and he also brought a few big carts of things.

Although Chen Xu didn't know what Zhao Qing had found, he couldn't think about it carefully, he drooled when he thought about it, coal, oil, wool, crystal, sulfur, saltpeter, rice, anything he urgently needed.

When he hurriedly walked to the gate of the primary school, he saw five carriages parked at the door, all of which were tied with bulging goods, seven or eight guards and five grooms were sitting on the ground to rest, Zhao Qing was still dressed as a scribe, and was standing in the courtyard chatting with Old Master Chen.

"Mr. Zhao!" Chen Xu greeted excitedly from afar.

"Chen Lidian!" Zhao Qing turned his head and saw Chen Xu, his face instantly flashed with an excited smile, and after a few big steps to meet Chen Xu, he said excitedly: "Zhao is late, I'm afraid Chen Lidian has been waiting for a long time, I'm really sorry!" ”

"It's not too late, it's good to come!" Chen Xu also excitedly reached out to hold Zhao Qing's hands and shook them a few times, then turned his head to Old Man Chen and said, "Old Chen, hurry up and order the canteen to prepare tea and meals!" ”

"Hehe, don't worry, Lidian has already arranged the production, and it will be fine soon!" Old man Chen stroked his beard and nodded and said with a smile.

"That's good!" Chen Xu nodded and his eyes fell on a few carriages, "Mr. Zhao, I don't know what I brought to Xu this time, and how much did it cost?" Make a list with me and I'll arrange to pay for it! ”

If it weren't for the fact that the cold winter was coming, Zhao would still be able to collect some more and bring it together, but he was afraid of Chen Lidian's urgency, thinking that Zhao was a trustworthy person, so he sent it in advance, and some things were being arranged for people to find and buy, but I am afraid that they can only be sent after the beginning of spring!"

Zhao Qing pointed to a few carriages and said: "This cart is the medicinal materials that Lidian wants, some may not, Zhao doesn't understand medicinal materials, so he can only collect some randomly, each of which is sealed in a pocket separately, and also has a name, and when the time comes, I can only bother Lidian to collect it personally!" ”

"Okay, thank you, thank you!" Although he couldn't see through the thick sack, there were hundreds of catties in a large cart piled up, and smelling the rich smell of herbs emanating from it, Chen Xu knew that these medicinal materials must be very good.

"This second car is soft wool, because I don't know what kind of soft Chen Lidian needs, Zhao collected several kinds, and at the same time got a few mink skins, and now that the cold winter is coming, I will send Lidian to make a scarf and hat for the family to keep out the cold."

"Thank you, thank you!" Chen Xu was even happier.

In fact, it is not too big a problem with medicinal materials, after all, Pheasant County is in the Funiu Mountain, and he has collected hundreds of medicinal materials from all over the north and south of China, which is completely enough to meet the daily treatment, but wool is too timely, if it is really fine and soft wool, it can be spun into a thread knitted sweater, cut a few bamboo needles, and it snows heavily in the cold winter wax moon, Chen Jiang's and Shui Qingrou's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sat on the warm kang while watching TV...... Well, knitting a sweater while chattering, that scene is unimaginable, it's so enjoyable, you can sit next to it......

Chen Xu suddenly popped up in his mind The scene of a milk baby lying in his arms crying wow, and he couldn't help but make a big swing, it was terrible, it seemed that he still had to hold back, he couldn't be a father so early, otherwise it would be too painful.

"In this third car are all kinds of miscellaneous grains and some messy seeds, etc., as well as a few stones of rice, Chen Lidian specially mentioned it last time, so Zhao also entrusted a friend in the south to get some, and this time he brought it together, the number is not much, just to let Lidian taste fresh."

"Good!" Chen Xu nodded happily, to be honest, he has eaten enough pasta and beans in a few months, and he is eager to eat some rice to suppress his soul, and with rice, now there is syrup, plus some pecans, chestnuts, you can make some sweet and delicious rice cakes, when I was a child, my mother had to make these things every year, and then when I grew up, I didn't do these things much in the countryside, and I couldn't eat them if I wanted to, and I bought them in the city and supermarkets, I always felt that there was less taste, and now I think about it, In fact, what is missing is the process of making, the taste of childhood that makes my childhood forever remembered and recalled.

And with rice, there are more foods to make, rice cakes, mash, rice crackers, and pots...... Chen Xu couldn't help but suck his saliva.

And Yu Wuya, who was standing next to him, suddenly snorted for some reason, and seemed to feel that Chen Xu was going to make countless delicious foods.

"The last two cars of things are the most messy, according to the list that Lidian gave Zhao last time, because they are all ambiguous things, Zhao can only look for them according to the map, and he messed up two cars and sent them, there are all kinds of stones and some unknown things, and I don't know if there are any things that Lidian needs, Zhao is ashamed!"

"Mr. Zhao, don't blame yourself, those things Xu is also curious to collect, such two big cars, I think there must be a lot of usable, Xu thanked you first! Everyone is also in a hurry, go to the canteen to drink tea and eat first, and after filling your belly, I will arrange someone to hand over to Mr. Zhao! ”

"Okay, Zhao is better to be respectful!" Zhao Qing waved his hand, a group of guards and grooms followed into the canteen of the primary school, the canteen helper quickly made hot tea, Chen Xu accompanied Zhao Qing to drink tea and chatted for a few minutes, the canteen helper began to bring the boiled noodles.

The snow-white noodles are topped with a spoonful of boiled dog meat soup, which is soft and fragrant, and there are some sauerkraut underneath, which is very good.

Now in the late autumn season, the fresh and tender vegetables are no longer easy to get, and most of the time you can only eat dried vegetables and sauerkraut, especially in winter.

Half of the dog meat was sent by the butcher in the town after slaughtering it yesterday, about 20 catties, because autumn and winter are also the best time to kill dogs and eat meat.

There is a saying in the market, called dog meat to roll three times, the gods are not stable, although the controversy of eating dog meat in later generations is more powerful, but dog meat is indeed delicious, and in this Great Qin period, dog meat is a very common and most popular meat variety, regardless of princes, princes, nobles and commoners, they all like to eat dog meat, butcher is the special term of the dog slaughterer, for example, there is a couplet in the Ming Dynasty called: every more slaughter dog generation, the most negative is the reader, saying that the person who slaughters the dog has a low status, but they are all righteous and cool, in fact, it is the butcher.

In fact, in the earlier Shang and Zhou dynasties, dog meat has always been only enjoyed by the upper class, small dogs are called dogs, big dogs are called dogs, in addition to being used to watch the home or hunting, one of the main functions of raising dogs is to kill to eat meat, is one of the six animals.

The Book of Rites. The royal system records: "The princes do not kill cattle for no reason, the doctor does not kill sheep for no reason, the scholars do not kill dogs and pigs for no reason, and the people do not eat treasures for no reason", it can be seen that at that time, dog meat was only enjoyed by the class above the scholars, and the ordinary people ate at most some mushrooms and bamboo shoots, and the slaves could only eat chaff.

Chen Xu had never eaten dog meat before, and even had a little resistance, but since he ate a meal of dog meat last night, he felt that his life in the first half of his life was really no different from salted fish, Nima dog meat was so delicious, why didn't Lao Tzu eat it before, so he fell in love with eating dog meat in just one night, and decided to get more dog meat to eat in the future, and he could also warm and strengthen his body in winter, which was really killing two birds with one stone.

"I haven't eaten noodles for two months, Chen Lidian forgives his sins, Zhao can't wait!" As soon as the noodles were placed on the table, Zhao Qing immediately couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks.

"Hehe, Mr. Zhao and everyone, please, don't be polite, I'm full today!" Chen Xu said with a smile.

"Thank you, thank you, let's eat!" Zhao Qing gave an order, picked up a steaming noodle with chopsticks and ate it, the juice from the chew flowed down the corner of his mouth to his beard, but he ignored it, and his mouth was still delicious.

And a group of subordinates and coachmen also couldn't wait, a few of them had been here last time, so they naturally knew what the noodles were, and they ate nearly half of them in an instant.

"The white and soft noodles and the boiled and crispy dog meat are extremely fragrant, and they can be called the world's best food!" A large bowl of noodles Zhao Qing buried his head in only three minutes and ate it completely, he didn't even let go of the noodle soup, and after drinking it all, he wiped his mouth and praised it repeatedly.

"It's coming, everyone, be careful!" The second pot of noodles was also quickly served by the canteen's helpers, and each person added a large bowl.

A few minutes later, a pot of noodles was sold out again, fortunately, the canteen was well prepared, and quickly brought out another pot, Zhao Qing and a group of more than ten people ate three large pots of noodles, and more than ten catties of refined white flour were used, but Chen Xu was not distressed at all, more than ten catties of flour were worth a few dollars, these five big carts of things were worth a lot of money for him, with these things, he could nest in Xiaohe Village this winter and study his things carefully, maybe he accidentally studied gunpowder and earth, quack~, Chen Xu wiped a handful of saliva again, which made Yu Wuya almost drool.