Chapter 179: High Coal Prices
There are too many herbs to use, and it takes time to mash them one by one, so Chen Mengtian really wants to have a few more hands.
The temperature in the room was a little low, and she wanted to take her shoes and socks away and use her feet to control the iron powder.
It's a pity that the temperature in the room made her timid.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and Chen Mengtian feels that the winter here is much lower than that of modern times.
She is now wearing three layers inside and three layers outside, and she feels very cold.
There is no cotton here, and there is no cotton clothing, and it is all layer after layer of linen clothing.
After pounding the medicinal materials of the copper pestle mortar for a long time, Chen Mengtian felt that his hands were cold.
She stopped what she was doing, and it wasn't the way to go.
Today's weather feels colder than yesterday.
There is no earthen kang in the house, and it cannot be burned to dissipate heat.
In the past, when the original body spent time in the Jiang family, they all burned coal.
It's just that coal is too expensive for ordinary people to afford.
Even if the Jiang family is this winter, they can buy two sacks of coal.
If she can't hold on any longer, she will go to Jiang's father and Jiang's mother's room with Jiang Zebei.
Inside their house is an earthen kang that can be used to make a fire, and it is comfortable to sleep on a warm kang.
But Jiang's father and Jiang's mother died less than a year ago, and it was impossible for her to go to that house.
Jiang Zebei is afraid that he will also touch the scene, and he will feel sad in his heart at that time.
Chen Mengtian sat on the chair in front of the table, and she calculated the amount of money needed to buy coal here.
Coal is only beginning to be used here, it's not widespread, and it's quite strict.
The people here also call the coal the Great Black Stone.
This kind of large black stone that can be burned is also divided into high and low finished products.
It's like black charcoal burning in the house, about three taels of silver and a sack.
A sack can be used for about half a month.
Chen Mengtian calculated, there is still a month before the end of the year, which requires two bags of coal.
After the New Year's Festival, it will take another month to recover.
She had to buy at least five bags of coal, which required fifteen taels of silver.
When you buy coal from the town, you still need to find a car to pull it back.
After calculating this account, Chen Mengtian felt that she could still afford it, although for Chen Jiacun, her behavior was very extravagant.
But she really can't stand such a cold weather, it's too cold.
If the temperature keeps dropping, she may get frostbite on her hands and feet in a few days.
When she woke up in the morning, she was relatively calm when she found herself in Jiang Zebei's bed.
She had woken up in the middle of the night for the past few days.
Only yesterday, when she slept with Jiang Zebei, she had a good night's sleep.
Not wanting to treat himself badly, Chen Mengtian decided to go to the town to buy coal.
But she will definitely not be able to go alone, and she still has to find Chen Baojie to accompany her.
She stood up and walked outside.
Chen Mengtian did not leave the house, but came to the kitchen.
Going to town at this time will definitely take a lot of time.
I don't know when I will come back, so it's better to make Chen Ping's "medicinal soup" in advance and send it over.
It also saves you from having to turn around and run on both sides.
Time was urgent, and Chen Mengtian decided to make a vegetable soup.
Sort out the leftover greens from yesterday, wash them cleanly, and cut them into small pieces.
Make a fire in the stove, pour in an appropriate amount of water, and try to make the fire as fierce as possible.
When the water is not boiling, pour the greens into the water as long as it is hot.
Such greens also have a certain amount of nutrition.
Its nutrients will not be evaporated due to the fire.
Rinse the greens in the water and then take them out, rinse them with cold water, dry them, and set them aside for later use.