Han Beiqing had also made bad chili peppers before, and it took twenty days to ferment naturally in an urn.

Even on dog days, with the temperature of Huaining County, seven days of fermentation is the best.

It's just that now Gu Yin only has five days, and after removing one day of production time, there are only four days to ferment.

Han Beiqing asked people to move all the altars, urns, and clay pots into the cellar, and let people set up a fire in it to heat up.

Four days later, Han Beiqing personally opened the first can of bad chili peppers.

In the kitchen, several large pots of glutinous dumplings were steamed, which was a meal for the victims.

Glutinous rice balls are rice balls made of glutinous rice and are the size of the palm of your hand. Glutinous rice is cheaper, and it is more hungry than steamed buns.

At this time, the only relief food that Gu Yin gave to the victims was rice porridge. It can't talk about a full stomach, it can only keep people from starving to death.

Han Beiqing once asked Gu Yin why he couldn't let the people have enough food to eat since there was enough food for disaster relief.

Gu Yin told Han Beiqing that this group of ordinary people who have no fixed place to live, before they have food and clothing, all their thoughts and desires are only to try to live.

But once they have had their fill, they think of collapsed houses, flooded farmland, and drowned livestock.

Honest people don't dare to cause trouble, but they can't stand the instigation of well-intentioned people.

Gathering in groups of three or five, no matter what kind of trouble it causes, is not a good thing for the imperial court.

"The common people don't understand what a riot is, they just want to complain to the court and get their property back."

"But for the imperial court, everything is uncertain in the face of disaster. Only by killing chickens and making an example of monkeys can we suppress everything."

"My sword is used to kill the enemy, and I must not let the people bleed unless it is necessary."

Han Beiqing felt that Gu Yin was very thoughtful, she was also a grassroots worker and knew the hardships of implementing the labor policy.

Therefore, this time, the Hou Mansion distributed relief food, and Han Beiqing asked people to steam a few pots of glutinous dumplings, accompanied by bad chili peppers, which could make the victims eat better.

"You've been cooking bad chili for a few days, and you're going to wonder what it tastes like."

"Baizhu, you let everyone taste it first."

Bai Zhu had already blown the smell of this bad chili pepper into the sky in private.

Everyone is curious about what this bad chili pepper tastes like.

Everyone was afraid in the courtyard, just waiting for Han Beiqing's order to let everyone open their mouths to taste and taste.

"I brought wheat bread just to get a taste of what it tasted like."

"Daughter-in-law, you are quite shrewd and know how to bring a wheat cake. But I'm not stupid, I brought half a steamed bun, hehe."

The big girl smelled the sour and choking taste in the jar, and swallowed her saliva. She is not as generous as her daughter-in-law, and her family is very poor and cannot afford to eat wheat cakes.

Today, I just want to be able to taste what this bad chili pepper tastes like, and whether it is as spicy as it usually feels.

Han Beiqing looked at the big girl stretching her neck and looking at the bad chili jar, and guessed that she came to work hungry again today.

"There's no staple food, what's the point of just eating bad chili peppers. Quickly ask the kitchen to bring a pot of dumplings."

Han Beiqing pretended not to see the embarrassment of the big girl, and with a wave of his hand, he made people serve a pot of glutinous dumplings.

"Hurry up and eat, and when you're done, come with me outside the city and give food to the victims."

After speaking, Han Beiqing first took a dumpling, and then dipped some bad chili pepper on the dumplings, and ate it in a big gulp.

Seeing Han Beiqing's informality, everyone also let go of their hands and feet.

rushed to the rice bowl, took the dumpling with all hands and feet, scooped a spoonful of bad chili peppers, and ate it in a big gulp, following Han Beiqing's example.