Chapter 299: Food and Drink Issues

When Su Qingyu arrived, everyone was holding bowls and preparing to make rice.

"My boss."

"My boss."

"What do you want to eat?" Su Qingyu nodded with a smile and leaned over to take a look.

"Master, we have a good meal. There are vegetables, meat, soup, and white rice. It's better than what we had before."

"That's right. Where could I eat big white rice and this big meat before? It used to be a luxury to even smell the smell of meat."

Lu and Ruyi were helping to share the food and came over: "Miss, don't worry, everyone is eating well, there is rice, meat and vegetables."

"Don't worry, boss. It's okay. Don't worry about us."

"That's good."

Su Qingyu went into the kitchen and took a look. She was relieved when she saw that the food was really good.

The weather is cold now, and it occasionally snows. There is no fresh vegetables to eat, but since bean sprouts were grown in the cave, there is no shortage in the village.

There are also some fresh bamboo shoots. Dig out the bamboo shoots and bury them in the soil. They can't be left there.

"Okay, you guys eat, I'll go to the village gate to have a look."

"It's easy to go, boss."

Su Qingyu waved her hand. As I walked, I thought, now that my godfather's people are here, there are an extra hundred people in the village who need to eat and drink.

There is a lot of food stored in the village, enough to eat.

But what if five hundred people come? Once Renzhou is stable, I am afraid that these people will be dragged away to dig iron and rocks, and I will have to help them with food matters.

Su Qingyu arrived at the village gate while thinking about it.

"Sister! Are you back?" Qingxing saw her and trotted towards her. Qingyang saw him and followed him.

Su Qingyu looked at the two brothers and sisters with a smile. They had not seen each other for a few days, and they seemed to have grown up a lot: "Don't stay at home."

"Sister, I like staying here." Qingyang said.

Before Su Qingyu could speak, Qingxing said, "Brother has been practicing archery these days. Three or four of the ten arrows can hit the target!"

"Really, so good?" Su Qingyu happily looked at Qingyang, who was just ten years old.

Qingyang scratched his head: "Not half the chance."

"Brother, you are already very good. There are still people who miss the target with ten arrows."

"You just practiced. You are pretty accurate with this. Take your time and do it step by step."

"Um."

"have already eaten?"

"Well, I've eaten everything. I ate with everyone,"

"Isn't it novel to eat in a big pot? I don't want to go home to eat." Mother Su no longer enjoyed eating at home. Su Qingyao teased the two siblings.

"Dad and brother are eating here, so I won't go back. Besides, sister, you're not here either."

Su Qingyu talked to the two brothers and sisters and went up to the gatehouse.

"Qing Lao, are you here?"

"Dad. What's wrong?"

"It's okay. Our side is in the middle. No thieves can turn over."

"That's good. But we also need to arrange people to do patrol work, and prepare more arrows.

"Don't worry, dad knows what's going on. Xiang Shang and Fuchang have taken people to patrol the surrounding mountains."

"That's good."

In the city of Renzhou, several groups of troops attacked several times, but they couldn't get in, so they all stopped. Seeing that the city was safe, Pei Nian sent Ma Mingwen's people to see Su Qingyu.

Pei Cheng was a little worried: "Sir, we need them now."

"It's okay. I know where they are going. There is danger in the city, and it's still too late to call them back. There are food and people in the city now. If you close the city gate tightly, even if a hundred thousand troops invade, you can still defend it for a month."

"Besides, Ma Mingwen responded to the letter and said that if we need it, he will send reinforcements."

"Then the observer over there..."

Pei Nian thought that there was no news from Yang Bi, and his heart sank.

"Sir, we are under the jurisdiction of Mr. Yang. Originally, there was something going on in Renzhou, so we mobilized troops to other states and cities. No matter what, it was faster than Ma Mingwen's..."

But Mr. Yang looked at it, why... there wasn't even a reply letter! Seemingly helpless.

Are you going to let them fend for themselves?

That shouldn’t be the case. Renzhou harvested so much grain this autumn and drove Master Pei down. Are you planning to send someone else here?

Is there a better candidate than Lord Pei? Pei Cheng couldn't figure it out.

Pei Nian's heart was constantly changing.

Ma Mingwen replied immediately, but Yang Bi from Yuzhang didn't say a word. There were no letters from colleagues in neighboring cities saying they were willing to help.

Pei Nian's heart was heavy.

Once Ma Mingwen's 400 people arrived in the mountains, they brought more confidence to the mountain people.

Originally, we had harvested a lot of grain this year, and we planned to sit happily around the warm pit as a family and eat various snacks.

Who would have thought that when the thieves outside saw that their lives were getting better, they would come in and rob them, causing them to suffer even in the winter.

They all packed their bags with their hearts in mind, and were prepared to hide in the mountains at any time if there was an emergency.

The food is also packed well.

I didn't expect it to be used at all.

The villagers themselves drove the people away, then the governor sent people to help, and now their mountain master sent people to support them.

No more fear.

When the village owners heard that Ma Mingwen had sent people, they were all grateful. They personally brought various kinds of food with the villagers, and delivered them to Ma Fang and others.

Ma Xin took a look and saw that there was no place for these five hundred people to live in the mountains.

Since the marshal wants to dig some iron and stone back, let's go there.

After some discussion with Su Qingyu, a hundred people were left behind.

Su Qingyu selected another ten people from Xingengzhai, plus several bandits who had surrendered several times, and a group of hundreds of people set off to the place where the iron ore was last discovered.

Su Dahu told Su Qingyu that he wanted to lead people there.

Su Qingmei thought about it and agreed. She handed the matter over to him and let him handle it.

Originally, they didn't come, and Su Qingmei also wanted to send people to dig the iron ore.

All their villages need some sophisticated weapons.

Wooden arrows and bamboo arrows are not very lethal, so they still need to make some iron arrows.

Weapons, each person in the village must have at least one. If something happens, they can't wait for others to rescue them, they must also have the ability to protect themselves.

There are six or seven hundred more people to feed, and Su Qingmei suddenly became nervous.

There is food, but we can't eat meat and white rice every meal, right?

Su Qingmei asked Xiang Zhen to hang the news of harvesting soybeans and various beans in the shop.

All kinds of beans were harvested in various villages. Beans are not picky about the land. Everyone planted them in front of and behind the house and on the hillside, and they all got a lot.

Originally, there was food to eat, and everyone learned from Su Qingmei's example and fried beans for the children as snacks. Now that the shop is closing, they all come to sell.

Su Qingmei got the beans, so she selected some that could sprout and put them in the caves of each mountain to sprout, and prepared to grind soybeans into tofu.

Each bean curd was made into various kinds of food to add to everyone's dishes.

Miners in the mountains cannot eat only two gray steamed buns for a meal like Su Dahu and his friends did before.

You want the horse to run away but don't feed it enough. This kind of thing can't be done.

The previous mine owners must have been afraid that the miners would run away after they had strength, so they let the miners work half-starved.

But Su Qingmei is not afraid of them running away.

Everyone is voluntary, those who don't want to leave don't go, and those who want to go back can withdraw at any time. She will feed them and pay them.

When the village is stable and the mountain bandits no longer come to attack, she will recruit some strong laborers in each village. The monthly salary of one or two taels is probably enough for many people to want to go.

But now people can't be withdrawn.

If bandits attack the mountain again, it will be a bit bad if there is no one left.

For now, it is more important to guard the village and provide food and drink for the hundreds of people of godfather.