The billionaire girl: Daddy and Mommy, love me again

In the farmland on the outskirts of the city, grain from more than a dozen large warehouses was piled up haphazardly on the ground. Swarms of rats ate the grain like half-grown dogs and would not leave even if they saw people open the door.

What’s even more disgusting is that some granaries have fallen into disrepair after years of neglect. The tiles on the roof have long been damaged, and rainwater has dripped through the holes into the grain piles. The rice has been soaked in water, rotting and stinking, and a layer of lush rice seedlings has even grown on the surface, which is already taller than the knees.

Zhang Shizhong looked at the outrageous scene in front of him with anger rising to his head. Rage churned in his chest like a boiler with excessive pressure that was about to explode. He was furious, and the veins on his hand holding the sword bulged. He wished he could kill that bastard right now.

"General, calm down. Now is not the time to act rashly. The people are waiting for you. Let's first transport the usable food back."

After Zhang Hu finished delivering the pills he was responsible for, he also rushed over with his soldiers to help. Faintly, one could see that the general was so angry that his hair seemed to be smoking, and the raging rage in his eyes seemed to be about to burst out and destroy the world, which was daunting.

Zhang Shizhong paused when he heard this, took a deep breath, and tried to calm himself. He cleared his throat and tried to keep his tone calm when he spoke, with a slight tremor in his voice.

"Go, transport the food back and notify the people to come and get the relief food."

"Yes!"

"Zhang Hu took the order to lead people to load the grain. After checking, it was estimated that only half of the grain in more than a dozen warehouses was good. The other half had rotted, turned black and smelled, and could no longer be eaten."

Millions of kilograms of life-saving food were wasted just like that. Looking at this shocking waste of food, everyone present was heartbroken and wanted to cut the culprit into pieces.

After taking great pains to transport the grain back to the city, Zhang Hu immediately took people to the streets and alleys to beat drums and gongs to notify the people to come and get the grain. When the people heard that they could get the grain, they happily flocked to the city.

When Zhang Shizhong returned, dozens of long queues had already formed in the city with no end in sight.

The city was like a pot of water that had just boiled, boiling with excitement. The people were laughing, laughs of joy, excitement, and knowingness. The children were laughing heartily, the young people were smiling knowingly, the old people were smiling kindly, and the deep wrinkles on their foreheads and around the corners of their mouths seemed to be filled with smiles. Their every move gradually took on a brisk rhythm, and they were laughing so happily.

With the hope of survival, their eyes regained their luster.

Zhang Shizhong looked at this scene, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his gloomy face.

"Watch carefully and make sure every citizen gets food. If anyone is still hungry, I will hold you accountable."

"As you command, I will definitely live up to your trust!"

Zhang Shizhong looked at the city wall for a while and then left. He had to go back and see how Qian Fu's petition was going.

The unpredictable situation in Yinzhou County did not affect Chengjia Village.

At this time, everyone in Chengjia Village was building new houses in full swing.

After half a month of hard work, houses of every household have started to be built. Some simpler and smaller houses have even taken shape and are just waiting for the tiles to be fired to cover the roof.

The house that Old Man Cheng wants to build is quite large, and the foundation beams have just been completed.

Several truckloads of bricks have been delivered, but it will take some time before they can start building the wall, as there is another important thing waiting for them to do right now.

Picking tea oil seeds.

The tea oil seeds on the mountain have reached the harvest season. After the tea oil seeds are ripe, they must be picked before the frost falls.

Although the oil yield of tea seeds after frost is higher, the shell of mature tea seeds will crack after being exposed to the sun, and the black tea kernels will fall to the ground.

Tea trees generally grow in overgrown bushes and are difficult to pick up. If it rains, they will become damp and moldy, which will cause great waste.

The next day was the day when everyone agreed to go up the mountain to pick tea oil seeds. Except for Li, Cheng Xingwan, and a few little kids from Old Man Cheng's family, everyone else went up the mountain before dawn.

Tea oil trees can be seen everywhere on the mountain. Their leaves are lush green and shiny under the sunlight.

The most eye-catching thing is the noble white camellia oil flower on the tea tree, with yellow stamens dotted in the center of the flower. There are bees busy collecting nectar among the flowers. Pick a flower and put it under your nose to smell it, a faint sweet fragrance will be emitted. Put it to your lips and take a sip. The sweet nectar was a childhood snack for many people.

The flowering period of Camellia oleifera is as long as ten months. Camellia oleifera is a tree that grows flowers and fruits at the same time.

Under each leaf of the tea tree are hidden green, blue-red, large and small tea seeds, densely packed and crowded.

The villagers are picking fruits, their faces full of joy and smiles.

"Brother Daniu, do you have a lot of tea seeds?"

"Not many, not many. There are not many tea trees here at all!"

Cheng Daniu answered the young man on the other side of the mountain while pulling off a heavy branch full of tea seeds.

You are such a fool, would I tell you that the whole mountain here is covered with tea oil trees?

Cheng Zeli also went up the mountain with Master Li and his brother-in-law to harvest tea seeds today. At this moment, he was standing under a big tree with his head covered, looking at the thorny fruits on the tree with ecstasy.

Chestnut--

The sugar-roasted chestnuts that were popular in the streets in the past life are soft, sweet, and very filling, and can be eaten as a staple food.

There are many ways to eat chestnuts. Whether they are eaten raw, fried, roasted, or boiled, they all exude a unique aroma and taste that leaves a lasting aftertaste.

So while everyone in Chengjia Village was picking tea seeds, they were also picking chestnuts. The chestnut shells had sharp thorns that were very prickly, but for the delicious taste described by Cheng Zeli, this small difficulty could be overcome.

The picked tea seeds are piled together and fermented for half a month to soften the shells. When the shells turn black and crack, they are spread out in the sun to dry.

After a few days of exposure to the sun, the shell of the tea seed will shrink, dry and harden, so that the kernel inside will fall out, and the kernels stuck in the shell need to be picked out manually.

It only took three days to pick all the tea seeds from the surrounding mountains.

On this day, Cheng Dafu gathered everyone together because Cheng Laoer wanted to go down the mountain to collect tea seeds. He told his family about the plan, and Old Man Cheng then went to Cheng Dafu for advice.

Cheng Dafu thought this was a good idea. The epidemic at the foot of the mountain had been brought under control. Although the people had temporarily received relief food, it was not a long-term solution. The limited amount of food would not last until the summer harvest next year.

Going down the mountain to collect tea seeds can provide many people with a way to make money, but it does have certain risks.

Cheng Dafu called everyone together, firstly to ask for their opinions, and secondly, if they wanted to go down the mountain to collect tea seeds, they would need enough silver and money, which Old Man Cheng's family definitely did not have enough, so he thought about asking everyone to help collect the money, or to form a partnership.

The villagers all agreed to go down the mountain to harvest tea seeds, and they also asked to participate in it together.

Seeing that everyone was worried about safety issues and fearing that too many people would increase the risk of exposure to the village, Cheng Zeli suggested: "We don't have to send our own people down the mountain to collect the tea seeds. We can get some benefits from others to help us collect them. We just need to transport the tea seeds they collect back.

Alternatively, we can also set up an oil press at the foot of the mountain, which would not only save the trouble of transportation, but also increase safety, and the oil we squeezed could be sold.”

"Good idea, let's do it!"

At this time, Li brought out freshly baked chestnut cakes and sugar-roasted chestnuts.

The crispy, mellow chestnut cake and the soft, sweet sugar-roasted chestnuts instantly conquered everyone's taste buds.

"It's really delicious, even better than the cakes at Wang's Cake Shop. It would be a shame not to sell such delicious cakes."

"Sell it? It's not impossible!"

The three sisters-in-law of the Li family looked at each other and planted the seed of opening a shop and becoming bosses in their hearts.