Chapter 179 High coal price
Too many herbs to be used, and it takes time to mash them one by one. Chen Mengtian really wants to use a few more hands.
The temperature inside was a little low, so she wanted to remove her shoes and socks and use her feet to control the iron medicine.
Unfortunately, the temperature in the room made her feel timid.
The weather is getting colder and colder. Chen Mengtian feels that the winter here is much lower than that in modern times.
She is now wearing three layers inside and three layers outside, and she feels very cold.
There is no cotton here, so cotton coats cannot be made, they are all layer after layer of linen cloth.
After pounding the medicinal materials from the copper pestle and mortar for a long time, Chen Mengtian felt that her hands were cold.
She stopped what she was doing, it was not a solution to continue like this.
The weather today feels colder than yesterday.
There is no earthen kang in the house that the Chen family has, so it cannot burn fire and dissipate heat.
In the past, when my original body spent my life at the Jiang family, I burned coal.
It’s just that coal is too expensive and most people can’t afford it.
Even this winter, the Jiang family can buy two sacks of coal.
If she couldn't hold on, she would go to Jiang Zebei's room with Jiang's father and mother.
Their house is filled with earthen kangs, which can be used to burn fires, and the warm big kang is comfortable to sleep.
But less than a year after Jiang’s father and mother died, she could not go to that house.
Jiang Zebei is afraid that he will also feel sad when he is touched by the scene.
Chen Mengtian sat on the seat at the table, and she calculated the money she needed to buy coal here.
The coal here has just begun to be used, it is not widely available, and it is quite strict.
People here also call coal the Great Black Stone.
This kind of burnable black stone is also divided into high and low finished products.
It was like the burning black charcoal in the house, about three taels of silver and a sack.
Save some money and can be used for about half a month.
Chen Mengtian calculated that there was still one month before the annual settlement, so it required two bags of coal.
After the New Year, it will take another month to return to warm up.
She has to buy at least five bags of coal, which costs fifteen taels of silver.
I bought coal from the town and needed to find a car to pull it back.
After calculating the accounts, Chen Mengtian felt that she could afford it, although for Chen Jiacun, her behavior was very luxurious.
But she really couldn't stand such cold weather, it was too cold.
If the temperature keeps lowering, her hands and feet may be frostbite in a few days.
When she woke up in the morning, she was quite calm when she found out that she was in Jiang Zebei's quilt.
She woke up in the middle of the night a few days ago.
Only yesterday, when she was sleeping on the same bed with Jiang Zebei, she had a good night's sleep.
Not wanting to treat herself badly, Chen Mengtian decided to go to the town to buy coal.
But she will definitely not be able to go alone, so she still has to find Chen Baojie to accompany her.
She stood up and walked out.
Chen Mengtian did not leave home, but came to the kitchen.
This time I go to the town will definitely take a lot of time.
I don’t know when I will come back, but it’s better to make Chen Ping’s “medicine soup” in advance and send it to you.
It also saves you from turning back and running on both sides.
Time is urgent, so Chen Mengtian decided to make some soup.
Put the remaining vegetables from yesterday out, wash them clean, and then cut them into small pieces.
Create a fire in the stove, pour in an appropriate amount of water, and try to be as strong as possible.
When the water is not boiling, as long as it is hot, pour the vegetables into the water.
Such vegetables have a certain amount of nutrition.
Its nutrients will not be evaporated due to the large fire.
Pass the vegetables in the water again and then take them out, rinse them with cold water, squeeze them dry, and put them aside for later use.
Chapter completed!