Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 481: Picking Mushrooms

Ze'er was thinking, "I've already admitted my fault, so I hope my mother can be gentler when she hits me!"

But in the end he was disappointed, because the person who punished him was Lu Chuan, and Lu Chuan showed no mercy to this naughty son.

He picked up the ruler beside him and hit her hard. Xu Han saw it and felt pain in her heart, but in the end she said nothing and secretly turned around and wiped her tears.

After beating him, Lu Chuan did not continue to punish him. He waved his hand and let him go out and play.

Xu Han held his forehead and said, "When will this child be able to let people rest easy?"

Lu Chuan comforted him, "Fortunately, he is still young now. Although he is a little naughty, he is not a bad person by nature. He will be fine when he grows up and becomes more sensible."

Xu Han didn't want to continue this topic. The crisis was resolved, so she turned and went to the backyard, intending to see what Dan Niang and the others were busy with.

I didn't see any of them come out this morning. Xu Han guessed that they must be doing needlework in the house now!

When she came into the house, she saw that everyone was doing needlework, gathered in groups of three or four, some were sewing shoe soles, some were making clothes, and some were cutting cloth.

She asked, "How's it going? How much is left to do?"

Mrs. Zhao said, "It's almost done. The fabric for the second set of clothes has all been cut. Now we just need to sew them together.

We have also made several pairs of soles. It has been raining for the past two days and we can’t go out, so we have been working hard. Once the weather clears up, everyone can wear new shoes. "

Xu Han smiled and said, "That's good. Make two new sets for each of you to change into and wear. There's no need to rush to make the rest. You can make them when you have time."

Zhou smiled and continued, "It's almost autumn. The temperature in the mountains is low, so you can't wear many clothes. These two sets of clothes are enough for replacement. There's no need to make more."

"Well, enough to wear is all right. I also bought some cotton and linen, I'll give them to you later.

After you finish this batch of clothes, you should start making thicker clothes! Otherwise, if the temperature suddenly drops, you will have nothing to wear and you will definitely get sick.”

Mrs. Li asked, "How are we going to make thick clothes? Two sets per person? We don't need so many."

Xu Han thought about it for a moment and it seemed that it was indeed not necessary for each person to have two sets of thick clothes, but she still asked, "What do you think? How many sets are suitable?"

Yue Niang replied, "Madam, I think each person only needs one set of thick clothes and one set of thin cotton clothes. You can wear the two sets of clothes alternately at different temperatures, as long as you don't get cold.

Winter cotton-padded clothes are hard to wash, so we can just put on a coat on the outside. This way, if the outer clothes get dirty, we can take them off and wash them at any time, and the cotton-padded jacket inside will not get dirty easily. "

Zhou also said, "Yes, we all dressed like this in previous years. All normal farmers dress like this. Cotton fabric is so expensive, how many people have two sets of cotton clothes?

I would say a thick cotton jacket is enough. When the temperature is not that cold, you won’t be cold even if you wear more layers of clothes.”

Mrs. Li also agreed, "Yes, yes, yes. In previous years, we survived without cotton-padded clothes. Cotton and cloth are so expensive. We have just made a single coat. It is really too expensive to make two more coats."

Xu Han looked at the argument and smiled helplessly. "Okay, don't save money for me. It's decided. This is the first year that everyone doesn't have enough warm clothes. I will make one set of thick cotton clothes and one set of thin cotton clothes for each person this winter, and then make two overalls. Sister Li, come with me to the warehouse in the front yard to get the cloth later."

The others wanted to say something, but Xu Han quickly waved her hand to interrupt them, "I know what you are going to say, but this year is an exception. Isn't this the first year that you have no clothes to wear? Don't worry, there won't be that many next year."

If you really feel embarrassed, then wait until the spring to help the family open up a few acres of wasteland."

When the others heard Xu Han say this, they stopped talking and changed the subject.

This year, the servants couldn't even make their own clothes, so Xu Han didn't ask them to help make clothes for the family. Besides, everyone in the family had clothes to wear. In the past few years when she had nothing to do, Xu Han made clothes for everyone.

Xu Han has made a lot of clothes for all four seasons, and now she doesn’t want to make any more.

Until now, everyone still has several sets of new clothes that have not been worn, but shoes still need to be made, mainly because Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest wear out their shoes too much.

So in the following period of time, whenever Xu Han had time, she would help them make shoes. On the one hand, she wanted to lend a hand as she was bored, and on the other hand, she also wanted to make a few more pairs of shoes for Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest. Of course, these are all stories for later.

After everyone had a simple lunch, the rain outside stopped.

As it had just rained, the air outside was very fresh. As soon as the rain stopped, the Taoist priest directed everyone to carry their backpacks and go into the mountains to pick mushrooms.

All of them went out at once. Except for Ma Pozi who stayed at home to look after the four children, the rest of them loaded their backpacks and headed up the mountain together.

A large group of people walked up the mountain with a common goal, and wherever they went, no mushrooms grew.

The servants only knew some common mushrooms and did not dare to pick or eat other mushrooms. In order not to waste such good resources, Xu Han took the Taoist priest, Lu Chuan and Grandpa Zhao to teach everyone to recognize new mushrooms.

The group dispersed and walked in different directions. While teaching them to recognize new mushrooms, they lowered their heads to look for mushrooms that had just popped up. As long as they were edible and non-toxic, they did not care about the variety and would pick them when they saw them.

The resources in the mountains were abundant. In a short while, everyone had picked several baskets of mushrooms. Lu Chuan directed everyone to pour the mushrooms into a basket, and then asked Li Si and Wang Lin to take it home first, while the rest of the people continued to stay in the mountains to pick mushrooms.

More than 20 people picked until the sun set, and finally they had covered all the hills near their home.

Of course, everyone had a great harvest, and their backpacks were filled with quite a few mushrooms.

Xu Han looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late. Let's go home first. We can't go any deeper into the mountains. It's not safe to go into the mountains after dark. If we go too far, we won't be able to come back."

The Taoist priest said, "Okay, let's go back. We have picked a lot of mushrooms this afternoon, and we have to sort them out after we go back, which will take a lot of time.

If they still want to pick them, I will take them to the deep mountains tomorrow. It is too late today. "

Lu Chuan also meant this, so he shouted loudly into the mountain, "Let's go home."