In the year of disaster in the book, the villain girl is the real winner

When talking about He Huaiping's studies, Mrs. He felt a little regretful and felt sorry for him.

He Qiudi explained: "Second brother is now an official, and he has good kung fu. In the future, he will be promoted to Tongpan, in charge of the prison, and he has the opportunity to become a high-ranking official. More importantly, this is all based on his ability. Everything is the best arrangement. Perhaps, second brother can read, but he is not suitable for the imperial examination. He has knowledge but it is difficult to pass the imperial examination."

Old Mrs. He couldn't help but sigh and said, "That's true."

To pass the imperial examination, one needs not only knowledge, but also the right time, place and people; none of them can be missing.

Now that He Huaiping can become an official, it is indeed the best arrangement, and Old Mrs. He no longer sighs.

Instead, he held his granddaughter and teased her.

Arrived in Ningyuan County.

He Qiudi felt like he had returned to base camp.

She asked people to clear out the small courtyard that was originally used by the He family, and moved in with He Qingya.

He also asked Old Lady He to choose a location to build a mansion.

We need to build a big house for the whole He family to live in. After they get through the disaster next year, the He family will live in the city permanently.

Since Feng Shiyan has decided to make Ningyuan County the provincial capital, the area of ​​the city will naturally have to expand.

The captives from the Western Rong were reclaiming wasteland, cutting down trees, and clearing the mountains on both sides of Ningyuan County.

He Qiudi was able to speak out about the reclamation of Ningyuan County. Based on an analysis of the original terrain of Ningyuan County and the mountains on both sides, she drew a new distribution map.

The city wall could not be moved outward, so it could only be lengthened and built against the mountain.

In the end, Grandma He chose a good location in a remote place near the county school.

The county school needs to be replanned.

The residence is located nearby, which is not too bad.

After all, the county school is full of scholars, and the environment will remain relatively quiet. The surrounding area will develop well and the neighbors will be easier to get along with.

Choose a good address.

He Qiudi discussed the size of the house with the He family.

Build a three-story courtyard with east and west cross courtyards.

The layout is similar to the house built in Shiliu Village, except that the building materials are better and the scale is larger.

Building a mansion like this is not cheap.

The He family couldn't come up with so much money at once, but they had a lot of income every month and could use half of it to repair the house.

Anyway, nowadays, you can buy building materials from the government.

The government's building materials were all collected by enslaved prisoners of war, so they were cheap. The price given to the He family was even cheaper, so they could save a lot of money when renovating their house.

Choose the right size for your home.

The inn in Ningyuan County is about to open.

After He Qiudi came back, he made two more batches of sugar in the He family's small house. He Huaian personally delivered them to Lizhou, sold them for over a thousand taels of silver, and bought several carts of goods.

The day before the inn opened, Feng Shiyan returned.

He came to stay at the inn.

From a distance, He Qiudi, who was standing at the door of the store directing the people in the store to work, saw Feng Shiyan riding a horse towards them.

She walked toward the street with the melon seeds in her hand.

When Feng Shiyan saw He Qiudi going out, he quickly jumped off the horse, held the reins, and walked to He Qiudi.

"Shi Yan, why did you return to Ningyuan County? Have the matters at Huangquan Pass been settled?"

Feng Shiyan handed the reins to Yang Yi and took off his crane-patterned cloak and put it on He Qiudi.

"The matter of Huangquan Pass has basically been settled. News came from the court that the Western Rong people basically agreed to the peace terms proposed by the Great Zhou, but we have to return the two cities to them."

He Qiudi nodded: "Five hundred thousand taels of silver, twenty thousand cattle, thirty thousand horses, one hundred thousand sheep, and the ransom for the prisoners of war, can they really afford so much money?"

"Now they have sold everything they have, so they naturally cannot afford to pay so much silver and horses, cattle and sheep, but the Great Zhou has given them credit, and they will pay it back in three years. As for the ransom of the prisoners of war, it's the same. We will release as many people as they are paid. However, ten taels of ransom is too expensive, so they gave five taels."

He Qiudi nodded nonchalantly.

"Five taels is not bad. They have to come and redeem the prisoners as soon as possible, otherwise, the prisoners will either starve to death or freeze to death."

So many prisoners of war.

The western border is dry and there is a shortage of food everywhere. It is good enough that they don't starve to death. It is impossible to keep warm.

It’s not the coldest time of the year yet.

When the coldest time comes, at least one third of these young prisoners of war will be gone.

Each of them is the pillar of the Xirong family.

They could pay the compensation to Da Zhou slowly, but they had to collect the ransom for these prisoners of war as soon as possible.

Feng Shiyan said: "The Xirong people are already collecting the ransom. I don't like dealing with them, so I came back to Ningyuan County to hand over my official position and visit you."

In fact, it depends on you.

But Feng Shiyan couldn't say it.

He Qiudi couldn't hear it at all.

She said happily, "That's perfect. The He family's inn in Ningyuan County will be officially open tomorrow. Compared to the inns in Wei County and Lan County, I have made new dishes. Would you like to try them together? Give me some advice?"

Ningyuan County had never suffered from war and had always been more prosperous than Wei County and Lan County.

He Qiudi prepared a few more signature dishes.

She has also recently figured out how to grow mung bean sprouts, soybean sprouts, and peanut sprouts, which are fresh vegetables in winter.

These mung bean sprouts, soybean sprouts and peanut sprouts became extremely popular once they were launched.

Feng Shiyan's eyes were full of anticipation: "Okay."

He Qiudi loves to eat and also loves to cook.

It has been a long time since He Qiudi separated from Feng Shiyan, and his cooking addiction came back. He cooked a lot of dishes, and even Yang Yi and the others set up a table.

He Sanlang brought He Qinglu over to play, and when he knew there was something delicious to eat, he ran back to Pomegranate Village, called his friends, and ordered a table.

The He family and Feng Shiyan set up a table.

Feng Shiyan did not invite County Magistrate Du and his party. County Magistrate Du was a tactful man, and when he saw that Feng Shiyan did not invite them, he naturally knew that this was Feng Shiyan's private time, so he ordered his subordinates not to disturb him.

He Qiudi and He Qingya were busy in the kitchen for the whole afternoon.

He Qiudi was the chef, He Qingya was her assistant, the cooks were helpers, Jin Cuihua was chatting with people outside the inn and getting to know new neighbors in the city, and Old Lady He simply didn't go into the kitchen.

evening.

Dinner will be ready.

He Qiudi’s main dish is hot pot.

Mushroom, pork tripe and chicken hotpot, radish and lamb bone soup hotpot, side dishes are pork, beef, mutton, fish fillet, shredded egg, cabbage, radish, fried sweet potato, soaked mushrooms, smoked bamboo shoots, white tofu, tofu puffs, as well as bean sprouts, soybean sprouts and peanut sprouts made by He Qiudi.

There were also drunkard peanuts, braised beef and mutton, braised pork, fried bacon with bean sprouts, sauerkraut fish, salt-baked chicken, eight-treasure duck, sauerkraut pork, and a few pastries, filling the large round table.

Finished the meal.

Everyone had to hold their waists to walk after eating.

As Grandma He ate the dishes, she finally smiled knowingly.

No matter what, my daughter and granddaughter already have a skill that can keep them alive at any time, and that's enough.

People with ability can live well anywhere.