Xiaqiu Village delivers mung bean water throughout Nanjing. Zhu Xiang said that there are countless people suffering from heat stroke, and Zhu Wentian cannot remain indifferent.
Xiaqiu Village should do this, just like an enterprise giving back to society.
No matter what kind of ideological country it is, it doesn't matter what kind of system it is. Even in ancient Chinese civilization, rich people wanted to give back to society.
In China, some people believe in Buddhism, some believe in religion, and some have conscience.
No matter which way, the matter of building bridges and roads has never been stopped. As for the government not allowing it and even arresting people, well... I believe the government must have a reason.
Nowadays, during the Ming Dynasty, Xiaqiu Village provides free mung bean water, and no one comes to check the certificate.
The extra workers will be hired to deliver water to 200 fixed places and 100 mobile water trucks.
Now the civilian population of Nanjing exceeds 500,000, and the army is small, so they have moved out to fight Beiyuan.
However, for a population of 500,000, 300 places to deliver mung bean water are enough, and not all people are stupid enough to run out on a hot day.
Generally, they are the people who work, and the people who run the shops don't need to worry about it. The older ones stay at home, and the younger ones stay at home as well.
For example, those who grow vegetables get up very early in the morning, pick vegetables before the sun reaches high altitude, and sell them in markets and other places.
They would prepare buckets to fetch water from the river, drink it themselves, drizzle the vegetables, and cover the vegetables with straw mats to block the sun.
I hide in a shady place at noon, sell for a while in the afternoon, and go to the vegetable field to water the vegetables before evening.
People who don’t understand wonder, it’s hot at noon, why do you avoid watering the vegetable fields while taking a break?
Such people can't grow vegetables. They never thought that the water they poured would be hot when it was so hot, and then the vegetable roots would be scalded to death.
Water conducts temperature faster than soil. Some plants were trying to adapt, but when the water came, they became hot first, then cold, then hot again...
In the hot season, I have never seen people watering vegetable fields in the middle of the day. They always water the vegetable fields in the morning and evening.
Generally, the evening is better, as the temperature is relatively low at night. In the morning, it is better to go very early, but it is the right time to pick vegetables to sell.
Common people who grow vegetables know these things and do not need to be taught by others.
"Mom, why don't you go hide in the alley, not on the bridge, drink a bowl of mung bean water!"
The person pushing the cart stopped on the bridge and offered mung bean water to the vegetable seller here.
"There are so many vegetables. If I move them there, when will I move them back? If I can't sell them all, can I take them home?"
The old woman wore a bamboo hat on her head to protect her from the sun. She spread a straw mat on the ground in front of her, placed the vegetables on top, and covered it with another layer of straw mat.
Several kinds of dishes are placed on the straw mat to let people know what is being sold.
There were two buckets beside her, and a pole sat under her butt. From time to time, she used a small gourd to scoop out a little water and pour it on the straw mat.
When she was thirsty, she drank the water from the river. She had no concept of hygiene or unsanitary in her heart. She had been doing this all her life.
"Yes! Just drink the mung bean water! It doesn't cost any money. It contains honey and salt. I am hired by Xiaqiu Village. You can't just drink water."
The person pushing the cart filled a bowl of mung bean water for the old woman and brought as many mung beans as possible.
"Library, right? Thank you! He's a good person." The old woman brought the small ladle over to receive the mung bean water.
"Yes, yes! I'll serve you some. If you're hungry, just take a few bites of the vegetables. Fortunately, there's sugar in the mung bean water."
The person who delivered the water tried his best to put it into the ladle. He was very afraid that the aunt would die here.
This is why Xiaqiu Village puts sugar in the mung bean water. Some people have an empty stomach and need to add sugar when replenishing electrolytes.
Eating a large amount of food without replenishing electrolytes will make the heart unable to withstand sudden death.
Only supplementing electrolytes without supplementing sugar will cause hypoglycemia.
So rock sugar mung bean water with a little salt is the most scientific thing.
Ancient people knew this early, and some even cooked it with lotus seeds to dispel the fire.
People who do hard work need this most, and people who sell things under the scorching sun also need it.
People pushing carts on the road will also provide mung bean water to elderly people, so that no one in Nanjing will suffer from heat stroke.
Including the workers at construction sites and docks, there was no shortage of water. They drank it and then fell down.
Drinking so much water is of no use as the body loses too much salt and suffers from electrolyte imbalance.
Even if they drank themselves into water poisoning and sweated, they would still fall down.
So at noon, the food in the lunch box restaurant changed. There was no hot rice, only sorghum rice with water, which was the typical Northeastern rice of Zhu Wentian's time.
Sorghum is cheap and is generally used as a rotation crop to join other crops. It has low yield and low soil requirements.
Its stalks are generally used to make things, and its leaves can also be fed to livestock or used to make fires.
Normally, sorghum rice does not taste good, but it is different once it is made into water rice.
The same operation is used for boiled rice, and the side dish is usually soybeans.
Slowly fry the soybeans in the pot, prepare a large basin or bowl next to it, put cold water in it, add salt, peppercorns, star anise, and chopped green onion.
When the soybeans are cooked, immediately pour them into a nearby basin or bowl, cover them and let them simmer.
After two quarters of an hour, the soybeans will be soaked. It is so delicious to use them to make sorghum rice.
In addition to this, the Xiaqiu Village Box Dinner Restaurant also provides steamed eggplant mixed with egg sauce and garlic.
"Zhu Lichang, you gave me too much garlic, didn't we agree? We have to make you money, otherwise it won't last long."
Someone told the village chief while eating that he was more worried about costs than Xiaqiu Village.
Other people who came to eat the box lunch nodded, yes! We are scared if you do this, and we are worried that Xiaqiu Village will stop doing it after losing money.
"Garlic is not valuable. The village cultivates 40 acres of garlic and takes good care of it. One acre of land costs 3,000 kilograms. When harvested, it can weigh 1,500 kilograms.
This year we will let other villages plant it together and eat it! Just don't make it too spicy for your stomach. It's hot today and garlic is not easy to store, so it has to be put in the cellar.
However, we in Jubiqi had garlic sauce and would provide it to them, but we still didn’t grow enough. We never thought of opening such a store at the time. "
The manager waved his hand indifferently. When did a box lunch restaurant open to make money?
"Yes, yes, you can't eat too much, Spicy, everyone knows it!" Someone hinted to others to eat less.
Others agreed one after another and worked together to protect the interests of the Danqing lunch restaurant in Xiaqiu Village.
When he looked around, he found that something was missing. It was very important. He asked a child in the village: "Where is Hanhan?"
"Brother Hanhan is on the second floor in front." The child knew.
The manager went directly to the second floor and saw Hanhan chopping vegetables on the second floor.
"Hanhan, what are you doing? I searched all over and couldn't find you. Are you going to scare me to death?" The mayor was unhappy.
"I won't throw it away even if you throw it away. My friends have eaten a lot of cold drinks in the past few days. I went out for a walk and found a shop selling small garlic. I bought a bunch and came back to cook.
Did you know that you eat radish in winter and ginger in summer? In winter, when the internal fire is suppressed, eat radishes to push out the internal fire.
In summer, cold air enters the body. For example, the simplest thing is that you have stayed in the house for a long time, it is hot outside, and the sun is shining brightly.
When you go out, you don't feel hot, but you shiver for a moment, and the external heat forces the cold into your body.
I give them boxes of small root vegetables. These small root vegetables are spicy and can drive away the cold. "
Zhu Wentian said that the situation was that it was hot in summer, so you could eat mutton and dog meat, that's it.
"How did you buy it when you went out?" the mayor asked about this.
"Zhu Xiang brought someone with me and I said: buy, eh! Hey hey hey hey! He bought it." Zhu Wentian gave the answer.
Li Chang: "..."
(End of chapter)
