After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

Chapter 1127 Early Marriage [2]

Seeing this, Qin Xiaomi didn't say anything more and went back to her room to sleep fully clothed.

She's been so busy lately that she sleeps whenever she has a spare moment, using sleep to nourish her body and mind.

……

Jingle Bell.

Jiang Xiaozhu rang the medicine bell and called out from outside her door, "Sister Xiaomi, it's getting dark, get up and have dinner."

Not long after, there was a noise coming from inside the room. Qin Xiaomi got up, opened the door, and went to the front shop to eat.

"Xiao Mi is awake. Sit down and eat. Today we're having dumplings made with fresh shepherd's purse. They're so delicious!" Grandma Qin called to her.

And in these ten days, the number of fresh vegetables in the house has increased.

In mid-March of the lunar calendar, every village and household is busy with spring plowing, and the children from each village will dig wild vegetables in the fields and take them to town to sell.

Because of the presence of merchants, vendors from other places, out-of-town workers, and students in the town, the selling price is quite high, and the supply cannot meet the demand.

"The reason our family was able to buy shepherd's purse was because the villagers of Ghost Village and the Zhou and Lü families specially reserved it for us. Otherwise, before we could even dig it up, the shepherd's purse would have been snapped up by wealthy gentlemen, young masters, and students."

Qin Xiaomi: "So popular? But I don't like eating it right now."

The appearance of wild vegetables told her that the weather was warming up and all things were coming to life.

Such climate is a breeding ground for plague bacteria, and fleas and lice begin to increase on hairy animals.

And they can migrate and spread disease even when they are not visible to humans.

Mudd!

Qin Xiaomi then raised her middle finger upwards.

*Slap!* Grandma Qin slapped her finger away, grabbed her hand, and led her to the dining table: "You've come of age, you're a young lady now, you're not allowed to do these strange things, understand?"

"Even if you're feeling down, you can't do it. As long as we haven't taken our last breath, we have to live happily."

"Grandma is right, I'll listen to Grandma." Qin Xiaomi smiled and sat down to eat.

After the meal, Grandma Qin, Aunt Qin, and Grandpa Qin were all busy making leather overcoats.

Grandma Qin: "Our families all need to have one set... Ideally, each person should have two sets so we can take turns wearing them."

This type of smock is used for protection to prevent people from being bitten by fleas and contracting rat plague.

Uncle Qin: "The weather is getting hotter. Won't you die of heat wearing these leather overcoats?"

Qin Xiaomi glanced at him; Aunt Qin quickly said to Uncle Qin, "It's not like you have to wear it all the time. You don't need to wear it if there are no fleas at home. You only need to wear it when you go out and come into contact with people."

You'd better get to work and stop talking nonsense, or your niece will scold you again.

Sure enough, Qin Xiaomi said, "Wear it or don't, it's up to you. If you don't wear it, you'll die."

Uh, Uncle Qin was so angry he wanted to smash the basket: "What do you mean by 'dead or not'? Can you please stop being so venomous?"

Qin Xiaomi: "Only by being sharp-tongued and saying hurtful things can I make people remember me after just one time. If I say nice things, people will think I'm trying to flatter them and that I have to repeat myself over and over again."

"Second Uncle, do you want me to flatter you?"

Ah this?

"Hahaha!" Aunt Qin and Xiaozhu Xiaomai couldn't help but laugh.

Aunt Qin added, "Your second uncle would like to, but he doesn't dare."

Uncle Qin's face was as black as a pig's liver, and he only dared to say one thing to Qin Xiaomi: "Go and work on your new poison, don't bother with us!" Your mouth is too sharp for me to handle.

"No, I want to do needlework tonight." Qin Xiaomi said, looking at the needle and thread, then suddenly paused, finally got up and went back to her room to continue writing about preparing for the epidemic.

Besides Grandma Qin and the others, servants like Aunt Xu and Madam Xu were also making smocks. However, since leather was expensive, their flea-proof smocks were made of ramie cloth, cotton cloth, and three layers of kudzu cloth.

In villages and households such as Zhou, Lü, Kong, Miao, and Wu, those who could afford it were also sewing protective gowns, but they were using coarse linen as their lowest quality fabric.

Three layers of coarse linen, the fabric is quite dense, which can help keep out fleas.

Families who couldn't even afford to make three layers of coarse linen smocks would sew head coverings and face masks instead.

Wearing a mask can reduce the risk of infection during a major outbreak of rat plague.

Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!

The sound of blacksmithing could still be heard from the Qin family's medicinal herb processing workshop.

The old soldiers were leading their families to build new reeds according to Qin Xiaomi's blueprints. They said that these new reeds, when installed in vehicles, would have a shock-absorbing effect, and that pregnant women sitting in such vehicles would experience less bumps and a lower chance of miscarriage.

Qin Xiaogu is pregnant, and the Guan family has been worried about how she will escape if there is a war of desertion.
After hearing Qin Xiaomi talk about the new shock-absorbing Huang Pian, he immediately provided copper and iron materials so that the Qin family and various blacksmith shops could make this new Huang Pian.

Qin Xiaomi told the Guan family that due to the material, the new Huang Pian tablets had very low durability and needed to be replaced every 100 li (50 kilometers) to avoid the shock absorption effect.

If you want your vehicle to have continuous shock absorption, you need to take as much of this Xinhuang tablets as possible, and change it every day.

The first batch of new reeds was produced a couple of days ago.

Zhenxikou, Guanjia.

The clerk carried a large box of Xinhuang tablets into the house, took one out, and gave it to Qin Xiaogu: "Look, this is the Xinhuang tablets that my niece mentioned. It has been made and tested. After the carriage loaded with Xinhuang tablets started running, the carriage was much smoother than before and it was not too bumpy."

Qin Xiaogu took it and examined it, then flicked the new Huang tablet... The new Huang tablet bounced back, making a buzzing sound.

"It's quite fun. With this, pregnant women in our county will suffer less." Qin Xiaogu laughed, then asked, "Has the county magistrate approved the production of this new medicine?"

The clerk shook his head: "He didn't agree. He only ordered that those who could afford it make protective clothing and masks. As for Xinhuang tablets, they are too expensive. The magistrate only gave us a document that allows us to use the county's blacksmith shops to make them."

For the government, the shock-absorbing pills were just a toy; they were useless in fighting enemies and preventing plagues, and the government even had to spend money to get them.

Only a fool would do that.

"However, after hearing about this, many wealthy people came to us to buy it. I agreed on the condition that they provide both copper and iron."

The product itself isn't difficult to make; the difficulty lies in obtaining the copper and iron materials.

"That's a good idea. My husband is very good at practical matters," Qin Xiaogu praised him.

The clerk smiled, then stopped smiling, took Qin Xiaogu's hand, and said apologetically, "It was my fault and my grandmother's fault for saying things we shouldn't have... Let's stay here, I'll arrange a team to send you to the capital city first."

That way, if there's a real disaster and someone has to flee, Sister Shu won't have to rush on her way.

"Sister Shu, don't feel burdened. Madam Kang will use the excuse of going to Mr. Rong's funeral to stay in the capital city with her daughter and son."

“Although we are subject to the relocation ban, we are only going to the capital city, not leaving the Northeast Prefecture. We can go. Sister Shu, you go first, okay?”

"No way." Qin Xiaogu smiled, her refusal decisive and resolute: "Although this method is beneficial to me, I cannot agree to it."

"Firstly, the Qin and Guan families are now the pillars of stability for the villagers. If I leave prematurely, the villagers will be in turmoil, and if they are in turmoil, the stability of Baofu County will be lost."

"Secondly, since we have made a promise, we must keep it. I cannot let the Qin and Guan families break their word. Otherwise, when the battle comes, the villagers will no longer trust us, and they might even overturn our vehicles, making it impossible for us to escape!"

"What's worse, if the news of my departure gets out, the villagers will surround both our families. Going to the capital ahead of time would come at too high a price; I must stay."

There is actually a third point: Qin Xiaogu knows Guan Shuli's identity. If his identity is revealed, he will definitely be impeached. If the emperor gets angry, the Guan family will not only be unable to regain their titles, but will likely be punished again, or even... killed as a sacrifice.