Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Mei Qian didn’t sleep well last night.

It's not like she had never seen in TV dramas where lords and counselors talked all night and slept with their feet touching each other, but she had never thought that this would happen to her.

Qi Fei really doesn't mind sleeping with others.

It doesn't seem so important if Mei Qianjie doesn't mind.

"In ancient times, the lords who respected the wise and humbled themselves would do these things with their advisers. I also want to try it. Qianqian, please accompany me~"

Thinking of the tone Qi Fei used when talking to her last night, Mei Qian didn't know how to refuse.

Mei Qian tactfully said that she was not Qi Fei's strategist, she was just an assigned "helper", how could she be worthy of sleeping in the same bed with Qi Fei?
Qi Fei then said, "If you don't want to sleep with me, do you want to sleep with my uncle?"

Mei Qian:? ? ?
It’s a pity that no one heard this. What kind of truth is this?

In the end, Mei Qian still slept in the same bed with Qi Fei. The two of them chatted with each other for a long time, and Mei Qian was so excited that she was no longer sleepy.

However, although Qi Fei, who had just fought a battle during the day, was excited for a long time because of Mei Qian's arrival, he was still sleepy after all.

Therefore, at dawn, Mei Qian, with dark circles under her eyes, felt resentful when she saw Qi Fei leading his troops out on patrol with great care.

Mei Qian had only been here for less than two days when a letter arrived from Qi Chen, asking whether Mei Qian and the others had arrived safely, and also asking about various matters at Li Su Mansion.

Mei Qian and Min You each wrote a reply, and Qi Fei also wrote a private letter and sent it back.

To put it bluntly, the matters in the private letter were not official business. Qi Fei was alone here, so she must have a lot to say to Qi Chen.

But many years later, after Mei Qian got the contents of Qi Fei's letter, she could only say that these two were indeed uncle and niece who grew up together. They were so childish~
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"Recently, many soldiers at Jiannan Pass were injured. I see that their wounds are not well bandaged... OK?"

Mei Qian could tell at a glance that many of the cloth strips used by soldiers to bandage their wounds were not clean. Such poor hygiene could easily lead to infection.

Mei Qian used the excuse of being a doctor in Beijing and said that these bandages should be boiled in boiling water and then exposed to the sun before use.

But the wind and sand are strong here, and the boiled cloth strips will inevitably get dirty when hung there to dry, so it is necessary to shake them before use.

But before drying them, even boiling water was done roughly because of reasons such as not enough firewood, the pot was not big enough, and there was no time.

“How can we be lazy about disinfection?”

Mei Qian was talking to Min You and suddenly remembered what she heard when they came yesterday.

"Mr. Yanliang, is there any wine here?"

"Yes...but drinking is not allowed in the military at this time."

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“What do you want to do with all that liquor?”

When Mei Qian asked Qi Fei for all the wine here, Qi Fei was shocked: "You want to sell wine?"

Mei Qian: "..."

"I want to purify it and make something to disinfect the soldiers' wounds."

"disinfect?"

“It’s to prevent the wound from deteriorating into an ulcer.”

Injuries on the battlefield, inflammation of the wound and pus discharge are all ulcers. At this stage, the ulcerated part can be directly cut out and treated with medicine.

However, if the sanitary conditions here are not up to standard, the possibility of larger wound infection caused by cutting the flesh will be further increased.

"Just wine?"

Upon hearing that Mei Qian needed wine for this reason, Qi Fei also took it seriously.

"Yeah." Even if she had something else, she couldn't do it, right?
In the next few days, Mei Qian asked Qi Fei's craftsmen to make a batch of distillation equipment. Although it was not as convenient as glass and there would be a lot of damage during the process, it was not impossible to make.

As for the matter of alcohol purification, Mei Qian specially selected several women who came with Li Su Mansion.

Everyone knew that they would stay at the Jiannan Pass barracks, and they were a little nervous in the first few days, but gradually they were infected by the atmosphere of the barracks here, and everyone relaxed a little.

Mei Qian was afraid that they would be bored, so she found some things for them to do within their ability, such as helping with cooking.

There are quite a few ladies here who have really good cooking skills, and some soldiers in the barracks have actually reported that the food has gotten better in the past few days.

The same thing happened to Mei Qian with the alcohol purification. Many women wanted to come, so Mei Qian had to interview them and keep a few of them to help get started.

While distilling and condensing alcohol, Mei Qian also talked to them about some common physics knowledge such as density, changes in physical state, and boiling point.

At first, everyone was indeed confused, but after a while, two or three women showed great interest and actually understood some of the details.

Even take the example of Mei Qian’s distillation.

Mei Qian nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.

"What's your name?"

That day, while taking advantage of the break from distilling liquor, Mei Qian finally found one of the women who had a strong interest in physics and chatted with her for a while.

She looked at the woman in front of her with thin eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. Mei Qian had noticed this woman before and she had a very hot-tempered personality.

If someone touches her sensitive point, she will immediately fight back mercilessly.

She wasn't very popular among the women, but she learned everything very quickly, including learning distillation here and listening to her talk about physics.

"My name is Lin Zhiman."

"Was the name given by your family?"

"My dear brother, I have studied for two years and can read a few words." Lin Zhiman said with a sad expression, "But I don't like this name."

"why?"

Mei Qian was curious. She wondered if it was because she was abandoned by her family and then suffered humiliation, and because of this name she thought of her family, so she hated them as well?

"My brother once said that I was given the name branches and vines because I was born in the summer when branches and leaves grow luxuriantly, and he also hoped that my future life would be as luxuriant as the big tree in front of my house.

However, I heard from a lady named Li, who is a talented writer, that "Manman" means long-lasting, and can also be used to describe the spread of weeds, not trees.

It is ridiculous to expect grass to grow into a towering tree... "

Her brother's level of education was enough to make her parents willingly empty their savings to support his studies.

The twistedness of this name is very much like her twisted life and her twisted personality.

Lin Zhiman didn't like it.

"Then why didn't you tell that adult to change your name when you registered your household registration?"

"what?"

Lin Zhiman didn't expect Mei Qian's words were neither consolation nor ridicule, but -

"But it doesn't matter. Once you're settled, you should be re-registered in the Lisu Mansion. Then you can choose a name you like and replace the original one."

“Is that all?”

When Lin Zhiman heard what Mei Qian said, she suddenly realized that she had been asking for trouble?
Mei Qian smiled slightly, looked at Lin Zhiman's stunned face, and spoke again: "I said that in the future, your lives will be decided by you. It's just a name, you can change it if you want."

Hearing Mei Qian's words, Lin Zhiman's eyes suddenly widened.

She was like a fish out of water. Mei Qian watched Lin Zhiman's mouth opening and closing for a long time, staring at her without blinking.

In the end, Mei Qian still heard Lin Zhiman's tiny voice.

"Lin Manman, from now on, I will be called Lin Manman."

Mei Qian smiled and nodded: "The vines will grow stronger and stronger, and the grass will become a spiritual flower. I hope that your future life will be as good as your name, and you will live better and better." (End of this chapter)