In the following days, Yingbao and his wife took their daughter around the world and collected a lot of food crops.
Among them, the crops with the highest grain yields are ground eggs, a kind of red-skinned sweet potato, and a kind of corn. Not only are their stalks sweet, but the fruits can also be ground into flour and made into pancakes, which are also very sweet and delicious.
Wei Zhan values corn very much because the green stalks are sweet and can help livestock grow fat when chopped up and fed to them.
"With corn as feed, we can save a lot of food." Cows, horses, and sheep need to eat in winter, and it is definitely not enough to feed them only straw. Some beans and green fodder must be added.
The corn stalks can be chopped up while still green and fermented with wheat bran and rice husks before being fed to cattle, horses and sheep.
"Sweet potatoes are good too. They are fragrant and sweet after being baked." Nuan Nuan handed the freshly baked red-skinned sweet potatoes to her parents, "Try them. They are baked by Wu Hui."
Yingbao took the sweet potato, peeled it, and found that the inside was like cooked chestnut meat. After taking a bite, it was softer, more sticky and sweeter than chestnuts.
Nuan Nuan raised the sweet potato in her hand and said, "Mine has a yellow core, and is very sweet, much sweeter than the ones with a white core. Look, mother, the skin is frosted."
Yingbao took a look and nodded: "This should be able to be used to make syrup." Glutinous rice and malt can both be used to make sugar, so there's no reason why sweet potatoes, which are so sweet, can't be used either. I'll try making a pot of this when I have time.
As for the method, just refer to the method of boiling maltose and sugarcane.
"Mother, Wuhui also found some red fruits, which are much spicier than dogwood. Go and see if they are medicinal herbs." Nuannuan ate sweet potatoes while pulling Mother to a vegetable patch.
I saw many fruits on each crop, some green and some red.
I picked one and smelled it, it had a spicy taste, I don't know if it's edible.
Wei Zhan stretched his head to take a look and said, "I remember those people used this kind of fruit as a spice, and the locals also use it as a seasoning. It should be non-toxic." People in his hometown also use dogwood as a seasoning. The spicy soup made by combining it with pepper is very refreshing and can also drive away the cold.
Yingbao broke open a red fruit and licked it, and her mouth and tongue immediately felt hot.
She quickly rinsed her mouth with water, but her lips still felt like they were on fire.
Wei Zhan saw this and scolded her, "Why are you eating so much? Look, your mouth is all red." He then told his daughter, "Pick all the ripe fruits and send them back to the pharmacy for the doctors to have a look."
Nuannuan responded and ran away quickly with Wuhui.
Yingbao drank a bowl of water and said, "From now on, we'll call this chili pepper. After drying it, it can be used as a cold-dispelling herb."
"Yeah." Wei Zhan performed the Changchun Jue on his wife several times in a row, and then carefully checked her lips. Seeing that there was no swelling, he felt relieved.
Before we knew it, it was August.
Although Jiang Wu's marriage to the princess was arranged by the Imperial Household Department, the Jiang family also spent a lot of money purchasing wedding supplies and decorating the new house and yard.
The princess first got married at the Jiang family and also lived in the Jiang family's new house.
After one full month of marriage, the princess can return to her own princess residence or continue to live in the Jiang family.
On this day, the Jiang family was filled with guests and ministers from the court came to congratulate them.
For a while, there was a constant stream of cars passing by the Jiang family’s door, blocking the entire street.
Yingbao was sitting in her room talking with Old Madam Wu and several other familiar ladies.
At this time, Mrs. Wen and Sister Wen also came, bringing with them Sister Wen's daughter and Wen Hengyin's child.
Yingbao hadn't seen Mrs. Wen and Sister Wen for many years. When they met again, she found that Mrs. Wen had a head full of white hair and her back was hunched.
They chatted for a while, then talked about their own health, and lamented that time is unforgiving.
Yingbao thought about it, then quietly made a hand gesture and released it on Madam Wen and Sister Wen.
Her cultivation is so profound that she can restore the youth of mortals with just one Changchun Jue.
As a result, Mrs. Wen's skin color became visibly smoother and more delicate, her wrinkles gradually disappeared, and her back became straighter.
Although Mrs. Wen's hair was still white, it was already black at the roots.
Sister Wen also recovered from a lady in her thirties to a young girl in her twenties.
Everyone in the room was stunned.
Old Madam Luo was leaning on a cane, looking at Yingbao with burning eyes, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.
Yingbao then performed the Changchun Jue twice on everyone in the room.
Now that he was in the Xuanxian realm, he was like a god in this world and did not need to worry about being coveted by others.
As for his own family, if anyone dared to do anything bad to them, he could wipe out the bad guy's entire clan with just a flick of his finger.
Old Madam Luo and Old Madam Wu instantly regained their youth and were overjoyed. The two old ladies stood in front of the mirror, unable to take their eyes away for a moment.
"Oh, is it really me in here?" Old Madam Luo touched her face, looked at her hands, and cried with joy.
Mrs. Wu did the same and even pinched her arm to see if she was dreaming.
The most excited person in the room was Wu Jiang. She was already in her forties, but she never expected to return to her youth. She hugged Yingbao and didn't know how to thank her.
"Yingbao, you are my lucky star." Wu Jiang suddenly felt fortunate that he married his daughter to Jiang Jie. If it weren't for this relationship, how could he have encountered such an opportunity
She suddenly thought of her husband, her elderly father-in-law, and her father.
I wanted to talk to Yingbao about whether I could restore their youth, but in the end I didn't have the courage to ask.
After the banquet, the ladies went home one after another.
After returning home, Mrs. Wu covered her face with her sleeves and hid in the house to try on clothes. After trying them on for a long time, she felt that the materials and styles of the clothes were too old-fashioned.
Finally, she asked the maid to call the housekeeper and asked her to go to the silk shop and ask the owner to send some brighter fabrics.
In the evening, Mr. Wu staggered back home with the help of his servant.
When he entered the house, he was suddenly stunned to see a young woman with silver hair sitting on his bed.
"Who are you? Why did you just walk into the master's bedroom?"
Mr. Wu had drunk a few glasses of wine and felt a little dizzy. He thought he was seeing things, so he leaned over to take a closer look and saw that it was indeed a pretty young lady.
He took a few steps back, thinking he had run into a fox fairy. Just as he was about to turn around and call for help, he heard the young woman say, "What are you calling for? Don't you even recognize me?"
The voice sounded very familiar, but Mr. Wu had forgotten where he had heard it.
He looked at the woman doubtfully, wondering if his wife had suddenly become kind enough to take him a concubine.
Old Mrs. Wu glared at him unhappily: "What are you looking at? Come here and see who I am." She was very proud of herself and deliberately teased her husband.
When Mr. Wu saw the woman flirting with him, he became more and more certain that she was the beautiful concubine his wife had chosen for him.
Otherwise, why would this woman sit in his bed so late at night? Moreover, his old wife was not in the room, so she probably made room for him.
Thinking of this, Mr. Wu took a few steps forward, staggered towards the **, stretched out his feet, and said, "Take off my boots."