Mao breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Thank you very much. The famous chefs at Zhenxiu Restaurant all praised you for being extremely talented in cooking, and you will definitely be able to cook delicious ducks. You can use those two ducks for experimentation first." , if it’s not enough, my aunt will send some more. Xiaocao, please!”
"Auntie, are you still being polite? But, we have to explain first, if it succeeds, the recipe will be mine at that time. As for the sale of ducks in your family, I can help you mention it to Qian Xiaoduo." Yu Xiaocao's ugly words are in his head.
Mao Shi is not unreasonable, she nodded frequently: "That's natural, it should be so! Auntie is already very grateful if you can help me get rid of the ducks at home. If you are greedy for the recipe you came up with, are you still human? "
After seeing off Mrs. Mao, who thanked her repeatedly, Yu Xiaocao entered the room, facing the "interrogation" eyes of the whole room, she honestly briefly explained the reason for Mrs. Mao's visit.
After hearing this, Liu sighed and said, "People from the village, even if they don't bring something with them when encountering difficulties, they won't ignore them. But Cao'er, are you sure you can come up with a dish that uses duck as an ingredient?"
Yu Hai stopped her and said, "Muyun, don't put pressure on the child! Our Cao'er is not a person with shallow eyes, and if she doesn't have any clues, she won't accept those ducks and duck eggs easily!"
Xiao Lian smiled and said: "Little sister, sleep well tonight. Maybe someone will teach you how to make ducks and duck eggs in your dream!"
The family talked and laughed together, and from time to time there was a burst of hearty or sweet laughter.
In the end, it was Yu Hai, the head of the family, who said, "Go to bed quickly! Spring plowing will start tomorrow. Tomorrow, Xiaocao, let's go to the pier and catch Xiaohui. I, your mother, and Xiaolian, go and get those three The mu of sandy land has been overturned!"
"Father, is our field still growing sweet potatoes?" Yu Xiaocao asked casually.
Yu Hai stroked her soft hair, and said softly, "What do you grow if you don't grow sweet potatoes? The yields of other crops can't be high in sandy soil!"
Yu Xiaocao asked suddenly: "Sandy land is the best for growing watermelons. Dad, I wonder if we can get watermelon seeds?"
"Watermelon? I haven't heard much about it. How about... tomorrow I'll go to the grain store in the town and ask?" Yu Hai trusted his daughter unconditionally. Even if I have never heard of something, I want to help my daughter achieve it as much as possible.
Yu Xiaocao didn't hold out any hope. Watermelon is not food, so how could there be its seeds in the food store
Nothing to say all night. The next day, when the first ray of dawn shone on the vegetable seedlings in the yard, the Yu family had already woken up. Yu Xiaocao thought that when Qian Xiaoduo came, he would send a message to Young Master Wednesday, so it was still Xiaolian who went to the pier. I have been to all the capitals on Wednesday, and I have seen a lot, so I should know about watermelon. It would be even better if I could help buy melon seeds.
Yu Hai felt that the family would come to buy vegetables later, so he couldn't be alone, so he left his youngest daughter at home. (Yu Hang: Am I not human?)
Not long after, Mrs. Fang came over with her two daughters, and asked after entering the door, "Are you still picking those vegetables in the backyard today?"
"Aunt Zhou, I feel really sorry that you come to help every day!" Yu Xiaocao politely said with a thankful tone.
"Xiaocao, what you said is outrageous! Neighbors should help each other. If it weren't for you, our chickens would not be sold! Now there are only a few hens holding their cubs in the house. I have nothing to do now, and I am idle, so come and see if I can help you!" Fang and Liu are good friends, and they put on the attitude of "one family does not talk about two families", and put Xiaocao was speechless.
Zhou Linglong pursed her lips and smiled quietly, picked up the bamboo basket in the courtyard, and went to the backyard. Zhou Shanhu, who was younger, joked, "Xiaocao, if you feel embarrassed, you can make delicious food in the future, just send us a bowl!"
The little girl still remembered the deliciousness of stewed tofu with chicken blood last time, and felt that the stewed meat that her mother was good at was not as good as the one made with the simple ingredients. This is also a potential snack.
While talking, Mrs. Mao also came in. Before entering the yard, I heard her hearty voice: "I'm not late, am I? This is about to start picking?"
"Mao? What are you doing here?" Fang asked strangely. Normally, the Mao family never offered to help anyone. The sun came out from the west
Mrs. Mao rolled her eyes at her, and said, "What? You are welcome to help me? They are all neighbors, so why can't I come?"
Knowing her style of speaking, Fang said gently, "I didn't mean that? You have a lot of family affairs, so if you don't come, Mu Yun won't say anything."
"Okay, okay! Hurry up and get to work!" Mrs. Mao quickly picked up a bamboo basket, followed the little sister of the Zhou family, and went to the backyard.
Seeing the gratifying growth of vegetables, Mao couldn't help but exclaimed: "Xiaocao, your family is really good at tending vegetable fields. Look at how gratifying these vegetables are grown! My family planted them at about the same time as yours, and we also use grasses. The thatch is kept warm, but it’s not as good as yours! Last time it was cold in the spring, our house didn’t have time to cover the thatch, and many of them froze to death. Many vegetables haven’t slowed down until now.”
"That's right! Our family's vegetables don't grow as well as Muyun's! When Muyun was at her mother's house, she was a good hand at tidying up the fields!" Fang also echoed, picking vegetables from the shelves incessantly. cucumber. The juicy cucumber exudes a tempting fragrance, which is refreshing even looking at it.
Yu Xiaocao smiled faintly, squatted down, and picked the eggplants into the basket. The air at the foot of the mountain is good, and the eggplants are clean and refreshing, and there is no need to wash them with water.
Zhou Coral picked a premature tomato and exclaimed, "What is this? A persimmon? But don't persimmons grow on trees?"
Yu Xiaocao gently explained her doubts: "It looks like a persimmon, but it's not a persimmon. It's called a tomato, and it's also called a wolf peach from Fanbang. Try it, it's sweet and sour, and it tastes okay!"
She thought that tomatoes hadn't been introduced to China at this time, so she just mentioned it in front of Young Master Wednesday, but she didn't expect Young Master Third to actually get the seeds. Due to the late planting time, now only one or two ripe fruits can be found occasionally.
"Wolf peach? So that's what wolf peach is like!" Zhou Coral's father and elder brother are both runners, so they are naturally more knowledgeable than ordinary people.
Zhou Linglong heard the sound and came over, snatched the tomato from the younger sister, and said to Xiaocao: "My father said that the wolf peach is poisonous, and rich people only use it for viewing. Why do you grow this?"
Yu Xiaocao also found a ripe tomato, wiped it with her sleeve, and took a big bite regardless of the Zhou sisters' stop. The sweet juice immediately filled the mouth, and the tomatoes watered with Lingshi water tasted better than the ones she had eaten in the previous life, and they could be eaten as fruits.
"It's okay!" Facing the horrified eyes of the Zhou family sisters, Xiaocao smiled, showing her white and neat teeth, "Don't talk about the Wednesdays at Zhenxiulou. Ripe tomatoes are not poisonous. They still use them in Zhenxiulou. Tomatoes are cooking!"
She pushed out the third young master of the Zhou family to increase the credibility of her words. As for people at this time, she doesn't know whether they have discovered the edible value of tomatoes. However, it will definitely be confirmed in the future.
"Can it really be eaten?" Hearing what Xiaocao said, Zhou Coral already believed most of it. Seeing that Xiaocao ate up all the wolf peaches, nothing happened. The Zhou sisters finally believed that wolf peaches were edible.
Yu Xiaocao continued to bend over to pick eggplants, full of strength after eating the tomatoes every day. When I looked up, I saw Zhou Coral and the sisters were still studying tomatoes, and said: "Tomatoes are really delicious, you will know after you try it."
"Don't try it, we're just wondering why such a beautiful tomato is rumored to be highly poisonous. It's really strange! You still want to sell these tomatoes!" Although Zhou Coral has a lively temper, he is not greedy.
Yu Xiaocao straightened up, walked twice in the tomato field, found some early ripened fruits, stuffed one in each of the sisters' hands, and gave one to Mao and Fang respectively, saying: : "Just these few, they can't be sold! Come on, try them all. Take a look at the tomatoes in our house. What's the price?"
After several people shied away a few times, after she said so, she was no longer polite. Zhou Coral couldn't wait to stuff the tomato into his mouth and took a big bite. The red juice flowed out from the corner of her mouth, and she quickly licked it back: "It's so sweet and delicious!! It's better than many fruits I've ever eaten! Xiaocao, I think your tomato can be sold as a fruit Woolen cloth!"
Zhou Shanhu was much more reserved. Like Xiaocao just now, she took a small bite and sucked it. The tomato juice in it was sour and sweet, and it tasted really good. She nodded in agreement with her sister's words. Mao's and Fang's were also full of praise.
"Xiaocao, there seems to be someone knocking on your door!" Zhou Shanshan Zhu Bajie gnawed a fruit like eating ginseng fruit, and looked at his sister greedily. Her ears were better, and she heard a knock on the door in the front yard.
After the last time Zhang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had a quarrel, when there was no one in the front yard of Yu's house, they basically locked the door.
Yu Xiaocao ran quickly to the front yard, unable to put down the two tomatoes in her hand. As soon as he left the backyard, he saw his elder brother holding the door and carefully walking out. When I saw it, I knew I wanted to open the door.
"Brother! Don't make any more trouble!! You have been injured for a hundred days, and the doctor said that you will have to wait three months before you can get out of bed. Hurry up and lie on the recliner, and I will open the door!!" Yu Xiaocao took the tomato Stuff it into my brother's hand, and help him to lie down on the recliner.
Yu Hang sighed helplessly: "I feel that my ribs are almost healed. I don't exercise vigorously, and I don't feel any pain... Hiss!"
"Does it hurt? Pain means that the bones haven't grown well! Take care of him honestly!!" Yu Xiaocao pressed on his chest, and seeing his painful expression, she glared at him and said.
Yu Hang looked at the back of Xiaocao who was going to open the door, and muttered softly: "Little housekeeper! You really have to do it..."
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The unit has been a little busy recently, so it may take until the weekend to add more updates.