Li Mengru knew how precious the little tomatoes were. Even their family was only lucky enough to buy it once or twice, a small box of more than a dozen, and the children of the first generation were lucky enough to get one or two. Those of them who are concubines and those who are favored may not have the opportunity to taste it.
Unexpectedly, the fruit that was only heard of by my sister-in-law was placed in her hand at this time, not just one or two, but a whole fruit plate, there must be dozens of them, right
"Try it, my godmother and I planted it in the greenhouse, the taste is even better than the one in the greenhouse!" With her secretly watering the small tomatoes with Lingshi water every day, the taste is of course better than that in the greenhouse. And it is very good for the body!
Li Mengru picked one up carefully, and then glanced at Yu Xiaocao, as if confirming that it was for her to eat. Seeing Yu Xiaocao nodded with a smile, and took one from the plate in front of her and put it into her mouth, Li Mengru brought the tomato to her mouth with some hesitation, and bit a small opening with her teeth.
There is a slight sourness in the sweetness, a strange taste spreads between the lips and teeth, and a sense of happiness flows from the tongue to the heart. No wonder my sister never forgets this fruit. It turns out that the taste is not entirely the taste of cherry tomatoes, but the irresistible sense of satisfaction. It felt like when my aunt was alive, she was cared for when she was young.
She took a sip of the sweet and sour juice in the small tomato, as if she wanted to retain this happy taste, recalling the happy time with her aunt in the past, Li Mengru's eyes sparkled, but there was a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth. laugh.
After eating the small tomato in small bites, Li Mengru sniffed lightly, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, I lost my composure, and I made you laugh!"
"You're welcome! I have the same feeling. Every time I eat my favorite food, I will always be touched. This little tomato may be precious to others. In our house, it is as easy to get as cabbage and radish— I'm not showing off, but I want Miss Li to let you go and taste it to your heart's content." In order to appease the little girl's fragile heart, Yu Xiaocao did not hesitate to use slightly exaggerated expressions and words to describe the ordinaryness of Little Tomato.
Sure enough, the little girl Li Mengru heard this, laughed a little, and said: "If you say this on the street, there must be many people who want to beat you! The fruit that is hard to come by is a fruit that is hard to find in your mouth. Turnips and cabbages. Isn’t it asking for beating?”
Yu Xiaocao shrugged gracefully, spread her hands, and said, "I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, you can come and have a look at our greenhouse. My godmother said that I don't know how to be elegant, so I used her greenhouse where she planted precious flowers and plants to make troubles." Some fruits and vegetables. What a reckless waste!"
"When you say that, I'm really curious about your conservatory!" The little girl Li Mengru is not very old, and she is usually detained in her own yard. She rarely has the opportunity to chat with girls of her age. . Yu Xiaocao is different from the little girls she knows, she doesn't have elegant poetry, no piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, no female red Rongde, but they are all novel things for her. Thanks to her ability to think of growing vegetables and fruits in a greenhouse, it's no wonder Mrs. Fang said her!
Yu Xiaocao is not in a hurry to get into the topic, as long as the little girl can let go of her guard and accept her as a friend, everything will come naturally in the future. She smiled, stood up, and said, "If you don't mind Miss Li, you can go to the greenhouse with me to have a look. In addition to tomatoes, I also planted some strawberries. In the morning, some of them are almost red. Go pick it up and taste it!"
strawberry? Did you grow strawberries? Li Mengru's eyes flashed with surprise. The mother-in-law was quite generous, and she didn't cut short the supply of the concubine's son and daughter. At the end of spring, sweet and sour strawberries were one of Li Mengru's favorite fruits! Unexpectedly, in the snowy winter, I could actually see strawberries that had been away for more than half a year. The little girl's heart suddenly soared, and her curiosity was fully mobilized.
The two put on big clothes, left the living room of the inner house covered with earth dragons, and stepped into the wind and snow. Yu Xiaocao led the way, and Li Mengru's master and servant followed behind her. Soon, the two came to the greenhouse.
Because Mrs. Fang loves flowers, General Fang built a big greenhouse for Mrs. Fang in a corner of the back garden, at least one hundred square meters in size. The conservatory is surrounded by glass, and the top is also transparent glass. Just this greenhouse alone costs nearly a thousand taels of silver. Li Mengru was speechless in her heart.
Entering the greenhouse, Li Mengru found that the flowers and plants in Fangfu were not planted on the ground, but erected high. The shelves inlaid with glass walls on four sides, the south side has two floors, and the remaining three sides have three floors. On the shelves are all kinds of precious flowers and plants, most of which are orchids. The place with the best location is the "Su Guan He Ding", which was a blockbuster at the Flower Fighting Festival, and there is more than one pot! Some flowers are even hung in the air to save space for growing vegetables and fruits! !
The ground was vacated, half of which were planted with small tomatoes and half of which were planted with strawberries. It should have been picked in the morning. Most of the small tomato plants are green fruits, and occasionally a few are slightly red. Yu Xiaocao grabbed a fish that slipped through the net from the small tomato field, stuffed it into Li Mengru's hands, and said: "Actually, the fruit picked by hand is the sweetest when eaten. Let's go, go to the strawberry field inside to see look!"
Strawberry vines prostrate on the ground, with red fruits dotted among the green leaves. Li Mengru sharp-eyed saw a red strawberry under the leaves, and couldn't help but bent down to pick it off. At this time, Tanchun next to Yu Xiaocao took a water ladle from a corner of the greenhouse, filled it with water and held it over, and said with a smile: "Miss Li, do you want to wash?"
Li Mengru looked at the big and red strawberry in her hand, which exuded a unique fragrance. This strawberry was bigger than any strawberry she had ever eaten, and had a richer fragrance. She couldn't help swallowing, and looked at Yu Xiaocao with a little embarrassment.
But Yu Xiaocao didn't receive the eyes of this shy little girl. She stepped on the slightly damp soil, walked into the strawberry field, bent over and searched among the leaves, and found something from time to time. The picked strawberries are put into the water ladle in Wutong's hand, and one is washed casually from time to time, and put into the mouth to eat happily.
Li Mengru hesitated for a moment, and followed her example, put the freshly picked strawberries into the water to clean them, brought them to his mouth, and took a big bite. So sweet and fragrant! Li Mengru's eyes were crooked, and she ate strawberries in two or three bites. He followed behind Xiaocao again, looking for a new target.
The two little girls lowered their heads and were only looking for ripe strawberries. Although there was not much verbal exchange, Kexin approached unconsciously. When she came out of the greenhouse, Li Mengru was no longer as restrained as she was when she came here. Although she didn't talk much, her smile was much more sincere. The little girl's friendship started so wonderfully.
After eating a full stomach of strawberries and tomatoes, Li Mengru felt like she was still in a dream. In the warm conservatory, eating cold fruit, or picking it yourself, is really a new and wonderful experience.
When we returned to Xiaohua Hall, the kitchen brought out several plates of fresh snacks. After inquiring, I found out that these snacks, which are delicious in color and fragrance, were all developed by Yu Xiaocao! Li Mengru admires her from the bottom of her heart - no wonder she has become the only female adult in the Ming Dynasty at such a young age, she is so versatile.
I ate a piece of every snack, and my stomach was bulging. The two little girls became good friends who talked about everything while eating and drinking.
"Sister Mengru, I won't play tricks with you anymore, let's just say it straight! This time I invite you to come over, I want to talk to you about opening a shop together!" After drinking Xiaoshi tea, Yu Xiaocao explained her intentions. Purpose.
"Cooperate to open a shop?" Li Mengru repeated in surprise, and then said embarrassedly, "I'm just a concubine, and the money I can get is limited. If Sister Xiaocao doesn't mind it, I will spend all my savings when I go back. Take it out and let Jin'er bring it over."
Jin'er, who was standing beside her, was also rewarded with a few pieces of pastries, and she was glad that she came out with the young lady this time. Hearing this, the corners of her mouth twitched uncontrollably: My miss! All your silver now adds up to less than ten taels. This was saved after winter, because the flowers and plants for making rouge were hard to find. Mr. Yu, with so many lucrative transactions in his hands, how can he care about your mere ten taels of silver
Sure enough, Yu Xiaocao said with a smile: "Sister Mengru, I want to open a beauty and health store only for women. You have also heard of the peach blossom tea in our house? Since it is beauty and health, it can't be just about health. Scented tea also needs products that can improve the skin condition. I heard that my sister has a lot of experience in making rouge powder, so I take the liberty to invite you here... "
"What do you mean? You want to sell the rouge powder I made in the shop?" Li Mengru asked in disbelief with her eyes wide open.
Yu Xiaocao nodded affirmatively, and said: "Yes! Not only you, but I also invited the prime minister's sister Yuan, she is also very successful in making skin care products..."
"No, no!" Li Mengru waved her hands again and again, and said, "Those rouge and gouaches are just made in my spare time to pass the time. It's okay to use it for entertainment, but if I sell it in the shop, I'm afraid it will hurt my sister. Absolutely not!"
"Sister, why should you underestimate yourself? Sister Yuan, one of the twin sisters, is full of praise for your rouge gouache. She also said that your craftsmanship is even more sophisticated than Fu Yuanchun's. Ladies who have used your rouge gouache , and they all expressed their affirmation. What else does my sister have to worry about?"
"But… "
"No need but! People, you have to learn to try before you can know if you can do it! At the beginning, when the emperor appointed me a sixth-rank official and asked me to manage Huangzhuang, I didn't know anything about it. But now, Didn't the facts prove that I am capable?" Yu Xiaocao knew that she was not incompetent, but lacked courage, so she encouraged her repeatedly.
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Yuhua's writing has always been relatively slow, and the rhythm is relatively slow. Yanhua will work hard to adjust...