Looking at the bag of Iraqi dates that my grandfather took out, there seemed to be an oiliness on the yellow-brown peel. He pinched one and bit off half of it. There was a large core in the middle of the date, which was very hard.
"Oh~ it's really sweet." Li Shu frowned slightly. He felt that this kind of jujube was sweeter than other dates he had eaten. Then he looked at his grandfather in surprise and said, "I feel how sweet this jujube is." degree, sweeter than a piece of rock candy of the same size.”.
"Haha~" Grandpa laughed instantly.
Grandma's left hand was scratching the big orange cat's chin, and her rough right hand occasionally stroked the big orange cat's back. The big orange cat stretched its neck forward with a happy face.
"Someone drove a car to the village and sold this. It costs 20 yuan a pound. They said it contains fructose or something. Even diabetics can eat some." Grandma said, pointing to the bag of dates with his left finger. , said to the little girl: "Little demon, go try it too, it tastes very good."
"Oh." The little girl also took one, took a bite and said, "Hiss~ It's really sweet, with a milky flavor."
The blackbird jumped and tilted its little head, obviously very curious about dates. The plum tree put a piece of pulp to its mouth, and it took a peck and stopped.
"Woof woof~".
What's delicious? Give me a taste of rhubarb! Let me try if it tastes good.
It wanted to sneak attack the date palm in the little girl's hand, and looked for the right opportunity to stick out its tongue, but the little girl was obviously prepared for it, and directly raised the remaining half of the date in her hand high.
"Hey~ Dahuang, you went away and licked my arm." The little girl frowned and said dissatisfiedly.
Li Shu raised his leg to kick it. Seeing that the situation was not good, the big yellow dog ran directly outside the house. It's over, it's over. Has Dahuang's status declined again? But the dates look delicious, I really want to take a bite.
Chiliu~
Da Huang swallowed.
Li Shu, the little girl didn't come back for more than half a year. The two old people were very curious about their lives and kept talking. Li Shu also showed the video of Neverland that he had taken before to the two old people, and they were enjoying themselves.
Li Shu also asked about the crops in the field. Grandpa said helplessly: "There is not much rain and the drought in the field will probably seriously affect the grain output. The other plots have been watered with well water, but yesterday the well broke down, leaving Li Jianan." That piece of land hasn’t been watered yet.”.
Grandma's movement of petting the big orange cat also stopped slightly, and she sighed: "I'm afraid the land in the south of Lijia can only be watered with river water, but it's probably thousands of meters away from the river, so it's really hard to water it."
"Do you want to water the ground? With the help of me and my bodyguard Boss Jing, it should be easy to water. If there is a water pump, Ergou's house will have it."
"no, I'm fine.".
"Oh~ we are idle anyway." Li Shu suddenly changed the topic and said: "By the way, where is the tortoise I caught last time?"
"Oh, I'm still keeping it." Grandpa said with a smile: "That bastard is very active, and it is especially good at eating."
Grandpa took Li Shu and the little girl to another room, and sure enough, he saw a bigger tortoise in the glass tank in the corner. The latter was full of intelligence, and his big eyes met Li Shu's small eyes.
The little girl said: "Brother, this bastard knows you!".
"Ahem, I always feel that what you said is weird." Li Shu said with a smile.
The big yellow dog also waggled its tail and ran in, looking at the tortoise in the glass tank with its head tilted. Is this bastard still alive? It would be good to stew it and drink it in tortoise soup.
After chatting for a few more words, Li Shu left home to find Ergou. The little girl stayed with her grandparents at home. The white squirrel and the big orange cat also stayed at home. Only the big yellow dog and the blackbird followed Li Shu.
"啾啾啾～".
The thrush hopped on the plum tree's shoulders.
"Stop barking, stop barking, we're here." Li Shu came to the vermilion door of Ergou's house and bang bang~ knocked on the door.
"Come on, come on~" The sound of running slippers hitting the ground came from the courtyard, and squeak~ the courtyard door was quickly opened.
Ergou's hair has been combed and no longer looks like a chicken coop.
"Ashu, come in. I just opened the foam box and discovered that the foam box you gave me contained two large yellow croakers. These things must be super expensive." Ergou said.
"I raised them in my own fishery, and they're not bad. Let's go and go for a walk."
"Okay, I'm going to change clothes."
The two dogs quickly changed their clothes and walked to the fields outside the village with the plum tree, the big yellow dog, and the thrush. In the fields not far from the village, there were patches of small jujube trees, each one 5 to 7 meters high. The jujube trees are full of fruits, and the dense jujubes bend the branches.
In order to prevent Xiaozao from breaking the branches, wooden sticks were supported under the tree.
Ergou picked a few jujubes and ate them: "The red ones are the sweetest."
The plum tree also picked and ate it casually. He then handed one to the thrush, which took two bites and liked it quite a bit.
"Woof woof~".
Don't give me rhubarb to eat? Then I'll pick it myself. You can eat rhubarb as soon as you raise your head. I chewed one in my mouth and it felt quite sweet. It wanted to eat another one, but when I saw the three to four centimeter long sharp thorns on the branches of the jujube tree, I was afraid of being pricked. Mouth.
The jujube trees in every household are connected together and separated by field ridges. The two of them walked briskly on the path in the middle of the jujube tree field.
"The jujube harvest is good this year." Li Shu said.
"The harvest is indeed good." Ergou said, but he said helplessly in a moment: "But when the harvest is good, the price will be low. Hey~ I used to come to the village to sell dates for 20 yuan per catty! We also have dates, but the local price I’m afraid I can’t even sell it for 1 yuan per catty.”.
Li Shu nodded and said with a smile: "You also know about dates?".
The dates Ergou mentioned were the Iraqi dates that Li Shu had eaten before.
"Of course, it is said to be produced in Iraq. Many people are curious if they have never tasted it." Ergou said with a smile: "I also bought it for 500 yuan and gave it to my father-in-law about ten kilograms. My wife Said you can go fishing this summer.".
"Nice!" Li Shu said with a smile: "But there is a high probability that the dates are not produced in distant Iraq, but in China. There are many date palm trees in the south, so there is a high probability that they are not produced all the way from distant places. Shipped from Central Asia.".
"Ah?" Ergou said with shock on his face: "We in China have something like this?"
"Yes~" Li Shu said with a smile: "There are many in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan and Guizhou. This stuff has a high yield, good taste, and has high economic value. I remember that it is also grown in the north, and it is grown indoors or in greenhouses. Normally you can look at the leaves.".
"Damn it, I thought jujubes were very expensive." Ergou said helplessly, "Then the actual price is probably not 20 yuan per pound, right?"
"No, this stuff should be available in big supermarkets or online stores in the city. It costs about three to five yuan a pound." Li Shu said with a smile.
He looked around and suddenly saw three chili peppers lying on the leaves of the jujube tree on the right. His pupils shrank instantly: "Damn, it's a prickly penny."
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