Xu Shichu nodded: "Yes, I managed to grow it with great difficulty. Madam Hou, if you also want to grow it, it's best to send someone to Java to find it yourself. But I heard that the champagne fruit is also a very precious and rare fruit tree in Java, and it is not easy to get it."
The Marquis's wife was immediately disappointed: "It was so difficult to get it? It turns out that good things are not easy to come by. I didn't take a long-distance caravan, so I'm afraid I can't go to Java to look for trees."
Suddenly, an idea occurred to her mind, and she asked Xu Shichu expectantly, "You have produced fruit, haven't you? What if we plant the fruit seeds? Can we keep it alive?"
Xu Shichu shook his head: "I don't know either."
In fact, if the seeds of shampoo fruit are grown in the land of Xu Shichu's companion space, they can germinate and grow. Many shampoo fruit trees growing in her space came from this. But if they are planted in the native land of this dynasty, she doesn't know whether the seeds can survive. After all, it took her a lot of effort to make the fruit tree she moved out survive.
Madam Hou was disappointed but it was expected. "After all, it's not a native fruit tree. It may not be acclimatized. Well, it seems that if I want to eat it, I can only rely on this one."
Xu Shichu said generously: "This tree of mine bears a lot of fruits. If you want to eat some, I'll give you some."
"It would be great if I could eat such a wonderful fruit all year round. I wouldn't need to apply powder or carry sachets, and I would smell fragrant every day." The marquis's wife said with a look of longing.
Xu Shichu nodded: "Indeed, if the champagne fruit bears fruit all year round, I can save money on incense. The royal family and nobles of Java use this fruit as our incense. It has a natural fragrance that can be smelled wherever you go. It is simply the best natural mobile fragrance enhancer that everyone wants."
"Alas, why doesn't this tree grow here in our native land?" Mrs. Hou lamented.
Xu Shichu smiled and said, "There are so many good things in the world, it's impossible that they are all here, right? Of course, we also have good things that other foreign countries don't have. If you think about it this way, don't you think it's much fairer?"
"That's true." The Marquis's wife said, and then she asked with great interest, "Where is your champagne tree planted? I want to go and see it."
"It's just behind my yard. I'll take you to see it. It actually looks similar to other fruit trees. There's nothing special about it." Xu Shichu said.
"Aunt, I want to go too!" Little Zhaozhao, who was playing with the building blocks that Xu Shichu had made for him, joined in the fun and immediately ran over to hold Xu Shichu's hand.
"You are the most enthusiastic about eating, little foodie." Xu Shichu poked his little head and said.
Little Zhaozhao hid away with a smile on his face. Madam Hou was so jealous of the cute little fat boy with a three-head body that she couldn't help but say, "Your little nephew is so cute."
"When he is sensible and obedient, he is loved by everyone. But when he is naughty and mischievous, he becomes a headache. The flowers in my yard have been harmed by him many times. Sometimes I really want to beat him with a stick." Xu Shichu said while rubbing the chubby face of the little fat boy.
"Aren't all children like this?" said the Marquis's wife, who had a lot of experience in parenting, with a smile.
The two of them came to the shampoo tree while chatting and laughing.
The fruit tree is large and straight, standing towards the sky, at least three meters high, with lush branches and leaves, full of vitality. One can tell at a glance that it is a very healthy tree.
"It's so tall!" The marquis's wife raised her head high and exclaimed in amazement when she saw such a tall tree for the first time.
"It hasn't grown to its full height yet. I heard that this tree can be as tall as sixty or seventy meters." Xu Shichu said.
By this time, Xiao Zhaozhao had already shaken off Xu Shichu's hand, walked to the fruit tree with her short legs, stood on tiptoe and raised her hands high, wanting to pick the champagne fruit hanging on the trunk.
Unfortunately, he was short and could not reach the small fruit even on tiptoe. His little face turned red with anxiety, but he kept trying and refused to give up.
Marquis Zhen'an's head was sore from tilting it back that he lowered his head to rub his neck. He also saw Xiao Zhaozhao reaching out to pick the fruit eagerly.
"Hey little guy, just let the maid help you pick it... Oh my God, Madam Luo, why is this fruit growing on the trunk instead of the branch?"
Madam Hou asked in shock after seeing Director Shampooguo's position.
"This is probably one of its characteristics." Xu Shichu said.
Madam Hou understood immediately: "I understand. After all, its juice can make people smell fragrant. So why is it impossible for the fruit to grow on the tree trunk?"
Xu Shichu asked the maid to bring a wooden ladder to pick the fruits. The marquis's wife wanted to experience the fun of picking the fruits herself, but Xu Shichu said that she didn't know how to judge whether the fruits were ripe, so she refused her.
The maid picked two or three baskets of champignon fruits, and Xu Shichu gave one basket to the marquis's wife. The marquis's wife was delighted, but she did not take advantage of Xu Shichu and gave her a lot of jewels in return.
Xu Shichu originally wanted to refuse. After all, this fruit was not that rare to her. A lot of fruits in her companion space fell to the ground and rotted because no one ate them. The only tree she planted in her yard was grown too well by her. The fruits grew one after another. There were so many that she even sent some to the maids and servants in her yard to taste them.
When the Marquis's wife learned that her servants had food to eat, she was heartbroken: "Why are you so foolish and generous? Why don't you auction it off like those rare and precious herbs of yours? I'm sure there will be a lot of people rushing to buy it! So many people want it but can't get it, but you're distributing it like pie in the sky!"
After hearing what she said, Xu Shichu said quickly: "I only have this tree for my own consumption. Although it bears a lot of fruits, it is far from enough to sell. It is only enough for the servants to taste. After all, they are the ones who work hard to take care of the flowers, fruits, grass and trees in my yard."
Madam Hou looked at her with complicated eyes: "You are a kind master."
The marquis's wife left the prime minister's residence contentedly with a basket of fruit.
Xu Shichu didn't take this matter to heart. After all, it was just a small thing, just giving some new and exotic fruits to his friends to try.
However, it was unexpected that the Marquis of Zhen'an and his wife did not tell others about the rarity of the champagne fruit. However, the soldiers who witnessed the Marquis of Zhen'an sweating with their own eyes told others about it as a rare thing, which then attracted the attention of some people.
Of course, the soldiers' doubts also spread from why Marquis Zhen'an had fragrant sweat on his body to what kind of fruit he ate that made the body fragrant.
Amid all the gossip, curiosity, confusion, shock or suspicion, the existence of the shampoo fruit was revealed - even in this era when information transmission was not fast or accurate enough, the reason for the abnormality of Zhen'an Hou that day was discovered because so many people witnessed it.