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Chapter 1198
"Why did your mother bring two servants? It seems that you are really a big family in that place in Britain." Aunt Li was busy adding dishes after her in-law Mrs. Grace arrived.

Selina has some understanding of the cooking skills here, but she is still not as good at cooking as Aunt Li who has been cooking for decades, so she can only work in the kitchen.

"It should be barely counted. They have many large manors in Britain. They usually grow food, raise sheep in captivity, and even mine coal." Selina said.

"It's similar to the landlords here. Originally, our Li family also bought a piece of farmland near Xiamen after it was developed by selling overseas goods. Later, it was taken away by the government. We only gave some compensation every year according to the land price, which was not as good as before. It’s enough to buy farmland. But everyone’s fields have been taken away, and the loss is accepted.” Aunt Li talked about what happened back then.

The nationalization of land means that all the land is confiscated by the government, whether it is ordinary free farmers or big landlords, all the farmland is taken away by the government.At that time, in order to reduce the impact of this event on the events of the entire country, the land of free farmers was still given priority to contract farming by them.The farmland of the big landlords is compensated with annual finances, which is called redemption.

For free farmers, they can continue to cultivate the original land, but the ownership is transferred to the government.At the same time, because the property rights are owned by the state, it is not easy to merge land.

There is no way to compensate big landlords for being far less than the original value of the land. It is impossible for the government to buy all the land of big landlords at the original price. Land is the most important thing in agricultural countries, and every inch of land is expensive.If all the land is bought, there is no need to build factories or warships.

The big landowners could only become victims of this transformation.

The two of them were discussing in the kitchen, while Mrs. Grace walked around the courtyard curiously, observing the oriental characteristic houses and buildings.

The two servants behind her knew nothing about oriental cooking, so they could only follow Mrs. Grace without any effect.

Soon, a seductive smell came from the kitchen, causing everyone to take a deep breath.

"A few of you are customers, please sit down. We are from poor peasants, so we don't follow any rules!" Aunt Li came out with the food enthusiastically.

However, Mrs. Grace and the two servants they brought couldn't understand Aunt Li's words, so they had to look at Selina for help.

After Selina explained to them, the two servants still didn't dare to sit down.

"The master here asked you to sit down, so please sit down." Mrs. Grace said.

"Yes, master." The two servants sat uncomfortably at the side of the round table.

For Mrs. Grace, a nobleman, she has lived in a wealthy manor since she was a child, and she has no worries about food and clothing. She is not very used to this custom.

Plates of delicious home-cooked dishes were brought out, showing a seductive luster, even if you haven't moved your chopsticks, you will feel hungry.

In addition to its own unique methods, oriental cuisine also uses many seasonings that should not have appeared but were forcibly "invented" by Chu Yun, as well as unique oriental spices, which endow the food with a more vivid color and fragrance.

Gulu... Rao is Mrs. Grace's well-informed noble lady, who was also aroused by oriental cuisine.

The two servants vaguely heard their master's inaudible stomach growls, so they had to pretend that they didn't hear anything.

Aunt Li brought up the last plate of steaming oyster omelette. At this time, she had already taken off her apron and wiped off the oily smoke with a towel.After all, the in-laws came here this time.

Selina helped to arrange the dishes and serve white rice.

"Please, everyone, you're welcome. They're all home-cooked dishes. I was supposed to eat zongzi today, but I'm afraid that after eating glutinous rice dumplings, I won't be able to eat later. What are you waiting for? You're really welcome." Aunt Li Still nagging.

Aunt Li is not bound by rules like Mrs. Grace, but simple and natural. The only thing wrong is that she loves to talk non-stop.

Mrs. Grace looked at more than a dozen dishes, large and small, as well as various Fujian snacks. Although she wanted to try all of them, but...

"Selina, is there a knife and fork here? Do you want to eat with this thing?" Mrs. Grace raised two chopsticks.

She can't use chopsticks at all!
"Pfft." Selina almost laughed out loud.

When she felt Xiamen, it was Aunt Li who taught her how to use chopsticks, and now it is her mother's turn.

"I really use this to eat. Although it is just a pair of chopsticks, it can also serve as a knife and fork." Selina had to teach her mother how to use oriental chopsticks.

When it's over, I have to teach it again.Aunt Li complained slightly in her heart. She spent a lot of time teaching Selina how to use chopsticks.

The two of them half explained and half demonstrated, and Mrs. Grace was clumsy and barely able to pick up vegetables with chopsticks, and she called it amazing.

"Dear family, it's not easy for you to come here from far, far away. I heard that it takes at least half a year and at most a year to come here, and you may encounter storms and pirates on the way. I must stay for a while when I come here next time." Aunt Li said in her mouth, but she wondered in her heart whether Mrs. Grace came so far away to pick up her granddaughter, so she wanted to delay Mrs. Grace as long as possible. it's here.

But Mrs. Li obviously guessed wrong. Even if Mrs. Grace had the idea of ​​bringing Li Yinger back to Britain, it would actually be impossible to do so.

At Li Yinger's age, sailing on the sea for a year and a half is very likely to get sick.

"We met local pirates at the end of the East African coast. There were about three small boats. At first they wanted to rob our merchant ships, but after seeing the escort of warships, they tactfully retreated." Grace At the same time, the lady used chopsticks and a spoon to hold a piece of oyster omelette in the bowl, and then the oyster omelet was eaten. The delicious taste of oysters, oyster sauce, eggs and other ingredients melted in her mouth, which made her feel even more delicious.

"It turns out that there are pirates on the seas of the Western Ocean. In the past, the southeast coast was also full of pirates. My old man was killed by pirates. I hope my son can turn his luck into good luck on the sea and avoid encountering pirates." Aunt Li couldn't help but think. Li Jinde, who will often go back and forth between the East and the West, said worriedly.

"We are still resupplying at a port in the Mughals called Surat, which is said to be the most prosperous port in the Mughal Empire, but it is really too dirty, incomparable to the port here..." Gray Mrs. S swept the dishes on the table barely maintaining her aristocratic demeanor, while talking about what she had seen and heard during the voyage.

(End of this chapter)