farming female castellan

Chapter 45 Watermelon Seeds
Xiang Jian understood Chen Fan's expression, so she cupped her fists to greet Chen Fan: "Miss Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Xiang Jian." Then she said to Huai Shan: "Miss Liu, it's a pleasure to meet you. Ms. Chen has seen our carriage. She saw me riding a horse, but she didn't see the young master in the car. When the young master went to see the land that day, I didn't go with him, so we didn't know each other. seen."

Huaishan nodded: "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Zhang Ci looked at Chen Fan: "Let's take a look first, girl, there are many seeds in the innermost part, maybe there are girls who need them." Then he walked out again.

Chen Fan thanked him and walked over.

The innermost corners are filled with seeds and seasonings, packed in cloth bags one by one, and opened wide.Small quantities are placed on the shelves, and large bags containing dozens of catties are placed on the ground.This is the deepest corner of the room, those things seem to be seldom cared about, and many of them are dusty.

She is very familiar with seasonings, and bought various Chinese and Western seasonings for cooking and baking, which took up two drawers in the kitchen.She looked at the seasonings in front of her, and saw nothing unexpected, they were all familiar to her.Zanthoxylum bungeanum is native to the country, and pepper and garlic were introduced in the Western Han Dynasty. These are neglected here, as if they were not widely used in the Daxiang Dynasty.Thinking back to the dishes she ate at Liu's house these days, there were ginger and green onions, but no garlic cloves, no pepper and pepper.

There are watermelon seeds, loofah seeds, pumpkin seeds, and potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, and other Ming Dynasty products; peanuts, sesame seeds, grape seeds, pomegranate seeds, spinach, radish, eggplant, broad beans, peas, red beans, lentils, and mung beans...the variety is quite rich.

The seasonings are probably treated as seeds, and they are all placed in such a place.

What else did she see?Cotton seeds?

It is not uncommon to have cotton seeds. Cotton was introduced to China as early as the Western Han Dynasty.It's just that very few plants were planted in the Yellow Region of the Yangtze River Basin, and it was not until the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty that large-scale planting began.When she was a child, she felt very strange when she saw Huang Daopo's deeds. Didn't it mean that Hainan used to be remote and undeveloped? Why is the cotton textile industry of the Li people in Hainan so developed and the technology so advanced?Later, when I learned about the promotion and development history of cotton, I suddenly realized.

Holding five or six cloth bags in each hand, Chen Fan walked to the counter.

When the shopkeeper saw these cloth bags, his eyes lit up, and he said repeatedly: "Young lady has good eyesight."

Chen Fan glanced at him, didn't speak, turned around and continued to move the goods, Huaishan and the others followed her and moved all the seeds in the corner to the counter.

Dozens of customers in the shop gathered around and looked at the seeds.Immediately, a picture appeared in Chen Fan's mind. Zhang Qian was showing the seeds of the Western Regions to the ministers in the hall. The courtiers at that time were also very surprised.

Some people are more interested in beans: "Aren't these red beans, mung beans, and lentils sold in the vegetable market? The shopkeeper also has them here?"

"Oh, we just want to have more varieties in the store." The shopkeeper said.

"Why didn't I notice that there are so many seeds before." One person felt very strange.

"I glanced at it twice, but I didn't have any interest, so I stopped watching it."

"I saw it the year before last. At that time, they were still on the middle shelf. It was probably unpopular. They moved further and further in, and I don't know when they moved to the corner."

"No wonder I don't know, I've never been to the innermost row."

"Have these things been placed for a long time? Are they broken? Miss, can you plant them?"

"I know how to plant." Chen Fan answered them.

The shopkeeper said: "Don't talk nonsense, these seeds are good, and they won't last long, and they will always be a little dusty. You don't understand this kind of seeds, this girl knows the goods."

There was a beep from the crowd, which attracted a large group of people outside to poke their heads to this side, gathered around the door of the shop to watch the excitement, and some people even ran in, blocking the place in front of the counter all at once.

"These seeds are all good, and the previous seeds can be sold, it's just that you didn't pay attention." The shopkeeper emphasized again.

One person pointed to the pepper and said: "I touched that thing with the tip of my tongue, and it was numb and astringent immediately. I will never see that thing again."

"Who told your family to cook and leave things indiscriminately." One person laughed.

"Didn't I eat it elsewhere, and I don't keep this at home."

"Our family doesn't keep this either." "Does anyone have this?" "No." "Where did you buy it? No one wants it."

"Are there any watermelon seeds? This watermelon is a precious commodity, and it's not easy to buy." One of the newly gathered people asked.The shopkeeper pointed to the watermelon seeds.Everyone chattered like "so watermelon seeds look like this".

"It is said that the watermelon seeds were blown by a strong wind." The man said mysteriously.Immediately, many people became interested and asked what was going on.

"As you all know, there are places where tornadoes often blow. When the wind blows, big trees can be uprooted, and roof tiles can be rolled clean. Once there was a strong wind, a lot of seeds fell in one place, and it didn't take long. The seedlings emerged. Some people disliked those seedlings, so they pulled them out; some people liked them very much, saying that since they were sent by heaven, they should be planted. Later, those seedlings formed big round fruits, There are patterns on it. Everyone wants to know what the taste of the fruit is. Someone smashed the big fruit open with a fist. The flesh inside is red and has a lot of juice. Everyone dared not eat it at the beginning, never Don’t be more cautious about the things you have passed.” The man said vividly, “A bastard came, and as soon as he saw that thing, he snatched it, and ate it while saying that it was delicious, it was too sweet, too sweet. , I ate it so much that my mouth was full of juice, and it flowed all over the ground. After one night, the bastard was fine. Everyone also believed that the food was delicious, and they rushed to buy it. The person who planted it got rich at that time .”

There was a "wow" in the crowd.Someone yelled: "You are exaggerating, how can you get rich selling a few watermelons?"

"This brother doesn't know something." The man danced and danced. "That man planted a large area of ​​land. He picked up the seedlings that he pulled out and planted them. He was laughed at at that time."

"Then why is it called a watermelon?"

"People in that place call the fruit a melon, and say that the melon seeds are scraped from the west, so they call it a watermelon."

The crowd roared with laughter, and Chen Fan couldn't help laughing either.

"I didn't find this kind of seed before, so I bought some if I saw it today, so that I can eat that precious thing." Someone was tempted.

"It's said that it's so expensive, it must be difficult to grow." Someone poured cold water on him.

"It doesn't matter if it's good or not? Isn't it just a handful of seeds? It's good luck if you plant it well. If you don't plant it, you won't lose anything. The shopkeeper will weigh a catty for me."

The shopkeeper smiled from ear to ear: "Okay, but these melon seeds are a bit expensive, [-] Wen per catty, are you sure you want to buy it?"

"Wow—" Everyone's voice was very loud and long.

One person smacked his lips: "My dear, it's worth two catties of meat, and I can buy five buckets of rice."

"People have said that it is a precious thing, and the seeds are naturally precious."

"Buy!" The sound was loud and crisp.

(End of this chapter)