Happy peasant girl

Chapter 40 Busy Taking Seeds
Although he talked with Lu Zhiming all night, Zhang Xian didn't rest at all the next day, so he got into the carriage and went back to the capital. It seems that there are many things that he needs to go back and have a good talk with his teacher.

After Lin Qingxi came back from Lu Zhiming that day, he told the old Lin family about the peanut.

When Linyuan Mountain heard that it was a gift from Linqingxi's uncle to her master, and it was hard to find, she asked Linqingxi to plant it carefully so as not to damage it. She and her master are not good people. .

Lin Qingxi bought the tomato seeds from a bearded businessman. She didn't know the specific species, but after the first wave of tomatoes matured, the fruits were large, fleshy, sweet, and the seeds were plump.

Linqingxi did a rough calculation, and even if she only harvested three crops of tomatoes per mu, it would still be nearly [-] jin. Moreover, when she planted the seeds, the plants were not so close together because there were not too many seeds.

According to normal planting, one season of tomatoes can receive about seven or eight thousand catties, which is definitely a high yield in ancient times.

After the first batch of tomatoes came down, Lao Lin's family chose to pick them in the evening. When they returned home, it was already dark and no villagers noticed.

Picking tomato seeds is not a very troublesome task, but Linqingxi wants to waste the pulp other than the seeds, so he asked his family to cut up the tomatoes to take the seeds, then wash them, and then dry them in the sun.

As for the pulp that was taken out, Linqingxi used part of it to make tomato sauce, and the other part was sealed with wax in a large vat.

Back then, when the old Lin’s family started making tofu, Linyuanshan asked Lin Qingyun and the others to go to the town to buy several large vats. Now that the tofu business is gone, the large vats are also idle, and even the two tofu The wooden houses have also been turned into utility rooms.

So, the women of Ye's family and Mu's family cleaned all the big vats and cleared out the sundries in the house, and asked Lin Qingfei and Lin Qinghao to go to the town to buy some large and small vats. return.

After the things and places were prepared, the old Lin's family began to take tomato seeds step by step according to Linqingxi's instructions, and stored the tomato pulp.

Because of the hot summer, Lin Qinghe and Lin Qingmu dug a cellar in their yard. Unexpectedly, the underground cellar in Linjia Village was still very cold after it was dug, so it was just right to put the small cans of tomatoes in it.

After the excavation, Lin Qinghe also covered a lot of shaded weeds on it, and outsiders would not notice that place after entering the courtyard.

Because of the cellar, Lin Qingfei went to the town to buy a lot of small clay pots that were easy to put in and out of the cellar, because he always went out before dawn, and only went to another place to avoid the villagers when it was dark. Back by a small road, so the villagers have never known what the old Lin's family has been up to lately.

After the second wave of tomatoes came down, Lin Qingxi picked up three big baskets of tomatoes and sent them to Lu Zhiming, Zhang Xian and Master Jiang. She didn't expect to find out when she got there. He left Fu'an County and returned to the capital.

The tomatoes would definitely not be able to be delivered to the capital. It would take half a month for a one-month drive without stopping. If they were sent to the capital, the tomatoes might be broken on the way.

However, Lu Zhiming told her that tomatoes can be given away later, the key point is to grow the kind of potato called peanuts.

In fact, Linqingxi has also been busy with this matter, but recently the family has to harvest tomatoes and pick ripe peppers, which has delayed even opening a restaurant, let alone building a greenhouse.

Also, planting peanuts not only needs to consider temperature, soil, but also irrigation.

Linqingxi has wandered around Dameishan for several days, and she found that the most suitable place to build a peanut greenhouse is near the cave at the bottom of the mountain flowing out of the Shanmei River. There are some uncultivated wastelands, and the soil is fertile and the sunshine is very good. convenient.

It's just that her family is busy with important things, and there is a severe shortage of staff.Therefore, she is also very troubled by this problem.

After Lu Zhiming knew about Lin Qingxi's embarrassment, he told her not to worry.

A few days later, when the master and apprentice met again, Lu Zhiming directly assigned the area of ​​[-] acres of wasteland near the cave at the bottom of the mountain under the name of Linqingxi. up.

But Lin Qingxi hesitated a little, her master was a good official who pleaded for the people, but now going through the back door for her, isn't it against her own principles?
"Master, Xi'er can't take these wastelands for nothing. Xi'er will give you as much silver as you want!" Lin Qingxi pushed the land deed in front of Lu Zhiming again.

How could Lu Zhiming fail to guess Lin Qingxi's thoughts, he was very pleased with his apprentice's character of loving money and not being greedy for money, if it were someone else, he would have been happy with such a good deed delivered to his door, but she Some trepidation.

"Xi'er, don't be afraid. These lands are not given to you by the county magistrate, but a small gift from your master. Don't worry, this is all the private money his old man secretly saved over the years. When I see you later Master, master, please don't tell your master about this, otherwise, your life may not be so easy, ha ha!" Lu Zhiming's mentor is also his father-in-law, Huai Shaozhi, although he is very expensive Zaifu, but he is a fearful person.

Lin Qingxi heard the meaning of Lu Zhiming's words, and dared to feel that her generous teacher who had not met before was a "strict wife", and she didn't know what kind of woman her fierce teacher-in-law was.

In ancient times, it was said that "the gift of the elders cannot be refused", and Lin Qingxi accepted it without being pretentious. Since the master gave her the land, and the master likes to eat peanuts, she will plant these lands into peanuts in the future , and then give it to the generous master.

Next, Lu Zhiming told Linqingxi another piece of good news. Her senior uncles and senior brothers who hadn't seen each other even imitated their seniors and gave her gifts. What they gave were not gold, silver, jewelry and land deeds, but all signed in The people under the death contract under her name, and these people have more or less knowledge about farming.

It's really cold and someone will give you a quilt, and when it's raining, someone will give you an umbrella, and you can get what you need. Now she is not only glad that she has recognized a good master and wife, but also fortunate that she has recognized a good teacher, uncle and brother, It seems that I will really go to the Tianshen Niangniang Temple to burn incense to reward the gods.

After returning home, Lin Qingxi told the old Lin's family these things. As a result, Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Mu didn't say anything, and took Lin Qingxi to the Tianshen Niangniang Temple the next day. Kowtow, toss a day before returning home.

The next day, the whole family went to the pepper field to pick peppers again. The thin and long red peppers almost dazzled the eyes of the old Linjia, but Lin Qingxi told them that these peppers were also reserved for seeds. And it is very spicy, you must remember not to wipe your eyes after picking the peppers.

After the peppers were picked, Mrs. Ye hung them to dry in her yard. Afterwards, Linqingxi and her family took seeds for the peppers.

(End of this chapter)