Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 530
After it was completely dark, Sun Xiangfu had no way to continue chatting with the samurai Xun, because it was time for the after-dinner entertainment of his four little guys. Hongmei and Chuntao tried all kinds of methods, but they couldn't control them. I know, if they are not allowed to use up all their strength, they will not be able to rest peacefully tonight.

"Daddy, Daddy, the child wants to play with building blocks and build a big house..."

"Okay, okay, ask your sister Mei Niang to play with you, she is so smart..."

A blanket was spread out on the floor tiles in the living room, and several big bags and colorful wooden blocks of various shapes were poured on the blanket. Immediately, the living room became a children's playground. I caught them to help me take care of the children, and Hongmei and Chuntao went to help Sun Xiangfu prepare hot water for a bath. The guys who were fooled by Wu Meiniang into the fire room to burn firewood and boil water in a large pot did not notice at all. , In these abodes, there are actually carbon stoves that can be used.

The lads from the village who went to put the fish cages are back, enjoying the line up of the fourteen princes of the Tang Dynasty to welcome them in person, which can be regarded as bringing them to the pinnacle of their lives. It's too expensive, either a jade pendant or a brocade robe, it's not something that peasant boys like them can enjoy.

But there is no way, more than a dozen princes said, if you don’t take it, you are not allowed to leave. Of course, you are not allowed to leave if you take it. They must be taught to make a fire and boil water.

Those middle-aged and middle-aged people don't understand what's wrong with these noble people. Although the families in the village are not considered rich, they have already used charcoal stoves. Fire boils water.

However, since people have requests, then those who take advantage of others will naturally have to do things. Anyway, they can't understand why these noble people are so happy when they see the firewood under their stove being ignited.

"It turns out that to start a fire, you need to use flammable hay and burn fine wood branches first, and then enlarge a piece of firewood. Moreover, the stove should not be filled with firewood. There must be a gap for ventilation at the bottom. , It’s not that the more fierce the better, just fan slowly in the gap left before, or blow with a small mouth. This king, today is considered to have gained knowledge.”

People like Li Tai are not really stupid, even, they are much smarter than these children in the village, but they have not been exposed to these things before, so they don't understand the reason and method, this is the same as many reality shows in later generations , Many celebrities go to the countryside to experience life, but they don't even know how to make a fire and cook, which seems very simple.

"That's it, is it also called knowledge?"

Li Yuanchang, King of Han, only felt that he was a bit of a loser for his jade pendant, but he never thought about how helpless these young men in the village were before they helped them light the fire.

"Zi said, three of us must have my teacher. It really makes sense. If Uncle Hanwang thinks he can handle everything, he can take the pot to heat up and take a bath now, but I want to share with these few people." The fellow villagers should communicate more and ask for some advice."

Li Tai may not have great wisdom now, but he has a lot of small cleverness. Earlier, Sun Xiangfu said that after arriving in this village, they have to deal with all life matters by themselves, and life in the village is not just about boiling water. Bathing involves many other aspects. For a fat man like him who is often forced to go on a diet to lose weight, the first thing he thinks of is the problem of eating. He found one of the young men who looked the smartest, and pulled him aside.

Seeing the situation, Li Ke did not move slowly. He pulled a young man who seemed to be the oldest aside, wanting to have a good conversation, and he didn't forget to pull his own brother Li Yin along.

Then, the entire fire room staged a scene of stealing people.

Outside the door, Sun Xiangfu, who arranged for Du Gou and other officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to soak the rice seeds sent by the various departments, just peeked in for a while from the crack of the door, then turned and went back to the room to take a bath and rest. I'm afraid our bath today is not so easy to wash. Tomorrow, he will let Zhang Ke read the various regulations during their study here, at least let them become a person who can survive in this society without relying on the status of a prince. .

In fact, no one in the fire room really dared to rob Li Shimin's four sons. After all, they are all in their teens, and they understand the current situation, but most of them have nothing to do. Logic, like Li Yuanchang, although relying on his own obesity and strength, he insisted on pulling a person behind him, but he didn't know what he wanted to ask him.

On Li Tai's side, he had already chatted with a boy named Qiu Zan whom he had snatched away.

"Is there a market near the village? Where do you get your daily necessities from?"

Qiu Zan shook his head and replied, "No, our villages are all newly built houses last year. It is at least 100 miles away from the nearest Yuezhou City by water. Usually, only the shopkeepers who come by boat will be at the pier. I sell some things on the Internet, if there is anything needed, I can ask the old man Jiang who collects the fish to bring it to Yuezhou City, as for the food, it is all grown in the ground."

"There is no market."

After Li Tai heard the news, he wanted to sell some of the little things he brought over and buy food secretly. Even if his thoughts were broken, he wanted to come to the old man Jiang who collects fish and go to Yuezhou City, at least for a day. Moreover, he is very likely to be greeted by Sun Xiangfu.

"In your village, how do you eat every day? Do you make your own food? Or do you come together during the busy farming season?"

"Adults are very busy. When the farming is busy, we have to go out to work early in the morning. We children do the cooking and laundry. After the busy farming, the adults will pick embankments and build embankments. We won't come back, we have to take care of ourselves." Qiu Zan said truthfully.

"That is to say, starting tomorrow, we have to take care of our own three meals a day. By the way, you said that the food we eat depends on the fields. Where is the vegetable field in the village?"

"The east end of the village, the fish pond, and the lotus pond are all vegetable fields of our village. However, the six villages in this embankment are all independent from each other. There are a total of more than 2000 mu of vegetable fields. The officials from the ministry taught everyone how to plant. They planted so many varieties that they couldn’t eat them all. People often used them to feed the fish. You can go to the vegetable fields in various villages to pick them. manage."

The vegetables grown in more than 2000 mu of vegetable fields are only enough for the food of 4000 to [-] people in this embankment, which is more than enough. They are vegetarian all year round. Most of the time, they prefer to eat more white rice. It is their dream to eat a few slices of fatty pork every day.

Hearing this, Li Tai was very relieved, as long as there are vegetables, then he asked again with a fluke mentality, "So, is there any vegetables that can be eaten directly?"

"Uh, in this season, there are more leeks, celery, cabbage, peas and spring bamboo shoots, and they all need to be cooked to taste."

Among these dishes, peas can barely be eaten raw. However, the stuff is not full, and it tastes great when eaten raw. When Thai mentioned eating raw, Qiu Zan really thought of one, and that was the lotus root intestines in the lotus pond.

As the saying goes, on March [-]rd, the lotus root sticks out. In early spring, when the lotus leaves show their sharp corners, in the mud at the bottom of the river, there will definitely be a lotus root intestine that continues to extend. This is what the locals call it. People are generally called lotus root belts.

If you follow the mud under the tip of the lotus root with your hands, go into the mud, pull out the ungerminated lotus root belt, and cut it off with your fingers, the white and tender lotus root belt can be eaten directly, and it is sweet. And crispy, of course, except for the area around Honghu Lake, the lotus root belt produced in any other area does not have this taste.

The lotus root that has been cut off and taken out of the lotus root belt will not just die, but can grow again. In later generations, the famous pickled pepper lotus root belt, a famous Hubei specialty, is repeatedly drawn out of the lotus root pond in this way.

Due to the short season for eating lotus root belt, even in the vegetable market of later generations, its price is much more expensive than pork. It is difficult to eat authentic Honghu lotus root belt in other places, and basically you have to go to a higher grade The hotel only has it, and it is all transported by air.

Today, when Qiu Zan and the others went to the fish cage, they saw thin lotus roots sticking out of the lotus pond. When the children in the village get hungry in the future, they can go down to the lotus pond to pick out lotus strips, that's all. Eat the most tender ones that can be eaten in a month, and in April and May, when the lotus pods come out, they will be old.

But even though Qiu Zan tried his best to describe that the lotus root belt was delicious, Li Tai could only swallow his saliva, because he didn't know how to water at all, and he dared to go down the river, let alone digging the lotus root in winter, leaving a lot of bitterness. Deep corned lotus root pond.

"Well, do you know how to cook?" Li Tai asked again.

"A little bit, after my father bought an iron pot for the family last year, I used fish goods on the pier and changed some seasonings back. I followed the officials sent by the Ministry of Agriculture and made a few stir-fried dishes. The taste is delicious. good."

"It's fine. Seasoning, we should have it here. Tomorrow morning, you must come and teach me how to cook."

Li Tai touched the pockets in his sleeves. He originally wanted to give Qiu Zan some valuable things so that he could teach him everything he knew, but he didn't want to. He came to Shannan Road , not many things to bring.

He patted Qiu Zan's shoulder again in embarrassment, and Li Tai said again, "Qiu Zan, isn't it! During this time, if you teach me all the skills you know, after I return to Chang'an, I will definitely send someone Bring you a big reward."

In fact, after receiving a piece of jade pendant from someone who didn't know who it was before, Qiu Zan was already nervous, and he dared not ask for any generous reward. He appealed, "Your reward is already rich enough. No matter how much more, the grassroots dare not ask for it. However, the grassroots have long passed the age of going to Mongolian school, and they can write too little, so they are not qualified to go to county school. You if······"

"No problem, you teach me how to wash and cook, and I teach you how to read and write. You and I are good teachers to each other. It will be a good story if it spreads every day..."

Li Tai's side was finalized, and Li Ke's side wasn't left behind either. After cross-examining the situation in the village, he made an agreement similar to that of Li Tai and Qiu Zan, and then let the young man go home. Li Yuanjing, Li Yuanchang and the others were thinking in their hearts how to let these people come to serve them tomorrow. Since the servants don't listen to him, it should be possible to recruit a few country boys to listen to them!

　Thanks to the two old friends of Shanghai Hip Hop and God's Fairy Tale for their rewards, thank you!Brothers and sisters, ask for monthly tickets and recommendation tickets. Although I know that it is impossible to be on the list or something, if there are more, the motivation for writing codewords will be more powerful.

　　
　
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