Planting a fairy in ancient times

Chapter 20 20. The Road to Fortune
"Sister Xiaozhi, just pick up half of the basket." Chen Xiaoyu rolled her hands into a "trumpet" shape, and shouted at Chen Xiaozhi on the tree.

Originally, Chen Xiaozhi only wanted to pick a dozen or so hawthorns before going down the tree. Hearing what Chen Xiaoyu said, she quickly picked up the big and red hawthorns with both hands and put them in the bamboo basket on her back.

The little girl is really real, I will make a few bunches of candied haws later to reward the little girl.

Chen Xiaoyu raised her head, looked at Chen Xiaozhi on the tree and smiled.

Chen Xiaozhi moved quickly, and within a quarter of an hour, he had already picked half a basket of hawthorns.

"Xiaoyu, is it enough? If not, I'll pick it again." After Chen Xiaozhi got down from the tree, she held up the bamboo basket for Chen Xiaoyu to have a look at.

"Enough is enough. Sister Xiaozhi, I will make candied haws for you when I get home." Chen Xiaoyu said with a smile.

"What is candied haws?" Chen Xiaozhi was stunned.

"The candied haws are made from this kind of hawthorn..." Chen Xiaoyu explained.

Before Chen Xiaoyu finished speaking, Chen Xiaozhi shook his hands, and said with a respectful expression, "Is this kind of red fruit called hawthorn fruit? Xiaoyu, I don't want to eat it, so you can eat it by yourself!".

"Huh?" Chen Xiaoyu was stunned.

Such delicious candied haws, how could Chen Xiaozhi dislike it?

"Xiaoyu, this kind of fruit is not tasty, it's not too sour, so don't eat too much, be careful of knocking out your teeth." Chen Xiaozhi thought for a while and tried to persuade him.

"Sister Xiaozhi, the candied hawthorn is delicious! After the bright red hawthorn fruit is boiled, it is covered with a layer of syrup, which is burnt yellow and clear. It is sour and sweet when you bite into it. It is delicious." Chen Xiaoyu justified the name of her favorite food .

"Sugar? Oh! Xiaoyu, when you make this red fruit, don't be seen by grandma. If grandma sees you using precious sugar to make red fruit, she will definitely scold you." Chen Xiaozhi shook her hand, full of face of fear.

Chen Xiaoyu looked dull.

Precious sugar?

This is the second time Chen Xiaoyu has heard this statement after coming to the Xuanyuan Dynasty.

Yesterday, Wang Laidi secretly cooked a bowl of ginger soup for Jin Cuicui, with a spoonful of brown sugar in it.It was smelled by Chen Wang's dog nose.

Chen Wang scolded Wang Laidi bloody, saying that Jin Cuicui is not worthy of eating "golden and precious candy".

Originally, Chen Xiaoyu thought that the Chen Wang family was deliberately embarrassing Jin Cuicui, so he put the adjective "Jinggui" on Tang.

From Chen Xiaoyu's point of view, the villagers of Xinghua Village have no shortage of sweets!

Didn’t you see a lot of beets growing in the open space in front of and behind the houses of the villagers, or in the corners of the fields?

Beets are a good material for making sugar!
However, at this moment, Chen Xiaoyu had a bold guess in his mind: Maybe the residents of the Xuanyuan Dynasty didn't know that sugar beet can also be made into sugar?Here, sugar is really a particularly precious thing?
Thinking of this, Chen Xiaoyu couldn't help asking: "Sister Xiaozhi, is sugar expensive?"

"Well! A small bag of brown sugar costs twenty coppers! When my mother was in confinement, she gave me a small piece, it was so sweet!" Chen Xiaozhi compared her fingers, which were half the size of a fingernail. shape.

Twenty coppers for a small bag of brown sugar?
Chen Xiaoyu couldn't help thinking of the small bag of brown sugar that Wang Laidi secretly stuffed for herself yesterday, it was only about one or two halves at most.

In this way, sugar in this time and space is really expensive.A catty of brown sugar costs about 130 coppers?To spend seven or eight days' wages of ordinary people?

Hiss~!The sugar here really deserves the title of "Jinggui"!

If she made sugar from beets, wouldn't she have found a golden road to riches?

Chen Xiaoyu's eyes lit up.

"Sister Xiaozhi, have you ever eaten white sugar?" Chen Xiaoyu said calmly.

"What is white sugar? Is it white sugar? Isn't sugar all black? Is there still white sugar in this world?" Chen Xiaozhi raised her head, looking at Chen Xiaoyu with eyes full of curiosity.

"Well, sugar that is as white as snow is sweeter than brown sugar." Chen Xiaoyu explained.

"Ah~! Is there any sugar that is as white as snow? I haven't seen it!" Chen Xiaozhi shook her head.

It seems that people here really don't know that beets can make sugar.Otherwise, Chen Xiaozhi wouldn't know nothing.

Chen Xiaoyu was thoughtful.

"Sister Xiaoyu, let's go pick some oranges?" Chen Xiaozhi suggested enthusiastically.

"Okay." Chen Xiaoyu nodded and followed behind Chen Xiaozhi.

Chen Xiaoyu was full of thoughts, so she didn't notice the vines on the ground, and accidentally tripped over them.

"Ouch~!" Chen Xiaoyu staggered forward a few steps, and managed to stabilize her body.

"Xiaoyu, are you alright?" Chen Xiaozhi was so frightened that she almost flew out of her wits, and quickly turned around and ran over.

Chen Xiaoyu is Jin Cuicui's sweetheart!If Chen Xiaoyu fell, Chen Xiaozhi couldn't afford it.

"It's okay, it's okay." Chen Xiaoyu waved his hand, releasing his consciousness.

Vines attached to nearby bushes.

Just now, Chen Xiaoyu seemed to hear one or two "cuckoo" sounds from the bushes.

Sensing danger, a pheasant flapped its wings from the bushes and flew up.

"Pheasant~!" Chen Xiaozhi yelled loudly, and leaped towards the pheasant.

The pheasant flew very fast, and it had flown more than ten meters away in the blink of an eye.

Chen Xiaozhi followed closely behind.Pheasant!Take it to the town and sell it, you can sell it for thirty, thirty or forty coppers!

Twice, Chen Xiaozhi almost caught the pheasant, but unfortunately the pheasant flew away.

Chen Xiaoyu released the Spirit Sense Stab, and when the pheasant was flying close to the trunk of a big tree, he stabbed it hard in the head of the pheasant.

The pheasant rubbed against the tree trunk and fell from the sky.

Chen Xiaozhi pounced forward, holding the pheasant tightly.

"Xiaoyu, look, I caught the pheasant." Chen Xiaozhi said cheerfully to Chen Xiaoyu, holding the pheasant's wings.

"Sister Xiaozhi, you are amazing!" Chen Xiaoyu gave credit to Chen Xiaozhi.

"Xiaoyu, when we got home, we said you caught this pheasant, and I asked my mother to cook it for my second aunt." Chen Xiaozhi said.

"Give it to my mother?" Chen Xiaoyu was a little surprised.

Chen Xiaoyu did not miss Chen Xiaozhi swallowing saliva secretly.This is a pheasant!The Chen family has meat dishes on the dinner table all year round, and only during Chinese New Year and festivals.

"My mother said that my second aunt lost her baby and her body is weak. She needs to eat a few chickens to make up for it. Unfortunately, there is only one pheasant, which is definitely not enough for my second aunt." Chen Xiaozhi showed regret.

Chen Xiaoyu looked at Chen Xiaozhi with complicated emotions.

Chen Xiaoyu didn't expect that Chen Xiaozhi could do this.

Without Chen Xiaoyu's help, Chen Xiaozhi would definitely not be able to catch this pheasant.However, Chen Xiaozhi didn't know!
Even so, Chen Xiaozhi is still willing to give Jin Cuicui the pheasant he "caught" so hard to make up for his body. I have to say that Chen Xiaozhi is really kind-hearted.

(End of this chapter)