Nongmen Rice Flower Fragrance

Chapter 23 Pumpkin Potatoes
Two days later, shopkeeper Sun brought his staff to Li Xin's house to fetch jars soaked in sour bamboo shoots.Li Xin didn't expect Shopkeeper Sun to come in person, so he hurriedly welcomed him into the living room to sit.

"Why did shopkeeper Sun come here in person?" Li Xin sent Wen Bo Wenhao to make tea and serve snacks while talking.

"I haven't come to Ms. Li's house to sit for a while yet! I thought about coming over, so I didn't bother you!"

"Shopkeeper Sun is able to come, it is really full of splendor! How can it be called disturbing."

"Such a nice house, how can it be said to be fluffy. Speaking of which, did Miss Li invite craftsmen from the north? It's really kind to see such a house here."

"Occasionally, I heard people say that the house is built like this in the north. It is very suitable for a family to live in. I thought it should be good to build, so I talked to the craftsmen, and they built it." Li Xin didn't dare to tell the truth.After all, she had seen such a courtyard in the north in her previous life, but in this life, this body has never been to the north.The architectural style in the north is very different from that in the south. For example, northerners like courtyards surrounded by four sides, and the houses on all sides are not connected, so the enclosed courtyard is very spacious.

There are also reasons for the architectural style in the north. Compared with the south, the north is considered to be more sparsely populated, so the house can be built in a larger area.However, the population in the south is relatively dense, so it is generally not possible to build such a large house.Therefore, the courtyards that occasionally appear in the south are connected by houses on four sides, and the courtyards are relatively small.Moreover, the south is generally cold and humid, so when building a house, I like to build a building in the form of a courtyard, and the houses on each side are two-story buildings.If there is a large population, people can live upstairs, even if there are no people, it can be used to store food and the like.

"The north really likes to build houses like this. Many big houses are put together like this one after another. Some people have more than a dozen houses! It will take up more than half of the street. Miss Li can go to the capital to see it later. Look, almost all the houses there look like this. There are many wealthy families, and there are ordinary families, each with a small courtyard, and some share a large courtyard, and many people live in a courtyard.”

"I must take a look when I have time." Speaking of which, she still doesn't know what dynasty this is, and she doesn't even know where the capital is.Almost none of the people in the village have traveled far, even if they have been to the county once, it can be regarded as a capital to show off.What's more, for a place like the capital city, for the people in the small sweet-scented osmanthus village, it is simply a sacred and very remote place.Moreover, for such a small place, it doesn't matter what dynasty it is now, or who is sitting on the throne, and it has no personal relationship.So she never paid attention to those, so she naturally couldn't ask anyone.

It seems that when I have time and money in the future, I will go outside for a walk no matter what.I finally came here for a game, I still have to go out for a while, at least I need to know what dynasty this place is!The capital must be very interesting, a center of national power!It must be unusually prosperous!In any case, we must find a way to go to the capital.

After a while, Wen Bo and Wen Hao brought snacks and made tea.Shopkeeper Sun tasted it, and then got down to business.Li Xin also knew that they were pulling those jars, so he led them to the hut in the backyard.Shopkeeper Sun looked at the vegetable garden with great interest when he arrived in the backyard. He was very curious when he saw the appearance of pumpkin vines and potatoes that he had never seen before.Li Xin also explained that the seeds were occasionally obtained from foreigners, and she said they were delicious, so she planted them.

She also remembered that the potatoes were about to be harvested, and a batch of pumpkins could be harvested. She was thinking about showing it to Shopkeeper Sun sometime. Now that Shopkeeper Sun is here, let him taste it!She asked shopkeeper Sun to stay for lunch, but shopkeeper Sun refused at first, but when he heard that he wanted to eat vegetables he had never seen before, he readily agreed.

Shopkeeper Sun ordered the jars of pickled bamboo shoots to be brought back to town first, while he stayed with a waiter and said he would leave after lunch.Li Xin asked Wen Bo and others to accompany shopkeeper Sun, while she went to the backyard to pick some tender pumpkins, some pumpkin tips and flowers, and some potatoes.The land here is still fertile, and the potato seeds should be very good. Although there is no fertilizer, the potatoes still grow very well. They are not small, and there are quite a few knots on each plant.Seeing such a situation, Li Xin was very happy.Although this kind of output is far from the one grown by my grandparents, it is still considered good.Harvesting always makes people feel joyful. What she has planted has finally yielded a lot. She is really happy and wants to laugh.

In fact, people's hearts are easy to be satisfied, but after a long time, sometimes they don't know how to make themselves feel satisfied.

At noon, Li Xin used tender pumpkins and potatoes to make several dishes, including dried shredded potatoes, stewed potatoes with braised pork, crispy potato shreds, shredded pumpkin pork, stir-fried pumpkin tips, and pumpkin flower mushroom soup.

Shopkeeper Sun and Wen Bo have never eaten pumpkin and potatoes, so they were curious at first, and they found it even more delicious after eating.Li Xin hasn't eaten it for quite a while, so she still misses the taste very much.Potatoes are a hard-to-eat dish, and there are many ways to make them. She always remembers that since she was a child, the school cafeteria will not lack potatoes all year round, fried, fried, stewed, Boiled and so on, it's shredded, sliced, and lumpy, as if you can't get tired of eating it all the time.And the taste of such fresh tender pumpkin is still very good, sweet and refreshing, and it will feel very comfortable to eat.

After lunch, Shopkeeper Sun immediately told Li Xin about buying pumpkins and potatoes.Li Xin naturally agrees, but he also said the situation, both of which need to keep a lot of seeds, so there are not many that can be sold.When Shopkeeper Sun was about to leave, Li Xin picked some pumpkins and asked Wen Hao to dig out some potatoes carefully, and put them in a basket for Shopkeeper Sun to take back for a try.I also told Shopkeeper Sun some simple home-cooked recipes. In fact, the dishes are very easy to cook, not to mention the chefs in Pinxiang Pavilion!I'm afraid it may not be possible to invent some new dishes.

This time, Li Xin didn't ask shopkeeper Sun for the recipe money.Before leaving, Shopkeeper Sun left Li Xin with a 100 tael silver note, saying it was for the bamboo shoot juice. (Thanks for your support!)
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