Datang Nongwang

Chapter 509

As a rural person in the south, it is estimated that many people have experienced this kind of pain.

Especially before the 90s, in the era when materials were needed but materials were needed, and money was needed but no money, rural areas would basically choose to be self-sufficient.

For the wild camellia oleifera grown on the mountain, the fruit is picked, dried and shelled, then roasted and pressed for oil, so that the family can have edible oil to eat, and can also reduce family expenses.

But right now, Li Chongyuan is repeating the shadow of his previous life.

This is not.

The next day, Li Chongyuan, who had nothing to do, sent all the villagers to go into the forest with his family to pick camellia oleifera.

This made Li Chongyuan once again feel the life of his childhood in his previous life, and he was deeply moved, "Camellia oleifera is a good thing, but it's a pity that there are too few camellia oleifera trees here, and the fruits are too small. It seems that we have to find a chance and go over there Check it out."

The side that Li Chongyuan pointed to was naturally his hometown in his previous life.

The camellia tree in my hometown in my previous life is also wild.

Compared with the Camellia oleifera he saw in front of his eyes, it was at least one or two times bigger.

Of course, if a new variety of Camellia oleifera is cultivated in the later stage, it is incomparable.

Li Chongyuan remembered.

In the previous life, in order to popularize camellia oleifera, the country specially introduced new varieties. When the fruit grows up, it can be as big as a small apple.

but.

At the same time, Li Chongyuan also knew that the tea oil produced by the newly cultivated Camellia oleifera must not taste wild.

Just as Li Chongyuan was standing in front of a camellia tree, Li Chongzhen approached with something in his hand and asked, "Cousin, what did you say here by yourself just now? Cousin, look what I picked. "

"This is not a good thing." After Li Chongyuan took a look at what Li Chongzhen got over, he was not surprised.

It's just a dried mushroom from an old tree.

It looks like Ganoderma lucidum, but Li Chongyuan knows that it is a kind of mushroom. Li Chongyuan doesn't know the effect, but there are still many such things in the tree.

Picking camellia oleifera is a physical job.

Although Li Chongyuan waved his hand, the villagers were exhausted.

but.

They are also happy with this kind of exhausting life, and they are more willing to see this kind of life.

yesterday evening.

Li Chongyuan let go of his words.

Starting this year, the grain produced in the fields will be reduced by [-]%, which is the same as the rent in Lizhuang, Hu County, which is [-]%.

Ever since Li Chongyuan said this last night, the villagers in Li Village were so happy that they almost knelt in front of Li Chongyuan and kowtowed to Li Chongyuan to thank him.

This also made Li Chongyuan say that he would go to the forest to pick a large amount of Camellia oleifera, all the villagers responded in time, and even dragged their families to pick them.

Fortunately, there are some guards, otherwise it would be really difficult for so many people to get into the mountains and encounter wild animals or some dangers.

Even with guards, there are still small troubles.

It's like a baby falling over.

Or someone was bitten by a snake, but fortunately it was not a poisonous snake, so it was considered safe.

In short.

There are no big troubles, but there are many small troubles.

Li Village in Xixiang is at the time of big picking.

As far away as Lizhuang in Hu County, they are also busy picking.

"I really didn't expect it. Yuan'er has inhuman abilities in farming. The melons grown by others taste mediocre, but the melons grown by Yuan'er are fragrant and sweet, with a lot of water. It's really summer and autumn. It’s a rare fruit in this season.” At this time, the old lady was standing by the melon field, holding a piece of melon in her hand, and after taking a bite, she looked at the whole melon field, feeling a lot of emotion.

On the other side, Li Yuan, like the old lady, was eating a slice of melon in his hand.

And when the old lady's words came out, Li Yuan nodded while eating, "A few months ago, Yuan'er said he wanted to grow melons. I thought he was just playing around. I thought the melons he planted were different from those grown by other people's homes. The watermelon is almost the same, but I didn't expect that the taste of this melon is really rare. Qing He, you can try watermelon later, it will taste even more delicious."

Li Yuan has been in Lizhuang for so long, since the melons started to ripen, he has not eaten less.

Even if he doesn't eat less melon, he will always eat one or two pieces every day, which can be regarded as a relief from the heat.

watermelon.

Although it is not fully mature at this time, there are some individual ones that can be eaten.

And just a few days ago, Qiao Hui went back carrying a watermelon whose skin had been bitten open by some animal. After she was about to try it, Li Yuan didn't stop once she tasted it.

What's more, Qiao Hui was asked to pick one from the melon field every day, saying that he needed to eat one or two yuan a day to enjoy himself.

Today, the melon field picked a large number of melons. After getting the notice yesterday, the old lady came to Lizhuang early in the morning, just to witness the melon picking scene.

"Uncle said it was delicious, so it must be delicious. I will try it later." After hearing the old lady's words, she gnawed on the melon with hope in her eyes.

Originally, the son who worried her the most had achieved grades, and she was praised by Li Yuan so much. As a mother, she was very happy.

melon.

Everyone is busy.

Even Li Chongxuan, who doesn't pay much attention to Li Zhuang on weekdays, accompanied the old lady to Li Zhuang to have fun today.

As soon as he was playing, he went directly to Guadinli to have a look, and to pick and choose.

"Second brother, this melon is mine, you can't snatch it from me." At this moment, Li Chongxuan strode up to a Ruoda melon, and when he was about to reach out to pick it, Wan'er's little hand happened to touch it.

Li Chongxuan saw his little sister appearing suddenly, so he stretched out his hand to pick it up, holding the big melon in his hand, "Wan'er, don't think about it, there are so many melons in the melon field, you always like to grab the second brother Mine, this is not a good thing. You have been in Lizhuang for so long, haven’t you eaten enough? You see, my second brother, I have to pick a melon by myself, so this melon is mine. .”

"No, this is the biggest one, and I've already marked it. You took my melon away, I won't obey, I won't obey." Wan'er will not let go of the melon that she has been thinking about half a month ago.

The melon that Li Chongxuan was holding was more than twice the size of the other melons.

Such a large melon, according to common sense, since the melon is ripe and sold, it is impossible for the servants to ignore it.

The reason why they couldn't see it was naturally because this melon was marked by Wan'er, and it belonged to Wan'er's personal belongings, so they dared to take it away at will.

But Li Chongxuan didn't know all this, so he went straight to this big melon.

No, when Wan'er saw it, she decided not to agree.

The quarrel between the siblings immediately caused everyone to shake their heads.

In the past, it was Li Chongyuan and Wan'er's quarrel, but now it's Li Chongxuan.

This also makes everyone feel like something is missing.

When they thought of Li Chongyuan, they suddenly felt that it was a pity that Li Chongyuan, a young gentleman, was missing in a day like today.

The picking of melons lasted for more than an hour.

When it was over, everyone returned to the courtyard.

As soon as he got back to the small courtyard, Li Yuan sent his servant Jin to pick up all the watermelons that he picked out.

"Uncle, this watermelon is good. As soon as the knife is cut, a unique fragrance of watermelon hits my nostrils immediately, which makes me want to eat a piece immediately." The old lady looked at the cut watermelon with pride The feeling arises spontaneously from the bottom of my heart.

Li Yuan didn't talk too much. After Jin's waiter finished everything, he took a big bite of a piece of watermelon handed over by Jin's waiter, and said very comfortably: "Delicious, really delicious. Qinghe, you can eat it too. Once you taste the taste, you won't think about other watermelons."

The old lady held the watermelon handed to her by Jin's servant in both hands, although she wanted to eat it long ago.

But in front of the elders, you still have to keep a little reserved.

After hearing Li Yuan's words, the old lady smiled at Li Yuan and bit her directly.

For a long time.

The old lady said aftertaste: "Uncle, you are so right. This watermelon is really delicious. Compared with the watermelon that came from the Western Regions as a tribute, it is many times better. It can be said that there is a world of difference. Delicious , It’s really delicious.”

Is watermelon delicious?
Hard to say.

For those who have never had it, it is definitely the best of the best.

But for those who eat it regularly, it can only be said to be delicious.

But at the moment, Li Chongyuan is the only person who grows watermelons in the entire Tang Kingdom.

Compared with the watermelons brought in as tribute from the Western Regions, Li Chongyuan even used a lot of chicken manure, not to mention the amount of fertilizer.The purpose is to add phosphorus and potassium elements to these watermelons, so that in addition to increasing the size of the watermelons, the color will also be more beautiful, and it can also increase the sweetness.

Otherwise, why did he, Li Chongyuan, collect chicken manure from various houses in Li Zhuang?

This also creates melons in the melon field, whether they are watermelons or not.

Compared with the melons outside, it is bigger and better, and the color is more beautiful, the sweetness is greater, and the water content is more abundant.

The day.

The old lady specially asked Qiao Hui to pick a dozen ripe watermelons and take them away.

at dusk.

The old lady took a dozen or so watermelons she had picked into the palace.

The old lady's trip to the palace can be said to have worried Li Shimin and his wife.

This is not.

When it was dark, after the old lady had left for a while, the sis started arguing, "No, I'm going to Li Zhuang, I'm going to Li Zhuang. My watermelon will be picked and taken away, I don't obey Do not follow."

Okay.

After a lapse of one month, Sizi almost forgot about the watermelon he had marked in the melon field in Lizhuang.

But today, after the old lady sent the watermelon into the palace, Sizi didn't remember it until she saw it.

This also made the little girl immediately recall what happened more than a month ago.

But at this time, Li Shimin and his wife saw Sizi making a scene, and they were so worried that it was a pain.

"Erlang, why don't you let Sizi go. Anyway, my father doesn't go back to the palace, and he has been in Lizhuang. We can't show our filial piety in front of us, so let Sizi and the others go to Lizhuang to have a look. Otherwise, father will The knot can never be untied." Empress Changsun is a person who knows how to deal with things.

On the other hand, Li Shimin, seeing his son's commotion, felt that what his wife said was true, and finally nodded his head, having no choice but to say, "Go, all of you. Go, let someone tell Gao Ming to let them all go too." .”

The son-in-law, who got the approval, immediately wiped away tears when he heard it, left a sentence that mother is the best, and another sentence that the father is the best.

At this time the main family.

After dinner, the old lady sat in the backyard to rest, and said with emotion: "In the past, some watermelons were rewarded in the palace, but now, it has been adjusted, haha, that's great."

"Mother, the fourth brother is really good at farming. I have never eaten such delicious melons and watermelons, and I don't know how the fourth brother grows them." Holding a piece of melon, the mouth has not stopped.

But Lin Caishu kept talking, but the old lady was happy to hear it.

There is a saying that in this era, if pregnant people can eat it, it means they are healthy, and the children born in the future will also be healthy.

With the pregnant Lin Caishu, that is the baby of the Li family.

From the old lady to the servants, everyone holds her in the palm of their hand and loves her as much.

They all hope that after the birth of the third generation of the Li family, they can continue the incense of the Li family.

A few days ago, the old lady went to the temple to burn incense, and asked her family member who was a monk in the temple whether the child in Lin Caishu's belly was a boy or a girl.

After getting the answer that the child in Lin Caishu's womb was a boy, the old lady was happy for several days.

In this regard.

The old lady told everyone in the family to take good care of Lin Caishu, lest Lin Caishu be careless and spoil her baby.

Even on the trip to Li Zhuang today, the old lady didn't let Lin Caishu go with her, and let her stay in her family's house, as if she was afraid that something might go wrong.

Lin Caishu was talking while eating the melon in her hand.

At this time, the old lady was thinking about her son who was far away in Xixiang, and sighed: "Oh! I don't know what happened to Yuan'er in Xixiang. It has been so long, and there is not a single letter, but even a little news. None. Ji'er, has there been any movement in Chaozhong recently?"

"Going back to mother, there hasn't been much movement in court recently. I think there will be news about what the fourth brother did in Xixiang in the next two days. Mother, don't worry, the fourth brother knows what he is doing." Li He was so quiet that he didn't worry about his fourth brother who was far away in Xixiang.

After Li Chongji blurted out his words, his wife Lin Caishu also comforted the old lady, "Mother, don't worry. With Uncle Xue here, who would dare to embarrass fourth brother."

"That's good, that's good." The old lady still couldn't stop thinking about it, even though she was relieved by her son and daughter-in-law, she couldn't let her worry down.

At this time, Xixiang.

Li Chongyuan is very leisurely.

The picking of camellia oleifera gave him memories of his previous life, and it was considered to be the end of the longing in his heart.

As soon as he returned to Li Village, he went to those plumbers and asked for a pot of screws that they got out of the foreign water a few days ago.

No, at this moment, he is sitting around with Li Chongzhen, Xiang Sixingba and others, drinking a small wine and sipping snails.

Chang'an is too far away, even if there is an emergency, Li Chongyuan is beyond his reach.

What's more, with the old lady here, as well as Li Yuan, or even his brothers, Li Chongyuan didn't worry about what would happen to Chang'an at all.

(End of this chapter)