The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 363 Tomatoes and Peppers
The two protagonists in the discussion storm were unaware of the treacherous rumors that people intentionally or unintentionally created behind them, and went straight to the tomatoes and peppers they were thinking about.

About a quarter of an hour after leaving the other courtyard of the eldest princess, the carriage arrived at Zhuangzi, where tomatoes and peppers were grown.

Zhuangtou got the news and rushed out to greet him. Because it was late, they had to transfer to Zhuangzi in the western suburbs after seeing the tomatoes and peppers, so they declined Zhuangtou's kindness to go to the hall to rest first, and only let Zhuangtou's wife and daughter-in-law Lu Lu old lady and Ning Shi went to the hall to drink tea and rest, while Su Yunduo and Lu Jinkang, accompanied by Zhuangtou, went directly to the field where tomatoes and peppers were planted.

Lu Jinkang's farm is not big, only about [-] to [-] acres of land, no rice and other food crops are planted, more than half of them are vegetables and fruits, and some are some rare flowers, which is quite unexpected. Su Yunduo was surprised.

"This Zhuangzi was won by a bet between me and others. It was like this before. I thought it was very good, so I asked people to build two more greenhouses, so that there will be fresh vegetables in the mansion in winter. This is what I learned. Cousin's ingenious idea." Although the astonishment in Su Yunduo's eyes just flashed by, it couldn't hide from Lu Jinkang's sharp eyes, and he only listened to Lu Jinkang's explanation.

Su Yunduo glanced at the greenhouse not far away, and couldn't help but frowned slightly. What Lu Jinkang meant, couldn't it be that this greenhouse is the so-called learning of his own ingenuity?

In order to make the most of the winter sunlight, the greenhouse in this village naturally uses colored glaze for lighting, and its cost is definitely not low.

It's just because there is a mouthful of fresh vegetables in winter, if it falls on her head, she just can't bear to throw it away like this.

But for a powerful and rich nobleman like the Duke of Zhenguo, this probably shouldn’t be considered extravagant, so Su Yunduo just frowned and shook his head in his heart, but on the surface he nodded in agreement and pursed his lips, what did he say? Didn't say anything.

Lu Jinkang, who had been paying attention to Su Yunduo's expression, was slightly suffocated, thinking of Su Yunduo's vegetable garden in Geshan Village, which completely used the heat of natural hot springs, and the cost of building a shed for heat preservation was quite low.

Thinking about it like this, Lu Jinkang could guess what Su Yunduo was thinking at this moment, and suddenly felt embarrassed, and the steps under his feet involuntarily became a little faster with his long legs.

Su Yunduo looked at Lu Jinkang who suddenly quickened his pace and seemed to have a different aura, and sighed in his heart.

Didn't she say nothing, but she still offended him!
Is it true that I have to praise him against my conscience? !
Lu Jinkang just couldn't suppress the embarrassment that suddenly rose in his heart for a while. After walking a few steps, he realized something was wrong. And croissants! I haven’t seen it for a few days, but I didn’t expect that there are already many red fruits!”

Su Yunduo wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked in the direction Lu Jinkang pointed, and sure enough, the field in front of him was planted with tomatoes and peppers, and the red, green and green ones were really pretty.

"Lantern fruit can be picked like this, and you have to wait two more days for this one." When he came to the field, Su Yunduo stopped before picking a red-hanging tomato, and pointed to the side that was almost facing the sun. The tomato that was already fully red, and then pointed to a tomato next to it that was also red but mostly still blue, and said to Zhuangtou.

Zhuangtou stood respectfully at a distance of two steps behind Su Yunduo, listening to Su Yunduo's guidance, and respectfully explained some problems found during the planting process, as well as problems that may be encountered in the picking process later. , Su Yunduo answered patiently.

Although Su Yunduo didn't send many seeds, tomatoes and peppers were planted on almost half an acre of land.

Even without Zhuangtou's introduction, Su Yunduo could see that Zhuangtou put his heart into tomatoes and peppers.

The tomatoes in this field were naturally crossed and supported at each stage of tomato growth according to the letter Su Yunduo sent with the seeds.

Although it is not perfect, it is already quite good. After all, this is the first time to grow tomatoes, and there is always a process of exploration.

After half an acre of land was transferred, several baskets of ripe tomatoes were picked. Without further ado, Lu Jinkang asked Jiu'er to recruit two guards to deliver the two baskets to the palace first.

"Cousin, don't worry, let's take a look... croissants." Su Yunduo pointed to the peppers planted on another field, stopped Lu Jinkang from sending tomatoes to the palace in a hurry, turned around and said something to Zisu, Zisu nodded and turned to leave.

The chili peppers in the chili field are already half red and half green at first glance, they are really cute at first glance, Su Yunduo bent down and picked two chili peppers in his hand, one red and one green, both are small hot peppers .

Su Yunduo wiped off the floating ash on the surface of the pepper with a handkerchief, and first took a bite of the red pepper and chewed it carefully. This kind of pepper is really quite spicy. Even a person like Su Yunduo who likes spicy food finds it a bit overwhelming. No wonder the genius doctor Gu The gluttonous disciple in the movie became a sausage mouth after eating it!
Su Yunduo didn't dare to push it any further, tasted it a few times and quickly spit it out, rinsed his mouth with the water that Lu Jinkang handed over, hesitated a bit, and tasted the green chili, which was also full of spiciness.

Although it was not lightly spicy, Su Yunduo nodded in satisfaction, and ordered the head of the village to find two small baskets a few sizes smaller than the tomato basket, picked red and green peppers and placed them separately.

At this time, Zisu also came back with a bound booklet, and Su Yunduo took the booklet and handed it to Lu Jinkang: "This is some recipes about tomatoes and peppers that I took time to write a few days ago. Send it along with the tomatoes and peppers, so as not to spoil these fruits."

"Tomatoes, peppers?" Lu Jinkang looked back and forth at several baskets filled with tomatoes and peppers, and soon understood what the two names of Su Yunduo corresponded to, and felt that these two names were compared with lantern fruit and croissant. The fruit is more appropriate and elegant.

But he still asked how Su Yunduo got these two names.

Su Yunduo smiled and said: "Look at this fruit, does it look like the red persimmon we eat?"

Not to mention Lu Jinkang nodded, Zhuangtou who was following him even smiled and said, "Isn't it very similar! A few days ago, the child at home asked me why this persimmon tree is so short."

As soon as Zhuangtou's words came out, there was a burst of laughter from the ground.

Su Yunduo praised: "Wang Zhuangtou's child is really smart!"

Zhuangtou said a few times that he didn't dare to take it seriously, but his face was full of smiles.

Su Yunduo continued: "This fruit is like a persimmon. It comes from a foreign tribe. It should be called a persimmon. I know that my cousin will send any good things to the palace to honor the Holy One. Names such as lantern fruit or tomato are not elegant enough. , so the name tomato was taken, and the croissant was renamed pepper, which is also the same.”

Lu Jinkang savored these two names carefully in his heart, and the more he tasted, the more he felt that naming these two fruits tomatoes and peppers was really appropriate and elegant, so he nodded and smiled: "My cousin is really a blue heart, these two The name of this kind of fruit is really appropriate and elegant compared to lantern fruit and croissant."

Su Yunduo was very happy to be recognized, she couldn't help but raised her head and looked at Lu Jinkang with a bright smile: "Does my cousin also think that the new name is a bit lofty?!"

The bright smile on Su Yunduo's face made Lu Jinkang almost dazed. Fortunately, the guard who was about to send tomatoes and peppers to the palace happened to come, so Lu Jinkang didn't lose his composure.

(End of this chapter)