The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 813 Undercurrents surging
Jiang Xiao is a cautious person. Even though Su Yunduo told him to plant early-season rice, he still asked a lot of related questions.

For example, the planting situation of black rice in the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom, the climate of the planting area, etc., Su Yunduo answered them one by one.

The yield of black rice is very low, and the planting amount in the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom is also very small.

Through various means, Lu Jinkang only managed to get about ten catties of grains, which are still plump.

Speaking of these millets, we have to start with Lu Jinkang returning to the capital from the border town.

At that time, Su Yunduo, who was in the midst of confinement, was trapped in the house and was forbidden to go out even to read books. At the beginning, when he was weaker, he could endure it. When the weakness of his body gradually weakened, he would lie on the bed like this with nothing to do. The whole person seemed a little irritable.

Lu Jinkang saw Su Yunduo's irritability in his eyes, so he naturally wanted to find a way to relieve Su Yunduo's troubles. As long as he had free time, he would either read to Su Yunduo himself, or gossip with her. What I have seen and heard, of course, is to avoid all dangers and only pick up interesting border towns.

After talking about the Beichen Kingdom, he would naturally also talk about the trip to the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom to understand the plight of the North West Frontier City. When talking about the interesting stories in the Prince's Mansion of the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom, black rice porridge was mentioned.

According to Lu Jinkang, when the black rice porridge was served, looking at the black porridge in the fine jade-white porcelain bowl, he really couldn't finish his mouth, and was made fun of by His Highness the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Cambodia for this.

The bowl of porridge and rice soup can really be said to be as black as ink, but it has a natural light medicinal taste in the mouth, which is very refreshing and appetizing.

When Lu Jinkang said this, Su Yunduo almost guessed what kind of rice porridge it was.

Although Su Yunduo was born in an ordinary farm family in his previous life, he was not very knowledgeable. After all, he lived in a big city for a few years, so he had seen and eaten countless times the steamed rice with black rice sold at breakfast stalls on the street.

At the beginning, she really thought that Umi steamed rice was steamed with black rice, but she was ridiculed by her classmates. Later, she searched the Internet for relevant literature and found out that such Umi steamed rice is not made of black rice. The real black rice is steamed, but the white japonica rice is dyed with the juice of Nanzhu leaves.

Because of this, she thought that the black rice in the supermarket was also dyed with the juice of southern candle leaves. The result of the investigation was that the black rice that was much more expensive than ordinary rice in the supermarket was directly grown, not dyed.

The steamed rice at the breakfast stall needs a certain degree of glutinousness, and the real black rice is not glutinous rice, which lacks the glutinousness of making steamed rice. Therefore, the black rice steamed rice at the breakfast stall is not black rice, but Nanzhuye Dao Juice dyed white japonica rice.

Since Su Yunduo came to this place, it was the first time he heard of black rice porridge, and the first thing that flashed in his mind was the black rice steamed rice dyed with southern candle leaves in his previous life.

After Lu Jinkang finished talking about it as an interesting story, she already had a guess in her mind that the one that the crown prince of the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom could bring out to entertain Lu Jinkang, the "honored guest", should be the real black rice. After listening to Lu Jinkang's repeated emphasis on the black porridge, there was something hidden about it The medicinal taste is very refreshing and appetizing, which naturally confirmed her guess, so she asked Lu Jinkang to help find black rice seeds.

Lu Jinkang never thought that he would be caught by Su Yunduo just for telling a so-called "interesting story" that made him embarrassed, but since Su Yunduo wanted it, no matter how difficult it was, he wanted to satisfy Su Yunduo.

At the beginning, Lu Jinkang thought very simply. He thought it was just a matter of getting some grain seeds, and he just asked the prince of the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom to ask for it. Given his "friendly" relationship with the prince of the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom, it would not be difficult to get some millet.

As a result, the crown prince of the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom sent him a few catties of black rice, along with a letter, telling Lu Jinkang that the black rice was saved from his mouth, and asked Lu Jinkang to save some food.

Looking at the several catties of black rice, Lu Jinkang really couldn't laugh or cry. After several inquiries, he found out that this black rice is also a rare item in the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom. Treat this few catties of black rice as a treasure.

Lu Jinkang understood that it would not work to ask for millet through the crown prince of the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom, so he had to look for millet through the people-to-people relationship of the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom. Millet was still secretly smuggled across the border.

Because it is hard to come by, Su Yunduo still cherishes this little grain even if it doesn’t look particularly full, but in order not to put more pressure on Jiang Xiao, Su Yunduo did not tell Jiang Xiao about the hard-earned grain, but just passed on the information obtained through inquiring. Jiang Xiao was informed about the planting conditions of the black rice and the climate conditions of the planting area, etc., and finally said: "This rice is currently only planted in a small amount in the central area of ​​the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom. You just try to find out, and it is best to plant it naturally. , it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t work.”

Jiang Xiao is a careful person. Although Su Yunduo has repeatedly stated that it is just a trial planting, he can see some clues from the importance Su Yunduo attaches to this small bag of millet. Hearing that the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom only planted a small amount, of course he understands the origin of this millet. It was not easy, and I secretly decided in my heart that I must spend more time on trial planting.

The black rice comes from the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom, and the Cambodian Eagle Kingdom is located in the northwest of the Dongling Kingdom. The climate is naturally quite different from the capital of the Dongling Kingdom. To put it bluntly, the temperature is lower.

The Cambodian Eagle Kingdom started breeding in March. Although it is only the first month now, compared with the climatic conditions, it is time to start preparing for seedling raising.

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Xiao couldn't sit still, just as everything that should be discussed was settled, Jiang Xiao picked up the bag containing black rice and millet, and planned to leave.

Su Yunduo indicated that he still had something to say, although she had never grown black rice.

After coming into contact with these black rice millets, she could recall some planting experiences she had seen on the Internet in her previous life from time to time. Although she could not guarantee that all these planting experiences on the Internet were useful, she still used those planting experiences that she felt were more reliable. After the experience has been sorted out, it is natural to explain to Jiang Xiao at this moment.

"This is the information I collected from various sources. Take it and have a look, maybe it will give you some inspiration." Su Yunduo said and handed the few pieces of paper at hand to Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao took a look at it, his eyes became brighter the more he looked, and he nodded from time to time, looking very teachable. Obviously, these things written by Su Yunduo on the paper are very helpful to him.

"Master, this thing is so useful! With it, you can avoid a lot of detours, and it also makes you feel more confident!" Jiang Xiao raised his head, shook the paper in his hand, and looked happy like A child with candy.

Su Yunduo couldn't help but smile: "It's best if it's useful, please take care of Manager Jiang!"

"Hey hey hey, it should be!" Jiang Xiao said with a silly smile.

After a while, Jiang Xiao seemed to think of something again, and buried his head to look carefully again. This time it took a little longer, and Su Yunduo didn't bother him, and picked up the tea and sipped it slowly.

After a long while, Jiang Xiao raised his head from the paper and looked at Su Yunduo thoughtfully: "If it is true that the tillers can be planted separately when the seedlings have reached seven or eight tillers, then the seedlings raised by a catty of seeds You can plant five acres of paddy fields.

There are almost ten catties of millet here. Even if it needs to be screened before raising seedlings, six catties of seeds should be selected according to the quality of the millet in this bag, and then thirty mu of land can be planted. "

The paper in Jiang Xiao's hand was sorted and written by Su Yunduo himself, so he naturally knew that there was nothing wrong with Jiang Xiao's words.

Generally, rice requires two catties of seeds per acre of land, but Su Yunduo has read literature on black rice seedlings and seedlings in his previous life. Even black rice varieties are quite precious in previous lives. In order to save seeds and speed up breeding, generally What is taken is the method of sparse sowing, cultivating strong seedlings, tillering and planting.

"The first trial planting of [-] acres is too much, so try planting [-] acres, accumulate experience first, and then talk about the future planting according to the situation of the trial planting. As for the amount of seedlings, don't just follow the paper. Come with your experience." Su Yunduo smiled and shook his head, telling Jiang Xiao his plan.

The seeds were hard to come by, Su Yunduo planned to use half and keep the other half.If the trial planting is unsuccessful this year, and the experience has been accumulated, there will be half of the seeds left to try again next year.If the trial planting is successful, the remaining half can be used for comparison.

In this way, it is like fighting a battle, advancing, attacking, retreating and defending.

The trial planting of black rice and the management of the farm are all handed over to Jiang Xiao. Although he is looking forward to the success of the trial planting of black rice, he also understands that it will take four or five months from raising seedlings to harvesting. Su Yunduo is not in a hurry. Put it in the back of your mind for the time being.

Years later, Su Yunduo put more energy into straightening out and arranging the properties of himself, Lu Jinkang, and Dafang, and was a little slack about the affairs of the mansion. Of course, this does not mean that Su Yunduo knows nothing about the affairs of the mansion, She didn't say that she saw all the fights between the aunts, but she also had a good grasp of them.

She divided and ruled the house, and even if the aunts in the house were fighting openly and secretly, thinking of the cooperation between them, it was acceptable, at least on the surface, everyone was in a good state.

However, the recent situation seems to be a little different. The Fang family and the Yang family are not at odds. From time to time, there are signs of disagreement between the two, and occasionally the Zhao family will also participate in it.Although the current affairs between the few people are just trivial matters, it will definitely affect the harmony in the mansion in the long run.

Since the beginning of the first lunar month, the government of Zhen Guo has started construction projects.

According to the plan at the end of last year, the construction of the Zhen Guogong Mansion will involve all houses in the whole mansion, but the construction will be started separately.

There were two places where construction was first arranged, one was the Qinggui Garden where the second bedroom was planning to marry Lu Jinbai, and the other was the Ci'an Hall where Lu Mingyang and An's family were about to move in.

There are not many places that need to be moved in the Ci'an Hall. Apart from painting, we will build a sun room for the old couple according to Su Yunduo's intention. .

Even though the Zhenguo Mansion is rich, using colored glaze as a roof still seems a bit extravagant. At the beginning, Lu Mingyang refused to agree, but in the end he was persuaded by Lu Jinkang and Su Yunduo.

The funds used in this sunshine room did not come from the official account, but from the small treasury of Lu Jinkang and Su Yunduo. However, it was only a sunshine room of about 20 square meters, with a budget of [-] taels, which really surprised everyone. envy.

What makes everyone envious is not only that the old couple can sit in the house in winter and bask in the sun, but also the richness of Lu Jinkang and Su Yunduo's private houses.

It's just that no matter how rich the private houses of these two couples are, everyone can only envy them. Who can make money without Su Yunduo? !

Fortunately, this sunshine room is located in Ci'an Hall, and everyone has the opportunity to enjoy it. If it is located in Xiaofengyuan, I'm afraid I really only have envy and jealousy in my heart. This may be a kind of comfort to everyone.

The Green Osmanthus Courtyard that Lu Jinbai used for his marriage had a lot of work to do. It had to be painted, refurbished, expanded, and even prepared for the wedding. Fang was so busy that he hit the back of his head.

Seeing that Fang was exhausted from busy work all day, An's heart felt sorry for Fang, so she suggested that Fang hand over the middle feeder he was holding in his hand for the time being.

After finally holding a piece in her hand, Fang is unwilling to let it go. Tiredness is nothing, and benefits are king.

Therefore, I was too busy, and it was inevitable that there would be some negligence. Although Su Yunduo calmly made up the description, Yang found some loopholes and started to move secretly.

Although this kind of behavior is harmless, it makes Fang very annoyed.

For example, the wood that was originally prepared for Qingguiyuan was sent to Fufengyuan by Yang's people.

Because Lu Jinlin's marriage was in September, Fufengyuan was scheduled to start construction in May, but the materials were prepared in no particular order, as long as they did not exceed the specifications set by the Enterprise Law, anything you fancy could be prepared first.

Although the materials sent to Fufengyuan were quickly sent back to Qingguiyuan, which had no effect on the progress of Qingguiyuan, it made Fang feel very unhappy. Yuan, as for how this happened, Fang insisted that the people below sent the wrong delivery, but Yang pointed the finger at Fang everywhere in his words.

Although Su Yunduo came forward to punish several servants who participated in it, and Mrs. An also came forward to reprimand Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Yang, similar things still happened from time to time.

The Zhao family, who used to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, has also started to move around in the past two days. The originally harmonious Zhen Guogong Mansion began to have some undercurrents because of the selfishness of the third-bedroom aunt, which made Su Yunduo feel a little headache. Don't be lazy anymore, just take this opportunity to take back all the Zhongfei.

But thinking about it, maybe he might leave Beijing with Lu Jinkang soon, so he finally gave up the idea of ​​taking back the reward.

First, all the stewards in charge of the repairs in the mansion were called to have a discussion, and then the three aunts were called together to make arrangements.

Everything is done in the order of repairs, and the materials needed for repairs are either procured by the mansion or brought into the mansion in the order of repairs.

The house will purchase them uniformly, and the three-bedroom aunt expresses her objection with one voice.

They each have their own way, and each has their own vision. How can the unified procurement be more satisfying than self-purchasing?
Then there is only one feasible solution, that is, all the materials will be brought into the mansion according to the repair order and the order required by the craftsmen, so as to avoid unnecessary chaos, which will cause dislike among the houses and affect the harmony in the mansion.

(End of this chapter)