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Chapter 18 Tomato Harvesting

Another half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and finally, it was time for the tomatoes to mature.

Zhao Jun stood on the land in the western suburbs, looking at the already large expanse of green in a beautiful mood.

"Ms. Zhao, according to what you said, these tomatoes can be picked when they grow deep red." Wang Taicang smiled from ear to ear at the red fruits all over the ground, but this was not what made him most happy.

Zhao Nvshi said that these tomatoes are mainly fruits that adjust the taste, and corn and sweet potatoes are their most important crops.

The sweet potato grows underground and the yield cannot be seen for the time being, but these corns that are full of ears have already seen their fruits. They watched the corn grow from a young seedling to a pole as tall as a person every day. The heavy ears of corn are a symbol of a good harvest.

"Yes, the tomatoes are completely ready. These corns and underground sweet potatoes will be ready for another half a month. Let's organize everyone to pick the tomatoes today. By the way, you first pick a batch of long-growing tomatoes and pick them to keep. Breeding."

Zhao Jun walked to the side of the tomatoes, looking at the red fruits all over the ground, his mouth felt sour, and he quickly picked them off to eat.

"Leader Xuan, take someone to pick these tomatoes and put them in a basket. Pay attention to my movements and don't use force to pull them. These seedlings still have to be kept."

Zhao Jun squatted in the field and gave Xuan Yang a demonstration. Over there, Wang Deng had picked several large baskets of top-quality tomatoes and kept them as seeds.

"Also pay attention, don't pick the ones that are still a little blue, keep them for two days, and pick the red ones, have you heard that?" Zhao Jun shouted to the soldiers who were already picking.

The soldiers responded loudly, and then they began to work in full swing. These tomatoes were also watered by them with a handful of soil and a bowl of water. It was also the first time they planted and harvested. Everyone's face was full of smiles.

The soldiers bent their waists and used their hands and feet. After half a day, they had already collected almost all the red fruits. The tomatoes on the two acres of land seemed to be quite a lot. Unexpectedly, they were picked up and weighed [-] catties. There are still a small half of them that are immature, and they add up to almost [-] catties.

Calculated in this way, the output of one mu of land is about [-] catties, which is already amazing in this era.

Zhao Jun had someone wash some of them when they were picking them. Tomatoes are both food and fruit. It is quite good to have a tomato to quench your thirst in such hot weather.

Zhao Jun asked someone to walk over with the cleaned tomatoes, and he took the first one and put it in his mouth impatiently.

Well, sweet and sour, bursting with pulp in one bite, so delicious!

Zhao Jun narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

"Everyone can come over and get one to try." There were many soldiers who watched eagerly when she just ate, and now they heard that everyone can get one and they all swarmed up to her.

Xuan Yang and Wang Deng were of course the first to get the batch. The food that had been planted hard for more than two months was edible. Even though it was raw, everyone tasted the fruits of their labor with satisfaction.

It was quiet on the field at first, but soon bursts of wonder as everyone began to taste the fruit.

"Oh my god, what the hell is this? It's so delicious."

"Stupid, you didn't listen to what Nv Shi said, this is a tomato, I have decided that from today onwards, my favorite thing to eat is a tomato!"

"It's really food, not fruit. I've never eaten such a delicious fruit."

Xuan Yang quickly finished eating one, he stood there without speaking for a long time, after a while he sneaked up to Zhao Jun and whispered
"Zhao Nushi, you see, as the leader of the captain, I have been serious in my work these past few months. Can you reward me more?" Xuan Yang said seriously, "My wife is pregnant, and my appetite has not been very good in the past two months. , I want to take one back to her, can you see it?"

Zhao Jun looked at him with a smile, but he didn't expect that Xuan Yang was already married, and he seemed to treat his wife well.

"Of course, you can take another one back, and give Wang Taicang one more by the way, as a small reward for the hard work of the two of you these past few months."

"Thank you, female history."

Soon everyone's tomatoes were finished, everyone had satisfied smiles on their faces, and some people looked at the sweet potatoes and corn in the field with burning eyes. Tomatoes are so delicious, I believe these two must be very good eat!

"Wang Taicang, as a ready-to-eat crop, these tomatoes are not as easy to preserve as food. They can only be preserved for three to five days at such a temperature. In this way, I will bring a hundred catties back to the palace first, and put the rest here, Xuanyang Take someone to watch, and I will go back to ask the king how to deal with these things in the evening."

Wang Deng and Xuan Yang nodded to express their understanding.

Zhao Jun already had ideas about these tomatoes, but as the first batch of mature crops, she still had to go back and tell Ying Zheng first.

Later that night, Zhao Jun led his people back with their things, and a dozen soldiers came directly to the kitchen with their things in their arms.

Soon the kitchen yard was full of piles, and Zhao Jun sent them away and came back without any surprise being surrounded by crowds again.

There are quite a few new faces in the kitchen who must have been added. Manager Ai and Mrs. Chaisang are still in good spirits, especially Chaisang, whose milk tea is very popular nowadays.

"Ms. Zhao, what novelty did you bring here, fruits?" Anyone who saw these red fruits looked like fruits.

"No, these are tomatoes. They have just been planted. They can be eaten raw or cooked. Put them here first. I will make a few dishes to present to the king."

It was getting late, and stars had begun to appear in the unpolluted sky as night fell.

Zhao Jun hurried into the kitchen, lit the oil lamp and started cooking.

Tomatoes are very simple to make, as long as you handle them simply, a tomato scrambled eggs, tomato egg soup and sugar mixed tomatoes are ready.

Zhao Jun spent some time making a can of tomato sauce. Although the preparation is simple, it is still delicious.

Ai Du stood beside her and watched, and found that her recipes were very simple, not like making other delicacies before, and he was a little puzzled.

"All right."

Zhao Jun breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the loaded dishes, and took a few more untreated tomatoes, and you're done.

Ai Du couldn't help asking, "What is Nu Shi doing?"

"You can see that these dishes are very simple to make, but you have to taste how they taste."

Zhao Jun rested for a while, smiled and nodded to him, pointing to the leftovers in the pot, motioning him to try it.

Ai Du suppressed his doubts, picked up the chopsticks and put a little bit into his mouth.

After a while, he nodded at Zhao Jun

"Ingredients like this should be cooked simply."

Jun Zhao didn't care about the doubtful crowd around him, and went to the front hall with a basket facing the moonlight.

(End of this chapter)