Nongmen Rice Flower Fragrance

Chapter 191 Baked Sweet Potatoes

"Then what did you think the countryside looked like?" Li Xin looked at Caixia with a smile on her face. In full bloom in the hand, very gratifying.

"Actually, this servant is just sighing. I haven't seen it before, and I can't imagine what it looks like." Caixia smiled, her smile was as bright as a burning peach blossom.

Soon, they arrived at the edge of the Li family's field.This season, these acres of fields are planted with pumpkins.The family has never planted pumpkins in a large area, but they grow some in the vegetable garden behind the house to eat, and sell more to Pinxiang Pavilion.Shopkeeper Sun approached Wenbo before and said that young pumpkins and old pumpkins are very popular for cooking and cakes. He hoped that the Li family could grow some pumpkins on a large scale and sell them to Pinxiang Pavilion.

Wen Bo also decided to plant pumpkins on the eight acres of land in the village.

At this time, in the pumpkin field, at a glance, everything is green.Pumpkin seedlings were raised early, and the seedlings were planted in the field during the first month, so they grew very quickly.The emerald green branches are full of yellow pumpkin flowers, and the yellow ones are very dazzling.The pumpkins are also knotted, but most of them are still a little small.

This kind of pumpkin is relatively large, so even if you pick tender pumpkins, you can't bear to pick them just a little bit bigger.Li Xin just took a look at the edge of the field, not going into the sky, for fear of accidentally stepping on the pumpkin vines.

"Miss, what is this kind?" Caixia looked at the pumpkin in surprise.

"Didn't you see it yesterday? You've seen a pumpkin. You probably haven't seen it before! It's the seeds I got from foreigners. The taste is also very good. There are still a lot of old pumpkins at home, which can be made and eaten." Try it, the pumpkin pie is very sweet and tender. There are also tender pumpkins that are more tender and delicious, and you can pick them and eat them in a few days." Li Xin gently pushed aside the pumpkin leaves, and let Caixia see the tender and tender leaves growing between the vines. Little pumpkins.
The pumpkin is still very small and tender, with turquoise, a very tender color.

"Such a small thing, can it really slowly grow into such a big pumpkin? It really can grow." Caixia sighed.Indeed, the pumpkin at this time is too small, how can it be compared with the grown old pumpkin!

The two walked around the field, and Li Xin also picked up a lot of pumpkin flowers. They were all male flowers, and they couldn't grow into pumpkins.It is the female flower that can grow into a pumpkin, and when the female flower is still a flower bud, there is already a small pumpkin underneath.The small fruit will slowly grow up after the female flower is pollinated, and if there is no pollination, the small fruit will slowly wither and the flower will wilt.

Generally, pumpkins have more male flowers and fewer female flowers.Therefore, some of the male flowers can be picked and eaten, and the taste of pumpkin flowers is also very good.

After walking around the field, Li Xin took Caixia back.Haven't entered yet!You can smell the delicious aroma of roasted sweet potatoes at home.The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes can be spread far and wide, Li Xin sniffed, it smells so good!
"What delicious food are you making at home? It smells so good?" Caixia also sniffed.When she was in the Ling family, she had seen and eaten a lot of good things, but she had never smelled this kind of fragrance, and it really made people wonder how delicious it was!
"It's roasted sweet potatoes. It should be edible. Let's go back soon." Li Xin laughed happily.

Li Xin and Caixia entered the door together, then went all the way to the kitchen.At the door of the kitchen, the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes is even stronger, making people drool.

Walking into the kitchen, there are quite a few people in the kitchen!Even Zhou's and Lian Zhi's mother and daughter, Caiyun, Wenbo, Wenhao, Yuexiang, Yueting, Xiaowang, Niuniu, and Ling Feifei's master and servant were all there.Everyone was sitting around eating roasted sweet potatoes, even a picky person like Grandma Zhong enjoyed it too!Lian Zhou looked at the oven while eating, and it seemed that there was still a lot of roasting in it.

Since she had sweet potatoes at home, Li Xin ordered an oven for roasting sweet potatoes. It is relatively simple, but it is very practical.A lot of sweet potatoes can be roasted at one time, enough for everyone to eat well.Lian Zhi sat at the place closest to Lian Zhou's, holding a veil in her hand, and inside the veil was a sweet potato, eating sweet potatoes in small mouthfuls, looking like a lady of every family.

In comparison, the others were not so elegant, even Ling Feifei was not so particular, sitting beside Yueting, happily eating sweet potatoes.

"It seems that we came back just in time! There are already baked ones." Li Xin smiled, took the pot first, and put the pumpkin flowers brought back by her and Caixia in the pot, and then found them. Little Maza sat with everyone.There were still a lot of roasted sweet potatoes in the middle basin, Li Xin took one for Caixia first, and then took one for herself to eat.

The sweet potatoes have been roasted for a while, so they are not too hot, which is the right time to eat.

"Eldest sister, go to the field! Why didn't I see you when I came back!" Yue Ting said with a smile.

"I didn't see you either! Maybe I didn't pay attention!" Li Xin smiled. "The pumpkins are growing very well. It won't be long before we can pick the first batch."

"That's good. Shopkeeper Sun also said that there are not many fresh vegetables these days! He always asks when will our family be able to supply vegetables to Pinxiang Pavilion." Wen Bo said.
"When the things here are settled, I should go to Zhuangzi to take a look. Although I know there is nothing to worry about, I still have to take a look to make me feel at ease. The rapeseed should be almost harvested, right?" A lot of rapeseed is planted, but they are all planted in the fields, and the fields are peppers and tomatoes.

Nowadays, chili peppers are still widely used. Although chili peppers cannot be eaten as food, they are easy to store and enjoy after being dried. Therefore, they can be supplied to Pinxiang Pavilions in various places, but it takes some effort to transport them.As for tomatoes, although they are delicious, they cannot be transported long distances, so the supply shops are also very limited.

Therefore, a lot of peppers grown at home can be sold.With the presence of Pinxiang Pavilion, the taste of chili will surely spread slowly throughout the Tianchen Dynasty, so that everyone will gradually get used to and fall in love with such a taste.After the family has planted it this year, it may be possible to pass things like peppers to the outside world.

"It should be harvesting! But there should be more people and it should be faster. Rapeseed is easier to harvest. If you are worried, you can go and have a look." This year's rapeseed is not sown directly, but seedlings are raised first, and so on. The seedlings are only transplanted when they have grown to a suitable height, so it is considered to be planted earlier.After the corn was harvested, the whole field was cleared, and rapeseed began to be planted.

However, this year's rapeseed is not as much as last year, because more than 100 acres have been set aside for planting potatoes.The potatoes harvested last year, except for the relatively small ones, were dug up and eaten, and the rest were kept in the cellar, that is, the seeds were kept for a variety of varieties.

"By the way, have you sold all the oil produced last year?" There were a lot of rapeseed last year, and a lot of rapeseed oil was squeezed out. According to her estimate, it would take about [-] to [-] tons of rapeseed oil, which is quite a lot. Measured.Naturally, a small oil mill can't squeeze so much rapeseed in a year, so the oil mill was expanded later, and a lot of oil was added to it.

In this era, there are no good machines for oil extraction. Although there are tools, most of them are still done manually, and oil extraction is relatively slow.Speaking of which, when she left, there was still a lot of rapeseed in the warehouse on Zhuangzi, and a lot of rapeseed had been squeezed out by this time.

"There are still a lot of rapeseeds that haven't been squeezed out, but most of the squeezed oil has been bought, and the backlog is not too much. However, it may not be able to sell all of them to Pinxiangge, and sell them to Pinxiangge that is closer. It's okay, but it's too far away, and it's unrealistic to transport oil so far. I have to ask my sister! Is it only sold to Pinxiang Pavilion? Can it be sold to ordinary people?"

"If Pinxiangge really can't use so much oil, sell it to the local people! It's really unrealistic to transport it too far. The price is not too expensive, and the people will be able to accept it."

"If I'm not around in the future, you can make a decision as long as you think it's appropriate! You don't have to wait for me all the time."

"I'm afraid I'm doing something wrong!" Wen Bo smiled shyly.No matter how steady he is, he is still a child after all!The matter of cultivating Wen Bo can be done slowly, but Li Xin is not in a hurry.

After eating the roasted sweet potatoes, everyone left the kitchen.The yard is very wide, and the children are playing in the yard.Ling Feifei also likes this kind of atmosphere very much, she has been playing with Yuexiang and the others for a long time.Even Hongyu and Lvzhu are not very old, they are just the age that loves to play a lot, so naturally they are very happy to play with everyone.

Li Xin sat on the corridor, quietly watching the crowd playing.

Seeing the children so happy really made her miss her childhood!People are the happiest when they are children, not to mention whether they are lucky or not, at least they are happy.Children are always easier to satisfy, so happiness comes easily.

"Sister, am I very useless!" Wen Hao said dejectedly as he stood beside Li Xin.

"Why do you say that? How can our Wen Hao be useless? He is so smart, everyone will like it." Li Xin pulled Wen Hao to sit beside him.

"The elder brother can share the family affairs for the elder sister, but I still don't understand anything."

"You are still young! What nonsense! Worrying too much makes it easy to grow old. If you think about it, you are not afraid of becoming a little old man! I don't like our Wen Hao becoming a little old man so quickly." Li Xin squeezed Pinching Wen Hao's face, "Besides, why are you useless! You are smart and studious, aren't you very good at studying, and you are also good at kung fu, and you will be a general in the future!"

(End of this chapter)