Chapter 79 Tomatoes and Strawberries

Zeng Xiaoyan rubbed her hands in anticipation: "If I had known, I would have picked more. It's okay, I'll pick them before the New Year when I give out New Year gifts. There are plum blossoms, and I heard from the little girls that they will also bear plums to eat. Apricots are also delicious, but it's a pity that the apricot tree is too big and I can't pull it out."

Zeng Xiaoyan not only set her sights on flowers and plants, she even wanted to try digging up fruit trees.

Things I didn't dare do before are no longer a big deal. What's the big deal? As a daughter of the Zeng family, pulling out a few flowers and trees in my own garden is no big deal. It's not like I'm stealing money from my parents to support my husband's family.

She just wanted to do it herself, but she had never dreamed of having her stepmother send servants to serve her.

Speaking of food, Xu Zhichun took out two fruits wrapped in a handkerchief.

"By the way, I found it in your garden. I think one of your relatives' children accidentally dropped it. It looks pretty good to me. I've never seen one before. It looks like it's edible, so I just picked it up."

Zeng Xiaoyan looked at her with distress and guilt: I have wronged Sister Zhichun! How could you let her pick up things?

Aunt Zhu'er's attention was immediately attracted by the two fruits.

Both fruits are bright red. One is much larger than an egg, with a smooth surface and is round and very cute. The other is much smaller than an egg, with one end larger than the other, and a triangular shape, with densely packed small dots on the surface.

"If I saw such a beautiful fruit, I would probably pick it up too."

Zeng Xiaoyan's attention shifted to the fruit. "It's really beautiful!"

Xu Zhichun thought to himself, these are tomatoes and strawberries, of course they look good, and they taste even better.

Xu Zhichun smiled and said, "I wonder if this is some new thing from one of Zeng's wealthy relatives. We haven't seen it before. This bright red one must be ripe. Let's take the seeds and see if we can grow it."

The two of them also became interested and agreed.

Aunt Zhu'er couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Is this poisonous? It can only be played with and not eaten. I don't mean any harm. It's just something new that I haven't seen before. I'm a little worried."

There are countless wild vegetables and fruits in the mountains, but only a few are edible and delicious. No one would easily try wild vegetables and fruits that they are not familiar with. Not to mention being poisoned to death, even if you don't die, you need to detoxify and treat the disease, which costs money.

Xu Zhichun: "That's easy. We'll know when our chickens come back and we feed them."

If it's edible, you can plant it and then taste it to see if it tastes good. If it tastes good, you'll make a profit. If it doesn't, you won't lose anything. There are corners around the house, in the vegetable garden, and anywhere you can't plant a few seeds.

What's more, the color and appearance are really cute.

The two of them were also very interested, and touched and discussed it curiously.

The pulled out flowers and plants had to be planted quickly. Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhuer left soon.

Not long after, Aunt Liang came again with a box of snacks and two pieces of cloth, and insisted that Xu Zhichun accept them.

"If it weren't for the birthday gift you helped prepare today, our family wouldn't be so proud. Don't be polite to your aunt. These two pieces of cloth are just right for you and Mingxuan to make clothes."

Xu Zhichun had no choice but to accept it with a smile and thank him.

The two pieces of cloth, one light blue with dark bamboo leaf patterns and the other snow-blue with dark orchid patterns, were exactly suitable for her and Mingxuan to wear.

Xu Zhichun suddenly realized that summer was almost here, and she and Mingxuan would have to get new clothes and shoes made. She really didn't know how to do this, so she decided to go to a clothing store in the city tomorrow.

It is quite convenient for the ready-made clothing stores in the city to allow you to buy fabrics in the store and have them processed.

Zeng family.

Zeng Mingzhu was very angry. Zeng Xiaoyan actually dared to pull out the flowers and trees in the garden. It was simply outrageous!

Does she deserve it?

Madam Zeng was also very upset. A few flowers and plants were not worth much, but this concubine's daughter was really bold. Was she worthy?

Is a concubine's daughter worthy of appreciating flowers?

No matter how angry Mrs. Zeng was, she had to persuade her daughter, "The birthday gift from the Liang family won your father's favor. Be good and don't say anything over a few worthless flowers and plants, otherwise it will make you look petty."

Zeng Mingzhu sneered: "Could it be that the Liang family could build a garden for her to enjoy the flowers? I think she did it on purpose, deliberately making things difficult for me."

Madam Zeng coaxed her softly, "Since we've seen through her intentions, we can't let her have her way. If you get angry, won't that make her proud? It's a trivial matter that's not worth your concern. Anyway, that's all she'll have in her life. Mother is more worried about when you can get pregnant. That's the most important thing."

Zeng Mingzhu frowned, feeling upset and even more irritated.

I was so annoyed that I wanted to scream and smash things.

Three or four days passed in a flash. After making a lot of money from selling large orders of ice jelly, Xu Zhichun and a few others pooled their money for another meal together.

After Mr. Zeng’s birthday party, ice jelly sold even better.

Especially when the weather is getting hotter, everyone loves the icy cold ice jelly. Rich people send their servants to buy more than ten bowls to take home, and ordinary people can afford to try the one with less added ingredients.

After Xu Zhichun told Manager Tang that adding mint would make the food taste better, everyone praised it.

It is exclusively available in the city, so you can imagine how good its sales are.

Shopkeeper Tang wants to increase the supply to fifty kilograms a day.

Unfortunately, the new batch of kiwifruit hadn't matured yet, and the supply of kiwifruit seeds was running low. If Xu Zhichun hadn't been able to cheat, the 30 kilograms a day supply wouldn't last much longer. Everyone had to reluctantly decline the offered money, saying they would only increase the supply a little later.

Shopkeeper Tang felt very sorry, but he also knew that a good cook cannot cook without rice, so he had to bear the pain and wait for the day when he could increase the supply.

The potatoes planted in the field have grown as tall as chopsticks. At first glance, they look very green and lovely.

Xu Zhichun would go to the field behind the yard every day to take a look. He was in a good mood thinking that there would be more potatoes than he could eat in a few months.

Sweet potato vines grow better.

This is a good thing that grows thickly and is not picky about the soil. Everyone treats it as a precious lump and uses all their strength to treat it carefully. It grows even faster, and the ground is covered with tender vines.

Gradually, people started asking, "Zhichun, our sweet potato vines are all over the ground. Can we pick them and plant them?", "Zhichun, Zhichun, those sweet potatoes have grown so many vines, haha. Can we pick them and plant them?"

Xu Zhichun had originally planned to plant them in the next two days. He didn't promise anything, but was just setting an example. "Sixth Aunt, I thought so too. I'm planning to plant them tomorrow too." "Yes, let's give it a try first and see how it goes."

Then the next afternoon, when Xu Zhichun, his brother-in-law, Liang Chunfen, his aunt Zhu'er who came to see how she was doing and to help out, Zeng Xiaoyan and her husband, Aunt Liang and her eldest daughter-in-law, and Chunfen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were picking sweet potato vines in their own fields, many aunts, sisters-in-law, brothers and sisters came one after another.

Everyone expressed their desire to see how she pinched the vine.

(End of this chapter)