Chapter 374 Preparing to Buy More Land
This made everyone instantly energized, and they cheered and said "good thing" with laughter.
It is not easy to cook for a large family, especially for those who do manual labor, who eat a lot of food. Qiao Xuan does not cook every day.
Usually it was Xu and Yang Xiaoni who cooked, and Taotao occasionally helped out.
Now Xu's cooking skills have improved a bit - mainly because he is willing to use, and knows how to use, various seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. In addition to the vegetables from the vegetable garden, there are also dried bamboo shoots, various dried mushrooms, fish, shrimp, meat, tofu and other delicious ingredients. The taste is always good when cooked over a high fire.
Originally, Qiao Xuan thought that she could pick all the tea seeds in one day, but she didn't expect it to be so difficult. At the end of the day, she only picked up the golden buds.
It seems that I will have to work hard for another day tomorrow to pick up the things from Zi Xin's side.
After about seven or eight days, the new batch will be ripe, and the next batch will be almost ready.
Although the work was troublesome, the harvest was great. Qiao Xuan calculated and found that she had gained at least 40 to 50 kilograms.
The tea seeds are black and plump, with a shiny skin and excellent appearance.
It felt heavy in her hand, and Qiao Xuan could easily sense the vitality contained in the embryo beneath the outer shell.
I didn’t dare stay too late in the mountains, and when I got home, the sun hadn’t set yet.
After gathering the tea seeds and washing her face and taking a shower, Qiao Xuan began to cook dinner.
Before taking a bath, I soaked the dried shrimps and dried hairtail in slightly hot water. Now they look almost ready.
She also soaked some sea cucumbers and abalone, but they couldn't be prepared today, so they could be eaten tomorrow night.
I have made scallion-fried sea cucumber and braised abalone twice before, and everyone in my family loves them very much.
There is no reason to return empty-handed since we have entered the mountains. Today we have shrimps, hairtail, and a pheasant.
The shrimps braised in tomato sauce are refreshing, sweet and sour, the fried hairtail is crispy and delicious, and the pheasant is made into a ginger and scallion chicken with minced garlic and chopped green onions as the main seasonings.
Fang also bought two pieces of tofu at home today, cut them into small pieces, fried them until both sides were slightly golden, and stir-fried them with mushrooms.
Add a couple of freshly picked vegetables from the garden and you're all set.
After many days, we finally ate the food cooked by Qiao Xuan again, and everyone couldn't help but have an extra bowl of rice.
The next day, I picked up Zi Xin's tea seeds. There were not as many as the golden buds, but still quite a few.
Collect it again, it's quite acceptable.
Qiao Xuan had not originally expected to plant all 500 acres of tea forest at once.
The project is not small, and she doesn't have the right people, so it's difficult to manage. A smaller amount wouldn't be a bad thing.
Just plant another batch next year.
Her family happily helped her do so many chores, and Qiao Xuan felt a little guilty. Thinking that autumn was coming and it was time to buy winter clothes, she discussed with Shao Yunduan that when he went to the city to attend the academy, she would also go with him to buy some things.
"By the way, let's go find the landowner and buy some more land! We have to plant lychees next year, so we have to plant at least a few dozen or even a hundred acres first!"
"Also, it's time to prepare the tea mountain for land reclamation. Let's discuss it with the head of Zhangjia Village first. If the villagers are willing, we can hire them to do the work! Let them earn some hard-earned money."
Shao Yunduan nodded, glanced at her and said, "We are not there. Even though Uncle Erzhu and his men are here, there are still many things that need to be taken care of by the head of the village. We should visit them first."
"Yeah, I think so too!"
(End of this chapter)
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