Chapter 92 Chapter 92 Farmhouse?
It’s not difficult to make a cold version of milk vetch.
Qian Yuan doesn't like cooking, but at this moment he is extremely serious about doing bad things, following the instructions on the Internet step by step very rigorously.
First blanch it to remove the oxalic acid, then rinse it in ice water to ensure it is crispy and tender, then prepare the sauce for the salad...
The two servings of Chinese milk vetch were cooked in the same way and served on the same plate, except that a little wood ash was applied to the bottom to prove the difference. The cold dishes could be prepared in advance, but he really had no energy to prepare the other dishes, so he had to ask his relatives to come and help.
By the time we actually started eating, it was already half past five.
After playing mahjong for an entire afternoon, everyone couldn't wait to sit down. Although there was no pork left, they still had fish and eggs that they had bought with money. They were limited to only one fish, which was quite big. However, there were also many guests, so in order to let everyone have a share, the host made fish soup with tender tofu, which was fresh and fragrant.
There is also a steamed egg and a scrambled egg with chives.
It doesn’t look as luxurious as the big meat meal at noon, but the aroma is still tempting.
The children have been clamoring for food since early morning.
Qian Yuan enthusiastically brought over two servings of Chinese milk vetch, then conveniently clamped his phone holder on the edge of the table and filmed the table. "Come on, come on, the Chinese milk vetch salad you've been waiting for is here! Hurry and eat."
For comparison and to ensure that everyone can eat it, he even put it in the middle.
He wouldn't let his father put it on both sides.
I’m afraid that everyone won’t reach over several plates to pick up food.
All the dishes were ready, and everyone sat down. At the host's call, everyone started eating.
Those who drink fish soup drink fish soup, and those who eat eggs eat eggs.
"Oh, this fried leek and eggs is delicious! The leek must have been frozen, so it's sweet!" Qian Yuan's eyes lit up after taking a bite of fried leek and eggs. The eggs were fragrant and tender, forming a sharp contrast with the spiciness of the leek. The combination was just right, salty, and especially delicious with rice.
At this time, the person who picked up the cold-mixed alfalfa also had it in his mouth.
He watched out of the corner of his eye.
One is his mother and the other is his aunt.
It just so happened that the two of them didn't pick up the same plate.
The next second, they both nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad! Xiaoyuan, you are a good cook!"
My aunt said, "Oh, it's really delicious. The vegetable is so tender and even better than I remember!"
Qian Yuan smiled secretly and continued to observe.
After hearing the two of them praising her, the others also followed suit and picked some sweet vetch.
As soon as they took a bite, everyone praised it.
Especially my uncle and aunt nodded repeatedly: "I have to buy Boss Jiang's, it tastes much better than my own!"
Qian Yuan smiled strangely: "Uncle, is it really better than yours? It's not just your imagination, is it?"
"No! It's really delicious!" My uncle said seriously, "The taste is different. This one isn't too astringent. The difference is obvious."
Qian Yuan almost laughed out loud. Boss Jiang was indeed a good hand at growing vegetables and raising livestock. The eggs and meat were delicious, but she probably didn't take much care of the asparagus, after all, it was a wild grass that grew naturally.
Because when the food was served, he took a special look and saw that the one his mother took was free, while the one his aunt took was bought with money.
The food my uncle and his mother picked up was put on the same plate.
It’s also free, yet you still say it tastes better than your own food. Isn’t that just a psychological effect?!
Look at how these bosses who are good at marketing have fooled their customers?
"Ahem!" Qian Yuan coughed lightly and was about to focus everyone's attention on him, then laugh loudly.
Just then, his mother picked up another plate.
Qian Yuan was stunned, and suddenly realized that they really had no comparison.
My uncle was very concerned: "What's wrong with Xiaoyuan? Is he catching a cold?"
"No, no!" Qian Yuan shook his head quickly.
Wait a little longer and see his mother's reaction, then you can get the final blow.
As a result, he paused while eating.
Qian Yuan's smile froze: No way?!
Can you really taste the difference?!
The next second, his mother finished her meal, then reached for the original plate. When she put it in her mouth, she frowned and couldn't help but say, "Why do these two plates taste different?"
Several people at the table were stunned: "What's the difference?"
When asked this question, everyone subconsciously reached for the dish they hadn't eaten, wanting to see what was different.
After eating this, they all looked strange.
"Why is this dish more delicious?" Dad Qian said, pointing to the dish on the left.
My aunt nodded. "Yes, this one is better. I started with this one. I just had the other one, and it still had a bitter and beany taste. Xiaoyuan, are you being lazy? You didn't have the patience to just rinse it with hot water and fish it out?"
"That's right, this one is more delicious!" My uncle nodded, "But it's better than the ones in my vegetable garden."
My uncle-in-law: "This one is indeed more delicious. I don't even taste any astringency. It has a more tender texture and a fragrant aroma..."
Qian Yuan: “…”
The corner of his mouth twitched: "...I always do the same thing."
Everyone wondered, "Why is it different then?"
Qian Yuan covered his face. "Because one was free, I picked it on the roadside and wanted to see if you could taste it. I didn't expect that Mr. Jiang was really good at it. It's really different, just 50 meters away!!!"
He was a little upset when he said this: "I thought she was able to grow every vegetable well because she was very good at fooling people..."
The uncle burst out laughing, especially when his nephew looked incredulous. He laughed even more happily: "Do you think people who buy vegetables from Boss Jiang are fools? The same vegetables are much more expensive at her place. This is really not something that can be fooled. You know, her family first became famous in our county!"
When we went to help out, she would let us eat some tomatoes and cucumbers. They were really different, completely different from the ones we grew ourselves. If I had money, I would always buy her vegetables. "
"Oh, I thought you were reluctant to spend money? You actually bought two big bags. It turns out half of them were free." Dad Qian was also amused and picked up another piece of purple clover that he had spent money on with his chopsticks.
It tastes sour and spicy, with a crisp texture, and the leaves are also soft and tender without any rough fibers. It is the best time to eat it.
I just thought the Chinese milk vetch from another dish was delicious, but now after eating this authentic one, I find it even more delicious!
The contrast of "you get what you pay for" has been completely opened up.
Qian Yuan smiled helplessly and picked up some Chinese amaranth to taste it. After taking a bite, his brows couldn't help but twitch.
It really tastes much better than the wild vegetables I remember.
It is very tender, yet retains a crispy texture, not astringent, and has a pleasant grassy aroma without any earthy smell.
It’s really good with the sour, spicy and garlicky sauce he made!
He was convinced!!!
*
A club
Du Nianzhen saw a video.
It looked like a very ordinary dining table where a farmer entertained guests, but several dishes in the video reminded her of the vegetables she had eaten in Jiangjia Village before, especially the cold-mixed milk vetch. It looked ordinary, but as everyone discovered which dish was more delicious, the milk vetch in that dish was visibly reduced, much faster than the other one. Although she had never eaten it, she couldn't help swallowing.
What a pity!
Why can’t we go to Jiangjia Village now!
When she first started going there, she felt extremely bored.
But after staying there for two days, she could obviously feel physically comfortable and energetic, so she took the initiative to start looking for fun. As a rich second-generation, she had no financial pressure, so she directly rented a piece of land there and learned to grow vegetables from everyone, and she had a lot of fun. In addition, she had a car, an RV, a nanny, and a bodyguard to drive her out when she really wanted to play, and she didn't feel bored at all in the end.
On the contrary, when she returned to the city, the air was obviously not as clean and comfortable as over there, which made her lose interest in many activities. The male models were good-looking, but their makeup was too heavy and not natural enough. They were not as good as the radishes from Boss Jiang's house. The plump white ones were so delicious when cooked into soup. As a result, she lost interest and started watching videos.
It just so happened that big data kept recommending videos related to Boss Jiang, and she scrolled a few times before seeing this video.
There are quite a few likes, tens of thousands already.
When I opened the comments section, the first thing I saw was: [Excessive! They really didn't bid on the bottom of the plate?! Passersby are really curious.]
[I suspect this is advertising. This Jiang's shop has been so popular lately.]
【If you don’t bid at the bottom, will you fail? 】
[I don't think it's necessary to film this. Unless these people are acting, they wouldn't choose the one on the left so unanimously.]
[That's right, even Jiang's shop is still not believed by anyone now, it's a real strength?]
[Real acting wouldn't be this natural. This blogger used to film daily life. He's really an ordinary blogger, and now his fans have just exceeded 1,000.]
This isn't an act! I was there, queuing up to buy milk vetch from Mr. Jiang's shop. I happened to capture him picking milk vetch not far from Mr. Jiang's contracted plot (pictured). I was wondering what he was doing, but it turns out he was trying to debunk counterfeiting.
It was the blogger looking for Chinese milk vetch in the field with his butt sticking out.
[I'm dying of laughter. I can feel his efforts even through the screen.]
[Hahahahaha I bet he's never this diligent normally]
Fortunately, the blogger's reply was right below the first comment: [I took a picture, and look, it's really this one! If you don't believe me, you can go to the homepage and watch the next video. It was just not long enough, so I just cut it... (Picture)]
So the comments started to change again: [Ahhh, I want to eat it too! ]
[Blogger, tell me the truth, is it delicious? ]
[I don't need you to tell me, you'll know after watching the video. Hahahahaha, I also participated in the food grabbing later. My mom was so angry that she complained that I was stingy and only bought two pounds. The blogger said he wouldn't leave today! I promise to buy a lot tomorrow!]
[Haha ...
Qianqianqian (blogger): Um, just to be clear, I've always loved Boss Jiang's ingredients! The eggs are delicious, and the fish is even better. I just didn't expect the wild vegetables so close together could be so different! (Especially since my uncle says even the free ones are better than the ones he grows at home (staring))
【Even funnier】
[Indeed, it's even funnier. You don't know that I've actually been there, and I know for sure. The vegetables grown in the several vegetable plots next to Boss Jiang's plot are all tastier than those in the regular market. The villagers all say that ever since Boss Jiang started farming, the chickens and ducks in his village prefer to go there to eat the bugs and grass!]
[What a joke! It's even funnier that they can't eat me. Woohoo, why don't I have any relatives from that part of the world? They don't want to visit relatives, they look down on my family and bully my parents because they're honest. Yet, even after I've talked them dry, they still don't want to travel to Boss Jiang's place and want to visit relatives instead! So annoying...]
[Me too! This blogger is way too much. Not only is he teasing us in the video, but he's also teasing us in the comments section!]
[It’s funnier when you can’t eat it +1 (crying)]
Du Nianzhen silently liked this comment.
She wants to eat too!
Why can’t Boss Jiang live next door to her!
If this happened next door, the housing prices in the community would skyrocket.
At this moment, a head popped up: "What are you doing? You look so listless after coming out to play? Are you tired from accompanying your mom lately?"
It was one of her good friends, Ruan Xi.
Du Nianzhen turned off his phone and said casually, "No, it's just that the air here is not very good. It's a bit hard to breathe, so I don't have much interest in playing."
Ruan Xi glanced at the male models dancing in front of her, then at her best friend who looked wilted. She had never been like this before. She wondered, "Is that Jiangjia Village really magical? Just go there and you'll become a noble person."
Du Nianzhen: "...really not, it's just the air. You don't know how good the environment is over there. You know my mom's situation, she's obviously better after going there. I'm used to the good air over there, and I'm really not used to it here."
Although none of the girls smoke and the club has various air purification equipment, at most there is a strong smell of alcohol and the perfume on the male models, but as the Internet says, after having tasted the fine bran, it feels not so good to come here again.
Seeing how sincere she was, Ruan Xi began to believe her. She leaned over and asked mysteriously, "Did Aunt Du really get better after living there for a while? Did she really become younger because of that?"
"What else could it be?" Du Nianzhen asked speechlessly.
Ruan Xi chuckled, "Isn't this too unbelievable? My mom has always suspected that she had some kind of cosmetic surgery, hahahaha, and she even asked me to find out more."
Du Nianzhen said confidently, "I'm not lying. Apart from the medicine the doctor prescribed for her lungs, she didn't take anything else. You know my mother's condition. How could she have any cosmetic surgery in her condition? She had a checkup after she came back, and the doctor said the medication could be changed. She's taking a lot less. I kept asking her if she had taken any targeted miracle cures."
At the end, he added: "By the way, after the Chinese New Year, my mother and I will go there again, along with my aunt, her pregnant daughter-in-law, and my third aunt..."
Counted a series of relatives' names.
They are all people who were impressed by her mother's effects after seeing her mother with their own eyes.
Ruan Xi took a breath.
A few days ago, Du Nianzhen's mother came back, and those who had a good relationship with her took time to visit her.
Then I was shocked by her transformation.
Those who have contact with Aunt Du are usually not too young. Some of them love beauty and some take care of their bodies. They are all shocked. But what Aunt Du said is too unbelievable. Some people believe it, but more people suspect that she is actually taking the opportunity to practice high-tech medical beauty methods.
She just kept it secret and refused to tell anyone because she guessed that the good stuff was in short supply.
result……
Is it really so?
Forget it, I'll tell her mother the information later and don't worry about the rest. She is still young and doesn't care about these things.
As for the online comments that the ingredients at Jiang's shop are top-notch and delicious, she didn't include them.
She is well off and usually eats the best food.
She had tried some of the food on the market that was said to be particularly delicious, but it was just so-so, not as good as the ingredients purchased by their nanny.
Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Du Nianzhen suddenly slap her thigh, as if she had made some kind of decision: "Sister, I remember you have a helicopter at home, right?"
Ruan Xi: "? To hunt down who?"
Du Nianzhen smiled: "For food!"
Ruan Xi: "...This belongs to my parents, not me! You know, and helicopters can't just fly casually. You have to apply for a flight route..."
Du Nianzhen held her hand. "Isn't this a great opportunity for your mother to experience Boss Jiang's exquisite ingredients? Do you want to do it? If your mother is happy, what can you get? A customized sports car? A seaside holiday villa? Or even a huge red envelope?!"
Ruan Xi: “Fuck!”
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As a wild vegetable, Chinese alfalfa is not cheap, but it is still very popular.
Fortunately, there are a lot of these things!
Jiang Heng alone couldn't pick much.
It was the first time I sold it, and I bought some more in the middle, so I sold about 60 kilograms.
But it was getting late, and Jiang Heng did not continue to replenish the stock. Instead, he informed customers in advance that there were not many left. The customers who did not buy any were very unwilling to give up, so after being reminded by people around them, they picked the sweet clover growing near the farm.
Even though it wasn’t planted by Boss Jiang, at least it’s not too far away. Maybe I can also enjoy the increase?
This principle is actually correct.
The vegetable fields cultivated by the villagers near her farm grow better and more lushly than those in other places.
So when Jiang Heng woke up the next morning, he found that all the wild vegetables within a radius of several hundred meters seemed to have been cleared.
That’s awesome!
Do you like it so much?
Jiang Heng suddenly had an idea and came up with a special version of the recruitment: [Recruiting laborers to pick Chinese milk vetch. 50 kilograms of Chinese milk vetch is exchanged for one kilogram of Chinese milk vetch as compensation. Interested parties please report to the farm gate at 1:00 PM. Limited to 10 people.]
Yesterday she picked sweet vetch by herself, and it took her half an hour to pick almost 50 kilograms. Without using any magic, an ordinary person should be able to do it in an hour, which means an hourly wage of 30 yuan, plus a certain depreciation in value when exchanging it for physical goods, which is very suitable.
She has nothing on the farm now anyway.
Um, that's not right.
She has a lot of vegetables in her own vegetable garden.
Now she uses her own five mu and five fen of land for basic consumption and seed preservation. She feeds the chickens, ducks and geese with the extra crops, but she doesn't sell them because there are too many varieties of goods and it's too troublesome to sell them. It is currently her private territory.
Once the guardrail is closed, you can't get in.
All that's left are the sweet clover all over the ground.
Therefore, this recruitment can be regarded as a model of farm tourism. It is mainly for the Chinese New Year. If she really recruits workers, those families who have guests at home will feel embarrassed to come. It is better to do it this way. Maybe those guests will be willing to come.
Facts have proved that if Jiang Heng runs a farm stay, many people will come to support him.
After the message was sent out, many people in the village group expressed their hope that she would add more places.
Many of my relatives want to go, but ten people are not enough!
However, Jiang Heng wasn't sure if all 500 kilograms could be sold. Without pre-orders and express delivery, the sales ceiling shouldn't be very high. Therefore, he could only say: "If it can be sold out, new job postings will be released in a timely manner."
Having said that, the villagers didn't force it.
I just secretly reminded my relatives at home: "You guys go and watch it at 12 o'clock tomorrow! There will definitely be a lot of people!"
"I'll cook early tomorrow at noon. Let's go and wait in line after we finish eating!"
"By the way, sister, are you going? If you do, I'll ask your brother-in-law to line up for you tomorrow."
“Yes, yes, yes!!!”
So before twelve o'clock, there were quite a few people waiting at the guardrail gate. Fortunately, we found that it was full of ten people, and most of the people who came later did not continue to stay.
When Jiang Heng went there at one o'clock, there were only ten people queuing there.
As expected, the people who came were all visiting relatives from the city. You could tell by their clothes and skin. Jiang Heng gave each of them a basket, work gloves, and scissors, and took them to pick some to demonstrate.
"This one needs to be picked when it's this big, but you can only pick the top part..." Jiang Heng reminded: "The ones below are a bit old and the taste is not good. You won't like it when you take it home. If it's not up to standard, it will be sent back and picked again."
The workers were excited: "Don't worry, Boss Jiang, we guarantee it will be qualified!"
"I've picked this before. There's a lot of it growing in the green belt, but it didn't taste good at all."
"You can't eat mangoes from the green belt!" another person quickly reminded: "I've picked mangoes from the green belt before, and they're terrible! I guess they're all raised on exhaust fumes!"
"Oh, is that so?"
"I only picked this much. No wonder Boss Jiang's milk vetch is so tender."
“…”
Jiang Heng listened to their discussion with a smile, and took the opportunity to look at the results of their work. They were all pretty good. There were a few places that were unknowingly picked too low, but Jiang Heng could correct it with a reminder.
Fewer people means easier management.
There are Chinese milk vetches everywhere on the farm. Ten people don’t need to be far apart and can pick them while chatting.
The amount required is not much, and it can be completed in about an hour.
*
After Jiang Heng weighed the goods, he gave them a kilogram as their wages. The young girl who settled the bill first asked shyly, "Boss, can I buy some milk vetch first?"
Jiang Heng: "Sure."
The girl immediately smiled and said, "Then give me another ten pounds!"
Jiang Heng: “?”
The girl said proudly, "This is my first time picking vegetables myself, so it's very meaningful. My parents told me to buy more and bring them home early tomorrow morning for everyone in the family to taste."
Jiang Heng was speechless: "Okay."
That's right... this girl picked fifty kilograms in an hour, and then took eleven kilograms back. Jiang Heng suddenly wondered if five hundred kilograms would not be enough to sell?
Sure enough, the next nine people bought a lot extra.
The least I bought was five kilograms.
More than 70 kilograms were consumed directly, leaving 420 kilograms.
When we start setting up the stalls at four o'clock, there are more people buying.
Because there is really a lot of milk vetch and there is no purchase limit, everyone buys it in large quantities, basically for their relatives. Now, Jiang Heng's milk vetch is considered a local specialty. If relatives and friends come here and don't buy some ingredients from her, it would be embarrassing to say that they are entertaining guests.
In addition to entertaining guests, it is also used as a gift.
In recent years, city dwellers have fallen in love with eating wild vegetables. Mr. Jiang’s vegetables taste good and are reasonably priced, so they can be given as gifts without losing face. Therefore, most people buy them in bags of four or five kilograms.
Jiang Heng urgently called Jiang Peng to help recruit workers, and hired another ten people, successfully replenishing the supply of Chinese milk vetch before it was sold out.
When I closed the stall and counted the accounts, I found that I had sold more than 1,100 kilograms of sweet clover in one go!
Oh my god!
Is the wild vegetable market so big?!
Jiang Heng was stunned.
I made more than 30,000 yuan in one go just from selling astragalus.
Of course, it is the main thing, and the others are not even a fraction of it. For example, eggs. Today's harvest is quite good, 95 chicken eggs, 32 duck eggs, and 2 goose eggs, with a total income of 697. In addition, more than 100 kilograms of various fish were caught, which adds up to more than 1,000 yuan.
Unfortunately, the courier will not start work until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. By that time, most of this batch of sweet clover will have grown old.
And with the amount of poultry and livestock she currently owns, she can't eat all of it.
Jiang Heng is no longer short of money, but he still wants to make as much money as possible because the tips of the tender stems can be sold for money and the rest can be used as wild vegetables for poultry.
What a pity.
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Unexpectedly, that night, a video of "real footage of Boss Jiang harvesting Chinese milk vetch on his farm" also caused a small sensation.
Short videos are all the rage nowadays, and anyone with a mobile phone can capture scenery from all over the world.
This video is also very ordinary. The person who filmed it probably didn't think it would become popular. He just recorded it casually without any editing. It is just composed of short videos of a few seconds.
The cause was a recruitment request from Boss Jiang in the Jiangjia Village group.
A young person who was visiting a relative in the city immediately signed up enthusiastically. The relative even went to help her queue up without even taking a bite of the meal, and successfully grabbed one of the ten spots.
When the blogger rushed over, he happened to capture the scene where the relative saw her coming and waved to her with a smile, asking her to hurry up and line up.
What followed was the scene of being led in by Jiang Heng to pick vegetables.
Their appearance disturbed the indigenous people here, but the poultry here were not afraid of people. When they saw strangers, some brave ones came over to take a look.
Each one is chubby.
It looks clean too.
The blogger forgot about his job while he was working, and the dog reached out stealthily to try to touch the beautiful hen.
A dog's face came over, staring at her hand.
The blogger quickly took it back and continued picking wild vegetables.
Finally, the settlement was made. It was exactly fifty kilograms of sweet vetch, which was exchanged for one kilogram of sweet vetch.
[What the hell?! Boss Jiang is opening a farm stay just before Chinese New Year?! I'm crying! I'm really going to cry! Why didn't he do it when I was around? (Breaking tears)]
[It seems to be either a farm stay or a job search, but the wages have become one pound of astragalus.]
What's the difference between this and a farm stay?! Ahhh, the boss's chickens are so well-raised, I can imagine how delicious they would be in soup.
[Oh my God! I'm still so energetic, and you've already figured out how I ate it. If you don't give me a bowl, I'll report it to the Border Collie next to me!]
[No more talking, I'm buying tickets now. Luckily, I got them. All my relatives have left, and the remaining days are holidays, so I'm going!]
[But...it seems like there's no room at the B&B. I want to go even if I cry, but all the B&Bs in the village are full now.]
[This isn't an advertisement, but there's actually a village about a kilometer away from Jiangjia Village where someone has opened a B&B. You can find it by searching. However, without Mr. Jiang in charge, I'm not sure if it's safe. I recommend traveling with at least six or seven people!!!]
[No way, this wave of customer traffic has even reached the next village?]
[Hahahaha, everyone works so hard to make money...]
[Honestly, you still need to pay attention to safety. Boss Jiang's place is good, but it's still too remote. It's not recommended to go there alone, especially to stay in a B&B in another village.]
[Are there any groups going there? The kind that swear to stand up and lose all their hair!]
【……】
*
At the same time.
Du Nianzhen also received a message from Ruan Xi: [Done]
Du Nianzhen:!
She immediately sent the screenshot proudly to her dear mother. It was okay if her mother didn't want to leave early, she could just take a flight with her little sister!
A round trip can be completed within one day.
Easy as pie.
They are so greedy!
[Du Guili: Wait a moment]
[Du Nianzhen:?]
A few minutes later, she received a long list of purchasing orders:
[10 jin for my uncle's family, 10 jin for my aunt's family, 20 jin for my aunt's family...]
Du Nianzhen:)
hateful!
She became a purchasing agent!
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