Chapter 299 Women Are As Good As Men
"Miss, didn't you just say you were going to the academy?" Luo Kui followed Xiao Jiuyue all the way to the canning workshop, only then did she realize that she had been deceived!
Aunt He and Tian Jinhong enthusiastically talked to Xiao Jiuyue about harvesting spring bamboo shoots. While they were moving the bamboo shoots, Luo Kui followed Xiao Jiuyue and whispered, "Miss, you were planning to come to the workshop, weren't you?"
"You finally reacted." Xiao Jiuyue patted Luo Kui's shoulder with a look of praise. Luo Kui wanted to cry but had no tears, just like an eggplant hit by frost. Miss... lied to her again.
"Miss Xiao, the spring bamboo shoots are all here. Look, they have just popped out and are very tender." Aunt He took out the peeled spring bamboo shoots. The peeled spring bamboo shoots looked particularly tempting.
"Not bad." Xiao Jiuyue took a look and walked into the kitchen. In the kitchen, Mother Geng was cooking spring bamboo shoots. Seeing Xiao Jiuyue coming, she quickly wiped her hands and said, "Miss, the first batch of spring bamboo shoots has been cooked. This batch is for sun-drying salted bamboo shoots, and this batch is for making bright bamboo shoots."
"Have you found the big stone?" As soon as Xiao Jiuyue entered the kitchen, she could smell the aroma of cooked bamboo shoots.
"Don't worry, Miss. Yu Ge has already found the best stone slabs." Mother Geng pointed to the blue stone slabs that were brought in from the corner.
Xiao Jiuyue took a look and thought that Yu Ge was a very meticulous person. It was a bit of a waste to use such a good stone slab.
"Miss, is this stone not long enough? Not big enough? Or not good enough?" asked Mother Geng. She said, "It's okay. I'll talk to Yu Ge and find..." another better one.
Before Geng's mother could finish her words, Xiao Jiuyue interrupted her and said, "No need, this is perfect. Just follow the instructions I gave you. When the time comes, put the cooked bamboo shoots into a bag, press them out with a stone, and then dry them in the sun when the weather is good!"
"Don't worry, Miss. I know everything." Mother Geng patted her chest and assured her, saying, "Salted bamboo shoots..."
Mother Geng spoke of the salted bamboo shoots recipe so fluently, as if she had done it countless times before. Xiao Jiuyue felt relieved and said, "Auntie He, Jinhong, just follow Mother Geng's lead and learn from her. These two dishes are the main focus of the workshop now."
"Don't worry, Miss Xiao." Aunt He and Tian Jinhong assured in unison.
After being dried in the sun, salted bamboo shoots become a delicious snack.
After the Ming bamboo shoots were prepared, they were sent directly to Fengchunlou, where new dishes were developed: stir-fried pork with Ming bamboo shoots and stewed pork ribs with Ming bamboo shoots, which instantly became diners' favorites.
Just after the Lantern Festival, people from Fu'an Village came one after another. Everyone wanted to learn how to increase the grain yield to 600 kilograms per mu.
Spring sowing passes slowly in a busy process.
In Lingnan, Xiao Jiayuan's expression was complicated as he took the letter. "If I hadn't seen that this was written by Yue'er herself, I would have suspected that someone else had written it."
"How can this farmyard manure and chicken and duck droppings be turned into fertilizer for the fields? It has nothing to do with Yue'er at all." Xiao Jialing looked at it again and again, thinking about his own sister who was known as Shengjing's beauty and talent. How could she know all this?
"Yu'er, it's not easy for the Xiao family and for food." There was only heartache in Xiao Fu's eyes. It was all his fault that Xiao Jiuyue, a girl, had to support the Xiao family.
"Well, Yue'er is worthy of being a member of the Xiao family!" Old Master Xiao praised Xiao Jiuyue endlessly: "Women are as good as men. If she were a man, I'm afraid she would have a bright future."
"Grandfather, even among women, Yue'er is the best." Xiao Fu couldn't hide his pride when he mentioned his daughter. He said, "Look at the food we eat in Lingnan. Except for the small amount we bought at the beginning, the rest was all sent by Yue'er. That food was all grown by Yue'er and her people!"
"Yuer has improved the method of growing rice, and the yield has increased to 600 kilograms!" Xiao Fu's excited voice rose several tones, and he looked so proud that he was even happier than when he became an official!
"Yuer has been smart since she was young." The beard on Old Master Xiao's mouth was almost standing up to the sky.
"Whatever I say." Xiao Fu smiled so hard that his teeth were exposed.
Old Master Xiao glared at him and said, "It's obviously following me."
Xiao Fu: "Dad, why should I just follow you? Yue'er has such a strong personality."
Seeing that the father and son were about to quarrel, Xiao Jialing said, "Yuer is a member of the Xiao family. She takes after her father and grandfather."
Old Master Xiao and Xiao Fu looked at each other and said in unison, "Follow me."
"Grandfather, Dad, look, Yue'er sent us rice seeds. It's spring planting time now. Can we give it a try and see if Lingnan can grow so much grain?" Xiao Jialing changed the subject directly.
Old Master Xiao said, "Since it's Yue'er's idea, it will definitely work."
"Rice seeds?" Xiao Fu walked to the side of the carriage, looked at the rice seeds Xiao Jiuyue had sent, and then read the detailed instructions on how to plant the land in the letter. He said, "Jia Ling, let's go find the village head. Since we're going to plant, let's plant all these rice seeds."
"Dad, we sent a lot of rice seeds. Yue'er said she was worried some might not be good, so she sent more." Xiao Jialing looked at the rice seeds on the carriage and asked, "If you want more, wouldn't it be..."
"Since Yue'er has sent so much, and we have money, if the villagers don't want us to do it, then we can plant as much as we can." Xiao Fu said as he walked out. He turned around and looked at Xiao Jialing and said, "Jialing, you and grandfather should pack up and sort the things Yue'er sent. We will start planting tomorrow."
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"Miss, the water windmill is done. We can carry it to the edge of the field for assembly today." Ai Qiushi finished the water windmill that he had been researching for a long time, and couldn't wait to tell Xiao Jiuyue.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's install it now." After hearing the good news, Xiao Jiuyue immediately asked someone to carry the finished windmill to the edge of the field.
The huge windmill quickly attracted the attention of the villagers. Shi Li, who was carrying a hoe on his way home, saw that many people were already crowded around the windmill. He came forward and asked, "Miss Xiao, what is this?"
"Water windmill." Xiao Jiuyue explained, "Water from the lower water level can also irrigate the fields in the higher water level. With this water windmill, we don't have to worry about the inconvenience of irrigation for the hundreds of acres of land nearby."
"This, does this mean that we don't have to carry water like before?" Shi Li was so excited when he heard this that he couldn't speak. Diverting water was a very important matter.
"Yes." Xiao Jiuyue nodded affirmatively and said, "If this water windmill is successful, we can build a bigger one and place it by the river next time. Then everyone won't have to carry water anymore."
"This, this is really great!" Shi Lizheng was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. Looking at the tall water windmill, he asked, "Miss Xiao, this water windmill is already big enough, can you make it bigger?"
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