Chapter 52 Feeding Oranges
There are many ice powder trees in the back mountain, but the fruits cannot be eaten directly and no one is interested in them. Many fruits rot on the ground after they ripen.
Ji Zhisui felt a little sad when she saw the rotting ice jelly fruits on the ground. If she had come to the back mountain earlier, she would have picked all the ice jelly fruits and processed the agar-agar seeds, so that they could be kept for a year without any problem.
In order to avoid waste, Ji Zhisui picked all the ripe fruits from the surrounding ice powder trees and filled her small backpack. Pei Yian also dug out a few ice powder trees with their roots and soil.
The two continued walking forward. The road ahead was no longer overgrown with weeds, but became wider. It seemed that someone was walking on it frequently.
At the end of the road, there are several wild orange trees, which are lush green and the fruits they bear are also green.
Ji Zhisui's eyes lit up again. She had an inspiration. These wild oranges can not only be eaten, but the peels can also be used to make citrus-flavored ointment with a fresh and natural fragrance.
Although there are many oranges, many of them are still small and green, and not ripe. Choose the big ones with green and yellow tails, which will taste sweeter.
These orange trees are quite tall, and Ji Zhisui is the same as she was in her previous life, a short 1.58 meters tall, so it is difficult for her to reach the oranges.
In contrast, Pei Yian was tall, estimated to be over 1.8 meters tall, and could pick oranges with just a stretch of his hand.
She felt a little jealous, lowered her head and stretched her legs. It was okay that she was a southern potato in her previous life, but how come she was still so short after traveling through a book!
She really wants to be 1.7 meters tall and have a pair of long legs!
This body just reached adulthood a few years ago. Maybe it can grow taller if it is taken care of.
She should drink more milk to supplement calcium, which may help her grow taller, but milk is a bit expensive.
Cows were very precious in this dynasty. They were used to plow fields and pull carts, so everything related to cows was expensive. In the final analysis, the goal was to make money.
The first thing Ji Zhisui did after returning home was to open a small piece of land in the yard and transplant the ice powder trees into the land, so that he didn't have to go to the back mountain to pick them every day.
The second sister-in-law, who was helping to dig the ground, asked in confusion, "Sui Niang, what kind of tree is this? Are the fruits on it edible?"
These fruits are small, like lanterns. Pei Ersao, who grew up in the capital, has never seen these before.
"The fruit can't be eaten, but it can be made into something delicious. Second sister-in-law, just wait!"
Being tempted by Ji Zhisui, the second sister-in-law's curiosity was aroused, and she dug even harder.
"Sui Niang, have some oranges." Pei Yian handed a yellowish orange to Ji Zhisui.
Ji Zhisui looked at her muddy hands and shook her head. Before she could say no, Second Sister Pei stepped in and said, "Third brother, can't you see that Mother Sui is having trouble right now? Why don't you just help peel an orange?"
"This orange looks delicious, Sui Niang, don't you think?"
Ji Zhisui's attention was diverted and her eyes fell on the orange in Pei Yian's hand. It was a big orange, green and yellow, and looked very tempting. She nodded.
Pei Yian was also very understanding and started to help peel the oranges.
The slender hands flew over the orange. The moment the orange skin was peeled, the fragrance of the orange began to spread in the courtyard, making people swallow their saliva.
Ji Zhisui's eyes followed his movements, and his hands continued to fly, peeling the orange peel, tearing the orange veins, and breaking the orange open.
Pei Yian walked forward step by step, came to her side, and handed the orange to her.
Ji Zhisui had long been tempted by the oranges, and the sour and refreshing fragrance kept coming to her. She didn't care what posture the two of them were in, or how ambiguous the feeding action might seem to others.
She opened her mouth and bit the orange in front of her, squinting her eyes in satisfaction.
Pei Yian's hand stopped in mid-air as he was trying to feed the baby. He originally wanted to feed it to Sui Niang, but he didn't expect that the other party was faster than him and bit it directly with her mouth.
He was taller than Sui Niang, and from this angle he could easily see her open red lips, and the hint of red that appeared when she bit the orange. Her eyes gradually became dark and deep.
Mrs. Pei looked at the interaction between the two, covered her mouth, and quietly ran away. She was very considerate and didn't want to stay and bother the couple.
Ji Zhisui didn't notice that his second sister-in-law left. He bit into the orange, and the juice burst in his mouth. The sweet and sour taste occupied his entire mouth.
"Second sister-in-law, these oranges are sweet and delicious. Would you like some?" When Ji Zhisui turned around, he found that his second sister-in-law was no longer in the yard. He didn't know when she left.
She had no choice but to turn around and pointed at the oranges, "Angel, this orange tastes very good, you can try it too."
"Um."
Pei Yian used the hand that had previously fed Ji Zhisui to split the orange in half and put it into his mouth. He bit the orange with his teeth and swallowed the orange slice into his stomach. A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "It's really sweet."
Ji Zhisui was completely unaware of someone's hidden meaning. "Right, I told you it was sweet. By the way, An Ge'er, could you please collect all the orange peels I ate? I plan to use them to make ointment."
"Okay, then, do you want to eat oranges? I'll continue feeding you."
"No need, I'll go find my second sister-in-law to plant the ice powder tree." Ji Zhisui was unaware of this and cut off Pei Yian's thoughts of wanting to feed it.
Pei Yian withdrew his hand with some regret and twisted his fingertips, "Sui Niang, I will help you farm."
"Can you... do it?" Ji Zhisui asked doubtfully. If she remembered correctly, this man was poisoned? Could he really do such heavy work?
"Sui Niang, I can do it." Pei Yian gritted his teeth and said solemnly.
He was really at the point of laughing and crying, and almost had a frown on his forehead. Did Sui Niang see him as the kind of weak and helpless person?
Even if his body was in pain, he had to prove himself today. It was just pain, wasn't it? He had endured this entire exile.
It's strange to say, but he doesn't know when it started, but his body, which used to hurt all over after exerting himself, seems to be slowly recovering, and he can now do some light physical work.
These changes were so inexplicable that he had no clue what was happening. However, he was not a doctor, and ordinary doctors could not see anything abnormal. He had to find the miracle doctor from southern Xinjiang to make a decision.
If he could remove the poison from his body and no longer be in such a broken state, he should also go and get the things his grandfather left behind...
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