Chapter 29 Exchanged for Sugarcane Seeds
Zhu Mingqing: "How many days will it take?"
"It will be quick. Let's do it at this time tomorrow. Wait for me to come out."
Zhu Mingqing nodded, and couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation in his heart, wondering what the space would look like after the first repair.
"See you tomorrow, darling."
Zhu Mingqing smiled slightly: "See you tomorrow!"
Fen Tao also suggested going to find Luo Tian, and they were ready to start following him.
By then we will definitely be able to catch the other party in the act.
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In the yard, Old Man Hua was rubbing his belly with a satisfied look on his face. When he saw Zhu Mingqing, he waved to her.
"Little girl, come here quickly."
Hearing the word "little girl", Zhu Mingqing was speechless for a moment.
She is going to be a grandmother, but she is still called a little girl?
However, according to Dr. Hua's age, I am just a little girl to him.
The porridge on the table had been completely eaten up. She smiled and said, "It seems that you really like this shredded chicken and vegetable porridge."
Doctor Hua nodded vigorously; the taste was to his liking.
Xiao Baozhong also hugged the small wooden bowl in his arms like a treasure, and said sincerely: "Sister, thank you."
Zhu Mingqing couldn't help but smile and pinched his little face, then looked at the village chief: "I have prepared all the ingredients. Have you brought the seeds?"
The village chief hurriedly opened the cloth bag behind him and poured out dozens of oil-paper bags from it. "Madam, please look, these are the seeds I have at home, wheat, sorghum..."
Most of the scattered items belonged to Zhu Mingqing.
She looked a little disappointed.
The village chief's heart tightened, "Isn't that enough?"
Zhu Mingqing shook his head. "It's not that there aren't enough, it's that there aren't many varieties. I already have all of these, and what I want is what I don't have."
The village chief opened his mouth and said that these were all the seeds his family could spare.
There is nothing else.
Xiao Baozhong also looked disappointed.
Zhu Mingqing thought of his love for his brother, and his heart moved slightly, "But our deal still stands."
"That's great." Xiao Baozhong immediately smiled widely.
Zhu Mingqing took out the food, four bags of rice, each weighing forty to fifty kilograms, enough for them to eat for more than two months.
The village chief was a little bit unbelievable, but some seeds were exchanged for hundreds of kilograms of grain.
"Ma'am, this..." He was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly, "This is too much. Just give us one bag."
Zhu Mingqing stroked Xiao Baozhong's hair and said with a smile, "Just think of it as a gift for the child."
The village chief was very embarrassed, but his family life was indeed not very good.
With these foods, Baolu can live a more relaxed life.
He quickly looked at Xiao Bao, who was very smart and quickly kowtowed to Zhu Mingqing. "Sister, you are a good person. Bao Zhong will definitely repay you when he grows up."
Zhu Mingqing hurriedly helped the child up and couldn't help but hug him.
Although she doesn't like to be too close to people, children are so cute that she is an exception.
"Okay, Baozhong, grow up healthy. I hope that in the future..." She paused, "We'll meet again one day."
With this rice, I hope the child won't get sick again. When his brother grows up, the family's life will only get better and better.
"Little girl, do you collect the dead seeds?" Old Man Hua suddenly asked.
Zhu Mingqing thought about it and agreed: "You can bring it over and have a look."
Although she doesn't know if it can survive, she might as well give it a try. After all, she owns such a magical fairy palace.
Old Man Hua stroked his beard and looked at the village chief: "Did you bring the black seeds from your house?"
The village chief was stunned, then shook his head and said, "That thing has been planted for more than a year, and it hasn't sprouted yet. It's useless." He felt guilty about exchanging it for food.
If his little grandson hadn't been reluctant to part with it, he would have thrown it away long ago.
Black seeds?
Not sprouting?
Is it because he is not used to the environment here?
Those are the seeds from the south.
Zhu Mingqing turned to look at the village chief: "Can you show it to me?"
Of course the village chief would not refuse. He asked his grandson to wait here and turned around and ran home.
While waiting, Old Man Hua also made a deal with Zhu Mingqing.
The medicinal herb seeds are all very common, such as honeysuckle, wolfberry, etc. Finally, he took out a small dried ginseng and said, "This, do you want it?"
Zhu Mingqing smiled so hard that his teeth couldn't be seen. "I want it, I want it all."
When Old Man Hua saw her laughing like a mouse that fell into a rice jar, he couldn't help but laugh.
Although he didn't know what the girl wanted so many seeds for, there was no use for him to keep them, so he simply exchanged them for food.
"I'm here." The village chief was running out of breath, holding a small paper bag in his hand. When he opened it, there were seeds the size of rice grains inside. "Madam, this is it. This is all I have left. If you want it, take it."
Although Zhu Mingqing is not very good at farming and is not familiar with crops, she is familiar with this thing.
That year, she saw a short video about sugar making, which started with sugarcane seeds, then germinated, grew, and finally was made into brown sugar.
I didn't expect to see this kind of tropical plant here.
Of course, this kind of seeds cannot survive in the northern environment.
Seeing her surprise, Old Man Hua couldn't help but ask curiously, "Little girl, do you know this thing?"
Zhu Mingqing smiled and nodded, but did not elaborate: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a seed from the south. It's hard to survive here."
Old man Hua didn't expect that she was so knowledgeable and well-informed. She was worthy of being the wife of that person.
Seeing that she didn't want to talk more, he stopped asking.
Anyway, his goal was achieved, so Old Man Hua proposed to leave. He now just wanted to go home and experiment to see if he could really make the same porridge according to what the little girl said.
If it's different, he has to come to her and ask for an explanation.
The village chief also loaded the grain onto the ox cart. Wen Baozhong waved to Zhu Mingqing, his little face full of reluctance.
…
Zhu Mingqing stared at their backs as they walked away, and then heard the village chief ask Old Man Hua when he would leave this year and how long he would be away.
Before she could think about it, Luo Huai opened the door and walked out: "Mother, what do you want to do with these seeds?"
Zhu Mingqing casually made up an excuse: "We'll use it for farming when we get to the city gate."
Luo Huai frowned slightly, "But the environment in Guancheng is very bad, and the crops may not survive."
Speaking of Guancheng, Zhu Mingqing remembered something she had forgotten.
As she carried the seeds into the house, she asked, "Where is the Guancheng? Tell me specifically."
Seeing his mother change the subject, Luo Huai couldn't help but sigh.
Since being exiled, my mother has become very opinionated.
I'm afraid she won't listen if I continue.
Forget it, never mind, my mother has money anyway.
He picked up a branch and drew a route map: "This is the capital. We will go north and pass through Yuzhou and Jizhou. Guancheng is on the border of Jizhou. Going further north, we will reach the grasslands of the Hu people."
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