Chapter 243 Water Spinach
"It's water spinach. You probably haven't had it before. I'll go find some for you. Wait for me, everyone. Hey you, can you take care of my good friend for me?" Ji Yingying called out to the older man next to her, and he agreed.
The Emperor is here, so who's going to take care of whom?
Ji Yingying went out for a walk and bought five or six baskets of water spinach from the mall. After she finished shopping, she was about to go back to find someone to help carry it when Xiangxiang said, "Have you thought about how to make up a story yet?"
You're right, let me think about it.
Ji Yingying pondered for a long time, sitting there in a daze, and the person beside her immediately went back to report.
"Now that we know where you are thinking about the origin of this thing, we must make sure that no one else tells us."
Actually, even without the Emperor saying anything, everyone knows the answer. Who would dare to speak up? What if they see the Empress Dowager?
Too cute, too scary.
However, everyone agreed, and soon Ji Yingying returned. As soon as she came back, she said, "Your Majesty, please send someone to bring the things back quickly. My friend is in a hurry and has already left. Please go and bring them back quickly. He is like the detective brother, he comes and goes without a trace."
No one ever investigated Mu Kaiji's comings and goings, not even a single question was asked. Ji Yingying didn't care and had no intention of digging deeper.
Therefore, she had no idea that this group of people already knew that Mu Kaiji had left this dynasty and returned home!
"Very well, I'll send people to move it right away!" The Emperor agreed, and Ji Yingying then said, "See? I'm the one. The Emperor will believe me. No one has ever disbelieved what I say."
Ji Yingying was beaming with pride!
[That's true, they've never doubted you, you're such a lucky charm!]
No, I wanted to be a little tyrant, but unfortunately, I didn't succeed. My persona just didn't work. We're too kind-hearted; we can't do things like forcibly taking men from the common people. Otherwise, our household would be overflowing with beauties, a feast for the eyes!
Go ahead and try, I'm asleep.
【No way, you're updating again?】 Ji Yingying sighed. However, Xiangxiang hasn't updated in a long time, and she doesn't know how long it will take this time.
[Okay, I need to update this. It might take a little longer this time. Same rules as before, you can enjoy the show by yourself; I won't include you.]
Xiangxiang went to update her blog while she was asleep, while Ji Yingying continued to tell the Emperor how to grow aerial vegetables.
After rattling off a bunch of things and telling people to get started, Ji Yingying finally gave a friendly reminder: "You'll have to figure out how to get these water spinach seeds yourselves; I can't help you with that."
Ji Yingying only buys seeds; she has never grown seeds herself.
"Okay, we can leave this to them."
Then Minister Gong asked again, "You just said it could be planted in water or in mud?"
"Yes, if you're planting in soil, it's best to use a paddy field with water. If you're using seeds, dry land is fine. Just water them more often. That's it. I've got that sorted out. Can I go play with my best friend?"
Ji Yingying felt like she was there to work, not to entertain guests. But there was nothing she could do; the big boss was there, and she had no choice but to keep him company, leaving her friend to suffer.
【well! 】
"Yes, yes, go ahead. Prepare dinner later, and I'll send someone to invite you."
Ji Yingying gave him an OK sign and then led the three of them around.
"Everyone, I'll take you to the watermelon patch. Let's have a watermelon today."
"Watermelon? What's that?" It's not available in the market yet. It's understandable that Xiaomei doesn't know.
"Delicious fruit, but don't eat too much, or you'll urinate a lot."
When they arrived at the sweet potato field, Ji Yingying was quite satisfied to see so many watermelons!
After much deliberation, I chose one.
"Let's go eat by the lake over there." When they got to the lake, Ji Yingying tied up the watermelon and threw it into the lake.
"This..." The merchant looked on anxiously, not understanding.
"Oh dear, Brother Shang, Brother Zhang, Sister Mei, don't worry. This watermelon needs to be chilled. A chilled watermelon tastes so much better than an unchilled one."
With time to spare, Ji Yingying took out a picnic mat from her backpack, laid it on the ground, and then put out a lot of snacks.
"Come, sit down. Let's eat and enjoy the scenery. It's cool here, not so hot."
Summer is here, and she wants to make fans. There are shopping malls, but it was impossible to do so ten years ago because there were no malls or electricity. Now she has them, but she can't release the electricity. However, she can use battery-powered fans or solar-powered fans.
Once Xiangxiang returns with the update, who knows, an even more advanced civilization might emerge, and then we'll be set for life.
"Hehe, don't be shy, eat up. This dried tofu is so delicious. If you can't handle spicy food, eat this. This isn't spicy." Ji Yingying handed the dried tofu to Xiao Mei.
Xiao Mei immediately took it and thanked him profusely.
It's a pity there's no music; otherwise, I would definitely listen to some music while enjoying the scenery. How wonderful that would be!
The group started chatting, mostly Ji Yingying talking while the others listened and responded.
The wealthy businessman, however, was very talkative, but he kept asking about snacks; he also wanted to start a snack business.
After all, he's a businessman, and there's nothing wrong with wanting to make money.
"You want to buy goods to resell?" After chatting for a while, Ji Yingying finally understood the wealthy businessman's request.
"Brother Shang, if you have something to say, just say it directly. I might be different from others; I can't understand those kinds of words."
The wealthy businessman immediately waved his fan and said, "It's my fault, brother. I'll punish myself with a drink." After saying that, he picked up the AD calcium milk and took a big gulp.
"Oh, brother, just say you want some. I have plenty of this AD calcium supplement, and it tastes great."
About half an hour later, Ji Yingying picked up the watermelon, found a knife, and cut it open.
"Try it quickly, it's quite red, but I don't know if it's sweet. If it's not sweet, the Emperor will have to pay compensation."
I picked it up and took a bite. It wasn't very sweet, but it was alright.
"It's quite sweet." Xiaomei thought it was refreshing, sweet, and most importantly, thirst-quenching—it was really a good thing! She loved eating it; she had never tasted such delicious fruit before.
"The seeds I provided were planted last year and almost died in the winter. Luckily, we had a greenhouse, otherwise we definitely wouldn't have any watermelons to eat this year."
Ji Yingying forgot that she had taken out watermelons during the autumn hunt before. At that time, Minister Gong had collected a lot of watermelon seeds, so they were not afraid of them freezing.
"Sister Ji, you're amazing!"
"I think it's alright, hehe~" What should I do if I like being praised?
In the evening, someone came to report that dinner was ready and asked them to come over, but Ji Yingying refused outright.
"I can't eat anymore, I'll go check on the water spinach."
I planted quite a lot this afternoon, but I didn't finish. It's all in paddy fields, and I planted several acres of it.
"After the plant grows back to its natural state, remember to add more fertilizer. You might be able to eat it in ten days or half a month."
"Got it!" the person in the field replied, happy to have planted it. It was another vegetable that could last a long time; even if there was no rice to eat, there would still be vegetables to eat! They wouldn't starve.
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