One eggplant vine produces many eggplants, each one is more than a foot long and a deep purple. Qin Nian understands that such eggplants contain a lot of anthocyanins.
Qin Nian picked all the eggplants that were big enough, put a dozen in a bamboo basket, and put the rest in storage space.
There are even more tomatoes, red, yellow, and green, like round flowers, which are fascinating.
Also pick off the ripe heads, cucumbers, and peppers, and put most of them in the space, leaving only a small part in the bamboo basket.
She originally wanted to go and see where the melons and watermelons were grown, but after hearing people laughing last time, Geng Feng found time to come up and help with pinching the melon vines.
That place was not far from the cave. Qin Nian was not afraid, but he felt weird about it, so he didn't go there.
After digging some potatoes and picking a lot of beans, Qin Nian threw the backpack into the space and walked down the mountain to go home.
Ye Meizi and Li Pozi were delighted to hear that there were so many vegetables growing on the mountain. Ye Meizi said with emotion: "We finally have vegetables to eat."
Mrs. Li laughed, "We have been starving these past few years, and our eyes have turned gray."
Several people make lunch.
Rice, a pot of stewed eggplant and potato, cucumber soup, and green onions dipped in soybean paste. This kind of rice is the most delicious.
Even Qin Nian, who had the lightest appetite, ate two bowls.
The strawberry seedlings have grown out, without any missing ones, and each one is green, like a delicate newborn baby.
The cabbage has also grown green leaves, one after another, which is very pleasing to the eye.
Geng Feng and Geng Zhenhai are going to move to a shack to watch over the strawberry seedlings, making sure they are not harmed by humans or animals.
Geng Tian and Geng Di said, “We don’t need Geng Zhenhai for now. Let him continue making chicken coops at home.
The two of them and Geng Feng went to live in the shack, and on a moonlit night, they could weave chicken coops for a long time."
Relatives were not so particular about it, so Geng Zhenhai asked Geng Tian and Geng Di to go.
The two young men knew that Qin Nian bought the land. While they congratulated Geng Feng, they were also very envious.
But the brothers were pure-hearted and kind people, and they did not develop hatred out of envy.
It was precisely because he knew them so well that Geng Feng dared to tell the truth.
The chicks hatched one after another, and when they could walk, they were placed in a large flat-bottomed, frameless basket.
Feed millet for the first few days, and when it becomes firm, start feeding chopped vegetable leaves.
At the end of July, they were all put into the chicken coop.
When the chicks are a little older, remove the thin branches on the chicken coop. Only the chicks' heads can stick out from the gaps and eat the leaves on both sides.
It can also walk back and forth in the cage, a pure wandering chicken.
In the remaining areas, a lot of cabbage and radishes are planted. Cabbage can be pickled into sauerkraut, which can be eaten or sold.
The same goes for radishes. Dry the radish strips, pickle them, and give them away for free to customers after the stew restaurant opens. It will definitely be popular.
Geng Zhenjiang and Yao Hua came and collected another 200 good eggs.
The two followed Ye Meizi to the edge of the field and saw a long chicken coop placed in the middle of two ground cages covered with pakchoy.
There were chicks walking back and forth inside. From time to time, a chicken's head would pop out from the gaps in the chicken coop and pick at the cabbage.
It's so spectacular.
Yao Hua asked, "Do these chickens only eat cabbage?"
Ye Meizi said: "I feed them cornmeal mixed with vegetables every other day. I put less cornmeal, and mainly feed them vegetables.
Xiao Nian said that in more than three months, the chicks will grow up, and we can pick the good ones to raise for laying eggs, and the rest can be sold.”
Geng Zhenjiang and Yao Hua praised: Xiao Nian is so smart and capable.
Mrs. Li continued to hatch the chicks.
Qin Nian and Ye Meizi went into the county town and bought a few more carts of bricks, which they unloaded next to the shack.
Geng Zhenhai brought three young men from the Geng family and started building a greenhouse according to Qin Nian's design.
Qin Nian designed it according to the greenhouse he had seen in his previous life, but it needed to be improved because there was no greenhouse film in this dynasty.
Qin Nian's design is that the back and both sides of the greenhouse are built with single blue bricks, and the greenhouse has a roof.
In front of the shed, a half-meter-high wall was built with blue bricks, and the wall was gridded with thick wooden strips, each of which was pasted with window paper.
A shed is too big for three acres of land, so a thick round log is used to support the roof every few meters, covering both the length and width of the shed.
This makes it very strong.
A row of stoves for stewing food will be built against the blue brick back wall.
There are tables, chairs and benches in front of the stove.
The busyness lasted until almost September, and the densely packed strawberries were vying to make their faces red.
Mature.
It attracted many people from various villages to come and see it, as they had never seen it before.
Mrs. Li had to stay at home to hatch chicks and could not come out. The three Geng brothers could only put the unfinished greenhouse aside for the time being.
You have to pick the strawberries first, and that’s not the end of the process. You have to push them to the county town on a cart to sell them.
There is too much work to do and it cannot be finished in a short time.
Qin Nian, Ye Meizi and Geng Feng discussed it and said that Geng Tian and Geng Di were both hunters, and when there was no work at home, they would go hunting every day.
The prey you catch can be sold to supplement the family income.
Judging from the current situation, there is too much work to do. We can't let these two brothers keep helping here for free. We have to pay them starting from the first day they come.
This way they can make money without having to worry about anything.
Ye Meizi and Geng Feng both agreed.
Geng Tian and Geng Di refused.
Geng Tian said: "We are a family, it is our duty to help each other with work, but it would be awkward to pay them."
Qin Nian said: “You two have to help your uncle support the family, so it’s right to pay him wages.
Otherwise, I will feel very burdened. "
Geng Tiangengdi was not a shy person, and after hearing what Qin Nian said, he agreed to work here as a hired worker.
When the strawberries were about to ripen, Qin Nian asked Geng Zhenhai to weave many small thin baskets.
The strawberries are picked and placed in small thin baskets. They are handled as gently as possible and rarely get damaged.
The first cart of strawberries was pushed to the county town by Qin Nian and Geng Feng to be sold at fifty cents per catty, and one tael of silver could buy twenty catties.
The two men stood in the market, Geng Feng held a beam scale and shouted, and soon he sold more than ten kilograms.
"It's so sweet. I've never eaten such sweet fruit in my entire life."
"Indeed, it's so sweet. I have to buy a few kilograms to take home for my grandson."
"I have to buy a few pounds to entertain the guests."
Everyone was talking about it, all praising it, no one said it was not delicious.
How could it not taste good? Every strawberry plant was watered by Qin Nian with spiritual spring water.
Not to mention that there were no strawberries in this dynasty, even if there were, they would definitely not be as sweet as Qin Nian’s strawberries.
The first truckload of 100 kilograms of strawberries was sold out in less than two hours, making a profit of five taels of silver.
Qin Nian and Geng Feng were so happy that they bought two kilograms of meat and went home to make dumplings to celebrate.
Pushing the cart, we went back happily.
Ever since the strawberries ripened, people come to steal them every day. Someone has to watch them at night and we can't sleep for a moment.
Geng Zhenhai didn't go home either. The guys were divided into two shifts, one for sleeping and the other for patrolling.
Change once every hour and a half.
Every day Ye Meizi and Li Pozi get up early to make breakfast.
After dinner, Mrs. Li stayed at home to look after the house, while Ye Meizi and Qin Nian pushed pots and pans in a cart to deliver meals to Mr. Geng.
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