Chapter 299: Pickled Green Plums
Large potatoes, if stored well, can be eaten for at least five months.
But the storage time of small potatoes is only four months.
So at first, she never thought about planting on a large scale.
The yield per acre of this kind of potato is extremely low.
But the grain production is higher than here.
It is certain that one mu of land can produce 1,000 kilograms of rice.
Even if each family only cultivates three acres of land.
After the harvest, you can sell it for at least three taels of silver.
Unfortunately, the villagers had never grown potatoes before, and had never seen them before, so they probably wouldn't agree. Jiang Fubao guessed that his grandfather would have to persuade them for a long time.
However, the next second, she was slapped in the face.
"What are potatoes? Forget it, since the chief has spoken, let's plant them. I was originally thinking of planting cabbages, but luckily I haven't planted them yet. Chief, don't worry, I will take good care of these potatoes."
"Okay, let's plant. We'll plant whatever the chief tells us to plant, even if we can't grow anything."
"My family can cultivate five mu of land."
"My family only has four acres of land, and we have planted all of it."
"Well, my family has also planted all of them. We also have five acres of land."
"......"
Out of eighty-eight households, six left.
Of the remaining eighty-two households, eighty of them actually planned to plant crops.
The remaining two households are Jiang Guangyi and Widow Liu.
The one in front didn’t come.
Later, her son went out to find work, and Widow Liu could not farm the crops alone, so she simply gave up.
Jiang Fubao really admires him.
Grandpa is truly a natural leader, craftsman and businessman.
Oh my god, it’s simply omnipotent.
On her way back, she was held in her grandfather's arms. After hesitating for a long time, she finally asked.
"Grandpa, how come you can do everything? You can be the clan leader, do carpentry work, weave bamboo baskets, bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets, do business, and even cook and farm. Grandpa, you are amazing."
Hearing his granddaughter's praise, Jiang Shoujia smiled gently: "It's not grandpa who is awesome, it's your grandfather. It's just that he offended someone, so he had to hide in the village with his family. As a result, your great-grandfather, your grandfather's father, didn't dare to go far away for fear of retaliation. In fact, your great-grandfather is smarter.
He taught Grandpa all the skills he knew. Now it is our Fubao's generation, which is already the fifth generation. I guess those people are all dead. Even if there are descendants, they have long forgotten the hatred. Otherwise, Grandpa would not be at ease letting you open a shop in the town."
These few sentences tell the life story of several generations of the Jiang family.
What he said was vague, and Jiang Fubao nodded as if he understood it.
Seeing that her grandfather was a little absent-minded, she leaned on his chest.
No more words.
It turns out that the powerful one is my grandfather's grandfather.
Her great ancestor.
I don’t know what he looks like, or whether he is handsome, so he gave birth to such a good-looking grandpa. After being filtered by several generations, my dad is still so handsome.
The genes are really amazing.
"Grandpa, is Taizu as handsome as dad and grandpa?" Jiang Fubao asked.
She is too curious.
"That's not the case. Your great-grandmother is the most beautiful. She was a daughter of a wealthy family and was brought up delicately. It's because your great-grandfather looks so much like her, and your grandfather looks so much like your great-grandfather. Otherwise, your grandmother would not have been willing to marry me. Your grandmother is also a very capable person. She is kind, gentle, beautiful, and virtuous..."
It seems like I'm thinking back to when I first got married.
Jiang Shoujia's mouth corners were about to rise to the sky.
He began to praise his beloved wife crazily.
Jiang Fubao was speechless.
Grandma in grandpa’s mouth.
Is it her grandma?
Could it be that grandpa married a young wife without her knowing?
Just as she was lost in thought, her grandmother stood at the door and greeted them: "What are you two talking about? You are so happy. Did you make some money? Come back quickly. We will have dinner soon."
"Okay, here I come——"
The grandfather and grandson were in perfect harmony and answered in unison.
Then they smiled at each other again.
As soon as you enter the house.
Zhang Jinlan asked her eldest son to move out a large vat.
Jiang Fubao went over curiously and discovered that the green plums she had asked her family to pickle were already edible.
God, there have been so many things going on lately that she had forgotten about it.
With the arrival of green plums, the shop is going to have new products.
"Yamato, go to the foot of the mountain and get some osmanthus flowers."
When the osmanthus flowers bloom, the fragrance spreads for miles, and you can smell the aroma even at home.
There are two osmanthus trees at the foot of the mountain in the village, and there is also one at Ma Chunxia's house next door.
Zhang Jinlan did not let her son go to the neighboring house to ask for it. She knew that as long as her own family asked.
Ma Chunxia might pick all the osmanthus flowers from a whole tree.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Jiang Dahe walked out of the house carrying a bowl of soup.
When he came back, the bowl was full of golden osmanthus flowers. Jiang Fubao went forward and smelled it.
"Oh, you smell so good, my nose is going to fall off~"
The scent of osmanthus is really overbearing, followed by the common gardenia.
The smell of these two can be clearly smelled from a long distance.
Gardenias bloom earlier. Some time ago, I could always see women passing by on the street carrying loads of flowers on their shoulders.
The baskets are covered with white and green gardenias.
It smelled especially good, so grandma even bought her one and put it on the button on her chest.
No matter where she went, as long as she lowered her head, her nose would be filled with the scent of gardenia.
"It looks like both kinds of green plums have been pickled. I asked Yan Zi to make osmanthus tea. Everyone can taste it when it's ready. If it's good, we can sell it tomorrow. The price has to be higher. After all, tea is too expensive. We can't sell it like green bean soup or sweet rice."
After Zhang Jinlan finished speaking, she sat aside to discuss with Jiang Shoujia how to set the price.
Jiang Fubao stood by the tank and looked inside.
The pickled green plums are green with hints of yellow, and the water inside is light brown.
Wait for the tea to cool down, then put the green plums together with the juice into the cup. Beat the green plums a few times with a rolling pin to mash them. Then add osmanthus tea and the green plum drink is ready.
The taste is sour and sweet, slightly bitter with the aroma of osmanthus. After drinking the water, you can also eat the green plums.
This drink is not only popular in summer like mung bean soup and sugared pork.
Green plum drink can be made not only iced but also hot.
All of them are delicious.
It also fills the gap in the shop's supply of drinks in the winter.
"Don't sell the potatoes now. Almost everyone in the village is planting them. Leave them to sprout. There are still a few left. There won't be enough."
After discussing the pricing of green plum drink, Jiang Shoujia did not forget to remind his wife.
"Oh, okay, it won't sell for much anyway, so just keep it."
The words fell.
Zhang Yanzi came out with the cooked osmanthus tea. Since there was no ice at home, she covered the tea and brewed it with mountain spring water.
After the heavy rain, the drought is gone.
The mountain spring water that was originally drawn by bamboo at home can be used again.
This saves the effort of fetching water from the river.
The key point is that mountain spring water tastes better than river water.
With a slight sweetness.
And it's colder than river water.
It only took a quarter of an hour.
The osmanthus tea is cool.