Chapter 79 Sending Seeds
Li Wanyue frowned and thought, this person mentioned officials, it seems that he has a wide network of contacts.
Since he was willing to provide the seeds, she would accept them. After all, she said that she couldn't guarantee that they would grow well, but if they were successful, she would give him half.
"Thank you very much, sir. If I grow them, I will definitely give you some. However, if you want to go and see them, can you change into low-key clothes? Then, just say that you are a good friend of my third brother or the manager of my brother's previous job."
Xie Yan understood. Most of the people in the village wore coarse linen clothes. If he wore his own clothes, he would attract too much attention.
The corners of his lips slightly raised: "Thank you for reminding me, Miss Li, the younger brother of the Li family, to try the dishes of Baiweilou."
Shen Yu nodded: "Yes, Miss Li is very good at cooking. Shopkeeper Li told me that when he signed the contract with you, he brought back a kind of preserved egg food, and the customers also said it was delicious."
"Manager Li is too kind."
After Li Wanyue finished speaking, she picked up a piece of steamed fish with chopsticks. The taste was light, with a slight fishy smell. I guess it was because she didn't use scallion, ginger and wine to remove the fishy smell in advance. Instead, she tasted the original freshness.
The cold lotus root slices were pretty good, the glutinous rice chicken was delicious, and I tried a few dishes in succession. Most of them tasted good, but most of them were bland. A few spicy dishes were overwhelmed by the spiciness. There were quite a few dishes, but the flavors were not rich enough.
I guess it's because there's not enough seasoning and craftsmanship here, so they can't make too many styles, but that has nothing to do with her.
She smiled and praised, "It's delicious. It's worthy of being a popular restaurant in the county."
Shen Yu blinked. Why did he feel that this girl was being perfunctory?
She didn't show any surprise at the food while she was eating.
He asked: "Miss Li, since you can make food like mung bean flour preserved eggs, I think your cooking skills are very good. Would you be willing to cook a few dishes for me to learn from?
I should add some new dishes to my restaurant. I wonder if Miss Li can give me some advice?"
Li Wanyue smiled lightly: "Boss, you think highly of me. My cooking skills are not that great. Logically, since you helped me, I should cook a table of dishes to thank you. However, I think your store doesn't have some seasonings. I will prepare the seasonings and then cook for Boss Shen to taste."
"Really?" Shen Yu's eyes lit up. He had eaten a lot of good food, so he was really curious about what kind of dishes she could make.
Li Wanyue nodded: "Yes."
"Ayan will go to your village tomorrow, and I will go with him. Could you please, Miss Li, do it tomorrow?" Shen Yu asked bluntly.
Li Wanyue: “…”
You're so rude.
Forget it, I'll just do it since I made his money, but I can't buy any good ingredients now.
She said, "Okay, but I don't have enough time to prepare the ingredients. I need to bring some back from your store."
"No problem. Just tell Shopkeeper Li what ingredients you want."
Afterwards, they talked about the question while eating. It took Xie Yan a whole day to figure out the answer. He was very curious about where Li Wanyue got the answer from.
Li Wanyue: The question is, I forgot which book it was, but I still remember it in my mind.
Li Sandong ate in silence. He was not familiar with the two people sitting opposite him and did not feel comfortable eating more.
After the meal, Shopkeeper Li took the supply contract for mung bean powder and preserved eggs and signed it with Li Wanyue.
She also packed the ingredients that Li Wanyue needed, including 450 kilograms of potatoes and 500 kilograms of sweet potatoes in the store, and ordered 800 duck eggs from Li Wanyue.
They let the ox cart follow their car and went to Daohua Village together.
On the way, Li Wanyue told Li Sandong to tell others that the ox cart was rented from Baiweilou for the convenience of delivering goods.
Li Sandong nodded to show that he understood.
The family saw three ox carts parked in front of their house. Before they could figure out what was going on, they saw Li Wanyue coming down and asking her father and brother to unload the goods.
After the delivery guy left, Li Sandong pulled the ox cart into the yard. Li Youshan was still in shock as he looked at the piles of potatoes and sweet potatoes.
He asked in a trembling voice: "My daughter...did you spend all your money on buying seeds?"
He heard from Sandong that a pound of sweet potatoes costs eighty cents, which can buy three or four pounds of meat.
This brought so much, the money must be spent.
Li Wanyue was afraid that his father would get scared, so he didn't tease him and said directly: "No, these are all given by the owner of Baiweilou. It's free."
"What? A gift?" Li Youshan's eyes widened, his voice trembling a little: "Daughter, did you agree to something from them?"
All these things together probably cost a hundred or eighty taels. Would anyone be so kind as to give them to me?
Li Wanyue knew from his expression that he was thinking wrongly.
He smiled and explained, "Is your daughter such a fool? It just so happens that one of his friends is also researching how to grow these two things. He heard that I can grow them, so he also gave him some seeds. I will give him some when I grow them."
Li Youshan and Zhao Suying finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mom and Dad, pick out the ones that have sprouted and plant them first tomorrow. Plant the others after they sprout. These sweet potatoes can probably be planted in about two to three acres of land. We need to find a piece of land to help them sprout before transplanting them.
We don’t have that much vacant land, why don’t you ask Uncle Youtian and his family if they have any vacant land, and I can rent a small piece.”
"Okay, leave it to Dad. Your uncle has a small plot of land. He was planning to grow beans. I'll talk to him."
"Well, there's also fertilizer. If we don't have enough at home, let's see if anyone in our village wants to sell it and buy some."
In fact, most people in the village collect manure and chicken manure to keep for farming. It’s just that there is no time to make fertilizer now, so they can use leaves and manure to ferment and make fertilizer, which is enough.
"If you plant three acres, there is enough fertilizer, so you don't need to buy any for now."
"OK."
At this time, Li Youshan was almost shocked by several screams and almost jumped up. He turned around and saw Li Dachuan, Wang Guixiang and others gathered around the ox cart with a look of surprise on their faces.
"What are you yelling about?"
Li Dachuan was very excited: "Dad, Sandong said that this ox cart will be in our house from now on. We have an ox cart now."
"What?" Li Youshan's voice was no smaller than the others. Li Wanyue rubbed her ears in shock.
Li Sandong coughed and quickly explained: "Brother, what I mean is that we can keep it because it is rented. When we make money in the future, we can ask Manager Li to buy it."
Li Youshan walked up to the cow with shining eyes and touched it carefully: "Good, this cow is good. It must have cost a lot of money to rent it. It looks energetic. And this cart has a shed. It's great."
Li Sandong was proud: "Of course, the ox cart of Baiweilou must be good. Dad, look at this shed, it can be dismantled."
As he spoke, he demonstrated it, and everyone laughed even more brightly.
The ox cart with a canopy is a must-have in their village.
Sun Xiuqin was just worried about her sister-in-law being unthrifty. She bought a bunch of sweet potatoes but had never planted them before. What if they failed? Wouldn’t that be a waste of money?
Did you spend all the money you earned during this period on buying that thing?
Now that I saw that the ox cart could be kept for my own use, my unhappiness disappeared. Next time I go back to my parents' home, I can ride in the ox cart. How face-saving it would be.
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