Chapter 268 Great Harvest
After Zhao Lan and the others left, Su Ruojin focused her attention on the more than 100 acres of vegetable fields. As the temperature rose, the peppers grew very fast and she could harvest several hundred kilograms every morning. The peppers were transported to the capital together with leeks, shepherd's purse, chicken feather vegetables, cabbage, and pickled bamboo shoots collected from farmers.
Cabbage is the modern Chinese cabbage. Why did the ancients call it pine cabbage? In the eyes of the ancients, cabbage does not wither in winter and can be seen in all seasons. It has the same integrity as the pine tree, so it is called "cabbage".
It can be seen that the ancients gave cabbage the nature of pine and cypress, which is the highest quality.
Chinese cabbage can be fried or pickled, and it is also an indispensable vegetable in hot pot. Su Ruojin allocated 20 to 30 acres of land to grow it, and it is available all year round.
There is also mustard greens, which, like cabbage, were also well-known and popular in ancient times. It can be eaten in many ways, such as stir-frying, mixing with cold dishes, making soups, and stuffing. It is also one of the main vegetables in the Dayin Dynasty. Almost all farmers grow it and they are self-sufficient, but officials and restaurants living in the capital have to buy it.
Su Ruojin sells some of the vegetables fresh, and asks Mother Dong to cut the other part into small pieces and pickle it to remove the raw smell, and then sell it to the capital. The pickled ones can be used to make a light soup with eggs, or can be stir-fried with other things to make various side dishes, such as stir-fried mustard greens with edamame, mustard greens and bamboo shoots, etc.
In addition, mustard is spicy, especially mustard seeds, which are ground into powder and called mustard. It can be used as a seasoning and is suitable for pairing with fish. Sashimi should be eaten with mustard sauce.
The vegetables planted by Su Ruojin are extremely easy to grow and have high yields, so from late May to mid-June, in just over twenty days, the income from her vegetable field increased at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Because they bought a large hillside, the farm house only occupies a small area, and the rest of the area is fenced in for raising livestock and making compost. Not only is there fertilizer, but the chickens, ducks, geese and other small poultry can be slaughtered and eaten right away.
Su Ruojin was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. The first batch of mature roosters were fresh and tender. She quickly caught ten of them and brought them back to her home in the county town. She cooked them for her parents, from spicy chicken, sweet pot chicken, big plate chicken, to stewed clear soup. She cooked the ten chickens in ten different ways.
Su Yanli was not able to sit at the table to eat, so Shu Tong carried the food to the fields for him to eat.
The county magistrate personally goes out to harvest the wheat?
Not really, but during the wheat harvest period, he visited a township almost every day. There were several villages in a township, and he wanted to see the wheat harvest with his own eyes. As expected, under his dedicated management, Weizhou County had a bumper summer harvest.
He was busy until June 12, when the young prince's coming-of-age ceremony was approaching. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the collected wheat being stored in the warehouse, and finally sat down to have a meal with his daughter.
The romantic father, who was not worldly-wise, went to the countryside and villages. The strong June sunshine tanned him a little, making him look like a grassroots official.
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "After you finish drinking the chicken soup, I will make you an egg white mask to restore your beauty."
Su Yanli almost spit out a mouthful of soup, put down the bowl, and glared at her, "I think you need to apply some compress first. You are a young lady, but you roll up your sleeves and throw your legs around, working in the fields all day long, and you are already dark. Be careful that Zhao Zijin will dislike you."
"Haha, if he dares to despise me, I won't marry him. I will stay at home as an old maid and never marry. How comfortable it is."
Su Sanlang enjoyed the spicy chicken very much and quickly replied, "Sister, I will support you for the rest of your life."
Hey!
Su Yanli reached out and patted his son's head, "Boy, I think you want to keep your sister at home to make money for you."
"No, no... Dad, I definitely don't." He patted his chest and said, "Dad, although I'm not as good as my elder brother in academics, I can take the military examination. Maybe I can become a general in the future. It would be great if our family can have both civil and military talents."
It was the first time that Su Yanli and his wife knew their son had this idea. They wanted to say something, but subconsciously glanced at their daughter. Their daughter gave their son a thumbs up with admiration, and raised her other hand to hold up the fruit drink, "Cheers to the young people with ideals."
Su Sanlang was so happy to get the encouragement from his elder sister that he quickly picked up his fruit drink and said, "I will definitely live up to my elder sister's expectations."
"Come on, boy."
The brother and sister clinked their glasses and drank the fruit drink in one breath. They were so happy!
Su Yanli and his wife looked at each other and said, okay, the eldest son is the one who is responsible for the family business, so let the second son do whatever he likes. As long as the child is happy, it's all fine. The two smiled and stopped saying anything discouraging or negative.
After eating, Su Ruojin applied an egg white mask on herself and even wanted to apply it on him, but Su Yanli refused no matter what. "Men should sunbathe to look more mature and manly. If you apply it on yourself, you will look like a gigolo. What kind of look will that make you look like a gigolo?"
Look what he said.
"Dad, I'll apply some compress on you to relieve the sunburn and return you to your original appearance, but I can't make you whiter and younger. According to what you said, you used to be..." a pretty boy.
You little bitch, you're already an adult but you're still asking for a beating.
Su Yanli hadn't held a feather duster for many years. Su Ruojin smiled and lay directly behind her mother, "Madam Cheng, do you also like to see the clean and fair Lord Su?"
Cheng Yingzhen: …
How did the fight between you two, father and daughter, get in her way?
It was no one's fault, Cheng Yingzhen pretended she didn't hear it.
Seeing that Su Yanli was determined to beat him up, Su Ruojin had no choice but to bring up the Prince Jin's Mansion, "Dad, we have to go to the Prince Jin's Mansion to attend Zhao Zijin's coming-of-age ceremony. We can't embarrass Brother Jin."
Su Yanli: ...This kid always finds his weaknesses.
Su Ruojin taught her mother with a smile, "You and dad can apply some facial masks whenever you have nothing to do. In addition to egg white, you can also use cucumber slices, rice noodles, etc. I will write down some mask recipes later. It's best for you and my dad to apply them every night..."
When Su Yanli heard that he applied the mask every day, she couldn't help but knock her on the forehead, "Forget about your mother applying the mask every day, but I'm not an actor, why would I apply the mask?"
Su Ruojin, who was hit by the knife, said aggrievedly, "Who made dad give birth to such a bright moon and gentle breeze? I can't bear to see him grow old."
"You..." Su Yanli felt that if he continued talking to this girl, he would be pissed to death. "Come on, come on, just go and mess with Zhao Zijin."
Su Ruojin: ...
Su Yanli went to the countryside to work, and his face was indeed a little sunburned. His daughter caught him and applied a facial mask of egg white and honey on his face for half a quarter of an hour. After washing, he reached out and touched it, and it was indeed much smoother, and the skin flakes caused by the sun were gone.
Early the next morning, Su Ruojin was going back to the vegetable fields in Xishan.
Su Yanli was puzzled. "Tomorrow is the thirteenth. You are going to the vegetable field today and will be back in the evening?"
Su Ruojin shook her head and said, "Dad, you guys will leave from the county town tomorrow, and I'll leave from the vegetable fields. We'll meet at Zhang's Inn tonight."
"Can't we go together?"
Su Ruojin sighed, "Mrs. Ning Ba Niang and Miss Zhong are in the vegetable fields. I have to take them with me."
(End of this chapter)
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