Chapter 458 Brought back something good
By midsummer, the land in the tea garden had been leveled and divided into ridges.
And watering and base fertilizer application were completed twice at intervals.
Next, just wait for the soil to slowly absorb and optimize.
When the temperature drops to a suitable level, prepare for transplanting.
The new season's corn and several types of winter storage vegetables are also growing smoothly.
After finally finishing this busy period, Aunt Zhang thought Gu Xixi could finally take a break.
During lunch, Gu Xixi said, "Tomorrow Lu Jing and I are going to the border."
"I won't stay too long this time. I'll be back in three to five days."
Aunt Zhang has long been accustomed to Gu Xixi's busyness.
No matter how distressed I was, I just said, "I'll go get some water and dry food later."
"Just tell me if you two want to eat or drink anything."
Gu Xixi said, "We still have the pepper leaf pot cakes we made this morning. We can just take two."
"The journey won't be long. We'll be there in a day and a night. Auntie, you don't need to bother preparing extra food."
Lu Jing also smiled and said, "That's right, it's so hot, you shouldn't stay around the stove for a long time."
"I know, I know. Let's eat quickly!" Aunt Zhang nodded impatiently, but she was actually very happy in her heart.
She can feel that her children are filial and care about her.
In the afternoon, the old doctor came back early today.
Besides Xiaohua, the one who came in with him was An Qinghe who had not been home for a long time.
An Qinghe returned to the same state he was when Gu Xixi first met him.
The shaggy beard connected to the temples, covering most of his face.
Aunt Zhang was a little surprised. "This kid! How did you get yourself into this state after just a short while?"
An Qinghe was covered in dust and looked a little tired, but his blue eyes were still bright and full of enthusiasm and vitality.
He greeted Aunt Zhang with a smile, and then hurriedly shouted:
"Xixi! Xixi! Come out quickly! Look what good things I brought you!"
At the same time, the old doctor explained to Aunt Zhang, "What a coincidence, when I came out of Zhangjia Village, I heard Xiao An calling me."
"It turned out that he happened to be riding by there and saw me."
"This guy helped me onto the horse and rode back together."
Ever since the old doctor lost his sight, he couldn't remember how many years it had been since he last rode.
Today, I experienced the long-lost feeling of speeding in the dark.
My heart is still beating a little fast at this moment!
Gu Xixi and Lu Jing came out of the house upon hearing the noise.
Gu Xixi looked at An Qinghe in astonishment, "What's wrong with you?"
An Qinghe strode over and handed a piece of bamboo tube in his hand to Gu Xixi.
He smiled mysteriously and cheerfully, "You'll know when you open it!"
When Lu Jing saw An Qinghe in this image for the first time, she was a little hesitant to recognize him.
But when I heard An Qinghe's familiar voice, I saw that he was carrying the old doctor's medicine box on his shoulder.
Only then did Lu Jing dare to be sure that the person in front of her was the only Hu friend she knew.
"Boss An! What's wrong with your beard..."
An Qinghe smiled and said, "I recently followed the caravan to Shu and stayed there for more than a month."
"I'm so tired from working on those saplings in the mountains all day that I don't even bother to shave."
"Besides, I'm surrounded by the rough men of the caravan, and I don't need to meet outsiders."
"I won't have to spend so much time and effort on being beautiful and smart."
Hearing An Qinghe's random mix of idioms again, Gu Xixi's mouth twitched and she took the bamboo tube and looked at it.
The bamboo tube is made of moso bamboo produced in the south, and is as thick as a forearm.
There is a regular circle of saw marks on the upper end.
It was obviously disassembled into a container and a lid, and the gaps were sealed with white wax.
Gu Xixi looked up at An Qinghe and asked, "So should I open it?"
An Qinghe smiled expectantly, "Yeah, yeah! Open it quickly!"
Gu Xixi twisted the top of the bamboo tube, and after the wax seal fell off, she pulled the lid out with force.
Lu Jing stretched his neck and saw what was inside, but he didn't recognize it.
Aunt Zhang also pulled the old doctor over curiously.
Gu Xixi stretched out her fingers and pinched one, then held it up to clear everyone's confusion. "Lychee?"
An Qinghe said happily, "Xixi! I know that you must know something that others don't know!"
Gu Xixi broke out in a cold sweat, wondering if An Qinghe was born with a thick nerve or if he had extraordinary adaptability?
Didn't he think it was strange that she, who grew up in the northwest, knew about lychees?
But it's always a good thing not to be suspected.
Gu Xixi pinched the lychee and asked, "Did you bring this back from Shu?"
Lingnan is too far away from the northwest.
Even if the caravan obtained the highest-level pass from the imperial court and rode on fast horses, the fresh lychees would rot if they were not transported to the northwest.
Only the lychees produced in the northern part of Shu have a chance.
An Qinghe nodded excitedly, "Yes, it is in Shu."
“I found these fruit trees deep in the mountains that I had never seen before.”
“I asked the local guide and found out that this was lychee. I tried it and it was so, so delicious!”
“It’s definitely a taste and texture we’ve never tasted before!”
The old doctor said, "I do know about lychees."
"It is recorded in the pharmacopoeia that lychees are mostly grown in Lingnan. Their fruit is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It nourishes the spleen, liver and blood, quenches thirst and improves one's complexion."
"It's a pity that Lingnan is so far away that I have never tasted it."
An Qinghe smiled and said, "Now it's available!"
"I have heard other merchants talk about Lingnan specialties before, and among them is this lychee fruit."
“I didn’t expect to find it in the barren mountains of Shu!”
Gu Xixi was a little dazed.
She had read historical meteorological records and found that during certain periods in ancient times, the land of Shu was much warmer than in later times.
So there are large areas of wild lychee trees.
Later, as the temperature gradually dropped, only a small area of lychees remained in Shu.
It can be seen that the history and geography in the book are very similar to the real world.
An Qinghe urged, "Hurry up and try it, one for each of you."
"This stuff is extremely perishable, so you have to eat it right after you open the bamboo tube."
"On the way, I bought some ice from other caravans carrying fresh goods, so the fruit didn't rot."
He paused, "But I'm not sure if the fruit is still good inside. If it tastes sour, don't eat it."
Except for the one left for Shitou, everyone took one, just enough for one person.
Because it has been stored for too long, the red lychee shell has turned dark brown and dark.
Lu Jing pinched it and said in embarrassment, "It feels like tree bark. How can I eat it?"
Gu Xixi said, "Pinch it open a little and peel off this outer layer."
As she demonstrated, she said, "Then you can eat the translucent white flesh inside. There is a pit inside the flesh, so you can just spit it out."
Although the lychees are not fresh, at least they are not rotten.
Gu Xixi's mouth was filled with the sweetness of lychees, and her heart was filled with emotion.
I only heard An Qinghe say, "Is it delicious? Is it sweet?"
Several people nodded sincerely.
An Qinghe grinned, "Xixi, it's rare to have such delicious fruit, but it doesn't last long."
"I want to transplant them to the northwest. You must have a way, right?"
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