Chapter 410 Showing You My Skills
When Chen Dafu heard that his boss had eaten something poisonous, he also panicked.
He remembered that someone in the village had used poisonous weeds to stew chicken soup, and the local doctor would first force water into the patient to induce vomiting when saving him.
"I'll get some water! And then I'll call a doctor right away!"
"Master, drink more water. Just spit it out first, and you'll be fine when the doctor comes and takes medicine!"
Lu Jing nodded nervously, "Okay, I'll watch Xixi and let her drink some water."
Gu Xixi swallowed it calmly and stopped the panicking Lu Jing and Chen Dafu.
"Calm down! Uncle Dafu, don't run! You two should listen to me first."
While the two were stunned, Gu Xixi said, "Tomatoes are not poisonous, they are definitely edible, and they are delicious!"
Knowing it was not so easy to believe, she added seriously, "When have I ever lied to you?"
"Besides, if this thing is poisonous and so dangerous, how could I possibly plant it on the farm?"
Chen Dafu frowned and thought, "That's right."
"The boss has always been thorough in his work. There are two little kids in the farm. How could he plant poisonous fruit?"
Now, Lu Jing, who claimed to know tomatoes, couldn't help but doubt himself.
"It's a tree with red and green fruits hanging on it, and the leaves are also similar."
"But it's not this tall or this big, and the red fruit is half the size of this one. Isn't it the same thing?"
Gu Xixi stood up and took another bite of the tomato, and heard the sound of juice.
"Where did you see it? Who told you it was poisonous? Such a delicious thing..."
To her taste, these persimmons are really delicious.
Original variety, ecologically grown.
Although compared with the varieties cultivated in later generations, the peel is a bit thicker and the sweetness is slightly lower.
But the unique flavor of tomatoes is fresh and rich, and the red fruits that have been exposed to enough sunlight are sweet, sour and juicy.
Lu Jing and Chen Dafu looked at Gu Xixi with complicated expressions while she was eating with relish.
In their eyes, the plants were short, covered with thorny hairs, and the ripe tomatoes were bright red and had strange shapes.
If these characteristics were found in the wild, it would definitely be a poisonous fruit that everyone would avoid and dare not pick.
But Gu Xixi ate with big mouthfuls, feeling particularly sweet, and it seemed that nothing was wrong.
Lu Jing was relieved for the moment, and then said, "Didn't Fan Dongping take me to his home?"
"I saw it at his house, planted in a pot on a high shelf. It looked very rare."
"His maidservant boasted to me that this is a tribute from the Duoluo Kingdom and can only be viewed."
"The fruit looks delicious, but it is poisonous. I was told not to eat it out of greed."
When Chen Dafu heard about Lu Jing's past for the first time, he was shocked.
The name Fan Dongping sounds like a man.
When a girl is abducted by a man, her experience is naturally filled with sadness and tears.
Then I thought that Lu Jing was only the same age as my own children.
Chen Dafu only felt sympathy for the girl at this moment.
He controlled his expression and did not show his surprise.
However, he felt that since it concerned the girl's reputation, it would not be nice for him to talk about it loudly here.
So he said, "I'm going to pick cucumbers and send them back first, and then I'll come back to pick tomatoes later."
However, Lu Jing understood Chen Dafu's good intentions and said, "Uncle Dafu, there is no need to avoid suspicion."
"We are all family from now on. You will know my affairs sooner or later."
"I had already escaped from the bully's house, and that's when I met Xixi and the others."
Chen Dafu breathed a sigh of relief and was genuinely happy, "It's good that I escaped."
Lu Jing nodded, "Now the bully has already been convicted and executed by the government."
Chen Dafu clapped his hands, "It's what you deserve! Evil will be punished!"
Gu Xixi looked at Lu Jing, feeling a little relieved.
Although Lu Jing did not mention anything about her parents.
But the fact that she could talk about the past with Chen Dafu calmly may mean that her heartache is slowly healing.
Gu Xixi laughed and said, "Saying that tomatoes can't be eaten is probably a generalization and a rumor."
"It's also possible that the people who first said it was poisonous ate the unripe green fruit."
"Green fruit?!" Chen Dafu and Lu Jing said in unison.
Chen Dafu, who had been farming for half his life, understood immediately, "This thing is poisonous when it's not ripe, but it's okay to eat it when it's ripe?"
Gu Xixi nodded, "Would you like to try it?"
Walking through the tomato field, you will see melon vines all over the ground and grape racks a little further away.
The winter melon with light green stripes is hidden among the leaves.
Gu Xixi squatted in the melon field and moved left and right, knocking this and patting that.
Watermelons that ripen outdoors are much better in size than those grown in simple greenhouses in the winter.
The largest one is as big as a piglet.
Gu Xixi said with a smile, "I'll find a job for you guys."
She stood up and pointed out eight melons in turn, "Pick them all."
Lu Jing rolled up his sleeves in an instant, "No problem!"
Picking is rooted in the blood of farming nations. It is both an instinct and a hobby.
Chen Dafu tasted the winter melon last winter. As he walked to the field, he said happily to Lu Jing,
"Don't be fooled by his tough appearance."
"When you cut it open, it's sweet and thirst-quenching inside, it's so delicious!"
Lu Jing was excited, "Wouldn't it be nice to eat it after we've basked in the sun and finished our work?"
The winter melons that Gu Xixi picked out were all ripe. If they were not eaten, they would rot in the field.
She laughed and said, "Uncle Dafu can pick a big one and send it back first."
"Soak it in well water in advance. It tastes better when it's cool."
Chen Dafu agreed loudly.
Gu Xixi added, "You guys do it first, I'll go check on the grapes."
The grapes were planted in the first year and have only grown to the height of the trellis now.
The vine leaves are sparse and it is still too early for them to form shade.
But Gu Xixi didn't come here to enjoy the cool breeze.
She looked at the roots, vines, and leaves of the grapes in turn, and then looked for the fruiting branches.
As expected, there were no fruiting branches, so we definitely won’t be able to eat fresh grapes this year.
This type of primitive variety has not undergone generations of optimization methods such as selection and hybridization.
It will probably take two to three years from sowing seedlings to growing and bearing fruit.
Although it is still too early to eat the fruit, we cannot just leave it alone for now.
While Gu Xixi was checking the grapes, Lu Jing and Chen Dafu picked a lot of tomatoes and cucumbers, including the ones for Gu Xixi to take away.
There were six full baskets that could not be moved, and Chen Dafu insisted on not letting the two girls interfere.
He swiftly moved all the baskets onto a two-wheeled cart and pushed it back himself.
From afar, I could smell the aroma of stewing meat wafting from the kitchen.
Lv Jing said with a smile, "It's already noon in the blink of an eye. Time flies when I go to the fields to pick fruits!"
Gu Xixi laughed, "From what you said, it seems like you haven't picked enough?"
Lu Jing winked at Gu Xixi, "If you give me another field of winter melons, I can still pick them!"
Seeing so many things being pushed back, Aunt Tao, Mrs. Wu, Xiulan and Xiuhe all came to help.
It’s the season for eating fresh fruits. Gu Xixi was in a good mood and decided to cook two dishes to show off her skills to everyone.
Lu Jing has always been the most supportive of Gu Xixi, but at this moment he seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Seeing Gu Xixi pick up the kitchen knife, Lu Jing couldn't help but blurt out, "Watch your hands!"
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