Farmer’s Blessed Girl

"Yes, we only lost it for a year, and the pear trees on the mountain are growing very well, but it's a pity that they can't be sold, so I picked some for myself and kept them for food, and sold the rest at the market. "

Bai Shan: "Didn't your governor find a market for you?"

"I found it, but only two merchants asked for a small amount. The other Han people didn't buy it. They all listened to those merchants. They joined forces and didn't buy our fruit." Ashan said: "And we Don’t look ugly, they are actually delicious, but they just say that our fruit is not good, so they don’t harvest it themselves, and they don’t ask others to harvest it, because it’s bad anyway.”

Ah Shan looked at Zhou Man and said, "You are the best Han people I have ever met, except for the governor."

He was very proud, "I saw you on the street the other day, and I saw it right away. You are a good person and you like to eat. I really didn't feel wrong."

"Actually, when those merchants came to buy our pears, I thought they were not good people, but neither my father nor the people in the village believed me..."

Zhou Man looked at him sympathetically, "Did they blame you afterwards?"

Ah Shan looked at her in shock, "How do you know?"

Seeing that they were talking more and more speculatively, Bai Shan hurriedly stopped him and said, "Let's go pick oranges first."

"Yes," Ah Shan nodded immediately, and said enthusiastically, "We said while picking, you are good people, you can go to my orchard to pick, I don't need money, pick whatever you want."

Bai Shan: ...It doesn't look very smart, how can you recognize the true face of the merchant?

Zhou Man's goal is not the fruit on the fruit tree, but the tree under the fruit, and it's not limited to oranges. Just after entering this village, Keke dinged several times. Obviously, there are many things here that she didn't record. thing.

There may be other fruit trees, so we must establish a good relationship.

The two of them, one with heart and one with intention, naturally had a very happy conversation, not only Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, but also Yin He and Ming Da came behind.

The four of them silently followed behind them.

Their place is different from Chang'an, the fields are very small, even if there is a large field connected to the past, it is divided into one piece after another, because of the high and low terrain, even if the upper and lower fields belong to the same family, they cannot be combined. to go together.

Therefore, there are many mountains and little land here, but the mountains are not the high mountains that Mingda and the others often see, but small hills.

Later, because melons and fruits were easy to sell, they opened some land on the mountain to grow fruits.

The orchards are basically on the hillside, or at the foot of the mountain where there was originally a wasteland. Zhou Man taught him how to grow kumquats along the way. Most of them were obtained by her from the fruit farmers, and a small part were collected by the encyclopedia. written in the entry.

She also taught him how to graft fruit trees, which Ah Shan listened to with great interest, and the two communicated enthusiastically in Mandarin mixed with dialects.

Because of Zhou Man's enthusiasm, not only Ah Shan, but also his father and mother, that is, the village chief and the village chief's wife, like her very much. Not only do they not accept the oranges they picked on the mountain, but I heard that she wants some fruit tree branches. , and asked Ah Shan to go to the mountain to dig two fruit trees as tall as theirs and give them to them.

It is too slow to use cuttings. It is better to use fruit trees that have survived directly. They are very generous, which means that one or two trees is not a problem at all.

As for the other fruit trees that Zhou Man is also interested in, they have to go to the mountains to dig some flowers and plants, and they also enthusiastically help.

They were so enthusiastic, Zhou Man felt that he had to reciprocate what he said, so he pointed to the pear trees all over the mountain and asked, "Are there still many pears on it? Let me pick some and have a look?"

"some."

Although it's winter now, it's not too cold in the South of the Five Ridges, and most of them are still hanging on the trees except for the pears that are ripe and fall or are blown down by the wind.

There are many pear trees in the nearby villages. Even if they don't plant orchards, they will plant one or two in their backyards, so pears are not easy to sell.

Everyone just left those pears on the tree.

Ah Shan went up the mountain with a basket to pick pears for them, and said very generously: "It doesn't cost money, just pick whatever you want, our village and our family have a lot of them."

Zhou Man looked at it in his hand, weighed it and handed it to Bai Shan, "Peel the skin and taste it."

Ah Shan also took one, wiped it on his clothes, and then took a bite. Watching Bai Shan peel the skin, he thought to himself, these people are really particular.

Yin Or looked at the pear trees all over the mountain, and said regretfully, "It's really a pity, what can you do?"

Bai Erlang also looked at Zhou Man, "You...you don't want to buy it yourself, do you?"

Zhou Man glanced at him and said, "I want to buy it, so I have to sell it."

Bai Shan cut a slice for her, and shared a slice with everyone, and bit the rest by himself. He nodded slightly, "It tastes good, and there's a lot of water."

Zhou Man tasted it carefully, nodded and said: "It's not bad, it's also good to make pear paste."

Bai Shan raised his eyebrows, "Pear paste?"

Zhou Man nodded, "Yes, it's just that it's cold and there are many people coughing. Until the weather gets warmer next year, this kind of lung-nourishing and cough-relieving products should be easy to sell, especially if there are children who don't like taking medicine at home. As long as the price is not It’s very high, and many people must buy it.”

Zhou Man turned his head and asked Ah Shan, "How about I teach you how to make it?"

Ah Shan was confused, "What are you cooking?"

"Pear cream."

Ah Shan: "I don't know, what's the use of this thing?"

"It can moisten the lungs and relieve cough. If you can't sell your pears, why don't you sell them as pear paste."

"Will anyone buy it?"

"Yes," Zhou Man said firmly, "as long as your quality is good."

Ah Shan was still worried, "What if those merchants still unite to prevent people from buying?"

"No," Zhou Man said, "I can recommend it for you at that time, and no one can stop it."

Ah Shan thought for a while, then nodded reluctantly and said: "Then let's learn."

So Zhou Man asked them to prepare things, but unfortunately, except for Old Jiang, they didn't have any of the things she listed.

Zhou Man and the others had no choice but to get sugar, Luo Han Guo, and red dates from their luggage cart.

Then set up a pot in the kitchen of Ah Shan's house to teach him how to make Qiuli paste.

Although the taste of the first pot was a bit different, Zhou Man felt that it was not bad. She encouraged them, "If you work hard, you will definitely be able to learn."

Ah Shan's family shook their heads together and said, "We won't learn anymore."

Zhou Man and the others were surprised, "Why?"

Ah Shan: "It's too expensive. We still need to buy sugar and Luo Han Guo. Old ginger is also very expensive, so we won't do it."

Bai Erlang hesitated to speak, "Do you know how valuable the autumn pear cream made from the prescription she gave is?"

Zhou Man nodded after pondering, "You're right, it's because I didn't think carefully, this prescription shouldn't be given to you."

Bai Shan smiled slightly and said, "You write down the recipe, and I'll have someone send it to Guanyin. The normal price of this pear is two renminbi a catty. Without merchants, Guanyin can eat it at home."

Zhou Man nodded, turned his head and said to Ah Shan: "You ask the people in your village to take care of the fruit trees on the mountain. Someone should come to harvest the pears in a few days."

See you tomorrow