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"What is that?" Yu Hongdou pointed at a row of vegetation at the base of the yard wall, somewhat doubting her eyes.

Even Yu Hongdou didn't know, so Qian Sanmei and Qian Simei knew even less.

However, Qian Simei was quick and went straight out of the yard to find a servant from this yard.

"My dear, this is called wolf peach. It is said that the master brought it back from overseas. I saw that the fruit looks good, so I transplanted some from the flower garden."

The servant was a little nervous facing his new master, fearing that his behavior would anger his master and he would sell him out.

"Are there a lot of them over in the flower garden? These wolf peaches." Yu Hongdou stared at the row of fruits that looked like small lanterns at the foot of the wall and drooled.

Tomato! Tomato! Tomato! The god of rice noodles!

"Yes, Old Ding, who is in charge of planting, likes this wolf peach. He has planted some not only in the flower garden, but also in various yards." The servant did not dare to hide it and told the truth.

"Okay, call Old Ding over here and I'll ask him how he grows it." Yu Hongdou asked the servant to find Old Ding, while she walked to the wall and picked a tomato.

This should be the oldest variety of tomato. It is not too big and the fruit is a combination of pink and green, which looks very pleasing.

"Third sister, go wash them and then get a knife for cutting fruit." Yu Hongdou handed the picked tomatoes to Qian Sanmei.

She did not eat it rashly. Although there are few pesticides nowadays, who knows if there are any strange behaviors and habits during the planting process.

Yu Hongdou only knew from Daozhi's talk about it before that some planting methods can be described as horrifying and scary.

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So, those later film and television works that are full of weirdness, evil and horror are not without source.

"Miss." Old Ding came over quickly with a little apprehension on his face and bowed respectfully to Yu Hongdou.

"No need to be so polite. I just want to ask if this wolf peach is easy to grow? Can the fruit be eaten?" Yu Hongdou asked this with some excitement.

"Miss, wolf peach is easy to grow, but it is best to grow seedlings first. The yield from seeds is too small. Only 70% to 80% of the seedlings will survive after transplanting."

"Wolf peaches can be eaten, but they must be fully ripe, like the one in front of you. If they turn pink, they are fully ripe. If you eat the fruit when it is green, it is poisonous and will cause vomiting and diarrhea."

Lao Ding saw that the young lady did not blame him at all, and he felt a little excited, so he answered very carefully.

"Miss, here comes the knife." As soon as Lao Ding finished speaking, Qian Sanmei came back holding a square plate.

There was a knife and a plate on the square plate, and on the plate were the tomatoes that Yu Hongdou had asked her to wash.

"Okay." Yu Hongdou picked up the knife, cut the tomato into four pieces, picked up one of the petals, looked at it in front of her eyes, and said "Okay".

Tomatoes in later generations became redder and redder, but less and less tasty. Yu Hongdou always felt that even the famous fruit tomatoes of later times could not compare to the old varieties.

Although the old variety has thick skin and large seeds, it tastes sweet and sour and is very appetizing whether used in soup or other dishes.

However, those tomatoes became Yu Hongdou's childhood memories. She never returned to that small mountain village and never ate tomatoes of that flavor again.

Leaving aside the old memories, Yu Hongdou picked up a slice of tomato and brought it to her mouth, biting it without waiting for Qian Sanmei and Qian Simei to stop her.

The sweet and sour taste stimulated her mouth. Yu Hongdou muttered "delicious" vaguely and stuffed the remaining half into her mouth.

"Old Ding, you've done a great job. It's too late this year. Next spring you can grow tomatoes specifically for this purpose and plant them in the area of ​​ten acres."

Yu Hongdou finished eating a small piece of tomato and encouraged Lao Ding under the watchful eyes of Qian Sanmei and Qian Simei.

"Pick more pink wolf peaches like the ones I just picked, wash them, cool them with well water, cut them and send them to different places so that everyone can taste them."

The tomatoes were delicious, so Yu Hongdou didn’t eat too much. She let Qian Sanmei and Qian Simei eat the rest, and then assigned them some work.

"Old Ding, take me to the flower garden to see if the previous owner has other crops brought back from overseas?" Yu Hongdou suddenly became curious about the previous owner of the house.

What did the previous owner do? Has he ever eaten such delicious tomatoes?

"My lady, this was originally the residence of Mr. Zhang Shida, the governor of Guangfu. Mr. Zhang worked here ten years ago, and later he was transferred to Guangfu and died in office."

This house was divided and given to the eldest son of the Zhang family. Although he was not good at studying, he was good at business. He took advantage of the convenience of Guangzhou to go out to sea and do business, and made a lot of money. "

"Later, he was caught in a shipwreck and disappeared at sea. The house was sold by his family."

When Ding Youfu, the housekeeper, heard that the young lady was looking for Lao Ding, he was afraid that Lao Ding would make the young lady unhappy, so he hurried over. When he heard that Yu Hongdou was curious about the previous owner, he told her what he knew.

"There are not only wolf peaches in the flower garden, but also some other ones, but most of them cannot be grown." The housekeeper was also transferred to the Yu family along with the house, so he is very familiar with the house.

"Oh~" Yu Hongdou was slightly disappointed.

But it makes sense. Most of the fruits and vegetables brought back from the sea should be tropical and subtropical. She is currently in the north, so they will definitely not survive.

Yu Hongdou still went to take a look at the flower garden and unexpectedly found that the flower garden of this house was quite down-to-earth.

The most common crop in the flower bed is tomatoes, and the second one even has a few bushes of gooseberries!

The scientific name of the cape gooseberry is Ribes oleraceus. When it is not ripe, it is green like a small lantern and so sour that it can make your teeth fall out. When it is ripe, it turns purple-red and tastes sweet and sour. There are some red mountain gooseberries near the edge of the flower bed.

Yu Hongdou picked a handful of ripe mountain apples, ate them while walking slowly, and when she saw the last row of lilies of the valley, she couldn't help but smile.

Old Ding really has a special liking for lantern-shaped vegetation.

She returned to her room with satisfaction, picked up her pen and started writing the recipe. She must have tomato and egg rice in the evening, it was a must!

So at the dinner table that night, a dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes that was red and yellow, pleasing in color but not very good-looking, appeared in front of Emperor An He.

"Is this the wolf peach we ate this afternoon?" Tan Mengao was probably the kind of trend-setter in later generations who was extremely sensitive to colors and new things. He immediately saw the new dish he had never seen before and even recognized the raw materials.

"Well, you guys try it. I thought wolf peaches are sour and sweet, and they must be very appetizing when made into dishes, so I asked Aunt Qian to try making it, and it tasted really good." Yu Hongdou smiled and made a gesture of invitation.

"Why are there two plates of the same dish? Is there some special reason for this?" Tan Yanlin looked at the two plates of dishes on the table questioningly. Even if he wanted them to try new dishes, he would not be so rude.

In his impression, the little girl appeared to be casual, but in fact, every word and every behavior of hers was proper and polite.

Yu Hongdou pursed her lips and smiled, hey, blind student, you found the highlight!