cool summer [farming]

"Daddy, can you give me that sentence?"

Fu Juyan was taken aback, "Oh, you said that, it's a poem, heck, I wrote it on the ground with a stick of wood, you can copy it down with a pen. Can you use a pen?"

Ge Zhengxiu glanced at him.

Wei Qingning blushed, "Yes, my father taught me and taught me how to read."

"That's good." Unexpectedly, Ge Zhengxiu could also read and write, so he looked at Ge Zhengxiu in surprise.

As if knowing what he was thinking, Ge Zhengxiu said to him while washing mint leaves: "When I was a soldier, there were people who could read and write by my side, and I asked him to teach me a few when I was free. I almost recognize it."

"Then can you write?"

In modern times, he only learned hard pens, but he didn't know soft pens at all. When he came to this world, he could only write one-handed|dog crawling style, or black egg style.That's why he chose to write the poem on the ground with wooden sticks, not wanting to embarrass himself in front of the children.

When buying a book for Brother Ming, he flipped through a few pages. Fortunately, the characters in this world are almost the same as modern traditional Chinese characters. He has been exposed to traditional Chinese characters for a while because of his interest, and he can write them smoothly. Of course, it’s just that Written with a modern pen.

Ge Zhengxiu pursed his lips and said, "The writing is not very good."

Fu Juyan became interested, "Well then, Brother Ning, go get the pen and paper, and I'll read the poems, so your father can write them for you."

Wei Qingning glanced at his father, and seeing that he had no objection, he ran into his and Ge Ziming's room, took out the pen and paper and the inkstone that contained a little ink that he had secretly ground, and carefully placed the inkstone on a corner in the yard. On the wooden bench, hand the pen and paper to my father.

Ge Zhengxiu dipped in the ink with style, waiting for Fu Juyan to read.

Fu Juyan cleared his throat, shamelessly began to memorize the master's poems, Ge Zhengxiu followed his voice and wrote neat words on the clean rice paper.

Fu Juyan looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "What do you usually use to practice calligraphy?"

"Stick."

Can you do this with sticks?This fucking is better than him who has written Chinese characters for more than [-] years!Sure enough, the ancients, the talent of writing with a brush is engraved in the genes.

He copied one side of the poem with a stick of wood on the ground, and wrote it in a large size, which attracted the praise of two men, one big and one small, "Little Daddy, your handwriting is really good!"

The big man also nodded, "Very good."

The compliments from the two gave Fu Juyan great courage. He unbelievingly picked up the brush and wrote the name of the poem in one go under the rows of bold and vigorous handwriting.

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Most afraid of the sudden silence of the air, Fu Juyan said that he really wanted to sing a song.

It was Ge Zhengxiu who broke the silence first, "You, just practice more."

He really didn't know what to say. He had never seen anything like this before. The words written on the ground were penetrating, but when they were put on paper...

Looking at the two characters "Tuo" in the center of the paper, Fu Juyan's coquettish look came into view, which made his smile deepen. He took the paper and folded it along the boundary between the poem and the two characters. Printed, then tore off, gave Wei Qingning the part of the poem, and folded the rest into several folds and put it away by himself, "Brother Ning, go to your own room and practice the words you don't know in this poem. , go."

"Yes, Father." Wei Qingning breathed a sigh of relief, quickly picked up the pen and inkstone, and went back to his room, feeling that something bad would happen if he stayed there any longer.

Fu Juyan, who lowered his head, didn't notice Ge Zhengxiu's small movements. He was still immersed in the sadness of turning from a top student to a top student, and couldn't extricate himself.The sense of superiority that has always been quite self-satisfied in front of men is now shattered into scum.

Ge Zhengxiu imitated Fu Juyan and patted his head, "Your handwriting is beautiful, but there is a problem with the posture of holding the pen, so you can't write it on paper instead. You are used to writing with a hard pen. Some things? I saw that some young generals at the border also have pens made of feathers. When the time comes, see where they are, and I will buy one for you.”

If Fu Juyan hadn't been distracted, he would have keenly noticed how serious the man was when he said this.

In the country, pens and paper are luxuries, and the feather pens that can only be used by border generals are not so easy to get.

Fu Juyan was very depressed, but he also knew that brush calligraphy could not be mastered in a day or two, and he had used hard pens for so many years, which were already deeply engraved in his bones, so he could not accept soft pens for a while. He thought, the worst thing would be to use feather The pen is convenient, saves paper, ink and inkstone, and saves money.

After he figured this out, he didn't care, "Forget it, if there is anything I need to write in the future, just help me write it."

Ge Zhengxiu's eyes flickered, and he said softly, "Okay."

The two of them had just washed all the mint leaves and put them in the steamed steamed bun tray. Yang Qiaorong took the two children into the yard, and when she saw Fu Juyan, she hurriedly asked, "Brother Yan, I heard Brother Ming say that you Looking for me and Sister Cui?"

The child said that brother Yan brought back a kind of leaf that tasted cool, and that brother Yan wanted to use this leaf for food.She was very curious, and saw the delightful emerald green leaves in the cage held by Brother Yan, "Is this the one you mentioned, mint?"

"Yes, you and Sister Cui will try it first."

The two picked up a leaf and put it in their mouths, their eyes were filled with amazement, Yang Qiaorong said: "This leaf is really amazing! It can grow so cool!"

Sister Cui also nodded.

"Where can I find this rare thing?" Of course Yang Qiaorong knew that the two of them had gone into the mountains, but she couldn't help but exclaim.

Fu Juyan had already thought up his explanation, but he said that he was fleeing famine all the way from north to south, because he was hungry, he often picked unknown wild vegetables on the side of the road to eat, and then discovered it by accident.Because of its emerald green color, I named it Mint.

After hearing this, Yang Qiaorong didn't want to ask more questions, she just thought that the mint meant green in the book, only Ge Zhengxiu's eyes were complicated for a moment.

Skipping some heavy topics, Fu Juyan said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I came to you today because of this mint. How about making some food with this mint and selling it?"

Yang Qiaorong slowly tasted the cool taste of mint with her tongue, and said with certainty: "It must be a hot seller!" The weather is hot and unbearable. At this time of the year, all drinks such as fruit tea are in short supply. If everyone can eat such refreshing I will definitely rush to buy things.

"It's just that brother Yan, what do you plan to eat?"

"I'm going to make some mint porridge and mint cake. The mint can also be dried and made into mint tea to drink in water. It can clear away heat and detoxify. You can sell them all. Don't talk about these, come to the kitchen. I'll make things first. Let's talk about something else."

After much deliberation, he still felt that it would be better to use these kinds of food to help the two families. They now live in Aunt Wang's house, no matter how clearly they are divided, the food will inevitably be used in Aunt Wang's house, and Aunt Wang refuses to collect rent , but the family situation is indeed sad, and he also admires Wang Dashi's character, so he is not stingy with using a few snacks to expand his network.As for the sister-in-law, he thought about it later, the sister-in-law may not be willing to accept their money, it is better to let her support the family with her own ability.

Everyone moved to the kitchen, Fu Juyan remembered the hawthorn in the basket, and picked out the small half of the hawthorn, Cui said: "This is a red fruit, very sour."

"Well, it's also called hawthorn, and it can also be used to make food and snacks."

"Sister-in-law, do you know where I can get some sugar? I can use it." Wang Dashi's family does not have such a luxury.

Yang Qiaorong thought for a moment, and said: "Wang Li's family at the head of the village has a body, and his husband's family bought a lot for her. I can borrow some first, and return it later."

Fu Juyan said: "No, let's buy it with money. I use a lot, about two catties. Hawthorn costs sugar, so it's not easy to borrow so much." Two catties of sugar is quite a lot here.

Yang Qiaorong said hesitantly: "Then his family's sugar may not be enough." She was a little distressed, so much sugar, it is right to spend more sugar in making pastries.

Fu Juyan saw what she was thinking, and said with a smile: "This hawthorn is too sour, so we can only neutralize it with the sweetness of sugar. It will be popular when it is ready to sell. My sister-in-law can buy all the sugar from his family." , it doesn’t matter if it’s more expensive, you’ll earn it back in the future, it’s an investment.”

Yang Qiaorong doesn't know what investment is, but since Fu Juyan said so, she has no choice but to follow suit.

Fu Juyan handed her a tael of silver, and before Yang Qiaorong could refuse, he said, "This candy is too expensive. I can't use my sister-in-law's money. You must take this money."

Yang Qiaorong couldn't refuse, so she went to buy sugar.

Fu Juyan said to Sister Cui who was standing on the side: "Sister Cui, can you wash these hawthorns for me? Your uncle and I will cook something delicious for you."

Sister Cui nodded, put the hawthorn in a basin, took it out and washed it beside the well water.Ge Ziming also went out with her, and the two of them were looking forward to the mint porridge and mint cake that their aunt said. Ge Ziming even ran into the house to show off the food that was coming out of the oven to his cousin who was practicing calligraphy.

Fu Juyan started to make mint porridge first. Mint porridge is easy to make, and the sugar can be put at the end.

He instructed Ge Zhengxiu to light a fire, wash the rice, and cook the porridge slowly. Ge Zhengxiu obediently obeyed his instructions and followed his instructions.

He himself grabbed a handful of washed fresh mint, put it in a small ceramic pot, put in an appropriate amount of water, and boiled it over medium heat. When the water in the pot was reduced to half, he turned off the fire, brought it up, and opened it. Cover the pot and wait for it to cool slowly.

When the mint soup is almost cooled, remove the mint leaves, transfer the soup to the porridge that is about to boil, and boil slowly.When Yang Qiaorong bought the sugar back, Fu Juyan put a few spoonfuls of granulated sugar.After stirring evenly, a mint porridge is ready.

Each person filled half a bowl and put them in the bowl to wait for the porridge to cool down.

During this period, Aunt Wang and Wang Dashi returned home one after another, saw Fu Juyan cooking, asked why, and naturally clicked their tongues in amazement.

Fu Juyan called a few children over, and let everyone taste the mint porridge, which is emerald green in color and quite pleasing to the eye.

Everyone applauded after eating it, it was sweet and delicious, and after eating it, they felt a coolness in their heart, and their brains, which had been drowsy from the scorching sun, became more awake, and they immediately praised it.

Wang Dashi said: "This porridge tastes really cool! It's delicious!"

Aunt Wang also admired: "Brother Yan is good at cooking, and he has a good eye for finding things! The porridge made of cool leaves not only tastes great, but also looks very beautiful!"

The children nodded fiercely.

Ge Zhengxiu didn't speak, but the satisfaction in his eyes seemed to overflow.

Fu Juyan was very satisfied with everyone's feedback, and then he made mint cake and candied haws, and mixed fresh jasmine with mint leaves to make jasmine mint water to drink. Naturally, everyone praised it and tried it again and again.