cool summer [farming]

And Ge Zhengxiu still remembered what he promised Fu Juyan last night. After eating the last bowl of porridge, he put down the bowl and chopsticks, packed some mushrooms and bamboo shoots picked from the mountain, and went to Lizheng's house.

Today's food will be kept secret until there is no trial sale, Fu Juyan did not ask Ge Zhengxiu to bring it.

When Ge Zhengxiu came back, there was a slight smile in his eyes, and Fu Juyan knew that the matter was over, he excitedly said: "How is it?"

Ge Zhengxiu nodded, "The vacant land in the north has been vacant and no one has bought it. Uncle Li Zheng is willing to sell it to us, and the price is also cheap. Wait for two days to measure the land, and the handover procedures will be fine." The vacant land government in the countryside is Hand it over to the local Lizheng for management. After the land transaction is completed, in addition to paying a certain amount of money stipulated by the government, all the silver earned will belong to Lizheng. Lizheng is equivalent to the current housing agency.

Fu Juyan is very happy. You know, modern housing prices have reached a level that is unacceptable to ordinary people. Although he can easily earn a lot of money, in order not to attract attention, he still lives in a community house of about [-] square meters, and he does not enjoy it. The treatment of a big house, but now he can buy a lot of land to build a house here, and build the house according to his own wishes, nothing can make him happier.

He immediately wanted to take out a pen to draw his ideal model, but a pencil is needed for sketching, and he couldn't take it out of the space right now, so he had to suppress the excitement in his heart, lying on the hard bed and forcing himself to close his eyes sleep.

Early the next morning, the two of them went up the mountain. Each of them carried a large pannier and prepared several large cloth bags made of linen. The two of them did not delay and started picking mints as soon as they found the mint field. Leaves, dig mint.In the back basket are the mint leaves he will use to make tea today, and the cloth bags are filled with whole plants.Because the space of the back basket and the cloth bag is limited, Fu Juyan asserted calmly that mint has a strong growth ability, and there is no need to carry soil with it when transplanting. As long as the roots are roughly intact, the plant can survive, so that Ge Zhengxiu does not need to bring the soil along with it. This saves a lot of space.

What he thought in his heart was that as long as he poured some spiritual spring water into it when planting and watering, he might not be afraid that these mints would not survive, and would even grow more luxuriantly.

Ge Zhengxiu had no doubt about him.

Picking mint leaves was easy, but digging mint plants took some effort. Fortunately, the cloth bags were very good at holding things. I put half of the mint plants promised by Fu Juyan into a few bags, and there was still a little room left.The sun was already high when the two finished, because Aunt Wang's house was at the northernmost part of the village, and there were several mountains behind Luoxia Mountain, plus the rumor of Luoxia Mountain that made the village taboo, when the two came down from the mountain , barely met anyone else.

All the way back to Aunt Wang's house smoothly, everyone was there, and Wang Dashi also came back from Yu Ping's house and waited.Fu Juyan ordered everyone to quickly transplant the mint plants to the backyard, and everyone rushed to respond.He was in charge of fetching water from the well with a wooden bucket, and then secretly poured in a little spiritual spring water, waiting for Ge Zhengxiu to come over and lift the wooden bucket over and over again to water the mint that had just been planted.After another two hours of busy work, all the mints were successfully transplanted.

He also didn't ask Yang Qiaorong and Aunt Wang to use the mint leaves that had just been planted in the backyard, but handed them one of the two baskets to make today's mint porridge and mint cake. The younger sister makes a small amount of candied haws, and Wang Dashi and his two children are responsible for doing odd jobs and starting work.He and Ge Zhengxiu were processing the leaves he used to make mint tea in the yard.

Everyone worked together and didn't eat lunch. When all the mint leaves were used up, another two hours passed.

Fu Juyan simply processed the mint leaves, washed them, fried them, and dried them in the air. Because Tanglin was hot in summer, the mint leaves were spread out on a clean bamboo grate and dried quickly. The final mint tea was crushed by him. It became dust, so that people could not see what kind of plant leaves it was.

He explained to the crowd: "The formed mint tea is easy for people to see the clues, and the ground mint powder can be used not only to make tea, but also as a seasoning." Everyone deeply agreed.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Fu Juyan calculated that it was about four o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone's work was done.Yang Qiaorong and Aunt Wang made a big pot of mint porridge and two big cages of mint cakes.The porridge is emerald green and fresh, it looks very good-looking, and some hawthorn minced meat soaked in sugar is added, decorated with red and green, which is very appetizing.The pastry is cut into small pieces of one inch square, and is carefully made into two layers. The upper layer is emerald green mint cake, and the lower layer is white glutinous rice. The white and green alternates, a bit like modern mahjong, and it is also very beautiful.

This is Fu Juyan's suggestion. Adding a layer of glutinous rice cake that is not too thick can save mint and look good.On top, you can add some hawthorn or something as an embellishment.Because the pastries are cut very small, there are more than a thousand pieces.

Everything is available, but it is difficult for everyone to find dishes and bowls for porridge and pastries.According to Fu Juyan, these porridge and pastries must not compromise on the price. Although they do not take the high-end route, they cannot let these external packaging ruin the price of the food.Fu Juyan remembered that he hadn't picked up the ceramic cups he ordered in a ceramics shop last time, but those ceramic cups were water glasses he bought for his family, because the porridge was also sold in small portions, and it was impossible to get such a big one. So in the end, everyone decided to buy some small dishes to use when they arrived in the county.

From time to time, Wei Qingning and Ge Ziming would go to the backyard to look at the mint planted. The two children were very happy, because the wilting mint that had just been planted has now become full of vitality, as if it has always been rooted here, green and vigorous.The adults were also relieved.

So everyone packed two cans of mint porridge in clean pottery pots used for pickling vegetables, and packed the pastries in bamboo baskets woven with bamboo strips. They brought two small wooden tables, a few benches, hemp rope, spoons and Wang Dashi went to Yu Ping's house to borrow an oxcart for the wooden tweezers used to hold the pastry, but because there were so many people, Yang Qiaorong and Aunt Wang, who originally wanted to go to see it, didn't go.

The children were very eager to go to the county. Although they obediently did not ask to go, their big dark eyes were full of longing, even Wei Qingning was no exception.So the remaining three adults and three children all got into the bullock cart, crowded the bullock cart to the brim, and set off.

After more than an hour, they arrived at the county, and it was already evening. Fu Juyan had already agreed with them that the mint porridge and mint cake were renamed cold porridge and cold cake so that everyone could understand the functions of these two foods. Let's decide when it sells.

Everyone was puzzled, but they didn't say anything.How did they know that Fu Juyan was afraid that they would hesitate because of the price he set, and that there would be another back-and-forth.

After depositing the ox cart and letting everyone wait in the same place, Fu Juyan and Ge Zhengxiu first went to a ceramics shop not far away to retrieve the porcelain cups that Fu Juyan customized, and bought some exquisite dishes, oil paper, etc. , just came back, and followed the crowd to find a bustling street market.

There are stalls selling snacks on this street. They found a place with a lot of people, set up small tables, spread miscellaneous cloths on the floor, and put clay pots and bamboo baskets on them.Then I took out several small bowls and Xiaodie that were translucent in white porcelain that I had bought. Each small bowl contained two spoonfuls of mint porridge, that is, cold porridge. On a table covered with a clean white cloth, another empty table is used for guests to drink porridge, wooden benches are placed around it, and candied gourd racks made of straw are poked in the gap between the table and the urn.

While doing this, people around have already looked over curiously, but they probably don't know what they are selling, so they didn't come forward to ask.

Fu Juyan asked Ge Zhengxiu to take out the note he had written before, and said, "Read it once, everyone remember it, and call it twice in a while."

Ge Zhengxiu tightened his grip on the note, feeling inexplicably ashamed, forced by Fu Juyan's eyes to read out: "Cold porridge that clears away heat, detoxifies, appetizes and cools off the heat! Cold cake that cools the wind and cools the mind! It's sweet and sour. Candied haws for digestion and invigorating the stomach! Don’t miss it when you pass by, everyone, come and have a look, it’s absolutely cool! Absolutely cool! Guaranteed to cool off the heat and keep your heart clean!..." A passage read with twists and turns, trembling and slanting, and the street can be seen People around looked sideways, with strange eyes.

Wang Dashi and the three children also blushed, not knowing whether it was because of the same situation they were in for a while, or because of the strange facial expressions of the people around them.

Fu Juyan was so teased that he laughed, and finally stopped embarrassing the rare red-faced man. He opened his voice and shouted a few times: "Everyone, come and have a look! Ice porridge is a must-have in summer! It is cool and refreshing. Cake! There are also delicious candied haws! After eating it, you will definitely want to eat it again! My lady, come and taste it? You can try a piece first, and buy it if you think it tastes delicious!"

The well-dressed woman who used to look this way from time to time when Ge Zhengxiu was reading the note, hesitated for a moment, then walked over, pointed to the emerald green food on the table, and asked: "Brother, what are cold porridge and cold cakes? We use cold water to chill pastries at home. I don't know what's different about your cold porridge and cold cakes?"

Fu Juyan smiled and said: "Ma'am, my cold porridge and cold cake are not chilled in cold water, but have a refreshing taste. After eating, they can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and the breath is also very fresh. In this way , how about you try a piece of cold cake and decide if you want to buy more if you think what I said is true?"

The woman is very interested in this beautiful food, but she doesn't know how to make it, which is as clear and exquisite as jade.She nodded, "Okay, give me a piece."

Sister Cui handed a small plate on the table to the woman with a wink, and then brought a pair of clean bamboo chopsticks to the woman, and said crisply: "Madam, the bamboo chopsticks are newly bought, please use them."

The lady picked up the cold cake and took a bite, and immediately felt a coolness in her mouth. The coolness in the mouth was full during chewing, and it lasted for a long time. The cake itself was sweet but not greasy, and the taste was soft and glutinous.She widened her eyes and said in surprise: "It's really cold! How did you do this?"