back to the field

After celebrating the New Year in Zhenqian Village, Tang Qingman and Tang Concubine returned to the Taoist temple one by one, and the county town the other.

February is the time for morning tea harvesting. Tea merchants from all over the country arrived in Raozhou early. Tang Sixian had to go back to work in the tea farm, and Qin Zhen's medicine garden had to be taken care of, so they returned to Raozhou after the Lantern Festival.

Unlike when they came back to celebrate the New Year, they only brought a few gift gifts. When they went there, they brought a whole carload of gift gifts, which were sent by people from the village and county. Tea, wine, etc.

Tang Sixian likes to eat meat and drink tea, so the bacon and tea must be kept; as for wine, the two of them drink less, but Tang Sixian still has to drink with friends when they come over; fine cloth Qinzhen can be used to make two Wearing spring clothes for Tang Sixian, only dried melons and fruits she and Tang Sixian ate relatively little, so they distributed them to the neighbors.

Nowadays, the children in the alley love to run to Tang's house, because Qin Zhen occasionally gives them melons, fruits and candies, so some neighbors said: "I see that Mrs. Qin is so kind to children, and when she has her own children in the future, it will definitely be A good mother."

Qin Zhen was startled, and then smiled. She just doesn't have any children of her own, that's why she is so generous to other people's children.As for having children, she hadn't thought about it.

After entering February, Tang Sixian became much more busy. Qin Zhen had to take care of the medicine garden, and also had to take care of the growth of shrimp and crabs in Poyang Lake.

The growth cycle of crabs is longer than that of fish. It takes at least a year and a half from hatching to maturity. However, the seedlings Tang Sixian bought are young crabs that have grown for a while. With the effect of spring beads, the growth speed of these crabs Soon,—you can see it from the way they moult.

The hired worker also told Qin Zhen: "I have been fishing for many years, and I know a little about shrimps and crabs. Take crabs for example. Every time they shed their shells, it is a life-and-death barrier. Only when they shed their shells can they grow rapidly. I see the Crabs, there are very few crabs that can't survive the shelling, and the number of shelling times is more than that of naturally growing crabs."

Qin Zhen was no longer surprised, and said: "The fish raised by my family's officials grow very fast. She said that breeding is the same as farming. If you let it go, the harvest will naturally be poor; if you follow its habits to breed and farm, the harvest will be better. Much better."

The hired worker secretly decided to learn Tang Sixian's farming techniques, and one day he would not work for Tang Sixian, and he could also raise shrimp and crabs by himself.

In summer, Tang Sixian's shrimp and crabs have been raised for half a year.Originally, the growth cycle of the freshwater shrimp she raised was relatively short, only [-] or [-] months, and with the effect of spring beads, the size of the freshwater shrimp in half a year was already very large.

Tang Sixian, who was busy with the spring tea production season, fished up the fresh shrimps, took them to the restaurant to process for the chef, and then invited some friends and colleagues to taste them together.

Most of the ingredients on the table of the people who lived by Poyang Lake were fish and shrimp, but since it was the shrimp that Tang Si envied, everyone still went to the appointment with a lot of face.

There are many dishes using shrimp as raw material, but at the request of Tang Sixian, he only made a few dishes that emphasize the taste of shrimp, such as shrimp mushroom soup, fried shrimp, shrimp dumplings stuffed with shrimp, etc., so some people This banquet was nicknamed "The Whole Shrimp Banquet".

When entertaining many friends and colleagues, Tang Sixian did not forget Qin Zhen, and she appeared in front of everyone generously with Qin Zhen.Only then did everyone realize that it seemed that it was the first time they saw Tang Sixian bring Qin Zhen out on such an occasion.

Tang Sixian didn't explain too much why she brought Qin Zhen, but this action let everyone know Qin Zhen's position in Tang Sixian's heart, so those who planned to go to the cottage after the banquet did not dare to invite Tang Sixian. Envious.

But soon, they didn't have so many small thoughts.After the first dish was served, they were immediately tempted by the tangy aroma, and all their thoughts were on the delicious food.

They couldn't wait to pick up a shrimp dumpling and put it in their mouths. Once they bit it, the hot soup flowed out and filled their mouths, followed by the fresh and tender shrimp meat, which was so delicious that they swallowed it without chewing. up.

Everyone said, "Eat without talking, sleep without talking", but they didn't care about it, and hurriedly said: "This soup is delicious and sweet, and this shrimp is smooth and tender, even better than any shrimp I have ever eaten!"

Tang Si smiled enviously, ignored them, but picked up a shrimp dumpling for Qin Zhen, and said, "Miss, try it, I specially asked the chef of the restaurant to make it."

Qin Zhen only heard from her elder brother that there are soup-filled steamed buns in Kaifeng, the capital, and steamed the soup and meat stuffing together in the skin.In soup-filled steamed buns, the soup is the most important thing, but the soup in this shrimp dumpling is at most just the condiment of the shrimp, and the focus is still on the shrimp.

"Why haven't you eaten shrimp dumplings made by you before?" Qin Zhen asked.

Tang Sixian thought to herself, this is a delicacy from Lingnan, if she hadn't eaten shrimp, she wouldn't have remembered it.

She said: "I don't know how to make dumpling wrappers, but it's okay, I can make them for my wife in the future!"

Qin Zhen was very satisfied with her answer.When the rest of the dishes were served, she was also considerate and peeled the shrimp shells for Tang Sixian.

All the light bulbs: "..."

What happened to the prawns in my mouth that suddenly lost their taste?

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People who eat shrimp eat it with relish, and those who watch it are also salivating.When the banquet was almost over, the shopkeeper of the restaurant found her and asked, "Mr. Tang, I dare to ask, where did you buy this shrimp?"

"My aunt raised it. Do you want to buy it?" Tang Sixian asked.

Since the shopkeeper knew that her aunt raised them, and also knew the difficulty of lowering the price, he directly asked, "I wonder how the shrimps sold by Mr. Tang's aunt are sold?"

Tang Sixian knew that Raozhou's ordinary shrimp cost more than ten cents a catty, but those were all small shrimp.The shrimp she raises are big and delicious, so the price will naturally double.

"It costs 35 Wen a catty for bulk purchases, and [-] Wen a catty for wholesale."

"wholesale?"

"Just buy more."

The shopkeeper was a little hesitant, and Tang Sixian didn't want to discuss business with him during the meal, so he said, "Think about it first, and then go to my wife after thinking about it. Now those shrimps are taken care of by my wife."

Tang Sixian's five-acre lake, because of the mixed culture of shrimp and crab, even if he added the shrimp attracted by the spring beads, the yield per mu in half a year was only more than 60 kilograms.That is to say, the five-acre lake produces more than 300 kilograms of shrimps in half a year, calculated at [-] yuan a catty, and can get about [-] yuan.

After deducting the cost, there are about [-] pennies left, [-] pennies for half a year, and three pennies per month, which is also a considerable amount.And shrimp can be raised for two seasons. If crabs are added, the benefits are really good.

Besides, Tang Sixian didn't treat guests to dinner simply because she wanted to improve their relationship with them. When she was in Leping County, she had someone to help promote her fish so that her fish could quickly find a market.Nowadays, among these friends and colleagues, there are many people who make a lot of friends. With their help, her shrimp and crabs can also find a market.

Sure enough, after the whole shrimp feast, someone came to Qin Zhen's door to discuss business.

When Tang Sixian's shrimps and crabs were sold, the village was also in a period of shortage. The rice planted this year had not grown well, and last year's grain had already been eaten. Household loans for rice.

When Tang Sixian heard that the Tang family asked the court to borrow four thousand shimi, and based on what happened to the Tang family, this time Tang Yun personally supervised the matter.

Qin Zhen also discussed buying rice with Tang Sixian, who was puzzled: "Is there enough rice for our family?"

Qin Zhen said: "I saw that there was a lot of rain this year, and looking back on the rain in previous years, I guess that there may be floods in summer and autumn this year, so we have to prepare food earlier, lest the harvest will be bad and the price of rice will skyrocket."

It was only then that Tang Sixian remembered that Raozhou was also a place with severe floods.Fortunately, when she built the house, she deliberately raised the foundation half a meter above the ground and added the threshold. As long as it is not the kind of flood that occurs once in decades, there is no need to worry too much.

Tang Si enviously said: "Then according to my wife, we will not sell this year's rice, and keep it for our own food."

Their fields were planted early this year, and they matured early, and they will be ready to harvest around the end of May—hope there will be no floods by then.

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And in mid-May, Tang Sixian and Qin Zhen were about to return to their hometown to arrange for people to harvest rice, when they suddenly received an obituary from the capital—the emperor had passed away.

The death of the emperor had little impact on the people, but Tang Sixian, as an official, still had certain rules, such as not going out to eat, drink and have fun within a hundred days, and he had to write a letter of condolence to the late emperor and submit it to Beijing, otherwise it would be extremely difficult. There is a possibility of impeachment.

Tang Si said enviously: "It's just right, there is no entertainment these days, so let's go back to our hometown to farm!"

Three days later, the 17-year-old prince ascended the throne with the help of Rong Pingping.

Because the new emperor was young, the Empress Dowager came to the court to listen to the government, Ding Xiang was demoted again and again, and many officials in the court looked up to the honorable prime minister.The Rong family is more prosperous than ever.

Tang Sixian is just a small character, and has no part in this promotion.Qin Ruanlun, on the other hand, because the new emperor ascended the throne, decided to open the Enke the next year, so he might have to wait two years to take the imperial examination, but he will be able to take it next year.

After a year of intensive study in Zhouxue, his poetry, prose and theory have made great progress. Compared with last year, his character has also been tempered.With the addition of Xinhuang Kai Enke, the number of general admissions will increase appropriately, so I am particularly confident in this exam.

To add to the joy, Gu Yishan also brought good news.

The Qin family finally had a third generation. This news made Qin Yu and the Su family very happy, but because it was not yet three months old, only the Qin family and Tang Sixian knew about this news.

For this reason, when Qin Zhen returned to his hometown, he specially used the herbal medicine in her medicine garden to prepare some anti-abortion and tonic medicinal materials for Su Shi: "Mother, these are medicinal materials for nourishing the body, and a small packet is enough when making soup." .These may be used in the doctor's prescription in case of emergency."

Qin Zhen is familiar with medical books, so he naturally knows the prescriptions about raising fetuses, preventing fetuses, etc., as well as the medicinal materials used.

"Okay, mother, put it away." Su Shi was so happy that she didn't even have time to care about Qin Zhen's stomach.

Qin Zhen went to Qin Yu again: "Father, how is the family's harvest this year?"

"One mu of land should have three or four stones, not much difference." Qin Yu said.

"Is there any spare money in that family? If so, don't sell the food, keep it for the family to eat."

Qin Yu nodded: "There is a lot of rain this year, and I don't know what will happen in the second half of the year. I really need to prepare some food at home. How is the harvest of your [-]-acre field?"

Because Tang Si envied them to come back to handle the harvesting matters this year, Qin Yu didn't know the situation in their fields anymore.

Qin Zhen thought for a while and said, "There are five stones in the upper field, but only three or four stones in the lower field."

"Five stones, that's a lot!" Qin Yu was stunned. He had been farming for many years, and five stones per acre of land was considered a bumper harvest.

"The officials were worried that Hu Erlang's uncle's family would feel dissatisfied, so they asked me to tell the outside world that there were only four stones."

Qin Yu said: "Well, indeed, the reason why the Hu family was willing to sell the field at the beginning was because the harvest was not good. If they knew that this land could harvest five shi of grain, they would regret it and say nothing, and they might have to blame others!"

At the end, he asked again, "What is Dong Zong doing recently? I heard that he hired a carpenter, and he seems to be building a rice warehouse?"

"Well, she felt that if so much rice is not sold, it will be piled up at home, and it will easily germinate if it is not stored properly, so she asked someone to build a rice warehouse to store the rice."

Tang Sixian built the rice warehouse just as a cover, and the most convenient way to store food is her space.The rice warehouse she made was like a rocket. Of course, she only put a little grain on the upper layer, and when people opened it from the top, it was enough to see the grain.

The key is in her hands, even Qin Zhen doesn't know that it is empty inside - she learned this trick from TV dramas.

Qin Zhen and Qin Yu's worries became reality.During the alternate days of summer and autumn, heavy and light rains continued in various parts of Raozhou, the river overflowed, and the water level of Poyang Lake also continued to rise. If the drainage system of Raozhou City had not passed the test, the lake would have risen already.

However, the drainage capacity is not strong, and the places close to the river have suffered seedlings.

The author has something to say: "Cultivating Immortals with My Ex" was renamed "Dongxian Song gl". I don't know which name is better?

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感谢在2020-09-1601:36:37~2020-09-1717:12:36期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: one milk cake, not easy one;

Thanks to the little angels of irrigation nutrient solution: 17 bottles of Situ Yu; 5 bottles of Wu Xuanyi's Qinqin Mama and Koala; 2 bottles of Lu Renjiao, Da Datu, and Xiaotai; 1 bottle of My Jingxiu and Suave Girl;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!