Four elder brothers take the script of salted fish

Kangxi, who was far away in Fujian, didn't know what happened in the capital, and he took Yinzhen and Yinzhi to walk in the mountains, forests and streams in a rare leisure time.

Playing with the little hedgehogs and squirrels that came over to me, picking wild fruits from the trees, or cicadas that stick to the top of the trees, and catching small fish and shrimps in the stream, it is a rare relaxation and comfort.

It's just that the sky changes without paying attention.

The weather in Fujian in summer is always changing. It was sunny and fine when we left the city, but now there are layers of dark clouds gathering in the sky.

No, it started raining immediately.

In an instant, there was thunder and lightning, heavy rain poured down, and the path of the group of people was covered by black shadows.In just a cup of tea, the pitch-black night completely enveloped the entire land.

Dark clouds rolled overhead, and the sky flickered.

Taking advantage of the brightness of occasional lightning flashes, the guards drove towards the house not far away where the candles were shaking.

This is a small village nestled on a hillside.

There are about a dozen families in the village, all of which are dilapidated earthen houses covered with straw on the roof. The moment a group of people stepped into the village, the cock crowed and the dog barked, and for a while they could only hear the sound of the gate being closed and locked.

Three or five strong men rushed out of the outermost houses immediately, holding wooden sticks and torches, watching the group vigilantly.

The guards stood in front of them a little nervously.

Both sides looked at each other in dismay, and after a while, the men squeezed in behind a trembling old man: "Where are you from? What are you going to do?"

At any rate, we can communicate.

Relying on his young age so that no one would be wary of him, Yinzhen pushed open the window and poked his head out of the carriage.Yinzhen's voice was clear and loud: "Grandpa, we came from Fuzhou City, and we missed the time to go back after playing. Can you let us stay here for a night? We will leave tomorrow."

The old man looked up at the group of people carefully.

After a while, he nodded towards the strong men: "Second Xu, let them live there temporarily."

The men were a little reluctant.

One of them couldn't help pulling to the old man: "Grandpa, they are all carrying weapons, just in case they are bandits!"

"Can a bandit run out with a child? Can he run out in this weather? Can he run around with a carriage? Look at his carriage, clothes, and appearance. Can he be a bandit? Use your brain !"

The old man glared at the man angrily.

Then he coughed twice again: "Besides, it's common to take shelter from the rain in this weather, Xu Laoer, you take them—"

Yinzhen interrupted the old man's words.

He was a little curious: "Grandpa, are there bandits here?"

The old man's eyes flickered for a moment.

He muttered indistinctly: "...It's not about bandits, it's just that a group of poor people were forced...now it's not the same. If we didn't have... I'm afraid we would be the same as them."

The muffled thunder almost covered the old man's voice.

The old man hurriedly yelled for them to go in, and Kangxi also pulled Yinzhen back with his head poking out.He knocked on Yinzhen's head: "Don't ask about bandits outside."

"...?"

"It's a big deal for someone who has been a bandit to be reported. Even if he has been a good person, he still cannot escape the fate of being arrested. It is a common thing to be imprisoned with a staff, and even exiled as a slave." Yinzhi explained.

Yinzhen suddenly realized.

The carriage swayed slightly, and then walked to the depths of the village. A middle-aged man named Xu Lao Er led them to a mud house that looked a little barren and dilapidated.

Is this... a place to live?

It won't collapse in the middle of the night... right?

The loneliness in the eyes of Kangxi and his party could hardly be concealed.

Xu Laoer scratched his nose in embarrassment, then scratched the back of his head, his face turned red: "Don't look at this shabby house, it's usually used as a warehouse to store things, and it's clean and fresh inside. Snake rat, it’s no problem to take it to settle temporarily.”

Pushing open the door did exactly what Xu Laoer said.

The dilapidated earthen house is very clean and fresh inside, the tables, chairs and wooden couch are free of dust, obviously someone often cleans it.

Kangxi thanked him.

After tidying up for a while, before the group sat down to rest, there was another knock on the door outside.

The guard stepped forward and saw that it was Xu Lao Er and another woman who came, each holding a tray with some rice balls, noodle cakes, a bowl of pickles, and a bowl of vegetarian dishes: "If you don't mind Just use some, we villagers make them ourselves."

Kangxi thanked him.

The guard took the food, took out a purse from his sleeve and stuffed it in Xu's second hand.Xu Laoer was overjoyed by the amount he bought, and the smile on his face became more sincere: "If it's not enough or if there's something missing, just tell us!"

When Xu Lao Er happily left, the guards put the rice balls, noodles and pickles on the table.However, Kangxi had no intention of using it, but ordered the guards to take out the jerky and plan to make do with it.

Yinzhen and Yinzhi joined together enthusiastically.

The rice balls were ordinary rice balls, without even sprinkled with salt, and the dough was so golden that no one knew what was added. Finally, their eyes fell on the last bowl of vegetables.

Light fragrance, heart-like leaves...

Yinzhen blinked, and then his eyes gradually opened as if he saw something unbelievable—this, isn't this sweet potato leaf?

Yinzhen stretched out his claws like a ghost, wanting to grab one and try it.Of course, his movement was immediately blocked by Yinzhi, and Kangxi looked at him when he heard the sound: "Aren't you afraid of being as sour as lamb's feet?"

"Hey, didn't my son see that although the village is remote, the young people are considered healthy? I'm curious about what they eat on weekdays." Yinzhen said casually.

This is no nonsense.

Not only the men at the front of the village looked burly and strong, but the woman who brought in the food also looked ruddy, as if she couldn't get enough to eat.To put it bluntly, there are not many villages around Fuzhou City that can do this!

Kangxi was thoughtful.

He also leaned over and looked at the things in front of him carefully. As the only eunuch present, Liang Jiugong was obliged to take on the role of testing the poison.

Liang Jiugong carefully picked up a rice ball and took a bite.Perhaps it was for the sake of a large number of people. The rice balls are not big, so they are easy to grab and eat.

Just plain rice.

Liang Jiugong's gaze turned to the golden-yellow noodle cake. The noodle cake had a very strong aroma, and he took a bite without hesitation. The soft and sweet noodle cake melted quickly in his mouth. It was the first time Liang Jiugong had tasted this.

Then his eyes turned to others.

The vegetables are very refreshing, and the unremarkable pickles are also very appetizing. Liang Jiugong has eaten it for a while, and to be honest, he is still a little bit unsatisfied!

After Liang Jiugong finished tasting, Yinzhen couldn't wait to pick up a golden bread.To be honest, I just put it in my mouth, and when I tasted the familiar taste, Yinzhen knew it was right!The golden pancake in front of me is clearly the sweet potato pancake!

Seeing that he ate deliciously, Yinzhi couldn't help stretching out his hand, and finally Kangxi also tasted one.Kangxi and Yinzhi were much more unfamiliar with the scent than Yinzhen, who had tasted it in the space of the main god. They looked at the soft and sweet sweet potato cakes in amazement, and guessed with great interest whether they were made of sweet potato cakes. something made of.

"It tastes a bit like chestnuts, maybe chestnut cake?"

"The color of chestnuts is not so golden. Erchen thinks it must be a different variety." Yinzhi thought seriously: "And the taste is sweet, much sweeter than chestnuts! Erchen can't say for sure It’s two things, for example, the soft and glutinous texture comes from the yam, and the sweet golden color comes from other pulps!”

"I think your guess is even more unreliable."

"Where is it?"

Kangxi and Yinzhi whispered each other sentence by sentence, while Yinzhen listened with a smile on his face. After waiting for a long time, he interrupted: "Ama Han, third brother, stop arguing, let's ask about it tomorrow. Why don't you just ask?"

Kangxi and Yinzhi suddenly stopped talking.

Kangxi was embarrassed, Yinzhen took all the appearance of arguing with Yinzhi into his eyes-does this brat dare to watch his excitement?

Yinzhi's face was red with anger.

This fourth brother knows how to hide behind and watch his own jokes!

The smile on Yinzhen's face froze.

He felt that the atmosphere was a bit subtle, and when he found that the eyes of Han Ama and the third brother were both sinister and malicious, Yinzhen was startled, and he backed up again and again.

But it was too late.

Kangxi and Yinzhi, who found themselves discovered, no longer concealed their expressions, and approached Yinzhen step by step.

Yinzhen wanted to escape.

The problem was that the earthen house was very small, and he looked around desperately to find that there was nowhere he could escape.

Yinzhen trembled.

Kangxi and Yinzhi laughed strangely, and they pushed Yinzhen down on the wooden couch and rubbed them together.The sound of laughing and fighting came out of the earthen house, and the villagers who were on guard around them finally breathed a sigh of relief - it really didn't look like a bad person.

When it was dawn the next day, Kangxi and his party who went out found that the villagers had a much more friendly and enthusiastic attitude towards them. Some children even smiled brightly. While looking at the group curiously, they also invited Yinzhi and Yinzhen to join them. Let's have breakfast together.

Speaking of breakfast, Kangxi also remembered what he ate yesterday.

He tentatively asked, "What was the yellow pancake you ate yesterday made of? It tastes really good!"

The noisy voices of the villagers disappeared in an instant.

The sudden silence also made Kangxi's heart skip a beat, inexplicably feeling that some big... secret would be revealed?

The expressions of the villagers were very strange.

Some people opened their mouths to speak, while others held them back: "Can't you talk to foreigners?"

Immediately afterwards, one person whispered: "But at that time, didn't Mr. Chen say that if an outsider asks, he can say what he can say, and he can grow what he can grow?"

"This……"

"Didn't the old man give it all to bandits!"

"It's better to tell others, so as not to be found out later..."

"But……"

Whispers sounded nearby.

Soon someone invited the old man from last night, and his cloudy eyes scanned Kangxi and his party.If it was getting late yesterday and it was difficult to see the outfits of the group of people, then now the old man can confirm at a glance that the group of people is not an ordinary wealthy businessman because of their noble status.He hesitated for a moment, and then said directly: "This thing is a sweet potato."

really!

Yinzhen's eyes lit up.

Sweet potato is a new term for Kangxi.

He was slightly taken aback, then asked curiously, "What is this sweet potato...?"

"...This thing can produce a thousand catties per mu." The old man only said one sentence, and the expressions of Kangxi, Yinzhi and even the surrounding guards changed drastically.

One of the guards couldn't help but said: "You said this can produce a thousand catties per mu, why didn't anyone send it to the government or present it to the emperor?"

The old man was silent for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, his face was a little strange and embarrassed: "This food is delicious, but its appearance is very inconspicuous, and it will cause bad breath after eating..."

Qiqi from Kangxi and Yinzhi recalled the fart disaster that happened in the Mulan paddock, and instantly understood what the old man meant.

Ugly appearance attracts evil spirits.

The nobles don't like it, the common people can't sell it, and naturally they don't grow it. At most, they grow a little for their own food, and they don't grow it on a large scale. This also forms a vicious circle. The small-scale spread is limited to nearby villages. The speed of transmission can be imagined.

Whether it is a black cat or a white cat, it is a good cat if it catches mice. Similarly, as long as it can fill the stomach, why care about the appearance of the food?Kangxi was already very concerned about people's livelihood, and after hearing about the power of sweet potatoes, he said directly: "Master, can you show us what this sweet potato looks like?"

"Of course it's fine if you don't mind." The old man waved his hand, signaling Xu Lao Er to take Kangxi and his party to the field.

The field was lush with low plants, no matter how Kangxi and others looked at them, they didn't see any fruit on them.Several people hesitated, and finally couldn't help asking after a long time: "This big brother, this sweet potato...?"

"These are sweet potato seedlings."

"...Isn't it time for the result yet?"

Second Xu grinned.

He picked up an iron rake, picked a particularly strong seedling and pulled it lightly a few times, only to see that the soil was scattered, exposing the root of the seedling.

This series of operations made people puzzled, and soon Kangxi was the first to recover: "Is this sweet potato grown in the ground?"

Sure enough, after most of the roots were exposed, several round shapes could be seen indistinctly.It's not over yet, Xu Lao Er squatted on a horse stance and used both hands to force Miao Zi to the ground in twos and threes.

The sweet potatoes are as big as an adult's fist, and the small ones are only the size of a finger. The problem is that they can't stand up to this string. If you just glance at it, there are more than a dozen!

This strain has these, what about the others?

Looking around at the lush green sweet potato fields, shock and joy collided fiercely in Kangxi's heart, and brilliant fireworks bloomed in his heart.