EBE Chapter 448: Acquisition of Wild Hawthorn
Chapter 448: Acquisition of Wild Hawthorn
A large bucket of ice jelly was eaten up. Fortunately, Zheng Sisi had the foresight to leave a small bowl for Sun Zhuangtou and the three farmers yesterday, and she would ask Aunt Liu to deliver it later.
After eating and drinking, Zheng Sisi assigned everyone a task, asking them to peel the chestnuts for cooking later. When everyone heard that she was going to make a new dish, they became excited.
They were eager to get involved in the work, and Mrs. Zheng and the three younger sisters also participated actively.
This time, we not only have to remove the burrs, but also peel off the chestnut shells and skins, leaving only the flesh inside. Everyone is very enthusiastic.
Some chestnuts were difficult to peel, so Zheng Sisi brought a basin of hot water and threw the difficult-to-peel chestnuts into it. After soaking for a while, they became easy to peel.
Everyone was working and talking and laughing, and from time to time in the yard one could hear: "Ouch, I got pricked." Then everyone would burst into laughter!
The meal at noon was particularly sumptuous. Zheng Sisi found a lot of ingredients from the warehouse and taught the cooks how to make them.
Chicken stewed with chestnuts, spare ribs cooked with chestnuts, pork stewed with chestnuts, shanks stewed with yam, yam slices with sauce... In addition, there are also various melon and fruit dishes harvested from the fields. Finally, she specially picked out some small sweet potatoes and steamed them as a staple food.
She invited Sun Zhuangtou to taste the sumptuous meal together. She wanted him to personally experience the wonderful taste of the various vegetables she had planted. As a result, everyone ate too much and some even felt uncomfortable.
Uncle Li and Xia Sicheng were full of praise for the food, and they all exclaimed that the vegetables they had grown with great effort were so delicious, and that all their efforts were worth it.
After tasting the new dishes this time, the group has more confidence and motivation in growing vegetables in greenhouses in winter.
After lunch, farmers started bringing in wild hawthorns picked from the mountains.
When Sun Zhuangtou called a meeting in the morning and said the county lord wanted to buy wild hawthorns, and then arranged for one person from each household to go up the mountain to pick wild hawthorns, everyone was shocked. They said that no one would eat such sour fruits after picking them, and the medicine shop only bought a few dozen kilograms every year, so they didn't want to waste labor.
Head of Sun Zhuang gave everyone reassurance, saying that as long as the fruits were picked and sent to the courtyard, and as long as they were not rotten, the princess would buy them at three cents per pound.
And with the guarantee of Dazhuang, Daniu and Zhuzi, the farmers followed the three men up the mountain.
Sun Zhuangtou instructed that we should pick wild hawthorns first, and then pick other wild fruits after we finished picking those in this area.
The three of them understood Sun Zhuangtou's arrangement, so they took everyone to the hawthorn forest they found yesterday without saying anything.
Head Sun Zhuang also told everyone the news according to the princess's wishes. If their relatives and friends wanted to pick the flowers and sell them for some money, the princess would buy them. They could just send someone to notify them.
After hearing the news, the adults had to go to the fields to work, while the old people and children went out to other villages to make a few noises, and then everyone in the whole village knew about it.
Sun Zhuangtou went to work in the fields. There were so many people in the yard sending wild hawthorns, so Zheng Sisi arranged for Dongzhi to register them, and Captain Liu brought people to weigh them, and Lily settled the bill on the spot.
When the farmers actually held the copper coins in their hands, everyone realized that this was true. The wild hawthorns that no one cared about on the mountain could really be sold for money. This was cost-free and only required a little effort to earn the money. Everyone became more motivated.
After the hawthorns were weighed and I got the money, I ran away with the basket on my back without stopping. Now I can pick a basket full when I go to the mountains and seas. If I go a little earlier and pick more than one pound, I can earn three more cents. It makes me excited just thinking about it!
Zheng Sisi found Sheng Zhen and arranged for him to take people to buy sugar: "Sheng Zhen, the white sugar in the kitchen is not enough, go to the town to buy some, and buy some rock sugar if there is any in the store, and also go to the pharmacy to buy some Sichuan Fritillaria."
Sheng Zhen: "Okay, but why do you want to buy Fritillaria cirrhosae?"
Zheng Sisi: "I buy Chuanbei to make pear paste candy, which can relieve cough and moisten the lungs."
Sheng Zhen nodded: "Okay, I'll go right away."
Not long after the farmers left, someone came with a basket on his back to deliver wild hawthorns.
This time, several people came together and wandered at the gate of the compound for a long time, but they were a little afraid to go forward, as if they were afraid of being cheated.
It turned out that the children of these people's relatives went to inform them today that the owner of the farm wanted to collect wild hawthorns from the mountain, and the price was three cents per pound.
When they heard the news, many people did not believe it, thinking it was just a child's prank or a scam. Who would buy the fruit that rotted on the mountain every year and spend three cents per pound?
Some people even said it was a joke, saying that you have money but nowhere to spend it, so you spend it on some wild fruits that even country kids hate. Even if you pick them and others don't want to take them, no one will eat them.