Chapter 1618: Millet and Grapes

Zhang Yanping drew a pie in the sky, and just like that, he hooked all the fans in the livestream room like a bunch of sharp-mouthed fish.

And Qiao Qiao, who knew nothing, still conscientiously opened the potato blind box, totally unaware that there were arrangements for the next step.

But the happiest of this group was Xiao Zhang Ge.

He ran one trip and two trips driving the car, and he sent the goods so much that his apple muscles were almost stiff with laughter, even if he was tanned for this, as long as he checked the accounts when he went home at night, and then looked at his daughter...

Oh my!

Oh my!

"Mid-July, let's burn more paper money for the ancestors." He discussed with his wife.

If it weren't for the ancestors exerting force and emitting green smoke, how could his plain express station grow and strengthen so quickly?

But when he went up the mountain again, he found that it was no longer Song Tan who accompanied Qiao Qiao to livestream, but Yun Duo.

"Where is your boss?"

Yun Duo pointed to another hill: "Isn't that piece of land empty? The boss went there to plow the land."

Originally this work should be done by the villagers, but now they are either busy rubbing mugwort velvet or busy cleaning up sweet potato stalks, so Song Tan simply rolled up her sleeves and went up herself.

That is a sloping land, but fortunately the tilt angle does not affect the operation of the small cultivator; she held the handle with great strength and chugged, and could roughly plow it once in a morning.

There aren't many things that can be planted in this midsummer.

Xiao Zhang Ge was a bit curious: "Planting water spinach? Don't I remember you planted a piece?"

It grows very fast, and it feels like it can't be picked, and it looks green and crispy from afar.

Yun Duo shook her head: She didn't know either.

It's normal for Yun Duo not to know, because that piece of land was decided to be used temporarily, and the cause is also very simple—

Grandpa is constipated.

It's very normal; sitting in a wheelchair for so many years, constipation is a frequent thing. It's just that he is old, and some coarse grains that stimulate the stomach or facilitate defecation are not easy to digest.

He himself doesn't like to eat them either.

According to Grandpa: "I've eaten everything when I was young, I just want to eat something good, why bother with this broken stuff?"

Song Tan thinks it's better to eat more fruits and vegetables than anything else.

But people of Grandpa's generation have always been hungry, so when they eat, they always have more staple food than vegetables; this is a habit and can't be changed.

Even if it's the rice and vegetables in Song Tan's house, they eat more rice.

Wu Lan went to find Doctor Xiao Guo, wanting to get some tea that is both stomach-nourishing and helpful for defecation, and heard Doctor Xiao Guo, while holding a mugwort stick up and down, doing moxibustion for the villagers, say casually:

"Then eat some millet."

"Millet has high nutritional value; although it is called coarse grain, it is not coarse to eat. And the bran that you grind yourself in your own house is not completely beaten clean, which is also good for the stomach."

Most importantly, here, summer millet is the planting season at this time, and it can be harvested in August or September.

Wu Lan instantly gained spirit.

So she asked Doctor Xiao Guo in detail about several dishes that cure constipation, and turned to discuss with Song Tan:

"That piece of amaranth is old and we won't continue to plant it, let's change to millet."

Song Tan is indifferent.

Planting millet and planting amaranth are no different to her; both need to plow the land and sow seeds.

And millet is also drought-tolerant; as long as it's not by the pond, it can be planted anywhere, and it has good resistance.

She responded:

"Wait for me to ask Yanran, do they have any good varieties there?"

It takes some time for the new seeds to be mailed over, so she simply plowed the land again first.

Once the yellow millet is planted...

Song Tan looked up at the iron wire net covering the outside: still have to send more treasures to patrol, just afraid of small birds and mice coming to steal.

Reasonably speaking, catching mice, the big orange family of a few is professionally matched.

But they treat themselves as treasures at home, listening to the tune but not the announcement; letting them come to the field to catch mice, I don't know if they play with millet ears more, or catch mice more.

The destructive power is too great.

But because they are really cute and really likable, they meow twice and lie down, and the round fat orange face is rubbed by people...

In this way, no one is picky about them, so they can only live safely as a beautiful little waste.

The only one who was hurt, Da Tian, was bullied by a group of gray-haired squirrels, and now he was released by Qiao Qiao to the back mountain, fighting with various dried fruits on the mountain with squirrels every day.

The chestnuts aren't ripe yet, and he has already looked at them a few times.

If it weren't for Qiao Qiao grabbing a handful of rice or beans to feed him every day, I would think he couldn't eat enough at home.

However...

Song Tan listened to the clattering sound of the cultivator, while pondering: Da Tian has been idle at home for too long, why can't he arrange a class to go to?

But because the major is really not right, I can't find a good work arrangement after thinking about it, so I can only give up.

While she was busy turning over the soil here, Song Youde, having finished looking at the cogon grass on the mountain and returning, stared at this slightly sloping hillside and pondered:

"Tantan, what are you going to plant when you plow at this time? Planting grapes?"

The little old man has quite a lot of ideas: "You can plant whatever grapes you want, just don't plant that Sunshine Rose, it's unpalatable, cloyingly sweet."

Song Tan was a bit surprised: not to mention whether this land is planted with grapes, just say that unpalatable cloyingly sweet Sunshine Rose...

"No."

She pointed to the house: "Yanran and the others just sent a box over, saying it was mailed from their cooperative farm, and it really has a rose fragrance when eaten."

Sweet is really sweet, and crispy is really crispy, but that rich rose fragrance is the finishing touch.

No wonder they dare to say that this thing can sell for dozens of yuan a jin; compared to this quality, it is really worth it.

"What stuff? Rose fragrance?"

Song Youde couldn't accept it.

"Didn't spiritual energy drive over in the afternoon, wanting to see if he could help the family or something? Your aunt asked him to bring a basket of this Sunshine Rose, and it's really cloyingly sweet when eaten; except for sweet, there is no other taste."

Song Youde snorted coldly: "The name is quite fancy, if I eat that, I might as well eat a mouthful of sugar."

Song Tan couldn't laugh or cry: "That can't blame others' grapes, that's not what aunt bought..."

She wanted to say something but stopped.

Although she didn't see the quality, judging by aunt's spending style, let alone dozens of yuan, it didn't exceed 6 yuan a jin, right?

It really was what she said!

This Sunshine Rose was produced in a local vineyard, and it was indeed cloyingly sweet, so it didn't sell very hotly.

The price was 10 yuan into the supermarket, and when it was discounted in the evening, it was 5.98 yuan a jin.

In short, it was this cloyingly sweet energy that made Song Youde still have opinions after going to the old Song family.

"I see Tantan plowing the land, I just told her, if you plant grapes, don't plant those Sunshine Rose grapes."

Wu Lan was stunned: "That piece of land is intended to plant millet, not for sale, and the place is not big, just for you old people to eat more and nourish the stomach."

Song Youde didn't object to this: "Millet is good, millet is good, millet nourishes people."

When Wang Lifen gave birth to a child and sat in the confinement, she thanked God if she could eat enough. It was hard to get a handful of millet, and she boiled thick millet porridge, which was called comfortable.

In short, in the eyes of simple country people, millet nourishes people.

However, Sunshine Rose is still not good.

Just talking, seeing Wu Lan brought a pot of Sunshine Rose grapes over.

"Just said grapes, do you want to eat grapes? This is what Yanran and the others just sent over, saying there are several kinds, let us taste which one is delicious."

If it feels good, you can plant it when the land is cleared in autumn, and it won't affect the fruiting next year.

Originally, she intended to tell everyone when eating, but she didn't expect that it was only evening, and Song Youde came over.

That green color made Song Youde feel panicked even if he didn't have diabetes, and his blood sugar was about to rise.

At this moment, he waved his hand repeatedly: "I don't eat! Damei asked spiritual energy to send a pot, it didn't taste good so I didn't take it."

"spiritual energy came?"

Wu Lan was stunned: "Why didn't I hear about it? I didn't see anyone coming."

Song Youde waved his hand: "Isn't it busy at home? He is a big young man with endless energy, and he went to the mountain to arrange it, and he will come over by himself in the evening."

Song Youde highly approved of the children helping each other to do some physical work.

Otherwise, every family is far away now, and there are few children; if the elders leave later, the brothers and sisters are not close, that is not good.

Besides, country people don't take strength seriously.

Zhu spiritual energy, this child, as long as you don't pick his money, he is very capable of work.

Wu Lan couldn't laugh or cry, just saying:

"That's fine, make more delicious food in the evening, and ask him if he wants to sleep for a night before leaving? If he leaves tomorrow morning, give him some delicious food to take back, let him accompany his girlfriend."

Oh my!

This is one of Zhu spiritual energy's great motivations!

He had such good treatment on the first day of trial work; although he didn't know it yet, it didn't prevent him from looking forward to it on the mountain.

It was Song Youde who couldn't resist Wu Lan's persuasion, and finally pinched a green and hard Sunshine Rose.

This hasn't entered the mouth yet, and he really smelled a floral fragrance!

Rich and sweet, making people feel very beautiful in an instant.

This old farmer couldn't say anything, only knew that this taste was really fragrant.

As for eating into the mouth... it's still sweet, but it's not the kind of cloying sweetness, but a clear sweetness mixed with floral fragrance.

Chew two mouthfuls, crispy and tender.

Song Youde silently finished one, and now thought about the basket of Sunshine Rose at home:

"Damei, this child, I didn't treat her badly back then, why can she live like this?"

Wu Lan laughed at him: "She is happy to live like this, the grandson is so big, you ask people to force it back, that's so uncomfortable! If you don't want to spend money, don't spend money, have money in hand, don't panic in your heart, it's fine."

Besides, many of them eat these fruits and stuff, and it's also cow chewing peony.

Eat more if it's delicious, eat less if it's not delicious.

According to Damei's personality, being able to spend 5.98 yuan to buy this Sunshine Rose is already very reluctant; their own family probably eats that 8-cent watermelon.

According to Damei, what fruit is not eating?

Although it is said so, Wu Lan also tasted it—

"This Sunshine Rose is really not bad! No wonder the name is so fancy, people are this taste."

Compared with the fruits at home, it's a bit worse, but the clear and fragrant feeling of the fruit itself is really different.

"Or... plant some next year?"

When it was dark, after Song Tan and Qiao Qiao came back, the family began to ponder over this grape.

Song Tan still had some hesitation:

"I haven't thought about where to plant grapes."

Some vegetables need rotation, but fruit trees are not easy to change places once they take root, so they must be planned in advance.

Yanran and the others circled a few pieces of land, she hadn't thought about where exactly.

Simply a phone call, see which of the three of them has time, who will talk about it.

Tang Xiaodong ran very fast.

"Yanran is writing a thesis! Qi Lin's grandfather is discussing things with him... I am duty-bound to work overtime!"

Speaking of eating, he is also an expert:

"That depends on your main demands. If it's mainly sold on the internet, then this Sunshine Rose."

First, the price is high.

Second, it is resistant to storage and transportation.

Others, such as Hanxiangmi, the skin is thin, it falls off the branch if it moves, and it cracks, so it can't be transported.

Unless someone specializes in fine storage, I guess only Boss Chang is willing to spend this effort.

"There are also Jufeng, Xiahei, these are very basic varieties, easy to plant and easy to accept."

"Oh, there is another one."

Tang Xiaodong remembered the round-leaf grapes that have been very popular in the gardening world in the past two years: "Our grapes are in bunches, round-leaf grapes are one by one, good ornamental, long-lasting fruit yield, and the taste is also quite good."

It's just that this is an imported variety, there are many people selling potted plants in the gardening world, and those doing farms...

He said cautiously: "I have to inquire, and ask them to mail some samples to taste before talking."

"Okay."

Anyway, planting grapes is not urgent, it's the right thing for them to plant millet next.

Just talking, Tang Xiaodong remembered:

"By the way, boss, you said before that you wanted to plant lemon trees to soak in water in summer, I have chosen the trees for you, but where do you plan to plant them?"

"The cold resistance of this thing in winter is the limit of the low temperature here, so you have to choose a leeward place, and you have to do heat preservation in the first year."

"But the piece of open space that is leeward, the orange trees are also there," he emphasized:

"Don't choose too close to the oranges."

Otherwise, when pollination is chaotic, the oranges produced will be sour.

It's hot now, not a good time to plant these.

But it's not the highest temperature yet, plant fruit trees in a hurry, not only have a chance to fruit, but also have more time to take root.

Otherwise, wait until October to plant, the temperature is suitable. But it hasn't grown for two months and it's low temperature, for the plant's resistance, it may be a little bit worse.

Song Tan thought: "Then plant a few sporadically to try."

This doesn't have to pick a place, just dig a hole next to any orchard and plant it.

She didn't want to sell this thing at the beginning, but Lu Chuan mentioned lemon water or something that day.

Seventh Uncle won't arrange those, at most pick lotus leaves to boil water, something like lotus leaf and dark plum tea.

Let the old Song family describe it, it really doesn't taste good.

Doctor Xiao Guo secretly put rock sugar in it.

But Lu Chuan's summer ice drinks are very particular, green lemon, fragrant lemon, golden lemon... each has its own flavor, and naturally has different tastes in his hands.

Not to mention, he has already taken a fancy to the small green oranges on the branches.

It's just that it's too small now, not suitable for making.

Even gave Song Tan an idea:

"If you have more space, you can specially reserve a small piece to plant special tangerine peel oranges, specially for tangerine peel."

This kind of orange focuses on the peel, not the fruit, so the existing oranges at home are not very suitable.

And, this thing sounds like a mass-market product, but the ones stored well, the longer the year, the rarer it is.

Song Tan became interested: "Is this tangerine peel delicious for soup?"

She hasn't drunk it yet.

Lu Chuan thought: "Hard to describe, but the flavor is indeed different."

He was lucky enough to taste it with locals in other cities before, and that friend drove more than 100 kilometers.

According to the nature of the Chinese people, if this thing is not really good, it won't be pursued like this.

Song Tan didn't hesitate: "Then I'll ask Boss Chang."

If they buy this thing online, they will definitely buy fake goods. But for catering, Boss Chang must have channels.

Now receiving Song Tan's call, he was excited:

"Oh my! You are going to make tangerine peel! I'll pack it, I'll pack it!"

Song Tan was unhurried: "Just plant three or five trees, and make it for the family to drink and see."

Boss Chang was suddenly emo.

Such a large piece of land, so many good things can be planted, but she would rather leave a large piece to plant cucumbers and beans, and refuse to seriously engage in this kind of expensive goods...

Sigh!

My humble partner.

But then again, dried cowpea stewed beef, sour cowpea stir-fried everything, fresh cowpea stewed eggplant or stir-fried minced meat...

Oh my!

In their mountain city summer, it also held up a piece of sky for Chang Le Ju.

Besides, Song Tan wants to plant a few trees now, what if it tastes good, and she wants to expand the scale next year? Isn't that tea garden expanded like this?

He therefore didn't give up: "It doesn't matter, I'll just tell you, plant whatever you want, don't be afraid of not selling, I will definitely collect it."

Even if Song Tan's heart is like iron, she can't help but sigh: with Boss Chang's energy, he will succeed in everything he does.

After thinking about it, she asked: "Planted some grass fruit last year, and will harvest this year. This thing is pure seasoning, and the price is high, do you collect it?"

There is also a green prickly ash and star anise tree on the back mountain.

But these were all the extras when buying Jin Yingzi, just that one tree, the output is enough for their own family, so she didn't mention it.

But even so, Boss Chang was beautiful:

"Grass fruit? Good stuff! Want! Must want!"

This kind of seasoning that is indispensable in stewed soup and braised goods, sometimes the taste is obvious, which can improve the taste differently.

He only regretted at this moment: "Grass fruit is planted, this is not very suitable for the climate here, can't you plant some prickly ash, pepper or something?"

Song Tan also responded: "You are right, grass fruit is indeed not very suitable. It takes effort. Plant it this year, and don't plant it next year."

Originally wanted to plant it under the apple tree to adapt to the climate here.

But after a whole winter, Yanran and the others really worried a lot.

It can be seen that there is a reason why locals don't plant this.

Boss Chang:...

My broken mouth!

?? It's here. ===== CHAPTER 1619 =====