Otherworldly Days

Chapter 433

The first month has passed, the sky is still cold, the ice and snow have not yet melted, and the land has not been able to grow food.After a long winter, after eating pickled meat and pickled vegetables for so long, what people want most is to eat fresh ones. If vegetables can be grown and sold at this time in early spring, the vegetables will definitely sell well. Anyway, in There is nothing to do when the family is idle, so Cao Xiangnan, a half-hearted farmer, started to grow vegetables.

Although it is not snowing outside at this time, it is still cold. The germination of seeds requires temperature, so it is definitely not possible to grow vegetables outside the house.But it doesn’t work outside the house, so try growing it inside the house?

As a modern person, Cao Xiangnan has seen various ways of growing vegetables. Vegetables are sold in the market all year round, and vegetables in winter are not rare.But in this day and age, it must be a rare thing to be able to grow vegetables at this time.

Tossing under limited conditions, anyway, if you can plant it, you will plant it, if you can't plant it, you will waste some seeds and thoughts.

This early spring season is still much better than the severe cold. Thinking of the current method of growing vegetables and distributing seeds, Cao Xiangnan began to experiment. He first put the soil in a dustpan, buried the seeds in it, and then put it on the warm pit, and then put it into the pit. Spread a layer of hay on top, and pay attention to controlling the temperature and humidity in the next few days, so that the seeds planted in this way will germinate within a few days.

When he sees a crop of seeds sprouting, he knows that he has achieved it.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it to be able to grow like this!" Seeing these green shoots, Liu Guizhong couldn't hide his surprise on his face. He had lived most of his life and didn't know that it was possible to grow vegetables like this, so he immediately expressed his gratitude to them. Home's adoring heart is gushing.

If there is a tail on the buttocks, Cao Xiangnan's tail will be raised. He pointed to his brain and said shamelessly, "There is a way to use more brains for everything."

The two boys of the Liu family stood aside, looking at their master's house with bright eyes.

"It has been planted?" Qi Wanfeng came over and was not surprised to see the small vegetable seedlings that had been planted. Anyway, no matter what his husband did, he was used to believing that his husband would definitely be able to make it.

"Yeah." Cao Xiangnan said with a face that you can praise me quickly, I am very good, he just waits for his wife to praise him.

"Fu Lang, you are really amazing." Qi Wanfeng couldn't help laughing with Fu Lang's puppy-like eyes, knowing what Fu Lang was thinking, boasting as Fu Lang wished.

Right, right, I knew I was the best!Cao Xiangnan wagged his tail.

Little Baoer, who can walk on two calves, has sharp eyes and wants to touch them whenever he sees them. His eyes light up when he sees something interesting, and he runs forward quickly with two short legs, giggling.

Ordinary people would lose their minds seeing such a cute kid laughing happily, but the people in this room knew that he was going to do something bad when they heard Xiao Baoer's laughter.

"Alas!" Qi Wanfeng scooped up the little treasure with his long hands, and hugged him into his arms. Everything in the house was lost by this little rascal if he didn't pay attention. He told the little rascal Ghost, "This is not fun."

Little Bao'er didn't understand this, and was about to fall to the ground while thumping, saying, "Yes, yes."

One winter passed, and little Bao'er could speak clearly. Although he didn't speak much, he could basically understand what adults said, and he could express himself. Most of what he said was what he wanted.

The child who is happy all day does not know that he has a little brother, his mother is not this mother, and his father is not this mother.In his eyes, this is his home, E-Mum is his E-Mum, and Dad is his Dad, and there are many brothers who love and love him, but Lele is his favorite.

"Those are vegetable seedlings, they can be grown and eaten, not for you to play with." Qi Wanfeng said with a look of non-negotiable, that can't be played with, shaking his head.

Little Bao'er held his mouth.

It's useless for you to hold your mouth, Qi Wanfeng stared.

Cao Ruile, who was by his mother's side, was very honest, and didn't intend to touch the vegetables his father planted.There are two children in the family, one is sensible like a little adult, and the other is mischievous and troublesome. They are both raised in the same way. Why is there such a big difference?Qi Wanfeng couldn't figure it out.

Knowing that Fu Lang is busy here, they won't be able to help if they stay here, and they will be a waste of help. After telling Fu Lang, Qi Wanfeng took the two little ones outside.

"Okay, let's take these out and plant them." Cao Xiangnan saw that the evening wind was gone, and started to get down to business.

He directed Liu Guizhong and his two boys to remove the sprouted vegetable seedlings for planting outside, and covered them with a layer of licorice in the same way.Later, he told Liu Guizhong the method and asked him to take his two boys to plant together. It didn't take long for Liu Guizhong to tell him that the vegetable seedlings had grown.

This method is different from growing vegetables in greenhouses in winter. In this era of insufficient conditions, the cost of growing vegetables in greenhouses in winter is too high. Even the vegetables grown are too expensive for ordinary people to buy. It started from the ground, but as it is now, the cost will be greatly reduced, just a waste of thought.

Cao Xiangnan never thought about whether it would be successful at the beginning, and he had to try everything before he knew it. He didn't expect that he really tossed it out. Fan, except for a few that didn't grow up, most of them have grown out, Cao Xiangnan patted Liu's boy on the shoulder happily and said.

The father and son of the Liu family were all focused on this place, most afraid of not doing what the master ordered them to do well, so they planted all these vegetable seedlings to death, but fortunately they all grew out, and they were all very happy.

"This, this is not going to work, no need, we should work for the master, what's the use of this." Seeing that the master wanted to give them money, Liu Guizhong waved his hands hurriedly, saying no.They sold themselves to the master's family, so how can they get paid for working for the master's family, this is impossible.

They sold a good family, not to mention food and clothing, their life is better than before, and they still have wages and rewards every month.Even if they have not grown vegetables to sell at this time, they also know that the price of vegetables at this time must be very high. If they can grow vegetables and sell them, they will definitely be able to sell them for a lot of money.

But this method was thought up by the master's family, and they also work for the master's family. How can there be slaves who work for the master's family and pay for it?Even if the host is kind-hearted, they can't do this!

This is good in this era. Once you buy a house slave, you own all of the house slave, his personal labor, and his descendants are slaves for generations.However, Cao Xiangnan was not really from this world. Slavery had been abolished thousands of years earlier in their era, so he didn't really understand the idea of ​​slavery.

Thinking of this, isn't it that Liu Yuan and Liu Qiang's children will be their family's slaves in the future?

"..." Cao Xiangnan.

To be honest, when he bought people, he thought that there would be more working people in the family. He didn't expect to own all the family he bought, including their descendants.

"Yes, Master, this is not acceptable. We should do things for the Master." Mr. Liu Yuan agreed with his father, but he couldn't take the money from the Master.

Cao Xiangnan looked at the three similar faces of Liu's father and son, and immediately didn't know what to say.He wanted to ask them if they should have saved a little money this year, and if they wanted to redeem themselves, he could return the deed of sale to them. Redeem it back.

I just don't know if the Liu family father and son would think wildly when he mentioned this matter, so he didn't mention it for the time being, and he will talk about it when he finds a good time in the future, and he is not in a hurry.

He has an idea when the vegetables are grown. It’s already February now, so he can only plant them for one or two months at most. After March, the fields will be able to grow vegetables, and then there will be more vegetables, and it will be worthless to grow them any more. , why not take advantage of this moment to make a fortune.

In the evening, I pulled out a plate of tender green cabbage and got up to stir-fry. I made three or four dishes together. There were not many styles, but the quantity was sufficient. Knowing that the people who came to dinner tonight had a big appetite, Cao Xiangnan prepared a lot of them. eat.

He called Cao Gang, Wang Dahu, Liu Baishu and the others to come to dinner.

There was a small dish of tender green vegetables in the meat on the table. Liu Baishu noticed the small green vegetables on the table as soon as he came, and asked with a smile, "Xiang Nan, why do you have this thing here at this time?" I haven't eaten this kind of small vegetables for a long time, and the most I eat is bean sprouts, but this is much better than life in the border.

After coming here, after a period of recuperation, some soldiers who were not in good health are now slowly recovering.

Cao Xiangnan showed a mysterious smile and said, "The mountain people have their own tricks."

Brilliant plan?Liu Baishu nodded, he believed that this kid Cao Xiangnan must have a clever plan in his hands, since they have all been invited here, there must be a clever plan.

Qi Wanfeng has long been used to Fulang's frightened look, knowing that Fulang is in front of his own people, so... showing his true colors?He smiled, and liked Fulang's appearance very much, just like their little An An, so An An looked like his father when he was happy?

It's been a long time since their family has eaten this tender green side dish, and seeing it makes people feel happy.

Cao Gang glanced at the pot of grass. He had no interest in eating grass, but it must be a good thing to know that Xiang Nan was so happy.

"You're all coming to eat soon, if you don't come we'll eat it up." Qi Wanfeng called a few little ones over, and carried Xiao Bao'er to his special seat. He sat down on the small chair.

"..." Cao Ruile was roughly lifted up.

"Em, here we come."

"Amm um..."

"Come for dinner."

A large pot of meat was stewed on the table, and another large pot was braised in soy sauce. The most important thing in the house was meat. Cao Gang would occasionally send it to him when he was hunting at the foot of the mountain, but Wang Dahu and his fellows didn’t come either. Those who come empty-handed will always come with a rabbit or a pheasant, so the meat in the house is always constant.

Meat is the favorite of the few men, but the favorite of Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian is the green side dish. The two little brothers like to eat.

The portion of the dish is not much, and it will be finished without a few chopsticks.

Liu Baishu tasted it. He hadn't eaten this kind of green vegetable all winter. It was fresh and delicious, and the taste was good.