Chapter 101 Pineapple and Grain

Author: Feng Si Niang

Chapter 101 Pineapple and Grain

The thing that the bearded man takes out is called "chili", which has a similar function to Sichuan peppercorns and pepper: it cannot be eaten alone, it is used as a spice for seasoning.

However, compared with the latter two, this "pepper pepper" is more spicy than fragrant and numb; curious diners just think it is as delicious as the persimmon and break their heads to compete with the first person to stretch out their chopsticks.

Xue Feibai's devilish mind was used to eat it. When a plate of meat with fried peppers was brought out, he could smell the heat from a distance and it hurt his eyes, so he refused to take the first bite.

The old gourmet who came out on top and took a huge mouthful of food was so hungry that his tongue stuck out and his eyes almost rolled out of his head.

His face was red, his ears were red, he kept asking for water, gasping for air, and even asked someone to fan him in the cold weather. When he finally recovered, he grabbed the bearded man and asked to pay for it! He said that he almost died...

But everyone who avoided the pot of fried pork with peppers gave Xue Fei a clear opportunity.

Xue Feibai stretched out his chopsticks not to pick up the peppers, but only to pick up the fried meat, but he only dared to put a little bit into his mouth. After eating, he stuck out his tongue and gasped, but he couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he looked straight at

Du Heng gave a thumbs up and then continued to pinch.

After eating Du Heng, he felt the feeling of accelerated heartbeat and sweating on his hands and feet. Although it was a little uncomfortable, it was very addictive and made people keep chasing this painful and happy process.

This is like the love between a man and a woman. When you like someone, you will always subconsciously avoid the other person's eyes, but the physical feeling cannot deceive others; the more you force yourself to turn your eyes, the more uncontrollably you focus on that person...

Du Heng also had a vague feeling. Did she look at Xue Feibai too much recently?...

In the past, I didn't bother to look at him, but now I seem to want to look at him... Maybe it's because he looks good to the eyes...

"Ahem", Du Heng clenched his fists and coughed twice, and looked away from Xue Feibai who was stealing food; there was no more excitement here, and she hadn't even started buying her specialties yet...

They had been out for too long and could not waste any more time on the way, so they had almost finished shopping. Du Heng sternly refused Xue Feibai's unscrupulous request to eat more "Hui, Fujian, Hunan and Zhejiang" dishes, which was like burning his buttocks.

Rush to the capital.

When I returned to the capital, the first lunar month had not yet come out. I went home to pay my respects to Mr.

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It took half an hour to get through this routine before they were able to return to their room.

Xue Fei was so tired that he fell asleep without changing his clothes.

Du Heng acted like a hostess. She guided the unloading of large and small bags of things and delivered them to the family. She also picked out gifts for the aristocratic family and prepared to present them in a few days.

After all this work, although Du Heng was exhausted physically and mentally, he still called Jingse over and asked one by one what kind of big events might happen in the capital.

You won’t know if you don’t ask, but you’ll be shocked if you ask:

Shortly after Du Weilan married, Xiao Zimei married the tenth prince Zhou Yan and became the concubine second only to Du Weilan; this was not as simple as giving a gift.

Du Heng also figured it out. She was willing to marry the tenth prince, which meant that she would definitely help the tenth prince win the heir.

The eight princes are also fighting fiercely within their party, and the situation is becoming more and more favorable to her. It's really interesting.

However, Du Weilan is afraid that she will be in danger...

She couldn't defeat Xiao Zimei, and without outside intervention, her death was inevitable; it just depended on when Xiao Zimei wanted her to die.

But she, Du Heng, was the "external force" who wanted to stop Xiao Zimei.

"Oh, by the way, miss, Mrs. Sheng has sent a letter from Lingnan! Along with the letter is a big apple covered with thorns!" Jingse said.

Du Heng raised his eyebrows and silently expressed "Huh?"

Jingse turned around to get it, and after a while, she walked in with a large, thick-skinned fruit about a palm high on a tray.

Du Heng's brows furrowed even more tightly: "Is this thing really edible?" and he started to pinch the "rosette head" that looked like a spider plant.

"Miss, be careful, it will hurt your hands very much!" But she said it too late, and Du Heng took back the finger that was poked.

Du Heng looked at the yellow-green, sharp-toothed skin of this rough fruit, and for the first time he had doubts about the shape of the fruit.

"I'll give it a try!" Xue Fei, who had woken up at some point, had a white face and slept like a red apple. He was full of energy and his eyes lit up when he saw this thing.

He took out a willow leaf knife from nowhere and started to make gestures towards the fruit.

Du Heng was not interested in watching him play tricks, so she picked up the letter her aunt had given her and read it.

The letter first reported that Lingnan was safe and that Lingnan was much better than she imagined:

First of all, it is full of wild fun; - the people’s wisdom is not yet enlightened!

The second is to communicate more with people; - because I can’t understand the dialect, I have to popularize Mandarin!

My husband discovered that the rice here can actually be harvested three times! - The agricultural foundation is very poor, so we can only develop this first...

The letter was eloquent and the tone was relaxed. However, as a member of her mother's family, Du Heng did not "see" the good news at all and always felt that she was living a hard life.

However, there is a paragraph in it that Du Heng still approves of: Lin Ling said that the fruits here are so sweet and big that she would gain weight just eating them.

It is also said that this "pineapple" was brought by businessmen who went overseas, trying to plant it on a large scale in Lingnan and then open up sales northward;

After the locals ate it, they found it sour and sweet, which sparked a buying spree.

Lin Ling said that given time, pineapple might really be listed as a "Famous Fruit of Lingnan".

Many farmers were deceived by merchants from out of town and immediately wanted to destroy their crops and grow pineapples to sell, but were stopped by Sheng Ruchi.

The roads in Lingnan are inconvenient, so how can we sell things if we can’t transport them out? Moreover, there are many fruits in Lingnan. Pineapples may be novel at first, but over time, they do not have a particularly outstanding advantage among the many fruits and vegetables;

And the most important thing is that if the food is thrown into your hands, you can at least eat it yourself, but pineapples cannot satisfy your hunger!

In addition, although there has been no war along the coast for a long time, if there is a war with pirates, the status of Lingnan will become more important, but what about the important place for transporting food and people...

Du Heng closed the letter and looked at Xue Feibai, who had peeled out the golden pulp, and was studying how to remove the sharp thorns in the pulp and then cut it into slices.

Du Heng squinted his eyes and counted the delicacies imported from foreign lands from ancient times to the present: grapes, peppers, walnuts, pomegranates...

It seems that it has been too long since the ancient times of "scarcity of food and clothing". It has been a long time since wheat, sorghum and other crops that can satisfy hunger have been introduced; and the last food that can fill the stomachs of poor people was introduced more than ten years ago.

"maize";

In some places, it is also called "Baogu", "Baolu" and "Pearl rice". People prefer to call it "Liugu", which is the "sixth grain" besides "five grains".
Chapter completed!