On the second day, early in the morning, the little family brought another little family member of the same age with him. Sure enough, like gathers.

While they were busy watering the seedlings, she asked the two little family members a few words. I learned that these two small families were originally farmer neighbors, and the two families were very close, and they only had a birthday half a day before and after, so they played together intimately since childhood. The year before last, the father of one of them did not know who said that planting bananas could be exchanged for a lot of money, so he bought the seeds directly from the man, brought them back and invited the father of the other person to plant them together.

Originally, bananas were indeed sold in this capital, in addition to the annual tribute from other countries to the palace, the people were also brought by traders from other countries, the quantity was not much, the price was expensive, only the rich and noble families could afford it. Although the two farmer fathers had never eaten bananas, they also knew that bananas were indeed precious. I heard that the taste is not very good, but it is very popular with the concubines in the palace and the ladies of rich and noble families, and it has the effect of eliminating food and laxative, beautifying and nourishing the skin.

At this time, she was fortunate enough to eat bananas once in the General's Mansion and Crimson. The first time was in the General's Mansion, the general's father returned from the border of Luoshenguo, and he was rewarded with a fan in the palace. Not much, but the ladies in the house can get one or two. Especially the aunts in each room, they all want to get one more. I heard that in addition to Chen Jiaoer's own food, it seems that Chen Zhuer doesn't like to eat it, but she also asked for one, which was given to Aunt Wanjun. The general's father specially sent her a fan. It was the general's father who bought it from around the Roselle Kingdom and brought one back.

It was very different from the banana she remembered, not as slender as she remembered, much shorter and much rounderer, and the skin was pale green and much thicker and harder, and it was difficult to peel off. Barely picking up one side by inch, she ran out of patience and simply broke it from the middle. As a result, I saw that it was not a soft and tender pale yellow fruit, but a dense and large brown particle. She was stunned at the time, looking at the cross-section, and in a trance, she thought that she was holding a green eggplant that had not yet grown. This banana isn't ripe yet, right? No, it's the fruit of the palace. The general stared at her, and she reluctantly took a bite. It's called a sour! And there are too many seeds, and the taste is wonderful. It doesn't taste good when you bite it, so it's better to swallow it along with the smooth flesh at the end.

At that time, the general's father asked her if it was delicious.

She replied with a smile that it was delicious, said it was sweet, and swallowed the whole root almost without chewing it in three or two bites, but she didn't want to live up to the kindness of the general's father.

The general saw that she was eating well, so he broke off one of them, opened it and put it in his mouth. Just one bite, the general frowned.

She hurriedly smiled embarrassedly at the general. Hey, just lied, and that's been exposed.

The general's father didn't say anything, and it was out of his unwillingness to waste it that he solved the banana in three or two mouthfuls exactly like her.

In the end, the general thought about it, and although he knew that this banana was not delicious, he still kept the rest for her, and said to her: "It doesn't taste very good, but I heard that it is good for my daughter's family." You see, they are all rushing to ask for it. You'd better keep it and eat it. ”

In ancient times, women married early and went out early, and they had more but less exercise, and they would have constipation in their twenties. The aunts and sisters in the house are also in their thirties, and they have already come out of their own places. It is not difficult to understand why bananas at this time are obviously not tasty, but they are still so fond of them. She felt the taste, and the effect of moistening the intestines should still be very powerful.

The general's father was kind, and although she didn't suffer from constipation, she still received it.

When she turned around, she rewarded a pear and a plum, and after the two maids tasted it, they asked them if they wanted it, and they both shook their heads like rattles and said no. She packed the rest and took it to Liuli Pavilion, thinking that instead of barely eating it herself, it would be better to please Crimson.

When she arrived at the Liuli Pavilion, Crimson actually took out a banana to share with her as if offering a treasure. said that he had just spent a lot of money to buy it from a merchant in other countries, and he was beautiful and could slim down his waist and abdomen.

Crimson was kind, and she saw that the banana Crimson bought was really more yellow and tender than the one brought back by the general, so she tried it again. As a result, it was the same. Only then did she believe that bananas in ancient times should have been like this. The effect is still there, but the taste is not good.

In any case, bananas at this time were a rarity, and they were indeed very popular with the ladies of wealthy families, and they could be sold at a good price.

When the father of the two young families got the seeds, he planted them in his field with great anticipation, and abandoned all the varieties that he had used to plant in the past. Thinking that when the banana harvest is large next year, I will definitely make a lot of money.

Next, the two little family members didn't say that she also wanted to meet. Bananas are tropical fruits, so the other country is located in a country that is more south and near the tropics than the geographical location of Roselle, which seems to be called the southern country. Chongyang is located in the middle of the north, and the climate is not cold, but it is not suitable for banana growth. The "kind" person who sold banana seeds to the two fathers tried it himself before and found that it didn't work, and the next year he thought of selling this old seed that did not produce fruit to the two fathers, and even asked for a high price out of conscience, and made up for his own losses last year, but he didn't care about the harm to the two fathers. By the second year, the father of the two little family members naturally found nothing.

Although it is a poor farmer, after all, it is a farmer in the suburbs of the capital of Chongyang, and the family has some small savings, and it can survive a year by saving money. But the two fathers were devastated, and both fell ill. provoked this medical bill, where could the family survive for a year, and had no choice but to sell their sons into the mansion of the fourth prince. It was these two sensible sons who took the initiative themselves.

They went to the city to grab medicine, and happened to learn that the four princes were about to get married, and the house summoned the housekeepers and maids. In fact, they each have a younger sister in the family, and they are also half a day old, and they have just turned ten years old. According to common sense, the poor families in ancient times were more patriarchal, so they must have sold those two younger sisters and left their elder brothers. The two elder brothers felt sorry for their sister, and secretly took advantage of the next time to grab the medicine, and took the initiative to go to the Four Princes' Mansion to sign the deed of sale. In the end, the medicine and the money obtained from the sale were sent back, and the parents at home learned that the two sensible sons had sold themselves.

However, they were still young, and they were also clever when they signed the deed of sale with the government, and they did not covet higher immediate interests, and signed a ten-year deed of sale, each of which received ten taels of silver. After 10 years, they can choose whether to continue working in the house or resign. Moreover, even if they choose to continue to work in the house after ten years, they can go home first to get married and continue the incense in the family.

After explaining this clearly, the parents of the two families reluctantly bid farewell to the two boys in tears.