Chapter 502: Preparing the Exhibits
Xiao Ping almost used his bedroom in the hut as a warehouse, where he stored seeds for more than a dozen commonly used vegetables. When he usually has free time, he will bring some vegetable seeds into the demon refining pot, soak them in the spring for a day and a night, and then dry the seeds, label them, and put them away, so that they can be used at any time.
Since more and more places need to provide seeds, Xiao Ping began to think about storing more seeds, and officially started the work after the Spring Festival. After months of work on and off, the end result was enough seeds to sow thousands of acres of land.
Of course, Xiao Ping only planned to grow some vegetables to participate in the fair, and only a few seeds were enough. So at the moment, he is not concerned about the quantity, but about what varieties to choose to participate in the expo.
The fair is only a few days away, and even if the vegetables will grow fast in the demon refining pot, the time is already very tight. Those vegetables that need to bloom and bear fruit, such as tomatoes and cucumbers, must not be considered, and even vegetables with a long growth period such as radishes and onions are too late, and the rest can be selected from some green leafy vegetables.
Xiao Ping didn't care about this. He has absolute confidence in the Demon Refining Pot, and is sure that even the most ordinary vegetables can touch the hearts of the judges.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ping selected several varieties of green leafy vegetables such as small greens, spinach, lettuce and American celery to participate in the expo, took out some seeds according to the varieties indicated on the label, and came to the hut to sow seeds.
However, where to plant these vegetables is also a problem. Although the Demon Refining Pot is full of fertile land, you can sow seeds by tidying up the grass a little. But there are still so many horses and cows living here. These guys don't care if the grass or vegetables are in front of them, as long as they can eat them, they won't be polite at all. If you sow the seeds outside. I'm sure I'm going to be eaten up.
Xiao Ping thought for a while, and finally decided to sow the vegetable seeds in the herb garden. Although the herb garden is overgrown with various medicinal herbs. But around each herb, there is still a little bit of spare land. Although these plots of land are small, many of them are only two palms wide, but there are more than enough vegetables to grow for the fair.
After deciding, Xiao Ping sowed the selected vegetable seeds separately in the open space of the Baicao Garden, and then carried water to water the entire Baicao Garden as usual.
As the health oral liquid sells better and better, the medicinal materials grown in the Baicao Garden are also one of Xiao Ping's important sources of wealth. Therefore, he is also very dedicated to taking care of the herb garden, even if he has been traveling abroad recently, he still finds time to water the herbs every day or two. Under Xiao Ping's careful care. This crop of medicinal herbs is also growing very well, and it is estimated that it will be harvested in a few days.
After sowing the vegetable seeds, Xiao Ping did not stay in the demon refining pot for a long time. After all, time passes faster in the pot than outside, Xiao Ping has been busy in the demon refining pot for a while, and it should be the second half of the night outside. He didn't want to disappear for too long, and if Jessica woke up and found that she wasn't there, it would be a hassle to explain.
Fortunately, Jessica and Xiao Ping fought repeatedly, and they were really tired. After Xiao Ping went back, she gently lay down next to Jessica, and she didn't wake up. just leaned on Xiao Ping, adjusted the most comfortable position and continued to sleep.
Xiao Ping was a little sleepy until now, and soon fell asleep.
The next morning, Xiao Ping was woken up by Jessica. When he opened his eyes, the American chick was scrambling to get dressed. On the other hand, he said anxiously: "Oops, I'm going to be late!"
Looking at Jessica's somewhat embarrassed appearance, Xiao Ping couldn't help but smile dumbly: "You forgot that Ramsey agreed to give you a day off yesterday." You don't have to go to work today!"
When Ramsey told Jessica that she could take a vacation, she didn't know that Xiao Ping had arrived in New York. I didn't take it seriously at the time, and so many things happened later. Just forget about it.
Now that she was reminded by Xiao Ping, Jessica remembered that it was indeed true, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief and said, "Why didn't you remind people earlier, it made me worry in vain!"
Women can sometimes play a little temper and blame men for their mistakes. However, their temper tantrums also depend on the object, and they will only do so when facing the man they love.
Anyway, Xiao Ping can't deal with the woman he loves, and in his opinion, as a man, if he doesn't even have this little belly, it will be too stingy. So it was obvious that Jessica herself forgot about it, and she actually blamed Xiao Ping, but he could only shake his head and smile bitterly, and he didn't argue with Jessica.
Seeing Xiao Ping being so humble to himself, Jessica, who has a straightforward personality, was a little embarrassed. She sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Xiao Ping with tenderness, and said in a rare gentle tone: "Since I don't have to work today, why don't I accompany you to play in New York City for a day." I didn't have time to accompany you last time you came, so I will make up for it this time!"
Speaking from the bottom of his heart, Xiao Ping preferred to play with Jessica in the room all day, but since she said so, Xiao Ping couldn't bear to refuse, and immediately agreed.
So on this day, Xiao Ping, accompanied by Jessica, visited the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and other places. These are some of the most famous attractions in New York City, and they are also the top places for out-of-town visitors.
In fact, Xiao Ping is not very interested in visiting these places, he prefers the feeling of walking around with Jessica. This reminded Xiao Ping of the situation more than half a year ago, when Jessica came to Suzhou City, and he accompanied her everywhere like this. I didn't expect that a year had passed, so I went to New York to let Jessica play with me, and the chances of life were really amazing.
Both Xiao Ping and Jessica had a very happy day. The two enjoyed a rare time together, visiting New York City during the day and naturally not idle at night, as a fierce battle broke out like last night.
After the clouds and rain stopped, Jessica curled up in Xiao Ping's arms like a lazy cat, and said to him apologetically: "The fair is about to start, and everyone is busy. I'm going to work tomorrow and I'm sorry I can't be with you anymore......"
Xiao Ping knew that this job as a journalist was very important to Jessica, and she even gave up the opportunity to run for Miss America for this job.
So Xiao Ping didn't wait for Jessica to finish speaking, he interrupted her with a smile: "It's okay, you have your own job, of course I understand." You won't be so busy when the fair is over, so let's go back to the farm for a few days, right?"
Seeing that Xiao Ping was so considerate of herself, Jessica was also so moved that she immediately nodded and said, "Okay, when the fair is over, I will take a few days off, and we will go back to the farm together." ”
The American chick deserves to be a dedicated reporter and goes to work early the next morning. After Jessica went to work, she left Xiao Ping a lot of time, just in time for him to have the opportunity to prepare for the exhibits at the fair.
Several kinds of vegetables have been planted, and the environment in the demon refining pot is originally very suitable for the growth of animals and plants, plus Xiao Ping has also poured spring water, so the growth rate is amazingly fast. It has only been a little more than a day, and all the vegetable seeds have sprouted, and the vegetable seedlings have grown to more than an inch long. At this rate, the fair will start in a few days, just in time when these vegetables are most suitable for consumption.
However, it is obviously not enough to just take these vegetables to the fair. Xiao Ping thought about it for a while and decided to add a few other exhibits to enrich his booth.
First of all, truffles are of course an indispensable exhibit, and Xiao Ping is counting on this to slap Lorenzo in the face. He had already called Mark and asked him to bring a sheepdog with him when he came to New York, so that he could find truffles on his own.
In addition to truffles, Xiao Ping can also get his hands on abalone and eel at the moment. As for the number of saury, the number is too small, and these foreigners don't understand the preciousness of saury, so there is no need to show it for the exhibition.
Since the Demon Refining Pot recognized Xiao Ping as the master, it was much more convenient for him to catch these abalone eels and the like. It only takes a lot of effort to gather them with your mind.
Xiao Ping fished more than a dozen one-headed abalone and more than 20 two-headed abalone, first kept them in cages, and sent them to the exhibition immediately after the opening of the expo. As for the eel, it needs a relatively large space for activities, so Xiao Ping has not started fishing for the time being, and it is not too late to catch it until the day before the opening of the expo.
In addition to these exhibits, Xiao Ping also plans to pick some peaches to participate in the exhibition. He had already asked Jessica that all unprocessed foods could be represented at the Produce Fair, which naturally included fruits.
However, Jessica also reminded Xiao Ping that the judges were particularly strict in their evaluation of fruits, and many people had sent fruits to the expo in previous years. As a result, it was criticized by the judges as worthless, not only did it not have the effect of publicity, but smashed its own brand. So if he wants to send fruit to the exhibition, he must think carefully.
Xiao Ping wasn't very worried about this, if none of the peaches grown in the demon refining pot could be affirmed by the judges, then what other fruits could get their favor? Xiao Ping believed that when those judges saw these peaches, they would all glare. If such a peach can't win the championship in the fruit category, it can only be said that the selection is shady.
Two days later, Mark arrived in New York with produce from Lillian's Ranch, accompanied by a greyhound. Xiao Ping had been with this little helper for several days, and after taking the greyhound from Mark, he immediately said that he would take it "around".
Mark only thought that Xiao Ping just missed his dog, and he didn't take it too seriously, but he didn't know that Xiao Ping actually took the spirit dog into the demon refining pot to find truffles.
Xiao Ping has been busy lately, and he hasn't harvested truffles for several months. Therefore, the truffles dug up this time are generally very large, whether they are white truffles or black truffles, there are really a lot of truffles that can be called beyond the best level. Truffles are Xiao Ping's most important exhibits, and seeing that the quality of these truffles is so good, he is also more confident in the next expo.
However, before the official opening of the expo, Xiao Ping still has an important thing to do. (To be continued.) )
PS: Thank you for the book friend "Fearless So-called", "Xie Zhixiu" for the reward.