171.Chapter 171: Sugar Gourd
No matter how reluctant Ye Dong was, he was still taken by Ruan Bai to the primeval forest, ten days and nine nights, horseback riding/trekking, travel friends, and free experience package. It's free! You can bring your family!
Because I didn't want to blow up the mountain again this time, Xiaopang and Xuexue also followed.
When Ruan Bai, Chu Hao, Ye Dong and Pan Jun, the four of them tried their best to record the growth of sugarcane, Xiaopang and Xue Xue took on the heavy responsibility of supporting their families. The accompanying soldiers silently cut down the wild sugar cane one by one, and then bundled it out tightly.
The environment of the forests and grasslands in Lingnan is very different. The variety of shrubs also poses a great obstacle to their hunting. However, after the initial adaptation period, they immediately become kings of the jungle.
Well, Xue Xue is actually quite adapted to jungle hunting. Its former owner, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, took it with him wherever he hunted and suppressed bandits. The harvest of these days made Ruan Bai and Chu Hao look at Xue Xue with admiration.
Before leaving, Chubby also pulled a tree vine to play with Xuexue.
The day before, the two of them were playing with a snake, which was confiscated by Ruan Bai and made into skewers. This time, it was still confiscated.
The vine was thrown to Ye Dong and brought back to Zhong'an.
Boss Ruan spoke: "Plant together." "A wild kiwifruit, I don't know where Xiaopang and Xuexue came from, let them take people over, and pretend not to understand, so there is only one left of the fruit. It's not a big problem whether you live or not, anyway, with the future interaction with the mountain tribe, all kinds of wild fruits in the mountains will definitely be indispensable.
The fat men have a lot of strength, and the vines are not cut in the middle, but uprooted and brought back wrapped in wet mud.
Ye Dong already felt a little debted: "Oh, then plant it." β
"I'll leave it to you." After Boss Ruan finished speaking, he opened his throat and shouted, "Li Niang! Li Niang, is the press I asked you to make ready? β
Li Niang has been busy these days, and she doesn't pay attention to her image, she ran out quickly with her skirt, sweating all over her head, and holding something like a small wooden stool in her hand: "It's done, it's done!" To give! β
This thing originally had the pattern given by Ruan Bai, and it was not difficult to make. She shoved the press into Ruan Bai's arms, turned around and ran.
Ruan Bai glared: "What are you running?" "He hasn't been back for so long, hasn't he even said a good word? Do you still take him as a boss in your eyes?!
Li Niang's voice came from afar: "Busy! Play on your own! She was born as a businessman and the only daughter in the family, and her father's words and deeds taught her that she was much better in business than ordinary women. Later, she opened a business in Xishan City, even if she was backed by Ruan Bai, in fact, there were many things that she handled alone, and in the past two years, her business skills were stronger than most men.
However, that doesn't mean she doesn't have a vulnerable place. This time, it was not easy for a lot of middle and high-level people under Ruan Bai to come, not to mention anything else, her vision alone was much broader than hers. She was too busy to study, where did she have time to coax Ruan Bai, the little brother?
Ruan Bai was so angry that his nose snorted: "Hmph! He muttered, "If you play by yourself, you will play by yourself, and I will not take you to play in the future." β
Chu Hao rubbed his head: "Why aren't you tired today?" "In the past, when I went out on a long trip, after Ruan Bai came back, I must have eaten, bathed and slept in a three-piece suit, but today I left everything behind.
Ruan Bai didn't bother to answer him: "Go and move me a small stool, and bring a basin or bowl over." β
Chu Hao didn't need to repeat the original words, and the soldiers immediately took the things that Ruan Bai wanted, and moved a stool for Chu Hao very clearly.
They sat directly in the yard, right next to the sugar cane. Ruan Bai casually pulled one and stuffed it into the press...... It's a bit rough......
"Here, make two cuts."
Chu Hao cut a cross for the sugar cane according to Ruan Bai's gesture and divided it evenly into four; Then he watched as Nguyen Bai stuffed the thinned cane strips into the so-called press, pressed them with a round wooden stick like a pastry mold, and the rich juice flowed down the downward sloped groove into the basin below.
A sweet smell overflows.
Chubby poked his head over and licked it quickly.
Nguyen Bai: "......"
Chu Hao, who also wants to drink: It's too late!
Xue Xue took the opportunity to take the basin away.
The soldiers quickly brought another basin and put it away.
Chu Hao chased after the two dogs and locked them up, and robbed Ruan Bai of his job: "You go wash first, and by the way, get some food, I'll just come here." "The Pan family is small, and there are only two old servants who sprinkle and sweep, so they won't help them prepare their food properly.
Ruan Bai was very stupid and naΓ―ve to believe his man, so after he took a bath and made cold noodles, there was still only one basin in front of the press, and there was not much sugarcane juice in it. The sugar cane piled up in the yard was missing two bundles.
Ever since that winter's pot of sweet lamb, he should have realized how sweet this product was!
"Second brother......" Chu Hao was a little weak-hearted, his hands moved faster, and after a while, he squeezed a pot of sugarcane juice out and handed it to Ruan Bai flatteringly.
The pro-soldiers involved in the distribution of the spoils were silent.
Ruan Bai couldn't get angry: "Come over and eat first." β
In the woods these days, there is no shortage of meat at all, and even a lot of eggs have been eaten. But sitting in the room and eating a bowl of cold noodles are completely different feelings.
Because of the temptation of sweets, Chu Hao and his soldiers were full of energy.
Originally, Ruan Bai was boiling sugar in the kitchen alone, but when the syrup was thick, Chu Hao appeared beside him silently, startling him: "When did you come in?" β
Chu Hao hurriedly stabilized Ruan Bai, lest he move too much, and threw the stirring chopsticks out of the pot: "Just arrived." Aren't you okay yet? "It's not a good thing that the five senses are too sensitive. The Pan family is only so big, and the kitchen is close to the yard, so they can't concentrate at all.
Sugar is not a new thing in Da Zhou, but Chu Hao is still waiting aside.
Ruan Bai was helpless and made a few strings of rock sugar gourds for him. Zhong'an is rich in all kinds of melons and fruits, small whole, large slices cut into pieces, wrapped in crystal syrup, placed in prepared ice cubes to quickly cool down.
Chu Hao didn't blink: "It's going to melt in a while, I'm going to eat it all today, will I eat too much at once?" β
Can it be a little more fake? Ruan Bai wiped his face: "You can only eat two, and share the rest with others." β
Chu Hao's expression immediately became stern: "You don't like sweets, who else do you want to share them with?" β
"The soldiers who followed us into the mountains to carry sugar cane, Pan Jun and Ye Dong, as well as Liniang, the two old slaves who served us in the house." There are so many sugar gourds, thinking that one person can eat them in one day, this product is really thoughtful.
Chu Hao reluctantly went to divide the sugar gourd. It's not too rare to eat in Da Zhou, but compared to the simple hawthorn fruit, Ruan Bai's products are obviously more colorful, and they are even better in freshness.
During the day, a large number of sugar gourds were distributed, and Chu Hao couldn't sleep at night, tossing and turning in bed.
As soon as Ruan Bai lay on the bed, sleepiness came up, but he was so tidy that he couldn't sleep at all, so he couldn't help but slap him on the belly with his backhand: "A few sugar gourds, are you there?" β
"Humph!" He squeezed all the sugarcane juice, so why did he get two sticks in the end!
Ruan Bai turned sideways and pulled his arm: "Haven't you been tired of eating when you were a child?" "Sugar, snacks, candied fruits and the like, there is no shortage of Da Zhou. In places like Xijing, there are many time-honored candy shops. Ordinary people may not be able to afford it, or it is rare to buy it, but is Pingxi Wangfu still missing Chu Hao's mouthful of candy?
Chu Hao was aggrieved for a long time before he said: "My mother said that eating sugar is against manhood. "Anyway, for as long as he can remember, he hasn't eaten sugar seriously.
How can this product be so cute? Sure enough, the square-faced Tibetan fox has cultivated into a fine, and that is also a fox spirit! Ruan Bai held his hand and pressed it directly on the fox spirit, and kissed it.
Chu Hao didn't know at all, he wasn't talking about eating sugar just now, why was his wife interested. However, it is the husband's duty to meet the needs of his wife!
"Not tired?"
"I'm tired, but I can do it once."
Ruan Bai slept until the sun set the next day, and was woken up by Chu Hao in the middle and fed the porridge once, but he didn't remember, and wondered why he slept for so long, and he didn't feel hungry.
Chu Hao was checking with a list, and when he heard Ruan Bai waking up, he immediately put down the things in his hand, walked quickly to the bed, and handed him the clothes: "Wake up, get up quickly, and we'll go back to Shunyang tomorrow." β
"In such a hurry?" Ruan Bai also wanted to walk around and touch the "market" of the local yamen here.
"There are two grassland tribes that want to be attached, and Lao Tian is dragging it, waiting for us to go back and preside." It is a matter of time before the tribe is attached, but it has only been open for less than a year, and some people want to attach it, which is still a bit unexpected by him.
"So fast?" Ruan Bai was also surprised, "That's having to hurry up." "Even now that the postal system of Da Zhou has a framework, the delivery of letters is much faster than before; But there are many things that are not clear in the letter, and they still have to be resolved face-to-face.
Both are very actionable people. After giving an explanation in the evening, he left early the next morning with a few pro-soldiers.
The dignitaries and nobles who wanted to come over to find out the news once again rushed to the air, and their hearts were mixed.
However, Ruan Bai left, but there were many of his subordinates left. Although it was not easy to catch them, it was much easier for them to meet a few businessmen than Ruan Bai.
The middle and high-level members of the Nguyen business empire were simply annoyed after being summoned several times. It's okay to do business in partnership, and they don't object to it at all; But listening to the news? Where else do they know about anything other than making money?
Several middle and high-level leaders got together, and immediately decided: "Let's go to the side of the mountain road near the mountain clan to circle some land, and also go to get a small town." β
"That's right, the owner said that he wanted to make friends with the mountain tribe. The road from Lingnan to Zhong'an is so long, even if it is not a mountain clan, there are definitely a lot of caravans that need to rest in the middle. β
"If you get the same thing, just two towns, right? One asked Zhong'an to buy land, and the other asked Lingnan to buy. β
"In addition to restaurants, tea shops, inns, and markets, get a medical station."
"That makes sense, I'll go to the doctor to discuss."
"I'm going to choose a site and buy land."
"Isn't the owner going to grow sugar cane? Buy a little more! β