Chapter 420: An Unexpected Discovery
Ding Laohan in the field subconsciously took two steps and stretched out his hand to pull her, He Wei, who was standing not far away, couldn't help but hold his stomach and pointed at Han Chuxue and laughed, but soon let his eldest brother He Xiong give him a burst of chestnuts, glared at him warningly, and the baby suddenly didn't dare to say anything. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Throwing the peanut that didn't have a few fruits hanging in her hand into the bamboo basket on the side, Han Chuxue only felt that her self-confidence was greatly damaged, she was a prodigy who cultivated immortals, and she couldn't get a peanut, which was really face-hurting.
Perhaps seeing her frustration, Ding Laohan hurriedly smiled and comforted, "This work was originally done by men, the girl might as well pack peanuts with our old woman, and when the land is all allocated, the girl can come and steal peanuts again." ”
Hey, it seems that he heard a new word, and Han Chuxue immediately became curious, "Ding Bo, what do you mean by stealing peanuts?" ”
Ding Laohan explained as he did it, it turned out that no matter how good the technology was, some peanuts would definitely fall and be confiscated in the ground, so after the whole plot was allocated, it was necessary to turn over and collect all the peanuts that fell in the soil as much as possible.
There are not many people who grow peanuts in this area of Huaiji, but there are many people who grow peanuts in neighboring counties, and the people there call the work of digging for peanuts as stealing peanuts.
Because after the peanuts are harvested, they have to be picked, washed and dried, and then they can be sold or put into the warehouse, so the adults in the family generally do not have the energy to turn the ground, and this work is often done by children.
And children are not as well-behaved as adults, and love to get together, usually do not care whose land it is, as long as it has been harvested, they will run to turn it over, whoever turns it is who's, so it is inevitable that they will pick up other people's leaks, and some people who are tight-eyed will inevitably have opinions on this to think that they are stealing their own peanuts, so it is called this behavior as stealing peanuts.
Han Chuxue stroked his little chin, this activity sounds very interesting, but it is a pity that only his own family grows peanuts in Xiatang Village, otherwise he can really experience this agricultural fun.
"By the way, Ding Bo, does anyone in your hometown squeeze peanut oil?"
Ding Laohan, who was about to pluck peanuts at Ben, bent down and was about to pluck peanuts, raised his head, and looked at her a little blankly, "Oil?" With peanuts? ”
Seeing his expression, Han Chuxue was a little surprised, "Doesn't anyone eat peanut oil?" ”
Ding Laohan quickly picked up the peanut, accurately threw it into the bamboo basket on the side, straightened up and looked at Han Chuxue curiously, "Girl, do you mean, this peanut can still produce oil, and it can be eaten as oil?" ”
Han Chuxue nodded, she had deliberately observed during this time, there are two kinds of oil eaten by people here in Huaiji, one is lard, that is, the fat pork is boiled out of oil, and it is packed in a clay pot, and when it cools, it becomes a white oil block, and when you need to use it, dig out a small piece and put it in the pot to dissolve when it is hot.
This is also the reason why ordinary people love to buy fatty meat when buying pork, because not only do they have meat to eat, but the most important thing is that they can also fry some oil for the family to eat for a while.
The other is rapeseed oil, which is squeezed from rapeseed.
After all, the common people, especially poor peasants, do not have many opportunities to eat meat, and there are not many opportunities to get lard, so they usually eat more vegetable oil, like the vegetable oil sold in the Zengjia grocery store.
I haven't found anyone eating peanut oil, but because no one grows peanuts in this area, Han Chuxue thought that it was because of the lack of peanuts, so there was no peanut oil in Huaiji, but now looking at Ding Laohan's reaction, I am afraid that no one will eat peanut oil not only in Huaiji but in the entire Dachang Dynasty, that is, no one knows that peanuts can be squeezed for oil.
Han Chuxue stroked the small chin and thought, in China, peanuts are foreign crops, and there are not many people who understand its use at the beginning, and the Dachang Dynasty is only afraid of this reason, so there is only one Luo family who grows peanuts in Huaiji, and the Luo family is afraid that it is only eaten as a kind of dried fruit, anyway, she went to Fumanlou a few times and did not eat a dish cooked with peanut oil, nor did she eat any dish with peanuts, the most is that there is a snack of fried peanuts before the banquet.
If this is the case, the dozens of acres of peanuts in their own house will make a big difference.
The more Han Chuxue thought about it, the brighter his eyes became, and finally rubbed it, turned around and ran, "Ding Bo, you are busy, I still have some things to do, I need to go to town." ”
If you want to know the consumption of peanuts in the Dachang Dynasty, the best thing is to ask the Luo family, since the Jiao steward is in charge of the Luo family's purchase, he should know best.
Seeing her run away in a hurry, Ding Laohan was still a little stunned, can peanuts still be eaten as oil? He had grown peanuts for so many years, but he had never heard of them, and he didn't know where this girl had heard such strange things.
While shaking his head, Ding Laohan was busy again, no matter what, this peanut can't be left in the ground to grow old, so it has to be put away quickly.
The Luo family in the town, because this time is the harvest period of rice, the stewards are also very busy.
Han Chuxue ran to the house where she saw Jiao Guan last time, but she couldn't find anyone, and finally had to be pointed out by someone to find someone in the Luo family's Fulu grain store.
Coming to the Fulu grain shop again, Han Chuxue deliberately observed that the Luo family did not sell peanuts, obviously they planted peanuts for another purpose, and the most likely thing should be to transport them to Beijing to give gifts or entertain the main family in Beijing.
Just as she finished her observation, Jiao Guan, who was talking to the director of the grain store about the new grain issue in the room, also received a notice and rushed over.
"Miss Han, it's really you, rare guest, rare guest."
Since the last time I went back to Han's house to buy seeds from him, I met in a hurry when I asked for a warm house meal at Han's house, so it's no wonder that Steward Jiao was full of surprise and confusion when she heard that she came to find her.
Han Chuxue smiled and saluted him with a fist, "Jiao Guanshi, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
"That's it." Steward Jiao responded with a smile, and pushed his hand back, "Girl, please come in." ”
can be the person who buys the steward of the Luo family, Jiao is naturally a very provocative character, although Han Chuxue has not said much, he can already guess from her running to himself at this time that this baby definitely has something to talk to him, since he wants to talk about things, he naturally can't be in the lobby, so he will lead people inside.
Han Chuxue didn't refuse, smiled and said a little bother, and followed him into the back of the grain store.
This grain shop is the same as most of the shops in Huaiji, the front shop and the back room, but because it sells grain, so the back room is also the granary occupies a large area, and the rest of the room, in addition to two rooms for the night vigil to rest the guys, there is also a larger tent, this tent is divided into two rooms, the outside is the guest room, the inside is the account book, the work room of accounting, of course, some important things, will also be discussed in the work room. (To be continued.) )