Chapter Twenty-Three: Pumpkin and Potatoes

Two days later, Shopkeeper Sun brought his men to Li Xin's house to pull the jars of sour bamboo shoots. Li Xin didn't expect that Shopkeeper Sun would come in person, so he hurriedly welcomed people into the living room to sit.

"Why did Shopkeeper Sun come here in person." While Li Xin was talking, he sent Wenbo Wenhao to make tea and serve snacks.

"I haven't come to Miss Li's house yet! I thought I'd come over and didn't bother you! ”

"Shopkeeper Sun can come, it's really brilliant! How to count as an interruption. ”

"Such a good house, how can it be said that it is Pengsheng. Speaking of which, did Miss Li actually invite craftsmen from the north? It's really nice to see a house like this here. ”

"Occasionally, I heard people say that the north built a house like this, and the family lived in a suitable place, so I thought that it should be good to build it, so I talked to the craftsmen, and they built it." Li Xin didn't dare to tell the truth about this matter. After all, such a courtyard style was something she had seen in the north in her previous life, and in this life, this body had never been to the north. The architectural style of the north is very different from that of the south, for example, northerners like to have courtyard houses surrounded on all sides, and the houses on all sides are not connected, so the courtyard is very spacious.

There is also a reason for this architectural style in the north, the north is more sparsely populated than the south, so the house can also be built in a larger area. However, the population in the south is relatively dense, and it is generally not possible to build such a large house. Therefore, the quadrangle that occasionally appears in the south is connected by houses on all sides, and the courtyard is relatively small. Moreover, the south is generally cold and damp, so when building a house, I like to build a house in the form of a courtyard, and the house on each side is a two-story building. If the population is large, then the upper floor can also be inhabited, and even if it is not inhabited, it can also be used to stack food and other things.

"The north does like to build houses like this, many big houses are put together one after another courtyard, and some people have more than a dozen houses! It will take up most of the street. Miss Li can go to the capital to have a look in the future, and almost all the houses there look like this. There are many rich families, and there are also ordinary families, a small courtyard, and some people who share a large courtyard, and many people live in a courtyard. ”

"I have to check it out when I have time." Speaking of which, she still doesn't know what dynasty it is, and she doesn't know where the capital is. Almost none of the people in the village have ever gone far away, even if they have been to the county once, it can be regarded as having the capital to show off. What's more, it is a place like the capital, for the people of the small Osmanthus Village, it is simply a sacred and very distant place. Moreover, for such a small place, it does not matter at all what dynasty it is now, and it does not matter who sits on the throne at all, and it has no personal relationship. So she never paid attention to those, and naturally she couldn't ask anyone.

It seems that when I have time and money in the future, I will have to go outside for a walk anyway. I've finally come here, so I still have to go out and take a look, at least I have to know what dynasty this is! The capital will be very interesting, a center of national power! It must be unusually prosperous! Anyway, you must find a way to go to the capital.

After a while, Wen Bo and Wen Hao brought snacks and made tea. Shopkeeper Sun tasted it and got down to business. Li Xin also knew that they were pulling the jars, so he took people to the hut in the backyard. When the shopkeeper arrived in the backyard, he looked at the vegetable garden with great interest, and was very curious to see the pumpkin vines and potatoes that he had never seen before. Li Xin also explained that it was a seed that she occasionally got from a foreigner, and she used it to plant something delicious.

She also remembered that the potatoes were about to be harvested, and a batch of pumpkins could be harvested, and she was still thinking about when to take it to the shopkeeper Sun, since the shopkeeper Sun is here now, it is better to let him taste it! She asked Shopkeeper Sun to stay for lunch, and Shopkeeper Sun refused at first, but when he heard that he wanted to eat vegetables that he had never seen, he readily agreed.

Shopkeeper Sun asked people to move the jars of pickled bamboo shoots back to the town first, but he stayed with a fellow and said that he would leave after lunch. Li Xin asked Wenbo to accompany Sun's shopkeeper, and she went to the backyard to pick a few tender pumpkins, some pumpkin tips and pumpkin flowers, and a few potatoes. The land here is still fertile, and the potato seeds should be very good, although there is no fertilizer to put in them, but the potatoes still grow very well, they are not small, and there are many fruits on one plant. Seeing such a situation, Li Xin was still very happy. Although this yield is far from being comparable to that grown by my grandparents, it is already good. The harvest can always make people feel happy, and the things she planted have finally gained a lot, and she really wants to laugh happily.

In fact, people's hearts are still very easy to satisfy, but after a long time, sometimes I don't know how to make myself feel satisfied.

At noon, Li Xin made a few dishes with tender pumpkin and potatoes, including dried fried shredded potatoes, stewed braised pork with potatoes, shredded potatoes, shredded pumpkin meat, stir-fried pumpkin tips, and pumpkin flower mushroom soup.

Neither Shopkeeper Sun nor Wenbo had ever eaten pumpkins and potatoes, so they were curious at first, and even more delicious when they ate them. Li Xin hasn't eaten it for a few days, so he still misses this taste. Potatoes are a kind of difficult to eat and get tired of vegetables, and there are many ways to do it, she always remembers that from childhood to adulthood, what will not be missing in the school cafeteria all year round is potatoes, fried, fried, stewed, boiled, etc., and it is shredded, sliced, and blocked, as if you can't get tired of eating it all the time. And this fresh and tender pumpkin still tastes very good, sweet and refreshing, and you will feel very comfortable eating it.

After lunch, Shopkeeper Sun immediately told Li Xin that he wanted to buy pumpkins and potatoes. Li Xin naturally agreed, but he also said that there are a lot of seeds left for both, so there are not many that can be sold. When Shopkeeper Sun was about to leave, Li Xin picked some pumpkins, asked Wen Hao to dig out some potatoes carefully, and packed a basket in total, and asked Shopkeeper Sun to take them back and try them first. I also told the shopkeeper Sun a few simple home-cooked recipes, in fact, the dishes are very easy to make, not to mention those chefs in Pinxiangge! I'm afraid that I can invent some new dishes.

This time, Li Xin didn't ask Shopkeeper Sun for recipe money. When Shopkeeper Sun left, he left a silver ticket of one hundred taels of silver for Li Xin, saying that he was buying those bamboo shoot juices. (Lots of support!) )