"And what did you think the countryside was like?" Li Xin looked at Caixia with a smile, and he was not idle in his hands, picking all kinds of wild flowers all the way, and soon he had a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

"In fact, the slave is just sighing, I haven't seen it before, and I can't imagine what it looks like." Caixia smiled, and the smile was bright, like a scorching peach blossom.

Soon, it was time to reach the Li family's field. This season, pumpkins are planted in these acres of fields. The family has never planted pumpkins in a large area, that is, some are planted in the vegetable garden behind the house, and more are sold to Pinxiangge. Previously, the shopkeeper Sun had found Wenbo, saying that the tender pumpkin was very popular for cooking, and the old pumpkin was very popular for cooking and cakes, and hoped that the Li family could plant some pumpkins in a large area and sell them to Pinxiangge.

Wenbo also decided to plant pumpkins on all eight acres of land in the village.

At this time, in the pumpkin field, at a glance, there was green everywhere. Pumpkins are planted early in the morning, and the seedlings are planted in the fields at the beginning of the new year, so they grow quickly. The green branches are full of yellow pumpkin flowers, and the yellow ones are very dazzling. The pumpkins were already bearing, but mostly small.

This kind of pumpkin is relatively large, so even if you pick a tender pumpkin, you are reluctant to pick it a little bigger. Li Xin just looked at the edge of the field, and did not go to the sky, for fear of accidentally stepping on the pumpkin vines.

"Miss, what is this?" Caixia looked at the pumpkin in amazement.

"Didn't you see a pumpkin yesterday, you probably haven't seen it before! It is the seed I received from the hands of the foreigners. The taste is also very good, there are a lot of old pumpkins at home, you can make food and taste it, pumpkin pie is very sweet. There are also tender pumpkins, which are also relatively tender and delicious, and you can pick them and eat them after a while. Li Xin gently brushed aside the pumpkin leaves, allowing Caixia to see the tender little pumpkins that grew from among the vines.

The pumpkin is also very small and delicate, with a turquoise color.

"Is it true that such a small thing will slowly grow into such a big pumpkin? It can really be long. Caixia sighed. Indeed, the pumpkin at this time is too small, how can it be with the old pumpkin!

The two walked around the field, and Li Xin also pinched a lot of pumpkin flowers, all of which were male flowers and could not grow into pumpkins. It is the female flower that can grow into a pumpkin, and when the female flower is still a flower bud, there is already a small pumpkin underneath. After pollination, the female flowers will grow slowly, and if they are not pollinated, the small fruits will slowly wither and the flowers will wilt.

Generally, pumpkins have more male flowers, and more female flowers. Therefore, it is possible to pick some of the male flowers to eat, and the pumpkin flowers taste very good.

After taking a turn around the field, Li Xin took Caixia back. I haven't entered the door yet! You can smell the fragrant aroma of roasted sweet potatoes in your home. The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes can really spread far away, Li Xin sniffed, it was so fragrant!

"What's going on at home! So fragrant? Caixia also sniffed. When she was in the Ling family, she had seen and eaten a lot of good things, but this fragrance had never been smelled before, and it really made people wonder what a delicious thing it was!

"It's a baked sweet potato, it should be edible, let's go back quickly." Li Xin laughed happily.

Li Xin and Caixia entered the door and went all the way to the kitchen. When I arrived at the kitchen door, the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes was even stronger, and the fragrance made people drool.

Walking into the kitchen, there are a lot of people in the kitchen! Lian Zhou's and Lian Zhi's mother and daughter, Caiyun, Wenbo, Wenhao, Yuexiang, Yueting, Xiaowang, Niuniu, and Ling Feifei's master and servant were all there. Everyone sat around eating baked sweet potatoes, and even picky people like Mama Zhong ate very happily! While eating, Lian Zhou looked at the oven, and it seemed that there was still a lot of roasting inside.

Since he has sweet potatoes at home, Li Xin has ordered an oven for roasting sweet potatoes, which is relatively simple, but it is very practical. You can bake a lot of sweet potatoes at one time, which is enough for everyone to eat well. Lian Zhi sat in the closest place to Lian Zhou's, holding a handkerchief in her hand, holding a sweet potato in the handkerchief, eating sweet potatoes in small bites, looking like a beautiful girl.

In comparison, the others didn't look elegant, even Ling Feifei didn't pay so much attention to it, sitting on the edge of Yueting, eating sweet potatoes happily.

"Looks like we're back just in time! It's already baked. Li Xin smiled, took the pot first, put the pumpkin flowers she and Caixia brought back in the pot, and then found Xiao Mazha to sit with everyone. There were still a lot of roasted sweet potatoes in the middle pot, Li Xin took one for Caixia first, and then took one himself and ate it.

The sweet potatoes have been baked for a while, so they are not too hot and are the right time to eat.

"Big sister go to the field! Why didn't I see you when I came back! Yue Ting said with a smile.

"I didn't see you either! Maybe I didn't pay attention! Li Xin smiled, "The pumpkins are growing very well, and it won't take long to pick the first batch." ”

"That's good, Shopkeeper Sun also said that there are not too many fresh vegetables these days! I always ask when we can supply vegetables to Pin Xiang Ge at home. Wenbo said.

"When it's time for this side of the matter, it's time to go to Zhuangzi to have a look. Although I know that there is nothing to worry about, I still have to take a look at it so that I can rest assured. Canola should have been harvested almost as well, right? "This year, I still planted a lot of rapeseed, but they were all planted in the fields, and the fields were planted with peppers and tomatoes.

Nowadays, there are still more uses of chili peppers, although it is said that chili peppers cannot be eaten as rice, but after drying, it is easy to store and Yunshu, so it can be supplied to Pinxiangge in various places, but it takes some time to transport. Tomatoes, although delicious, cannot be transported over long distances, so the supply of shops is also very limited.

Therefore, if you grow a lot of chili peppers at home, you can sell them. There is a Pin Xiang Pavilion, and the taste of chili peppers will definitely spread out slowly, throughout the entire Tianchen Dynasty, so that everyone will gradually get used to and fall in love with such a taste. After planting it this year, I might be able to spread the pepper to the outside world.

"I guess the harvest is beginting! However, it should be fast when there are many people, and rape is easier to harvest. If the eldest sister is not at ease, it is better to take a look. "This year's rape is not directly sown, but seedlings are raised first, and transplanted only when the seedlings grow to the right height, so it is planted earlier. After the corn was harvested, the fields were prepared and rape was planted.

However, this year's rape is not as much as last year's, because more than 100 acres have been set aside to grow potatoes. The potatoes harvested last year, except for the smaller ones, which were dug up and eaten, were left in the cellar well, that is, there were more kinds of seeds.

"By the way, all last year's oil production was sold, right?" Last year, there was a lot of rape, and a lot of rape oil was squeezed out, according to her estimate, it was almost thirty or forty tons of rapeseed oil to be squeezed out, which is a large amount. A small oil mill alone naturally can't squeeze so much rapeseed in a year, so I expanded the oil mill a little later, and a lot of oil was added to it.

In this era, there is no good machine for oil extraction, although there are tools, in fact, most of them still rely on manual labor, and oil extraction is relatively slow. Speaking of which, when she left, rapeseed was still backlogged in the warehouse on the Zhuangzi, and a lot of it was squeezed at this time.

"There are still a lot of rapeseed that have not been squeezed, and most of the oil that has been squeezed out has been bought, and the backlog is not very large. However, it may not be possible to sell all of them to Pinxiangge, and it is okay to sell them to Pinxiangge a little closer, but it is too far away, and it is unrealistic to transport oil so far. I also want to ask the eldest sister! Is it only sold to Pinxiang Pavilion? Can it be sold to ordinary people? ”

"If Pinxiangge really doesn't need so much oil extraction, sell it to the local people! It is indeed unrealistic to transport too far. The price is not too expensive, and I think the people can accept it. ”

"In the future, if I am not there, you can make a decision as long as you think it is appropriate! You don't have to wait for me all the time. ”

"I'm afraid I'm doing something wrong!" Wenbo smiled a little shyly. No matter how steady he is, he is still a child in the end! The matter of cultivating Wenbo can be done slowly, and Li Xin is not in a hurry.

After eating the baked sweet potatoes, the group left the kitchen. The yard is very wide, and the children play in the yard. Ling Feifei also liked this atmosphere, and she had already played with Yuexiang and them. Even the red jade and the green bead are not very old, they are the age of fun, and naturally they have a lot of fun with everyone.

Li Xin sat on the corridor and quietly watched everyone play.

Seeing the children so happy really makes her miss her childhood! People are still happiest in childhood, not to say that they are happy or not, at least they are happy. Children are always more easily satisfied, so happiness comes easily.

"Sister, am I useless!" Wen Hao stood beside Li Xin and said with some frustration.

"Why do you say that? How could we Wen Hao be useless? So smart, anyone who sees it likes it. Li Xin pulled Wen Hao to sit down on the side.

"The eldest brother can share the affairs of the family for the eldest sister, only I don't understand anything."

"You're still young! What nonsense! It's easy to get old if you're too worried, and if you think about it, you're not afraid of becoming a little old man! I don't like that our Wen Hao has become a little old man so quickly. Li Xin pinched Wen Hao's face, "Besides, how could you be useless!" I'm smart, I'm studious, I'm not very good at reading, I'm also good at kung fu, and I'm going to be a general in the future! ”R1152