After it was completely dark, Sun Xiangfu had no way to continue chatting with Wu Shitong, because the after-dinner entertainment time for his four little guys was up, Hongmei and Chun Tao tried all kinds of methods, and they couldn't control them, Sun Xiangfu knew that if they didn't let them use all their strength now, they wouldn't want to rest in peace tonight.

"Daddy, daddy, the child wants to play with blocks, he wants to build a big house······"

"Okay, let your sister Mei Niang play with you, she's smart·····"

A blanket was spread out on the floor tiles in the living room, several large bags, small colored wooden blocks of various shapes were poured on the blanket, and suddenly, this living room became a playground for children, Wu Meiniang, the eldest child, was caught by Sun Xiangfu to help him take the child, Hongmei and Chun Tao, was to help Sun Xiangfu prepare hot water bathing, a few were fooled by Wu Meiniang to the fire room to burn firewood stove, take a big pot to boil water, did not find at all, these houses, in fact, there is a carbon stove that can be used.

The young men in the village who went to put fish cages came back, enjoying the parade of the fourteen princes of the Tang Dynasty, which can be regarded as letting them step into the pinnacle of their lives, but the so-called 'thank you ceremony' in the hands of the princes is really too valuable, either jade pendants or brocade robes, but it is not something that they peasant boys can enjoy.

But there was no way, more than a dozen princes said that they were not allowed to leave if they did not take it, and of course, they were not allowed to leave if they took it, and they had to be taught to make a fire and boil water.

Those half-sized children don't understand what is wrong with these nobles, although the families in the village are not rich, but they have long used carbon stoves, and the cooking pot is put on the stove, and it will be a pot of boiling water for a while, so why bother to make a fire in the big stove to boil water.

However, since people have requirements, then, those who have taken the benefits of others naturally can't help but do things, anyway, they can't understand why these nobles are so happy when they see the firewood under their stove being ignited.

"Originally, the fire should be started with flammable hay, burn fine wood branches, and then enlarge the block of firewood, and the stove should not be filled with firewood, at the bottom, to leave a gap for ventilation, when the fan blows, it is not as fierce as possible, to the gap left before, slowly fan, or a small breath of air. This king, today is considered to be a rise in knowledge. ”

Li Tai and these people are not really stupid, and even, they are much smarter than these children in the village, but they have not been exposed to these things before, so they don't understand the truth and method, this is the same as many reality shows in later generations, many stars go to the countryside to experience life, but they can't even cook on a fire that seems very simple, it's the same reason, they just need to watch others do it once, and they will immediately understand the truth.

"That's it, also called knowledge?"

Li Yuanchang, the king of Han, only felt that he had given a piece of jade pendant a little loss, but he didn't think about how helpless these village boys were before they helped them light the fire.

"Zi said, threesome, there must be my teacher, sure enough, there is some truth, if Uncle Han Wang thinks that he can handle everything, he can take the pot and heat it now, and take it to bathe, but I want to communicate more with these villagers and brothers, and ask for some things."

Li Tai may not have any great wisdom now, but there is a lot of cleverness, before, Sun Xiangfu said, after arriving in this village, all things in life must be handled by themselves, and life in the village is not just about boiling water and bathing, many other aspects have to be involved, like him, who is often forced to diet to lose weight, the first thing that comes to mind is the problem of eating, after helping a few worried villagers and boys, he soon found one of the most clever young men and pulled aside.

Seeing the situation, Li Ke was not slow, and pulled a young man who looked the oldest to the side, wanting to communicate well, and he didn't forget to pull his own brother Li Su over together.

Then, the entire fire room staged a scene.

Outside the door, arranged Du Wei and other officials of the Ministry of Agriculture to soak the rice seeds sent by each province in water, Sun Xiangfu, just secretly looked inside the crack of the door for a while, then turned around and went back to the room to take a bath and rest, these boys are taking a bath today, I am afraid that it is not so easy to wash, tomorrow, he will let Zhang Ke read out various regulations during their study here, at least let them become a person who can survive in this society without relying on the identity of the prince.

In fact, no one in the fire room really dared to rob Li Shimin's four sons, after all, they were all in their teens, and they knew the current situation, but most of them didn't have any logic to do things, like Li Yuanchang, although he relied on his own obesity and strength, he forced a person behind him, but he didn't know what he wanted to ask him.

On the other hand, Li Tai had already chatted with a young man named Qiu Zan that he had grabbed.

"Is there a market near the village? Where do you get your daily belongings from? ”

Qiu Zan shook his head and replied, "No, our villages are all newly built houses last year, from the nearest Yuezhou City, by waterway, at least more than a hundred miles, usually, only the merchant who comes by boat will peddle some things on the dock, if there is anything needed, you can let Jiang Laohan, who collects fish goods, go to Yuezhou City to bring it, as for the food, it is all grown in the ground." ”

"There is no bazaar."

After Li Tai heard the news, he wanted to sell some of the small things he brought with him, and the idea of secretly buying food, even if it was broken, he wanted to come to the old man Jiang who collected the fish and went to Yuezhou City, at least for a day, and he was very likely to be greeted by Sun Xiangfu.

"In your village, how do you eat every day, do you cook your own food? Or when the farm is busy, everyone together? ”

"The adults are very busy, when the farm is busy, we have to go out to work early in the morning, cooking and laundry, we children do, after the farm is busy, the adults will go to pick the embankment and build the embankment, and they will not come back for a few months, we have to take care of ourselves." Qiu Zan said truthfully.

"In other words, starting tomorrow, we will have to deal with our own three meals a day. By the way, you said that everything you need to eat depends on the fields that are grown, and where is the vegetable field in the village? ”

"The east end of the village, the fish pond, the lotus root pond, are all the vegetable fields of our village, however, the six villages in this big wall, are not divided from each other, there are more than 2,000 acres of vegetable land in total, before the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture taught everyone to plant, planted a lot of kinds, more can not be eaten at all, everyone will often use to feed the fish, you can go to the vegetable fields of each village to pick, as long as it is your own food, it will not care."

More than 2,000 acres of vegetable land to grow vegetables, only for the three or four thousand people in this mound, naturally more than enough, however, the bottom of the peasant people in this era, for green vegetables, do not have much good feelings, as long as there is no famine, they are vegetarian all year round, most of the time, they prefer to eat more white rice, can eat a few pieces of fat pork every day, is their dream.

When Li Tai heard this, his heart was relieved, it would be good to have vegetables, and then he asked again with a fluke mentality, "So, is there any food that can be eaten directly?" ”

"Well, now this season, there are more leeks, celery, cabbage, peas and spring shoots, all of which need to be cooked to be delicious."

In these dishes, the peas can barely be eaten raw, but that thing is not full, it tastes big when eaten raw, and it is easy to have diarrhea if there are more, and the children in the village generally don't eat that thing raw, but since Li Tai said that it is eaten raw, Qiu Zan really thinks of one, that is, the lotus root intestines in the lotus root pool.

As the so-called March 3, out of the lotus root, in early spring, when the lotus leaves only show sharp corners, in the silt at the bottom of the river, there will definitely be a lotus root intestine that continues to extend, this is the name of the locals, outsiders, generally called the lotus root.

If you use your hands to follow the mud under the tip of the lotus root, probe into the mud, pull out the lotus root that has not budded, and pinch it off with your fingers, the white and tender lotus root belt can be eaten directly, and it is sweet and crisp, of course, except for the area around Honghu Lake, the lotus root produced in any other area does not have this taste.

The lotus root that was cut off and took away the lotus root belt will not die, but can grow again, and in later generations, the famous pickled pepper root belt, a specialty of Hubei, is repeatedly pumped out in the lotus root pool.

Due to the short season of eating lotus root, even in the vegetable market of later generations, its price is much more expensive than pork, and it is difficult to eat authentic Honghu lotus root in other places.

Today, when Qiu Zan and they went to the fish cage, they had already seen that there were thin lotus roots in the lotus root pond that came out, and when the children in the village were hungry in the future, they could go down to the lotus root pond to draw lotus roots, and this was the most tender that could be eaten in a month, and in April and May, when the lotus pod came out, it was all old.

However, even if Qiu Zan tried his best to describe this lotus root as delicious, Li Tai could only swallow his saliva, because he didn't know water at all, and he dared to go down to the river, let alone leave a lot of deep corns when digging lotus roots in winter.

"Well, do you know how to stir-fry and cook?" Li Tai asked again.

"Yes, after my father bought an iron pot for the family last year, I used fish on the dock and exchanged some seasonings to come back, and learned from the officials sent by the Ministry of Agriculture to make a few stir-fried dishes, which tasted very good."

"It's good, seasoning, we should have it here, tomorrow morning, you must come over and teach me how to cook."

Li Tai touched the pocket in his sleeve, and originally wanted to give Qiu Zan some more valuable things, so that he could teach himself everything he knew in the future, but he didn't want to touch it, he came to Shannan Road, and he didn't bring many things.

patted Qiu Zan's shoulder with some embarrassment, and Li Tai said again, "Qiu Zan!" During this time, if you teach this king all the skills you know, after this king returns to Chang'an, he will definitely send someone to give you a big reward. ”

In fact, after receiving a piece of jade pendant that I don't know whose it was, Qiu Zan was already nervous in his heart, where did he dare to ask for any reward, but he was not a stupid person, and he said his appeal without thinking much, "Your reward is rich enough, no matter how much, the grass people don't dare to ask for it, it's just that the grass people have long passed the age of going to school, and they can write too few words, so they are not qualified to go to county school, if you ······"

"No problem, you teach this king to do laundry and cook, this king teaches you to read and write, you and I are good teachers to each other, it will spread out one day, it must be a good story······"

Li Tai's side was finalized, and Li Ke's side was not left behind, after basically interrogating the situation in the village, he made an agreement similar to Li Tai and Qiu Zan, and then let the young man go home, but Li Yuanjing, Li Yuanchang and others were planning in their hearts, how to let these people come over tomorrow to serve themselves, since the waiter didn't listen to himself, recruit a few country boys to listen to him, it should be okay!