In the beginning of autumn, the weather suddenly became a lot colder, and in the morning you have to put on two layers of single clothes to keep out the cold, Li Xiu calculated the time, last year he crossed over at this time, and now it is about to be a year, today is the beginning of autumn again, according to the habits of Li Xiu's hometown, naturally a meal of dumplings is indispensable. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When it comes to dumplings, Li Xiu's favorite food is still ordinary cabbage and pork filling, but unfortunately the pork is easy to find, but the cabbage is not easy to find, and the Chinese cabbage used to make dumplings in later generations cannot be found at all, so he can only use the taste of the same cabbage, that is, the cabbage of later generations, but it may also be a psychological problem, Li Xiu always feels that the dumplings made of cabbage are not as delicious as the Chinese cabbage.

Two bowls of sour soup dumplings, Li Xiu came to the river for a walk to eat, although the dumplings are delicious, but it is easy to indigestion if you eat too much, so Li Xiu holds the small teapot that has just been burned and drinks while walking, there is nothing more greasy than tea.

"Chinese cabbage seems to be a cross between two crops, one of which must be bok choy, and the other is what is the comer?" Li Xiu whispered to himself as he walked, he was thinking about the problem of Chinese cabbage when he was eating dumplings just now, since Chinese cabbage is hybridized, can he artificially hybridize Chinese cabbage in advance?

As soon as this idea appeared in Li Xiu's mind, it immediately aroused his great interest, but he only remembered that the Chinese cabbage was hybridized, and one of them was a small cabbage, but he couldn't remember what the other plant was for a while, which was also one of the reasons why he came to the river for a walk, hoping to calm down and think about it carefully.

However, Li Xiu walked back and forth by the river several times, but in the end he still couldn't think of what the name of another crop was, but vaguely remembered that the crop and the cabbage were both plants of the same family, from this point it can be inferred that this crop is likely to be a vegetable, in fact, Li Xiu seems to have seen the picture of this vegetable from somewhere, vaguely remembered that it seemed to be a vegetable very similar to a radish, but it was definitely not a radish, and he couldn't remember the name of this vegetable, which also made him very distressed.

It doesn't matter if you can't remember the name, in fact, even if Li Xiu thinks of the name, it is likely to be different from the name of this vegetable in the Tang Dynasty, so Li Xiu finally returned home and called Yuechan, and then described the form of the vegetable he vaguely remembered, this vegetable looks very similar to a radish, but as soon as she said this, Yuechan immediately smiled and said: "Master, what you said won't be kohlrabi, right?" ”

"Kohlrabi? Do we have it here? Li Xiu was a little uncertain when he heard this somewhat unfamiliar name, he had to see the real thing to be sure.

"Yes, although it's not the season for kohlrabi to go on the market, there are some at home, I'll take them for you!" Yuechan smiled again, and went to the kitchen as she spoke, and after a while, she brought a vegetable that looked very similar to a radish, with a round root underneath and long green leaves growing on it.

"That's right, this is it!" Li Xiu recognized this kohlrabi at a glance as the vegetable he was looking for, after all, the fat rhizome below was too easy to recognize.

"Hehe, sir, what are you looking for kohlrabi, do you want to eat this kohlrabi at night?" Seeing Li Xiu's happy appearance, Yuechan couldn't help but ask again, kohlrabi can be used as a dish or as a staple food, and it is also very common in the vegetable market, but it is smaller than the radish, and the price is more expensive than the radish.

"Haha, there's no need to eat, can we grow this kind of kohlrabi here?" Li Xiu asked excitedly again at this time.

"Of course, this is originally a vegetable from the north, and I rarely saw it when I was in the south." Yuechan nodded with wide eyes at this time. In fact, neither she nor Li Xiu knew that the so-called kohlrabi, also known as turnip, is also called Zhuge cabbage, and it is after it is hybridized with small cabbage that the new species of Chinese cabbage is produced.

"Great, Yuechan, go buy some seeds of this kohlrabi and cabbage, master, I want to grow vegetables!" Li Xiu said excitedly when he heard this, what is rich and capricious, he is like this, he even does not hesitate to create a species in order to eat Chinese cabbage, it makes people feel awesome to think about it.

"Now?" Yuechan was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then said with some embarrassment: "Master, it's autumn now, and it's going to be winter in a while, is it a little late for you to plant vegetables now?" ”

Li Xiu finally came to his senses when he heard this, but then he thought of the vegetable greenhouse of Princess Pingyang, and shouted excitedly: "It's not too late, there is a greenhouse on the princess's side, I'll go find a room to experiment, and they should also have seeds, so there is no need to send someone to buy them." ”

Li Xiu thought of what was what, and strode to the outside of Princess Pingyang's courtyard, all the vegetable greenhouses were not far from the courtyard, last year Ma Ye and they were not there, Li Xiu took care of them for them, and after the winter passed, the cloth on the greenhouse had been removed, and vegetables were still planted inside, one was to prevent the vegetable field from being barren, and the other was to plant some vegetables for the princess's own use.

The steward who manages the vegetable greenhouse is surnamed Shi, and he is also an old acquaintance of Li Xiu. Steward Shi was also very enthusiastic when he saw Li Xiu coming here, and this kind of trivial matter didn't need to alarm Princess Pingyang at all, Li Xiu could call the shots himself, so when he saw Steward Shi, he said directly: "Steward Shi, are there kohlrabi and cabbage planted in the vegetable greenhouse?" ”

"There are a lot of kohlrabi planted, and it is usually consumed a lot in the house, but the cabbage was originally a vegetable in the south, and there were very few people who planted it here before, but after we had a greenhouse, I let people plant some, and the quantity was not very much." The steward immediately replied that he was an old steward who was close to the age of six, and he usually worked very hard, so he was arranged to manage all the vegetable greenhouses here.

"Very good, take me to the kohlrabi greenhouse!" Li Xiu said excitedly when he heard this, he didn't expect that there were ready-made kohlrabi and cabbage in the greenhouse, and he almost saw that the dumplings filled with cabbage and pork were beckoning to him.

At that moment, the steward took Li Xiu to the greenhouse where kohlrabi was planted, and saw that the vegetable field inside was full of green kohlrabi, exactly the same as Yuechan showed him, in fact, all the vegetables that Li Xiu's family usually eats come from here, unless it is a vegetable that is not available here, Yuechan will send someone to buy it at the vegetable market in the city.

"These kohlrabi are growing well!" Li Xiu first praised it, then walked in and took a closer look, and once again instructed the steward, "Steward Shi, I want to do something with these kohlrabi, don't ask why, let people dig out one row of these kohlrabi every two rows, and then transplant the cabbage into the dug up open space!" ”

"Huh? This ......" Steward Shi couldn't help but show a look of embarrassment when he heard Li Xiu's strange request, after all, these dishes grow well, and it will take a while to mature, wouldn't it be a pity to dig them up now?

"Don't worry, I will tell Ma Ye about this matter in person, and it won't make it difficult for you!" Li Xiu saw that the steward was a little embarrassed, and immediately said again, His Majesty Ma Ye is very strict, and the steward must be worried about being punished.

Sure enough, hearing that Li Xiuhui would say to Ma Ye in person, this made the steward immediately relieved, and he nodded and agreed without asking Li Xiu what he wanted to do, and immediately called the vegetable farmers to do what Li Xiu instructed, and as a result, he was busy all afternoon before he finished the vegetable field.

Looking at the vegetable field with a row of cabbage and a row of kohlrabi in front of him, Li Xiu suddenly found a problem, that is, if you want to make them hybridize, you must wait until they bloom, but as far as he knows, you have to wait until these two vegetables bloom, at least until the spring of tomorrow, but if you use a greenhouse in winter, maybe you will let them bloom in advance, but there are no bees in the greenhouse, and there is no wind, if you want to cross-pollinate them, you must pollinate them manually, it seems that you have to pay attention to their growth at all times, And get ready to pollinate them.

When Ma Ye came back in the evening, Li Xiu told him about the greenhouse he asked for today to do experiments, but before he finished speaking, Ma Ye interrupted a little strangely: "What are you going to do in the kid, you let people dig up half of the good vegetable plot, and plant the cabbage and kohlrabi together, do you want them to have children?" ”

"Hey, Uncle Ma, you are really a god, how do you know that I want little cabbage and kohlrabi to have children?" Li Xiu couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, and looked at Ma Ye and said, if he didn't know Ma Ye well, he would have doubted whether Ma Ye was a traverser?

Hearing Li Xiu's words, Ma Ye was startled, reached out and touched his forehead, and then said with some puzzlement: "I don't have a fever, why did you start talking nonsense again?" ”

"Uncle Ma, I'm not talking nonsense, but I really plan to let them have children, and you will definitely be surprised then!" Li Xiu didn't say angrily at all, he also knew that his words were difficult for people in this era to understand, but it was not wrong to describe hybridization as having children.

"You kid is always doing all this kind of." Ma Ye didn't look like Li Xiu was joking, and he couldn't help but be stunned at the moment, and then shook his head helplessly, the more he got along with Li Xiu, the more he felt that he lacked knowledge, which was very devastating.

"Uncle Ma, how is the preparation of honeycomb coal, have the nobles who are promoting with you found it?" Li Xiu didn't want to explain the natural science of hybridization to Ma Ye, so he changed the topic at the moment, during this time, Ma Ye was a dragon who saw the beginning and did not see the end, and he was running around all day for the honeycomb coal thing, but he seemed to be enjoying it, and he was energetic every day, and it seemed that people still needed something to do.

As soon as he talked about the honeycomb coal, Ma Ye immediately shook his spirits and said: "You are really right, today we met in the largest restaurant in Chang'an City, and this is what we are talking about, and it has been agreed that the coal shops prepared by each other will open together the day after tomorrow, and strive to let everyone use our honeycomb coal as soon as possible!" (To be continued.) )