Chapter 20 The Origin of Apples

"I'm sorry, my lord, I didn't control it." Lin Qianxun said the truth in his heart with a bald mouth, and he was stunned for a while, and then smiled.

The low laughter sounded again, and for some reason Lin Qianxun was not nervous, it was estimated that this was the case for both of them, so there was nothing to say about who laughed.

Time passed minute by minute, the weather was hot, and the two of them stuck together, Lin Qianxun felt that her body was like washing, she raised her head, stretched out her little finger, and stabbed the cold chopping wind that was laughing, his chest amplitude was huge because of laughter, and he was a person who practiced martial arts, and his lung capacity was extremely large.

"Lord Wang, you're not hot, I'm hot and tired, can you lie down and talk?" Lin Qianxun's weak voice came slowly and tiredly.

Leng Qifeng has never hugged a woman so closely, this novelty has not passed, and he is in a hazy numbness, how can he be willing to let go.

"It's not hot, go to bed when you're tired. This king holds you. Leng Chufeng refused very decisively, and tightened his hands as he spoke, tightening Lin Qianxun's body even tighter.

Lin Qianxun was naturally unwilling, this was in vain for him for more than half an hour, and finally lost to the serious cold chopping wind, and then he could only lie in his arms and fall asleep.

I didn't know what to use to bathe, and there was a faint fragrance of pine trees on her body, mixed with the good smell of the dark green of the rainforest, and there was a hypnotic effect, and it didn't take long for her to fall asleep on her stomach.

Leng Chopfeng heard the slight sound of breathing, and couldn't help but raise his neck to look, and found that Lin Qianxun was holding a cloth towel in one hand and putting the other under his head, such a cute sleeping face, he couldn't seem to see enough.

It is estimated that it is the first time to fall in love, the first time to have such a heartbeat, his heart is beating fast, if it is not for the strong willpower, the heart will jump out of his mouth.

Lin Qianxun, like all modern girls, slept in a very casual position, and after sleeping for less than a quarter of an hour, he turned over, one hand subconsciously wrapped around the cold and hot neck, his head was hidden in his shoulder blades, and his legs were not restless, and he had been lying on his stomach, and the other had already run in the southwest direction.

Leng Chufeng had never seen a woman sleep, and he didn't know how the nobles of the family or the concubines of Daqi were sleeping like, so he let Lin Qianxun go, because of drinking, sleepiness gradually attacked.

One hand wrapped around Lian Chihiro's waist, and the other hand grabbed her hand, and she fell asleep unconsciously.

It is said that after Helian Rui set off from Haocheng, the capital of Dayu, he walked towards Guanshan.

He took only one retinue, one man and one horse, and walked on the endless steppe against the scorching sun.

"Childe, did you really agree to Dayu's prince Helianman's request?" The attendant was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and his face was full of vicissitudes because of his long-term travel, but because he was young, his face was slightly dark, full of energy, and his eyes were as bright as the sun in the sky.

"What do you think of Helenman?" Helian Rui wore a pale golden curtain fence, and did not speak immediately, but squinted at the endless grassland, with the hot sky above his head, the green grass under his feet, and the gurgling river not far away, the golden sunlight sprinkled on the river surface, reflecting the mottled light.

A herd of leisurely wild yaks and wild gazelles are wrestling their tails and grazing on the grassland.

The handsome man frowned slightly, thought about it very seriously, and then spoke a little unconfidently.

"He is ruthless, decisive, and the kind of bold and careful, not easy to deal with."

"You're right, Helian Man can be the prince of the Great Yu Kingdom, he has his own advantages, he is full of wealth, and far-sighted, he is a generation of talents, but unfortunately he met our God of War, so it is not worth mentioning." Helian Rui didn't answer the attendant's words at all, but changed the topic without a trace, the little attendant is the only one who is the most important, and the master doesn't want to say that he doesn't ask, but he is very puzzled why the master would mention the god of war of the Great Apocalypse Leng Feng Leng Wang, this prince is a throne. Legend.

"Childe, why can't you compare to Lord Leng?" The little squire asked puzzled.

"The cold slash wind and cold prince is a strategic genius that comes once in a hundred years of the Great Apocalypse, with him, there are few enemies at the border passes, even if there is an enemy attack, he will be repulsed soon, Helenman is not simply trying to close the mountain, his ambition is not small." Helian Rui said expressionlessly, but if you look closely, you can see a trace of mockery in his eyes.

"His Majesty is also wise, and he is also relieved of his Uncle Wang." The little attendant is also very emotional, no dynasty can accommodate someone who is stronger than his own ability, and the military power is handed over to him, if there is a little rebellion in the Cold War, the Great Apocalypse is just around the corner.

"Who can see through the affairs of the royal family, and now they can use the cold chopping wind, and when the court is stable, it is estimated that the young emperor will have to find a way to take back his rights." Helian Rui rolled her eyes contemptuously, even if there are not a few of her own brothers who kill each other for that throne, not to mention the son of her mother's rival, the queen mother is also ready to move now, and the good days of the Cold War are not a few days away.

"Childe is right." The little squire chimed in.

Then the two of them continued to walk leisurely.

Time flickered past the afternoon, and when Lin Qianxun woke up, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, she glanced at her watch, and then at the cold chopping wind who was inputting water beside her, she was ugly next to someone she had just met, and she was screaming to kill her Why is everything so embarrassing.

Lin Qianxun couldn't wait to hammer himself, after being annoyed, that was to sneak away, this master was tired for a day, and he slept on his chest for an hour, and his body was already flax, to prevent her from being light again, it was better to slip away.

The cloth towel in her hand didn't know where it had gone, and she was sweating all over her sleep, so it was better to get out of the way early, she carefully took away the cold hand, and then got off him lightly, and then, the wind slipped away.

It is estimated that Leng Rolling and others have drunk wine, and their stamina is greater, and they will sleep deeply, and Lin Qianxun didn't know that he had escaped, but instinctively turned over.

Lin Qianxun came out of the house and found that only the children were playing in the yard, Da Hei was lying lazily under the apricot tree, still the way she was before she entered the house, she rolled her eyes angrily, this Da Hei was also drunk.

"Sister, are you awake?" A little girl exclaimed in surprise.

"yes, when did you wake up?" Lin Qianxun rubbed his face, and then hurriedly jumped down the steps and went directly to the place where the children gathered.

"After a while, we woke up and saw my sister and brother asleep together, so we didn't dare to wake you up, sister, have you drunk too much?" "After all, the children are young, and because they left their parents when they were young, they naturally haven't seen the love of their parents, so the intimate actions of Lin Qianxun and Leng Rolling are still not clear to the children, which also avoids a lot of embarrassment.

"That's good, I'll go boil some water, and then we'll gather the firewood we cut today, I'll cook for you in the evening, and we have to go to the barracks." Lin Qianxun rolled up her sleeves three or two times, turned around and went to the kitchen, they must have been thirsty when they woke up after drinking, and drinking cold water was not good for their stomachs, so she still boiled some hot water, she had never used an earthen stove, but it took a lot of effort, and after the fire was lit, her face was black.

Xiaohu is a sweaty child, and he still has some awkward openings.

"I'll do it."

"It's fine." Lin Qianxun got up with a smile, she is also self-aware, if she can't, let her come, she is not an all-rounder.

Xiaohu was so thin and craggy that his back was bulging, and Lin Qianxun felt sour when he saw it, and secretly encouraged himself to create a happy life for these children.

There was a little tiger to light the fire, and she went out to make firewood.

The children helped She used the coarse ones in one row, the medium ones next to them, and the thinnest ones on the other side, so that it was not a problem to use, and from time to time there were a few cheerful cries in the yard.

Lin Qianxun opened his mouth to tell a story while doing it.

First told them about the little girl who sold matches, the children didn't know much what matches were, Lin Qianxun used fire folds instead, starting from the little girl in the cold winter night, until she was frozen to death in the cold night, some little girls actually opened their mouths and cried. This overwhelmed Lin Qianxun.

She comforted indiscriminately.

Leng Chofeng, who had just woken up, came out of the house, leaned on the wooden door, and looked at Lin Qianxun with an apologetic face, the corners of his mouth rose, and his cold eyebrows and eyes softened a lot.

"Don't cry, don't cry It's just a story, I'll tell you another Snow White story, right?" Lin Qianxun patted her forehead in annoyance, she was almost crying stupidly by herself again. The children are already poor, how can they still tell such a tragic story, they are sad when they are hot, they are really rubbing salt on their wounds.

"Sister, what is Snow White?" The children stopped crying and asked innocently.

The reason why Snow White is called Snow White is because she is very beautiful, and her complexion is as white as snow, so her parents gave the princess the name Snow White, and later, Snow White's mother died, and her father found a wife, this wife, very bad-hearted, on the surface to Snow White is very good, but secretly harsh her, and there is a magic mirror next to her stepmother, she will ask the sunglasses every day, "Magic mirror, magic mirror, who is the most beautiful in this world." ”

"Sister, what did sunglasses say?" The children grabbed Lin Qianxun's sleeve and shook her and asked.

The magic mirror naturally smiled and said, of course it is Her Majesty the Queen, but if you are the most beautiful, you will lose Snow White. When the queen heard this, she was immediately angry, and she said no, I am the most beautiful woman in the world. Later, she asked her to dress up as an old woman and gave Snow White a red apple. ”

Children are curious about what an apple is.

"Sister, what is an apple?"

"Don't you know Apple?" Lin Qianxun asked in surprise.

"I don't know." Childish, I shook my head and said I didn't know.

Lin Qianxun glanced at the sky, and then with the help of the system, she began to popularize the history of apple development in her country to these children.

She then pulled the youngest girl to sit next to Da Hei and said slowly.

In my sister's hometown, there were many names for apples, namely cotton apples, which were called 柰 in ancient times, and were also called "Laifowl", "Lin Yu", "Pinpo", "Pingpo Fruit" and so on.

It was first seen in Sima Xiangru's Shanglin Fu (125-118 BC) in the Western Han Dynasty: "梈柰 Magnolia". Among them, "柰" is the later cotton apple, that is, the ancient name of the hometown apple.

The word "apple" as we now call it is derived from Sanskrit, another fruit of ancient India, which is called "Pinpo" in Buddhist scriptures, and was later borrowed by Chinese, and has "Pingbo", "Pingpo" and other writings. In the "Qunfang Spectrum • Fruit Spectrum" during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there is an "apple" article, called "Apple: out of the north, Yan Zhao is especially good." Pick up the Ringo body. The body of the tree is straight, the leaves are green, like a forest tree and big, and the fruit is like a pear and smooth. Raw green, ripe half red and half white, or all red, smooth and cute to play, fragrant smell a few steps. The taste is sweet pine, the unripe ones eat like cotton wool, and the overripe and rotten ones are unbearable to eat, but the eight or nine medium-cooked ones are the best." Later, many experts in the history of agriculture and fruit trees in my sister's hometown believed that this was the earliest use of the word "apple" in Chinese.

In fact, there is a lot of talk about apples, and some people think that these ancient fruits such as ringo, cranny, and flower red are considered to be native to our family, or fruits similar to apples. The cultivation record of apples in my hometown can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty cultivated Lin Yi and Cinnados in Shanglin Yuan. But with the passage of time, it is generally believed that the ringo and the tree should be the current sand fruit rather than the apple, that is, the begonia, and the apple in the real sense was introduced to China from Central Asia during the Yuan Dynasty.

Apples have been cultivated in my hometown for more than 2,000 years, and there are still apples in Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang and Qinghai in my hometown, and the Hexi Corridor is its central production area. At present, most of the varieties that are used as economic cultivation are imported from abroad, and they are called Western apples, and the cultivation history is less than 200 years. The shape is still very similar, and the leaves are similar, but the size is different.

After Lin Qianxun finished speaking, the children looked ignorant, but the older children said with a smile.

"Sister, no matter what the apple is called, it is a delicious fruit, so how many kinds of apples are there in my sister's hometown?"

"It's a snack at first glance." Lin Qianxun stretched out his hand and scraped the little girl's face, and then spoke again.

"Red Fuji, Gala, Sansa, Red Fruit (Snake Fruit), Australian Qingping, Red General, Tsugaru, Golden Crown, Red Jade, in fact, there are so many, we generally call them apples, because these apples that we eat now are the best apples selected by agronomists and those who grow apples for ten years or even decades, after grafting, they grow, my sister has eaten Red Fuji, the skin is thin and juicy, as for the red fruit skin is deep red, the taste is sandy, and there is a golden crown, which is similar to it, and the rest are native to my hometown, You can eat it all year round, and everyone is used to it. Lin Qianxun said with a smile.

"Sister, when will we be able to eat such delicious apples?" A child asked.

"Yes, with my sister here, I will definitely grow many good varieties, so that the people of Daqi can eat cheap apples." Lin Qianxun replied with a smile again.

"Really?" The children excitedly surrounded Lin Qianxun and asked.

"Really, this is not new, I will help you grow potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, peanuts, tomatoes, cucumbers and many other foods from my sister's hometown, so that you can get rid of hunger and live a life where you will not be hungry." Lin Qianxun is very sure that she has the seeds provided by the system, as well as the occasional help from the system, which can be harvested as long as time has passed.

"That's great." The children looked at each other one by one, and they could see the excitement in their eyes.

"Let's work together, let's continue to tell the story of Snow White." Lian Chihiro smiled and touched their heads, and then slowly and gently told the story of the household name.

Overhead, the sky was clear, with a few clouds floating, and the occasional bird skimmed by, leaving only an afterimage.

Leng Chopping Wind looked at her quietly like this, from the beginning of the apple popularization of knowledge, his heart has never been quiet, who knew that a fruit would have so many names, and he had never heard of them, and he had never seen or heard of the food in the back, if these can really take root in Daqi, then Daqi is not strong, and seeing Lin Qianxun means that she really wants to stay in Daqi and help more people survive well, which means that she has to stay in Daqi for a long time, not to leave him, not to return to her hometown, That means they have a future, thinking of this, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep, and he couldn't wait to pull Lin Qianxun to discuss the lifelong events of the two, he had never been so excited and apprehensive, could it be that the senior monk of Xiangguo Temple said it was true, his destiny was the woman in front of him with a smile on her face and a mind full of novel stories.

His mother concubine is in the spirit of the sky, if she knows, she will be excited and I don't know how to be good, such a daughter-in-law will talk to her about a lot of topics, but unfortunately, she died early.

Thinking of this, Leng Chopping Wind couldn't help but feel a little sour, jealous and red-faced, and Hui was extremely hurtful, he wanted to protect Lin Qianxun well, let her accompany him, and never be separated.

Although he was a little skeptical at first, but now that he saw clearly, Lin Qianxun didn't have the idea of deceiving himself, not to mention that the place where she lived was a beautiful outdoor paradise at all times.

Time flies, and soon the story of Snow White ends.

The children looked at Lin Qianxun unsatisfied, and their smiling faces were full of longing.

"I've told two stories today, I can't listen to them anymore, you listen to the stories, you have to do a good job, and when your body is well, we will start to read and write, and we have to do half an hour of work every day, so it's best to combine work and rest." Lin Qianxun resolutely refused, and after she got up, she asked the children for three chapters.

As soon as the children heard that they could read, they immediately cheered.

Suddenly the courtyard was very lively.

"Xun'er, this king wants to drink water." Seeing that Lin Qianxun didn't see him at all, Leng Chofeng was stunned and hurriedly looked for a sense of existence.