Sweet and sour fruits are lovely, but there are too few fruits that can be enjoyed in this era.

To achieve fruit freedom is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Qin Xiang likes fruits and vegetables, and also likes meat and seafood. It can be said that as long as the food tastes good, she has almost nothing to hate.

However, in this era, due to the restrictions of the times, as well as transportation costs and other factors, there are only a few kinds of fruits that can be eaten.

Unlike in modern times, where the logistics industry is developed, people in the south can eat fruits from the north, while people in the north can also enjoy various fruits and melons in tropical style.

Not to mention mango and lychee, even watermelon, which is a common and visible fruit, has become a rare commodity here.

However, it is not surprising that watermelons are originally imported and not owned by the country. The watermelons that Xiyan now has are all bought from other places, and after several years of breeding, they are only for the rich and noble.

Therefore, it is difficult to see watermelons in the market. And ordinary people, let alone watermelons, have never seen them.

Both Eating Chicken and Yi Mingju provide fruit drinks, which Qin Xiang spent a lot of money and spent a lot of effort to get them.

But if you can drink a glass of cool watermelon juice or a watermelon smoothie in the summer, I don't know how refreshing it is. Even such a small requirement is not easy to meet.

Just like the wild fruits she tastes now, they seem ordinary, but they are also carefully selected. Except for its smaller size, it looks no different from the fruits sold in the market.

"Boss Qin really wants to take over these fruit forests?" The man who spoke couldn't believe what he had heard, and he ran away from his ears and confirmed it again. After getting Qin Xiang's affirmation, she was sure that she really wanted to take over his fruit forests.

In Xiyan, fruit farmers are a scarce occupation compared to farmers. Food is essential for everyone to survive, but it can be fruits and hydration necessities.

Huang Laowu's family has several mountain forests, in addition to planting fruit trees, you can also pick some mushrooms and other mountain goods from the mountains to sell. Planting fruit trees requires patience because fruit trees don't bear fruit that year after they are planted. And flowering and fruiting are also a very slow process.

Fortunately, his ancestors did this, but he has some experience. But whoever made him unlucky, the fruit grove grew really badly. Not to mention the size of the harvested fruits, they are all pitted, as if they have been damaged, and they cannot be sold at a high price when they are brought to the market.

If he can't sell it, he can only rot on the tree, and he tosses back and forth like this, and no amount of silver is enough for him to waste. The family was in debt, and when he saw that his life was going to be unbearable, he suddenly heard that someone wanted to buy his fruit forest.

The area of the fruit forest of Huang Laowu's family is too large for ordinary people to eat. People who are willing to buy fruit forests must want to make money from fruit trees. These men have money in hand, but they don't have that much money to take out. And those who have silver can not look down on these fruit forests, and if they have money, they will go directly to buy the hills, and it is useless to ask for anything.

Seeing that the fruit forest could not be sold in his hands for a year, he saw the flowers blooming and falling, and the fruits turned green and red, and Huang Lao Wu was not in the mood to pick them. Suddenly, someone came to the door and said that they wanted to buy his orchard, which was almost like a joke.

But with a kind of thought, he still let him take a ride to Xijing.

As soon as he saw this Boss Qin, he was stunned at first. Boss Qin is beautiful and has a graceful and luxurious temperament, looking like a lady in the palace, but he doesn't look like a businessman.

Huang Lao Wu felt a pity in his heart, and said in his heart: Forget it, even if you are deceived, there is no way to do it.

But who knows......

"Now that you understand, sign this deed."

Huang Lao Wu hurriedly looked down at the contract, which was written in black and white, and there was no trick at all. Not only did the deed paper, but the other party even invited a Chinese person.

"Go back and take the deed paper to the yamen and pass the land deed to my name."

Huang Lao Wu walked out of the teahouse with vague steps, and there was a fluttering silver ticket in his arms. It's just that the numbers on the silver ticket can definitely make him start a new business after paying off his debts.

Xiaoyu put away the deed paper and asked with a puzzled face: "What does the owner do when he buys the fruit forest?" His woods don't grow well. ”

Qin Xiang smiled and didn't explain to her.

What she wants is indeed Huang Lao Wu's fruit forest. The value of his orchard itself is not high, but the value is the fruit trees that have grown for many years.

Humans have a long history of growing fruits, but the technology of fruit grafting started a little late. However, the other branch of grafting, flower grafting, started very early.

Qin Xiang's first thought was to use fruit trees for grafting, so that he could harvest more stable and high-yield varieties. It's just that I have to experiment on fruit trees, and I don't know how long it will take. asked people to inquire if there was a suitable fruit forest for sale, and Huang Lao Wu appeared.

"Go back and take the people to clean up the forest, and pluck the ripe fruit from the trees."

Xiaoyu's teeth were sour when she heard this, and she shook her head again and again: "Huang Lao Wu is full of words, saying that the fruit on the tree is not delicious." ”

It is not delicious because of the variety, as well as the planting and climate, and Qin Xiang is not easy to judge before seeing the fruit trees.

"Whoever says it's not delicious, you can't use it." Qin Xiang smiled mysteriously and pushed a plate of dim sum in front of her. "Taste this."

Xiaoyu glanced at her suspiciously, and wondered, "This is not ...... Did the proprietor bring it himself? ”

When Qin Xiang went out today, he also brought a box of snacks. Although there are few customers who come to the teahouse to bring their own snacks, it is not impossible. What's more, when Xiao Er saw that this dim sum was so exquisite, it was not something that their teahouse could supply, so he was busy asking people to put it on the most beautiful plate and serve it in a proper manner.

Huang Lao Wu didn't dare to eat a plate of dim sum, and only drank a cup of tea. Xiaoyu estimated that this was still due to nervousness.

Puzzled, she took a bite of the snack and was stunned by the strange taste.

The skin is soft and soft, and the slag is removed when you bite into it. The inner dough is slightly soft, and then the sweet and sour filling can't stop gushing out. 126 Chinese Net

"What's it called? It's delicious! ”

"That's why I'm going to take over the orchard."

Qin Xiang really wanted to eat all kinds of fruits and delicious snacks. Especially the delicate snacks are her favorite.

Due to the restrictions of the times, the raw materials that can be used are limited, so the types of confectionery are also limited.

Common ones such as puff pastry, such as various flower cakes, etc. However, bread and cakes, which are often eaten by modern people, are another type of dim sum that has not yet appeared here.

One night, she was hungry and wanted nothing else to eat, but suddenly she wanted to eat a loaf of bread.

It was when she was in college that there was a chain cake shop outside the school, and the variety sold was not very good. Compared with the Internet celebrity bakeries or handmade cake shops that opened all over the country one after another in later generations, it is ordinary.

But before these stores appeared, this brand of cake was already the ceiling in Qin Xiang's mind.

After all, a small loaf of bread costs a dozen. For her as a student, it is tantamount to a sky-high price.

Her favorite loaf at the time was a long loaf of bread with a hint of puff pastry, cut open and stuffed with chocolate cream and chocolate biscuits. Even the bread is chocolate-flavored, and the special aroma of chocolate fills the mouth when you bite into it.

Because the price is so expensive, she doesn't always buy it. If you are unhappy, you will buy one to coax yourself, or something lucky will happen.

The days of rewarding a small loaf of bread were far away, and when she got her own house and started learning to make all kinds of snacks, the brand never appeared on her table again.

I don't know why, when I was most hungry, this loaf suddenly appeared in my mind.

She swallowed her saliva and woke up in the night.

Even Han Yunxiao was woken up and asked if she was sleeping hot.

Qin Xiang looked at Han Yunxiao's handsome face, and felt aggrieved in his heart.

What's the use of being handsome, he can't even take out a loaf of bread.

In fact, it is not difficult to make bread, and there is no technical difficulty in building an oven. As a result, even nibbling chicken has begun to offer a simple version of the hamburger.

But Qin Xiang wanted sweet bread, cream, jam, and fluffy cakes.

She really can't wait to be a crossing girl, she can do anything. I didn't see the crossing girl, and she could make a cake with an old-fashioned stove.

Unable to eat the cake, she began to think about something else.

It just so happened that a basket of sweet and sour wild plums was placed in front of him, and Qin Xiang's thoughts were suddenly lit up.

She can't make cakes, she can make others.

In ancient times, fruits, as a luxury food, have never been the choice of the poor. Because the fruit yield is low and the shelf life is short, it cannot be eaten all year round. As a result, humans have put a lot of effort into choosing to preserve fruits.

As a result, all kinds of candied fruits and preserved fruits were born.

And both of these are easy to obtain and easy to make.

However, before the Chinese people learned to make sugar with sweets and beets, there was no preserves. The source of sweetness that people get is more from nature, and what they ask for from nature, that is, honey.

Qin Xiang was grateful more than once, although the development of this era is backward, and perhaps because of the usual time and space, some products that should not have appeared in this period have become commonplace.

Such as corn, such as potatoes and sweet potatoes, and even the production of sucrose.

With an abundance of sugars, it's easier to make preserves. Compared with candied fruit, there is another kind of sweetness - jam, which is also the first choice on Qin Xiang's menu.

She made a jar of plum jam out of a basket of plums, which she used to make snacks, and the taste was just so charming.

This charming, unlike the paste-like bean paste and sesame seeds in the past, and the special aroma of the fruit will definitely fascinate everyone who tastes them.

Xiaoyu ate one piece, and unconsciously ate the second piece.

Until she found that there was no piece on the plate, and her throat was also soaked with sweetness, she hurriedly picked up the tea that had already been cold and pressed it.

"That's what the owner said...... Secret? ”

Qin Xiang smiled and nodded, "What do you think of the taste?" ”

"It's wonderful!" Xiaoyu licked her mouth, still missing the taste. "It would be a miracle if it was really made from those humble sour fruits."

"So, we need more fruit."

The money earned by opening a store is limited, and Qin Xiang must expand the market and put some convenient food on the table. If the sauce and meat sauce are all good selling points.

There are also candied fruits, and all kinds of dried fruits, pulp products and so on.