Chapter 143: Summer Harvest
"Madame is saying that I should do my best to take care of this place." Steward Liu was naturally overjoyed when he was complimented, and then rubbed his hands and walked to his side and asked,
"It's just madam, what are the plans of the lady about the watermelon?" The way to keep watermelon seeds is a bit wasteful, always pick the best watermelons and break them on the spot, and then wash the pulp from the water before the seeds can be sifted out.
And these are all watermelons that he has worked so hard to grow, how can he be willing to waste it. Steward Liu also thought of this, so he specially begged her to show him.
Feng Xiaoyue looked down at the watermelon she kicked over personally, thought about it, and suddenly smiled,
"You don't have to worry about keeping seeds."
"I always bring a few watermelons back when I have some time, and I use the seeds left by them to eat the watermelons, and save them for next year." Feng Xiaoyue said, thinking about the sale of watermelons.
"Our watermelons came out half a month earlier than others, and there is more market for this half a month than others, so it's okay if you hurry up and keep the price lower, you must sell them all." Otherwise, when the first rainy season comes, all such good watermelons will rot in the ground. ”
"Madam, don't worry, I still know this common sense." What Steward Liu said was categorical, and he almost didn't pat his chest to guarantee.
Feng Xiaoyue was also quite relieved of him, and after simply looking at the surrounding water supply canals and the small compost house, she let Lin Xiao drive back to the small courtyard.
In the small courtyard, Xiaoyun was still sullen because Feng Xiaoyue suddenly went out in the morning, Xiaoyu didn't wake him up, and missed the opportunity to go out to play.
Feng Xiaoyue asked Lin Xiao to hold a watermelon, and walked behind Xiaoyun with her hands and feet. slapped Xiaoyun's shoulder suddenly, Xiaoyun turned around and saw that it was Feng Xiaoyue, and immediately rejoiced.
Feng Xiaoyue reached out and pulled the broken hair on her hairline for her, and then pointed to the table where she was lying on her stomach with a light smile.
"See, what's up there?" Hearing the sound, he turned his head to look, and what was still empty just now was a huge watermelon on the table, which made Xiao Yun feel unavoidable.
"This watermelon is not from this season, why did it grow so big so quickly?" Xiaoyun didn't think about it anywhere else, he just thought that this was a new variety of watermelon, and thought that if he let it continue to grow in the ground, it might be able to double in size again.
"Mountain people have their own clever plans, and as a businessman, you should know that you are surprised. Now all the inside of the ground has grown, and these are the ones we brought back to give the big guys to eat. Feng Xiaoyue smiled and patted the watermelon again, and her face was also full of pride.
"Miss is right, I'll take the knife." Xiao Yun seemed to be in a hurry to return the mouth, and was about to run to the kitchen after reading these two sentences quickly, but fortunately he was stopped by Lin Xiao in time.
"You stupid, the sun is so big outside, and a few watermelons have been stuffy in the carriage for so long, it must be hot now. It is better to soak the watermelon in the well water first and wait for it to cool for a while before eating, the taste is better. ”
"Don't you say that you never have a appetite for food, and you are still so particular about eating?" Feng Xiaoyue was indeed a little hot, Xiaoyun was comfortable, lying alone under the shade of the tree, Feng Xiaoyue took Xiaoyun's fan and shook it by herself.
"Miss's words are wrong, it is precisely because she does not pay attention to her appetite that she will be more strict with eating." Lin Xiao closed her eyes and pouted, and shook her index finger again.
Feng Xiaoyue lifted the hem of her clothes and slowly sat on the stone bench under the shade of the tree, waiting for her to have something high.
"Miss, you think, a picky eater, can make him grow so big, only a few things he likes best. If these things are not delicious, he will starve to death. This is the most reasonable crooked theory that Feng Xiaoyue has ever heard, but there is nothing to refute when she hears it.
The breeze under the shade of the trees quickly blew away the thin sweat covering her body, and Feng Xiaoyue shook her fan while calming her breath.
"Since you've said so, why don't you bring your things over and play for a while, and even the well water will be hot."
"Yes." Lin Xiao was still immersed in her very reasonable remarks, and when she heard her instructions, she woke up like a dream, this time she had a lot of strength, moving two watermelons at a time.
As the clock ticked by, the sun began to shine brightly, and the surrounding trees began to make a noise, with the heat evaporating from the ground, making people feel that summer had really arrived.
In the small courtyard, three large watermelons were soaked in wooden barrels under the shade of the trees, and the well water at this time had slowly become a little warmer from coolness.
Feng Xiaoyue will have a short break after eating, so Xiaoyun took advantage of this moment to pull Lin Xiao and Xiaoyu to the waterside to see the watermelon.
When Xiao Yu was playing backgammon with Lin Xiao under the tree, Feng Xiaoyue woke up and walked out with an umbrella alone.
Xiaoyun, who was idle and bored, kept squatting by the barrel, trying to control the ups and downs of the watermelon.
Finally, once I pressed too hard, and my hand entered the well water, absorbing the temperature of the sun, and the well water was a little hot.
Xiao Yun was frightened, and pulled out his hand violently, and the water splash he brought up crossed a graceful arc in the air, just falling on the three people behind him, and none of them fell.
Fortunately, Feng Xiaoyue came out with an umbrella in order to protect herself from the sun, otherwise she was afraid that the water droplets would also see her clothes.
Xiao Yu and Lin Xiao, who were confused by the well water, stared at Xiao Yun viciously, Xiao Yun apologized embarrassedly, and then wrapped around Feng Xiaoyue.
"Miss, the well water is about to open, shouldn't we also open the watermelon?" Unexpectedly, Xiaoyun, who usually doesn't like to study the most, is quite meaningful when he speaks, Feng Xiaoyue was surprised, sat next to Xiaoyu and Lin Xiao, and nodded,
"Okay, you go get a knife, and remember to leave some watermelons for the people in the backyard too." Soon, Xiao Yun took the knife over, and a bright light went down, and bright red juice flowed from the middle of the emerald green watermelon.
Dividing the watermelon from side to side, whether it is the tempting flesh or the fragrant aroma, it makes people feel extremely comfortable.
Xiaoyun's movements were a little slow, so Lin Xiao cut the watermelon and divided it equally with everyone in the yard before coming back and eating watermelon under the tree with Feng Xiaoyue.
In addition to the part that was taken away, there were still a few pieces left on the table. Before Xiaoyun and the others could decide who to eat, they heard the voice of an uninvited guest outside the door.
"I ate watermelon so early, and the princess had a good life." This makes people feel a little uncomfortable, but it is not a nasty voice, Feng Xiaoyue knew as soon as she heard it, and His Royal Highness the King of Han came uninvited.
"It's a coincidence that His Royal Highness King Han came down, we just separated the watermelons." Feng Xiaoyue was used to being unruly in front of Murong Xi, but the others were not so bold.
As soon as they saw Murong Xi coming, Xiaoyun and the others immediately stood up obediently, as lively as they were not wrapped around Feng Xiaoyue.
"People say that the fragrance of osmanthus flowers floats for ten miles in September, and according to what this king sees, the watermelons of the princess in June are enough to match." Murong Xi's admiration was a little exaggerated, so that Feng Xiaoyue almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Only when I heard of smelling the aroma of rice and wine, and the first time I saw it coming with the fragrance of fruit, the prince is really a strange person."
"The princess is too famous, but this king is indeed different from ordinary people." Feng Xiaoyue just said a few polite words with a little ridicule, but she didn't expect him to follow the conversation like this, such a self-familiar ability is really not ordinary.
Because the weather was getting hotter, Aunt Liu was worried that Murong Lin would not be able to eat, so she specially asked someone to build a small bamboo shed under the shade of the tree.
The bamboo hut stands in the shade of a tree, next to a canal in a small garden, and at night in the summer, the cool breeze blowing from the water is enough to dispel the heat of the whole day.
It's just a pity that the bamboo shed hasn't been tried by Murong Lin first, so it was used to eat watermelon with Feng Xiaoyue and them. Murong Xi put down the watermelon very elegantly, wiped his mouth with a white handkerchief, and couldn't help but admire.
"The watermelon that came out so early can be so sweet, and the princess must be rich this year."
"His Royal Highness King Han doesn't know that the watermelon is sweet, isn't it just that he came here to test it today." Just now, he kept saying that he smelled the fruity fragrance, but now he has changed his rhetoric in a blink of an eye, Feng Xiaoyue thinks that he has come into contact with so many people, and Murong Xi is the most difficult to serve.
"That's not it, this king didn't mean to do this, and tasting the watermelons planted by the princess is just a stop." Murong Xi laughed twice very innocently, and Feng Xiaoyue simply turned her eyes away, so as not to be angry with him again.
"It's been hot lately, but there are still a lot of people coming to the hot pot restaurant. This king just happened to notice that some time ago you also gave a plate of duck neck to each table, but now it suddenly disappeared, and I felt a little curious. Murong Xi held the stone table with one hand and opened the folding fan with the other hand to shake it, looking particularly chic and comfortable.
"Last time, because of the troubles made by Miss Ge Jia, this king has never tasted the duck neck prepared by the princess herself, and listening to the group of people around you is amazing, it really arouses the king's curiosity." Having said that, Xiao Yun and the others also knew what Murong Xi's original true purpose was, and they couldn't help but raise their heads one after another and look at the past with sympathetic eyes, hoping that he could endure it to the end.
Murong Xi saw the strange eyes of these people again, but this time he had made up his mind to try something new, so he didn't plan to back down.
The first time Feng Xiaoyue heard that she took the initiative to ask for someone to eat duck neck, she was immediately moved, and she thought that she had found a soulmate, so she immediately slapped the table and got up.
"Originally, I didn't plan to do it in the future, but for the sake of His Royal Highness King Han's heart, I decided to do it again, which can be regarded as the finale." Pastoral princess, lady please go back to the house The latest chapter 143: Summer harvest website: