Song Lingyue was shocked, the owner of this shop had seen him before, and he thought that he had been dozing off.

I didn't expect that she had been secretly observing them, and she guessed from the words on the cloth bag that she could read and write, and the owner of this shop was really smart.

"Thank you, boss." Song Lingyue smiled at the shopkeeper, and she couldn't help but be happy when she saw the seeds that were being tapped.

"Boss, can you sell me some of these seeds in your hand?" Song Lingyue was caught off guard by mistake, and she looked uncontrollably happy.

"That's what you say?" The shopkeeper spread out the seeds in his hand to Song Lingyue, "These seeds were brought from the Western Regions, they are very rare, and they are used by some rich and noble families for decoration." I think you're buying some vegetable seeds, so you shouldn't need them, right? ”

"Bought for decoration?" Song Lingyue repeated suspiciously.

"yes. These seeds bloom in the spring and bear fruit in the summer. The fruits are round and plump, about the size of a hawthorn, and the red ones are very beautiful.

It's just that the skin is smooth and clean, without burrs, and it looks like a small lantern.

Those rich and noble families call these fruits lantern fruits. The shopkeeper proudly fiddled with the seeds in his hand, "I can tell you, I am the only one in Jizhou who has this kind of seed, and there is no other place." ”

Song Lingyuexin said what lantern fruit, it is clearly a modern tomato.

Thinking of tomatoes, Song Lingyue's saliva was about to pop up.

In ancient times, materials were scarce, and fruits were provided for large families to enjoy, and ordinary people rarely ate fruits a few times a year.

Since crossing over to the present, Song Lingyue has not even eaten fruit once, but she is really hungry.

I saw fruit sellers in the market before, but I dared to ask for ten cents for just an apple, and as for grapes, fragrant pears and so on, it was even more expensive, Song Lingyue was really reluctant to spend so much money to buy fruits to eat.

Although this tomato is not as good as apples and pears, it is sweet and sour, and it can be cooked, and the vitamin C content is also high.

"Really? Hasn't anyone ever tried to eat these lantern fruits? Song Lingyue asked the shopkeeper curiously.

The shopkeeper hurriedly waved his hand and said to Song Lingyue nervously: "This lantern fruit is not edible." I heard that a few years ago, there was a subordinate in the Li Mansion who ate one of the lantern fruits when he saw that it looked good, but he didn't expect his face to turn blue and die in a few moments. Since then, no one has dared to try this lantern fruit again. Little girl, listen to me, this thing is not edible, but it is good to grow it and watch it. ”

"Really?" Song Lingyue smiled and was not at all frightened by the shopkeeper's terrifying story, but was interested:

"It's better to pack some for me, you can't eat it, and it's good to plant some for viewing."

The shopkeeper saw Song Lingyue's insistence, so he reminded loudly: "But this lantern fruit is from the Western Regions, and it is much more valuable than those vegetable seeds, little girl, you have to think about it!" ”

"Then shopkeeper, do you sell it?" Song Lingyue was very sure that the seeds in the shopkeeper's hand were the appearance of the green seeds in the tomato after they had been dried, and her heart became more and more excited.

"Of course you have to sell, open a store to do business, how can there be a reason not to sell things." The shopkeeper said, counting out about twenty tomato seeds from his palm, "But these twenty seeds will cost twenty yuan, little girl, have you done it?" ”

The shopkeeper saw that Song Lingyue took Song Yanzhi and Xiangling to buy seeds together, so he thought that she was called by her parents to buy them, and he was afraid that she would not be able to make a difference when she went back after buying them.

I didn't expect the owner of this shop to look a little fierce, but he is actually quite gentle and considerate.

"Yes. Twenty wen, right? Here you go. Song Lingyue took out twenty wen from her pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper, carefully took the seeds in the shopkeeper's hand, and wrapped them in oiled paper.

Song Lingyue's eyes rolled, and she couldn't help but think, the owner of this shop even has tomato seeds, could there be other seeds as well? Will there be seeds for medicinal herbs?

Thinking of this, Song Lingyue couldn't help but ask the shopkeeper: "Boss, you said that the seeds of this lantern fruit were brought from the Western Regions?" Do you have any other seeds from the Western Regions? ”

"There are naturally others, but what are you asking for?" The shopkeeper stopped what he was doing and looked up at Song Lingyue.

Song Lingyue smiled sweetly at the shopkeeper, looking harmless to humans and animals, extremely confusing:

"I actually like these weird seeds! Boss, if you still have some here, just show me some. ”

"I have strange seeds, but I don't know if you can afford it." The shopkeeper saw that it was useless to dissuade Song Lingyue, and his temper also came up, and his tone changed.

Song Lingyue was not annoyed at all, but smiled sweetly at the shopkeeper: "The boss just take it out and give it to me, as long as there is something I need, I will buy it." ”

The shopkeeper snorted, put the dustpan in his hand on the countertop, moved his somewhat fat body, turned around, and opened the locked mahogany cabinet behind him.

Song Lingyue looked at the mysterious and mysterious appearance of the shopkeeper and knew that the shopkeeper really had some doorways, and such a mysterious hidden seed might really have a great future.

The shopkeeper carefully took out two sachets from the mahogany cabinet.

The sachet is still embroidered with golden silk thread, and it looks very delicate.

Song Lingyue couldn't help but look forward to it even more, and watched intently as the shopkeeper untied the two sachets.

I saw that the boss carefully took one of the sachets embroidered with an orchid pattern in his hand and poured it into his palm:

"Let me tell you, these are all brought by those merchants from the Western Regions, and they are very precious. Except for me, I'm afraid that only the capital can buy it. ”

I saw that with the boss's movements, two red things fell out of the sachet.

Song Lingyue looked at it and saw that the boss was lying on his hands two dried chili peppers.

The owner of the shop kept the dried chili peppers very well, and the two dried chili peppers were kept in an air-dried state first, and the skin was shiny and faintly shiny, and the original green pedicle had turned into a dark green color, which formed a strong contrast with the dark red dried chili peppers.

"Hey, why did you get so shriveled?" The shopkeeper was shocked when he saw the two dried chili peppers in his hand, "I've kept them very well, how could they become dry." ”

Seeing the shopkeeper's nervous appearance, Song Lingyue almost couldn't hold back and was about to laugh.

However, Song Lingyue quickly remembered that she had indeed never seen such a thing as chili peppers in the market.

At first, Song Lingyue only thought that the county market in Baishi County was too small, so there was no such thing, but she didn't expect that when she arrived in Jizhou Mansion, Song Lingyue still didn't find such a thing as chili peppers.

Song Lingyue has found out since she crossed over that the people here eat very lightly. At first, Song Lingyue only thought that this was because of the region, and the people here would eat so lightly.

Seeing the shopkeeper's stunned appearance, Song Lingyue probably understood that there had never been a chili pepper in this country.

People here are not yet aware of the powerful destructive power of this tiny chili pepper to taste buds.

"It's gone, but it's still in beautiful shape." The shopkeeper made up for himself, and while fiddling with the two dried chili peppers in his hand, he introduced:

"This was brought back by merchants who had traveled to the Western Regions, and they called this thing 'Demon Horn'."

"Demon horns?" Song Lingyue was very interested in this name.

"Yes! Because it looks like a demon on the top of a demon's head, it is called the devil's horn because it looks like a red and bright red when it is fresh. The shopkeeper first laid out the rumors that he knew.

The corners of Song Lingyue's lips were lightly raised, but I was afraid that this thing was not called 'Demon Horn' but should be called 'Demon Pepper'.

As a modern person, Song Lingyue still recognized the variety of dried chili pepper in the shopkeeper's hand, which is famous for its spicy taste.

"Don't look at them now, they look a little inconspicuous, when the merchants of the Western Regions brought them over, they were a whole 'demon horn'! The red 'devil pepper' stands tall in the sky, and the red fruit reflects the turquoise leaves. ”

The shopkeeper vividly described his feelings when he first saw this plant, and his intoxicated appearance, and he didn't know that he thought he had seen his beloved girl.

"Boss, didn't you tell me that this thing is only for viewing, right?" Song Lingyue heard the strangeness in the shopkeeper's words, and couldn't help asking.

The people in this place are inevitably a little too timid, and they don't dare to be the first to eat crabs when they find that the plants from exotic lands can only be appreciated?

"This thing, the merchant in the Western Regions said it was edible." The shopkeeper replied to Song Lingyue seriously, but his face showed bitterness: "It's just that this thing is in a tight mouth, and it is far from being as good-looking as it looks." The whole tongue and mouth hurt like pins and needles. ”

The shopkeeper scratched the back of his head embarrassedly:

"Actually, the merchant of the Western Regions gave me one, saying that this 'Demon Horn' is one of their local delicacies, which is very delicious and popular throughout the Western Regions.

I took a bite without thinking about what he said, but my whole mouth was swollen that night, and it hurt hotly, which was uncomfortable! ”

Xiangling on the side covered her mouth and giggled when she heard this, "It's when I came to buy miso three months ago, boss, when you covered your face with a face towel, right?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded with a sad face, and even lowered his voice: "Yes! That's the time! That merchant from the Western Regions really killed me! ”

Song Lingyue, who had endured the smile for a long time, finally couldn't help it at this moment, and burst out laughing.

The owner of this shop is really bold, he directly ate the chili pepper raw, and never ate it again, no wonder the mouth was red and swollen by the chili pepper, this is the skin cells protesting with him.

"Boss, what's in that sachet? Is it another 'devil's horn'? Song Lingyue set her eyes on the shopkeeper's other sachet that he hadn't had time to unwrap.