Chapter 485: The Cannon Fodder Cousin of the Male Protagonist of the Imperial Examination (8)
When I returned to the courtyard, I had breakfast and learned that the village chief and his people were already busy on the Chai Mountain next door.
Xu Yin asked the nursing home to help too.
"There is a lot of strength in numbers, you all go, open a field as soon as possible, I want to breed."
Of the twelve nursing homes, four were left to guard the door, and the remaining eight went to Shibayama to help.
This is still the result of bargaining with the mother-in-law.
Xu Yin: Relax! If you have a sister, it's actually the same whether you stay in the nursing home or not.
But the mother-in-law and maids didn't know, seeing that there were only four guards in the entire courtyard, their hearts hung high, and they were afraid that some bad people would suddenly break in.
Seeing that they were always looking out of the door, Xu Yin raised her head from the plan: "Isn't it boring to be bored here?" Why don't you go with the big brothers in the nursing home? ”
The mother-in-law was suddenly frightened: "No, no, no! The old slave stayed here to take care of the girl. ”
"Slaves and maids are not leaving!"
Xu Yin: "......"
After thinking about it, he said: "Then you can bag the tea leaves around the courtyard, and after picking them, they will fry the green, and the tea farmers from the province will come up." ”
A few mothers-in-law looked at each other: it makes sense!
Who knows if there are bad people in the tea farmers, the girl has a good idea!
As long as the living are not allowed to come near the other courtyard, then the other courtyard is safe.
Except for the purple kite who served tea and poured water for the girl indoors, and listened to the instructions, the other mothers-in-law and maids all went to pick tea.
The village chief was very efficient, knowing that she was in a hurry to use the land, and cleared a piece of land in less than half a day.
"Girl, the ground is cleared, what do you need to do next?"
"Turn the soil deep and let the sun thoroughly dry the soil that has been turned up, and kill the bacteria."
The village chief was stunned when he heard the "sterilization": what does this mean?
Xu Yin told him: There may be bacteria or insect eggs in the soil, and sun exposure can sterilize and kill insects.
The village chief thought thoughtfully: "So, before we plant crops next time, we will also turn over the ground, as the girl said, the sun is more thorough, and the crops planted are not susceptible to insect diseases?" ”
"That's right."
The village chief suddenly opened his mouth and went back happily with the good news that he had received by accident and that had benefited from farming.
Xu Yin set out to soak the flower seeds.
In addition, saplings such as sandalwood, cloves, laurel, and magnolia flowers are also being searched.
When the whole Shiba Mountain is cleared, it is planted along the foot of the mountain.
The weather is warm, and in less than a day, the flower seeds only need to be soaked for half a day to be planted.
Xu Yin found a corner in the flower garden in the courtyard of the second courtyard and sowed the first batch of flower seeds as an experiment.
When the sprouts have sprouted and the stems have grown strong, they are transplanted to the next hill.
The flowers tested were classic scented flowers such as rosemary and rose.
In the first plot of land, she decided to plant rosemary, which is most suitable for sowing seeds in March and April, and does not need to be cultivated, just sowing seeds, which is easy to propagate.
As long as it is well-lit and ventilated, it can quickly give you a field of green rosemary.
At first glance, it looks like a weed, but when it blooms, you know how beautiful it is.
Waiting for the village chief to turn over the second piece of land, Xu Yin transplanted the budding roses.
Roses, like the moon season, are relatively easy to plant, and the end of April and the beginning of May are also the most suitable planting seasons.
After that, vetiver, bergamot, jasmine, and lavender.
For the time being, plant these six spice crops that are most suitable for fragrance refinement, and plant them according to the most suitable month for each of them.
However, after listening to her description, the maids-in-law, including the village chief, all said that they had never seen lavender and bergamot before.
Xu Yin couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that lavender and bergamot have not been introduced to China at this time?
Fortunately, the Xu family has its own merchant ships, and there are two that have been overseas for many years, and it is speculated that they are extraterritorial flower species brought by merchant ships.
"In fact, my father and mother have been successfully cultivated before their deaths, and I wanted to come back to Xiangcheng to plan planting, but I didn't want to...... I want to fulfill my father's dream! Plant spices and flowers for them that no one can grow in my dynasty yet, so that my Xu family's incense industry will be famous all over the dynasty! ”
Purple Kite and the others listened with excitement and moist eyes.
Whose daughters are like their girls, busy in the mountains all day long for spice planting?
The warm sun in late spring and early summer has sunburned the jade skin of the girl Shengxue, and her hands, which used to be as smooth as clotted fat, are also a little rough.
Woowoo...... Their girls are really hard!
In order to inherit the legacy of the old lady, he did not hesitate to show his face, and his good daughter was not appropriate, and he went to the field to farm.
"Girl! You're tired! ”
Xu Yin: "......"
What are you guys making up in your brain one by one?
Didn't I say that because I was worried that you would be suspicious?
……
Fortunately, everyone believed in her words, thinking that the lord and the lady had really cultivated overseas flowers before their deaths, and the girl put the cultivation experience of the lord and the lady into practice.
Xu Yin was secretly relieved to see that they finally stopped looking at her with puzzled eyes from time to time, and she could finally let go of her hands and feet and do it boldly.
She lived in Chashan for three months.
During this period, the ripening season of peaches, bayberry and pears was ushered in one after another.
The village chief brought her a few baskets of fresh food, and the rest was made into wine and jam according to the recipe she provided.
Wine needs to be cellared, but jam is made and sold.
As Xu Yin expected, those high-ranking families favored jam, according to the accompanying eating method, scooped two spoonfuls of jam containing pulp, mixed with weak tea, stirred well, and then put in a few ice cubes to drink, which is an excellent match for the hot summer.
Xu Yin can naturally experience this happiness.
This is the basic version of fruit tea that swept the streets and alleys in later generations, and a cup of iced fruit tea in summer is an incomparably happy enjoyment.
Even she is a modern person, and after teaching Purple Kite and Hongqian to learn how to make fruit tea, she will bring herself a cup the next day.
The village chief is a capable person, he saw that the best way to eat Xu Yin mentioned tea, tasted it with his own mouth, and found that after the tea was mixed with jam, the taste was indeed better than that of pure boiled water, and that kind of taste was difficult to describe in words, anyway, it was very delicious. So by the way, he promoted the tea of Xujia Tea Mountain.
This year, a merchant specializing in tea business came to Fucheng, and the tea he sold was very cheap, which pulled down the price of tea in Los Angeles.
The village chief was originally worried that the tea in Chashan might not sell well this year, but he didn't expect it to be sold with jam, and the business was surprisingly good.
What's even more exaggerated is that the merchant who sells tea actually found him and said that he wanted to ask Xujiacun to buy a batch of jam.
Of course, if the price is right, the other party still wants to buy the recipe for the jam, and probably wants to tie it with the tea.
Village Chief: "......"
I just want to laugh.
Anyway, because of the sale of jam and tea in Xujia Village, this year's life is prosperous, no worse than when the old lady was there.
Xu Yin looked at Chai Mountain, which was gradually planted with spices and flowers, and was also very pleased.
Next, she plans to try to plant a few flower species collected from the Hundred Gardens of the Xiuzhen World in the boutique cultivation area that blooms on the top of the mountain, and she doesn't know if she can successfully cultivate them.