Seeing Gu Yunji coming back, Qiu Xiao's eyes widened in surprise: "My lord, why are you back now?" ”

Gu Yunji has always been very rigorous, on time every day, never late or leaving early, like the first time he went home after noon today.

"I have something very important."

Gu Yunji was in an urgent mood, and he didn't have time to explain too much to her, so he beckoned someone to bring in the potatoes sent by the officials, and walked to the back garden without stopping, and took time out of the hurry to ask Qiu Xiao: "What about Madame?" ”

He walked fast and walked like the wind, Qiu Xiao almost didn't keep up: "Madame is taking a nap, is something going on?" Do you want to wake her up? ”

"No, let Shuhua sleep, I can handle it myself."

Gu Yunji replied casually, went to the back garden to look around, and finally selected a square piece of land against the wall. It is best to apply farmhouse fertilizer before planting potatoes, but it is not easy to find farmhouse fertilizer at this time, but fortunately, this land is planted with ornamental flowers and plants all year round, and there are a lot of dead branches and rotten leaves, which is also quite fertile.

Gu Yunji was very satisfied with this land, and turned around and instructed the family: "Take a hoe, remove all the flowers and plants on it, and turn over the land well." ”

The flowers and plants were planted well, and the family members didn't understand why they wanted to get rid of them, so they looked at each other, but they still didn't dare to disobey Gu Yunji's order, and got rid of the flowers and plants on them as they said, and turned over the ground carefully.

"Smooth out the clods, then dig a few ditches out, shallow, I'm going to plant potatoes. Not so...... You're too wide, a little narrower...... Hey, that's not right, forget it, I'll do it myself. ”

Gu Yunji commanded on the side for a long time, but the family was always clumsy and didn't know the essentials, he really couldn't look past it, so he simply took the hoe and did it himself.

In the eyes of the family, Gu Yunji is a young master of a family who has been pampered and raised, and now he is an official who sits high in the government, how can he condescend to the noble and do such an inferior rough work, he was at a loss for a while, and he wanted to step forward several times to help, but he was blocked by Gu Yunji, and he was so anxious:

"Adult, adult, let the little one come to this kind of thing, you golden branches and jade leaves, how can you do such rough work."

Gu Yunji often helped the family grow potatoes in his previous life, he was used to doing this kind of thing, and he didn't feel anything, so he was extra energetic: "What kind of golden branches and jade leaves, no matter how I say that I am also an adult, can't I do this little work of plowing the ground?" Oops, you're out of my way. ”

The family hurriedly got out of front of him, but he was very uncomfortable with the master's work and himself doing this kind of thing, so he was simply restless, and could only ask: "My lord, is there anything else that can be done that is small?" The little ones are for you. ”

"Hmm...... Bring two buckets of water to pour on the ground, half a basket of grass and wood ashes, and knives, that's all, go. Gu Yunji raised his head and commanded two words, then bent down and continued to plow the ground.

Jia Ding didn't react: "Huh? ”

Qing Shui understands that it is used to water the ground, but what is the ash for? Fertile fields? But he saw that the soil was fertile enough, and there was no need to fertilize the fields, right? And knives, what is this for?

Seeing that he was standing still, Gu Yunji stopped the hoe and urged: "What is the pestle doing here, why don't you go and prepare?" ”

"Oh, I'll go." The family came back to his senses and hurriedly trotted away.

As soon as Gu Yunji entered the door, he went straight to the back garden, and without saying a word, he asked people to turn over the ground with a hoe in addition to flowers and plants. And he turned his eyebrows and danced, looking quite in a good mood, and muttering about "high-yield potatoes", "poverty alleviation and prosperity", and "achieving food and clothing", which made everyone confused.

Qiu Xiao felt that his behavior today was a little strange, and he didn't dare to go up to disturb him, so he asked Xu Dong: "What's wrong with your Excellency today?" ”

Xu Dong said uncertainly: "I don't know either." What do these two boxes seem to be called...... The potatoes were brought by the Francophiles from America, and the adults probably wanted to grow one at home. As for why he is like this, it may be...... Too excited? ”

Qiu Xiao said in disbelief: "If the adults want to see the strange, just let the subordinates do it, and actually dig the ground and turn the soil by themselves, as for the excitement to this extent?" ”

Xu Dong shook his head, also expressing his incomprehension.

Xu Shuhua woke up after sleeping and didn't see Qiu Xiao in the house, so he shouted several times before calling her: "Where have you been?" ”

Qiu Xiao said: "Madam, I just went to the back garden with the adults. ”

Xu Shuhua said unexpectedly: "Yunji is back?" What's he doing? ”

Qiu Xiao's expression was indescribable, and he hesitated for a while before he said seriously: "Madam, go and take a look, I think the adults are ...... Maybe the devil is stunned. ”

As soon as he arrived in the back garden, Xu Shuhua saw that his husband, who was gentle and elegant in the past, was rolling up his sleeves and bending over, digging the ground with a sigh, and his movements were skilled, no different from the old farmers in the fields.

Xu Shuhua was stunned for a while: "...... Yunji, what are you doing? ”

"Shuhua, are you awake?" Seeing Xu Shuhua, Gu Yunji's eyes lit up, and he walked over excitedly and pulled her next to the potato, "Show you something good." ”

Looking at the two baskets of earthy yellow unknown objects in front of him, Xu Shuhua was puzzled: "What is this?" ”

Gu Yunji introduced: "This is a potato, which can also be called an artichoke, and it is an American ...... Ah no, the crops from the America side were brought by me from the Franc merchants on the coast, and I am going to plant some in our garden first. ”

Xu Shuhua picked up a potato and looked at it carefully: "The name potato is a bit strange, although it grows in the soil, it doesn't have much to do with beans." However, the 'artichoke' is very appropriate, and it comes from all over the ocean, and it really looks a little like taro. ”

Gu Yunji said with a smile: "Whether it's potatoes or artichokes, it's always it, if you like it, call it artichoke." Anyway, we should be the first family in the entire Xuzhou Mansion to grow artichokes, and when the planting is successful, I will find a way to promote it in Xuzhou Mansion. ”

Xu Shuhua looked at this round midwinter artichoke for a long time, and couldn't see what it was used for: "You want to promote planting in the entire Xuzhou Mansion?" Why? What is this artichoke used for? ”

"Of course it's eating!"

"How to eat?"

"You can eat as much as you want, there are so many tricks!" Talking about how to eat potatoes, Gu Yunji is like a few treasures, "Frying, stir-frying, boiling, frying, you can do it!" What fried shredded potatoes, making potato cakes, or even boiling or baking directly, tastes good. ”

Seeing that Xu Shuhua didn't have an intuitive understanding, Gu Yunji simply picked up two artichokes and handed them to Qiu Xiao: "That's it, let Qiu Xiao cook two now, you can taste it." ”

Qiu Xiao looked confused: "My lord, how do you cook this?" ”

Gu Yunji said: "Wash it, then add water and put it in the pot to boil." ”

Qiu Xiao asked again: "Then how long does it take to cook?" ”

The size of the heat is different, and Gu Yunji is not good at telling her the exact time, so she simply said: "When the time comes, you take a chopstick and poke it, and find that it can be poked, that is, it is cooked." ”

Qiu Xiao nodded in response and took two potatoes to the kitchen.

(End of chapter)