After waiting for two or three days, I finally waited for a cloudy day.

Wang Shu decided not to wait, and took people to the test field when he saw the opportunity. Personally keep an eye on the tenants and harvest separately according to variety and region. It rained for several days, and the ground was very muddy. It's a bit laborious to harvest. The tenants were busy all morning, and they were so tired that they couldn't straighten their backs. But even if the weather is bad, the rice has to be harvested. Otherwise, if it rains for a few days in a row, the grain will really mold in the ground.

Afraid of long nights and dreams, and it will be rainy days after a day or two, Wang Shu specially arranged more people to work together.

Finally, I was busy until dark, and I harvested all this large area of rice.

Although she is very tired, Wang Shu has never been stingy, and the hard-earned money she has given has not been less. The tenants knew her temperament and worked very hard. The rice that was beaten in the same way was packed in different categories, and then attached according to the label written on the peony. However, these are not just harvested, and it takes at least two suns to dry the grain that is only caught from the ground.

Moist rice cannot be left for a long time, at most seven or eight days, and these grains will grow mold from the inside out. There is no need for Wang Shu to specifically instruct her, the tenants who are used to doing work with her keep an eye on it every day, and as long as it is sunny, they will move the wet rice out to dry.

It's good to be proficient, and you don't need to be told about everything.

But even so, Wang Shu was very busy. Qinghe Town and Lin'an County ran on both sides. In order to be busy with these things, she didn't know where to forget Xiao Yanxing. So much so that one evening in October, she suddenly bumped into him at Wang's house in the northern suburbs, and she still didn't react.

“…… Father? Why are you here? "Wang Shu is really surprised, isn't this person not in Lin'an County recently?

When Xiao Yanxing heard this, his brows furrowed.

At this time, he was standing sideways in front of the corridor, wearing a cyan round-necked robe and a green hosta on his head. The long figure is like a bamboo, and the sky shines on half of his face, and his face is as white as jade. He turned his face slightly sideways to look at Wang Shu, and the bottom of his eyes seemed to be rippling with a vague light, sparkling.

"What are you up to?"

“？” Wang Shu was stunned for a moment and asked her?

If you want to say busy, you are even busier. Of course, Wang Shu didn't say this, but stepped forward and saluted: "There are some new tenants in the family." ”

"Oh, but it's settled?" Xiao Yanxing's eyes followed her footsteps, and it wasn't until Wang Shu stood in front of him that he lowered his head slightly to look at her. This person doesn't know what he's busy with, this month, the other person is actually not in Lin'an County. Linshui Temple has always been guarded, and no one is allowed to go in when they are idle. For some reason, Wang Shu always felt that Xiao Yanxing's gaze that fell on her had a thick illusion.

couldn't help but raise his eyes slightly to look at him, and nodded: "It's been settled." Why did you come here? ”

…… Naturally, I thought of Wang Shu, so I came over. Of course, Xiao Yanxing would not say this kind of thing.

He still can't figure out what he means to Wang Shu. In Xiao Yanxing's twenty years of life, he has never encountered such a dilemma. I have never been born in such a delicate state of mind. It was as if under the deep ice of reason, a dark fire suddenly stretched out. After not seeing Wang Shu for a long time, his nerves slowly burned, forcing him to come over and take a look at her.

Seeing her at this time, some unsightly fragments became clearer and clearer in the occasional dreams of this time. Xiao Yanxing never knew that he also had such despicable thoughts, and what he did to Wang Shu in his dreams became more and more explicit and prodigal every time.

It seems that he is no different from those lustful men in his bones, but his ugly desires are only aimed at Wang Shu alone.

His eyes were tightly wrapped around Wang Shu's body, and he suddenly stretched out his hand, and the fingers of his right hand were attached to Wang Shu's cheek.

The warm knuckles were rubbed up, and Wang Shu was stunned: "??? ”

Xiao Yanxing's fingers rubbed slightly twice and then withdrew them, turned his back behind him, and his fingers curled up unconsciously: "My face is a little gray." ”

"Huh? Oh. "Wang Shu has just come from the grain field, and the rice in her experimental field is rushing to the sun," I guess I just got it outside. ”

Although he didn't know what was going on with this master coming here suddenly, Wang Shu looked at the sky, and it was time for lunch.

Eat when it's time to eat, this is the survival principle that Wang Shu has always adhered to. She was about to leave, but she looked up at Xiao Yanxing's idle posture, not like she was in a hurry for a while, so she invited him casually.

"Have you eaten?" Wang Shu's original intention was to do something for him, "If it's useless, why don't you use it together?" ”

The lord, who looked very cold, nodded: "Okay." ”

“…… Going to the back kitchen together? ”

"Hmm."

After a pause, Wang Shu didn't say anything. led him to the back kitchen of the Wang family.

Speaking of which, during this period of time, Wang Shu was inexplicably obsessed with eating snails. It's a lot of fun to stir up. If it weren't for the good season, if there were spring bamboo shoots, it was estimated that they could be made into snail noodles.

In the back kitchen, Gesang Mazao soaked a large pot of snails in salt water according to Wang Shu's request. I put a spoonful of sesame oil, spit out the sand for two days, and estimated that the mud and sand in my stomach had already been vomited clean. This snail was touched in the Wang family's own field, and the largest one was picked up and sent to Wang Shu. The people below know how to do things, and they know that the master likes to eat these, so they not only sent a few pots of snails, but also a large basket of loaches and yellow eels.

Today, Wang Shu came over, and Gesang Ma saw that the hour was almost as long as he cut his tail according to the method that Wang Shu had fried snails before.

The tail of the snail must be cut clean, otherwise there will be a small snail inside, and it will eat like a stone. Gesang Mazi entered the Wang family, and there was nothing else to do except be busy with the work on the stove. After cutting the tail of the snail, she washed the eel and loach again. Clean up the water and internal organs, and wait for Wang Shu to come over to do it.

Wang Shu loves to cook, and after all these times, Gesang Ma has also realized it.

Originally, every time Wang Shu came to cook, she came alone. Today is not ordinary, and I brought a fairy-like son over. Gesang Ma hid by the kitchen door, and saw that Xiao Yanxing almost didn't hit his jaw to the ground.

Gesang Ma lived to this age, and it was the first time he saw such a handsome man. This man's eyes can make people give him all their souls.

Wang Shu didn't notice that Gesang Ma was extremely quiet today, and he didn't come to her when he saw Wang Shu as before. Wang Shu saw that she had prepared all the ingredients properly, so she asked the little girl to light the fire.

"Have you ever eaten a snail?" Wang Shu is going to make a stir-fried snail, stir-fried loach and braised eel.

Eat this stuff in autumn to replenish your body.

Xiao Yanxing stood quietly at the door, but he didn't express discomfort with the strong smell of the back kitchen. The expression is reserved and cold, and he is calm and composed. He shook his head, his gaze falling to the wooden basin on the cauldron containing the chopped ingredients. To be honest, cooked food and raw food still give people a very different feeling. At least this freshly killed eel loach is not so beautiful to look at.

Wang Shu rolled up her sleeves, turned her head and saw Xiao Yan standing at the door and not coming in, and suddenly had a bad taste.

She brought the eel chopped into sections to Xiao Yanxing, "...... Do you dare to eat it? It's essentially a worm that grows in the mud, burrowing in the ground. ”

Xiao Yan was taller than the average man, and when he stood at the kitchen door, his broad shoulders almost covered the door. The light shone from his back, and the shadow that fell into the back kitchen obscured the sky, as if it had filled the kitchen at once.

Glancing at her deliberately teasing him, Xiao Yanxing suddenly laughed: "It's not that I haven't suffered hardships. ”

Xiao Yanxing has been designated as a prince since he was born, and he has been a prince for nearly 20 years, and he has been in the palace and on the battlefield. I have eaten delicacies from the mountains and seas, and I can also eat mice and grasshoppers. Although he is a little picky, he is not a hypocritical person under special circumstances.

"If you make it, I will dare to eat it."

Wang Shu rolled her eyes boredly and put her things down.

Stir-fried snails can only be made into garlic without chili peppers. Green onions, ginger slices, dogwood, and garlic cloves are ready, and soybean paste is used as a substitute if there is no bean paste. The taste is worse, but it's better than nothing. First, heat the garlic cloves, ginger slices and other things on high heat until fragrant, and then add the sauce to stir-fry to taste. Then pour in the snails and stir-fry. In order to eat with peace of mind, and in order to be delicious, fry it for a longer time.

Stir-fry until the snails turn golden brown, and then pour rice wine, salt, sugar and other seasonings into it. With a sting, rice wine was poured in, and the smell of fragrant incense wafted all over the room. Wang Shu herself likes the taste of vinegar. She must put vinegar in this thing.

As soon as the vinegar and sour smell is combined, smelling the fragrance all over the house, saliva can flow out.

Xiao Yanxing stood quietly, from the door of the back kitchen, unconsciously stood next to the cauldron, until he stood beside Wang Shu. Wang Shu was in full swing, but when he turned his head and almost crashed into his arms, everyone was stupid.

Wang Shu: "......"

Xiao Yanxing was also a little embarrassed, he was not hungry. But the acetic acid is appetizing, and the smell wafts out and you feel hungry.

“…… Master, you know the spatula is hot, right? Wang Shu poked Xiao Yanxing's stomach with her elbow, speechless and choked, "You stand behind me quietly, aren't you afraid that I will shovel your face?" ”

Xiao Yanxing coughed with one hand on his lips, and silently stood to the side.

Wang Shu took the plate handed by Gesang Ma, walked to the stove with a mutter, and scooped up the snails in it. While shoveling, he turned his head to look at Xiao Yanxing, who seemed to be in the way of a jade carving blocking the road.

Frowning, she turned back to Gesang Ma and asked for a bowl. Then he filled a small bowl and walked to Xiao Yanxing.

Xiao Yanxing lowered his eyes and looked at the bowl of snails handed to him, speechless.

Wang Shu tilted his head, and the two looked at each other.

After a long time, Xiao Yanxing raised one side of his eyebrows: "...... Why? ”

"Go and eat."

Xiao Yanxing: "......"

After not seeing him for a long time, Wang Shu took another bamboo stick.

Xiao Yanxing: "? ”

"Poke and eat."

Xiao Yanxing: "......"

Anyway, a certain reserved master was silently kicked out of the kitchen with a super hot bowl in one hand. Wang Shu stir-fried yellow eels and loaches in it, and the cooking was in full swing. Since you decide to eat these for lunch, make some staple food that suits the occasion. In the morning, Gesang Ma steamed some pho according to Wang Shu's request, and Wang Shu cut some vegetarian vegetables and made a fried pho.

When she got the food out for half an hour, Xiao Yanxing was still holding the bowl of snails.

…… Why is this man so faceless?

Wang Shu was speechless, but still asked the magpie to pack up the food and bring it back to the main courtyard. The two sat down, Wang Shu began to eat, and this master also wanted to call someone in to help dismantle the snails. Just like the last time I ate crabs, I waited for him to poke out the snail meat.

“…… Snails eat this feeling of self-sufficiency. Wang Shu really doesn't like to have someone standing next to her when she eats, which makes her very stressed and indigestion, "If you can't get used to eating, don't eat it." ”

I don't know if it was Wang Shu's words that stimulated him, so the master seemed to have lost his reserve, and used a bamboo stick with her.

I have to say that even with bamboo skewers, this person eats very elegantly. But obviously, he has experienced the joy of picking snails with bamboo sticks. After a sturdy lunch, this man was in a good mood.

After rinsing his mouth, he smiled and said to Wang Shu: "I didn't expect this gadget to taste really good." ”

Wang Shu: "......"

After only one lunch, Xiao Yanxing left in a hurry.

Wang Shu looked at his hurried appearance, and found one thing in hindsight: It turned out that after a long time, this master is also a good appetite, and he came so far to make this trip, just for a bite of delicious food?

With this understanding, Wang Shu felt that her impression of Xiao Yanxing had changed a lot.

After all, in Wang Shu's heart, the temperament of people who love food is not too bad.

After autumn, time flies, and the white horse passes through the gap, and it is cold in a blink of an eye.

In terms of geographical location, Liangzhou is northern.

The north has a very significant feature, which is particularly sunny in summer and very cold in winter. Spring and autumn are much shorter than in the south. So it's only October, but the grass and trees in the yard turn yellow after the autumn wind. After a few autumn rains, the leaves of some trees fell away.

Because of Wang Shu's ear and face, the grain in the six experimental fields can be regarded as dry.

Before the hulling, Wang Shu personally went to watch and had each variety of rice weighed. In terms of weight, the harvest was impressive. The original eleventh generation of improved varieties had an average yield of about 400 catties per mu. The best can reach 420 catties, and the worse ones are more than 350 catties. The results of this generation of hybridization, converted into yield per mu, increased by 9 percent.

That is to say, on the original volume of 400 catties per mu, the harvest has been raised to 434 catties.

Of course, this is the yield before there is no shelling. After hulling, it depends on the overall quality of the crop, the taste after cooking, the starch content, and the nutritional value. The most important thing is to see the quality change.

Wang Shu was a little excited, although it may be an accident that the yield per mu has increased so much. But by identifying the key factors and cultivating them in a targeted manner, we can turn a chance event into an inevitable event. After stabilizing the traits, a new generation of excellent varieties can be obtained. Suffering from the lack of professional testing equipment and experimental teams in ancient times, if these are fully equipped, she can analyze them step by step from soil to air to time and so on.

"Master, why is there so much fruit for this rice seed?" Although it is the first time to farm peony, it has been mixed in the field for a long time. Listening to the old farmers and tenants, they also know how the grain harvest is in the ordinary fields.

Peony and lily of the valley both had sparkling eyes. Baba looked at Wang Shu.

"Naturally, there is a way to cultivate it, otherwise what will I do in the fields with all this good time?" Wang Shu couldn't say it too clearly, her father tried his best to hide it for her, so she naturally had to learn smarter: "Explain it, this matter can't be passed on." ”

The two of them were clever people, and as soon as they heard this, they immediately realized the seriousness. nodded: "Master rest assured, slave and maid province." ”

Not only one type of mu yield has increased, but four of the six hybrids have significantly increased yield. The other two yields have not changed much, and one of them has shown signs of a reduction in production.

But it's all normal to think about. Wang Shu did the combination hybridization experiment in order to see the possibility of different combinations. If all of them are successful in increasing production, then there is no need for experimentation, and random hybridization is carried out.

He was instructed to go down, and he put them on and labeled them, and kept them separately.

Wang Shu personally recorded the experimental data. When the records were completely sorted out, she instructed each variety of peony to take out a part of the rice and check the quality of the rice. Chung Mi has a special stone mortar and a bed, and the tenants will go to Chung Mi by themselves.

When the rice came out, Wang Shu carefully observed the color and particles again. The six varieties that were crossed show a very obvious difference. The sticky rice that was originally relatively viscous has decreased and the rice grains have become longer due to hybridization. The taste after cooking is also somewhere in between, not as soft and glutinous as glutinous rice, but the texture is softer.

The six varieties were distinguished according to the change in taste, and among the four rice with a good increase, the taste of one was significantly worse.