jdhmnovel Chapter 275: Insights from the Vegetable Greenhouse
Chapter 275: Insights from the Vegetable Greenhouse
Shopkeeper Hua and his companions did not leave that day. They stayed and prepared to pack vegetables and set off early the next morning.
After lunch in the afternoon, Han Shunde took them to take a look at the vegetable greenhouse.
Shopkeeper Hua and a few others listened to his introduction while watching.
I was shocked!
Even in such cold weather, they can still grow vegetables like this, and there are several varieties of vegetables that they have never seen in the capital!
It is already early winter outside, but it is as warm as spring inside the greenhouse.
"Village Chief Han, who came up with this idea? In this cold winter, it's really a clever idea to be able to grow vegetables this way!"
Han Shunde said proudly, "This! This idea was thought up by Lan Zhen!
She drew on the ground for us how to build the walls of the vegetable greenhouse and how to build the shed above.
How to get light? When growing vegetables in a greenhouse, we are told about temperature, humidity, and preventing pests.
Then let's slowly explore and experiment.
Unexpectedly, we succeeded in one try.”
After hearing what he said, Shopkeeper Hua was shocked.
He didn't expect that Li Lanzhen, a peasant woman, had such insight. Not only did she save the silver fox several times, but this alone made Manager Hua admire and be grateful to Li Lanzhen in his heart.
Now that he has seen the vegetable greenhouse, he feels even more that Li Lanzhen is a legendary woman!
Shopkeeper Hua saw in the vegetable greenhouse the vegetables he had seen in the past few times, as well as tomatoes and cucumbers that he had never seen before.
Han Shunde saw him standing in the tomato field and next to the cucumber rack without moving, so he introduced them to him.
"Manager Hua, you can take the tomatoes and cucumbers away this time."
As she spoke, she picked a bright red tomato and handed it to him.
"Come, try it, it's sweet and sour, and the sandy flesh is even more delicious!"
Shopkeeper Hua held the bright red tomato in his palm, but his five fingers could not hold it tight enough.
It is a little bigger than his fist and looks really pleasing to the eye. In the snowy winter, this red fruit is truly festive.
If you use it directly in Beijing, you should be able to make a lot of money!
Later, Zhang Deshui invited him to see the sweet potatoes and potatoes they were planting.
Shopkeeper Hua followed him into the greenhouse where grain was grown.
The entire greenhouse is green and the sweet potato vines are growing very lushly.
"Brother Zhang, this is the stir-fried sweet potato tips we eat. It's sweet, crisp and tastes great."
Sailor Zhang stroked his beard and laughed proudly.
"Yes, this is sweet potato. Sweet potato is a treasure. After the seedlings grow up, you can cut them off and plant them in the soil again. With water and sunlight, they will grow vigorously.
After the sweet potato vines grow up, you can pick the tips and stir-fry them. Even the stalks of the sweet potato vines can be pickled into sauerkraut and eaten with porridge. It goes well with rice and is delicious.”
Taking a look at the green sweet potato, Zhang Deshui felt a sense of accomplishment.
"Shopkeeper Hua, in just over a month, the sweet potatoes will be grown and can be dug out. You must come then, Shopkeeper Hua!
At that time, our cafeteria will make you a sweet potato feast, which will be delicious no matter how you cook it!"
Shopkeeper Hua stretched out his big hand and gently stroked the green sweet potato vines. The entire greenhouse was planted with sweet potatoes.
The sweet potato vines are dense and vigorous, and every leaf is lush and green.
When we arrived at the greenhouse where potatoes were planted, the potato vines were blooming.
Shopkeeper Hua asked, "Brother Zhang, is this a potato? It also grows underground?"
"Yes, it grows underground. When planting, ridges are built one by one, and potatoes grow under the potato shapes.
Look how beautiful the potato flowers are!"
Shopkeeper Hua looked at the potato flower with creamy white petals and yellow stamens blooming in the middle of the green and said, "Potato flowers are really beautiful!"
He added, thinking of the braised pheasant and rabbit stewed with potato cubes he had eaten today.
“The potatoes are delicious too!”
Zhang Deshui said with his hands behind his back and his head held high proudly.
“Both potatoes and sweet potatoes are delicious and can fill your stomach, so this is really a good thing.
The girl from Lanzhou said that she would plant several hundred acres of sweet potatoes and potatoes in Taohuayuan next year.
Then, give the seeds to Silver Fox and see how to promote them? Let the people of the Li Dynasty have enough food and not go hungry! "
Zhang Deshui's words made Manager Hua admire Li Lanzhen even more!
Li Lanzhen is a woman, but she has a broader mind than those officials in the court!
Li Lanzhen has the people in her heart!
This time, Manager Hua was asked to take away a lot of vegetables. In order to ensure the freshness of the vegetables, everyone came to the vegetable greenhouse in the middle of the night to start picking vegetables.
Except for the younger children who had already fallen asleep, the older children also joined in the work.
Manager Hua asked his men to take out a lot of quilts and oilcloths from the big ship.
All the baskets of vegetables were wrapped tightly and then carried one by one to the cabin of the big ship.
After seeing this, Li Lanzhen thought that her guess was correct. There really was a warehouse at the bottom of this big ship.
"Manager Hua, if the temperature in the cabin is low, it will be bad for the vegetables. I think we should bring a few pots of charcoal fire down there."
Shopkeeper Hua smiled and said, "We brought the charcoal basin with us.
At this time, the charcoal fire in the charcoal basin has been lit.
The temperature in the ship’s hold is just right so the vegetables won’t get frozen.”
"That's good, as long as you don't get frozen."
This time, Li Lanzhen did not take out vegetables for him from the space.
However, sweet potatoes and potatoes were taken out from the space, about 500 kilograms of each.
Li Lanzhen pointed at the sacks and said.
“Manager Hua, these potatoes and sweet potatoes are mine. I’m giving them to you. I won’t exchange them for silver this time.
Thank you for sending so many supplies to Taohuayuan and also sending us a ship.
Tell your men to move into the cabin quickly.
Don’t let the village chief and his men know about this.”
Shopkeeper Hua originally wanted to refuse, but he really liked the taste of sweet potatoes and potatoes.
I heard Li Lanzhen say this,
He glanced at Silver Fox, who nodded at him.
Shopkeeper Hua immediately waved his hand and asked his subordinates to carry the sacks onto the boat and put them into the cabin.
All the vegetables were packed into baskets, and the quantity of each basket was recorded according to the category.
Finally, the amount of silver was calculated according to the price of vegetables on the contract.
When all the vegetables were loaded into the cabin, everyone went home to wash up.
The sky was getting light at this time and breakfast was ready in the cafeteria.
Li Lanzhen and Han Shunde asked Manager Hua and the others to go to the dining room first, wash up, eat, and then settle the bill before they could set off.