Chapter 49: Big Eve

Wang Kuang hurriedly put on his clothes and arrived at the side hall. Sun Mingqian was talking with the visitor.

This is a short and thin man with a vegetable on his face, which is mostly caused by malnutrition. He was wearing very cold clothes. During the Chinese New Year, his robe was still covered with patches, and it was wide and not suitable. Most of the robes worn by ordinary people were under the knees, which would cover the upper edge of the boots. The hem of his robe was almost at the foot of his feet, and he was wearing straw sandals.

This is not from the Lin Mansion, Wang Kuang thought. I'm afraid this is another brother who wore the same robe. Usually this robe is the most valuable property for a family, and he is willing to wear it only when he goes out.

Knowing that the boy who came was the little boss he had named him, the person who came took out a cloth bag from his arms, handed it over hesitantly, staring at Wang Kuang with hope: "They said, if the little boss likes it, will he be rewarded?"

Wang Kuanger was confused. He took the cloth bag suspiciously and opened it to see it. He couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Reward, of course."

A few white seeds were quietly lying in the cloth bag, and some yellow solid objects were pasted outside, either, but pumpkin seeds.

It turned out that this man was named Huang Da, a native of Yanping. He was a porter who often ran to Lingnan. He helped the caravan pick things to support his family. His elder brother was bedridden and his life was very difficult. He heard the traveling merchants on the road talking about the little bosses who came to Jian'an Fulai Inn liked to listen to some interesting stories or collect vegetables, fruits and vegetables that he had never seen before, so he paid attention. In the late autumn, he went to Lingnan and saw a vine planted in a family's yard that actually produced huge yellow fruits and fruits. Several of them were even bigger than human heads. So he begged the family to give him a few seeds at the cost of helping a day. According to the family, I don't know if the melon can be eaten, but it was planted because the yellow flowers it bloomed were very beautiful.

Originally, when he came back this trip, he could even get a few slabs. The whole family had a good New Year. But on the way back, the caravan encountered a strong robbery. The merchants were killed. He relied on his usual picking things and his feet to escape. It was already the 29th year of the year when he returned home. It was the Chinese New Year, and the family didn't even have rice to cook. Seeing two hungry nephews and the long-time sister-in-law who were forcibly holding, he touched the unknown seeds in his arms.

I gritted my teeth and didn't care about any taboos. I got up early this morning to rush to Jian'an. I thought I could arrive in Jian'an before noon and then get some rewards. I had time to rush back home before dark, but it was snowing at night and it was difficult to travel. In addition, the rice had not entered, so I had only been a hundred miles away. I had to walk all day long. It was not until dark that I arrived in Jian'an. Then I asked Fulai Inn and called the door again. It was already very late when I received my senior year.

After hearing Huang Da's intermittent efforts to finish this, even Sun Han, who had been hiding behind after hearing the news, heard the news, was crying and ordered his servants to feed Huang Da.

Wang Kuang had seen many times. Even before coming through the Harmonious Dynasty in later generations, Wang Kuang heard his father say that during the Chinese New Year, some rural people were willing to buy one yuan of meat, saying that it was to satisfy their children's cravings. In this case, the underdeveloped rural areas in the west were even more conceivable. Not to mention the early years of Zhenguan that had just come out of the war.

Huang Dalang ate the leftovers of the servants, and he looked very hungry, but among the dishes of leftovers, he didn't stretch out his chopsticks. Seeing this, Wang Kuang understood Huang Da's thoughts and said to Huang Da: "Eat it, you have the strength to go when you are full, and you won't keep you anymore. I'll bring you some ready-made food home later." Wang Kuang was respectful to his family, especially his brothers, and then turned around and asked Sun Mingqian: "Uncle, let's ride the old horse in his family, which is better than two legs to rush to the night. I guess he can rush home before midnight."

Sun Mingqian had been through life when he was young, and thought more carefully than Wang Kuang, so he ordered his servants to wrap the old horse's four hooves in linen cloth, and asked someone to prepare two bags of rice, oil and other items on the horse's back. Sun Han even found out the old clothes that Sun Jiaying and the other kids wore before and stuffed them in.

Before Huang Da left, Wang Kuang asked Sun Mingqian to seal him two hangings of money: "It is not safe to walk at night, so I won't give you more money. Take these back first and have a good New Year. Come after the New Year, and I'll make up for you at that time."

Huang Da left without saying a word, but just bowed. He understood one thing when he was traveling around the world. He did not thank him for his kindness. After his elder brother recovered from illness, he settled his brother and sister-in-law and sold his life to the little boss. Anyway, this life had died a few days ago.

"Erlang, what is this? It's worth a horse?" As soon as Huang Da left, Sun Mingqian remembered that he was a businessman again. In his opinion, since the horse was sent out, it was sent out and there was no reason to ask for it back. Although it was an old horse, it was worth more than ten cents of money. The number of horses in Jian'an was not more than two palms together.

"Hehe, uncle, the old horse has been sent out, can you add a strong horse?" Wang Kuang didn't know that Xiao Jiujiu in Sun Mingqian was planning whether this transaction was cost-effective. But this is no wonder that Sun Mingqian, the 20 or 30 people in the Sun's mansion, plus the 20 or 30 people in the inn, a total of fifty or sixty people were counting on Fulai Inn. All of them were prosperous and prosperous. Sun Mingqian just put himself in the identity of the inn owner, which was a real businessman's character.

Seeing that Sun Mingqian was anxious, he stopped keeping it and raised the cloth bag in his hand: "Good things, how many more food can you eat in the future? There are more snacks."

I heard that there were so many snacks. Sun Han, who was standing beside him, became interested and stared at the cloth bag in Wang Kuang's hand: "Erlang, are you really saying? Don't you lie to the aunt?"

"Besides, even if you want to cheat, it's also a lie to uncle. How dare you cheat the aunt?" Wang Kuang had great respect for Sun Han. From Sun Han, he always felt the same kind of love he had towards him as his mother.

Hearing this, Sun Han glanced at Sun Mingqian with pride. Sun Mingqian raised his hand and made a gesture to beat him: "Good boy, let's have fun." However, he didn't really beat him, so he patted Wang Kuang's head and then grabbed Wang Kuang who wanted to run away: "Then how to plant this thing? Is it easy to plant?"

"It's extremely easy to plant. You can plant it in front of and behind the house. You don't need to take care of it. However, if you take care of it carefully, the melons that have been born will be the size of a bathtub. By the way, this thing is called a pumpkin. It should have been transmitted from Persia to Annan in India and then to the South China Sea." The pumpkin kings in later generations, not to mention the bathtub, were much larger than that, and the heaviest ones were even more than one ton. At present, the pumpkin seeds are very large and very thick, so it should be a very good variety. I believe that if I take good care of it, it would be no big problem to grow a pumpkin that costs hundreds of kilograms per one.

"It's still Erlang's cleverness. Even Persia and India have heard of it." Sun Han sighed, thinking that he had compared his two kids with Wang Kuang again.

"Auntie, don't worry, as the saying goes, I am born with talent, it is useful. Some people are easy to learn martial arts and difficult to learn martial arts, while others are easy to learn martial arts and difficult to learn martial arts. This person always has something suitable for him. Look at me, isn't it just that I can't learn literature? If Jiahan and Jiaying can learn their own preferences, they will definitely have a chance to make a comeback."

"I am born to be useful, Erlang, so I will lend you auspicious words. After the New Year, I will find a master martial arts teacher. Since Jiaying likes martial arts, let him learn it. Jiahan must ask Erlang." At this time, there was no saying that he valued literature and neglected martial arts. Even the social status of craftsmen is not low, so Sun Mingqian did not force his two sons to learn literature. He hired Mr. Liu just to have a discipline.

After getting the pumpkin seeds, Wang Kuang was not very excited. He just saw the pumpkin seeds and remembered the pumpkin leaf stems that my mother used to stir-fry. Then he remembered the steaming cabbage tofu. In the middle of winter, if there is a pot of cabbage tofu, add some chili sauce and simmer it on the stove, it will be comfortable.

However, it seems that later generations have never heard that cabbage came from outside the domain. Could it be that it is authentic Chinese local? Thinking of this, he asked Sun Mingqian: "Uncle, have you heard of cabbage?"

"What is cabbage? My uncle only knows that there are cabbage, where does this cabbage start?"

Oh god, why do I always underestimate the ancient times and always be cautious, and I dare not ask this or that. Wang Kuang despised himself fiercely.

After gesturing with Sun Mingqian for a long time, Wang Kuang realized that cabbage has existed since ancient times, but it is not native to Fujian. Moreover, because cabbage tastes a bit bitter (the kind of cabbage with dark green leaves and very thick stems), not many people have grown it, and everyone still likes to eat spinach. As for cabbage, it is a pineapple dish, Sun Mingqian has seen it in the north before. At this time, there are still few people growing it in Fujian, and it is probably not spread.
Chapter completed!