mtl008 Chapter 145: Starting to Grow Vegetables
Chapter 145: Starting to Grow Vegetables
Lu Tao held Chu Qian in her arms, while Liu San Niang held Chu Yao in her arms.
The whole family took Tian Jinghe to the county school.
Tian Jinghe looked left and right, his smile widening.
"Does Uncle not have time to play with Qian'er when he's studying?" Chu Qian asked, his voice soft and gentle as he hugged Lu Tao's neck.
Lu Tao patted him on the back, "Uncle is growing up, so you should study hard and learn to read."
"When Qian'er grows up, he should also study and learn to read and write like his uncle."
Chu Qian tilted his head. "Alright, when Qian'er goes to school, he wants to have a competition with his uncle to see who is better."
His words drew laughter from everyone.
Tian Jinghe retorted defiantly, "I'm your uncle, and your uncle won't lose to you. I can even teach you."
Chu Qian moved around on Lu Tao, saying, "Then Uncle must study hard and come back to teach Qian'er."
"it is good!"
"Hook."
Two little figures, one standing on tiptoe, the other bending down... earnestly making a pinky promise.
Tian Changqing stood outside the gate of the county school, where he welcomed the newly enrolled students.
"Uncle Changqing," Tian Xiang greeted him politely.
Tian Tian nodded to him and gently pushed Tian Jinghe over.
"Thank you for your trouble, Uncle Changqing."
Tian Changqing grabbed Tian Jinghe's hand and called out to Tian Tian, "Tian Tian."
Tian Tian looked at him, and Tian Changqing hesitated for a while before finally speaking, "The government office sent down some documents a few days ago."
“My father’s academic title was revoked.”
Tian Tian raised an eyebrow in surprise. They really stripped him of his academic honors?
Li Huaiyuan didn't even mention it to her...
Tian Changqing gave a bitter smile, "My father always considered himself the eldest brother and always worried about my second uncle's family. Now he's been stripped of his official title and can no longer be the village chief..."
"Unexpectedly, the other villagers didn't say anything, but my second uncle's family said a lot of sarcastic things."
"My dad has finally come to his senses..."
"He told me that when I see you, I must apologize to you, because he shouldn't have threatened you like that before..."
Tian Tian smiled; so much time had passed since that incident.
Jinghe was admitted to the county school as she wished, and her family moved away from Qingliu Village...
She felt relieved that they had no further connection with Qingliu Village.
“These things are all in the past, and Uncle Changqing told the village chief not to hold a grudge.”
Tian Changqing nodded...
Tian Jinghe walked into the county school, turning back every few steps...
The others left only after he disappeared from sight.
"I never expected... that the village chief's title would really be revoked." Liu Sanniang sighed, while worrying, "Won't Tian Changqing... hold a grudge against us and bully Jinghe?"
"That can't be," Lu Tao muttered. "Jinghe has a letter of recommendation from Lord Li."
Moreover, Lord Li had previously met with Instructor Ye Rong and Mr. Fan, and had instructed them to take good care of Tian Jinghe.
With those two around, Tian Changqing shouldn't be able to bully Tian Jinghe.
“Uncle Changqing isn’t that kind of person,” Tian Tian interrupted their concerns directly.
She had just noticed Tian Changqing's eyes and expression.
Tian Changqing was already unhappy with Tian Bonian's involvement in Tian Zhongqing's affairs and tried to persuade him for a long time, but he wouldn't listen.
Therefore, he blamed Tian Bonian more and disliked Tian Zhongqing.
They wouldn't have any objections to Tian Jing and a child.
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Upon arriving at the teahouse, Tian Tian sent Xiao Si to call Qian Fulai over.
"Oh dear, my good little sister, you've been hanging out with that guy surnamed Ling all day lately, and you've finally remembered your sworn brother?" Qian Fulai sat down casually, raising an eyebrow at Tian Tian. "That Young Master Ling is quite nice."
Tian Tian rolled her eyes at him. "She is better than you."
She said it casually, but Qian Fulai's expression changed slightly.
He waved his hand impatiently, "Oh, let's not talk about that. You called me here because you're going to plant vegetables?"
"Hmm." Tian Tian nodded. "How's it going? Is the land for the house ready?"
“Everything is ready.” Qian Fulai shrugged. “Now, my parents… listen to you, their adopted daughter, more.”
The land at home has been prepared long ago, tilled, fertilized... now we're just waiting for the vegetable seeds to be planted.
Among all the vegetables, the first one she grows is various kinds of chili peppers.
Besides being used in cooking, chili peppers can also be made into chili powder, dried chili peppers, chili sauce, chili oil, and more...
With these, she can recreate hot pot, barbecue, and other dishes.
Secondly, we can grow potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn. These three can be used as grains and can also be used to make starch. With starch, we can recreate a batch of delicious foods.
Then there are tomatoes, fruits, lettuce, romaine lettuce, eggplant, water spinach, carrots, spinach, green beans, snow peas, cauliflower, broccoli...
Leeks and garlic, which have existed since this era, can also be grown into yellow leeks and yellow garlic by avoiding light.
“My family owns a total of 200 mu of land in the suburbs of Baishi County, all located ten li east of the city.”
Tian Tian thought for a moment, "You can plant potatoes and sweet potatoes on your two hundred acres of land."
Potatoes and sweet potatoes have very high yields per mu (a Chinese unit of area, approximately 0.067 hectares). Potatoes can yield up to 4,000 jin (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 2,000 kg) per mu, and sweet potatoes can yield up to 6,000 jin (a Chinese unit of weight, approximately 3,000 kg) per mu.
Each type of crop covers over a hundred acres, resulting in a considerable harvest.
These potatoes and sweet potatoes are primarily intended for use in new dishes at Fu Lai Restaurant.
Then they set up small workshops to extract starch.
The rest can be sold to the system.
"Potatoes? Sweet potatoes?" Qian Fulai frowned. "What are those? I've never heard of them."
"It's precisely because you haven't heard of it that it's a novel ingredient," Tian Tian said.
"I'll make preparations first, and then I'll bring the seeds to see you the day after tomorrow."
Potatoes are grown using sprouted tubers, while sweet potatoes are grown using sweet potato seedlings.
The potatoes need to be cut into chunks first, which takes time to prepare.
“Okay,” Qian Fulai replied.
"Then I'll head back now if there's nothing else." Business at Fulai Restaurant has been very good since the beginning of spring.
The original three restaurants in Baishi County have now been reduced to two restaurants and one teahouse, with Baiwei Restaurant being the worst-performing.
"By the way," Qian Fulai turned back after walking out, "Tian Er, I heard that the Chang family might want to sell their restaurant, but I don't know if it's true."
"Didn't you say in the contract we signed that you would open a branch of Fu Lai Restaurant in the future?"
"You can keep an eye on it."
Tian Tian raised her eyebrows. Her teahouse business was much better than Fulai Restaurant's, but when it came to information... Qian Fulai was still more well-informed.
She hadn't heard a word about Baiwei Restaurant wanting to sell its shops.
In the entire Baishi County, there were only a handful of decent shops that could operate as restaurants. The success of Fulai Restaurant and Baishi Tea House boosted the business of many other shops.
Those shops are most likely not going to be sold.
But Baiwei Restaurant is different; compared to Fulai Restaurant and Baishi Teahouse...
Business plummeted!
Continuing to operate means continuing to lose money!
However, if Baiwei Restaurant were to sell its shops, she would certainly not be the only one interested in buying them.
To be arrogant, thanks to the foot traffic brought by Fulai Restaurant and Baishi Teahouse, any shop you open in Baishi County will be a success!
Besides restaurants!
The only exception...
The restaurant is owned by Tian Tian!!