Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 411

Ding Renhua arrived when the apples in the garden had just begun to bear fruit and the watermelons were just beginning to grow seedlings.

This time he still lived in the three-courtyard house he had bought before, which was filled with the fruit boxes he brought with him. This time he had more things to bring back.

Zhong Ruyi helped Yu Wei hold the peach tree and asked Yu Wei to fill the pit with soil. The two were busy and sweating. This was the tenth fruit tree planted today, and they were all found from other places.

"Nanzhou is really rich in products. Uncle Zheng and I went there and tasted everything we saw." Yu Wei said with a smile, "Now people in Nanzhou have started to grow watermelons. We saw a large area of ​​farmland on our way back."

Zhong Ruyi had already anticipated this, it was only a matter of time.

The villagers also thought about not growing crops but growing melons, but Zhao Ganwei persuaded them earnestly: "If everyone grows melons, who will grow crops? Where will you buy food if there is a famine? If such a day really comes, no matter how much money you have, it will be useless!"

They were all willing to listen to what Zhao Ganwei said, and after hearing his words, they gave up the idea.

The method of fertilizing the fields that Mr. Huang used last year has been reported to the county magistrate, and the villages have begun to promote this method. However, the county magistrate is worried that the villagers may not believe it, so he asked Mr. Huang to visit each village in person and teach them over and over again.

At the end of March, Mr. Huang had just returned from Taohua Village. The villagers made an appointment to go to his small courtyard to ask when to apply fertilizer to the rice that had been planted a few days ago.

After planting the rice, it is time to plant the watermelons in the field. Zhong Ruyi asked the man to plant only five acres. Other people in the village also planted a lot, and they also had an orchard to look after, so there was no need to plant too many to join in the fun.

As for the batch of melons she planted last month, they have now grown to the size of a fist and can be picked in about a month.

This batch is not exclusively for Ding Renhua and Mr. Fang. She has already informed Mr. Fang in advance that these are to be sold to people leaving the ship at the dock.

It was only last year that Ah Hai and the others had told her about it early on that she was willing to make this effort. However, she didn't plant much, so she would pick some from her space and mix them together for him when the time comes.

As soon as Ding Renhua came over, he stared at the grapes in her yard, and walked around them in circles.

Zhong Ruyi and Chen Dongzhi were eating in the yard, not caring what this man was trying to do.

Master Dante was not happy with this. He pointed at the grape plants and asked, "Why did only two of the ones I brought back survive?"

Zhong Ruyi waved her hand, "Let's talk about this later, let's eat first."

They had worked all morning and were so hungry that they felt dizzy and had no energy to greet the young master.

Ding Renhua didn't leave either. He just lay down on the rocking chair under the grape trellis, looking very comfortable.

Chen Dongzhi was gnawing on the bone, making a crunching sound, as if he had some grudge against the bone.

Zhong Ruyi glanced at him and picked up a piece of meat for him, "Don't chew it. Your teeth will be bad when you get old."

The hard bones make a crunching sound when chewed, and the teeth will become loose before the age of thirty.

But they didn’t know if it was because it was too comfortable or what, but when the two of them finished eating and were about to go out to work, they found that the person lying on the rocking chair was motionless.

Holding Chen Dongzhi who was about to go forward and shake him awake, Zhong Ruyi shook her head at him and whispered, "Forget it, just leave him here."

Chen Dongzhi, unwilling to give up, shouted Ding Renhua's name loudly when he was taken away, because he didn't want him to sleep here.

But Ding Renhua was still sleeping soundly, and as soon as he went out, he was greeted by an elbow from his wife, "What are you doing? Is it annoying to wake him up? It's so nice to be quiet like this!"

Now Chen Dongzhi kept silent. It was his wife who was far-sighted. This way, he didn't have to be questioned by others.

By the time they finished their work in the fields and came back, Ding Renhua was no longer in the yard.

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In May, the first batch of melons has begun to be picked.

Ding Renhua asked someone to deliver fruit boxes from the town early in the morning. Each fruit box had only two layers, and was also covered with cotton cloth to prevent bumps.

A total of 1,000 kilograms were picked during the first harvest. The horse-drawn carriage was harnessed that day, and we were on the road soon after loading.

The villagers watched the carriage go away, and they all felt a little sad. "One melon costs two taels of silver. How much would so many melons cost?"

But they soon had no time to sigh. Starting from the first batch, the second batch also began, and the whole month of May passed in this busyness.

Zhong Ruyi planted six or seven kinds of fruits in the yard, including six grape trees. Two of the four lychee trees that Chen Dongzhi brought back from Nanzhou were also planted in the yard.

However, because the fruits were not carefully cared for and only watered with space water from time to time, the fruits were not many and only four baskets were picked from the two trees.

Huang Ying came over and asked for a basket to take back to make wine. Zhong Ruyi asked Chen Dongzhi to send two baskets back to the Chen and Zhong families, and the remaining basket was bought by Ding Renhua.

"How embarrassing!" Zhong Ruyi was still a little reluctant, but the cashier's hand was very honest. After accepting a silver ingot, he said to him, "There are more in Nanzhou, where lychees are grown in abundance."

There was a servant next to Ding Renhua, who was peeling lychees one by one and putting them to his mouth.

Hearing this, Ding Renhua just shook the fan in his hand and said, "This young master doesn't like to go to Nanzhou. There are too many mosquitoes there. I went there once before and suffered a lot."

The servant echoed, "Yes, that Nanzhou is really remote. People always feel listless and exhausted when they go there! There are even centipedes crawling on people when they sleep at night!"

Millipedes are also called centipedes. Zhong Ruyi got goosebumps when he heard this.

Ding Renhua finished a plate of lychees and then took a fancy to the cherries in her yard. He pointed at them and asked, "What is this? Is it delicious?"

It was obvious that the young master was very interested.

Without waiting for anyone to answer, he reached out and pulled one off, put it under his nose and smelled it. It didn't smell good, but it looked bright and full in color, so it must be delicious.

The servant cleverly picked a handful and took them to wash. On the way, he was bumped into by Chen Dongzhi and didn't pay any attention to him. He just took the cherries and left.

Chen Dongzhi, who had just returned from delivering lychees, saw lychee shells all over the ground as soon as he entered the yard. The culprit was lying comfortably on his usual rocking chair. It was really infuriating!

"What are you doing here again?" he asked with a frown. He really couldn't understand why this man didn't live in the courtyard but came to his house every day?

Ding Renhua ignored him, took the plate handed to him by the servant and tasted a cherry first.

His eyes lit up, "That's great! Get me two and bring them back!"

This Xinghua Village is really a Feng Shui treasure land, with all kinds of good things. Where can you eat these fruits in Beijing?