Gongqing bone

Chapter 99 Tomatoes
Xue Feibai's imaginary trip to Wu Gorge was not romantic, and Du Heng didn't even want to talk to him on the way, just staring in a daze.

Then they returned all the way down the southward path, she was only on her way and had no interest in playing, the tossing Xue Feibai was miserable.

When I got out of Sichuan, I even lost three catties!
How can this work!
Xue Feibai said that he would not continue to go north after making a lot of noise. He insisted on going east and going south along the Yangtze River, passing through two lakes.

The euphemism is that you need to buy special products on the road, otherwise how can you explain to your family?
Du Heng looked sideways, but he thought that even if he went north, he would have to go east in the end, so he might as well do what he wanted.

Xue Fei smiled whitely, "First stop, Wuchang Mansion and Hanyang Mansion, here we come!"

When he set foot on the border of Wuchang Mansion, Xue Feibai immediately ran to the downtown area to find snacks;

Du Heng wandered aimlessly in the nearby market, looking for which ones were suitable to take back to Beijing as "specialties".

I walked into the flower and bird market while walking. Wouldn’t it be nice to bring back some living things?Du Heng thought to himself.

But she didn't think about it for too long, and she was attracted by the huge circle of people gathered at the junction of the Flower and Bird Market and the Grain Market not far away.

No matter men, women, old or young men, they stretched their necks desperately to watch;
A child who comes with an adult rides on the neck of his own adult to watch;

The little ghosts who have nowhere to ride, some rely on their thin bodies to shuttle through the crowd, and some lie on the ground and get into the crotch of the adults and then come to the center of the circle.

Everyone pointed while watching, and there was a sound of wonder in their mouths.

In the center of the circle was a seven-foot-long, bearded, travel-worn Northland businessman;

What attracted more attention than his tall stature and rough appearance was the stacks of goods taller than him on the carriage behind him.

And the pots of brightly colored plants in front of him really didn't match his image.

I saw that this plant was about four or five feet high, with stems like Artemisia, leaves like mugwort, and flowers like pomegranates;
An immature branch will bear three to five fruits, and the whole plant has about twenty or thirty seeds; the fruits are still small, green and red, really cute.

The other pot is fully grown, each one is as big as a fist, the color is pulpy red, and the falling branches are all bent over.

The latter plant looks better than the yellow persimmon, and unlike the persimmon, it can be planted in a pot, so it looks as good as it is placed at home.

Du Heng has seen this plant before. It is an ornamental flower from overseas. Because of its blood-red color when it matures, the local aborigines call it "the fruit of the fox" or "wolf peach";
Later, it was introduced to the Central Plains. Because it is a fanbang flower, the fruit was called tomato, also known as June persimmon.

It is said to be from a country called "Frangji".

Because grandma loves flowers and plants very much, this kind of rare and rare plants cannot be let go.

So I did everything possible to find it, and put it on the shelf in the back garden. When the fruit is fully ripe, it is bright and beautiful.

This flower was also all the rage in the aristocratic circle at that time, but because it was too "easy to care for", it was not as delicate and valuable as bluegrass and peony; "Are.

If you look for it now, you can always find it in the flower and bird market in the capital; I didn't expect this flower to be fashionable in Wuchang Mansion.

A schoolteacher surrounded by the circle was rather well-informed, stroked his beard and said unhurriedly:
"It's just a tomato, which only lives for one season; although the color is festive, it cannot survive the winter, and it can't grow bamboo for a long time~"

The businessman didn't feel the slightest embarrassment of being exposed, and said frankly:

"What this old gentleman said is very true. This thing is not suitable for watching. If you live for one season, you will die—"

"Then why are you selling it!" The spectators around had seen enough after a while, and they all wanted to disperse...

I just heard the bearded businessman continue unhurriedly:

"I didn't sell it as flowers and plants, but as vegetables and fruits! Isn't this also a grain market!?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent.

Everyone took a good look at the potted flower... fruit.

It is indeed high-yield, and the obedient head is still alive, and it is easier to serve than flowers.

The mature ones are faster than soybeans, wheat, rice, etc.; and there is no need to process them again, turning soybeans into tofu, wheat into flour, etc...

If it is planted in batches, it is really a profitable business...

Wait, here comes the key point: Is this thing edible?Even if you can eat it, is it delicious?
Everyone looked at the big fruit that was redder than the Crane's Dingzi, and fell into deep thought for a while.

In the end, the teacher cleared his throat again and said, "Is this thing really edible? Is it poisonous?"

Du Heng squinted her eyes, and she suddenly remembered that Xiao Zimei vaguely mentioned that tomatoes can be eaten.

But when the grandma's maid said that the grandma was just for watching, she showed the kind of smiling and well-behaved that she is used to seeing;
For someone as weird as her, I must have disdain in my heart.

At the same time, the bearded businessman picked a red fruit openly, and took a bite without hesitation.

After taking a sip, the juice exploded, and a lot of water-red juice dripped down the bearded beard, forming a cloud of red in different shades on his chest.

Although no one could taste it, they all miraculously felt the sweetness of fruits and vegetables slide down the taste buds on their tongues and into their throats.

"Gulu—" I don't know which child didn't hold back, and the saliva dripped to the ground.

"Well, sweet and sour is really delicious~" The bearded man sighed after eating, especially without Wude.

He held up the remaining half of the tomato and walked around the field for everyone to see. Inside was the dangling transparent flesh like a pigskin jelly.

The elusive Xue Feibai appeared out of nowhere: "Can you eat cooked ones?"

"This young master is really an old man! He looks like an expert at first glance, and cooked ones are even more delicious!
I don't know which spectator can contribute some ingredients?Here is a demonstration of how to fry and eat! "The bearded man is eager to try and gear up.

After a while, there was a commotion in the crowd, and kitchen knives, iron pans, firewood, eggs, coriander, onion, garlic, ginger, salt, etc. were in place one by one...

"Alright, alright, that's enough!" the bearded man hurriedly waved his hand to stop.

Then quickly set the pot on fire, and peeled and cut the red fruit extremely skillfully.

Du Heng looked at Xue Feibai strangely, "Didn't you go to eat?"

Xue Fei blushed and said: "How can I not rub it against such excitement?"

At the same time, he picked up another piece of fried dough sticks in the coarse porcelain bowl in his hand, and put it into Du Heng's mouth.

He asked, "Isn't it delicious! Going to the morning market, of course you need to replenish your energy!"

　It's tomatoes~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)