Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 99

Fortunately, with the recklessness of "hot spring", she became more vigilant and closed her mouth in time, so that she didn't reveal her secrets.

"Huh, did you bring this thing here and plant it?" Qi Bokun asked in surprise, looking at the dwarf plant.

"No, it took a lot of effort to get two plants from the Ministry of Rites. I spent more than a year cultivating them to so many, but something happened this year." Yuan Xiuzhu said.

Hearing the word "Ministry of Rites", Du Jinning was relieved.

The two old men have great powers, but they are the masters of "there are people above".It is not difficult to get some strawberries to grow.

It is also because she is rare and strange, and uses the thinking of the original world to understand this overhead world.You must know that she has been eating cornmeal since she came here. The origin of corn is Mexico. Strawberry and corn are from the same village and belong to the same village.With corn, it's no surprise to see strawberries now.

At this time, Yuan Xiuzhu had already walked to a strawberry plant, bent down and pulled out the leaves, and pointed it to Qi Bokun: "Look, I finally got a few fruits, and that's it."

Du Jinning saw two tall old men surrounded there, and the ditch was narrow, blocking the ground. Even if she was thin, she couldn't squeeze through, and she couldn't see the defective strawberry in Yuan Xiuzhu's hand.She simply walked out, walked around the ground, and walked across from the two of them.

I saw Yuan Xiuzhu holding a ripe strawberry in his hand.But on the strawberries that should have been red, half of the frost was covered on one side, as if the woman had put powder on her face, but it was white and red, very beautiful.

Qi Bokun looked at the strawberry and shook his head like a rattle: "I don't understand, I don't even know how this thing is grown, how do I know why it becomes like this?"

"Isn't your son the Secretary of Agriculture? Why don't you understand anything? Fortunately, you came back from the capital and have no knowledge at all." Yuan Xiuzhu was very disappointed.

Qi Bokun immediately blew his beard and stared: "My son is a secretary of agriculture, but I am not! Besides, whoever stipulates that those who come back from the capital must know how to grow this stuff? Who is like you, who sees through the world at a young age, and spends all day Planting flowers and grass, playing with things and losing one's mind?"

"Hey, you serve the country and the people, so why don't you come to our backcountry to be your official secretary in the capital?"

"I'm old now, can't I be an official?" Qi Bokun became more and more angry, "I said, old man Yuan, where are you going to poke your scars, right? Now, tell me why you let the good prince and Taifu go? If you don't do it, you will beg for bones at a young age?"

Seeing that the two old men were arguing very lively, Du Jinning swallowed back the words that came to his lips.She simply got up and went to check other plants to see if other strawberries were also infected.

The two old children thought they were used to quarreling. After arguing for a while, their faces turned red and their necks were thick, but they made up again in a blink of an eye, and comforted each other with sincerity.

After comforting him, probably thinking of Du Jinning, Qi Bokun waved to this side: "Xiao Ning, come here and see what's wrong with this thing."

Only then did Du Jinning get the chance to express himself: "This is white//powdery disease, easily contagious."

Both old men were stunned.

"Look at what you said so firmly, it seems to be true." Yuan Xiuzhu couldn't believe it, and asked, "Then tell me, what is white//What is powdery disease? How do you know it's white//powdery?"

"Many fruits and vegetables get this disease, it's very common." Du Jinning looked surprised, "Why don't you even know about this", and looked at Qi Bokun with joy.

He patted Yuan Xiuzhu on the shoulder: "Old Yuan, what kind of strawberry do you grow? You should learn how to grow melons, fruits and vegetables first. Learn the most basic things first, and then try to grow rare things."

"Get lost!" Yuan Xiuzhu shook his hands off his shoulders, and looked at Du Jinning, "Seeing that you are right, I will trust you. Then tell me, how to cure it?"

"Why do you believe it? Forget it, Xiao Ning, since he doesn't believe it, let's not treat him, let him go in a hurry. Let's go, let's go."

Qi Bokun waved his hand as if he was about to take Du Jinning away.

"You...you old man!" Yuan Xiuzhu was so angry that his beard turned up, "Qi Bokun, if you want to go, go, don't drag others." As he spoke, he changed his expression and smiled at Du Jinning very kindly He said, "I am the teacher of your academy, my son, you cured my strawberry disease, sir, I will take care of you in the academy."

"Tsk!" Qi Bokun said disdainfully, "He is the direct disciple of the head of the mountain, why do you need to take care of him? Don't mess with those vain people. I said, old man Yuan, when did you become so stingy? The child ran so far in the cold, and I gave you a strawberry to cure the disease, and you gave me ten taels of silver as a reward, isn't that too much?"

When Qi Bokun said this, Yuan Xiuzhu understood what he meant.

Looking at Du Jinning's yellow and thin face, without a good cloth on his body, one can imagine how poor his family is.However, this kid is still very stubborn. Just now, old man Qi wanted to give him clothes and pants, but he refused.Old man Qi is looking for an opportunity to subsidize him in disguise.

"My strawberry, I asked several experienced flower carpenters to look at it, but they couldn't see anything. I made a price for them at that time. If anyone can cure the disease, I will give him 20 taels." Yuan Xiuzhu said .

He hired a few carpenters, and the price rose from two taels to ten taels of silver.But when others heard that it was something brought back from overseas, Mr. Yuan treated it like a treasure, and bought a hot spring village to keep it.Even if you can see what kind of disease it is, how can you dare to cure it?If someone suffers from some rare overseas disease, and I not only failed to cure it, but cured it, wouldn't that be life-threatening?

So the flower and carpenters came and went one by one, and they all said that they couldn't understand, and they didn't know what the disease was.

The reason why ten taels became 20 taels was that Yuan Xiuzhu also planned to help Du Jinning.After all, it is good that this child can enter Guan Lehe's eyes and let Qi Bokun help him with all his heart.For such children, he would be very happy to support a few more children.

The two old men thought that Du Jinning would happily agree, but they didn't expect the child to shake his head unexpectedly and said: "If I help you cure it, can I ask for two strawberry seedlings instead of 20 taels of silver? "

Yuan Xiuzhu was taken aback: "Why do you want it?"

"Plant!" Du Jinning said as a matter of course.

"Ugh!" Yuan Xiuzhu was choked and had to ask patiently, "Why are you planting it? 20 taels of silver is enough for your tuition fee for a year in the academy. You don't want money, why do you want this stuff? "

Qi Bokun was also puzzled.

Yuan Xiuzhu planted this thing, in his opinion, he just had fun when he was full and had nothing to do.When this thing is grown, you say it is delicious, that’s all it is, whether it’s sour or sweet, how many fruits are not more delicious than it?You still have to spend so much energy tinkering, what is it if you are not full?
If Du Jinning was a rich young master, he would still understand the kid's choice.But he is a poor boy, the kind who is so poor that he can't even eat enough.Can't eat without clothes and clothes, and still think about romance, isn't this sick?
This is sicker than any strawberry!
"Because it is rare, some people will definitely want to try it when it is planted. I don't sell it to ordinary people, I sell it to those rich people. I don't ask for much. It costs a hundred yuan a catty. I think everyone is willing to pay for it. Taste it. If you sell it for a year or two, not to mention 20 taels of silver, you can earn 40 taels or 60 taels. Isn’t it more cost-effective than just money? It’s better to teach a man to fish than to teach him how to fish. Mr. Yuan, I believe you must understand This principle."

"Uh." Yuan Xiuzhu choked again.

He was almost entangled by this child.

What he said seems to make sense, and even the saying "teaching a man to fish is worse than giving him a fish" has come, how can it be unreasonable?
But... something always feels wrong.

He thought for a while, and suddenly laughed: "Hey, you kid, I was almost dizzy by your words. You did a good job of dreaming, but it's a pity that it's just a daydream."

Qi Bokun also smiled and shook his head: "Isn't it just a child's talk?"

"Not to mention if you take it back, can it be planted alive; even if it is planted alive, how many catties of fruit can it produce in a year? I have been doing this for almost two years, and I only got a few catties of fruit in total. You If you want to make a fortune from it, isn't that a daydream?" Yuan Xiuzhu rolled his eyes and said.

(End of this chapter)