Farmer’s Little Girl

   Chapter 3436

"Yes, we have only lost it for a year. The pear trees on the mountain have grown well. It's a pity that they can't be sold, so I picked a little bit and kept eating, and sold the rest to the market. "

  Bai Shan: "Didn't your governor find a market for you?"

"I found it, but only two merchants asked for a small amount. The other Han people didn't buy it. They all listened to those merchants. They united and didn't buy our fruit," Ashan said, "We still have us. Regardless of the ugliness, they are actually delicious, but they just say that our fruit is not good, so they don’t collect them, and they don’t ask others to collect them. Anyway, they are very bad."

  A Shan looked at Zhou Man and said, "You are the best Han people I have ever seen, except for the provincial governor."

  He was very proud, “I saw you on the street that day, and I knew it right away. You are a good person and like to eat. I really didn’t feel wrong.”

   "In fact, when those merchants came to buy our pears, I thought they were not good people, but my father and the people in the village didn't believe me..."

   Zhou Man looked at him sympathetically, "Did they blame you afterwards?"

  Ashan looked at her in shock, "How do you know?"

  Bai Shan saw that they had a tendency to talk more and more, so he hurriedly stopped and said, "Let’s pick oranges first."

   "Yes," Ah Shan nodded immediately and said enthusiastically: "We picked and said, you are good people, you can go to my orchard to pick it, I don't need money, just pick it."

  Bai Shan:...It doesn’t look like a very smart person, how can you recognize the true face of the merchant?

Zhou Man’s goal was not the fruit on the fruit tree, but the tree under the fruit, and it was not limited to ugly oranges. Before entering this village, Keke dinged a few times. Obviously, there are many here that she has not included. s things.

  There may be other fruit trees, so you have to make a good relationship. . .

  Two people, one with the intention and the other, naturally talked very happily. Not only Baishan and Bai Erlang, but Yin or He Mingda are ranked behind.

  The four followed behind them in silence.

They are different here from Chang'an. The field is very small, but there is a large piece of land connected to the past, which is also divided into one piece after another. Because of the high and low terrain, even if the upper and lower two pieces of land belong to the same family, it doesn’t fit. Go together.

  So there are many mountains and little land, but the mountains are not the kind of high mountains commonly seen by Mingda and others, but small hills, the hills are connected to the hills, and the soil is quite deep, so some people open up wasteland under the hillside to grow beans.

  Later, because the melons and fruits were so easy to sell, they drove some land on the mountain to grow fruits.

The orchards are basically half hillsides, or at the foot of the hills that were originally barren land. Zhou Man taught him how to grow kumquats along the way. Most of them were inquired from fruit farmers, and a small part was collected by the encyclopedia. Written in the entry.

  She also taught him how to graft fruit trees, Ah Shan listened with gusto, and the two exchanged enthusiastically in Mandarin and dialects.

Because of Zhou Man’s enthusiasm, not only Ah Shan, but also his father and mother, the village chief and the village chief, like her very much. Not only did they not accept the oranges they picked on the mountain, but I heard that she wanted some fruit twigs. , And asked Ah Shan to go to the mountain to dig two fruit trees as high as them and give them to them.

  It’s too slow to cut with branches. It is better to use fruit trees that survive directly. They are very generous, which means that one or two trees are not a problem at all.

  As for other fruit trees that Zhouman also dared to be interested in, they had to go to the mountains to dig some flowers and plants. They were also enthusiastic to help.

  They were so enthusiastic that Zhou Man felt that he had to give something back for what he said, so he pointed to the pear trees in the mountain and asked, "Are there still more pears on it? Let me pick some?"

"some."

  Although it is now in winter, they are not too cold in Lingnan. Except for the pears that have been overripe or blown by the wind, most of them are still hanging on the trees.

  Many people plant pear trees in the nearby villages. Even if they don’t plant orchards, they will plant one or two in their backyard, so pears are not easy to sell.

  Everyone just let those pears on the tree.

  A Shan directly took the basket up the mountain to pick pears for them, and said generously: “You don’t need any money for this, just pick it, our village and our family have more.”

   Zhou Man took it in his hand and looked at it, and then handed it to Bai Shan, "Peel the skin and taste it."

  Ashan also took one, wiped it on his clothes and took a bite. Watching Bai Shan peeling his skin, he thought to himself that these people are really particular.

  Yin or looked at the pear trees in the mountains, and said regretfully: "It's really a pity, do you have any idea?"

   Baijiro also looked at Zhou Man, "You...you don't want to buy it yourself, do you?"

   Zhou Man glanced at him and said, "I want to buy it, so I have to sell it."

  Bai Shan sliced ​​a slice for her, and then divided each of them into one slice. He bit the rest, and he nodded slightly, "The taste is good, and there is a lot of water."

   Zhou Man tasted it carefully, and nodded: "It's not bad, it's also good to make pear paste."

  Bai Shan raised his eyebrows, "Pear paste?"

Zhou Man nodded, "Yes, it happened to be cold, and many people cough. Until next year, the weather will pick up. This kind of lung and cough-relieving things should be easy to sell, especially if there are children in the family who don’t like taking medicine, as long as the price is not It's very high, and it must be bought by many people."

   Zhou Man turned his head and asked Ah Shan, "How can I teach you how to make it?"

  A Shan was confused, "Boil what?"

   "Pear paste."

  Ashan: "I don't know, what's the use of this thing?"

  "It can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. Your pears can't be sold. It's better to sell them as pear paste."

   "Will anyone buy it?"

   "Yes," Zhou Man said firmly, "As long as your quality is good."

  Ashan is still worried, "What if the few merchants still unite and don't let people buy it?"

   "No," Zhou Man said, "I can recommend it for you then, no one can stop it."

  A Shan thought for a while, then reluctantly nodded and said: "Then let's learn."

  So Zhou Man asked them to prepare something, but unfortunately, they did not have anything except Lao Jiang.

   Zhouman, they can only take sugar, Luo Han Guo, and red dates from their luggage cart.

   Then set up a pot in the kitchen of Ah Shan’s family to teach him to make autumn pear paste.

  Although the taste of the first pot is a bit different, Zhou Man feels that it is still good. She encouraged them and said: "You work hard, you will definitely learn."

  Ashan's family shook their heads together and said, "We are not learning anymore."

   Zhouman several people were surprised, "Why?"

  Ashan: "It's too expensive. I have to buy sugar and mangosteen. Ginger is also very expensive. We won't do it."

   Bai Erlang hesitated to say, "Do you know that the autumn pear paste she gave is more valuable?"

   Zhou Man nodded his head after meditation, "You are right. I didn't think well. This recipe shouldn't be given to you."

  Bai Shan smiled slightly and said: "You write down the prescription, and I will send it to Guanyin. The normal price of this pear is two yuan per catty. Without a merchant, Guanyin can eat it at home."

   Zhou Man nodded, turned his head and said to Ah Shan: "You can let the people in your village take care of the fruit trees on the mountain. Someone should pick up the pears in a few days."

See you tomorrow

  (End of this chapter)