Joe's Farming

When Qiao Yu and Gu Feng arrived, the three little ones had already opened.

Xie Tianyu stood in front of the fried potato stall, poking a piece of fried potato with a bamboo stick and eating it in small bites. In front of him was some chili powder wrapped in leaves.

Next to Xie Tianyu, there were two adults sitting, who else could they be but the county magistrate and his wife.

Xie Changyu immediately stood up with a smile when he saw Qiao Yu: "Qiao brother, these fried potatoes taste really good. My wife and I couldn't help but buy some to try. As expected of your child, his cooking skills are beyond reproach."

When the three children heard the county magistrate praising them, they looked at Qiao Yu and Gu Feng, hoping to get praise from their father as well.

Qiao Yu would never say nonsense like “No, no, thank you for your compliment.”

"The three of them have always been very smart and capable. As long as the adults like them, you can take care of the business." Qiao Yu said with a smile.

Gu Feng: "Fry five pieces for me and your little daddy."

Qiao Xing: "Dad, I'll give you one for free when you buy five, a total of six." So that they can be divided more easily.

Gu Feng smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, boss."

The yellow potatoes are fried in the pan until the surface is golden and crispy, then they are taken out one by one and placed in the bamboo strainer basket above.

When the temperature dropped a bit, Gu Xiaoxue put five potatoes in each of two large leaves, sprinkled two spoonfuls of chili powder on them, and inserted bamboo sticks: "Uncle Xu, these are the ten potatoes you wanted."

Qiao Yu, who was about to take it, said: …

"Hahaha, thank you Xiaoxue." Xu Yuan took the potatoes with a smile, taking one for himself and giving one to Xu Ning.

Xiao Chengzi had just finished eating a potato that Qiao Xing gave him, and immediately came to find his brother: "Brother, I want to eat another one."

Xu Ning gave him the whole portion of potatoes: "Send it to Dad and the others to try."

Xiao Chengzi said yes, then blinked his eyes again: "Brother, Brother Xiaoxing just gave me a piece, but I didn't pay for it."

"Did you say thank you?"

"said."

"Be good, just say it, go ahead." Xu Ning said gently.

Xiao Chengzi happily went to find his fathers with fried potatoes in his hands.

"Little Daddy, it's delicious when it's freshly fried."

Gu Xiaoxue and Gu Xiaoyan each held up a toothpick and gave it to Qiao Yu and Gu Feng.

Qiao Yu took it happily, picked up a piece and dipped it in some chili powder.

Mmm…delicious.

"Delicious!" Qiao Yu praised.

"Hehe, brother is still awesome." Gu Xiaoyan said admiringly. Qiao Xing did almost all the preparations, and he and Xiaoxue just helped.

Qiao Yu ate two pieces in a row and felt like drinking some water, so he looked around.

He remembered that a restaurant wanted to make sour plum drink yesterday.

Sure enough, not far away, I saw a pair of siblings standing in front of a stall with the three crooked words "Sour Plum Drink" written on them.

Gu Feng didn't even need Qiao Yu to say anything, he just went over and bought a bamboo tube. The juice was a little purple, which was quite special.

Qiao Yu quickly took a sip. It tasted sour and sweet, with the fragrance of plums and a hint of basil. It was different from what he thought was a sour plum drink.

Mrs. Xie asked curiously, "Is it delicious?"

Qiao Yu nodded: "It's delicious. I'll treat the Madam and the Young Master to a drink."

Xie Changyu smiled and said, "What about me?"

Qiao Yu touched his nose and said, "Please everyone, please everyone." Then he looked at the children and said, "Daddy will buy some for you too, do you want some?"

Qiao Xing pursed his lips and asked, "Is it expensive?"

Gu Feng smiled: "Not expensive."

One cup costs one cent, plus the bamboo tube it only costs two cents, which is really not expensive for their family.

Gu Xiaoyan immediately said, "Yes!"

Qiao Yu took a look and saw that the two siblings did not have many bamboo tubes prepared, so she asked Gu Feng to borrow two kettles and cups from the villa.

It would be even better if there were ice cubes.

When Gu Feng went to get the kettle, Qiao Yu walked up to the brother and sister and asked them how to make the sour plum drink.

My sister said shyly, "It's made with fresh plums and some basil leaves to make it look better."

The younger brother said distressedly: "I added more sugar, I don't know if I can make it back."

"It tastes so good, it must be OK. It's just that it's hot and fresh things go bad easily. It'd be best if we sell them out before the afternoon."

Qiao Yu thought for a moment and asked again, "Did they add a little bit of last year's plum juice?"

Qiao Yu wasn’t sure if they also had this name, but she always felt guilty if she didn’t ask.

My sister nodded in surprise: "I was afraid the taste would be too bland, so I added some plum juice I made last year."

Plum dew is actually made with green plums and rock sugar. Qiao Yu has made it before. Wash the green plums, drain them, add rock sugar in a ratio of 5:3, and seal it for one year.

But he didn't think of adding basil juice. To be honest, the flavor is quite special and it is also very thirst-quenching.

Just a little colder.

Qiao Yu suggested: "You can go to the villa and borrow a bucket, fill it with well water, and put the whole bucket of green plum drink in it to cool it down. This way it will be much cooler when you drink it, and the guests will definitely like it more."

Qiao Yu had the impression that sour plum drink was made with black plums, so she subconsciously called it green plum drink.

However, the two siblings didn't care at all. They thanked Qiao Yu loudly and went to borrow the wooden barrel.

At this time, Gu Feng brought over a kettle and bought twenty cups of water, and then the couple went back to pour some for everyone.

Everyone said it tasted good, sweet and sour and thirst-quenching.

Qiao Yu thought to himself that there seemed to be very few drinks in this era.

This is understandable. Most people are still struggling to make ends meet, so they don't have the time to think about what to drink.

However, after doing business for so long, Qiao Yu knows how big the gap between the rich and the poor is in this era. Forget about pearl milk tea, the milk he drinks every day and makes into milk tofu has already been consumed.

But some summer-cooling drinks are worth considering, such as this green plum drink and the sour plum soup that I know.

There is also a kind of basil ginger rice tea that he used to like to drink.

As the saying goes, eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer.

Ginger can expel dampness and cold, relieve stomachache and regulate qi. Perilla ginger rice tea is very suitable for this season.

It is also very convenient to make. Perilla is growing wildly this season. He planted a lot of it for the perilla ducks, and the children also like the taste of perilla.

However, there were already more and more people in the market at this time, so Qiao Yu stayed to observe and went to find Bai Lan to make fried ginger rice tea later.

Lin Da sent the first group of guests over and greeted Qiao Yu and Gu Feng happily.

Qiao Yu handed him a glass of sour plum drink, and Lin Da drank it all in one gulp. After thanking him, he hurried back: "Many people in town want to come, I have to go back quickly."

Qiao Yu was very happy when he heard this: "Thank you for your hard work."

Qiao Yu observed and found that apart from the guests from the town, the majority of people were from the village and the neighboring village.

Most of the villagers just came to watch the fun and did not buy anything.

There were also some people from other villages who brought their own agricultural products and set up stalls outside the market.

Qiao Yu frowned. When there are too many people, the safety risks will increase sharply.