Joe's Farming

"Hi! Qiao! Gu!"

Lucas held Gu Heng in one hand and waved to them vigorously.

When Xu Yuan and Xu Ning first saw Gu Heng running towards a foreigner, they were worried and wanted to chase after him.

As a result, Qiao Xing and Gu Xiaoxue said that he was their father's friend and it didn't matter.

So Xu Yuan and Xu Ning were watching from a distance.

Finally, Qiao Yu and Gu Feng arrived.

Qiao Yu walked forward happily and said, "Why don't you guys set up a stall? It took me a long time to find it."

Lucas had dark circles under his eyes and looked a little tired.

"We just arrived at the port in the middle of the night and haven't slept yet. We were just planning to have some breakfast and then go back for some sleep."

Upon hearing this, Gu Feng hugged Gu Heng and said, "Let uncle go back to sleep."

Gu Heng: "Okay. I'll come play with you when uncle wakes up."

Lucas liked Gu Heng very much and thought he was very lively, quite different from the other kids he usually saw in Dayan.

"Ok, I will wait for you."

Qiao Yu pointed at Xu Yuan and his group not far away and said, "We are two families coming here to play together this time. We are staying at the Xiangfu Inn by the sea. You can come to the inn to find us when you wake up."

Lucas nodded: "Xiangfu Inn, right? I'll remember it. I'll come when I wake up."

Lucas is not stupid. Qiao Yu said she was looking for him, so she must have some business to discuss. This time they brought 500 barrels of wine, 200 of which were over 5 years old, and they used up all the wine in the house.

Before boarding the boat, Lucas specially greeted Xu Yuan and the others.

Therefore, Xu Yuan had a pretty good impression of this foreigner.

"Brother Qiao, was it his wine that you bought last time?" Xu Yuan asked.

"Yes. I asked him to meet us at our inn later. We can have dinner together then."

Xu Yuan nodded and asked why they didn’t go to their own restaurant to eat.

Yipintang Coconut Chicken Restaurant does not only sell coconut chicken, it also serves stir-fried dishes.

Qiao Yu patted his head and said, "I always wanted to go to the vegetable market after visiting the port. The seafood here is very cheap, so I thought about making it myself in the inn."

Gu Heng raised his hand immediately after hearing this: "Okay, okay. I want to eat the food that daddy cooks."

Although eating out is also good, Gu Heng always likes the food his father cooks the best.

Gu Feng: "Then shall we go to the vegetable market now?"

Thinking that he didn't find any goods he wanted to buy at the port, Qiao Yu nodded.

Xu Yuan and Xu Ning didn't care where they went, so they set off to the vegetable market in a mighty group.

The port of Nanyang is mainly used by cargo ships, so there are no fishermen selling fish and shrimp here.

The fish market and the vegetable market are combined and are located near the street where Qiao Yu and his friends are staying.

That street is considered the most prosperous commercial street in Nanyang.

There is a lot of foot traffic.

The fish and shrimp are fresh in the morning, and there are many people buying vegetables in the market.

Qiao Yu asked the children to hold hands to prevent them from getting separated.

Qiao Yu and Xu Ning went shopping for groceries, while Xu Yuan, Gu Feng and the guards looked after the children attentively.

Perhaps because Nanyang is warm all year round, the vegetables in the market are no different from the last time they came.

The price hasn't changed much either.

The prices of fish and shrimp are also lower, probably because they want to sell them as soon as possible due to the hot weather.

Qiao Yu bought a few pounds of yellow croaker and planned to fry it for the children when he got home.

I only picked the big crabs, and picked out more than a dozen.

I ordered five kilograms of ordinary sea shrimps and five kilograms of crawling shrimps.

I plan to fry one and steam the other.

I also bought clams, oysters and abalone.

Xu Ning whispered: "Brother Qiao, is that enough?"

Qiao Yu answered while continuing to search for other ingredients with her eyes: "Well, that should be... enough."

Wow, I saw someone caught a big octopus, it was still fresh and wriggling.

Qiao Yu immediately ran towards the fisherman.

The octopus's tentacles were as thick as his calves and looked quite scary.

Even someone as brave as Gu Heng covered his eyes and shouted, "Oh! What an ugly thing!"

Qiao Yu smiled and shook her head: "It's delicious when grilled."

The fisherman was a young man with dark skin and a strong build.

The fishermen here go to sea all year round, so they all wear short jackets and shorts, exposing their chests and abdominal muscles, and no one finds it strange.

Qiao Yu looked at it with appreciation for a while and asked, "How much is this big octopus?"

Xu Ning thought this thing was a bit scary: "Brother Qiao, is this thing really edible?"

"Of course you can eat Zhangju. Don't be scared by its appearance, it tastes delicious. It's hard to catch such a big one when you go out to sea. You can fry, boil, or dry it."

The man introduced incessantly.

He took a lot of effort to get such a big thing on the boat today.

When a buyer who knows the goods finally comes, I seize the opportunity to introduce them to you.

Xu Yuan suddenly realized, "So it was Zhang Ju. It is indeed recorded in the book that he can be eaten."

Qiao Yu: "Boss, how do you sell it?"

The man held out his hand: "This one, five hundred coins."

The price is not cheap.

But it is rare to see one this big.

Qiao Yu paid the money readily and asked the boss to help him deal with it.

After hearing that it was really delicious, the children were no longer afraid and just stood in front of the stall watching the boss cut the meat.

The boss first chopped off the octopus's head, then scraped off the octopus's internal organs with a knife, and then neatly divided the head into several parts, cut each leg into two parts, and then put everything in a bamboo basket and handed it to Qiao Yu.

The bamboo basket was padded with leaves, so it looked relatively clean.

Gu Heng poked the still-moving octopus's legs.

"Ah! It's still moving! It's so slippery and scary!"

The other children were not afraid of this noise, but became more interested.

They all came forward to poke it.

Even Qiao Xing and Xie Tianyu, who usually don't talk much, couldn't help themselves.

Qiao Yu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Let them wait in the carriage first, and then go on to buy vegetables.

Seasonings such as garlic, lemongrass, lemon, coriander and ginger are also essential.

Chili peppers are really rare. Fortunately, Qiao Yu was wise this time and brought some with him.

Xu Ning also brought fermented black beans and sesame paste, so they were really well prepared this time.

After buying vegetables, Qiao Yu and Xu Ning bought all kinds of fruits that could be seen with the naked eye before they stopped.

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When we arrived at the inn, it was almost time for dinner.

There was no extra space in the kitchen for them, so Qiao Yu asked everyone if they were willing to wait a little longer.

Of course, everyone would rather wait than let the inn do it or Qiao Yu do it.

And Qiao Yu bought a lot of fruits that the children had never seen before.

For children, the unknown taste is more attractive.

Gu Heng picked up a snake fruit and bit the peel with his teeth.

"Hengzi, you can't eat the peel."

Qiao Yu quickly picked one up and demonstrated to everyone how to peel it.

The skin of the snake fruit seems to be covered with a layer of fine snake scales, but after peeling it, the flesh is shiny and smooth, and the fragrance is a complex fruity aroma, like the fragrance of several fruits mixed together.

The sweetness is stronger than the sourness, and it is loved by children.

In addition to snake fruit, there are also bananas.

This is something delicious that the children have never eaten in Taoyuan.

Some of the guards had never even heard of it.

Qiao Yu gave each of them one and taught them how to peel it and eat it.

Dashuang and Xiaoshuang finished eating the flesh, but still felt unsatisfied, so they peeled the banana stem and ate it.

I scraped the banana peel with my teeth before reluctantly throwing it away.

“It’s my first time eating this, it’s so fragrant and sweet.”

Xu Ning exclaimed in admiration.

And the taste is quite different from the fruits we usually eat.

Seeing how much everyone liked it, Qiao Yu regretted buying too little.

Gu Feng also likes this fruit and asks Qiao Yu if he can grow some at the villa.

Qiao Yu shook his head with some regret.

"Banana trees can only grow in places where it is warm all year round. We can't grow them where we are."

Gu Feng understood that coconuts should be the same, otherwise Qiao Yu would not have only bought lemons to plant.