Take Taobao to ancient times

Sweet potato porridge is a very simple meal. In modern times and even in many places for daily breakfast, you only need to cut sweet potatoes into small pieces and cook them with rice. Because sweet potatoes are rich in protein and starch, even without any seasoning, There will also be a hint of sweetness.

Because the weather was not bad, Lu Siyu simply put the table outside the door, and then borrowed a round table from the village chief's house and put it on his own table, so that many people could sit in a circle.

A big pot of porridge takes a lot longer to cook than usual, so in the meantime, Lu Siyu specially washed a sweet potato, cut off the skin, cut it into small pieces, and put them on a white plate Served on the table.

"This plate is just a dessert before the meal. It doesn't look very good, and the taste is definitely not as good as those fruits, but it won't be a big problem if you eat it raw, just be careful not to eat too much." Lu Siyu explained, If it was really a guest, he would definitely not serve this unattractive plate of raw sweet potatoes, but he was very clear about the purpose of these people's visit, so even if it was ugly raw sweet potatoes, they would definitely not mind.

Sure enough, as soon as Lu Siyu finished speaking, several people started to take a piece and put it in their mouths.

Cooked sweet potatoes are a very soft food, but raw sweet potatoes are hard and have a mediocre bite. If I had a choice, I would definitely not choose it as a snack, but it still tastes a little sweet.

Young Master Qi and Father Zhuang each took a piece, eating with some relish, chatting quietly while eating.

Zhuang's mother also took a piece, and after taking a bite, she felt that it was not very tasty, but she still ate the rest.

As for Zhuang Jinhan, he praised it after taking a bite: "I didn't expect this food to taste good."

"The taste will be better after cooking." Lu Siyu smiled, "I'll go see how the porridge is doing." After saying that, he turned and went back to the room.

Lu Siyue was lighting the fire, and when she saw Lu Siyu coming in, she quickly said, "Brother, I also want to eat sweet potatoes."

"Born?" Lu Siyu asked.

"Yes, I want to eat." Lu Syue nodded quickly.

"I want it too, I want it too." Lu Siyun ran over from the side, cheerfully joining in the fun.

"Yes." Lu Sile spread his hands, asking Lu Siyu for something.

Lu Siyu shook his head helplessly: "You three, wait for me!"

Saying so, he took a new one, washed it and cut the skin, then cut it into four pieces, and gave one piece to each of the three people, and then bit a piece in his own mouth.

Speaking of which, he hasn't eaten raw sweet potatoes for a long time, and now he is eating them again. Although the taste is not good, it is more or less a childhood memory.

Outside the door, Young Master Qi and Father Zhuang were still chatting in low voices, but probably because there were no outsiders, the two voices were a little louder, but they were mainly talking about how to promote sweet potatoes and how to let the common people eat them in the first place. Questions like sweet potatoes.

On the other side, Zhuang's mother poked Zhuang Jinhan: "Jinhan, what about the elders in this family, apart from the uncle and uncle before, why haven't I seen other elders?"

Zhuang Jinhan simply told Mother Zhuang about Lu Siyu's family, trying not to show any emotions.

But after listening to Zhuang Jinhan's words, Zhuang's mother still sighed a little: "For such four good children, the parents left so early, it's really a trick of luck."

"Mother, brother Yu is very powerful. With his ability, he can raise three younger siblings. Don't worry." Zhuang Jinhan said.

In fact, at the earliest time, Zhuang Jinhan felt a little sympathetic when he heard that there were only four children left in Lu Siyu's family, so he tried to help. With hard work, everyone in this family will live a better life than before.

"It's one thing for a child to be capable, but it's another thing for his parents to die. If his parents haven't left, he must still be at a happy age." Mother Zhuang's maternal instinct suddenly remembered something, "By the way, you How did the two know each other?"

Zhuang's mother's change of topic made Zhuang Jinhan helpless, but she still told Zhuang's mother the truth about how he and Lu Siyu met, and finally said: "Thanks to Brother Yu, otherwise many people in the county would have a harder life at that time."

"Selling charcoal, that's a good idea, and that kid thought of it?" Someone interrupted suddenly.

"Father, aren't you talking about the people's livelihood with the emperor, why did you interrupt suddenly?" Zhuang Jinhan complained.

"You still know that I'm your father! Go on, and then?" Zhuang's father said with a straight face.

"Jin Han, Prime Minister Zhuang finally had something to talk to you, so you should reply properly." The emperor smiled from the side, as if he was a peacemaker between the father and son, but actually...

"Your majesty, it's not a big deal for you to watch the fun," Zhuang Jinhan said helplessly. He was really helpless at this time. Who told one of these two people to be his father, and the other was the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, so he had to continue to describe the situation at that time, " At that time, many places were blocked by heavy snow, and the roads were different, so coal could not be transported. When many people’s homes were running out of coal, Yudi brought people here and knocked on doors to sell charcoal. It is said that this is also the case. His first business."

"Oh? The first deal, doesn't that mean there is a second deal?" The emperor couldn't help but wonder.

"Well," Zhuang Jinhan nodded, "Later he suggested that the man who pulled the ox cart today went back and forth between the village, the town and the county every day to attract some customers to make a little money, but Xiaoyu didn't get involved in this business, and then he started We are in the tofu business."

"This man is a good seed for business." The emperor smiled, but he was just talking, without much other meaning, after all, these are small businesses.

"En." Zhuang Jinhan nodded, only responded and said nothing more.

"Jin Han, do you still have something to hide from me?" The emperor asked suddenly.

"How can I hide something from the emperor?"

Zhuang Jinhan pursed his lips tightly and didn't say much. Of course, Lu Siyu's most powerful thing was not doing business in the early stage, but he proposed the plan for the construction of the river later. But if he said this, Lu Siyu would definitely be angry with him.

Zhuang Jinhan's mood was also very conflicted. On the one hand, he hoped that someone would know how good Lu Siyu was and not to treat Lu Siyu as an ordinary farmer. What if you ignore him?

"The porridge is ready." Lu Siyu came out with a large bowl of porridge, and put the porridge on the table, "Wait a moment, I'll get the bowls and chopsticks."

"I'll be with you." Zhuang Jinhan stood up and followed Lu Siyu into the room.

The remaining three sat there.

"Zhuang Xiang, this son of yours seems to be turning his elbows away." The emperor smiled. He and Zhuang Jinhan have been friends for many years, and this is the first time he has seen him protect someone like this.

"When my son grows up, why would he miss his family? Madam, look, that is your spoiled son!" Father Zhuang's tone was full of displeasure. Since his son was born, he has distracted Madam a lot of attention. .

"What's wrong with my spoiled one? Do you want to take care of it?" Zhuang's mother glared at him and snorted coldly.

Father Zhuang choked for a moment and didn't speak again.

As for the emperor on the other side, he just smiled and took a sip of tea from the cup in front of him: "Master Zhuang, this tea tastes okay."

"Then I must have a sip," Father Zhuang said quickly, holding up a cup to drink tea. Originally, they didn't come here to drink tea, and they were all used to drinking good tea, so after the tea was served, I didn't take a sip, but now I took a sip and felt very mellow, "It's really not bad."

"Here are the bowls and chopsticks," Lu Siyu walked over with the bowls and chopsticks, while Zhuang Jinhan standing behind him only held a large wooden spoon in his hand. He divided the bowls and chopsticks one by one, and then smiled, "Want to If you eat as much as you want, I will not entertain you."

"It's good for us to come by ourselves. You can come to eat too. I've been busy all morning and I'm tired of cooking porridge for us." Mother Zhuang said quickly, looked at Zhuang Jinhan again, and handed over the bowl in her hand, " Jin Han, give me a bowl, not too much, not too little."

"Yes, mother." Zhuang Jinhan resigned himself to serve Zhuang's mother porridge, and also served a bowl of porridge for the other two.

Sweet potato porridge, the focus is not on how the porridge is, but on how the sweet potatoes are.

When everyone sat down, they went straight to the sweet potatoes in the bowl.

The cooked sweet potatoes are orange in color and sweet in the mouth, blending with the taste of the rice, making it softer and more delicious.

There was a big pot of porridge, and it didn't take long for the eight of them to finish all the porridge. After drinking it, they still felt unsatisfied.

Lu Siyu got up: "I also roasted some sweet potatoes, which are ready to eat now."

With that said, he went back to the house and took out the baked sweet potatoes and put them on the table one by one.

The skin of the roasted sweet potatoes couldn't be kept so good, it was basically charred. Looking at the people, he suddenly felt that these people probably had never eaten such an unattractive food: "If you are already full, you don't have to eat it. But roasted sweet potatoes are also a way to eat.”

As he spoke, he broke apart the roasted sweet potato, and as soon as he broke it open, the sweet potato meat inside and the aroma of the roasted sweet potato hit his face.

"Give...I'll get one." Young Master Qi suddenly said.

Lu Siyu looked at him, thinking that today they should eat all the food they can eat to be at ease.

He handed half of the sweet potatoes in his hand to Young Master Qi, and took the initiative to give the remaining half to Father Zhuang.

This time, I baked four sweet potatoes, half of which is just right for each person. Because he had already had porridge before, Lu Siyu thought that these would be enough, but after he finished eating, he found that the taste of roasted sweet potatoes was better than he imagined. The charm is even greater.

"Wash your hands, I'll fetch water." Lu Siyu said quickly, seeing these people wearing bright clothes but their hands were dirty, it felt inappropriate.

After a sweet potato meal ended, several people were a little bit unsatisfied.

"I've paid for all the sweet potatoes in the field, how much money does it cost in total?" Young Master Qi looked at Lu Siyu and said.

"Ten cents per catty. If there is any damage, we will bear it." Lu Siyu quoted a price that he thought was relatively reasonable. The reason why he said relative was that this batch of sweet potatoes would all become seeds.

"Ten cents, isn't it too cheap?" Young Master Qi asked doubtfully.

Lu Siyu staggered. Sure enough, this guy is a rich man. If he knew it, he would have reported more.

"It's not expensive. You and I won't lose ten cents a catty. If you decide to buy it, Master Qi can let someone dig it at any time." For some reason, he suddenly felt that maybe this young master Qi was the one who made the decision.

"No problem! Jinhan, this matter is up to you. How much money do you need to find... your father?" Young Master Qi instructed. After the trial just now, he is convinced that these sweet potatoes will definitely bring about great changes to the country. So do whatever it takes to buy this batch of sweet potatoes.

"Yes." Zhuang Jinhan responded quickly.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Lu Siyu was a little confused. Who is this Young Master Qi?