Wear to the Ming Dynasty to farm

As soon as autumn comes, the farm is busy.When the peanuts were harvested and the corn was ripe, Qian Dayong and Qiao Jiwei got up early to break off the corn cobs, put them into sacks, and then transport them home.The corn in the bag was heavy and heavy, and Qian Dayong struggled to carry it, stopping and going.Qiao Jiwei himself was weak, and it was useless to help him a few times, so he could only stand stupidly beside him.

After breaking the corn, you have to cut the corn stalks, and it took three days to complete this work.

Villagers saw the pile of yellow grains in Qian Dayong’s house. They were rare and strange. They thought these things were strange, so they all visited Qian Dayong’s house. Qiao Jiwei popularized the knowledge about corn to them: “This thing is called corn. They are brought from farther places in the Western Regions, and after the wheat is harvested, they can be eaten by themselves or fed to animals."

In the evening, Mother Qian put a dozen corn cobs on the pot to steam. Qiao Jiwei secretly took a few corn cobs and gave them to the villagers to taste while Mother Qian was away. Dad Cuihua was enjoying the shade under the locust tree. Giving it to Cuihua's father, a light smile made the original delicate face even more attractive: "Master, have a taste."

Cuihua's father ate the corn and said that the corn was steamed well, but others didn't have this skill.Qiao Jiwei was speechless, but Cuihua's father's focus was different.Mother Qian was so angry that she scolded Qiao Jiwei for being a prodigal son, and took everything out, but Qiao Jiwei remained cheerful and silent, and would hide away if Mother Qian wanted to make a move.

With this advertising campaign, Qiao Jiwei called on the whole village to buy corn seeds.People can't help but hesitate after hearing this.This is actually not surprising. Buying corn means that there is an additional crop in the field. The yield and cost of corn are uncertain. The ancients were generally content with the status quo and did not dare to change.Because change means the risk of starvation or even freezing to death. This is an experience handed down for thousands of years.

Qiao Jiwei was also stubborn, trying to persuade each other with his mouth.

Since Qiao Jiwei came to this village, the whole village has taken on a new look.Whenever Qiao Jiwei did something, it almost drove the entire village to make a lot of money.This is also visible to all men, women and children in the village.Up to now, the Qian family is almost in the same position as the Changgui family.

This time, Qiao Jiwei prepared corn and millet for the villagers. Naturally, it will be a way to make money in the future. They all live in the same village, and they will not see them when they look down. It is unlikely that Qiao Jiwei will have bad intentions to deceive them.After weighing the pros and cons of the two, the villagers let go of their worries and chose to buy corn.

When the caravans from the Western Regions exchanged seeds, they were exchanged for one bucket of wheat and two buckets of corn. Now that the new corn is harvested, each bucket of corn is calculated as one bucket of wheat, and the price is two cents per bucket.If someone wants to buy corn on the cob, the price has to be calculated separately.

The promotion of corn is a major event for the benefit of all people, because the yield of corn per mu is higher than that of wheat and rice. In disaster years, corn may become a life-saving straw for disaster victims, and they will not starve to death.

In fact, Qiao Jiwei had long wanted to promote the cultivation of corn, but suffered from lack of seeds, so he had no choice but to plan to advance the plan when the harvest was over.

Now that the time came, Qiao Jiwei seized it tightly.Nearly half of the corn was distributed, and most of the villagers exchanged it for wheat, and some people had spare money, so instead of exchanging wheat for corn, they exchanged it for money.

After harvesting the corn, the Qian family started planting wheat.Planting wheat is relatively easy, as long as the ox furrows are used to scatter the wheat seeds in the furrows.

Qian Dayong pulled the plowshare in front, and Qiao Jiwei scattered wheat seeds and a small amount of cow dung behind.Originally, the Qian family did not use fertilizer to grow wheat, and of course there was no fertilizer to apply, but since they raised cattle, they did not use it for nothing, so they followed the example of Chang Gui's family and applied fertilizer when planting wheat.The cow dung stinks, and Qiao Jiwei looks ugly, enduring the unpleasant smell of stinky dung.

Qian Dayong walked in front and looked behind from time to time, sometimes seeing Qiao Jiwei bending over and sometimes seeing Qiao Jiwei going straight, his figure was thin but well-proportioned, and he was dressed in black clothes, which did not match his handsome and clean face, and looked a little abrupt .But in Qian Dayong's eyes, black clothes are insignificant, any clothes he wears are beautiful.So he felt very at ease when he saw Qiao Jiwei behind.

Back home in the evening, the bull was so tired that he wanted to drink water, but Qian Dayong refused to give it a drink.Qiao Jiwei didn't understand the reason, so he asked Qian Dayong.Qian Dayong explained that watering a cow after being tired all day can easily make it sick, and the same is true for humans.

Qiao Jiweisi felt that it made sense. He recalled that when he was a child, he ran home and drank cold water. He coughed non-stop the next day. His mother took him to the community clinic to see a doctor. The doctor diagnosed it as inflammation. He had this experience before, but I don't know what the relationship between drinking cold water while panting and getting inflammation is.

After the wheat is planted, the beans must be harvested, which is the bean. Tofu has become popular in this era, so Qiao Jiwei doesn't plan to make tofu to develop the market. It is unnecessary and meaningless, and it is a waste of effort.Qiao Jiwei suddenly remembered the fish tofu when the company ate hot pot. In this era, no one should have made fish tofu. Qiao Jiwei thought that he might try to make it.

Fish tofu is a food that Qiao Jiwei often ate in modern times, and the taste is quite good.But just don't know how to do it.I only know that there is this kind of food when I eat hot pot or spicy soup, but I don’t know why. The so-called fish tofu, as the name suggests, Qiao Jiwei thinks it is a kind of food mixed with fish and tofu.

Thinking of this, Qiao Jiwei immediately started to prepare the raw materials.

A fish merchant at a stall in the county seat was squatting on the ground waiting for customers when a pair of feet suddenly appeared in front of him.The fish merchant looked up and saw a man in black linen clothes. It was the handsome boy who sold mashed potatoes next to him two months ago. "Are you here to buy fish?"

Qiao Jiwei smiled slightly: "Yes, boss, here are ten carps."

The fish merchant handed Qiao Jiwei a fishing net and asked Qiao Jiwei to choose it himself, "But there are guests at home?"

Qiao Jiwei didn't hide it either: "Make something with these fish."

The fish merchant still misses the delicacy of mashed potatoes two months ago. The girl in his family urged his father to buy this delicacy more than once, but unfortunately the person selling mashed potatoes has disappeared, so why buy mashed potatoes, "brother , your mashed potatoes will not be sold in the future? What a wonderful thing!"

Qiao Jiwei didn't expect anyone to remember his mashed potatoes, so he couldn't help being grateful to the fish merchant, "I want to sell it! But it won't be until next year. Now the potatoes need to be kept for seed, so they can't be sold."

"Remember to leave me a bowl next year when we sell mashed potatoes!" the fish merchant said casually.

Qiao Jiwei nodded, "Definitely."

Then Qiao Jiwei learned the recipe of making tofu from the tofu lady in the village. Qiao Jiwei melted the fish into the bean juice according to the steps, but when it was boiled in the pot, it always turned into some offal and couldn't be lumped. I don't know where it happened. question.

Obviously, using this method to make fish tofu is likely to be the opposite.

What is the so-called fish tofu made of?Qiao Jiwei recalled that the fish tofu he had eaten in a hot pot restaurant had thin pieces that looked like tofu. So does this kind of food just look like tofu?The raw material is only fish! So modern people named it fish tofu.

Qiao Jiwei changed his mind and tried to use fish and main ingredients instead.After harvesting the beans, there was a period of relative leisure. Qiao Jiwei had time to explore how to make this kind of food. After several days of failed attempts, Qiao Jiwei finally succeeded.

Seeing that Qiao Jiwei wasted so much fish, Mother Qian didn't even cook any food.He thought Qiao Jiwei was playing with fish and wasting food on purpose.This further confirms Qiao Jiwei's label as a prodigal son.

She repeatedly stopped Qiao Jiwei's attempts: "Get out of the cooking room!"

Qiao Jiwei resigned himself to it and endured it silently, and went to the courtyard to cut fish pieces.

Then Qian's mother snatched his fish and prepared to make a pot of fish soup for Qian Dayong with the snatched fish.

But Qiao Jiwei has hidden a lot of private money in his business pocket these days, so he is not afraid of Qian's mother's high-pressure policy.Then I went to the market in Fuxiang Township to buy some carp.

He cut the fish into pureed meat, added cooking wine and salt to remove the fishy smell, added eggs and noodles to the fish paste, added water, mixed well, and served with ginger and other condiments.Then put it in a pan to steam, cut into cuboids one after another after steaming, put it in an oil pan for frying, and take it out of the pan after frying.

The fried food is yellow and crispy, which is still a little bit different from the modern fish tofu.

Qiao Jiwei put the bowl of fish tofu in front of Qian Dayong: "Taste it!" Then he put a pair of chopsticks into Qian Dayong's hands.

Not long after Qiao Jiwei made this fish tofu for breakfast, Qian Dayong ate five steamed buns in one go. Seeing the yellow and fish-like pieces in the bowl, he felt troubled. He couldn’t eat any more. , "Can I not eat?" Qian Dayong's voice seemed to be begging, and it was hard to imagine that it came from the mouth of a 24-year-old strong man.

"No!" The tone was undeniable, and it was the rhythm of being forced to eat!

Qian Dayong braced himself and picked up a piece of fish tofu with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. The painful expression suddenly disappeared, and the corners of his eyes narrowed, as if enjoying himself.

Qian Dayong chewed slowly and felt that the fish tofu tasted smooth and smooth, and the aroma was indescribable, as if it had made a circle in his mouth.

Qiao Jiwei didn't know what to do, and asked Qian Dayong tentatively: "How about this fish tofu?"

Qian Dayong gave him a thumbs up: "Good!"

"The food you come up with is good." Qian Dayong added.