Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

After picking the coconuts, Xiao Yu gave five copper coins to Ji Hai and one to Meng Sigui, because he was too poor to pay too much.

When Ji Hai received the five copper coins, he couldn't believe his eyes. He returned the copper coins to Xiao Yu, mumbling a few words in local dialect.

Meng Sigui explained for him: "Ji Hai said that Mr. Wang gave too much."

Xiao Yu waved his hand: "Not much, take it, you deserve it. I'm poor now, so I can only give you so much, don't be too little."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Hai suddenly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to him.

Xiao Yu was taken aback, and quickly pulled him up: "There is gold under the man's knees, don't kneel down casually."

Xiao Yu asked them again: "You go back to eat first, and then help me open coconuts in the afternoon."

Meng Sigui happily agreed, and took Ji Hai with him.

Xiao Yu sent the porridge and chicken soup to Pei Linzhi, and he was about to eat, but he heard noises in the yard.When I went out, I saw a figure under the coconut tree. When he approached, it was Ji Hai who was hitting the coconut with a stone. There were already two coconuts with their shells peeled off at his feet.

Xiao Yu was extremely surprised: "Ji Hai, you didn't go back to eat?"

Ji Hai looked back at Xiao Yu, a shy smile appeared on his black and red face, and then he shook his head.

Xiao Yu didn't expect Ji Hai to be so honest. He got five copper coins from him, and he felt that he had taken advantage of it. He came to open coconuts for him without eating.

He took Jihai home and served him a bowl of porridge.

Ji Hai was extremely cautious, hiding his hands behind his back and refused to take the bowl.

Xiao Yu persuaded him: "Eat, you won't have the strength to help me work if you don't eat."

The porridge is brown rice porridge, Xiao Yu added a little shellfish to it after serving Pei Linzhi's, making it salty and delicious.The advantage of being close to the seaside is that you can buy a bunch of seafood for a penny.In fact, in terms of this purchasing power, the five cents Xiao Yu gave was indeed a huge sum of money for a child.

The seafood porridge smelled really good, which made Ji Hai's stomach growl.

Xiao Yu smiled: "Eat, I won't give you any money if you help me with my work in the afternoon, this meal will be considered as a reward."

Hearing what he said, Ji Hai took the bowl and turned around to go outside to drink without even asking for food.

Xiao Yu called the man to stop, and took off the tail part of the fish and gave it to him: "There are still vegetables here, eat more, and you will have the strength to work in the afternoon."

Ji Hai stared blankly at Xiao Yu, and then bowed his head to drink the porridge after a while.After taking a bite, his eyes lit up, and he turned his head to look at Xiao Yu, obviously very satisfied.

Xiao Yu looked at his expression: "Is it still edible? It's not cooked well, the brown rice is too hard."

Ji Hai hurriedly shook his head, opened his mouth and said something.Xiao Yu didn't understand, and guessed it was to explain the porridge he made.

Xiao Yu just smiled, did not speak, bowed his head and began to eat.After coming here, I have always eaten brown rice. Because the processing level is not enough, it is too time-consuming and laborious to grind into polished rice, and brown rice is better than polished rice. After all, there is an extra layer of bran.

When living conditions are good, eating brown rice occasionally is for nutrition and health.But eating every meal will make your throat hurt, because it is not as smooth and delicious as white rice.So instead of cooking rice, he made porridge. Pei Linzhi is a patient and needs digestible food.

In order to make the taste better, he soaked the brown rice in water and then cooked the porridge, which made it easier to boil the rice.How to make rice delicious, Xiao Yu's experience is much higher than that of ordinary people. After all, he began to study hybrid rice after he graduated from graduate school, and he specialized in cultivating various kinds of rice.In addition to the yield, of course there are also requirements for the taste of the rice, so cooking all kinds of rice is also part of the job.

For professionals, the taste of this rice is too hard, and there is a lot of room for improvement.Xiao Yu intends to find an opportunity to improve rice varieties. Hainan is relatively close to the southeast peninsula and the South Asian peninsula, where high-quality rice is abundant. I wonder if there is a chance to get some seeds from there. Can the current ship sail across the ocean?

Ji Hai ate very fast, Xiao Yu had only eaten half, he put down the bowl and chopsticks, and ran to work in a hurry.Xiao Yu smiled slightly, he was a very diligent child.

When he entered the room to collect Pei Linzhi's bowls and chopsticks, Pei Linzhi asked, "Your Highness, who were you talking to just now?"

Xiao Yu had a big head: "Don't call me Your Highness in the future, are you afraid that others will not know my identity?"

When Pei Linzhi heard the words, a look of self-blame appeared on his face: "This subordinate is guilty."

Xiao Yu explained: "It's the kid who helped me pick coconuts before, and now he's here to help me open coconuts."

Although Pei Linzhi didn't understand what he was doing, he didn't ask any further questions, and only said: "The subordinates are temporarily unable to accompany you, please be careful."

Xiao Yu nodded: "I understand." After speaking, he took the bowl and chopsticks and went out.

Xiao Yu already had a general idea of ​​how to open coconuts to get coconut meat.Coconut meat needs to be smashed into shredded coconut to refine oil. There is no wall breaking machine, so it can only be smashed by manpower, which is a big project.

He remembered that when he traveled to Southeast Asian countries, he saw that the locals used an iron blade to scrape the shredded coconut. The effect was quite good, and there was no need to peel off the brown skin on the coconut meat, which could save a process.It just needs iron with high hardness. I don’t know if it can be customized from the blacksmith’s shop, but even if there is, the distant water can’t quench the thirst.Then try with Pei Linzhi's dagger first?

It is not an easy job to remove the coconut skin, and you must use a sharp tool.Ji Hai smashed it hard with a stone, but the effect was not good, and it was very slow. Xiao Yu took a kitchen knife to chop, but after a few chops, his wrist became sore.He completely overestimated his body, the pampered prince, who only used his hands to hold a pen and chopsticks, when had he ever done such a job.

Seeing him rubbing his wrist, Ji Hai took the kitchen knife over without saying a word, and began to chop one after another.

Xiao Yu saw his slender wrist holding a large kitchen knife, and was a little startled, so he said, "Be careful, don't chop your own hand."

Ji Hai raised his head, grinned at him, and continued to chop coconuts, his technique was much more skilled than Xiao Yu's, and he was a good hand at work.

Under Xiao Yu's command, Ji Hai removed the thick shell of the coconut, exposing the hard brown shell inside.

Xiao Yu brought two clean crocks over, and chopped the coconut out with a kitchen knife. Because of his unskilled technique, the coconut juice spilled all over the floor. He poured the rest into his mouth and tasted it, and there was a faint fragrance of coconut , not bad.Why don't locals drink coconut water?Is it because opening coconuts is too much trouble?

Xiao Yu took the halved coconut in his hand and began to scrape the coconut flesh with a dagger. He found that the coconut flesh was really hard, no wonder no one liked it.

But this coconut is really a good thing. Not to mention rich in nutrition, it can also relieve hunger. However, the people of Yazhou should not suffer from famine.

Ji Hai watched his movements in surprise and forgot what he was doing.

Xiao Yu stopped: "Don't look at me, continue."

Ji Hai reacted and went to chop his own coconut.

At this time Meng Si came back, seeing Xiao Yu recklessly scraping the coconut meat with such an expensive dagger, she was heartbroken.He quickly ran home, and brought a piece of white fish bone from home to Xiao Yu: "I picked this up from the seaside, it's very hard, sir, see if you can use it."

Xiao Yu looked at it, and it should be some kind of large fish bone, very hard, with an ax-like tip that is thin and sharp, but the tail end is very round, which is much safer than a double-edged dagger: "This is good, Thank you."

He stepped on the bones and scraped the coconut meat on them, which was much more convenient.But he couldn't hold on to the coconut meat in this way, so he was not as capable as Sigui, so he had to hand over the work to the two children.

Xiao Yu was very dissatisfied, the former prince's body was too weak, he had to exercise well.

After working all afternoon, Xiao Yu got two large earthen pots of coconut flakes.

When it got dark, the house was pitch black, there were no oil lamps, and there were especially many mosquitoes.Xiao Yu couldn't sleep, so he cut some wormwood from the yard to fumify the mosquitoes. After a long night, he set up a pot again and boiled coconut oil overnight.

Add the shredded coconut and water to filter out the coconut milk, put it in the pot and start to boil the coconut milk, wait for the residue in the coconut milk to condense into a ball, take it out, and continue to boil the remaining water and oil until the water is dry, and the rest is the coconut Oil.

After being busy for most of the night, Xiao Yu harvested a can of coconut oil, not to mention how satisfying he was.The first thing you do when you get coconut oil is to pour a little into the long-dried lamp and light the wick.Xiao Yu looked at Dou Da's light, put his hips on his hips and laughed triumphantly: From now on, our family also has oil lamps.

Pei Linzhi coughed from the bedroom, Xiao Yu heard the movement, and walked over with an oil lamp: "Rinzhi, what's wrong?"

Pei Linzhi looked at Xiao Yu in the dim light: "Your Majesty hasn't rested yet?"

Xiao Yu was in high spirits, and said excitedly: "No, I'm boiling coconut oil. You see, I made this lamp oil myself."

Pei Linzhi looked at Xiao Yu in surprise: "How does your lord understand this?" Something he had never heard of before, Xiao Yu actually knew how to boil oil.

Xiao Yu lied: "When I was in Beijing, I read it mentioned in "Fang Wu Zhi", so I tried to do it. I didn't expect it to be successful. It was quite interesting. Now I have lamp oil and oil. Cooking." He was very happy, there were always more solutions than problems.

Pei Linzhi has been with Xiao Yu since he was a child, and knows that he loves to read books. He knows most of the books he has read, but there are always times when he can't take care of them, so he can't find faults: "Lang Jun, you have worked hard."

Xiao Yu smiled and waved his hands: "It's okay. In the past, I was pampered and pampered in the palace. I lacked exercise and my body was very weak. I will exercise more in the future. I can no longer carry my shoulders or hands."

When Pei Linzhi heard this, he was extremely surprised. In the past, His Highness was the one who was most afraid of suffering, and the daily riding and archery lessons were all about dodging when he could. Now he finally realized the benefits of being strong.

At the same time, I am very pleased that Xiao Yu is willing to exercise, which means that he has recovered from the blows of the past, accepted the reality, and is willing to actively face the present life.

"What you said is very true, it's getting late, and it's time for you to rest." Pei Lin said.

Xiao Yu yawned: "Just going to sleep." After speaking, he turned and went to the next room with the skylight open, and began to sleep under the starlight.

Xiao Yu looked at the starry sky and thought in his heart that the roof needs to be repaired as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to pass the day when it is windy and rainy.Just where does the money come from?I wonder if this coconut oil can be sold?It's better than lard and fish oil, you have to try it.

On the second day, Xiao Yu continued to ask Ji Hai and Meng Si to come back to open coconuts, Xu and the two had two copper coins a day.Ji Hai also brought his younger sister, saying that she didn't need money, so she came to help.

Xiao Yu looked at this little girl named Ji Yu'er in great surprise. At the age of seven or eight, she was just as disheveled as Ji Hai, without a jacket, and her trousers were slightly better than Ji Hai's. The loach is as black, it seems that this family is really poor, and such a big girl is still running around naked.

He couldn't help asking Ji Hai: "Where are your parents?"

Ji Hai looked at him with dark eyes and didn't speak.Meng Sigui said quickly: "His parents are dead."

"Are there no other adults in the house?"

Meng Sigui looked at Ji Hai, hesitated and said, "There is another elder brother who went to become a pirate. The government is arresting him, so he can't go home."

Xiao Yu's eyes widened, there were still pirates!

Meng Sigui lowered his voice: "Lang Jun, Ji Hai and Yu'er are not bad people. His elder brother is not a bad person either, but the government is too bad. They want a lot of pearls, but we can't get them. Snatching things from the house. Ji Hai’s father drowned in order to pick pearls. The government came to his house to grab things. Brother Jishan fought with the government and accidentally killed the government. He fled. Ji Hainiang was arrested by the government Later, he died of illness in the government. Only Ji Hai and Yuer are left in the family, they are very pitiful."

Xiao Yu gritted his teeth, the feudal society was indeed a cannibalistic society, from top to bottom.

The seat of the state capital of Yazhou is Zhuguan County, which got its name because it is rich in pearls.Pearl fishing is the largest local industry, and nine out of ten households in the village where Xiao Yu lives are pearl fishermen to offset taxes.

In the winter of the previous year, Xirong went south to attack Anguo, but Anguo was defeated, and asked Dongrong in the northeast for help.After Dongrong sent troops to help expel Xirong, it signed an alliance with Anguo, and Anguo paid a large amount of gold, silver, cloth and silk every year, including various rare treasures, including Yazhou Nanzhu.

The light sentence in the covenant was a mountain that the people could not bear. No, it crushed Ji Hai's family.

He wanted to find a piece of clothing for Yu'er to cover his body, but found that he didn't have any extra, and all his luggage was burned on board.He decided to sell oil tomorrow and buy clothes for Ji Hai brothers and sisters as a reward.