"Mm! Not bad, not bad. Let's have a plate of cucumber salad with vinegar and minced garlic for lunch. It's delicious! "
Li Zexuan followed Han Yuxi to his own greenhouse. What he saw was a patch of green. There were mustard greens, spinach, shepherd's purse, leeks, onions, lentils, eggplants, and cucumber sprouts climbing on the rattan frame. Seeing so much green in the middle of winter, his mood immediately improved!
(Spinach was brought back by Zhang Qian from the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty. Lentils were originally from India and were introduced during the Han and Jin Dynasties. Eggplants were originally from Southeast Asia and India and were introduced to China during the Jin Dynasty. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was especially fond of it and named it "Kunlun purple melon.")
Although the variety of fruits and vegetables in the Tang Dynasty was not as much as in modern times, it was definitely not a small number!
Looking at the variety of vegetables in front of him, Li Zexuan was very satisfied.
When they had hot pot before the New Year, the vegetables in it were just bean sprouts and tofu. Now that the vegetables in the greenhouse had matured, they could finally have a good combination of meat and vegetables when eating hot pot later!
"Mm! Husband! "
Han Yuxi nodded and went in to pick the cucumbers.
Although it was cold in winter and inconvenient to eat cucumbers, for the Li family who had heating, let alone cucumbers, they could even eat watermelons!
"Wow! He was actually able to grow vegetables in winter! Xiao Xuan, your greenhouse is really amazing! "
After knowing that some of the vegetables in the greenhouse had matured, Li Jingmo, Mrs. Li, and the three members of the Ye family hurried over to take a look. When they saw the vibrant vegetables in the greenhouse, Ye Guozhong was shocked.
To him, the trip to Chang 'an last year was not in vain. Not only did he resolve the misunderstanding with his daughter for many years, but he also saw more new things than he had seen in the first half of his life. Sometimes, he could not help but sigh at how fast the times changed!
"Hehe! My good grandson is so capable. He did all the things that others would not even dare to dream of! "
Mrs. Ye looked at Li Zexuan proudly and praised him.
Ye Fashan personally went up to take a look at the vegetables in the field. He pursed his lips and didn't say anything. This old-fashioned brat still felt that Li Zexuan had violated the natural laws of spring planting and autumn harvesting.
At noon, a hot pot was set up in the courtyard again. Lan 'er, who used to have a special fondness for mutton rolls, only ate spinach, shepherd's purse today, especially the cabbage. The tender leaves were boiled in the hot pot for a moment, then dipped in the dipping sauce bowl, and put into the mouth to chew. It could be said to be fresh and juicy, perfectly "neutralizing" the saltiness of the dipping sauce. At the end, there was still the sweetness of the cabbage juice at the root of the tongue. It was simply an endless aftertaste!
"En, en! Brother! This dish is too delicious! How come Lan 'er has never eaten such delicious spinach before? "
It wasn't that the world had changed too quickly, but that the Great Tang didn't have any vegetables in the past during the winter!
Li Zexuan smiled indulgently and said, "Hur hur! Eat more if it's delicious! The cabbage in the greenhouse in our backyard is all yours! "
"En, en!"
Lan 'er smiled sweetly, and very contentedly dipped some cabbage leaves into the hot pot with her chopsticks!
"Old Master, how do the cabbage and spinach taste ~?"
Mrs. Li suddenly asked. She looked at Li Jingmo, who was also busy dipping the cabbage, and smiled meaningfully.
"En, en! Fragrant! Really fragrant! Fragrant and sweet! This cabbage is much better than the cabbage at the end of autumn! And this cucumber, crispy and refreshing, it's really top-grade! I didn't expect to be able to eat cucumbers in the harsh winter, it's really delightful … "
Li Jingmo, who was eating very "happily", didn't notice that Mrs. Li's smile was a little strange. He sighed a lot and didn't expect to be mercilessly interrupted by Mrs. Li.
"If I remember correctly, when Xuan 'er wanted to build a greenhouse to grow vegetables, someone said that if vegetables could be grown in the greenhouse in winter, he wouldn't eat a single one even if he starved to death ~!"
"Uh …"
The room suddenly fell into a strange silence. Everyone put down their chopsticks and looked at Li Jingmo with sparkling eyes. Obviously, everyone remembered who had said those words at that time …
"Cough, cough! Eat quickly! Eat quickly! Today's food is so delicious, don't waste it if it gets cold later! "
Li Jingmo's face was red, and he glared at his wife, but Mrs. Li mercilessly glared back and secretly stepped on his foot. Mrs. Li now had her son and her family backing her up, so why would she be afraid of him?
"Father, we're eating hot pot. As long as the stove is on, the food won't get cold!"
Lan 'er raised her head and corrected Li Jingmo with a serious expression.
Old Master Li almost vomited blood. He couldn't stay in this house anymore! His wife was mocking him, and even his daughter was against him …
"Lan 'er, eat quickly, don't talk! Father, you should eat quickly too! That was just a joke back then! "
At the critical moment, Li Zexuan couldn't bear to see his father embarrassed, so he spoke up to help him out.
Li Jingmo was crying in his heart. His son was still the best to him!
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"Haha! Come, come, come! One for each of you! Have a taste! "
In the afternoon, Li Zexuan brought Ah Fu to the conference room of the Academy's Guanghua Building with a basket of freshly picked cucumbers. The conference room was already full. Li Zexuan smiled happily and instructed Ah Fu.
Now that San Bao had gone to Sichuan to look for ores, Ah Fu was naturally promoted to Li Zexuan's number one "lackey"!
"Cucumber! Yamachō, where did this cucumber come from? "
Yan Silu's eyes were about to pop out. He suddenly stood up and said in surprise.
"Could it be from the palace? That's too precious! Yamachō, you should take it back! "
Li Gang was very knowledgeable. He knew that the palace could get fresh cucumbers from the Soup Bureau in winter, so he said that.
Hearing this, the gentlemen in the meeting room all declined, "That's right! Yamachō! This cucumber is too precious, you should take it back! "
"That's right, that's right! This is too precious! "
Li Zexuan waved his hand and laughed loudly. "Haha! Gentlemen, you don't have to decline! These cucumbers were planted by my family, not by the Soup Bureau! It's not expensive, not expensive! Everyone can have one cucumber. After eating, we'll continue the meeting! "
He planted it himself!
When he said that, everyone in the room was even more shocked. How could he grow cucumbers in winter?
Yan Silu said with a look of suspicion, "… Yamachō, are you joking? Although I heard that you have a hot spring in your courtyard, you can't grow so many cucumbers, right? "
"Haha! Mr. Yan, who said that you can only grow vegetables next to a hot spring in winter? Everyone here will be the inheritors of engineering in the future. We engineering are good at doing things that seem impossible! "
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