Traveling through time with a house, I teach people all over the country how to farm

Chapter 473: Building a greenhouse to grow vegetables

Madam Cao: "Do I feel that I need to be caring for my daughter?"

There was laughter in the yard again.

When everyone came back for dinner in the evening, Zheng Sisi asked everyone to try the brown sugar, and received praises from everyone.

Zhong Ruiyu was very curious: "I didn't expect that white sugarcane could be used to make dark brown sugar, and it tastes so good. Sister Sisi, can this be sold in a few days?"

Zheng Si thought for a moment and said, "We only made a little over 100 kilograms of sugar from the sugarcane we cut. We don't know how much the villagers will cut back. If the quantity is small, it won't make much sense to sell it. It's better to keep it for ourselves or give it as gifts. We'll have to wait and see if we can sell it."

Everyone thought about it and realized that the main raw materials were missing.

Zheng Zhiyuan said: "Then we can plant more next year and sell more when the quantity is large enough."

Zheng Sisi hit him again, "We don't know how many seeds we have yet, and the land needs to be planted with crops, and we need to open up wasteland to plant sugarcane."

A few people didn't expect that there would be so many difficulties, and they couldn't do it just because they wanted to.

Sheng Zhen said: "We can buy this small hillside, and when all the wild fruits on the hill are picked, we can ask the villagers to open up the land, use fertilizer to grow crops over the winter, and then we can plant crops next spring."

Zheng Sisi didn't care: "It's up to you to decide! But I still need to build a greenhouse to grow vegetables in the winter."

Madam Zheng asked, "Is it too expensive to build a greenhouse to grow vegetables?"

Madam Cao also said, "Yes, there are people in Beijing who build greenhouses to grow flowers, but the cost is very high. Some flowers are too delicate to be kept alive, so they say it's a loss. You need a large area to grow vegetables, so won't the cost be higher?"

The mistresses of large families know a lot and are aware of such matters clearly.

Zheng Sisi said, "Grandma, Madam Cao, this greenhouse is different. Vegetables are not as expensive and difficult to grow as flowers. We just need to maintain the temperature and humidity and let them get some sun. I use a straw shed, which is different from the greenhouses used to grow flowers in Beijing. The cost is very low."

Everyone nodded: "So that's it!"

Duke Zheng said, "Then we can eat vegetables other than radish and cabbage in winter."

Zheng Sisi nodded: "Yes, although there are not as many varieties as in summer, there are also green leafy vegetables available."

Duke Zheng praised: "This is a good method. In the past, when winter came, radish and cabbage were a must for every meal. No matter how you cook it, it's still radish and cabbage. People who eat it are almost like radish and cabbage."

"Hahaha!" Everyone felt the same way and burst into laughter.

The next day, Zheng Sisi led everyone to dig a hole and bury the sugarcane tips. Only a part of the sugarcane tips were buried, and the exposed parts were covered with straw. They could be planted again in the next spring.

She taught them the method, and then they handled the rest on their own.

In the following few days, Zheng Sisi and the cooks have been preparing various candies and snacks, which were packed into jars according to unified standards. There are jars of one pound and three pounds each, and they are labeled and sealed with wax to ensure that the storage time can be extended a little.

After a certain amount of various foods had been collected, Zheng Sisi loaded two horse-drawn carriages and took everyone to the county town to transport the food.

Shopkeeper Gao was still confused when he saw the bosses brought so many goods. He had no idea what these goods were and they could not be sold all at once!

Zheng Sisi said, "Manager Gao, we won't sell this to the restaurant because we can't find a store. We'll just set up a few tables at the door and sell it for a day to promote it."

Shopkeeper Gao nodded in confusion and asked the waiter to move the tables and chairs. Zheng Sisi chose to sit in the far corner, fearing that she would affect the customers coming in and out of the restaurant.

The booth was very simple, with just two tables with jars on them, and various candies and foods placed on plates in front, with the prices marked on wooden signs next to the plates.

The table next to it is used to collect money and negotiate business, just like the simple tables for business promotion that we see on the roadside today.

Zheng Sisi put a three-jin jar of various varieties of food in the food stall, and told Manager Gao to serve one portion on each table for the guests to try, and to introduce the guests to the door to buy if they needed.

Shopkeeper Gao saw the label on the jar and asked curiously, "Princess, where did this come from?"

Zheng Sisi explained, "This is food made in our newly opened workshop. The brand name is Weizhiyuan. Different products have different names and descriptions. They are all written above. Look here. When customers want to eat it in the future, they will think of Zhengji Weizhiyuan's food. Try the taste first and promote it to customers."

Shopkeeper Gao pointed to a string of Arabic numerals and asked, "What is this?"

Zheng Sisi pointed at the numbers and said, "This is the production date. This one was produced yesterday and is still sealed with wax. It's still fresh."

Shopkeeper Gao also saw the product introduction on the label. He nodded and said, "This is a good idea! It's clear and concise at a glance!"