0p0 Chapter 260 Going to Find the Chestnut Tree
Chapter 260 Going to Find the Chestnut Tree
Rose Lily nodded at the same time.
Rose said: "We used to cook fish, which tasted fishy, so most families don't eat fish."
Lily also said, "I used to get stuck in fish bones when eating fish, and fish was fishy, so I didn't like it anymore. But today the county lady grilled fish and I started to like fish again."
Ye Hu was more reserved. He just nodded and said sparingly, "It's delicious."
The third prince said: "Sisi, you are really able to turn decay into magic. From now on, the people of Dai Viet will love eating fish again."
Zheng Sisi was very happy to be praised by everyone: "Really? Then when I go back, I will develop two fish dishes and let the people who raise fish earn some income."
Everyone nodded.
In the end, Qingfeng and Ye Hu each ate a fish, and the Third Prince and Meiguibai also shared one. Zheng Sisi didn't want to eat any more fish, so she sliced the steamed buns and roasted them, then sprinkled them with cumin powder and chili powder. The greedy people then took several more pieces.
After lunch, Zheng Sisi asked everyone to pack up and remember this place so that they could come back to cut sugarcane and make sugar in the fall. Qingfeng and Ye Hu were also shocked to hear that these small seedlings could be used to make sugar when they grow up.
While they were cleaning up, Zheng Sisi used a knife to dig up dozens of sugarcane seedlings, all of which had a lot of soil on their roots. She then wrapped them in cloth and put them into her own cloth bag, which she then stored in the space. She planned to transplant some of them back to see if the land in the farm was suitable for growing sugarcane.
After packing up everything and putting out the fire, everyone set out again, led by Qingfeng and Ye Hu.
Zheng Sisi said, "Let's go find the chestnut tree."
Several people walked back and forth in the mountains, and after more than half an hour they finally arrived at the place Qingfeng mentioned.
The trees in this row were all very tall and should be several decades old. Zheng Sisi looked up and saw that they were indeed chestnut trees. She bent down and looked on the ground. Under the leaves were chestnut balls. She used a knife to dig a few times and the chestnuts in the balls fell out. The chestnuts were still very large, but unfortunately they were rotten by rain and soil on the ground, and the chestnuts were all black.
Seeing her searching seriously, several people came over to take a look. The third prince asked, "Sisi, is this the chestnut you mentioned?"
Zheng Sisi nodded: "Yes, you see, there are chestnuts in this thorn ball, two or three in one ball, and one in another. It's a pity that these chestnuts have been on the ground for too long and rotted, otherwise this forest should be able to produce more than 10,000 kilograms of chestnuts."
"Hiss" five toothache sounds sounded at the same time.
More than 10,000 kilograms of food, it was wasted like this. If it was given to the people, it could solve the problem of food and clothing for many people. This is just for one place. If there are chestnuts in other mountains, how many chestnuts can be harvested? No one dared to imagine it.
Several people also complained in their hearts, how come no one had discovered such good food before? It was really wasted, several people lamented.
Zheng Sisi said, "Sheng Zhen, you can remember this tree and the thorn ball. Go back and draw it, and make a picture album to distribute to the people, so that they can know the uses of chestnuts and they will not waste chestnut trees like this in the future."
Several people nodded at the same time, agreeing with the county lord's good idea.
Zheng Sisi added: "Normal chestnuts are white before they are ripe, and brown when they are ripe. Now they are all moldy and black. The black ones cannot be eaten because they contain toxins."
The third prince nodded and said, "I'll remember that. I'll write this next to it after I finish drawing it."
Then Zheng Sisi started searching under the tree again. She dug out all the small chestnut saplings she saw with a knife, wrapped them in cloth, and planned to take them back to the farm to plant.
After watching Zheng Sisi's operation, several people also started looking in the woods, wanting to dig more to take back. Anyway, these saplings could not grow in this forest without sunlight, and they could harvest more chestnuts by planting them back.
Zheng Sisi saw them digging up the saplings but did not stop them. This thing really needed to be promoted, and it would be more convincing with the real thing. It just would take a few years for them to grow and bear fruit.