Chapter 17 Dried Fruits

The next day, the cantaloupe seeds in the orchard grew into seedlings under the promotion of high-efficiency fertilizers. Some of them were removed at the head, leaving two seedlings in each place. The next step was to wait until the seedlings grew four or five true leaves. The seedlings can be transplanted, and eventually a healthy seedling will be left in each hole. She also bought some high-efficiency growth fertilizer at the props mall. After a few days of fertilization, half of the cantaloupes had grown, but she would have to wait a little longer for the rest.

Qi Sui first asked Changsheng to drag the newly grown cantaloupes home, then picked out a few and cut them open, only to find that they were not sweet. "What's wrong with me?" She took another bite of the cantaloupe, and repeatedly recalled the practical activities carried out in modern times. She roughly guessed: "It should be that I was too impatient and used too much fertilizer to ripen the fruit."

System: "Host, then What should we do now?"

"We definitely can't take this batch of melons to Yanchun Tower, but it would be a pity to throw them away." She looked outside the house, where Changsheng was busy eating grass and a few chickens were nestling on the ground.

At this time, Zhang Yuerou stood outside the door and looked inside: "Sister Sui, my mother made some new sweet potato chips and asked me to bring them to you."

Qi Sui suddenly had an idea, she could slice the cantaloupe and dry it in the sun or in the oven. It can be made into dried fruits and soaked in water or eaten as a snack. She quickly stood up and took it, "Thank you for your hard work, Sanniang. Please tell Aunt Zhang how grateful I am for her kindness."

Zhang Yuerou stood at the door and saw that she didn't seem to want to keep her. She said, "Sister Sui, you haven't had lunch yet. Why don't you go to my house?"

"No, no, no, don't bother. I can handle two bites by myself without any problem." Qi Sui declined, rubbed her nose, and smiled awkwardly: "Sanniang, go back first. I have something to do right now. I'm afraid I can't entertain you. I'll visit you another day."

Zhang Yuerou heard the alienation in her words and felt bad. She just said "oh" and left.

Qi Sui actually felt bad about it, and decided to send more delicious food to Aunt Zhang in the future. So she bought a small fruit drying machine at the Props Mall and baked the cut cantaloupe into a semi-wet state, so that it would not be so dry to eat, After that, she made a lot of kinds of dried fruits. She first packed a separate portion of the dried fruits, then asked Wang Wu to send it to Shen Yu along with a letter.

At dawn the next day, Qi Sui collected a batch of new vegetables and fruits, and brought Changsheng into the town, where they sold vegetables at Liu's place as usual. She put the change into her purse. Boss Liu asked, "Young lady, why don't you open a shop in town?"

"You think highly of me. These are just a way to make a living now, maybe i'll be successful in the future."

"If you leave Luoshui Town, You will have a bright future with your vegetable growing skills."

"Then I'll take advantage of the boss's good words." Qi Sui said with a smile, and then took Changsheng to Yanchunlou, where the madam was instructing people to clean.

She called softly, "Madam, can you please talk to me for a minute?"

The madam counted the days and saw that she would come in just seven days. She walked over quickly and said, "My dear, I have finally seen you."

Qi Sui followed her to the elegant room on the upper floor smelled a strange fragrance as soon as she entered the room. The madam personally poured her tea and said, "Young lady, please have some."

After she took it, she wasn't in a hurry to drink it. She first smelled it gently and praised, "The tea in the building is indeed extraordinary, with a refreshing aroma that's refreshing to the heart." Then she took out the packaged dried fruits and said, "I should have used fresh fruits, but because I was in a hurry, the ripe fruits were not sweet, so i used the dry method of the countryside."

Thinking that this thing might not be in the eyes of the madam, Qi Sui pointed out the window and said, "If Miss Yun is not satisfied, my ox cart is loaded with other fruits. Madam will try them later and think if they are good, it won't be too late to buy it later."

The madam didn't say anything, but took out the dried fruit and looked at it carefully. After looking at it, she said: "Then I will do as you wish."

When the two were about to go downstairs, Qi Sui chuckled and asked the madam: "Madam, why don't you let Miss Yun come with us?" Then she looked at the screen in the room.

The madam smiled and said, "She can't go out."

"Not now..."

Yunchan, who was hiding behind the screen, came out and called softly, "Young lady."

Qi Sui raised her eyes and was startled. She was born bright and beautiful, and her smile made people feel like a spring breeze. "Please send it to me. I'll wait for you here."

She finally understood why Ying'er said that scholars liked Miss Yun the most, and she's more convinced that Qi Cheng would also be One of them.

"Okay, wait a moment."

Soon, Qi Sui brought the washed fruits and vegetables and pushed them in front of her, "Miss Yun, please have some."

Yun Chan leaned against the table and slowly picked up an orange, said tenderly: "Young lady, peel it for me."

Qi Sui felt stunned and asked doubtfully: "You can't do it?"

Yun Chan paused, then changed her expression and said aggrievedly: "Recently, customers always ask I play the piano and my hands hurt a lot."

"Oh." Qi Sui took it, peeled it neatly, and handed it to her, "Then you can pick some apricots to eat."

But she leaned over, put it in her mouth, then leaned on Qi Sui's arm and raised her eyes: "It's still sour."

System: "Ahhhhh, this is too much to watch!"

Qi Sui was so shocked that she stood up instantly, speaking incoherently: "Yun... Miss Yun, please respect yourself, I, I have someone!"

Yun Chan was amused by her reaction and propped up her head. Her eyes were full of amusement: "Why are you so panicked, young lady? I'm not a cannibal."

But Qi Sui frowned, clenched her fingers, and refused to sit down. Yunchan felt bored, so she sat up straight and straightened her clothes, and said lazily: "I thought you were an interesting person, but I was just teasing you. Why are you so afraid of me?"

Qi Sui said: "I didn't come here to play with you. It was Madam who said that you wanted to eat sweet fruits, and I wanted to do business in East Street, so I used this opportunity to make a deal."

Yun Chan couldn't believe it and stared at her: "Not for me?"

"It's okay if you think so."

Hearing the answer, Yun Chan curled her lips and said, "The way you talk is really unpleasant." She is a popular girl in Yanchunlou, and many dignitaries have to coax her.

Qi Sui nodded and did not deny: "I'm sorry."

Yun Chan shrugged, pinched the apricot and said slowly: "In this case, young lady, please go back. I can't help you."

Qi Sui glanced at her and said: "The fruit is not ready today, I will come back another day."

After she left, Ying'er quietly came to Yunchan, "Sister Yun, what do you think of that young lady?"

"Silly sister, what do you like about her?" Yun Chan patted her face gently.

Ying'er hurriedly explained: "It's not her! She asked me that day who scholars care about the most, and I thought she liked you."

Yunchan laughed at her naivety and said to herself: "That young lady has someone in her heart, and she's afraid that I will get close to her."

After saying that, she looked in the direction where Qi Sui left.

When Shen Yu received Qi Sui's letter, she quickly put it in her book and quietly opened it when it's late at night. The handwriting on the letter was crooked, but the message was concise and to the point. The gist was that Shen Yu should keep warm, put on more clothes, eat on time, and not forget to have fruit. Shen Yu's lips curved slightly, and her fingers carefully stroked every word Qi Sui wrote, except for the last line, which was so neat and clean that she couldn't help but read it out loud.

"It feels like a lifetime ago since we parted. I miss you day and night and can't sleep."