Hearing her husband’s voice, Yao Zhi stopped what she was doing and nodded. "Husband, you can help plant the seedlings."
Fu Chen’an’s family had been farrs for generations, so he was familiar with planting crops. While he was working, he asked, "Wife, what are you planting?"
"I bought so western lon seeds from a rchant before in the border market. He said that this fruit is perfect for sumr since it tastes sweet and is very juicy. So, I want to try it."
Fu Chen’an thought about the conversation he heard in the barracks and said, "Does this western lon have red flesh and black seeds?"
Yao Zhi was surprised by his words and asked, "Husband, you know western lon?"
Fu Chen’an nodded and replied, "I heard this na from Battalion Commander Gao. He said that he was lucky to try this fruit when he visited the General’s mansion before."
"This fruit is one of the tribute fruits, besides lychee and longan. Only the nobles and high-ranking officials would be fortunate enough to receive the Emperor’s bestownt and taste it."
What surprised her was not the fact that Western lon was one of the tribute fruits, but the na itself. From what she knew, it was called sweet jade in the ancient era.
The na of the western lon originated because it entered the mainland through the Silk Road and ca from the western region. In the modern era, they directly used the Western lon to refer to this fruit.
She never expected the author of this world to use the modern na directly.
After her initial surprise, Yao Zhi asked, "Husband, since it’s a tribute fruit, will it bring trouble if we plant it at our ho?"
Fu Chen’an chuckled at her words and said, "This western lon is included in the tribute fruits list because it’s very hard to cultivate, and each year, the harvest season is short. We can try to plant it, but it might not be able to sprout or yield any result."
If she didn’t have spiritual spring water, she might fail at planting this fruit. But with the spiritual spring water, not to ntion a common fruit, she would even be able to plant a rare orchid. So, even after hearing her husband’s words, she was still worried.
"What if we succeed?"
Fu Chen’an considered this possibility for a while before he said, "If we succeed, then we can send so to the General for him to taste. It’s not a cri for us to plant tribute fruits, and with the General accepting our gift, he would definitely protect us."
He still rembered the General’s request before he took his leave this ti. The General was running out of soap and skin care products. So, he asked him to help buy a set for him. He even gave him 100 taels of gold to buy it, and he could keep the extra.
Since the General needed his help, he would protect them. If sothing happened to his family, he would retire from the military, and the General could return to his dark and ugly self like before.
Yao Zhi didn’t know her husband’s petty sche and let out a sigh of relief. Since her husband was confident, she had no more worries.
The two of them worked together and managed to plant the front yard with waterlon. The total area used as a plot was 200 square ters.
When they were done, the sky had slowly changed color. Seeing that the sun had slanted to the west, Yao Zhi said, "Husband, I’m going to prepare dinner."
This ti, Fu Chen’an didn’t ask and directly said, "I will help you."
"Okay," Yao Zhi nodded in agreent.
After they washed their hands, they went to the kitchen. In the kitchen, Xi Yi and Xi Si were cooking dinner. Seeing them coming, they stopped what they were doing and bowed to them.
"Master, Lord."
Fu Chen’an was born a commoner, and he felt awkward when other people addressed him as Lord. What’s more, only court officials above the 4th rank could be addressed as Lord.
He quickly waved his hand and said, "Don’t call Lord."
Noticing her husband’s awkwardness, Yao Zhi said, "Just address my husband as Master when we are in private. If there are outsiders, you can address him as Squad Leader Fu or Sir."
Since their Master had said so, both Xi Yi and Xi Si obeyed. "Understood."
Yao Zhi walked to the stove and asked, "What did you make for dinner?"
"Master, we prepared chicken soup and stir-fried vegetables. For the staple, there are still a lot of stead buns left from lunch," Xi Yi replied.
Hearing this, Yao Zhi nodded and said, "Let’s add a at dish."
After she said this, she went to check the jars and took out three slabs of pork belly, weighing around 3 kilograms. She processed the at with ease and said, "Husband, can you help light the second stove?"
"No problem," Fu Chen’an agreed readily.
At first, Xi Yi and Xi Si were feeling nervous around him. But after a while, they realized that their male master was not as scary as he looked. He didn’t talk much, but he was gentle and kind.
When they were done with their tasks, they retreated tactfully and left the couple alone.
Yao Zhi didn’t realize the good intentions of the mother and daughter and focused on cooking the braised at. Since another stove was free, she beat a large bowl of eggs and stead it.
Fu Chen’an was hungry as he tended the fire and reached out to take two stead buns. The size of the buns was not small, but he only needed two bites to finish one bun.
Seeing this, Yao Zhi was startled. She poured a cup of water for him and said, "Husband, eat slowly, don’t choke."
Fu Chen’an nodded and finished the next stead bun in three bites. Yao Zhi was helpless when she saw this and shook her head.
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