The monks can fly in the air and are very fast, not to mention that their group also has a spirit boat. Le Yun was not polite when arranging the task, and they acted separately, each going to a mansion.
A prefecture is very wide. Basically every county or town has a large amount of farmland. Where there is farmland, there are rice field fish, not to mention crabs. In lakes, rivers and ponds, It can be found everywhere.
Therefore, no matter which county, town or city you go to, it is impossible to run out of money.
Calabash Wa and Shui Dun followed Brother Yan, and Young Master Xuan took his two humanoid beast companions. The three Mahayana beasts each got into the Ruyi House and acted as guards secretly.
After dividing the work, Xuan Shaoyan and Shao Xing set out at night, one to the east and one to the west, to the area they were responsible for. Waiting until dawn, they went to various cities to announce the purchase of rice field fish and crabs. news.
They planned the route, announced the news in advance along the route, and then returned to the first city to start purchasing. In order to buy as much food as possible, the two of them took their friends to the fields. land acquisition.
When he saw the crabs, Young Master Xuan Shaoyan finally understood why the little Lolita was greedy for them. The crabs from Qianze Kingdom were clearly the hairy crabs from Huaxia Kingdom!
The crabs in Qianze Country, called Crabs, are very similar to hairy crabs on Earth in both shape and color. The crabs that were born back then were about the same size, so they can completely replace hairy crabs when you bring them home.
Crabs that are more than one year old are much larger than hairy crabs, so you can no longer risk giving up hairy crabs. Crabs that are more than three years old are as big as coconut crabs on the earth.
Xuan Shaoyan discovered the truth and naturally became more active.
Little Loli herself is not idle either. She first goes to the predetermined towns and markets to announce the news, and leads a team of puppets to visit the rice fields to make on-site purchases, or to help catch fish and crabs.
Farmers in various cities, towns, and market towns were very excited when they learned that the immortals passing by collected a large number of fish from the rice fields and crickets in the fields. The old and young without labor looked after the houses, and the men and women with labor took care of the houses. Taking the children to the fields to catch fish and crabs.
Children between the ages of five and ten are the best experts at catching crabs. They are small and can move freely in the rice fields. They hold small tools in their hands and do not need to bend down to catch crabs.
Crickets are most active in the early hours after midnight and usually lie dormant during the day.
Farmers also have experience. They first install fish nets or crab pots on one edge of the rice field, and in the middle of the night, people use sticks to stir up the rice seedlings from other sides of the rice field.
The crickets were frightened and ran towards a direction where there was no disturbance or danger. Then they fell into the human trap and became the turtles in the urn.
There is a shortcut to catching crabs, but there is no easy way to catch fish in rice fields.The only convenient method is to make a few wide ditches in or on the edge of the rice field, drain some of the water in the field, and let all the fish gather in the ditches before catching them.
There is a competitive relationship between crickets and fish in the biological chain. Fish will eat small crickets, and larger crickets will eat small fish.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, if there are a large number of crickets in the same rice field, the number of fish will be small. If the number of fish is large, the corresponding number of crickets will be fewer.
The southern part of the Qianze Empire has flat terrain and fertile land. The average area of rice fields is between five and twenty acres, and fields one to two acres wide are considered small fields.
Farmers who make a living from farming generally own a minimum of about 30 acres of land. The area of dry land/land is slightly less, about 15 to 20 acres.
Rice is grown in paddy fields, and wheat, upland rice or millet, millet and other crops are grown in dry fields.
The ridges that serve as the dividing line between the rice fields are at least one and a half feet wide, and there are orderly trails and ditches for people, vehicles and horses to come and go.
Local people also cherish the land very much. They plant beans, seasonal vegetables, millet or millet on the ridges of the fields or on both sides of the ditches or trails.
There are many crickets in the southern part of Qianze Country, and they have become a favorite delicacy of the local people. Farmers catch the crickets every year before harvesting rice, and sometimes sell some of them and eat some themselves.
Live crabs caught in rice fields cannot be kept for long, so the locals invented a fresh crab sauce - mash the crabs with seasonings and brew it with a local red rice. Mix the wine together, grind it into a slurry with a mill, and seal it in a jar.
The fresh crab sauce in the jar is left for about a month to complete fermentation. The fresh crab sauce is fragrant and fresh, and can be used as a condiment or eaten directly as a meal.
Local people make a large amount of fresh crab sauce every year. During the busy season of harvesting crops or next spring plowing, they make naan in advance, and then bring a small jar of fresh crabs to work in the fields and eat it. When cooking, apply a layer of sauce on the naan noodles, which is both delicious and appetizing.
Many towns also have workshops that purchase crickets to make fresh sauce and then sell them.
Because the local people catch crickets every year, therefore, even if the crickets have strong reproductive ability, there is no overcrowding of crabs.
There are crabs all over the Qianze Kingdom, with the lakes in the south having the most lakes and more crickets than in other areas. Therefore, the crickets in the south have no chance to be sold far away, and they are all sold in their own homes. It is self-supplied and sold in the county.
Suddenly, an immortal passed by and wanted to buy crickets growing in the fields, lakes and rivers. The local residents were not surprised.
The once most common crickets can now be exchanged for spiritual beads. Not only farmers are catching crickets with great enthusiasm, but also many idlers from business houses go to Hezehugou.He catches crickets.
There are also merchants who go to the fields to buy crickets, and then resell them when the immortal comes to make some hard money.
Le Xiaoxiao had already thought of that, and when announcing the acquisition information, she also said in advance that if any merchant was willing to collect the crickets on his behalf, she would pay the corresponding hard-earned money.
If a merchant wants to make a profit from the price difference, it is strictly prohibited to force the seller to sell at a low price, and the purchase price must be within a reasonable range.
What is considered a reasonable range?
The reasonable range she agreed upon was that merchants could buy three or five spiritual pearls lower than the market price for every hundred kilograms of crickets, and the maximum price for one thousand kilograms of crickets could be twenty spiritual pearls lower than the market price. This is limit.
Because the immortal had put forward the conditions first, the merchants were afraid of offending the immortal, so they naturally did not dare to make shady money. The prices given when purchasing crickets or rice field fish were also very fair.
With the presence of immortals, people no longer have to worry about being cheated, and they can also be more active in catching fish and crabs.
Because crickets can only be caught in large quantities at night, Le Xiao’s classmates go to the fields to buy fish and crabs every morning, and in the afternoon and evening they also go to lakes and canals to catch crabs.
In order not to snatch the crabs from other people’s fields, she ran to the wilderness far away from the farmland. She chose a place to place fishing nets and bait in the lakes and rivers where the crickets lived.
The foraging crickets flocked to the baited areas from all directions and all entered the trap.
The crickets in farmland are usually born in the same year. A small number of large crickets enter the ditch with the water during floods, and then crawl into the farmland to hide.
A large number of the crickets that inhabit rivers, lakes or tidal flats are perennial and very large.
Every time the little Loli collects the net, she can harvest thousands of kilograms of crabs.
Whether in the rice fields or in the wild, there are occasional surprises when catching fish and crabs - soft-shell turtles are often picked up. The soft-shell turtles in the farmland are generally about the size of the mouth of a bowl, while the soft-shell turtles in the wild are larger.
Mr. Le Xiao is very fast. Every time he goes to a place to buy ingredients, he must go to the rivers and lakes near the city to scan the rivers and lakes, and return with a full load every time.
Mr. Yan Shaoxuan and his friends were purchasing ingredients while heading south, and a large amount of fresh crabs flowed into their pockets.
The three of them were sweeping goods from different areas all the way south, and the season had entered mid-September before they knew it.
Most areas in Binzhou enter the autumn harvest season at the end of the eighth lunar month. The ninth day of September every year is the autumn harvest festival. After the autumn harvest festival, the two-crop crops will gradually enter the maturity stage.
The maturity time of the crops varies due to different geography and climate. The two-season crops in the Qianze Empire are approximately in the central part of the country.Ripening begins in mid-September, the east and west cannot be harvested until early October, and the south begins harvesting at the end of September.
The season has arrived in mid-September, and people in the southern district of Qianze Country are also preparing for the autumn harvest, draining water from their farmland to dry their farmland.
It is natural to catch rice field fish and crickets before drying the fields.
Therefore, Le Xiaoxiao and the two handsome guys did not have to go to various cities to announce the news of acquiring crickets. Every time they passed a city, they raised their arms above the city and harvested rice field fish and crickets or were catching them. Farmers of crickets and rice field fish gather in groups to bring their goods to designated points for sale.
The little Lolita and the two handsome guys were happily shopping. When the season for catching rice field fish and crickets was over, they turned to buying a large amount of grain, and by the way, they also bought the crickets that the farmers had not finished eating. Give it away.
The three soldiers divided into three groups and slowly advanced southward.
I bought food and walked all the way. Before I left Qianze Country, the annual festival was about to come.
The three people, who had been separated for several months, finally met after the New Year.
When the friends met, Mr. Xuan did not bother to talk about the harvest. He chased his friends and asked the question he cared about most: "Little beauty, where will we celebrate the festival this year?"
Le Yun drove the spirit boat to a high altitude and let it sail at full speed. Then she asked, "Where do you want to celebrate the New Year?"
"Of course, deep in the mountains and old forests."
“I thought you would say that you wanted to celebrate the New Year in a human city.”
“No, no, no, farewell, after what I experienced in Ningcheng, I don’t want to spend the New Year in a human city. ." Mr. Xuan shook his head like a rattle.
"What's wrong, the New Year celebrations in Ningcheng are not lively, or the food is not delicious?"
"No." Mr. Xuan wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Ningcheng The people in the city are good and the food is delicious, but the rituals of the New Year's banquet are too complicated. Just thinking about the rituals you went through before eating that day still makes you feel scared!
If you are celebrating the New Year in a human city, let's do something similar. I must have a psychological shadow, and I don’t dare to celebrate the New Year in the future.”
“The person who went through the New Year’s banquet ceremony in Ningcheng was me, not you, so what are you afraid of? Le Yun stared speechlessly: "Besides, the grand annual banquet ceremony in Ningcheng is the highest ceremony, not a etiquette that ordinary people can enjoy.
Before the Heavenly Fire Tribulation, only the Golden Immortal would show appreciation. Only by visiting which country or city and celebrating the New Year there can you enjoy the complete set of New Year banquet etiquette.
Immortals slightly lower than the Golden Immortal go to whose house to celebrate the New Year, or the king goes to his ministers Family members do not enjoy the highest courtesy during the Chinese New Year. They can only enjoy the ceremony of being offered water, wine, and tea, and then serving tea and tasting rice.The first is to open the meal by hand when serving it.
Moreover, the ceremony of offering water, wine and tea can be done at most twice, usually once. "
Mr. Xuan patted his chest: "Oh my god, I thought you had to go through that set of rituals to have a New Year's dinner in other places.
Let me ask, little beauty, how are you familiar with that New Year’s banquet ceremony? "
Young Master Yan also pricked up his ears. He was also curious about why the little Loli knew every step of the annual banquet ceremony.
"I also want to ask you what exactly How do you understand the word "travel"? What exactly did you travel about?
Similar to the annual banquet ceremony in Ningcheng, it is a local custom. You will know more about the folk customs when you go shopping in Ningcheng, or pay attention to books on local customs. ”
Le Yun gave Mr. Xuan a big dead fish eye. Why did she know about the New Year’s banquet ceremony in Ningcheng? Of course she bought some books after entering the city to understand the local folk customs. I know it from the book.
In addition, when I was shopping and listening to the gossip in the streets, I also went to inquire about it and collected a lot of information. The people on the street said that the ceremony was not so rigorous, and the official ritual steps More rigorous and rhythmic.
Mr. Xuan Shaoyan: “…”
Ask them how they understand traveling?
Isn’t traveling just? Traveling in the mountains and rivers?
The monks naturally collect resources when they travel.
The two young men were speechless when asked by the little lolita, and stared at the little ones, you Look at me, look at you, my mind is full of questions: Is it necessary to understand the local customs when traveling?
The beasts don’t care what the two brothers are thinking, seeing that Brother Xuan is not clingy The little fairy asked a hundred thousand reasons, and the four humanoid beasts happily took out the harvest and offered treasures.
The three Mahayana beasts also had harvests. They did not want to show their faces in front of the human race. Whenever their brothers were there, No matter which city bought it, they quietly went to the rivers and lakes in the mountains and wilderness to catch fish and crickets.
Mr. Yan Shaoxuan also took out the ingredients and grains in his charge.
The handsome guys and the beasts purchased a large amount of ingredients and grains. They first gave a big portion to the fairy, and then divided a portion as a common food, and then distributed it according to the head.
After dividing the results, the beasts were entangled Asking the little fairy where to celebrate the New Year and what to eat during the Chinese New Year.
The beasts took out their snacks and ate while talking, chattering lively.
Zhuzhou has not had New Year's Eve dinner together since they separated. In order to appease the glassy hearts of the handsome guys and the beasts, Le Xiaoxiao drove a spirit boat for several days and found it on the day before the New Year.A stretch of high mountains and ridges came to rest.
The two young men and the beasts were so excited that they picked a place in the flat valley with beautiful mountains and clear waters, cleared the weeds, and set up camp.
Mr. Xuan took out the tools to make a spiritual meal, and Mr. Yan became the fireman.
The beasts are like birds out of their cages, rushing into the mountains to cut firewood, collect plant seeds, and catch fish.
The little Loli didn’t leave the kitchen, so she placed tools away from the fireworks, took out a batch of processed crickets, added seasonings, pounded them in a bowl, and put them into a large mill to grind them. .
The Lingzhi dolls are responsible for the work of pounding and grinding crabs.
A group of little creatures worked hard and made fifty jars of sauce in just one day.
The beasts and beasts who had gone crazy all day returned to camp and helped with the ingredients. A group of beasts and little creatures worked all night long, used up all the ingredients, and successfully made three hundred jars of fresh crab sauce. .
The idle and light beasts were waiting for the New Year’s Eve dinner.