I trade in both worlds

Xu Ziqing said as he ate: "This taste is still authentic. I feel like I'm alive again."

Xu Xu smiled and responded: "Yes, this one is really delicious. I will eat here again next time."

"Xuxu, are you going to the market to buy ingredients for making wine?" Xu Ziqing put the peeled crayfish into his mouth and said vaguely.

"Okay, let's take a rest after dinner, then go for a walk and pick up Weiwei and Tiantian when we come back." Xu Xu said while peeling a lobster shell.

Starting this year, Xu Xu put Xu Tiantian in a nursery. He no longer had to take her with him wherever he went like he did last year, which was really inconvenient.

After lunch, Xu Ziqing and Xu Xu walked slowly towards the market side by side.

The market was bustling with people, and all kinds of vegetables, fruits, grains and groceries were neatly displayed.

They moved among the crowd, stopping from time to time to ask prices and select the most suitable raw materials.

Xu Ziqing picked up a bag of sorghum and looked at it carefully. The golden grains shone attractively in the sunlight.

"Xuxu, what do you think of this sorghum?" she asked.

Xu Xu took the sorghum and squeezed it gently, feeling its texture: "Well, it looks good, the grains are full and the color is even."

Xu Ziqing nodded and asked, "Do you want to buy some?"

Xu Xu looked at the sorghum rice in his hand, thought for a moment, and frowned slightly: "Why don't we go back to the village to buy these materials?"

She said, "You said before that modern crops have been improved only for the sake of yield, and the taste is not as good as before."

Xu Xu glanced around the market and continued, "I just looked around. The grains here are fuller than those in Dayun Dynasty. The grains are bigger and the color is better. I wonder what the taste will be like when brewed from the grains of the two places?"

"I thought that this wine would be sold in Dayun Dynasty, so I might as well use Dayun Dynasty's grain to brew it."

Xu Ziqing fell into deep thought after hearing this. She knew that what Xu Xu said made sense, and it was indeed the case.

She sighed and said, "Indeed, the materials you have there are all old varieties, without the use of advanced technology, so the wine brewed from them may taste better."

Xu Xu looked at Xu Ziqing and said firmly: "Then I will go back to the village to buy it. Anyway, there is no rush at this moment."

Xu Ziqing nodded and asked, "Do you want to buy anything else?"

Xu Xu looked around and said, "Corn, corn should be bought here."

There was a hint of helplessness in her tone. Dayunchao's corn was only planted at the beginning of this spring, and it is not yet ripe.

Plus, the seeds she gave me at the time were also pretty good, and this crop would definitely be taken away by the government, so I could only buy them here.

When Xu Ziqing heard this, he also remembered that there was no corn in Dayun Dynasty.

So she nodded and said, "Okay, let's buy some corn here."

The two began to pick corn in the market.

They walked between the stalls, carefully comparing the appearance and taste of each type of corn.

Xu Ziqing occasionally stopped to ask the stall owner about the origin, storage and price of the corn.

Xu Xu paid more attention to the texture and flavor of corn. She gently picked up a corn and squeezed it with her fingers, feeling its hardness and elasticity.

Then she put her nose close and sniffed the faint scent of corn, as if searching for the most perfect corn.

She thought silently in her heart: "I must choose the best corn this time, so that the wine brewed will be more mellow and sweet."

After careful selection and bargaining, the two finally bought 30 kilograms of corn.

The boss who was selling corn asked with a smile, "Ladies, do you want the corn you bought delivered to your door?"

Xu Xu said gratefully: "That's great, thank you boss!"

On the way back, Xu Ziqing suddenly remembered something and said, "In fact, the difference between modern grains and ancient grains is not just as simple as the taste."

Hearing this, Xu Xu asked curiously, "What's the difference?"

Xu Ziqing took a deep breath and said slowly: "Modern grains have undergone a lot of technological improvements, mainly to increase yield and disease resistance."

"As a result, although the grain output has increased, the taste and nutritional value have been greatly reduced. Although the output of ancient grains is not high, they have a mellow taste and higher nutritional value."

Xu Xu said thoughtfully: "Some modern rice tastes good."

Xu Ziqing smiled and said, "Some of them do taste good, but they don't have the aroma of rice cooked from your rice. The water from washing your rice is thicker than modern rice."

“Ancient grains were grown in a more traditional way, without too many fertilizers and pesticides, so they have a better taste and higher nutritional value.”

"Moreover, in the process of growing ancient grains, people paid more attention to the harmonious coexistence with nature, which is also lacking in modern grains."

After listening to Xu Ziqing's words, Xu Xu thought of the hard-working farmers in the village. They grew crops in the most simple way, but unfortunately the yield was not high and they even had difficulty getting enough to eat.

Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

The two chatted as they walked to pick up their child from kindergarten.

The next day, Xu Ziqing went to Hongbang Escort Agency to discuss the wine delivery schedule.

After sending the child to school, Xu Xu went to the village to buy food and ordered another batch of bamboo baskets from Xu Jizong.

At this time, the young and middle-aged men in the village had already shouldered hoes, carried bamboo baskets in their hands, and walked on the dewy ridges towards the distant fields, starting a day of hard work.

The village was left with a relatively peaceful scene, with only old people, children, and the occasional sound of chickens crowing and dogs barking.

Xu Xu first came to Xu Jizong's house. At this time, only his cousin's wife Chen Lihua and her son Tuantuan were at home. Tuantuan was sitting on a mat, playing with a grasshopper woven out of bamboo.

Chen Lihua was washing clothes in a large wooden tub in the yard, with water splashing everywhere and making crisp sounds.

"Lihua." Xu Xu called softly with a gentle smile on her face.

Chen Lihua looked up and saw that it was Xu Xu. She quickly wiped the water stains on her hands, stood up and greeted her: "Sister, you are here, come and sit down."

She pointed to an empty stool next to her and motioned Xu Xu to sit down.

Xu Xu sat down as he was told and looked at Chen Lihua gently: "Lihua, do you have sorghum, rice, glutinous rice or wheat at home? I want to buy some."

Chen Lihua was a little surprised when she heard this, but she still replied: "Yes, but not much. I'll give you as much as you want."

"I want 100 kilograms of each." As soon as Xu Xu finished speaking, Chen Lihua stood up and sat down again.

He looked at her with confusion: "Why do you need so much food? Can the family eat it all?"

Xu Xu smiled and said, "I want to make something, but I don't know if I can make it yet, so I won't talk about it for now. When it's done, I'll let you taste it first."