Farming? I'm making a killing with my fairytale vegetables!

Chapter 225 Fried Rice Noodles

After tasting it, he started frying the eggs. The porridge in another pot was also cooked, so it was time to eat.

"Let's go eat."

Bai Yi carried the dishes out and placed them on the table.

Yang Hui helped scoop out the porridge, giving each person a bowl, and placed them on the table.

"Dinner's ready, Xiao Tao, come over here."

"Okay!" Little Peach came running over.

I didn't cook anything else tonight. I just made some fried lotus root slices, fried eggs, and a little pickled mustard greens. That'll be enough for dinner.

"Come on, have my fried lotus root sandwiches first. I just tried them in the kitchen and they taste really good, much better than before."

He picked up a lotus root cake and put it in his daughter's bowl. Xiao Tao obediently picked it up, took a bite, and made a satisfied sound.

"Mmm, Daddy is delicious, he's even more delicious now."

Liang Hui also took a bite, "It really is true that after using the new oil, this lotus root box tastes even better than before."

"That's exactly the point. Even the fried eggs taste better than before. But these eggs are from the ones you brought back, so it's normal that they taste better than before."

"Xiaoyu's food is so delicious, I'll buy more next time."

Liang Hui took a bite and was very satisfied, as was Xiao Tao.

"Yes, yes, we should buy more."

"Hahaha"

Ding Liu also returned home with the three barrels of oil she had bought.

Mr. and Mrs. Ding did not go out tonight. They only went out to set up a stall to sell fried rice at noon. They will rest for a while tonight and will not go out.

Seeing the several buckets of oil she brought back, Mr. Ding stepped forward, picked up one of the buckets, and examined its color.

"This looks really good. The color of this oil is one of the best I've ever seen in all the oils I've bought over the years."

"Yes, I thought the rapeseed flowers looked really good when I saw them, and the cold vegetable salad I ate was also delicious, so I guessed that the oil made from the rapeseed flowers would be really good."

"That's indeed the case."

Mr. Ding was tempted to use the good oil to make fried rice.

But I got tired of making fried rice every day, so I decided to use it to cook other dishes instead.

"Dad, why don't you stir-fry some rice noodles? I haven't had homemade rice noodles in ages. Then make a soup and stir-fry some vegetables, and that should be enough."

Ding Liu made this suggestion.

"Okay, that's a good idea. Let's just stir-fry some rice noodles, and the rest will be the same as you said."

After making his decision, Mr. Ding picked up a spatula and prepared to stir-fry the rice noodles.

He first stir-fried the vegetables in oil, then added the rice noodles and his secret chili sauce. The chili sauce coated the originally white rice noodles with a layer of spicy oil, and the aroma was further enhanced, making them even more fragrant.

Finally, stir-fry it a few more times, and the stir-fried rice noodles are done. Add them to your dinner, and you're all done.

"Alright, everyone, let's eat!"

Mr. Ding quickly cooked the rice, and the whole house smelled delicious.

Ding Liu couldn't stand the smell; it was just too fragrant.

After everyone was seated, she couldn't wait to pick up a piece with her chopsticks. "It's so delicious! I really like this."

"Yes, that's right, it's really delicious."

"Yes, it's really good. It tastes much better than the rice noodles I used to make. It's really quite delicious."

Mr. Ding couldn't help but praise him.

One major downside of stir-fried rice noodles is that they become very greasy towards the end, which can significantly affect one's appetite.

However, this time he used the same amount of oil, but it didn't feel greasy at all, which is enough to prove the refreshing quality of the oil.

Ding's mother also thought it was really good. She even had some other ideas: "This oil is really good. If we took it to our stir-fry stall, the effect would probably be very good."

Mr. Ding shook his head. "That's for sure. It makes fried noodles and fried rice less greasy and tastes much better, but it's too expensive and people might not be willing to sell it to you."

Ding Liu swallowed a mouthful of rice noodles and said, "That's absolutely right. Mom and Dad, Boss Xia can only sell me three buckets because she didn't plant many this year."

"There's really no way around it. If we were to sell fried rice, this bucket of oil would run out in no time. It would be terrible if customers wanted to eat it and found that the taste was different."

Mr. Ding shook his head, explaining that things really couldn't be done that way. If the earlier guests ate better fried rice, they wouldn't be so easy to accept when the later ones tasted worse, and they might even cause trouble. It would be pointless to create trouble for ourselves; we should just eat it at home.

Ding's mother nodded to indicate that she understood and put her mind at ease. "That makes sense. Let's wait until the boss plants more rapeseed next year before making a decision."

Ding Liu offered her family another idea, "It's okay, Mom and Dad, we can consider contacting the boss later and getting some other dishes. For example, look how fresh these scallions are, wouldn't it be much more fragrant if we added them to the rice noodles? And these eggs are also quite good, but there aren't that many eggs in stock, so it's not easy to supply them in large quantities."

"Oh, you're right. I love the taste of this cilantro. It's so delicious! I recommend it to Old Li who sells beef noodles next door. He always adds cilantro to his beef noodles."

"These scallions are great too, we can add some to our own too."

The more Chome talked, the more tempted he became. Oil couldn't be supplied in large quantities anymore, but scallions and such could still be made.

In the past, they used scallions, which they either grew themselves or bought from the market, and they weren't expensive. But now she truly understands that you get what you pay for.

The scallions, cilantro, and garlic grown by this family still taste different and are incredibly delicious.

"Sure, Mom and Dad, I'll contact Boss Xia then, so you can get fresh scallions and cilantro. But you should also do what you can. Even if business is good, don't be too busy and don't go out all day long, that's too tiring."

Ding Liu swallowed the food in her mouth and agreed, but still reminded her parents not to work too hard.

She was originally a white-collar worker in a company with a decent salary, but her parents always thought she should earn more money while she was still young, so she always wanted to go out and work hard.

Sure enough, she immediately heard Mr. and Mrs. Ding talking about the same old things again.

"Oh, Xiaoliu, we're just doing this for your own good. We know you're doing well now, but while we're still able, it's good to help you earn more money and save up for an apartment in the city center. You said you don't want to get married, but it's good to suffer first. When we have a house and money, you won't have to take care of your in-laws."

Ding's mother started chattering away, and began urging him to get married again.

"Oh Mom, let's stop here. Let's not talk about that. Eating is the most important thing."

Ding Liu quickly stopped her mother from saying that if she continued talking like that, things would get out of hand and the meal would be ruined.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more, but remember to discuss the cooperation with your boss."

"Okay, I remember. And I also remember that the owner has a lot of delicious and fresh vegetables. I can buy some of them then, but the price might be a bit higher."

After thinking for a moment, Mr. Ding said, "You can leave that aside for now. Just buy some ingredients first. We can leave the vegetables for now."

"Okay, I've got it."

Ding Liu nodded, and the family began to enjoy a delicious meal together again.

So in the evening, Xia Shiyu received another new order for scallions, ginger, and garlic.

This is quite acceptable, since there is no immediate demand for scallions, ginger, and garlic, but the demand for other vegetables is so high that it can be shared.

So she readily agreed to Ding Liu's request.

"Of course, the current yields of scallions, ginger, and garlic are quite good, and we can deliver them promptly."

"Okay, then I'm relieved." Ding Liu was quite relieved.

While Xia Shiyu temporarily put aside Ding Liu's affairs, she was thinking about how to find bean seeds.

After all, it's almost time to plant, and today's main task is to plant chili peppers and corn.

Chili peppers are relatively easy to grow. Just dig neat holes, put the chili pepper seeds in, and sprinkle fertilizer. Make sure to put the right amount of seeds in each hole.

However, corn is a bit more complicated because the corn fertilizer balls are made in advance. This involves digging up soil and manure, fermenting it in a pit, and then using a machine to make a round clod of soil with two holes on it before putting the corn seeds in.

These holes filled with corn seeds need to be arranged neatly together, then sprinkled with wood ash and covered with a plastic film to keep them warm and allow them to germinate.

Once the seedlings sprout, they can be transplanted into the soil.

At this time, neat holes are dug, but the situation inside each hole is different. Generally, two ears of corn are placed in the hole, and that's enough. Sometimes there are three ears, but one ear is too few.

Therefore, it is necessary to arrange for people to put them in gradually.

Of course, if you're going to grow corn, you'll definitely need to plant more, so Xia Shiyu didn't hesitate to hire people, since she mainly wanted to sell these in large quantities.

In this way, a lot of people need to help from sowing to harvesting.

Xia Shiyu planned to ask the villagers for help. Today, he hired quite a few people to plant more than 20 mu of corn, which is already a considerable area. Although it is very small compared to the vast consumer group, it is quite a lot for their rural area.

When planting trees, we need to hire seven or eight people to help.

Some people even asked her how many people she would hire when harvesting the corn.

"Xiaoyu, it's not easy for you to carry this corn. Luckily, there's a road here, but the ones closer to the inside still need to be moved by hand. It might take a lot of manpower. Remember to call me!"

"Yes, yes, I'd like to come too, but I have to harvest my own corn first. Harvesting corn is really tiring."

"You should plant less. You can just come and help Xiaoyu with her work when the time comes. That way, you won't have to work continuously. If you harvest it yourself, you'll be really tired for more than ten days, and the money won't be much."

"That's true."

Xia Shiyu overheard this and jokingly added, "When the time comes, all you uncles and aunties will have to come and help me out."

Growing chili peppers also requires planting over ten acres of land, but while planting them is very convenient, harvesting them is the most troublesome part.

When I was a child, I always felt very distressed whenever I picked chili peppers.

First, you have to pick out the red peppers from the pile, bend down and pick them one by one from the pepper plant, then dig them up and put them at home. Sometimes you also have to cut off the stems. The process is quite tedious.

Moreover, a small chili pepper plant can turn green and red several times, which means that you may have to repeat the process of picking and collecting chili peppers throughout the summer. Bending over for a long time is really tiring.

So after Xia Shiyu graduated, the family rarely did farm work anymore, because those jobs were really tiring.

There's no other way now; the family still has to continue doing farm work and contracting land. Xia Shiyu just prefers to spend more money and didn't want her family to be too tired a few days ago.

"Mom and Dad, you can just take care of scattering chili seeds. This number of people is enough for planting here."

"Grandpa and Grandma, you just need to spread some fertilizer. Spreading fertilizer is a pretty easy job."

"Okay, this fertilizer spreading isn't tiring at all. I feel like I can go cut some alfalfa later."

Grandma smiled broadly, feeling that she wasn't tired at all, but she still appreciated her granddaughter's concern.

“No need for Grandma, we have enough alfalfa at home. Besides, I checked and there’s a field on the mountain that can only be harvested one last time. I might as well have Uncle Limin drive the cattle and sheep to the field to eat the ready-made alfalfa.”

The alfalfa in some fields on the mountain has been harvested several times, and this is almost the last harvest. We didn't dare let people drive cattle and sheep directly into the fields before, because we were afraid they would eat all the roots and it would not be sustainable.

But now there's no need to worry about that. It's the last crop anyway, so it's fine once it's all eaten up. We can just plant new ones later.

"Okay then, I'll spread all this fertilizer and then go back to cooking."

"Okay, go ahead." Xia Shiyu said and went to help put the fat balls in the pot. She felt that the job was not too tiring, so she could treat it as exercise and help out.

She placed suitable fertilizer balls in each of the dug holes, and after she finished, someone would place the fertilizer next to them. Finally, she would cover all the holes and let the corn grow slowly.

Xia Shiyu has to praise her own corn in this regard. Fairy Tale Corn itself is very nutritious and it is also very good at absorbing nutrients from the soil, so even the fertilizer used is less than that used for other corn varieties.

Normally you might need a spoonful of fertilizer, but now half a spoonful is enough. Too much fertilizer can easily burn the seedlings.

Therefore, Xia Shiyu specifically instructed the people who were helping not to put in too much fertilizer.

The others who were helping nodded in agreement; they would just do whatever the boss said.

When Xia Shiyu was busy, she would think that she could ask the drivers who had been there before how to obtain seeds of soybeans, mung beans and other beans.

She initially thought she could get it in Animal Town, but the animals there told her it was a witch's crop and she could only get the seeds there.

Xia Shiyu thought it over. She realized she would have to find the key from another map administrator, otherwise she wouldn't be able to get in at all.

As she worked, she thought to herself that she could ask the Lord of a Hundred Flowers.