Traveling through time with a house, I teach people all over the country how to farm

Chapter 203: Perilla and Water Celery

By mid-afternoon, the bamboo sticks needed for planting rice seeds had been prepared.

Zheng Sisi notified the two village chiefs and led their men to the prepared fields. This time, there was no need for Zheng Sisi to explain in detail, as several experienced guards demonstrated it.

It was also the first time for Uncle Ma and a few others to experience this, so they learned very seriously.

The villagers have always thought that the county lord was joking by planting rice in the fields so early, as the rice seeds would be frozen to death in a few days. Now that they see that the county lord has prepared so many things to maintain temperature, they finally take it seriously.

After listening to the explanation and understanding the principle, they suddenly realized it and admired the county princess's meticulous mind.

Zheng Sisi said, "There will be another batch of rice seeds in two days, and you will need to plant them yourself. Keep the water in the soil, but not too deep. When the seeds are four or five inches high, you can transplant them. I will come back then."

After explaining the follow-up tasks, Zheng Sisi returned to the compound.

Zheng Sisi promised to roast eels for everyone in the evening, so she had to go back and prepare it.

Killing eels is a technical job. Zheng Sisi had only seen others do it and had never done it herself, so she could only find someone to do it.

He asked some of the people he brought with him who knew how to kill the fish. Captain Liu and his team were all soldiers, and only a few of them knew how to handle fish. She took out a few nails and told them how to handle it. They also had to shave out the bones and thorns of the eels.

At the beginning, the few people couldn't find the method, and the eels were slippery and the speed was very slow. After killing a few, they mastered the technique and became much faster. Zheng Sisi checked and handled it very cleanly.

Some ingredients need to be prepared for grilled eel. If there are cucumbers, it would be great to make grilled eel with cucumber. Unfortunately, there are no cucumbers in this era, and the ones she grew herself are still seedlings. Even if there are some in the space, she doesn’t dare to take them out to eat.

Thinking about the day when she went to the mountain and saw a small piece of water celery and perilla, Zheng Sisi planned to pick some and bring some back.

I heard that they were going to pick wild vegetables again, and several of the sisters wanted to go with them, so they set off together, with Rose carrying a backpack.

When they arrived at the small hillside, they went to dig wild vegetables as if they were familiar with the place. Zheng Sisi went to pick perilla and water celery.

Water celery can also be eaten stir-fried. Zheng Sisi likes to eat spicy water celery with beans the most, but there is a lack of everything in this dynasty. Well, take your time and see if you can make these things.

A lot of basil was also picked. Zheng Sisi did not pull them up by the roots, but only picked the tenderest tips, which could still sprout branches. If there were too much basil, she could make basil fried eggs.

When they came back, Captain Liu and his men were still killing eels. Zheng Sisi asked, "It's been more than half an hour and they haven't finished yet?"

Captain Liu raised his head and said aggrievedly, "County Lady, Master Zheng and Master Zhong have caught eels again. There are a lot of eels tonight."

Zheng Sisi went to the bucket and took a look. She was shocked: "You plan to kill all of these. Can you eat them all?"

"I can finish it, I can finish it,"

The voice arrived before the person did. Zhong Ruiyu ran out from behind and it was obvious that he had just come out of the shower.

"Don't worry, I promise there won't be any left." Zhong Ruiyu was afraid that Zheng Sisi would keep some for herself and he wouldn't have enough to eat, so he quickly made the promise.

Zheng Sisi said, "Okay, just eat more. I hope you don't get tired of it all at once, or you won't want to eat when you see eels in the future."

Zhong Ruiyu said: "Don't worry, it won't happen."

Zheng Sisi asked Zhong Ruiyu: "Have you seen the third prince come back?"

Zhong Ruiyu shook his head: "I haven't seen it, he should be back soon!"

Zheng Sisi raised her hand and looked at her watch. It was almost time to make dinner.

She came to the kitchen and saw Aunt Niu and her people already busy at work. Several maids were picking and washing the wild vegetables they had dug up.

Zheng Sisi prepared the seasonings and condiments needed to make the eel, including chopped ginger, garlic, chopped perilla and water celery, and also took out some chili powder from the space for later use.