nashuaworldcup Chapter 86 The Shattered Agricultural Dream
Chapter 86 The Shattered Agricultural Dream
Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua led the three little ones around the shop a few times, observing the various services and how the shop treated its customers. After seeing this, Jia Hu felt that his father did have some talent.
Jia Daishan was even more gratified, for his good-for-nothing son had finally accomplished something worthwhile.
When Jia She heard that they wanted to have lunch outside, he said:
"Let our son show his filial piety today. Let's go to Kemanlou Restaurant. They always have fresh dishes there."
When we arrived at Kemanlou, we asked the two elders for their opinions and then ordered the dishes, and then asked the three children to order.
The dishes at this restaurant have extremely elegant names, the kind that you could never guess what they're made of just by looking at the name.
The waiter rattled off the menu with practiced ease, and the three children each chose one dish.
Jia Hu chose a dish he was very curious about, called Jade Ball Flowing.
The dishes arrived quickly, and Jia Hu saw that he had ordered "Jade Dumplings," which turned out to be fried balls of some unknown kind.
Jia Hu curiously took a bite; it was a potato, surprisingly, a potato.
Jia She was surprised to see him.
"Hu'er, you like these potatoes, so we'll have the kitchen make them for you when we get back to the manor."
"So potatoes are called 'yangyu' now?" Jia Hu asked curiously.
"Dad, why haven't we ever eaten this potato at home?"
Jia She laughed and said:
"This thing isn't anything valuable. When it was first introduced, everyone was curious about it and thought it tasted delicious, so many people ate it. But ultimately, it was just something new to try."
"We don't lack anything at home. Your grandmother dotes on you all, and she always has the kitchen prepare the best food for you to nourish your bodies. We've had so much good food that we can't even use it all, so this is definitely something we haven't made for you."
Jia Hu was speechless. It turned out that being too rich could also be a problem.
"Dad, are there many people growing potatoes?"
Jia She had no idea about these things and was unsure how to say something that wouldn't damage his image as a father.
Jia Daishan said without any mercy:
"You've asked the wrong person about your father."
Jia Daishan didn't blame his son. How many rich kids know anything about farming? He himself didn't know anything before, but he learned a lot after he went out to lead troops.
Jia Daishan continued, "Originally, I just thought that novel things were mostly used by royalty and nobles."
Later, it was discovered that this plant was easy to cultivate, had a high yield, and was very filling. The imperial court then began to pay attention to it, and now it's widely grown throughout the country. It was thanks to this plant that many people didn't starve to death during the droughts of recent years.
Jia Hu agreed, "This is a good thing!"
Jia Hu still felt regretful that his agricultural dream had been shattered. He hadn't learned much about these aspects and only knew that when potatoes were first introduced, the imperial court didn't pay much attention to them.
It turns out they had arrived long ago and were already taking it very seriously. Jia Hu quietly crossed out agriculture from the plan.
However, they were still very happy eating out. The three children ate quite a bit. After the meal, they sat for a while before Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua took the three of them back.
Although the three were reluctant to part, they knew that today had been very good; they hadn't been punished and had even had so much fun, so they obediently went back with them.
After bringing Jia Hu and his two little ones back to the courtyard, Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua went to the study to chat.
Jia Hu, Jia Zhen, and Jia Zhu then began sending gifts everywhere.
Grandmother Jia could praise a wooden hairpin as a gift, and Grandmother Jia would wear it on the spot, liking it very much. She would keep praising them for being sensible and remembering to bring her something when they went out.
They also said they had some money and asked Lai Mama to give them some silver to send to Lixiang Courtyard.
When the three of them came out of Grandmother Jia's house, their faces were flushed. Jia Hu originally thought that even if a wooden hairpin was very unique, it was still not presentable. Other things were even less original. He did not expect that his grandmother would like it so much.
He sent gifts to Zhang and Wang, and received a whole bunch of compliments in return.
Finally, when they arrived at Jia Min's place, they prepared fresh patterned fabrics from the fabric shop outside for Aunt Min.
Jia Min was also very fond of it. When the three of them went out, they brought back a lot of things. When they returned, each courtyard sent back even more things than they had taken when they left.
Jia Hu told his two younger brothers to play by themselves, as the eldest brother had to go to do something important, and then went to the study.
Jia Hu decided to first write down the recipes for foreign glass houses and silver mirrors.
When the time comes, just give it to your grandfather and say that when you were playing by the wall, someone asked you for food from the other side. You thought it was a beggar, so you threw food over the wall. The person then told you to remember this recipe and left.
Jia Hu thought about it again and thought it was good. He had never seen that person before and only thought he was a beggar. Let whoever was curious go and find him.
Jia Hu first wrote down a good glass recipe as the blogger suggested, and then carefully wrote down the precautions and advantages and disadvantages.
He then wrote down the method for making silver mirrors.
Holding the two prescriptions, Jia Hu was very satisfied. He couldn't take out too many at once; two were just right.
Jia Hu carefully put away the prescription, but still felt uneasy, so he picked it up and kept it close to his body, deciding to give it to his grandfather the day after tomorrow.
Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua were drinking tea in the study and discussing this matter.
Jia Daihua laughed and said:
"How do you think Hu'er will come up with the prescription?"
Jia Daishan also laughed and said:
"We can't exactly create a god, can we?"
After saying that, he thought of his grandson who had not yet been born.
Jia Daishan frowned: "Brother, do you think being born with a jade in one's mouth is a blessing or a curse?"
Jia Daihua raised an eyebrow:
"That's because we died young, which allowed this to get out. How could you possibly think that grandson of yours could be a reincarnation of a god!"
Jia Daishan shook his head:
"How could I think like that? It's already a great blessing for the Jia family to have Hu'er. If it were really a reincarnation of a deity, would the Jia family have ended up like that? I'm just worried that there might be something wrong with the jade."
Jia Daihua immediately asked, "Do you think that jade was deliberately made?"
Jia Daishan stroked his beard. “My second daughter-in-law isn’t very bright. I suppose without me, Hu’er, and my eldest daughter-in-law, and with your sister-in-law always being biased, I’m afraid someone deliberately instigated her to have such thoughts.”
Jia Daihua relaxed and said:
"You're overthinking things. If that were the case, Hu'er would have already told us. Since Hu'er said she was born with a jade in her mouth, then it must be true."
Seeing that Jia Daishan was still frowning and disagreeing, he said:
“I know you’re afraid something will go wrong, but things are very different now. Stop overthinking and focus on what to do once the prescription is ready.”
Jia Daishan then smiled and said, "It's my fault. I had too many worries, which is why this happened. Thank you for your understanding, brother."
"The prescription has been delivered. I'd like to ask Hu's opinion first. This glass prescription definitely needs to be approved by the Emperor. The Emperor, being generous, certainly won't accept the silver mirror."