Dominate the ancient academy

Chapter 412 Sugar Cane

"Ah..., Senior Brother!" Shu Xiaoxiao suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong?" Yun Qinghan quickly ran to Shu Xiaoxiao, half-embracing Shu Xiaoxiao with his left hand in familiarity, and his right hand was already pressing on the hilt of the sword.

Shu Xiaoxiao: "Hehe, it's okay, I just found this!" Shu Xiaoxiao embarrassedly opened Yun Qinghan's arms and pointed at the sugar cane in front of her who was a little taller than her with an excited look on her face.

Seeing the well-proportioned and plump sections, the tall and upright emerald green stems, and the emerald green leaves, she seemed to have tasted the sweetness of sugarcane.

Now that sugarcane has appeared, can white sugar be far behind?

Sugar is now an expensive luxury, with very limited production and variety. Many people may have never eaten sugar in their entire lives. Otherwise, when Shu Xiaoxiao was in Qinglian Village, she would not have been the leader among her friends for so long just because of a few candies, and no one would have challenged her.

As long as we have sugarcane, will there be less sugar in the future? And beets. Thanks to the developed Internet and her curiosity, she knows what beets look like. Next, she will find out what beets look like. In this way, Daning should soon be able to eat sugar freely.

Although the sugarcane was not ripe yet, it was still sweet. Shu Xiaoxiao pulled out a dagger and prepared to cut off a piece for them to taste.

Yun Qinghan immediately reached out to stop him: "You don't have to do it, what do you say we should do?"

"Just chop one of these and peel it. It's super sweet."

As soon as Shu Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Huo Feng had already chopped and peeled the sugarcane neatly. Shu Xiaoxiao looked at the familiar but still somewhat tender sugarcane and took a bite with emotion. "Hmm, that's the taste. Not only is it delicious to chew, but sugarcane juice is even better."

"Brother, you guys try it too. This is sugar cane. It's not very sweet now. When it grows to... maybe twice my height, the skin will turn black and purple. Remove the skin, it's sweet. You can squeeze juice out of it, roast it and eat it. Most importantly, you can make sugar out of it."

Shu Xiaoxiao said that she wanted to split the sugarcane in half and let her senior brother taste it. After all, the sugarcane had not grown yet, and this one was enough for them to taste. Any more would be a waste.

They had just discovered this and couldn't let it go to waste. So before Shu Xiaoxiao could make a move, Yun Qinghan very naturally took the sugarcane that Shu Xiaoxiao had bitten and took a bite.

Shu Xiaoxiao:.................

This is what she had gnawed.

Huo Feng looked up at the sky in silence. It seemed like the prince had no intention of hiding anything now!

Zhenzhu carefully looked at her young master, then at Prince Yun, and then her eyes were fixed on the sugar cane in front of her. The young master said this is called 'sugar cane', right? It is really straight and I heard that it can still grow, maybe even more amazing!

"After chewing, you have to spit out the remaining residue!"

Shu Xiaoxiao whispered as she carefully spit out the residue in her mouth. She didn't dare to look at Yun Qinghan at all. That sticky look, her senior brother had changed, she couldn't recognize him anymore.

"Well, it's very sweet. Junior brother just mentioned making sugar?" Yun Qinghan stared at Shu Xiaoxiao's profile with a smile on his face. Well, she is worthy of being the one he likes. Even her profile is good-looking.

"Yes, it's sugar production. It's not sweet enough now. It will be the sweetest when it grows up. The sugar content of sugarcane is much higher than that of malt. When more sugarcane is planted, every family will be able to afford sugar in the future."

"Does this planting have high requirements?" Yun Qinghan pondered. Having spent a long time with his junior brother, he also knew that not all crops can survive after being planted. It also depends on the environment, soil, water, weather, and temperature. There are still many things that need to be paid attention to.

If people don't have high requirements, every household can grow a little sugar. Even if they can't afford sugar, they can still use it to sweeten their mouths.

"Not high. It can be grown anywhere as long as it's not too cold. And apart from anything else, this place must be the most suitable for growing sugarcane. We can teach the people how to grow it. If we grow more, we can make sugar here and transport it to other places." After discovering sugarcane, Shu Xiaoxiao is full of confidence in the future of the white sugar industry.

"Plus, sugarcane has a long shelf life. If it is properly stored, it can last for a month or several months."

She still remembers that when she was a child, her family not only grew sugarcane, but also there were many vendors outside selling sugarcane during the Chinese New Year. During the Chinese New Year, almost every family bought it in bundles and placed them behind the door, where they would remain in good condition for several months after the Chinese New Year.

"Do you like it?" Yun Qinghan asked gently as she saw Shu Xiaoxiao was obviously greedy.

"Yeah!" Shu Xiaoxiao nodded. Although it would easily hurt your mouth if you eat it raw, it would be fine to squeeze it into sugarcane juice or roast it. The taste is refreshing and not greasy.

"Since there is some here, there must be some in other places too. Huo Feng, ask someone to look for the sugarcanes nearby. If you find any, protect them and don't let people cut them down or wild animals destroy them."

"Yes!"

Huo Feng said loudly, this is something new again, it can also be used to make sugar, which is much more precious than ordinary crops. If we can afford to eat sugar in the future, he would be happy to turn over the entire mountain, not to mention the nearby ones.

With the discovery of sugarcane, Shu Xiaoxiao became more interested in the rest of the journey. When they came here before, they all came with the purpose of finding the village, but later they were being chased and had no time to take a look at the surrounding scenery. Now Shu Xiaoxiao was full of expectations for this mountain, and didn't know if there were any other good things.

The only bad thing is that senior brother is too casual. Can he just hold her hand as she says?

She didn't even say anything wrong and they got together. Should she resist? She had no experience in love in modern times and now she didn't know how to deal with it. After all, her senior brother had always been very good to her and had been her golden thigh since she came to Kyoto. She had used a lot of his things. Not to mention anything else, she had borrowed his power countless times.

In her heart, Yun Qinghan's status is also different. In addition, Yun Qinghan is still very handsome. Not to mention that he conforms to her aesthetic taste, as long as you are not blind, you can't say that Yun Qinghan's appearance is ugly.

If you say you’ve never been moved, you’d be lying. But being moved doesn’t mean we have to be together!

If this happened in modern times, she would have met such an excellent man who was so good to her. Shu Xiaoxiao would have come to him without him taking the initiative, and they would have had a sweet love affair and even have no problem getting married. But this happened in ancient times.

A man treats his brothers and his wife differently, just like a woman feels differently when she gets free shipping for 9.9 yuan or when she saves frugally for several months just to get a set of brand-name clothes or a set of cosmetics.

In modern times, if a man changes his mind, you can divorce and start over, but now, it is normal for men to cheat. Just like her mother, she only has one father, and there are no elders in the family. Her father is often on the battlefield. Otherwise, how could she have such a peaceful life.

If she were with her senior brother, and he had a new love in the future, she felt that she could not accept it, nor did she want to accept it. Her senior brother's identity was also destined, and she could not influence his choice. At that time, she might not be able to control herself. After all, the imperial power could never be challenged.

If they became a pair of resentful lovers in the future, she was not sure what she would do. If she had traveled back in time and been brought up in the Shogun's Mansion like the girls in Kyoto, she might have accepted her fate, but this is not the case!

After she traveled through time, she first lived freely in Qinglian Village, and later came to the academy where she was also free. So she didn't want to be trapped in a yard in the future, observing this rule and that rule, and become one of the women in her senior brother's backyard.