nucmednet Chapter 34 Eating Chili Peppers
Chapter 34 Eating Chili Peppers
The three of them went to the vegetable garden in the backyard.
Xiao Siyue pointed to a row of lush green chili pepper trees: "Dad, Mom, look, these are chili peppers."
"The system says that chili peppers are not only delicious, but they can also keep you warm. After eating them, your whole body will feel warm, making them perfect for winter. They taste similar to dogwood, but much better." Xiao Siyue is now using the system more and more skillfully.
"Oh, I see. This plant has so many peppers, there must be at least a hundred," Lin Qin squatted down next to the pepper plant and counted them. The small tree, about half a person's height, was covered with lush green peppers, making one worry that the weight might break the main stem.
"Hmm, one plant can produce about a hundred peppers." As expected of a premium product rewarded by the system, it produces more peppers than ordinary ones.
"Mom and Dad, the chili peppers are ready to eat now. Let's make a dish with chili peppers today." Xiao Siyue looked a little hungry. She wanted to eat stir-fried green peppers with meat, stir-fried green peppers with eggs, and many, many other dishes.
"Is it ripe already? But it's still green." Lin Qin was somewhat incredulous.
"The system says it's okay. You can eat the chili peppers when they're green, and you can also eat them when they turn red. You can also dry them and grind them into powder." Hmm, chili oil noodles would be great.
"Then let's pick some and try it." Lin Qin also wanted to try this fresh vegetable, since she had never eaten it before, and she was also very curious about what the chili peppers given by the system would taste like.
Although Xiao Qinian didn't speak, the expectation in his eyes spoke volumes.
Xiao Siyue excitedly ran to the front yard and grabbed a basket.
The group picked a basket full of green peppers.
"Third daughter-in-law, what are you carrying?" Old Mrs. Xiao asked curiously when she saw her daughter-in-law carrying a basket of things she didn't recognize.
“Grandma, these are some unknown seeds I planted before, and they’ve ripened now. Dad said they’re a kind of vegetable called chili peppers,” Xiao Siyue pushed the chili peppers directly at Xiao Qinian.
"Your father said that? What kind of dishes could your father possibly know?" Old Mrs. Xiao was very skeptical. She didn't believe that Xiao Qinian knew anything about vegetables.
"Yes, my dad saw it in a book," Xiao Siyue casually offered an excuse.
When Xiao Siyue said that Xiao Qinian had read about this in a book, she believed it to some extent. Her son was a scholar who had read a lot of books, so it was normal for him to know things that they didn't.
"Grandma, let's try this new dish for dinner tonight. The book says green peppers are especially delicious,"
"Okay, let's give it a try. How do we do this?" Old Mrs. Xiao looked at the excited Xiao Siyue and did not refuse.
"Yes, I know. Just listen to me."
"Mom, first take the seeds out of the bell peppers, wash them clean, keep a small portion, and cut the rest into strips," Xiao Siyue instructed Lin Qin on how to prepare the green peppers.
"Grandma, please cut some shredded meat so we can stir-fry it with green peppers later."
"Oh, it has to be stir-fried with meat? What if it doesn't taste good? Wouldn't that be a waste of meat?" Old Mrs. Xiao was a little reluctant; it was meat, after all.
"Grandma, trust me, it'll definitely taste delicious," Xiao Siyue assured her grandmother.
Old Mrs. Xiao could only reluctantly cut up the cured meat she had prepared earlier.
As for Lin Qin completely obeying Xiao Siyue's commands, she knew that Xiao Siyue had a system and assumed that everything was taught by the system.
"Yue'er, it's all chopped up. Now what?" Lin Qin chopped a large pile of green peppers in no time.
"Mom, could you steam some more rice?" Stir-fried dishes naturally go well with rice.
The three worked together seamlessly, and in no time, the aroma filled the entire kitchen.
At dinner, the Xiao family had three large plates of novel dishes on the table: shredded pork with green peppers, stir-fried eggs with green peppers, and tiger-skin green peppers. The three dishes emitted a strong aroma, but no one in the Xiao family touched their chopsticks.
"Grandpa, Grandma, why aren't you eating? Hurry up and try some! It's delicious!" Xiao Siyue urged, seeing everyone staring blankly at the food. She couldn't wait to try it herself.
"Oh, okay." Old Master Xiao picked up his chopsticks, closed his eyes, and with a death wish, took a bite of shredded green peppers and pork and put it in his mouth. Was this dish really edible? He had never seen this before. What if it wasn't a dish at all?
"Hmm?" What is this taste? It's so delicious! After chewing for a couple of seconds, Grandpa Xiao reached out and picked up another piece with his chopsticks.
Seeing this, the others quickly reached out to grab some, and when they put the food in their mouths, they all gasped in surprise.
"So spicy, so spicy, but so fragrant!" The Xiao family members gasped as they scrambled to put food in their mouths. Although the spiciness made them stick out their tongues, they couldn't bear to spit it out and kept putting one chopstick after another into their mouths.
After finishing the meal, everyone was covered in sweat.
"This chili pepper is really delicious! I've never seen it before," Grandpa Xiao said with some regret. He wished he could have eaten it sooner.
“Grandpa, this chili pepper isn’t from our Great Zhou. I planted a few because I was curious about what kind of seed it was, and I didn’t expect to have such an unexpected harvest,” Xiao Siyue thought to herself. She must have never seen one before. There are no chili peppers in this era. If it weren’t for the system, she probably would never have been able to eat one. She thanked the system once again.
"I wonder where that peddler got the seeds from, and if he still has them," Old Master Xiao thought, if he still had them, he could plant more.
“Grandpa, we can save some seeds now and plant them next year. We saw today that there are about 80 seeds in one chili pepper. We can save a lot of seeds from these ten chili pepper plants. You can eat as many as you want next year.” Xiao Siyue plans to plant on a large scale next year. These seeds will cost tens of thousands of yuan in total.
"So many! How many must we plant?" Old Master Xiao had seen the chili peppers planted in the backyard before; each plant produced so many peppers, the yield must be amazing.
"Yes, there are a lot," Xiao Siyue thought.
If possible, she wants the villagers to plant some next year as well. They don't have enough land to grow tens of thousands of seeds, and they also need to grow grain.
She plans to buy some more land next year, as she intends to open a hot pot restaurant. Chili peppers are essential, and all these seeds must be planted next year, otherwise the hot pot restaurant won't be able to open.
Xiao Siyue was very satisfied with her meal today. She hadn't eaten chili peppers in five years, and it was delicious. She said she could eat as much as she wanted next year, including hot pot and tofu with chili sauce.
"Can we still eat chili peppers tomorrow?" Xiao Siyue felt she hadn't had enough. She wanted to eat them again tomorrow. She hadn't had them for years, and she wanted to eat her fill all at once.
"Of course, we can make it again tomorrow," Old Mrs. Xiao agreed. She also wanted more. She had been a little unsure before, but she hadn't expected the fresh vegetables to be so delicious, and she was still craving more.
After finishing their meal, the Xiao family members went to rest, satisfied.