ROTCGIS, Chapter Twenty Eight

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Rebirth of the Charming Girl in Space

Chapter 28:

Fruit

For the sake of freshness, they always buy only as much as they can eat, and others are happy to sell it to them, so now they have no fresh food at all except the eggs.

Originally, they thought that their life would be easier with the money, but they did not expect that the sudden natural disaster would catch them off guard. They had no time to prepare many things.

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But fortunately they bought some grain, eggs, oil and salt yesterday, otherwise they really didn’t know how they would get through this difficulty.

"Dad, I'm not wronged, not at all." Murong Lingran said sincerely, and suddenly took out a few tomatoes from behind her back, and said calmly: "Dad, let's fry them together with the eggs. Alright?"

Just now she looked into the space and saw that the tomato seeds sown yesterday had already begun to bear fruit. They were taller than her. The bright red fruits would people salivate. It would be a waste not to eat them.

Although there is only a small piece of land that can be planted, it grows quickly.

Many things in the 21st century are different from what she has here. The science and technology there is advanced, and many fruits and vegetables that can only be grown in specific seasons in Xuanqing Kingdom can grow there all year round, and the quality is better than here.

To people in the 21st century, most of the fruits and vegetables in Xuan Qing Kingdom would seem to be primitive types.

The seeds she bought were of the variety with more fruits. She checked visually and found that there were at least hundreds of fruits, which was enough for the moment. So after she harvested all the tomato fruits, she planted corn seeds.

She asked Chang Qi Shenjun that although corn bears few fruits, it grows quickly and can be harvested in time. It only needs to be planted several times.

As for other things; potatoes, yams, etc., she also wanted to plant them, but she had never seen them in Xuan Qing State before, and it would be difficult to find an excuse to take them out, so she had to give up on growing those.

If possible, she would like to take out all the food she bought before moving in her previous life, but the situation here is special, it was impossible to do so.

After all, it’s not just their family here, there’s also the grandma’s family who is eyeing them.

Murong Zhe asked in confusion: "A’Ran, what kind of fruit is this? Where did you pick it? Can you eat it?"

"Yes, A’Ran, when did you pick it? Why didn't I know?"

Did she ever leave his side to pick fruit? And with such a bright color, why didn't he notice it?

Murong Lingran's heart skipped a beat, and then she realized that she had never seen tomatoes in the ten years she had been in Xuan Qing Kingdom.

Moreover, after research by people in the 21st century, it seems that the first people to discover tomatoes were afraid of being poisonous and used them as decorations. She don’t know if Xuanqing Kingdom, a country that did not exist in the history according to her modern life, would think like this.

“If it can be eaten, it must be edible. I saw a bird pecking it, so it must be edible.”

Murong Zhe looked at the fruit on his daughter's hand for a long time. He had never seen such a beautiful fruit in more than 30 years, and the more colorful plants in nature are more likely to be poisonous. He pondered for a while and said: "It's better not to eat it, we have never eaten it, if we are poisoned, it will be difficult to find medicinal materials now."

“Dad, believe me, this is definitely edible. If you don’t believe it, just smell it.” She said and handed a piece of fruit over to him.

Murong Zhe smelled it carefully, with a surprised look on his face. He seemed to have smelled this smell before.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up. He peeled off a little skin and smelled it, revealing his original expression.

When he was still an imperial physician, he had the good fortune to go to Shang Nong Bureau once and taste this fruit there.

It is said that it was introduced from other countries, but that fruit was much smaller and uglier than the one in his hand. The shape is not as beautiful, and the color is much lighter. It is not as big, plump and bright red as this one.

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