Xu Shichu nodded: "Yes, I managed to grow it with great difficulty. Madam Hou, if you also want to grow it, you'd better send someone to find it yourself in Java, but I heard that this champagne fruit is also very precious and rare in Java. Fruit trees are not easy to come by.”
Madam Hou suddenly lost her mind: "You got it with such difficulty? Sure enough, good things are hard-won. I didn't go on a long caravan, so I'm afraid I won't be able to go to Java to find trees."
Suddenly, an idea came to her mind, and she asked Xu Shichu expectantly: "Didn't you bear fruit? What if we use the seeds of the fruit to plant them? Can we feed them?"
Xu Shichu shook his head: "I don't know either."
In fact, if it were planted in the ground of Xu Shichu's companion space, the seeds of the champagne fruit could sprout and grow. This is how many champagne fruit trees growing in her space came from. But if they were planted in this dynasty, then she didn't know that this kind of seed could germinate and grow. She couldn't live anymore. After all, the fruit tree she had moved out had cost her a lot of effort to survive.
Although Mrs. Hou heard this, she was disappointed but also expected: "After all, it is not a local fruit tree, and some people are not accustomed to the climate. Hey, it seems that if I want to eat, I can only rely on yours."
Xu Shichu said generously: "My tree bears a lot of fruit. If you want to eat it, I will give you some."
"It would be great if I could eat such a wonderful fruit all year round. I wouldn't need to wear powder and carry a sachet, and I would smell delicious every day." Mrs. Hou said with a longing look on her face.
Xu Shichu nodded: "Indeed, if the champagne fruit bears fruit all year round, then my incense can be saved. Then the royal family and nobles of the Java Kingdom use this fruit as our incense, and it is natural. The fragrant scent can be carried wherever you go. It is simply the best natural mobile fragrance that everyone wants.”
"Hey, why doesn't this tree grow here in our homeland?" Mrs. Hou felt regretful.
Xu Shichu said with a smile: "There are so many good things in the world, they can't all be here, right? Of course we also have good things here that other foreign countries don't have. Thinking about it this way, don't you think it's more fair?"
"That's true." Madam Hou said, and then she asked enthusiastically, "Where is your champagne tree planted? I want to see it."
"It's right behind my yard. Let me take you to see it. In fact, it looks similar to other fruit trees. There's nothing unusual about it." Xu Shichu said.
"Auntie, I'm going too!" Xiao Zhaozhao, who was playing with the blocks Xu Shichu made for him, joined in the fun and immediately ran over to hold Xu Shichu's hand.
"You are the most active in eating, snack foodie." Xu Shichu poked his little head and said.
Xiao Zhaozhao hid with a smile. Mrs. Hou looked at the cute little fat man with three heads and jade snow, and her eyes were so hot that she couldn't help but said: "Your little nephew looks really annoying."
"When he is sensible and obedient, he is troubled, but when he is naughty and mischievous, he is troubled. The tricks in my yard have caused him a lot of vicious attacks. Sometimes I really want to hit him a few times." Xu Shichu rubbed the little chubby mound. Said with a pouty face.
"Aren't all children like this?" Mrs. Hou, who is very experienced in raising children, said with a smile.
While talking and laughing, the two came to the champagne tree.
The fruit tree is large and straight, standing up to the sky, three feet high, with lush branches and leaves, and full of vitality. You can tell at a glance that it is a very healthy tree.
"It's so tall!" Mrs. Hou, who saw such a tall tree for the first time, raised her head high and exclaimed.
"It hasn't reached its peak yet. I heard that the tree is six or seven feet tall," Xu Shichu said.
At this time, Xiao Zhaozhao had already shaken off Xu Shichu's hand, walked to the fruit tree with his short legs, stood on tiptoes and raised his hands high to pick off the champagne fruit hanging on the trunk.
Unfortunately, he was short and could not reach the small fruit even if he stood on tiptoe. His face was red with anxiety, but he kept trying and refused to give up.
Marquis Zhen'an's head felt sore when he raised his head, so he lowered his head and rubbed his neck. He also saw Xiao Zhaozhao's eager expression reaching out to pick the fruit.
"Hey little one, just ask the maid sister to pick it for you... Oh my God, Mrs. Luo, why does this fruit grow on the trunk instead of the branches?"
Mrs. Hou asked in shock after seeing clearly the location of the Shampoo Fruit Director.
"This is probably one of its characteristics." Xu Shichu said.
Mrs. Hou understood immediately: "I understand. After all, its juice can make people smell fragrant. What's impossible about the fruit growing on the trunk of the tree?"
Xu Shichu asked her servant to move a wooden ladder to pick fruits. Mrs. Hou wanted to experience the fun of picking herself, but Xu Shichu said she didn't know how to judge whether the fruits were ripe, so she refused.
The maid picked two or three baskets of champagne fruits, and Xu Shichu gave one basket to Mrs. Hou. Mrs. Hou was beaming with joy, but she did not take advantage of Xu Shichu and gave her a lot of jewelry in return.
Xu Shichu originally wanted to refuse. After all, this fruit was not that unusual to her. A lot of uneaten fruit in her growing space fell to the ground and rotted, and the only one planted in her yard made it so. She planted so well that the fruits kept growing, so much so that she even gave them to the maids and servants in her own courtyard to try them.
After Mrs. Hou learned that all her servants had something to eat, she felt very distressed: "Why are you so stupid and generous? Why don't you put them up for auction like your rare and exotic herbs? I'm sure there are people flocking to them! How many people are there? I can’t even ask for anything, but you’re like a pie in the pie!”
When Xu Shichu said this, he quickly said: "I only have one tree that I can use to make sacrifices for myself. Although there are many fruits, it is not enough to sell them. It is only enough to be distributed to the servants for a taste. After all, I They are working hard to take care of the flowers, fruits, grass and trees in the yard."
Mrs. Hou looked at her with complicated eyes: "You are a kind master."
Mrs. Hou left the Prime Minister's Mansion with a basket of fruits satisfied.
Xu Shichu didn't take this matter to heart. After all, it was just a small thing, just giving some novel fruits to friends to try.
Unexpectedly, the Marquis of Zhen'an and his wife did not tell anyone about the rarity of the Chambord fruit. The soldiers who had witnessed the Marquis of Zhen'an sweating fragrantly reported the matter as a strange thing, and it attracted the attention of interested people.
Of course, the soldiers' doubts also spread from why Zhen'an Hou was sweating fragrantly to what the fragrant fruit he ate was.
Amidst all kinds of gossip, curiosity, confusion, shock or suspicion, the existence of Chambord Fruit was revealed - even in this era when news transmission is not fast and accurate enough, the abnormal reason of Zhen'an Marquis that day was due to what he witnessed. There were too many people and they were spotted.
