I trade in both worlds

Xu Ziqing had already gone to a nearby seed shop to ask during the day, and was found to have the seeds in stock. When he heard about Xu Xu's needs, he immediately made a phone call. After they had finished dinner and cleaned up, the seeds were delivered.

The potato seeds delivered were piled at the door of the utility room. They were all packed in orange transparent bags and tied with ropes. The merchant also thoughtfully wrote the words "early-maturing", "medium-maturing" and "late-maturing" on each sack.

This speed was a little beyond Xu Xu's expectations. She exclaimed, "So fast? I thought it would take at least a day or two."

Xu Ziqing raised his head and said proudly, "Of course, look who bought it for you. It must be very efficient."

Xu Xu thanked them with a smile and handed the children to Xu Ziqing. He pulled the ropes of the two bags with one hand and pressed the other hand on the door of the utility room. In the blink of an eye, he brought back two bags of potatoes. Each bag weighed 50 kilograms, and there were exactly 6 bags. After going back and forth a few times, Xu Xu brought back all the potatoes.

For fear of confusing the varieties, Xu Xu replaced the early-maturing seeds with sacks, the medium-maturing ones with baskets, and the late-maturing ones with backpacks. He also carefully wrote notes to mark them. After finishing, Xu Xu went back to sleep.

The next day, just after dawn, Xu Xu closed the door and went to Xu Jizong's house. In the yard, Xu Jizong was still sitting in the yard making bamboo baskets. When he saw Xu Xu coming, he looked up at the sky and asked in surprise: "Why are you here so early?"

Xu Xu walked over and whispered, "Second Uncle, that man delivered the potato seeds last night. He said he had something to do and would be away for a while, so he gave us all the seeds he had. There were 100 kilograms of each variety. Since it's still early and there aren't many people around, let's pull a cart over and get the seeds."

"The seeds have arrived?" Xu Jizong said as he stood up: "Go call your brother, I'll load the cart, and we'll go together later."

After Xu Xu woke up Xu Youliang, he went to Xu Xu's house with Xu Jizong and Aunt Xu to get potatoes. It took them two trips back and forth to get all the seeds back, which they piled in the mud house where sundries were stored.

After moving the seeds, Xu Xu went back to prepare breakfast and sent it over, then came back without stopping to germinate the potatoes with Xu Jizong's family and the clan leader's family.

Xu Xu copied down the detailed process of growing potatoes and the habits of potatoes from the Internet and gave them to the clan leader. He no longer cared about how to grow them and which land to plant them on. The clan leader and Xu Jizong's family were responsible for following up.

The patriarch selected more than a dozen families in the tribe to come out for discussion, saying that Xu Xu met a Western businessman when he was out, and the businessman said that their seeds had a high yield per mu and could be used as food, but he couldn't tell exactly how high it was, so he wanted to see if anyone among them was willing to join in the trial planting.

After a round of questioning, only six families agreed to try various things. After they agreed, the clan leader gathered the heads of these families together and talked behind closed doors for an hour. No one knew what they talked about behind closed doors, but after coming out, they were all excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. They didn't say anything when others asked, which aroused everyone's curiosity.

The clan leader looked at how many seeds there were and calculated that conservatively 60 acres should be planted, so each family was given 5 acres. The specific variety to be planted was decided by drawing lots. The clan leader's family and Xu Jizong's family planted 10 acres of each.

After planting, the remaining seedlings of the three varieties could not even cover half an acre of land, so each family planted a little of each variety in the vegetable garden.

The potato planting work in Xu Zhuang is in full swing, and Xu Xu is busy working. As soon as she finishes embroidering the screen, she gives it to Xu Ziqing to take a photo.

Xu Ziqing held the screen with golden light flashing in his eyes. He immediately took out his mobile phone to take a 360-degree photo without blind spots, and then sent it to a senior sister who was a fashion designer. After seeing the photos, the senior sister asked Xu Ziqing to take a video of various details of the embroidered screen. After taking the video and sending it as required, the other party gave a quote of RMB the next day.

Xu Xu had no idea about modern money. He looked at Xu Ziqing in confusion and asked, "How much silver is this?"

Xu Ziqing checked today's silver price and asked, "How much did Xiuge give you?"

"35 taels." Xu Xu replied.

“今日银价是6.85元/克，一两是50克。”徐梓青感觉自己脑算不出来，划拉出计算器按道：“÷6.85=2189.78克，2189.78÷50=43.8两。”

"43.8 taels?" It was even more expensive than Xiu Ge's. Xu Xu found it a little unbelievable.

"Strictly speaking, you can't calculate it this way." Xu Ziqing explained: "In terms of purchasing power, one coin in your place is equivalent to one dollar here. So, 1 taels are equivalent to a coin, or even more. You see, you are losing money by doing this."

"But if it's converted into silver, it's a profit." Xu Xu said.

"That's not right. Modern silver is purer than yours, so its value should be even higher." Xu Ziqing said with a smile.

Xu Xu was confused by her and asked uncertainly: "Is it a profit or a loss?"

Xu Ziqing spread his hands and said, "I don't know either. It depends on how you look at it. But the normal price should be more than this. There are only a few pieces of this cloth in modern times. She probably hasn't noticed it through the screen."

"There is no such cloth here?" Xu Xu was a little unconvinced.

"You think that many traditional handicrafts have been lost." Xu Ziqing said regretfully: "Nowadays, weaving is all done by machines. A few decades ago, few people used to weave by hand, and we also experienced war before.

Now when we want to revive traditional crafts, we find that many skills cannot be passed down, or there is a gap in the inheritance, resulting in many good things not being preserved. "

"Is that so?" Xu Xu's face was full of anger. "But many skills are inherited from the family and are rarely taught to outsiders. Even the disciples have their own reservations."

"Alas, this is the problem." Xu Xu said calmly, "Everyone is worried that if they teach their skills to their apprentices, the apprentices will take away their masters' jobs, so they always keep some of the skills when they pass them on."

"The master keeps part of it, the apprentice keeps another part, and it's passed down from generation to generation. How much of the exquisite skills are left? This has led to many skills being lost, and the heritage has not been inherited."

Seeing her distressed expression, Xu Xu suggested, "Actually, you can also come to our place now. You can see what skills we don't have there, or you can spend some money to find a master to learn from, and then pass it on to others."

"Hmm?" This was something Xu Ziqing had not expected: "It's not that easy. I can't learn it without talent. Xuxu, you can share your embroidery first."

"Sure. It's a small matter, but how should I teach you?"

Xu Ziqing thought for a moment and said, "Well, I'll make a teaching video for you. You can teach from the beginning and explain as you go. Those who are interested in embroidery can watch the video and learn by themselves."