The whole family traveled through ancient times with their house

Chapter 75 Potatoes and sweet potatoes are both good things

Just as the two sisters were hesitating whether to go out to find their aunt, they heard someone talking.

When they recognized their aunt's voice, the two sisters relaxed their guard and returned to the front yard.

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Captain Dong was so happy that he was almost in high spirits. While digging sweet potatoes in his hands, he muttered to Zhang Xiaoqi, "This must be over a thousand kilograms."

"Of course. Boss, have you thought about what to do with these sweet potatoes?"

"No matter how we deal with it, it's not our turn."

"How to say?"

"Don't forget, these are seeds that Madam Jiang found herself, and she even used the abandoned fields near the cliff. How can we have the nerve to accept someone else's things?"

"But we can buy from Madam Jiang, or exchange. Or wait for me to talk to Madam Jiang and save more seeds from these sweet potatoes. We can plant more next year."

"This is the best way."

"We have to tell Madam Jiang that we have to hide it well and not let anyone outside know about it. As for that old fox Wei Qianhu, we absolutely cannot let him know about it."

"Well, we have to be careful with him. If that old fellow knew there was such a good thing, he would definitely wipe us out."

Captain Dong was filled with grievances whenever he thought of this. "If anyone in our captain's office had any good stuff, he would try to take it away as a gift. It's so annoying!"

"He's petty-minded, and he's using his little tricks to climb up the ladder."

Yichen didn't expect that two grown men also had the potential to gossip, but she didn't say anything and just listened quietly.

Sansheng has eaten several raw sweet potatoes in a row and said that he is full and doesn't need to eat lunch.

Captain Dong and Zhang Xiaoqi did not go back for lunch. When Guan came over, the two were eating raw sweet potatoes.

Guan knew about the two things that Sister Jiang planted, but she didn't know that so many sweet potatoes could be dug out from half an acre of land.

"Oh my God! Oh my God! There are so many sweet potatoes, how long will it take us to eat them all?"

Guan really loves these sweet potatoes. She just ate a small one and couldn't bear to eat the big ones.

Sweet potatoes taste much better than other foods. She could imagine that they would taste even better if they were cooked.

Just after noon, Dong Baihu and Zhang Xiaoqi finally dug out all the sweet potatoes.

Looking at the mountain-like pile of sweet potatoes, Dong Baihu was in a very good mood.

Although there is no scale here, he estimated that the weight of these sweet potatoes is at least two thousand kilograms.

"My wife has gone back to get a scale. We'll weigh these sweet potatoes later and find out the exact yield."

Zhang Xiaoqi himself didn't even realize that his back was straight when he spoke.

Guan brought Jiang Yan with her. After all, these sweet potatoes were grown by Jiang Yan, and since they needed to weigh them, Jiang Yan should be watching from the side.

Zhang Xiaoqi also called the Ye family to help. After weighing a wicker basket of sweet potatoes, they loaded it onto the carriage. After the carriage was full, it was transported to the courtyard where Jiang Yan and her daughter lived and directly sent to the cellar.

Jiang Yan also reminded everyone that sweet potatoes can be stored until next spring, provided that the skin is not damaged.

After weighing the last basket of sweet potatoes, Captain Dong vigorously waved his right arm and shouted, "Two thousand eight hundred and ninety-two catties, two thousand eight hundred and ninety-two catties!"

It’s almost 3,000 kilograms, and everyone who hears it will be happy.

When Zhang Xiaoqi and Guan heard this number, their hearts started beating wildly with joy.

Guan's idea was the most direct, "Will the people in our Hundred Households Office no longer have to go hungry this year?"

"We have to keep it as seeds." Captain Dong said this, and the joy on Guan's face faded.

"With these seeds, our Hundred Households Office will surely have a bumper harvest next year."

Captain Dong's words gave everyone hope again.

"Boss, are we still going to dig these potatoes?"

"Dig tomorrow." Captain Dong felt the pain in his fingers, so he didn't dare to hold on any longer. After all, this was the time when the northern barbarians invaded Black Stone City the most, and he couldn't take it lightly.

Zhang Xiaoqi had the same idea, and his fingers were also hot and painful.

Soon, Ye Sanlang and Ye Silang, who were driving the horse-drawn carriage carrying sweet potatoes, came back. They came back and said one thing, "My aunt's cellar is a little small."

When Jiang Yan thought about the fact that potatoes and other grains also had to be stored in the cellar, she felt that her cellar was really small.

Dong Baihu: I really didn’t think too much about it when I was digging the cellar, and now I don’t have the manpower to dig it.

Everyone present knew that every household had to collect grain during this period, and the hundred-household unit had to be on guard against invasions by the northern barbarians.

So the digging of the cellar had to be postponed.

Captain Dong and Zhang Xiaoqi were not optimistic. It snowed early in Black Stone City, and they didn't know whether they could dig Madam Jiang's cellar before the snow came.

Jiang Yan, however, took an indifferent attitude. In her opinion, there were always more solutions than problems.

At dinner, Jiang Yan showed off her skills to everyone.

It was quite lucky for everyone, as Dong Baihu and Ye Zhanyang and his men managed to kill two pheasants.

Jiang Yan said that you can stew potatoes and pheasant in a pot, which is also a rare delicacy.

Hearing that there was something delicious to eat, Sansheng took the lead and dug out a basket of potatoes.

Looking at the fist-sized potatoes, Dong Baihu felt a surge of heat in his heart.

Zhang Xiaoqi: Don't get carried away. I won't go crazy with you even if you get carried away. My hand hurts so much.

Captain Dong: He didn’t.

In addition to continuing to steam cakes for dinner, Jiang Yan also boiled a pot of sweet potatoes, which were all damaged and small in size.

Jiang Yan had a good idea. Everyone could try the big ones, and if no one ate the small ones, she would dry them.

She also stewed a large pot of potatoes and pheasant, and in order to ensure that everyone could enjoy the dish, she put plenty of potatoes.

After uncovering the pot, Guan took away a pot of pheasant stewed with potatoes and a pot of boiled sweet potatoes. She couldn't take them away herself, so she called her eldest son to help her.

After seeing off Guan's mother and son, Jiang Yan first served out a bowl of stewed potatoes and a bowl of egg custard, handed them to Zhang, and asked her to feed them to Changsheng.

Jiang Yan didn't know that everyone who had a bite of the stewed potatoes tonight fell in love with the taste.

General Ye and his son, as well as Captain Dong, had similar thoughts in their minds when they took a bite of stewed potatoes.

These sweet potatoes and potatoes can be used as military rations.

But they all remembered what Madam Jiang said, that these potatoes could be stored for a long time just like sweet potatoes.

Also, potatoes can be eaten as long as they don’t sprout or turn green.

General Ye, who had spent most of his life fighting on the battlefield, was thinking about his worries while eating dinner.

Ye Zhanyang noticed his father's strangeness and couldn't help but call out, "Dad~"

"It's okay, let's eat."

"Hmm." Ye Zhanyang picked up another sweet potato, took a bite, and then expressed his thoughts.

"Dad, these potatoes and sweet potatoes are really good."

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