I traveled back to ancient times, but I was able to lie down and relax.

"Potato? What's that?"

At this moment, Song Chen didn't know whether to focus his attention on Liu Nanjia's hand that was holding him, or on the strange thing in his own hand.

But seeing Liu Nanjia so unusually excited, he decided to ask what it was first, since she seemed to recognize it from her tone.

"It's a food! It can be made into all sorts of delicious dishes, and it can also be eaten as a staple food. Its yield is even higher than that of rice and wheat! I was just worried that our shop wouldn't have enough new products, but with this, there won't be any problem at all!"

"Really? This stuff is that good? How come I've never heard of it before?"

After hearing Liu Nanjia's words, Song Chen finally focused his attention on what he was holding.

Can you really eat these round, yellowish-brown things that you dug out of the ground? And taste good?

Even higher production?

He certainly knew what high yield meant. If such a crop really existed, it would mean that farmers would have more grain, and it would also mean that more people could have enough to eat and wear.

Liu Nanjia was also a little uncertain when asked. Although she looked very much like her, in theory, Potato shouldn't be here right now.

Even with her limited historical knowledge, she knew that many things on modern people's dining tables were imported.

For example, sweet potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, and potatoes all seem to have existed since the Ming Dynasty.

Based on the information she had gleaned from Song Chen over this period, the era she was currently in was not one of the dynasties she was familiar with.

They are very similar, and even some of the books that have been circulated are the same. To give an example, they are like parallel universes.

At this point in time, which should be the Song Dynasty she is familiar with, it is called the Dayan Dynasty.

In short, this was indeed a time before potatoes had spread to the area.

Liu Nanjia hesitated for a moment, then decided it was better to be mistaken than to let it go, and also found a reason for why she recognized this thing:

“I read it in one of my dad’s books, it was some kind of travelogue, and it said that in a faraway place there was a crop that looked just like this. It also described many ways that the locals used to eat it, and it made it sound really delicious.”

"Let's look again. If it really is, then we've hit the jackpot!"

Song Chen was somewhat convinced by Liu Nanjia's seemingly "reasonable and well-founded" words.

If it's really as Liu Nanjia said, then it's truly a good thing.

So they helped look for it together.

In the end, they searched the entire area and found thirty or forty potatoes of various sizes. However, they also found quite a few winter bamboo shoots, which they hadn't found at first.

The two returned home with a full load.

The origin of this small piece of potato.

Liu Nanjia guessed that it might have been brought over by a bird that had traveled a long distance across the ocean.

But potatoes don't reproduce from seeds, so I don't understand.

If I can't figure it out, I'll stop thinking about it. The more important thing now is to confirm whether this thing is real or not.

Back home, Liu Nanjia rushed into the kitchen.

I picked out two potatoes, washed them, peeled them, and cut them into chunks. The more I looked at them, the more they resembled potatoes. After thinking about it, I took a few and put them in the pot to steam.

After Song Chen returned, he first put away other things, and then came in.

As soon as I came in, I saw Liu Nanjia holding a small piece of something she had just dug out, about to put it in her mouth.

Startled, he rushed over and pulled her hand away, saying, "How could you dare to eat something that's not even certain?"

Liu Nanjia had actually confirmed that it was 90% certain before she was about to give it a try, but she was startled by Song Chen's sudden appearance.

But she could understand.

For Song Chen, this was something he had only seen a few words about in books, so it was indeed a bit rash to eat it right away.

So Liu Nanjia wasn't angry. Looking at Song Chen, who seemed a little angry, she quickly admitted her mistake: "It's my fault. I shouldn't have eaten it so easily. What do you suggest? We have to try it, right?"

Seeing that she was remorseful and had a good attitude, Song Chen's heart, which had been pounding, gradually calmed down. Just now, he had suddenly felt a great sense of panic.

Thinking of his parents whom he would never see again, he was terrified that he would never see the girl again.

It took Song Chen a long time to calm down, and he remained silent for a while.

Liu Nanjia found it a bit strange and asked again, "I'm not going to try it, but who should try it on?"

Song Chen then pretended to be thinking, "White Dew won't work, and neither will Heavy Snow."

Da Xue was the name of his cow, although it was a yellow cow and had nothing to do with those two characters.

However, in order to maintain consistency with the White Dew solar term, it was named after the nearest solar term at that time.

Otherwise, it would be called Big Yellow.

Having rejected two, that leaves only...

Liu Nanjia had obviously thought of that too. She paused for a moment, and couldn't think of any other better option. She couldn't very well go up the mountain to catch a rabbit right now.

"Be careful, don't let Sirou see."

Song Chen nodded to reassure her, then secretly took a small piece of food and went to the chicken coop in the backyard, picked a chicken, and fed it to her.

Liu Nanjia was in the kitchen, her thoughts starting to wander again.

"Does the chicken eat potatoes?"