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Chapter 84 Potatoes Ripen
Seeing the village chief staring blankly, the old woman pushed him aside with her arm and walked towards the fields with Juanjuan and Fengfeng.
The village chief came to his senses and sighed. He knew about the bad habits that the Ji family had passed down from generation to generation, and he himself was not immune to some of them.
The root of the problem is difficult to solve.
That evening, Xiao Nan and the old woman ate their meal quietly. She told Xiao Nan everything she had said to the village chief.
"Girl, what do you think we should do about this?"
"I don't care. He's just using outsiders to test my limits. If I interfere, there will be all sorts of problems later. We've never dealt with those outsiders before, so who knows if they're good or bad?"
"That's true. There are bad people everywhere. They just settled in the village and they want to come here to work? No way."
“I have enough people now, there’s no need to make things difficult for myself, please don’t be soft-hearted.”
"Uh-huh,"
"Don't go out tomorrow, stay home. The manager of the restaurant in the county town will be coming."
What is he doing at our house?
"We're harvesting potatoes from the field. The restaurant belongs to Xiaofei's friend, the showy guy who came to our house last time. I'll take him to the field to dig up some potatoes so we can cook a few dishes at home. You can just boil some water, make some tea, and wait."
"As ordered."
"You've learned to be naughty, haven't you?"
"I learned it from you. Now, I'm comfortable with what I eat, drink, and live in. When I'm in a good mood, I just want to be naughty, haha."
"When the farming season is over, I'll take you to the county town to listen to music?"
"Okay, but I'm worried about you running into bad people. You're getting more and more beautiful, and I'm not at ease."
“My husband taught me martial arts, so I’m not afraid.”
The old woman sighed softly: "Men who know martial arts are not only unapproachable, but people will run away at the sight of them. However, if a beautiful woman knows martial arts, people will try every means to scheme against her. They won't dare to come openly, but they will come secretly, making it impossible to guard against."
"Oh, Grandma even knows these things."
"That's right. Although Grandma rarely goes out, this little Ping'an Village is more dangerous than the outside world."
Xiao Nan nodded. After having dinner with the old woman, she rested on a recliner, looking at the stars and moon in the sky, chatting about everyday things, and living a very pleasant life.
The next day arrived in the blink of an eye, and sure enough, a carriage came to the door.
A portly middle-aged man got out of the car. He politely knocked on the door. Xiao Nan opened the door, saw him, nodded slightly, and then led him straight to the field.
After leading the shopkeeper around the field, she took him back to the potato field, where they dug up a basket of potatoes and went home.
He asked the old woman to keep the shopkeeper company while he busied himself in the kitchen.
If you're going to cook with potatoes, the first choice is hot and sour shredded potatoes. Green and red bell pepper strips serve as a garnish for the shredded potatoes, making for a beautiful color and delicious taste.
Another option is braising; it's a perfect match with braised pork.
Especially when potatoes are mashed into a paste and made into a condiment, which can be either savory or sweet, it is perfect for the elderly and children.
She also fried the potatoes into French fries and sprinkled them with salt and pepper.
I also made a cold potato salad and a pork bone stew with potatoes.
The shopkeeper's nose started sniffing incessantly as soon as the six large platters of potato products were placed on the table.
The old woman handed him chopsticks: "Come and try it, my girl's cooking skills are unparalleled."
The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, quickly picked up his chopsticks, and began to savor each dish. He nodded in approval for everything he ate, and his favorite was the mashed potatoes.
Xiao Nan sat to one side, watching with a smile, without saying a word.
After finishing his meal, the shopkeeper hurriedly asked Xiao Nan, "How long can these potatoes be kept?"
"As long as it's not kept in a damp place and doesn't sprout, it can be stored indefinitely."
"Can you sell the recipes for these dishes?"
"You wrapped up my potatoes, I'll give them to you for free."
"Okay, shall we discuss the price?"
"Five coins a pound, no bargaining."
"Five coins? This potato of yours is almost a pound."
"Yes, but if you only make one dish of hot and sour shredded potatoes with one potato, and it costs five coins, how much should you sell it for?"
"Alright, even if I try to bargain, you won't let me. So it's settled then. Let's sign a document, and from now on, our restaurant will take care of all the potatoes from your farm."
Xiao Nan placed the prepared documents in front of him. Without saying a word, the shopkeeper picked up a pen, signed his name, stamped his seal, and pressed his fingerprint. Xiao Nan did the same.
Then the shopkeeper said, "Although I've contracted to transport your thousand acres of potatoes, I can't do it all at once. I'll have to send people to transport them little by little."
"I have a place to store it, and it will be available whenever you need it."
"Great, it's been a pleasure working with Miss Xiao. I hope that in the future, you'll give priority to my restaurant when it comes to products from your land."
"Don't worry, only your restaurant can handle the food."
After the meal, Xiao Nan took him to the back to look at the cucumbers. After tasting them, the shopkeeper immediately bought half an acre of cucumbers.
When he left, he and the driver sat side by side outside the carriage, which was full of cucumbers.
I even told her that I would send someone to my house to buy cucumbers in the future.
As soon as the person left, the old woman hurriedly asked, "Girl, how much did those cucumbers cost per pound? Don't lose money."
"It's also five coins a pound."
"Oh, how much can one acre produce?"
"Maybe after the cucumbers are picked, they will bloom and bear fruit again, and the plants will not be harvested until autumn."
"My God, this is a treasure trove."
"almost."
"Then, could we ask Wang Feng's family to grow this too?"
"They can plant it if they want, it doesn't take much effort, the main thing is to build a trellis."
"Did they leave behind any offspring?"
"Stayed."
“Okay, then from now on, I’ll tell them not to grow any coarse grains anymore. Growing this is much more profitable; they can sell it and use the money to buy fine grains.”
"Oh, you're doing business now?" The two chatted and joked, not at all bored.
The next day was the day the workers dug potatoes. The landlord had a good harvest, and they were happy too. Basket after basket of potatoes were put into the estate's ice cellar, where they were stored if there was no ice.
Meanwhile, in the medicinal herb field, workers were picking honeysuckle flowers. They were going to pick them and dry them before the flowers bloomed.
Other herbs also need to be prepared, but they should be processed first.
The workers in the orchard have more free time than others.
The saplings are about the height of a person now. After some proper pruning and weeding, there's nothing else to do.
When they had free time, they all went to help the potatoes, afraid of being looked down upon if they had nothing to do.
The workers were working hard, and Xiao Nan started a fire in the field to roast potatoes for the old lady.
Just then, several horse-drawn carriages arrived at the field; they were sent by the restaurant owner to haul away potatoes.
They brought their own scales. After the workers dug up the potatoes and put them into baskets, they weighed the baskets together, recorded the weight, and then poured them into the cart.
Five horse-drawn carts were fully loaded. In the end, after calculating the total, it was 3,000 catties, with each cart carrying 600 catties. This was only the yield of one mu of land.
Three thousand catties, five coins per catty, that's fifteen taels. Fifteen taels per mu, one thousand mu would be one thousand five hundred taels of silver.
The number was not as high as Xiao Nan had expected, so she was not very happy. After all, potatoes were a new thing here and should be priced higher.
But if it's too high, that won't work either, because the Dragon Kingdom's economy can't keep up, and the people don't have any money.
Xiao Nan did the math in his head. The wages for sixty workers were eighteen taels a month, more than two hundred taels a year. After deducting the workers' wages, he only made a little over a thousand taels, which made him feel like he was losing out.
Thinking that farming was for upgrading the space and making money on the side made me less depressed.
The workers dug for ten days before putting the potatoes into the ice cellar. In the past few days, the potato vines have also dried. They spread all the dry grass on the ground and started burning it and turning the soil.
At night, when Xiao Nan entered the space, he found that there were a thousand acres of potatoes in the space, while the one acre of sweet potatoes that he had planted was left alone to the side.
No, there's an extra acre of cucumbers too.
Just then, the space made a "ding" sound.
Longlong's mechanical voice appeared in his brain: "Congratulations, Master, your space has been upgraded to level two."
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