newbobooks Chapter 394 Harvesting Potatoes
Chapter 394 Harvesting Potatoes
Old Mrs. Zhou watched the children carry all the cabbage sprouts to the backyard. After hearing what San Ya said, she felt something was wrong.
Lord Qi is such a high-ranking official, is he just sitting around doing nothing?! Why does he come over every few days to help her family...
"Grandma, we won't be back for dinner tomorrow morning. We'll cook it ourselves at home."
"Why? You have a donkey cart anyway, so it's not a big deal to go back and forth. If you do it at home, you have to cut and wash things, so why not come here? The work in the fields can't be done in one day, so take your time, there's no rush."
"No, grandma. Lord Qi said he would bring a few more brothers to help tomorrow. The potatoes in our vegetable garden are ripe, but no one has time to dig them up. But I can't wait any longer. I'm so greedy that I want to dig them out quickly, so I asked Lord Qi to help me."
At the end, Zhou Mingshu hugged Old Lady Zhou's arm and acted coquettishly.
Old Mrs. Zhou had lived an upright life and never liked to take advantage of others. Zhou Mingshu was really afraid that she would disagree.
"Well, okay, since you have already agreed, I will not say anything more. Tomorrow you should entertain Mr. Qi well and bring out all the delicious food and drinks. Don't miss anything. If you need any meat, tell your uncle and I will buy it tomorrow morning and put a piece for you at home."
"Okay, thank you grandma, but don't think I'm taking advantage of Master Qi. I've lost a lot of benefits."
"Oh~ and about this, what did you agree to? You can't get yourself involved."
When Old Mrs. Zhou heard this, she became anxious. She had lived to such an old age, and if she didn't have this little insight, her life would have been in vain.
Helping once or twice is understandable, but he is asking for help for the third time, and maybe the fourth and fifth time. Those officials are the smartest.
She wouldn't believe it if there was no gain in it.
Now her daughter San Ya is the most outstanding and beautiful, so it is not surprising if someone outside is thinking about her.
She had to be on guard for her granddaughter. She didn't care who this "pig" was, but if he wanted to take the "cabbage" from her house, he had to get her consent.
"No, no, grandma, you worry too much. I just made two more dishes and gave away some of the potatoes we grew. If Master Qi is interested in other vegetables, I will give some more. They are just vegetable seeds."
"That's good, that's good. What you said just now really scared me."
Old Mrs. Zhou was still worried, so she pulled Zhou Mingshu's arm and moved her to the side, quietly instructing her.
"I don't think Lord Qi is as good as I thought. Although you and he saved your life, our family can repay him in other ways. My dear granddaughter, you can't sacrifice yourself for this."
Zhou Mingshu felt both amused and confused after hearing the old lady's instructions.
"Grandma, what are you talking about? I haven't even reached the age of marriage yet, so I haven't considered these things at all. Lord Qi helped me because the food I cooked was delicious. Besides, he asked a few people to come and help us. We can give them some vegetable seeds, so that everyone can eat different vegetables next year. It's the best of both worlds."
Old Mrs. Zhou nodded. "That's fine. Just be aware of it yourself. I'm just worried that you're young and might be fooled by others."
Seeing that her granddaughter didn't seem to have any other intentions, Mrs. Zhou felt relieved.
Zhou Mingshu smiled and sent the old lady into the restaurant.
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Zhou Mingshu asked his uncle to bring some top-quality pork belly and also prepared a few fat chickens.
She will consider it carefully when the time comes depending on how many people there are.
Not long after breakfast, the sound of horses was heard at the door.
The people Qi Rui brought were familiar faces who came last time to harvest wheat.
Since it was not their first time here and there were no adults at home, these people were not so reserved.
He kept calling her "Miss Mingshu", which made Zhou Mingshu blush.
I counted and there were eight people in total, plus the three sisters, a total of eleven.
Making a pot of roast chicken with potatoes and another pot of stewed pork belly with winter melon and vermicelli should be enough for the meal.
"My Lord, you guys go ahead and turn the soil over to dig out the potatoes buried underground. My sisters and I will go behind and pick up the potatoes."
"Okay, we'll follow your instructions."
The group sat in the yard for a while, then carried their farm tools into the vegetable field.
The plant on top of this thing was still green. After they used farm tools to turn out the rhizomes, they discovered that there were lumps and clusters of them underneath.
One tree was just a coincidence, but when several trees in a row had such a high yield, they were stunned.
"Mingshu, the potato yield is so amazing!"
"Yes, yes, and it's delicious. I'll use this to cook lunch at noon, and you can enjoy it then."
Everyone shouted "good".
While working, Qi Rui was thinking, if these vegetables were promoted, people all over the world would have more food in their homes.
With this, they probably won’t go hungry anymore.
No wonder Mingshu wanted to give him some, maybe that was exactly what he had in mind.
A few of them were turning the ground in the front, and a few little girls were sorting the food in the back.
Put the big ones in one basket, the small ones in another basket, and the especially small ones in another basket.
"Sanya, how do we eat these small potatoes that are about the same size as cherry tomatoes? Should we cut them in half or into slices?"
Zhou Mingqi felt depressed looking at such a small guy.
I thought this potato had a high yield and that one plant could produce many fruits, but I didn't expect there would be so many small ones!
"Don't worry, second sister. They have their uses. You will even call them delicious when the time comes."
"We'll make two main dishes later, one is stewed chicken with potatoes, and the other is stewed pork belly with winter melon and vermicelli. You two will be responsible for making the winter melon and vermicelli, and I'll make the stewed pork with potatoes. I'll also prepare two small cold dishes, and that will probably be enough."
"Okay, let's arrange it this way. This is our first time eating potatoes. You said they were delicious before. Let's put more in it."
"Hahaha okay, I'll put more."
Zhou Mingshu was very happy. He didn't expect that everyone would be so accepting of potatoes.
By noon, she had to make the potatoes taste better to surprise everyone and make them fall in love with them at once!
Thinking that the time was about right, the three sisters left the potato and vegetable field and went to the winter melon field to pick a winter melon and take it home.
As mentioned earlier, Zhou Mingshu was preparing to make braised potatoes with pork, while his eldest and second sisters were busy peeling winter melon.
Zhou Mingshu peeled the potatoes and cut them into small, even pieces. He also cut some green and red peppers, ginger slices and other seasonings for later use.
After washing the small potatoes, she put them directly into clean water and cooked them.