Chapter 214 Discovering Strawberries

When Su Daya heard this, she nodded without hesitation and said, "Aunt San, I'll go with you."

Su Daya was very excited at the thought of going out and doing things with her third aunt.

She now knows that her Third Aunt is capable and that she can benefit greatly from learning something from her Third Aunt.

Looking at Su Daya's sparkling eyes, Shen Yueyao reminded her, "It's very hot outside. If you go out, you might sweat."

Su Daya said seriously, "Aunt San, I'm not afraid of the heat. Besides, it's past noon now, so it's not that hot anymore."

She wants to learn something and help her aunt now.

Seeing Su Daya like this, Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "Okay, then pack up your things and go out with me."

Su Daya nodded vigorously and seriously.

Next, Shen Yueyao took Su Daya to the back mountain.

When walking up the mountain, you can see wheat all over the ground, and the wheat is growing very well.

You can see that the grains on the wheat ears are very large.

In another month, the wheat will be ready for harvest. At that time, every household in the village will be busy harvesting wheat. The process of turning wheat into flour also involves several steps, so the villagers will also be busy.

But she heard the villagers talk about their feelings about harvesting wheat.

Everyone would say that although harvesting wheat is tiring and the weather is hot, they are in a good mood.

The villagers will be very happy because of the good harvest.

A good harvest means having enough food to eat and living a good life.

Wheat was also planted on the Su family's land. Shen Yueyao thought that it would be very delicious to harvest wheat and eat flour from her own land.

This is what it feels like to grow your own food.

There is a lot of work to do when harvesting wheat.

At this moment, Shen Yueyao thought of Su Daya's father coming.

Su Daya's father, Su Xiuye, is strong and fast at work.

If Su Xiuye ​​comes back by then, we won’t have to worry about harvesting wheat.

But if Su Xiuye ​​didn't come back, she would have to hire a temporary worker to help.

Moreover, the people working in the workshop are all villagers from nearby, and they are all busy working in the fields during the busy farming season.

She planned to give everyone a wheat holiday so that everyone could go home to harvest wheat.

Su Daya is no longer opposed to going to the fields. She now understands how difficult it is to grow crops, and she also knows that she should be frugal when eating.

So when she understood this feeling, she also looked happy when she saw the wheat in the field.

Happy for the villagers of the whole village.

"Aunt, that's our land. The wheat is growing well."

"Well, there are sweet potatoes planted on that piece of land over there. When they are ripe, Auntie San will cook and roast them for you."

"Especially in winter, eating roasted sweet potatoes is sweet and warming."

There are no sweet potatoes in this era. This is something that came out of Shen Yueyao's space.

She planted one in the space and then some in the field.

When the harvest is ready, we can give it to the villagers to taste.

If everyone likes the sweet potatoes, you can borrow them to plant them, and then return them after the harvest.

Now Liuhe Village and several nearby villages are planting potatoes. When the potatoes are ripe, no one will have to go hungry this winter.

You won’t go hungry just by eating potatoes.

If you eat it directly like this, potatoes are not as delicious as sweet potatoes.

But when cooking stewed chicken, potatoes are still delicious.

She used potatoes to make French fries for her two children, and they both loved them.

There are no tomatoes here. If there were tomatoes, we could make ketchup, which would be delicious when eaten with French fries dipped in ketchup.

When Su Daya listened to her third aunt talking about sweet potatoes, she couldn't help but picture the appearance and taste of sweet potatoes in her mind.

She felt very warm when she thought of her family sitting together and eating roasted sweet potatoes, and she was also looking forward to tasting the sweet potatoes.

Even Shen Yueyao wanted to eat sweet potatoes when she talked about them.

"Aunt San, I heard that the yield of sweet potatoes is also very high, just like potatoes."

"Yes, they are all similar. The yield is very high and they are all good stuff."

The two of them talked as they walked towards the back mountain.

Shen Yueyao was thinking about saltpeter in her heart, and walked around the area. She walked around the back mountain for more than an hour but still couldn't find any saltpeter.

Shen Yueyao was thinking about saltpeter in her heart.

After thinking about saltpeter for a while, Shen Yueyao felt some power calling out in her heart.

She was moved and walked in that direction.

Sure enough, they saw saltpeter at the foot of a mountain. "Daya, come here quickly, this is saltpeter."

Seeing the saltpeter, Shen Yueyao looked very excited.

Su Daya also became excited, "Aunt, if we find this, can we make ice?"

"Of course, make ice and add sugar to make popsicles and snow cones."

When Su Daya heard this, she was also very excited. She began to dig the saltpeter with her aunt and put it into sacks.

Through studying during this period, Su Daya also learned some tricks of doing business.

She thought for a moment and said, "Aunt, if I add sugar to popsicles, the price will be higher, since sugar is expensive."

Shen Yueyao said: "To make sugar water, the amount of sugar used is not actually that much, but if you add sugar, the cost will indeed be higher. When you sell popsicles, three or four cents each will be considered cheap. You can only make a small profit but sell a lot."

"But if we find sugar cane, we can make our own sugar."

"But you rarely see sugarcane in the north; it's mostly grown in the south."

Su Daya listened to what her third aunt said and took note of it carefully.

The two men got some saltpeter and as it was getting late, they prepared to go back.

"Aunt San, shall we go back the same way?"

Shen Yueyao shook her head and said, "No, let's climb up the hillside and go back from this side. It's a good opportunity to see if there are any treasures on the mountain."

"The longer this forest vegetation grows, the more things will grow in it. Maybe we can find something edible."

“These will all be gifts from nature.”

Su Daya believed Shen Yueyao's words without a doubt.

Sure enough, Shen Yueyao found strawberries in a field.

“Strawberries, there are strawberries here!”

Su Daya looked at her aunt's excited expression, and then looked at the red thing on the ground, both of which looked very tempting.

"Aunt San, is this small mountain fruit called a strawberry?"

Shen Yueyao nodded excitedly and said, "Yes, this is strawberry, sweet and delicious."

"I didn't expect to see such fruits here. I can not only eat them but also plant them when I pick them."

Although it is the end of June and summer has arrived, strawberries will grow normally if they are planted in a cool and ventilated place.

And with these strawberries, she can also plant them in the space.

Needless to say, such fruits will be very popular if they are sold.

The price can also be sold higher.

When some dignitaries and wealthy families eat, as long as the food is good and rare, they don’t care how expensive it is and will still buy it.

Also, if you are making popsicles, adding some strawberry juice will make them taste better and the price can also be raised.

An ordinary popsicle costs two or three cents, while a popsicle with strawberry juice can be sold for five or six cents.