While Fu Man'er was still eating raw sweet potatoes, Xu Yi was already preparing to make sugar cane.

Xu Genshu had heard about this before and found it very interesting. As soon as he finished his shift, he rushed home. When he arrived home, he found Xu Yi and the others were making sugarcane juice.

This time, only a dozen or so sugarcane stalks were grown. Xu Yi only selected a few to make sugar. If it is successful, the rest will be seeds, and they cannot be wasted.

In order to extract sugarcane juice, Old Xu specially made a stone mill, put the sugarcane underneath, and pushed the millstone hard, so that the juice would flow into the bucket below through the gaps.

After squeezing several sugarcanes, Xu Mao obtained a small pot of greenish-blue juice. He carried the bucket containing the sugarcane juice to the well, poured in a small ladle of water, swirled it in the bucket, and then poured it out.

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"It's really sweet." They didn't get to drink the sugarcane juice, but the water mixed with it tasted pretty good too.

"Let me try it." Fu Man'er ran over excitedly; she loved drinking water the most.

Xu Mao held the water ladle, and Fu Man'er took a big gulp. Although it wasn't as sweet as the sugarcane she had just eaten, it was still delicious.

Fu Man'er wanted to drink more, but Xu Mao quickly took the water away, saying, "We're going to eat soon. How will you eat if you're full?"

From the moment they brought the sugarcane back, Fu Man'er's mouth never stopped. She was munching on sweet potatoes and sugarcane, and if Xu Yi hadn't stopped her, she could have even eaten the chayote.

I just saw a fire being lit in the kitchen, and they even took a few sweet potatoes in, saying they wanted to eat roasted sweet potatoes.

Fu Man'er hesitated. She wanted to drink sweet water and also wanted to eat dinner. Fortunately, Xu Yi called her over, otherwise Xu Mao was really worried that his sister would take the water away.

"How long will this take to cook?" Xu Genshu kept stirring the pot with a spoon, the broth bubbling away.

"It will take a very long time." Fu Man'er moved a small stool over and sat down to watch. She had seen others cook a huge pot of it before, from day to night.

Xu Genshu leaned over the pot and inhaled the steam; even the steam smelled sweet. "If the sugarcane method really works, you little guys will have done a great job."

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Putting aside the fact that our family will no longer have to worry about sugar, the fact that we're growing sugarcane is a great blessing not only for our family, but also for the village and even the town.

Xu Yi put a piece of firewood into the stove and said, "There aren't many sugarcane seeds left. We can't touch the rest; we need to save them for seeds."

They only ate one sugarcane stalk, then cut it into many sections, one for each person in the family. Its sweetness alone was enough to make it very popular.

"Uncle, next year we need to find a good piece of land to grow sugarcane." Xu Yi felt that this thing called sugarcane was really useful and very novel. It could be sold directly like fruit and make money.

“I think it’s a good idea.” Xu Genshu nodded in agreement. “Not only sugarcane, but also the sweet potatoes you’re growing, you can plant those too.”

"It's such a pity there are so few seeds." Xu Genshu said with a hint of regret.

Xu Yi thought of the source of these seeds. The sugarcane was obtained from the mountain, and it was harvest season now. He would go up the mountain again to look for more and see if he could find any.

As for the sweet potatoes, they were obtained from a seed shop in town. I can only go back to that shop and ask if the owner can get some more.

While the two were talking, the sugarcane juice in the pot began to bubble and its color darkened, becoming somewhat like an earthy brown.

"Brother, put out the fire quickly, or the candy will burn!" Fu Man'er shouted hurriedly.

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Just as Xu Genshu was about to stop and help put out the fire, Fu Man'er said again, "Uncle, you have to keep stirring it until it turns into sugar."

The uncle and nephew were completely arranged by Fu Man'er, who kept a close eye on the pot like a little supervisor.

Xu Genshu seemed to ask how he knew it had turned into sugar. In no time, the little sugar in the pot started to form threads, and he could pull out a thread of sugar with every movement of his spoon.

"Is it done?" Xu Genshu asked.

Fu Man'er ran out and found a bowl lined with an oil paper. "Quickly pour it in." Don't be fooled by its soft appearance now; once it dries, it will be real cane sugar.

I originally thought I wouldn't see it until the next day, but probably because it's cold now, the sugar had already solidified by evening.

"You only got this little bit of sugar from that pot of sugarcane juice?" Grandma Xu was very surprised when she saw the bowl Xu Yi brought over. The sugar that was finally obtained was only the size of a palm.

"Not bad, not bad. Boil the water away, and all that's left is sugar." Old Xu was very satisfied.

The dried cane sugar was very hard, so Xu Yi used some clever tricks to cut the sugar into small pieces, put them in hot water, and made a pot of sugar water.

Everyone picked up their glasses and drank. "Wow, it's quite sweet." Ma Hong smacked her lips, savoring the sweetness in her mouth.

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Xu Yi only used a small piece of sugar, but the resulting syrup was just as good as the store-bought kind.

"This sugarcane is really a good thing," Xu Genshan praised, then drank the bowl of sugar water in one gulp.

Judging from everyone's reactions, Xu Yi knew that the sugarcane had been successfully made, and the Xu family would have another crop to grow next year.

"Oh right, what about the chayote?" Grandma Xu suddenly remembered this. "We've picked them all, won't they go bad?"

In the evening, Liu Fang tried making stir-fried chayote. She didn't add many side dishes, just used garlic to sauté the chayote until cooked, seasoned it, and it was ready to serve. It tasted crisp and refreshing.

But with so much at home, even if we eat it every meal, we might not be able to finish it before it spoils.

“You can take it to a restaurant to cook,” Fu Man’er said, tilting her head back.

"Will it work? Nobody else has ever seen this chayote before?" Old Mrs. Xu hesitated after thinking about it.

After a moment's thought, Liu Fang thought it was a good idea. "The restaurants haven't had any new dishes lately, so let's bring a basket of them over tomorrow. I'm thinking about what other ways we can cook this melon."

"Mom, you chose the right seeds. When you have time tomorrow, pick some chayote seeds to keep so we can plant more next year." Xu Genshan had already seen what the chayote looked like; it was indeed quite adorable.

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Moreover, its name sounds auspicious, and Xu Genshan thought that if he planted more of it in the future, he might be able to sell it.

"How am I supposed to choose these? I've never chosen them before!" Although Grandma Xu always chose the seeds for the family, she had never seen a chayote before and didn't know how to choose one.

Liu Fang smiled and said, "They're all melons, I think Mother will choose them just like choosing pumpkin seeds."

Xu Yi quickly said, "No, Mother, the seeds of this chayote are different from other melons."

“I read in a book that after selecting good seed melons, you need to cover them with sand and then take them out when you plant them the following year.”

"Is that really true?" Liu Fang covered her mouth, realizing she had just been talking nonsense.

Xu Genshu also spoke up, "Yi'er is right, I've read that book too, it's true."

"Yi'er, you'll come with me tomorrow." This different method of seed selection still made Grandma Xu a little unsure, but luckily Xu Yi and the others had a day off for the busy farming season tomorrow.

After finishing the last bit of farm work, the Xu family will start working on something even more important: moving.

After discussing it, the family decided not to hire the opera troupe. Instead, they would invite the neighbors for a meal to make it more lively.

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Originally, Liu Fang had planned to cook herself that day, but Xu Genshan stopped her. She usually cooked at the restaurant, so he suggested that Liu Fang rest on such a good day.

So the Xu family hired another cook from the village to take charge of the cooking. Although his skills were not quite as good as Liu Fang's, he was always hired to cook for funerals and weddings in the village, so the dishes he made were naturally not bad.

The Xu family only needed to prepare the food and drinks. They would produce the vegetables that could be grown in the fields, and Xu Genshan would buy the rest in town. After opening the restaurant, he would inevitably have to deal with those vegetable vendors.

They brought back all the vegetables at the lowest possible price. According to Old Xu, they couldn't be stingy this time they moved.

So these past few days, the villagers have been seeing the Xu family's horse-drawn carts delivering things to their new house again and again. The Xu family has also bought two pigs from the village.

It's said that these pigs are for cooking at the banquet that day. What a grand gesture! Putting everything else aside, these two pigs alone are enough to make everyone envious.

Everyone was talking about it and waiting for this day to arrive, thinking about going to the Xu family to join in the fun and see what kind of scene it was.