Chapter 592: Everyone's appetite is aroused
Yan just assumed that her parents-in-law had tacitly agreed to this matter.
Staying in this family is really stressful and tiring. If the family can be divided, she would be happy even if Shao Erlang and Zhang don't support their elders and she and Silang take care of them all.
In the main room, everyone had a lively lunch. Suddenly, Le Zhengxiao slapped his forehead and screamed "Ah!". He hurriedly ordered Qu Shan and the coachman to take a bundle of things out of the carriage.
This bundle of things was the stems of some kind of plant, less than 1.5 meters long and a little thicker than a thumb. There were about forty or fifty stems in such a small bundle.
Because this thing was in the way, it was placed under the carriage seat, and Le Zhengxiao forgot about it when he went out to get something.
Everyone was curious when they saw him shouting and they watched him order his men to take out the bundle of stalks.
Qiao Xuan's eyes lit up, she was surprised and delighted: "Ah! It's cassava! It's cassava! Master Le Zheng, you really got me cassava, thank you so much!"
Fang and others were all curious and asked what cassava was.
Shao Sanlang and his wife lost interest after taking one look at it. This thing didn't look like food at all.
Qiao Xuan loved it very much and said with a smile: "This is a good thing. It is not picky about the soil and has a high yield. Like taro, the fruit grows in the soil. After digging it out, remove the skin and rinse it. It can be eaten by steaming, boiling or baking. It can also be mashed to extract starch. This starch can be used to make various cakes. This is a good thing!"
Most importantly, with cassava, there is hope for the dessert shop. Cassava flour can be used to make taro balls and pearls for bubble tea.
“So this is edible too!”
"It sounds very rare, it must be delicious!"
Everyone suddenly understood and became very interested.
Le Zhengxiao smiled and said, "Last year I wrote to my eldest brother, asking him to look for various exotic crop seeds. Just a few days ago, I got this, this cassava. Some people say that this can survive from cuttings, but I don't know if it's true."
Qiao Xuan smiled and said, "I haven't tried this either, but since you said so, it must be true."
She actually didn't know how to grow cassava at first, but she could check it through the system in the space.
She had checked it before and remembered it very well.
Cut it into two or three inch long sections with a slanting knife. As long as there are buds on each node, the cuttings can be planted.
These stems now seem to be in dormancy and are still alive. But they can't be kept for too long, or the buds will die and they will become a bundle of dry firewood.
Qiao Xuan asked Shao Sanlang to help store the bundle of cassava in the cellar, planning to plant it in the open space in the garden and the corners of the flower field in a few days.
Then I will buy more than 100 mu of land next to the flower farm, even sloping land will do. I will be able to plant next year.
I won't be able to plant so much next year. It depends on the demand from the dessert shop. I think a yield of 40 mu next year will be enough. But I can plan for the future.
There is ready-made land in Zhangjia Village that can be used for planting first, but Qiao Xuan is somewhat worried.
This is a new thing, and the villagers will definitely be curious when they see it. In Shaoding Village, they may stare at it, but this may not be the case in Zhangjia Village.
For example, if you want to expand the scale of Tremella cultivation, you have to find a flat place in the village or on the edge of the village to build a high-walled courtyard and a mushroom shed, instead of planting it on the mountain. Otherwise, there will be enough people stealing it.
Seeing the cassava and talking about the sweet soup shop aroused everyone's appetite, so in the afternoon Qiao Xuan, Tao Tao and Yang Xiaoni cooked brown sugar water to make ice jelly.
(End of this chapter)
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