It can be steamed or baked, and can be used as a dish or a staple food?
There is such a good thing!
The things the goddess grows must be good. Everyone gathered around her, clamoring, "Give me one."
"I want one too."
"And me."
Ye Nuan and Su were busy distributing the sweet potatoes, and soon everyone in the yard had a sweet potato.
There are some cracks on the surface of the steamed sweet potato. Tear open the skin along the cracks, and you will see the golden flesh still smoking. Take a bite, and the soft, sweet and glutinous flesh emits a hot fragrance on your lips and teeth. It is warm and sweet, and it is so delicious.
"It's delicious. Do you have any more, Goddess?"
There were still a dozen or so left in the big bowl, and everyone hurried to eat, fearing that others would grab them first. The aroma spread from far away, and those who didn't get a second round felt their stomachs and felt hungrier, and looked at Ye Nuan with more eager eyes.
Ye Nuan said at the right moment, "If you still want to eat it, you can grow your own. In the next few days, you can dig up everything in front of and behind your house and plant this in addition to the usual vegetables. Sweet potatoes are easy to grow and each one yields a lot of fruit. If you plant them now, you won't have to worry about going hungry in the winter."
Something so delicious and filling must be planted!
The villagers' eyes lit up at the thought of their homes overflowing with sweet potatoes, so a group of them began tilling their own fields again, while Ye Nuan was responsible for cultivating the sweet potato seedlings. When the day came for the sweet potato seedlings to be distributed, Tao also showed up. Ye Nuan was genuinely surprised and pulled Jin Qiu aside to ask, "Doesn't your father farm?"
When Jin Qiu mentioned this, he said with a bitter face, "My father is an old stubborn man. Last time, my brother went to help plant trees and got scolded when he came back. He also disagreed with planting sweet potatoes this time. He said that we have enough food and drink at home, so why should we go through the hardship of tilling the soil and weeding, and then harvesting it later."
"In fact, my family hasn't had any income for a long time. My mom and dad have been arguing fiercely. Mom wants to grow everything your family produces, but Dad doesn't agree. My eldest brother and I stay at home every day to watch their faces, and we don't even want to go back."
It seems that Village Chief Jin still feels resentful about me stealing his business.
After a month of vigorous work, it was late autumn, and although it was the season for withered vegetation, a strange green began to appear around Dahuang Village. The bandits' occasional provocations finally angered Qi Wuze, and their fierce attacks forced them to retreat repeatedly. The originally irritable Wei Qian retreated to Weijiazhai and became completely obedient for a while.
He was honest but he was not convinced. When he heard about the abnormality in Dahuang Village, Wei Qian immediately sneered: The untouchables are indeed untouchables, there is no point in making trouble!
Planting trees in the middle of autumn? No chance they'll grow!
"Boss, how about we pull out the tree so that you can vent your anger?"
Wei Qian didn't care: "Why are you pulling them out, idiot! If they grow back, I'll write my name upside down." It would be interesting to let these villagers see with their own eyes the trees they planted wither and decay, and look decadent and regretful.
Outside the village, Ye Zi Nuan didn't dare water the plants too much. She only wanted the villagers to know about her special abilities; spreading the news would only cause trouble. Inside, the crops were simply watered with water from the ancient well. Aside from growing better, growing a little faster, and being less likely to freeze to death, they were no different from ordinary crops.
The villagers did not expect their own vegetables to grow as wildly as Ye Nuan's. After all, they were happy that they could survive and did not have to starve in winter.
The morning glory on the Ye family's wall had been replaced by roses. Purple-red roses, as big as bowls, covered the entire wall. From time to time, a woman would stand outside the wall at the entrance of the village, watching. When she saw Ye Nuan, she would ask, "Goddess, when will the skincare lotion you mentioned be ready?"
Ye Nuan forgot about this matter because she was busy. She only remembered it after many people asked her.
"In the evening, let everyone bring bamboo tubes or clay jars." There are no glass bottles or plastic bottles here, so we can only use these simple tools to pack.
The woman excitedly returned to tell everyone. Seeing that everyone had left, Ye Nuan dragged her mother along to pick flowers in the yard. The intricately layered blossoms were placed in a clean bamboo basket, and it took them an hour to pick enough.
Ye Nuan asked her mother to watch by her side, then she washed the picked petals and brewed them with boiling water. After the floral fragrance was integrated into the water, she took out the petals and finally added two drops of spiritual spring water.
"Is it done?" Su asked in surprise.
"Alright." There were no tools here, so distillation was impossible, and it wouldn't be easy to preserve. She'd actually preferred using natural well water, but if it were colorless and odorless, people would be suspicious. Adding a hint of rose scent would actually give it a nice touch.
Su slapped some rose water onto her hands, half believing and half doubting them. However, it only moisturized them a little, and the wrinkles on her hands remained. She muttered, "Are you an unscrupulous shopkeeper?"
Ye Nuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mom, this is free for everyone to use. Besides, long-term use will be effective. You can't make wrinkles disappear overnight. That will scare the men in their family to death."
Su smiled and said, "That's right."
Not long after they finished, they heard voices from far away outside the courtyard. Tao rushed in with Jinqiu in tow, followed closely by Wu and Hu Ya. Seeing the skincare water in the pot, they couldn't wait to pull out their bamboo tubes and small pots. Some even brought the largest pot in their homes.
They all squeezed to the front and asked Ye Nuan to serve them.
"Don't push, there are only two spoons for each person, don't push." In order to ensure fairness, Ye Nuan specially made a very small wooden spoon, which was long and round. Two spoons were just enough for a bamboo tube.
Wu and Hu Ya squeezed in front, and no matter how much they stretched out their hands, Ye Nuan deliberately refused to hit them. Hu Ya, unwilling to accept it, stretched forward again, pushing the other person's bamboo tube away, while looking at her smugly.
Ye Nuan paused at the edge of her bamboo tube, then walked around her and poured it into the bamboo tube of the person next to her. Hu Ya's eyes widened, and she was extremely angry, but she had no choice but to hold it in. She grabbed Wu's clothes and made a fuss. Seeing her awkward look, Wu slapped her on the head in anger and scolded her, "Don't be so petty. How can a human goddess hold a grudge against you? Goddess, don't you agree?"
"Yeah, of course not." Ye Nuan didn't stop, but she refused to pour the water for the mother and daughter. She used words to choke her, thinking that she would fall for it.
She is not narrow-minded, but not too narrow-minded either. The mother and daughter are always looking for trouble. Everyone else is well-behaved, but they are the ones who want to squeeze forward.
Tao received the skin care water she had been longing for for a long time. The more she looked at Ye Nuan, the more she liked her. Her lips seemed to be smeared with honey. She smiled and said, "It smells so good, much better than the powder in the Creation Pavilion. The goddess's things are really good."
That was just how Tao was. She'd find fault with anyone she disliked, and praise anyone she liked to the skies. Wu looked on disdainfully, "You're praising the goddess like that, are you trying to get her back as your wife?" She'd heard that one of Tao's matchmakers was involved.
"Nonsense!" Tao was unhappy and tugged at Wu, saying, "She's a goddess. You're blaspheming me. My son isn't worthy of her." She looked Hu Ya up and down, critically saying, "You could have been a good match for my son, but you're a little clumsy and can't read people's expressions. You keep calling people goddesses for no reason. No one wants to talk to you."
Hu Ya's face turned pale, as if she had been severely beaten. Ye Nuan looked down upon the things she cherished. In everyone's eyes, she was just a clown.
Does Ye Nuan see her the same way?
Hu Ya couldn't contain herself anymore, bursting into tears and running away with her face covered. Mrs. Wu looked at her daughter, then at the little lotion she had left, finally getting some and rushing back. When she got back, Hu Ya was still crying, her tears soaking a good portion of the quilt.
Mrs. Wu walked over, patted her quilt, and said angrily, "Okay, if you cry again, I'll wash the quilt."
Hu Ya sniffed, raised her head and looked at her mother with hazy eyelashes, and asked sadly, "Mom, am I really not as good as Ye Nuan?"
Wu laughed at her question. Hu Ya glared at her, "Mother——"
Mrs. Wu saw that her daughter was really sad, so she comforted her: "What's there to be sad about? She is a goddess, it's normal that you can't compare to her in any way. Even if we take a step back, you don't have to worry about Jinbao liking her anymore." Mrs. Tao even said that her son was not worthy of her.
Tears welled up in her eyes. Hu Ya glared at her mother and cried even louder: How could her mother comfort someone like that? She is not a scavenger. Ye Nuan doesn't like Jin Bao, so she should give him to her, right?
Hu Ya cried more and more sadly. Wu scratched her head, not understanding what she had said wrong. She simply ignored her and happily left with her skin care water.
Tao, who had scolded someone and made them cry, felt no remorse. She grabbed the toner and surveyed the Ye family's courtyard. Her eyes lit up when she saw the garden full of bright red peppers. Anything grown at the Ye family's must be edible. It looked a bit like a tomato, but she had never seen it before. Could it be even tastier?
She glanced around, and the women near her naturally noticed her movements. They exchanged glances, then quietly approached while Ye Nuan was surrounded, reaching out to pick the peppers. Afraid that Ye Nuan would notice, they didn't have time to look closely, simply stuffing them into their mouths and chewing vigorously.
After taking a bite, Tao's face immediately wrinkled. The pungent taste swarmed in her mouth, as if a swarm of ants were gnawing at her. Her throat felt like it wasn't her own. She wondered if she could just open her mouth and breathe fire.
The spicy taste rushed out of her nose and every pore of her ears. Her face began to flush, tears were forced out, and she stuck out her tongue, wanting to drink the skin care water in her hand. But she held back and shouted to Su Shi who was standing behind Ye Nuan, "Water, water, where is your water?"
The others couldn't wait any longer, rushing out with tears streaming down their faces, desperate to get home and drink some water. Su, unsure of what was happening, didn't react for a moment. Tao, with a cry of "Ouch," followed them home.
The rest of the people in the yard were stunned and began to whisper to each other.
There were a few half-eaten red peppers lying on the ground. Jin Qiu pointed at them and asked, "Sister An Nuan, what is that? My mother looked like that after she took a bite just now."
Ye Nuan pushed through the crowd and walked over, finally knowing what had happened.
"This is chili pepper. You can try the taste yourself." There was no chili pepper in that era. Even if she described it to these people, they would not understand it very well. It was better to experience it yourself.
They had seen the expressions on Tao's and those people's faces just now, so how could they dare to eat? They all shook their heads and said, holding the skin care water: "I, let's go. We'd better not eat."
Tao's face was distorted, that look could not be faked. Although she knew that the things in the goddess's house would not be bad, she still didn't dare!
The people in the yard quickly ran away. Ye Nuan stared at Jing Qiu who was full of curiosity and said, "Why don't you take some back and try it."
Jin Qiu thought of her mother's appearance and felt a little scared, so she declined: "I, I don't know how to do it, so let's not do it."
Ye Nuan said patiently, "It's very simple, just like garlic. You can use it as a side dish before cooking." Just as she was about to pick the peppers, Jin Qiu ran away in fright.
Ye Nuan: “…” Why is no one appreciating such delicious peppers!
She turned to Su again and said, "Mom, I'll make you spicy hot pot tonight."
Su's eyes twitched and she replied reluctantly, "Okay!" Ye Xiaohu was very happy as long as he had food to eat.
So at night, Ye Nuan directly moved the low stool out of the kitchen, set up the small stove, put an earthen pot on it, boiled pork ribs, added corn and mushrooms, and placed washed vegetables and freshly squeezed dragon fruit juice next to it.
The three of them washed their hands and went to the table. Su stared at the spicy condiment dish in front of her and asked, "What is this used for?" There was garlic, ginger, and some kind of chili pepper in it, as well as soy sauce and vinegar. What would all these things taste like?
When Su thought of Tao's distorted expression in the evening, she felt hesitant to do it.
"This is the dipping sauce. Take the vegetables out of the pot and dip them in it before eating." She was afraid that Su and Xiaohu couldn't stand the smell of chili, so she prepared one dish with chili and the other without.
"Mom, try it first." Ye Nuan gave her a piece of stewed pork ribs.
Su looked at the bland spareribs, then at the rich sauce dish. Her hand, which was picking up the dish, hesitated between spicy and not spicy. Finally, she made up her mind and reached into the dish with the chili pepper, rolled it around vigorously, and then took a light bite.
The pungent taste spread from the tip of his tongue all the way to his throat. Su suddenly put down his chopsticks and coughed to the side. Then a glass of water was stuffed into his hand. Ye Nuan said softly, "If you really can't stand it, don't eat it."
Su was choking so much that even after drinking water, her throat felt like it was being cut by a knife and she didn't want to talk.
Deep in the courtyard, insects chirped, and a small bonfire burned nearby. Ye Xiaohu, however, was quite accustomed to the taste of the chili peppers, though he initially sipped a few sips of water. Afterward, he and Ye Nuan savored them more and more. Su Shi, having recovered from her fatigue, saw the two men's faces flushed and their eyes watering as they ate, and suddenly felt the urge to try again.
So she took advantage of Ye Nuan's inattention and carefully dipped the tip of her chopsticks in some water and put it into her mouth. This time it was not purely spicy, but rather a little sweet. After repeating this several times, she finally got a taste of it.
As they ate, they began to enjoy themselves, feeling pleasure emanating from every pore. The three of them happily dipped the chili sauce in the food, ate the ribs, and drank the corn soup. However, this was not enough, so Su Shi simply poured all the chilies into the hot pot and cooked them immediately.
The originally clear soup quickly turned a bright red, and the fresh aroma of the chili peppers was unleashed, drifting far away on the wind. The villagers who were still awake were captivated by this strange and rich aroma. They tried to hold it back, but in the end, they couldn't. Many of them ran to the Ye family's courtyard and peeked through the wall.
The aroma was so fragrant that it made people drool. Some people with sharp eyes noticed that the Ye family was eating the same chili peppers that the Tao family had eaten during the day. They couldn't help but regret not having tasted them during the day. The smell was so fragrant.
Look how delicious the three members of the Ye family are eating!
That chili must be delicious!
Xiao Hei, who was squatting at Ye Nuan's feet, heard the noise and roared towards the outside of the yard. There was a chaotic sound of footsteps, followed by a slight scream. It was probably because there were too many people and they were trampling on them too quickly.
Ye Nuan chuckled, walked out with the help of Qinghui, opened the courtyard door, and shouted to those who had not left yet: "Since you are here, pick some peppers and take them. You don't need to take them for free." Peppers are so delicious, how can anyone not like such a satisfying thing.
When the people climbing on the wall heard about this good thing, they quickly got up and squeezed into the yard. They smiled shyly at Ye Nuan and said, "We just smelled it." Then they tiptoed to look at the hot pot not far away and said, "What's the way the goddess eats it? It smells so delicious."
"For hot pot, just boil the soup and wash everything. It's getting late, so hurry up and pick the peppers. If you want to make hot pot, come find me tomorrow morning." I didn't want to say more.
The villagers, understanding the situation, quickly ran to the vegetable fields to pick peppers. No one dared to pick too many, nor to damage the pepper trees. With each pick, the progress bar in the Spirit Spring space advanced one point. By the time these people left, satisfied, the progress bar had finally reached 100%.
"Ding Dong, congratulations to the host! The Spiritual Spring Space has been upgraded to Level 6. You have obtained five pieces of spiritual fields, which contain potatoes, peanuts, rice, peppercorns, oranges, and apple seeds. Tomorrow, you must work hard to become a wealthy farmer and strive to live a happy life where you can eat an apple and throw away an apple!"
Eat an apple and throw away an apple?
She wasn't such a spendthrift. Wasteland apples were a good thing, so she casually planted some apple and orange seeds in the spiritual field. Given the speed at which the spiritual field grew, she'd be able to enjoy crunchy apples and juicy oranges in a few days.
Then you can use milk to make apple pie, and squeeze orange juice to drink. It's sour and sweet, and Xiaohu will definitely like it. Her face was red from the smoke, and she felt a little dizzy when she walked. Her stomach felt warm, and all her pores were relaxed.
Seeing that they had almost finished eating, Su asked Ye Nuan to help Xiao Hu digest his food while she busied herself clearing the table. Xiao Hei stopped following Xiao Hu and busied herself with gnawing on a bone. Instead, a few goslings followed them, calling "goose, goose, goose."
A month later, the gosling had grown quite large, shedding its yellow down. It was now pure white, with a red crown and a rosy crown. It held its head high and proudly like a swan. Ye Xiaohu was still holding a handful of cabbage leaves, and the gosling kept nibbling on them.
"Xiao Hu, let me teach you how to recite poetry?"
Ye Xiaohu raised his face and smiled: "Okay, sister!"
"Geese, geese, geese, they sing with their necks curved toward the sky."
Ye Xiaohu also followed and chanted: "Ee, goose, goose, curve line, brother Tian." He chanted it extremely unstandardly, with a little baby voice.
Ye Nuan repeated, "Bend your neck and sing to the sky!"
"Brother Curveline..."
After teaching him more than a dozen times, Ye Nuan was completely defeated. Su Shi packed up her things and laughed beside her: "I think it would be good for Xiaohu to learn martial arts in the future. Don't learn to recite poems like that old guy Ye Ling."
Ye Nuan said helplessly, "Mom, no matter how much he learns martial arts, he should also study. It doesn't matter how learned he is, as long as he can read and understand the fundamental principles. Even if he leads troops in battle, he must know the art of war, right? Only knowing martial arts without understanding literature will lead to disadvantages in the future."
Mrs. Su felt that what her daughter said made sense. According to the rules in Kyoto, children should be taught to read at the age of three and can count simple numbers at the age of five. Xiaohu will be seven in two months. At this age, he can write and recite a few poems.
When Xiao Hu was three years old, he still hadn't started learning. Su Shi thought the child was still young and couldn't bear to see him suffer. But when Ye Ling still hadn't hired a teacher when he was five, she became anxious. She mentioned it several times, but Ye Ling just said, "The child is still young and can't even speak clearly. It won't be too late to raise him for another two years."
At the time, I thought he just felt sorry for the child, but now I think he never cared at all. Because he hated her, he also hated her child so much that he couldn't even teach him well. Until now, Xiaohu has never even held a book.
Su said: "A Nuan is right, it is mother who is shallow." She cannot reject reading just because of Ye Ling.
"From tomorrow on, mother will take time out every day to teach Xiaohu to read. I just don't know where to buy pens, inkstones, and enlightenment books." Although Su was not very good at poetry and prose since childhood, she was still able to teach her son to read and write.
The village chief might have brushes, ink, paper, and inkstone at home. If I asked Jin Qiu, she would definitely give them to me. She wouldn't accept them in exchange. But Village Chief Jin would probably be very unhappy. Learning is not a one-time thing, so I definitely can't ask her for help all the time.
It should be in the Creation Pavilion, but she can't get out. Can Jinbao take it to her?
A figure flashed through my mind, maybe Qi Wuze was there?
"Don't worry, Mom. I'll find a way to get the writing brush, ink, paper, and enlightenment books."
Su thought of something and said, "Oh, Nuan, we're running out of salt. When City Lord Qi comes, you can ask him to exchange some."
"Yeah." Ye Nuan agreed, but she didn't know when he would come.
They had clearly agreed to meet on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, and he had told her not to forget it, but in the end, no one showed up, not even the falcon hunter. Ye Nuan realized that relying on others was not as good as relying on herself. Tomorrow she would definitely ask someone to see if there was a salt lake in the wilderness.
If there is, you can make salt.
The late autumn night was already chilly, but the Ye family's courtyard, bathed in the clear sunlight, was vibrant with life. After Su Shi finished washing up, she took Ye Xiaohu to bed, while Ye Nuan picked the remaining red peppers with a basket.
Tomorrow morning, there would be dew, making it difficult to pick peppers. After dinner, she not only had to instruct everyone on how to plant and thin out the seedlings, but also taught them how to grow chili peppers. The whole day was busy, and she could only pick peppers after dark. Although the wilderness was teeming with snakes, insects, and scorpions, fortunately, none of them bit her, so walking through the vegetable fields at night was nothing to be afraid of.
The basket filled with more and more peppers, and the progress bar also increased. However, after she had picked all the red peppers in the vegetable garden, the progress bar had only reached 20%. Ye Nuan was puzzled. The villagers had never picked so many as her before, so how could she reach level 6 so quickly, but not this time?
Just as she was puzzled, a reminder suddenly rang in her mind: "The upgrade process will be accelerated according to the joy value of harvest. The joy gained by the host is not as strong as that of a group of aunts!"
Ye Nuan's face turned red. There was such a plan! So next time the crops were ripe, could she just call the villagers over to share them, and the spiritual spring would rise rapidly?
As if sensing her thoughts, the notification sounded again: "Each person can only obtain the joy value of harvest once, but energy can be obtained infinitely, so there is no other way except to become a farmer host who constantly harvests."
"Oh, and you can feed me gems too!"
Ye Nuan was curious. Why was the Lingquan System talking so much today? Didn't it usually ignore her? Could it have developed consciousness?
The system prompt sounded again: "Host guessed correctly, as the Lingquan system continues to upgrade, this system will become conscious. You see, I can only speak coldly now, even the interjections are cold. Above level ten, you will be able to open a new world!"
New world?
Ye Nuan tried to communicate with it: "What new world?"
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