Chapter 70 (Potatoes?)
We are discussing how to deal with King Chang.
The other side was still talking about food.
Mrs. Xiao pushed the door open and saw her little daughter licking her fingers. Her worries were suppressed, and she was left with only sadness: "Why didn't you tell me you were so hungry? This is still your house. Just tell the kitchen what you want to eat."
Xiao Huaiya's face flushed red, and she frantically tried to pull the quilt over herself, only to find her hands were dirty. She wiped them clean with a handkerchief, then quickly huddled under the quilt before whispering, "Mom, why didn't you knock?"
"You're my daughter, why do I have to knock on the door when I come to see you?" Madam Xiao said unhappily, "Besides, I'm just worried you'll bully me. How will you find out if I say hello?"
Xiao Huaiya: "..."
She said weakly, "Who are you afraid of me bullying?"
"Ashu, this child is kind and honest. I heard that she sent you food, and I was afraid that you would refuse it and make her sad." Mrs. Xiao said as a matter of course.
Xiao Huaiya muttered sourly: "...Is that disappointing to you?"
Madam Xiao smiled, sat down on the bed, patted the quilt on her daughter's head, and said softly, "Mother is very happy. You have made some progress in the past few years."
When the accident first happened, the child had a very bad temper.
Although she would never do anything to her family, once someone entered her room without her consent, she would explode and cry for a long time, and no matter how hard she tried to comfort her, she would not stop.
Later, he was not so desperate, but went directly to the Taoist temple.
But she had to admit that several years of practice in the Taoist temple had made her heart much calmer than before. Although she still loved to cry, she would never reject other people's kindness.
The woman in the quilt pursed her lips, her eyes sore, and she carefully pulled off a little of the quilt, revealing her watery eyes: "Mom~"
Madam Xiao raised her hand and gently touched her messy hair, revealing her smooth and full forehead. Further down, there was a slightly hideous scar on her left cheek.
Xiao Huaiya was looked at like this by her mother, and the scar on her cheek that she didn't even dare to touch was touched. Her tears flowed even more violently, and she felt very aggrieved.
At first, she was willful and thought she was good at martial arts, so she followed her brother and brother-in-law to the war. It was her fourth sister who should have gone that time, but her fourth sister happened to be pregnant, so she went in her place. Unexpectedly, her second brother and two brothers-in-law were gone. Her fourth brother-in-law dragged his life back to deliver the news that their military secrets had been leaked and they were ambushed by the enemy.
In shock and anger, she led her troops forward, wanting to avenge her family. However, when she actually arrived at the battlefield, she realized that it was easy for her to defeat those losers in Kyoto, but when faced with a real life-and-death battle, she was no match for them.
It's a blessing to be able to escape unscathed.
In the end, she chose to bring the bodies of her brother and brother-in-law back to apologize.
After this battle, three people of the Xiao family died, the family was severely damaged, and they also faced punishment from the royal family for the defeat. The situation of the Xiao family fell into an unprecedented severe period. The Xiao family had won so many battles in the past, but could not withstand this defeat. Especially since, except for the young brother, there was no one else in the family who could take on the responsibility.
Those people who were once dissatisfied with her seemed to appear in her life twice as often, laughing at her and ridiculing her. Every time, Xiao Huaiya wanted to beat them all until they knelt and begged for mercy.
But she knew that the Xiao family could no longer withstand the storm. In order to calm herself down, she chose to enter a Taoist temple, facing the Three Pure Ones and the scriptures every day, eating vegetarian food, and praying for the souls of her father, brother, and brother-in-law.
In fact, it is not wrong to say that she was avoiding the gossip, but she was not afraid of collapsing herself because of it, but she was afraid that she would not be able to hold it in and make them collapse.
She cared about her appearance, but it was far from the point of running away and hiding for five years because of it.
"Don't be afraid anymore. It's my fault for not supporting this family." Madam Xiao said in a hoarse voice, "Don't worry, it won't happen again. It's the same as before. If anyone dares to say a word to you, you can beat him up. Your brother has made a name for himself. Don't be afraid!"
Xiao Huaiya shook her head. She had spent the past few years cultivating herself and cultivating her character, and she hadn't lied about that. How could she still be as impulsive as she was when she was young? But after hearing this, she felt an unprecedented sense of peace in her heart. She pursed her lips, but still couldn't help but throw herself into her mother's arms, sobbing: "Wuwuwu..."
The mother and daughter cried for a while, and the depression in their hearts was relieved a lot.
However, Xiao Huaiya still couldn't go out calmly and stayed quietly in the yard. This made it difficult for some people with ulterior motives to find a place to attack, so they had to give up some ideas for the time being.
Yan Qiushu went to deliver food at that time and originally planned to remind Xiao Huaiya tactfully, but after discovering that Xiao Huaiya still refused to take off her veil after returning home, she knew that the story in the book would not happen.
There were no mobile phones or internet at the moment, so it was impossible for people from King Huai's side to run to the Xiao family's backyard and run into Xiao Huaiya by other means. The Xiao family had very strict control in this regard, so this matter was put aside for the time being, otherwise she could not explain why she made such a guess.
For the next two days, Yan Qiushu would cook a bowl of soup and send it over every day, including bone soup and beauty-enhancing white fungus and lotus seed soup. On the third day, Manager Gu sent someone to tell her that everything in the manor had been arranged.
She has not been idle in the past few months. After the food street became stable, she started to tinker with her own farm.
Due to limited funds, she did not make major changes. She simply raised the courtyard wall a lot and repaired the house to ensure it was leak-proof, clean and rat-free. She then hired farmers to cultivate the land.
Unfortunately, she didn't know much about agriculture, so it would be difficult for her to develop hybrid vegetables. However, she did have some experience in scientific planting, mainly because she had learned a lot of knowledge about the land she contracted before coming here.
In addition to farming, the farm also raises some chickens, ducks, fish and other animals, but due to lack of manpower, there are not that many.
Yan Qiushu’s only requirement for these is to be self-sufficient and have a little surplus to entertain guests.
After these few months, Manager Gu worked day and night, and the village already had a model of a farmhouse. Many fruit trees were planted and a special orchard was built.
She was too lazy to run back and forth, so she asked someone to help draw the drawings and handed them to Manager Gu. After they were finished, she came over to check them.
This steward Gu was indeed a steward of a wealthy family. He restored the farm to the appearance she wanted almost perfectly. Yan Qiushu didn't find anything to modify, so it was almost done.
After completing the inspection, she looked at the fields that were already covered with green, the energetic chickens, ducks, fish and other small animals, as well as the still green pear trees, apricot trees, hawthorn trees, etc., and her eyes were filled with satisfaction.
Finally, Yan Qiushu returned to the entrance of the manor. The road was paved with stones, so she didn't have to walk on mud. At the very entrance, there were three big words written by Xiao Huaiqi - Farmhouse.
Yan Qiushu finally took out a silver ingot from her sleeve and handed it to Gu Guanshi: "You've done a great job. This is for you. Keep up the good work. When the manor becomes profitable, I'll give you 20% of the profits."
Steward Gu took it with both hands and was overjoyed when he heard the words: "I wish you a prosperous farm stay business!"
Yan Qiushu smiled happily: "It's still early, still early."
She might only use the farm stay business model after the Xiao family is completely out of the crisis. But now she has to stay in the Xiao family, so the profit of this farm is probably just from selling some livestock such as chickens, ducks and geese.
Fortunately, the food street has started to make a profit, and Xiao Huaiqi has agreed with her that dividends will be distributed once a quarter, which means that she will receive her first dividend in June.
Although it’s not a lot, the business in the food court is so prosperous, so it should be around fifty taels, right?
Yan Qiushu had a luxurious expectation. Fifty taels a quarter was enough to cover the expenses of everyone on the farm, and the money earned from selling the animals raised on the farm was pure profit!
Steward Gu smiled and said, "Miss, are you going back to the Xiao family later, or are you staying here for dinner?"
Yan Qiushu said, "Stay here, don't worry about it. I've invited some friends, let's talk about it when they arrive."
"Yes." Manager Gu nodded and stepped aside, letting Yan Qiushu look around for herself.
Of course, the friends she invited were a group of children, Dongdong’s friends.
A few days ago, Dongdong and others took leave to go fulfill a vow.
Today is a formal holiday, and they were supposed to come here with Yan Qiushu, but because Dongdong has more friends now, and has made many friends in the Huangzi class, when they heard that Dongdong invited Ah Heng to go to "Sister Ah Shu's" to eat delicious food, they all wanted to go.
They have been watching Dongdong and Ah Heng eating the different delicious foods sent by "Sister Ah Shu" every day lately, and they are so greedy. Although they also receive some gifts, it is not enough!
Now that we have the opportunity, of course we have to get together.
So more people came, and for the safety of the children, the Xiao family and Prince Chang arranged guards to escort them together, so we had to wait for a while.
only……
Yan Qiushu looked at the sky. Logically, he should have arrived by now, so why hasn’t he arrived yet?
She turned around again and suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves.
Yan Qiushu quickly ran to the entrance of the village, only to find that the person coming was the Xiao family's guard: "Miss Yan, there is a big happy event happening in Kyoto! The young master and his family can't come!"
"Ah? What's the big news?" Yan Qiushu asked confusedly.
The guard's face was also filled with joy. He said in a loud voice, "Prince Huai has returned from his travels and discovered something called 'potatoes'. It is said that they have a very high yield. Now His Majesty has summoned the ministers to the palace to discuss how to treat them. Even the eldest young master has been summoned to the palace!"
Yan Qiushu: “!!!”
She came out early in the morning, but she didn't expect that something like this would happen today!
The potatoes actually came out!
And the name hasn’t changed!
Maybe because this is a novel world, the things created by the author are actually similar to the real world. The names of herbs, white sugar, sugarcane, etc. are all the same.
Potatoes are something unknown to this world, but to the author, who wrote about this world, they are all the same.
But none of this matters.
The important thing is that the potatoes are here!!!
Yan Qiushu didn't wait any longer and got on the carriage directly, urging, "Go back quickly!"
The groom had been pleasantly surprised just now, and when he heard the order, he shouted, "Okay, girl, sit tight!"
Then he cracked the whip and the horse ran forward quickly.
Yan Qiushu staggered in the carriage and almost fell.
But this did not make the smile disappear from her lips.
Potato!
Woohoo, her French fries, mashed potatoes, spicy and sour potato shreds, potato pancakes, potato noodles, and braised potatoes with various meats!
The coachmen were very excited and the carriages were driving extra fast.
But for Yan Qiushu, every minute and every second was torture. When she finally arrived at the Xiao family, she lifted her skirt and went to the main courtyard, but she bumped into Xiao Huaiqi at the entrance of the inner courtyard.
"Young Master? You're back!" Yan Qiushu said in surprise.
Xiao Huaiqi smiled and said, "Well, I'm back. I just happened to have something to talk to you about."
Yan Qiushu took a deep breath and looked at him with a flushed face: "What's the matter? Tell me."
Xiao Huaiqi waved his hand, and the attendant who was serving him came forward and took out two round, yellow objects covered with dirt from a sack. Upon closer inspection, there were many dots and dents on the objects.
"This..." Yan Qiushu's eyes lit up, but she was not sure what he meant.
Could it be possible that such a valuable thing was just given to him like this?
Xiao Huaiqi said: "I think this thing looks a bit like the picture you gave me before, but I'm not sure, so I came to ask you."
The blueprints were what she asked Xiao Huaiting to find before he went on the expedition last time.
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, various types of peppers are all on it.
She also gave a copy of these drawings to Xiao Huaiqi, asking him to get them as soon as possible if he found them anywhere.
I didn’t expect that it was brought back by the Fourth Prince, Prince Huai!
The strange thing is that he clearly doesn’t appear in the plot!
But this is not important. The plot has already changed. What's the harm in changing this matter?
Yan Qiushu was only concerned with the things in front of her. She took it, looked at it carefully again and again, and said slowly: "It is indeed the potato I was talking about. This thing has a high yield. Moreover, every eye on it can produce a lot of potatoes if you cut it open and plant it in the soil."
The man in the wheelchair's eyes lit up and his chest was filled with excitement.
Yan Qiushu didn't pay attention to this and asked, "How many of these do you have?"
Xiao Huaiqi said, "Two. His Royal Highness Prince Huai brought back quite a few, but most of them were saved for seed. Only a few large families were given two. They said they would be great if they could be steamed and eaten directly."
Yan Qiushu was a little disappointed. She looked at the potatoes in her hand and said, "So this one should be planted, right?"
"This is for us to eat. If you can cook, just make it and eat it." Xiao Huaiqi said calmly, "Your Majesty will have specialized farmers growing it. I estimate that in a few months, we will be able to distribute a lot of it. After a while, the whole country will be able to keep the seeds."
Yan Qiushu was so eager to jump up and down, holding two potatoes in her hands, she vowed, "Just wait, I'll make it now. By the way, although this plant has a high yield, it's very fragile. Once it gets sick, it's easy to lose everything. It can't be easily grown on a large scale as a staple food."
Xiao Huaiqi's face turned serious, and his voice deepened: "There is such a weakness?!"
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