Chapter 215 Happy New Year
Why did Xie Yanyan feel weird?
Does this sound like a confession?
Or is it the ancients' desire to repay a favor? To repay a life-saving favor with one's own body?
She couldn't be sure, but if he wanted to stay, he could stay. If he got tired of living here and wanted to leave, he could leave!
Zhou Tangtang had never farmed herself, but when she heard Xie Yanyan say that she could achieve a yield of more than 30 dan per mu, she didn't quite believe it.
The most fertile field she knew only produced a little over one stone per mu.
When Xu Wenrong heard that Zhou Tangtang was going to see the fields planted by Xie Yanyan, he followed her.
Zhao Yining heard from Zhang Hengliang that Xie Yanyan wanted to verify the yield per mu and he couldn't come, so he sent Zhang Hengliang and Cui Yu.
Zhang Hengliang found a few soldiers and dug half an acre of the sweet potato field according to Xie Yanyan's request.
When those underground tubers came out, each weighing more than ten pounds, Zhang Hengliang was stunned.
After half an acre of land was dug and weighed, it contained 20 solid stones.
Moreover, Xie Yanyan peeled it directly and asked them to taste it. It was so crispy and sweet.
The Xie family is already very experienced in building earth kilns. They dig soil in the fields and build a big earth kiln together.
Pick out the sweet potatoes that are not slippery and kiln them.
When the fragrant sweet potatoes dripping with sugar juice came out of the oven, everyone's admiration for Xie Yanyan was like the surging Yellow River.
Zhou Tangtang took a piece of sweet potato and started to bite it. Seeing her eager to eat it, Xu Wenrong immediately shouted, "Don't be so impatient! Be careful not to get burned."
Before she could finish her words, Zhou Tangtang was scalded and had a blister on her mouth. She was almost in tears.
Xu Wenrong gave her a glass of cold water to cool her down first.
He ran home and took the oral burn patch that Xie Yanyan had prepared and gave it to her: "Princess, be careful, put the medicine on first and see if it still hurts."
Zhou Tangtang was in so much pain that tears welled up in her eyes. Now she felt a little embarrassed and blushed. She said, "Thank you. I am really useless."
While the two of them were interacting, Zhou Shaoyu had already squeezed next to Xie Yanyan to peel a sweet potato for her: "Try this, it's quite sweet."
Not bad, it’s juicy and must be sweet.
Zhang Hengliang didn't think so much. He asked Xie Yanyan for ten roasted sweet potatoes and ran quickly to Governor Zhao.
He put it on the table and said, "General, have a try."
"This is? How is it done?"
Governor Zhao saw the sweet potatoes. Xie Yanyan gave him a basket of them yesterday. The ones in front of me are a little black. Are they grilled?
Zhang Hengliang did not say anything. He just found a squidgy one, peeled off the skin, and handed it to Governor Zhao: "Try it. Be careful of the heat."
As he ate, Governor Zhao said, "It's delicious! This grain is great. You don't need to rub the skin, you can eat it directly. It's so fragrant and sweet when roasted!"
Zhang Hengliang said that the sweet potato yield could exceed 30 dan per acre of land.
General Zhao was shocked: "What did you say? Thirty stones? Are you still asleep?"
Zhang Hengliang said he was sure he was not wrong, and if the governor didn't believe him, he could go and see for himself.
Governor Zhao murmured, "No wonder she was so quick to sign the land contract. She signed 50 acres of land without hesitation. The output of one acre of land can meet the grain requirement."
If there were such high-yield grains, Dongguan County would definitely become the richest county in the world.
Why worry about military pay and food?
Leng Luo and Dong Shiliu also looked at the output. Is this a human being?
On that day, Governor Zhao asked Zhang Hengliang to tell Xie Yanyan that he would buy all the grain produced from her land and pay her in cash according to the market price.
Zhou Tangtang also immediately decided for Xie Yanyan that the Nanhai Palace would take the next season’s grain.
Xie Yanyan said: "I don't want money. After the new year, the construction of Xiecheng will start. You can send people to help me build Xiecheng, provide food, and not pay for it. Is that ok?"
General Zhao agreed immediately, as he had many idle soldiers.
On the 29th day of the lunar year, Xie Anfeng drove a horse-drawn carriage and took his son and grandson to Boluo County to purchase the last batch of New Year's goods. Xie Yanyan, Zhou Shaoyu, Leng Luo, and Dong Shiliu all went with them. In fact, everyone just went there to have fun.
Although the street is not as wide and lined with tall buildings as the streets in the 22nd century, it is very busy at the moment.
People from nearby were crowding in the street, some were selling vegetables, some were selling steamed buns and pancakes, and some were selling window decorations and vegetables. The shouts were one after another, and it was very lively.
Several people went shopping separately, Zhou Tangtang followed Xie Yanyan, and Zhou Shaoyu followed the two of them. He was responsible for carrying whatever they bought.
"All the sugar, all the sugar," Xie Yanyan heard someone shouting, what is all the sugar?
She and Zhou Tangtang walked over and saw bundles of things behind the vendor, which must be something else but sugarcane.
She walked over curiously and touched the sugarcane. The sugarcane was not as thick as that in the 22nd century. She wondered if it was as sweet.
"How do you eat it?" In her previous life, sugarcane was peeled with special sugarcane knives. She looked for a while and found that the stalls selling sugarcane here did not peel the sugarcane.
The vendor looked at her strangely. You can't eat sugarcane? You can only chew it with your teeth. How else can you eat it?
Seeing her touching these things, Zhou Shaoyu thought she really wanted to eat them, so he immediately said to the vendor, "Count them all. I want them all."
The vendor was so happy to meet a big customer that he quickly tied up his things, counted the money, and Zhou Shaoyu carried them all into the car.
Then pull out a sugarcane, break it, and use a dagger to peel the sugarcane skin piece by piece from the node.
He peeled a section and handed it to her. He peeled the node at the root. Seeing Xie Yanyan take it, he explained: "The ones near the root are hard, but sweeter."
Zhou Tangtang stretched out his hand: "Give me a piece."
"Sister, you can eat it when you get home. Xie Yanyan has never eaten sugarcane before. I'll peel it for her first."
Zhou Tangtang was not angry, but smiled with shining teeth.
Holding her arm, he whispered, "I think my brother likes you!"
Xie Yanyan blushed. Yes, is that so?
Zhou Tangtang was so happy. Hey, this kid is not expressionless. He can blush! There is something going on between my brother and Princess Yongning!
She has always been carefree and didn't hide anything: "Sister, the more I think about it, the more you two are a good match. Do you like him? We can be together in the future!"
Xie Yanyan said nothing, just lowered his head and walked quickly.
Zhou Tangtang laughed out loud, it’s so fun to tease children!
On New Year's Eve, Zhou Tangtang and Zhou Shaoyu did not return to their fiefdom, but stayed at the Xie family to celebrate the New Year.
In the morning, Xu Wenrong wrote a few couplets, Xie Anfeng made paste, and Zhou Tangtang looked at the couplets with stars in her eyes.
After pasting up red spring couplets and hanging a dozen red lanterns, the whole yard was bustling with joy.
Little Nan Nan is already four months old. He is fair and chubby, with a pair of big almond-shaped eyes that are always smiling.
Zhou Tangtang held little Nannan in her arms, teasing her to learn to talk while admiring Xu Wenrong's couplets and calligraphy.
As I thought about it, my face started to blush.
The eldest son of the Xu family in Suizhou is considered the best strategist in the world. His literary talent is unmatched.
The Xie family is very lively today. All the children from the Zhou family have gone to the Xie family. Doctor Miao also does not go back to his own home, and he calls it "celebrating the New Year with the elders."
He even chased after Xie Yanyan and said, “Master, it’s Chinese New Year, and the elders are giving out lucky money!”
It’s true that the master is an elder, but do you, a middle-aged man in his forties, feel comfortable asking for a red envelope?
On New Year's Eve, the reunion dinner was on the table and everyone was about to clink glasses when there was a knock on the door. Xie Lingyu went to open the door and cried out in surprise.
"Sister, look who's here?"
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