Chapter 34 Finalization
This was the truth. Zhao Liya repeatedly said that it was enough, so everyone stopped sending more.
Zhao Liya even felt a little guilty: Did I go a little too far?
However, in order to cut off the thoughts of a very small number of people who should not have them, whether intentionally or unintentionally, she had to do this!
After returning home, Zhao Liya couldn't wait to share the good news with her father: Everything went well today!
Zhao Xiang was also very happy.
Although, he was actually worried in his heart, fearing that he would lose everything in the end.
But, we can't just do nothing.
So far, it seems that this thing is reliable and worth a try.
Otherwise, it would be a waste of time and effort, and if the Gu family bullies us, we would be powerless to fight back.
He should trust his daughter.
After deciding to go to Zaihu Village together again tomorrow, Zhao Liya took the sweet potato vines to plant them in the vegetable garden.
Their vegetable garden is already full, so they can only squeeze in some space in the corners.
When Qu Yutao saw this, she went to help. After a while, Aunt Li Shiyi and Widow Qu also came.
Aunt Li Shiyi recognized it immediately. "Wow, isn't this a ground fruit seedling? Can it be planted like this? It can really survive like this!"
Zhao Liya smiled and nodded: "Of course, this is called sweet potato, it's a good thing."
She babble along and talked a lot about popular science, and she was very happy to promote sweet potatoes.
If you are unlucky enough to encounter a famine, this is a good thing that can save your life.
Aunt Li Shiyi was shocked when she heard this. "We eat it as a vegetable and as a supplement. If there's any left, we feed it to chickens, ducks, pigs, etc. I didn't expect there are so many ways to eat it. And when I think about it carefully, it seems that the production of this thing is quite large, and it's not picky about where it grows!"
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "Right? I wouldn't lie to you! We can't finish growing all the vegetables in our garden. Auntie, is there room in your garden for some?"
Otherwise, she would just plant it anywhere, such as in the open space outside the backyard door, under the fruit trees, etc., because she didn't want to waste it.
Try to plant them all and get a lot of harvest. In winter, you can make sweet potato soup, fry sweet potato chips, eat roasted sweet potatoes, dry them, and slice them for hot pot. How wonderful!
She also plans to open more land and plant more crops next year.
When Widow Qu heard about such a good thing, she had originally wanted to see the vegetable garden and ask for some if she couldn't plant all the food. How could she not be happy to hear Zhao Liya say that? She nodded repeatedly and said with a smile, "I have two plots of radishes that can be harvested. I might as well harvest them and plant these sweet potato vines. But I have to prepare the land tomorrow before planting. Can it wait until tomorrow?"
Zhao Liya nodded: "Of course."
Widow Qu was delighted: "Oh, that's good, that's good!"
The radishes in the field can be pulled out and dried. The mother and daughter can turn the field over tomorrow and plant the sweet potatoes.
There was also a basket of tomatoes. Zhao Liya picked two ripe ones, cut them open, took out the seeds, and placed them on gauze to dry, leaving them for seeds.
Ripe tomatoes can be eaten as fruit. Wash them and let everyone taste them. Everyone likes their sour and sweet taste.
The two children loved it very much, praising it as "delicious!" and looking at Zhao Liya with great admiration: "Sister, you are so amazing!"
Zhao Liya smiled. There isn't much else in Lingnan, but there are a lot of delicious fruits.
The lychees in the yard will be ripe in half a month. You can pick them and eat them right away. They are tender, white, translucent, sweet and juicy. They are so delicious.
There are also papayas. She planted four in the yard. The seedlings were very big, and all of them survived, bloomed and bore fruit. They were as sweet and refreshing as naturally ripe papayas.
Although we can’t eat fruits grown at home this year, such as longan, mango, jujube, star fruit, orange, grapefruit, banana, yellow peach, sand pear, persimmon, etc., they can be found everywhere in Lingnan, so why worry about not being able to eat the freshest ones?
It’s bound to be a feast for your taste buds!
Zhao Liya picked out the tomatoes with better firmness and put them aside. It should be fine to store them in a cool place for four or five days. She could use a small part of them for cooking and make tomato sauce with most of them tomorrow.
There is a small porcelain jar at home. Zhao Liya originally planned to use it to pickle some kimchi, but now it can be used to store ketchup.
In the evening, Zhao Liya used tomatoes to make a tomato and egg dish, a pot of tomato, sauerkraut and sour soup with mixed fish, and a dish of stir-fried peppers, tomatoes and beans.
Her cooking skills were not very good, but she was still good at home cooking. With the help of Qu Yutao and Aunt Li Shiyi, she actually served several dishes that were delicious and fragrant.
Everyone tasted it and praised it as delicious.
The two little ones ate a big bowl of rice with tomato and egg soup and relished it.
The pickled fish tastes even better because of the addition of tomatoes.
Aunt Li Shiyi was particularly shocked. Many families in Zaihu Village planted a few trees of this sour fruit, but they were usually eaten raw and almost no one used them in cooking.
I didn’t expect that this dish is more delicious when cooked than when eaten raw.
"Hey, I'm going to go back and tell them. They're sure to be shocked! You're the smartest ones. We wouldn't have thought of this!"
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "I'll go over there tomorrow and tell them that such delicious food can't be wasted!"
"Haha, that's right!"
After the tomato seeds dry up, can we still plant some in time? Anyway, the climate here is warm and they can grow well.
The next morning, Uncle Nguyen Quy and his son, and Li Guangqing came again driving an ox cart and came to pick them up with a smile.
Zhao Liya's family was embarrassed.
This must be done!
Zhao Xiang still had the dignified temperament of a first-rank minister. Even though he was wearing a coarse blue shirt, his inner elegance and bearing would still be unconsciously revealed in his every move. In addition, his status as the top scholar and the minister of rites brought him a halo, so the people in Zaihu Village looked at him with even more respect.
Zhao Xiang nodded, and the matter was finally settled!
Zhao Liya was anxious, and so were everyone in Zaihu Village. So that afternoon, Zaihu Villager personally took his son and accompanied Hu Ling to the county government office to buy land.
Finally, he bought 600 acres of land. Zaihu Village was helping to bargain for the price. One acre of land only cost one tael and eight qian of silver. He only spent one thousand and eighty taels of silver on 600 acres of land, saving a full one hundred and twenty taels of silver.
The 120 taels of silver were saved with the help of the village head, so Zhao Liya took the initiative and gave him 10 taels, the two clan leaders each gave 5 taels, and the five clan elders each gave 3 taels.
Uncle Ruan Gui's family also gave three taels.
Everyone is happy.
Zhao Liya was also very happy. In addition to saving dozens of taels of silver, she also found several good things in Zaihu Village, such as potatoes, snow peas, and carrots. She was so happy!
Potatoes are better than sweet potatoes!
She ordered a lot of potatoes and also shared some information with everyone.
On the way back, everyone picked a lot of snow peas and carrots to give to her.
(End of this chapter)
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