But after entering the west, they deliberately asked some locals and innkeepers, and they all said they didn't know there was such a thing as sweet potatoes. This was suspicious and they definitely had to investigate.
"We can just unload them from the carriage, there's no need for all this trouble," Zhu Lin said dismissively.
"But that way your senior brothers and sisters will find out your secret."
"They found out a long time ago, but they're just pretending not to. Don't worry, my senior brothers and sisters are trustworthy people. They will only keep my secret and won't expose me," Zhu Lin said confidently.
So, when the night was deep and quiet, just as the village chief was about to rest, Zhu Qiuyu woke him up again and asked the village chief and his family to go to the horse-drawn cart to move sweet potatoes.
"What is this, sweet potato?" The village chief looked bewildered, having never heard of it.
"It's a kind of coarse grain, a food introduced from foreigners. It's filling, but it's best to cook it with other coarse grains. Otherwise, eating too much is unseemly and can easily cause heartburn," Zhu Qiuyu explained casually.
After a moment's thought, the village chief immediately set off. He didn't care what it was; anything edible and filling was good. Besides, he had heard from this young master Zhu that sweet potatoes were introduced from foreign lands in the south. How rare! He had long heard that life in the south was more prosperous than in the north.
Because the climate in the south is warmer, crops can be grown twice a year, and there are many foods that the Great Jin Dynasty did not have, which were purchased from foreigners. The village chief became more and more excited as he thought about it.
Finally, he led his son and daughter-in-law to move the sweet potatoes, and they brought back a total of six sacks, which weighed about 300 kilograms.
After seeing Zhu Qiuyu off, the village chief closed the door and gestured for his wife to quickly go to the kitchen to cook a sweet potato for him to try.
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