The sweet potato seeds buried in the yard sprouted on the third day. Half a month has passed, and the sprouts can now be broken off and planted in the sweet potato field that has been prepared in advance.
The sweet potato field was prepared in rows, each row about 20 centimeters high and 50 centimeters wide. The holes for planting sweet potatoes were dug on the rows, spaced about 30 centimeters apart. After the sweet potato seedlings were planted at an angle, they were watered and then the holes were covered. It was very simple.
The only troublesome thing was carrying water.
Fortunately, the wheat harvest had just ended, and everyone was relatively free. In addition, everyone wanted to come and learn how to grow sweet potatoes, so the whole village mobilized, and every household had one or two people to help. If it weren't for the time wasted on watering, Yue Jiuyue's one mu of land could have been planted in less than half a day.
"Oh dear, is this really how you plant sweet potatoes? Will it even work? It hasn't even grown a root!"
"Yeah, it looks so unreliable. They just pulled the sprout off and planted it directly in the ground. It doesn't look like it'll survive at all!"
"That's absolutely right! In this kind of land, you either use seeds or seedlings, never buds! It's truly rare!"
"Just watch, it's definitely not going to work out. In the end, we'll still have to plant sweet potatoes as seeds!"
A group of people looked at Yue Jiuyue's farming methods and shook their heads and sighed, just waiting for Yue Jiuyue to prove them wrong.
Yue Jiuyue found it amusing but didn't refute it. She considered herself a rather quiet person and wouldn't do something like arguing with a group of women in public. If things got heated, wouldn't it lead to a scene of hair-tearing?
No, no, the original owner already had very little hair due to overwork. Even when she put her hair up in a bun, she had to rely on her ankle-length hair to make it look presentable. She didn't want to become a balding woman, so she had to take good care of her hair.
Water gushed out of the spring with a hissing sound. Scoops of spring water were scooped into wooden buckets, and then carried in baskets to Yue Jiuyue's sweet potato field. It wasn't until late noon that the one mu of sweet potatoes was planted.
There were still some sweet potato seedlings left, which were quickly taken by an aunt who came to help, and then she ran to her own field. The aunts and sisters-in-law who didn't have time to catch up were all beating their chests and stamping their feet, regretting that they were too slow.
Yue Jiuyue: ...
Didn't everyone say that her method of cultivation was definitely not going to work?
Why did you use it to plant in your own field?
Why are you still regretting that you acted too late?
Yue Jiuyue shook her head. These aunties are quite cute, aren't they? They all say one thing but mean another.
Next, we just need to wait for the sweet potatoes buried in the yard to sprout and for the sweet potato seedlings planted in the sweet potato field to grow vines. Then we can cut the vines down and plant them again.
As for now, of course it's time to go home for dinner.
Because every household was short of food, no one dared to go to someone else's house for a meal. Besides, they were all waiting for Yue Jiuyue's sweet potato seedlings, so they were too embarrassed to go for a meal. Instead, they wanted to send something to Yue Jiuyue's family so that they could plant sweet potatoes earlier than others.
Although people still didn't quite believe in Yue Jiuyue's method, after all, Yue Jiuyue dug the sweet potatoes from the mountain, which many of them had seen, and the planting method was also something Yue Jiuyue had researched herself, so it seemed very unreliable.
However, this was something they had never seen before, and no one dared to try it easily. If someone took the lead, they would naturally follow the crowd. Even if problems arose, the responsibility would not be theirs.
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