Yuan Xichen was watching people digging sweet potatoes not far away when he suddenly received a message from Yuan Yi using his internal energy.
He immediately turned around, pulled Yu Qingshu to stand under a tree and said seriously: "Uncle Yu, please hide here for a while, the sun is too strong now.
I have some urgent matters to deal with here. I will ask someone to come and accompany you later.
If you feel it's too hot, go home first. There's no need to keep watching here. If anything happens, be sure to find someone to notify me."
Yu Qingshu seemed to sense the anxiety in Yuan Xichen's tone, and he waved his hand nonchalantly, "
Go and do your thing. I'll be back soon. If I have something to do, I'll ask someone to find you. Don't worry about me."
Yu Qingshu sat down on a big rock under the tree, and a slight breeze brought a cool feeling.
Seeing that he was fine, Yuan Xichen used his lightness skills and quickly disappeared from Yu Qingshu's sight.
Yuan Xichen returned to the courtyard. When Yuan Yi saw him, he ran over hurriedly with a carrier pigeon in his hand.
"Your Highness, this is the news from Chen Yi and the others. Come and take a look!" Yuan Yi spread out the letter and showed the contents.
After reading the contents of the letter, Yuan Xichen's brows furrowed even more tightly. "Is this information reliable? Has Chen Yi verified its authenticity?"
The letter said the invaders had formed an alliance and were getting closer. The imperial army was still on its way, which was a truly disheartening thought.
Yuan Yi said seriously, "According to my subordinates, Chen Yi captured the people over there and interrogated them strictly.
Later, he led a team to the enemy's tent and overheard the conversation. The information was absolutely reliable.
Chen Yi also asked when the next batch of military rations would arrive, as they were running low on them. A team was supposed to be transporting the food, but they ran into a large group of refugees and they looted everything.
Yuan Yi's face was full of worry, and he was a little confused about the current situation.
Yuan Xichen held the note tightly in his hand, quickly went to the study, wrote a reply, tied it to the leg of a carrier pigeon, and sent it back.
They have been trying to raise funds for military rations, but the results have not been very good.
Yuan Xichen glanced outside leisurely and said, "Come with me to find Miss Yu. I have something to ask her."
Soon Yuan Yi followed his master and found Yu Qingqing busy in the kitchen.
Yu Qingqing's dried tofu is ready and she is tasting how it tastes.
Yuan Xichen hurried to the kitchen and saw Yu Qingqing in the corner. He shouted, "Miss Yu, would you be able to come out for a moment? I have something to ask you. It won't take up too much of your time, just come out for a moment."
Yuan Xichen was also a little anxious and nervous at this time, and he didn't know whether what he wanted could really be realized.
Yu Qingqing also heard someone calling her outside. She washed her hands and walked out of the kitchen.
Seeing that it was Yuan Xichen looking for her, she asked with a little surprise: "Master Yuan, were you calling me just now? What happened? I saw that you looked a little anxious."
From Yuan Xichen's expression, Yu Qingqing guessed most of what was going on.
Yuan Xichen stopped beating around the bush and said in a magnetic voice, "Miss Yu, this is what I want to ask, if your sweet potatoes are shipped directly to a faraway place, how long can they be kept?
The main problem is that making dried sweet potatoes takes a lot of time, and I need to gather a lot of food, so I'd like to ask how to make it first."
That's right, Yuan Xichen immediately thought of sweet potatoes, which have an extremely high yield. If he could use sweet potatoes to replace part of the grain, he could save a lot of time.
When Yu Qingqing heard that it was related to food, she probably knew something.
She stepped over a threshold, sat on a stool nearby, picked up a sweet potato covered in dirt, and said with a smile, "Mr. Yuan, look at this sweet potato. Isn't there a lot of dirt on it?
Generally speaking, if it is to be transported for a long time, it is not a big problem and can be stored for a long time.
This sweet potato is just like this, and there's no need to wash it. Just use some hay underneath it when transporting it, and it'll basically be fine for a few months. Just make sure it's protected from moisture and kept dry.
Yu Qingqing's words gave Yuan Xichen great confidence, and a light flashed in his eyes when he heard this.
The corners of Yuan Xichen's mouth curled up slightly, and the smile on his face represented his mood at the moment.
"That's great! I'll immediately arrange for people to speed up the digging of sweet potatoes and dig out as many as possible. This way they can set off sooner and reduce the burden on the front lines."
Yuan Xichen laughed and walked back quickly, ready to find more people.
Yu Qingqing seemed to realize the urgency of the matter, and she decided to gather people together to help.
Yu Qingqing returned to the kitchen. At this time, the others were cutting the prepared dried tofu into even-sized slices as she instructed, and then storing them in cloth bags.
This time they were very successful. They made a full 600 kilograms of dried tofu. The whole kitchen could not hold it all, so they had to put it outside.
There was no end to the sweet potato field, and at a glance, the sweet potato vines covered the entire ground.
Yu Qingqing returned to the house and found Hua Qinglu, who was chatting with her mother while sewing clothes. She was really busy all the time.
Yu Qingqing's eyebrows curved, she looked at Hua Qinglu with a smile and said softly: "Mom, could you and grandma go to the kitchen to help me keep an eye on it?
I have other things to do here and can't leave. I've already told them in the kitchen, so you can just keep an eye on them for me."
Hua Qinglu turned around and saw her daughter standing at the door. "Alright, Qing'er. If you have anything to do, just go and do it. Mom will help you look after the kitchen, so you don't have to worry."
Hua Qinglu put down the needle and thread in her hand and pulled her mother to the kitchen.
Yu Qingqing also turned around and went to another place, and soon came out again, but with a gong and drum in her hand.
Yu Qingqing directly carried a gong and drum, came to the position outside, and started to beat it. "Uncles and aunts! Sisters and aunts, come here quickly! I need your help with something. Anyone passing by, come and take a look!"
"Oh, this little girl from the Yu family is so brave. She just picked up a gong and drum and started beating them. I don't know what she is doing." Soon, people gathered around one after another, and they didn't know what Yu Qingqing was going to do.
"Little girl from the Yu family, what happened?"
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