After paying Xiaoxi's board and lodging expenses, Su Wenyue took out the books, paper and ink that she had brought back for Baofu, the pearl flowers for Da Niu and Er Niu, and some snacks and distributed them to them.

Liu was still unhappy because her husband scolded her, but when she saw that her daughter had received such a good thing, her stern face immediately smiled: "Thank you, Fourth Sister-in-law. I am sorry for the expense you have put into these two girls. These hair flowers are really beautiful. I am afraid they must have cost a lot of money."

"It doesn't cost much money, but the style is quite rare. It's a popular pattern in Chang'an City. You can't buy it in Xinye County. I saw it at my mother's house, so I brought a few back for my two nieces to wear for fun. Little girls at this age just like to dress up."

With this one or two taels of silver every month, Xiaoxi lived in the Han family with a clear conscience. After all, one or two taels of silver was a lot of money. She was a first-class maid in the Su family, and her monthly allowance was only one or two taels of silver. She couldn't let the young lady's money go to waste.

Last time, Su Wenyue was exhausted from taking care of the dowry by herself, but this time it was much easier with Xiaoxi's help. The master and servant put the more important things in a big box and locked it up.

"Hey, what's in this?" Su Wenyue asked curiously when she saw a burlap bag half filled with something. It didn't seem like something her mother had sorted out for her. There was some mud on the bag, making it look not very clean.

Xiaoxi knew it as soon as she saw it, and explained with a smile: "Miss, this is the gift that the second young master brought back for you this time."

"A gift, is this it? Xiaoxi, you must be kidding me." Su Wenyue looked at her as if she was belittling my taste. Second brother is not so unreliable, how could this be given to her as a gift?

"Miss, please don't let the Second Young Master down. The Second Young Master knows that you love to eat sweet potatoes. This time, we were doing business with foreign merchants. I heard that these sweet potatoes taste delicious when roasted, so I bought them especially for you. But there is not much of this stuff, and the foreign merchants only brought some for themselves. There is only half a bag, and they are not going to sell it. The Second Young Master spent a lot of effort to buy this half bag of sweet potatoes. Originally, I was going to roast them for you myself, but I didn't know that you were drunk, so we had to bring the sweet potatoes to the Han family."

"Sweet potatoes?!" Su Wenyue's eyes lit up when she heard the word sweet potatoes. She wondered if she had heard it wrong. But when she heard Xiaoxi say that the sweet potatoes were bought from foreigners, she knew that it was probably right. She excitedly stepped forward to open the sack, and sure enough, she saw big yellow lumps inside.

"It's really sweet potatoes! Fortunately, my second brother didn't roast them, otherwise I would be heartbroken." Su Wenyue was somewhat thankful that she was drunk, otherwise the sweet potatoes would be roasted and eaten. What would she do?

"Miss, what are you talking about? Are you talking nonsense because you are too happy? These sweet potatoes are meant to be roasted and eaten, why are you so sad?" Xiao Xi didn't understand why the young lady was so excited and smiling foolishly.

"Xiao Xi, you don't understand. This is a good thing. We are going to make a fortune with it in the future. We can grow sweet potatoes here, and the yield is very high. Although half a bag is not much, it is not too little. If we plant it and take good care of it, we may be able to harvest hundreds or thousands of kilograms next year, and we will have enough seeds for the future. Everyone knows what food means to us ordinary people these days. Xiao Xi, do you think I have made a fortune?!"

How could Su Wenyue, a young lady who didn't know the difference between grains, recognize all these? Her experience at the farm taught her a lot. Although not many people knew about sweet potatoes at that time, they were discovered and presented to Emperor Wu's favorite concubine, Concubine Li, in her previous life. It was a well-known fact throughout the country and she was very famous.

Everyone knows that sweet potatoes are not only filling but also have a high yield. Concubine Li was even named a noble concubine because of this contribution. At that time, Su Wenyue tasted the sweet potatoes and found them to be delicious. She also cooked them in various ways, but she got tired of them after eating them for a while. However, in order to fill their stomachs, the people would eat as long as they had food to eat, regardless of whether they got tired of it or not.

At this time, by coincidence, she saw this thing. Although she didn't expect to use this to become famous, if she really grew it and increased the yield, she might be able to help Han Yu. Concubine Li's contribution was a great contribution. She was promoted to a noble concubine. What about Han Yu? There seemed to be no other official positions above the prime minister. Su Wenyue didn't know much about these things in the court. She searched her mind for a long time but couldn't find anything. However, in this time of war, wars and extreme food shortages, no one would complain about having too much food at home.

Su Wenyue thought about it and asked Xiaoxi to bring paper and pen. Based on her memory, she drew another high-yield grain that Concubine Li had offered along with the sweet potatoes. She planned to have Xiaoxi send the drawing to the Su family later and ask her father and second brother to help her find this crop called corn. Since Concubine Li could find it back then, her second brother should be able to find it too. However, she heard that they were all from foreign countries, so she had to look for them in foreign countries.

"Miss, is this yellow lump of soil really so magical? I have never heard of a crop with such a high yield." Xiao Xi took a sweet potato and studied it curiously. After looking at it for a long time, she couldn't figure it out. It seems that she can only know after planting it.

"When have I ever lied to you, young lady? But this matter must be kept secret for the time being. Just keep it to yourself, and don't make it known to everyone. Send this half bag of sweet potatoes to the farm immediately and let them plant them. It should be in time for this season's sowing. Assign someone to take good care of them. If they do a good job, I will reward you greatly.

"Okay, miss, I'll do it right away. It's already late now, and things like sowing cannot be delayed." Xiaoxi has been with Su Wenyue since she was a child. Although she has never done farm work, she was sold by her parents because of her family's poor situation. Therefore, she knew everything about the fields. She was already over six years old at that time and could remember things.

"Wait!" Su Wenyue remembered something again and wrote down the planting methods she remembered hearing on a piece of paper. At that time, she didn't care much about these things that had nothing to do with her, so even though she heard it next to that person, she didn't remember everything. She only remembered a general idea, but it should be useful. She wrote down everything she could remember on paper and explained it to Xiaoxi. The rest depended on the old farmer in the farm. Even if she was asked, she wouldn't understand.

"Xiao Xi, go back to the Su family first and deliver the painting to my father and second brother, and then go to the farm. The things happening on the farm cannot be known to anyone except your brother-in-law for the time being." Su Wenyue looked outside. No one knew what excuse Wang had found for not going to the fields today. She kept spying on her from time to time. She definitely had no good intentions, so she had better be vigilant.