Cheng Yue shook her head. "Uncle Village Head, I won't accept money. To be honest, I want to do some potato business and need a lot of potatoes, so it's good for me if everyone plants them. I don't want to accept money from anyone."
To them, the village head was like a reliable father figure, and Cheng Yue always spoke her mind and didn't want to hide anything.
“Doing business and giving seeds to everyone are two different things. Although you are doing it to make money, everyone also benefits. Since they benefit, you can’t just give nothing in return, lest you spoil them!”
The village head didn't understand business, but he was very knowledgeable about interpersonal relationships and was the first to disagree with Cheng Yuebai giving him the seeds.
Cheng Yue knew what the village head was thinking and said with a smile, "I'm afraid no one has land to grow potatoes this year, so you can come and help us with the work. We'll pay you with potato seeds."
We have several acres of dry land on the mountain that are lying fallow. I'm thinking of planting potatoes on them so that we can have more seeds for everyone next year.
Actually, there are plenty of potatoes in the space, mainly because they are inexhaustible. But if I don't say that, people will start to have doubts, since she can't just take out so many seeds for the whole village to grow at once!
The village head smiled and nodded repeatedly, "That's a good idea! Whoever wants to plant potatoes can come and work. The more work you do, the more seeds you get; the less work you do, the fewer seeds you get!"
Alright, I'll be going now. Tomorrow I'll explain the land clearing and seed situation to everyone and see what their thoughts are!
Such a good thing! If it weren't so late, he would have gone door to door to tell everyone right away!
Cheng Yue then added, "Okay, then I'll steam some potatoes for everyone to try tomorrow! Village head, please call everyone over!"
The village head laughed heartily, "Great! Let them see this pile of potatoes with their own eyes, and see who doesn't go and clear the land!"
After speaking, the village headman wobbled down the mountain, humming a little tune.
The next day.
Taking advantage of the lunch break when everyone was free, the village head went to notify everyone in the village one by one. He first went to the families who had broken up with Cheng Yue, but he only talked about the land reclamation and didn't mention Tudou at all.
After all, these families had such a falling out with Cheng Yue, there's nothing to mention. As for clearing the land, take it or leave it! He was only responsible for delivering the message.
Of course, they wouldn't go. They had finally made some money selling medicinal herbs and were enjoying a few good days. Why would they want to clear land? Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?
This was within the village head's expectations. The group sold the medicinal herbs to the town's pharmacy. Although the price was lower, it was still much better than before.
I never expected that instead of saving the money I had, I would only indulge in pleasure every day and become increasingly lazy.
The village head was furious and too lazy to say anything. He turned around and called all the people who had gathered medicinal herbs to go to Cheng Yue's house.
As for the Chen Ping and Zhao families and the Cao family, the village head simply skipped over them to avoid causing trouble!
The former are arrogant and haughty; sending them to reclaim wasteland would be tantamount to taking their lives!
Since Li Laomen and his family separated from the latter family, the weeds in the fields have grown up to their calves. Those two lazybones who would rather lie down than stand up have stopped weeding. It would be strange if they were to clear the land!
Of course, there was also Granny Sun's family. The village head was not neglected, but this family was busy with "internal strife" and would occasionally cause trouble for Chen Ping and Zhao Shi, so they had no time to reclaim wasteland.
As the village head walked up the mountain, he sighed to himself, "If a person's heart is not pure, even if a pie falls from the sky, he'll only be afraid of hitting his head, and he won't be able to catch it at all!"
Everyone else in the village is doing better and better, but these few households are likely to suffer a lot in the future!
However, no one can save anyone else; these are all personal choices.
When the group arrived at Cheng Yue's house, they smelled a pleasant fragrance as soon as they entered.
"Everyone's here! Come and try these potatoes, they're fresh out of the pot. They're good even just on their own. There's also some roasted pepper sauce over here, you can spread it on them too!"
Cheng Yue made the roasted chili sauce herself. The chilies in her garden grew plentiful, so she roasted them over a fire, then added minced garlic and seasonings to make the sauce. It has a very unique flavor.
It has become the most frequently featured side dish, and the Chen Tong and Chen Ning sisters even spread a spoonful on their steamed buns.
Chen Lin especially loves to eat it, and this time he brought two large jars with him!
Everyone had already heard the village head talk about clearing land and planting potatoes on the way, and they were curious. Now that they saw Cheng Yue had laid out a big bowl and was eating it with relish, without any pretense of politeness, they were even more excited.
Aunt Li picked up a potato and joked, "The village head just described this potato as something heavenly and earthly. We should hurry up and try it to see if the village head was lying!"
Madam Xu laughed and scolded, "Eat if you want, but you dare to gossip about the village head!"
The village head ignored them and started eating potatoes by himself, not forgetting to spread a bit of roasted chili sauce on his chopsticks.
Last night, Feng steamed some potatoes. They were soft and fluffy, but not very flavorful. Now, with some roasted chili sauce on them, the aroma is absolutely divine!
Just as Cheng Yue said, these potatoes taste delicious no matter how you eat them!
Li had already eaten, so he didn't seem too surprised. On the other hand, Aunt Li and the others stared wide-eyed.
"This may look unassuming, but it tastes just as good as white flour and white rice! It's soft and fragrant!"
"It's already so delicious on its own, it's even better with this chili sauce!"
"I can't believe that such delicious things can grow in the ground!"
As everyone ate, they exclaimed in amazement, "Cheng Yue, you really only planted two acres and harvested over five hundred catties?"
Cheng Yue nodded, then led everyone to the rear building, one of which had been converted into a warehouse.
"These are all the potatoes, everyone can take a look."
The room was piled high with potatoes, and no one could believe it, even if they didn't want to. These potatoes really were grown on a small plot of land. It was truly astonishing!
If I planted a few more acres, I could harvest so much! Even after paying taxes, I don't even want to think about what would be left!
Cheng Yue spoke up at the right moment: "Uncle Village Head must have already told everyone about the land reclamation and potato planting, so I won't go into details."
What I want to say is that if anyone grows potatoes, I will buy the rest, except for those kept for personal consumption. I can't say how much per pound right now, but I guarantee everyone will make money.
She wanted to set up a workshop to make vermicelli, but there weren't any available at the time. She knew how profitable it would be. Besides vermicelli, she could also make all sorts of snacks. In short, she was sure she could make money!
Everyone blinked, incredulous, and said, "What? You're going to pay to buy it?" Is there really such a good deal?
Isn't this like a windfall? The seeds were given by Cheng Yue, and they can not only eat them and use them in an emergency, but also sell them to make money? Cheng Yue even made a guarantee in advance!
Cheng Yue nodded seriously and said, "Yes!"
Everyone was stunned by this good fortune. No wonder the village head wanted them to clear the land. Of course, the more they planted, the more money they made, and the better their lives would be!
Once the land is cleared out, there's no escaping it. You get what you plant, and in the first few years after clearing the land, there are not only no taxes but also subsidies!
We didn't plant potatoes before because we thought we wouldn't be able to grow anything, but now that we have potatoes, such a high-yield crop, we definitely have to plant them!
Even if Cheng Yue doesn't accept the money and they don't make any profit, they won't lose out!
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