Chapter Ten: Persuading Family Members
"These sweet potatoes are the foundation upon which our ancestors helped us change our destiny. They even told me in a dream where to get them. If Wang Jie's attempt to humiliate me was just a coincidence, then the appearance of these sweet potatoes..."
Jiang Mi stopped there.
At this moment, the system, now acting as the ancestor, interjected: "Good boy!"
Jiang Mi clenched her fist. This damn system, she'd teach it a lesson one day!
Jiang Mi's family had no idea that she was outsmarting the system. After hearing her story, they all looked at her with concern. Jiang Yan was the first to ask, "That bastard Wang Jie didn't do anything bad to you, did he? If I had known he had done something so outrageous to you, I would have had wolves gnaw on his bones."
At this point, Jiang Yan slammed his fist on the door next to him, making a "bang" sound.
The other members of the Jiang family also wore expressions of anger.
If Jiang Mi's innocence is ruined, then everything that happened in her dream, as Jiang Mi described, could actually come true.
Jiang Mi shook her head: "No."
At that moment, Huo Ran's face unexpectedly flashed into her mind.
Jiang Mi's second sister-in-law realized what was going on and asked Jiang Mi, "Since it was a gift from our ancestor, did he tell you what the sweet potato is for or how to eat it?"
“Yes. There are many ways to cook sweet potatoes…” Jiang Mi said, reciting the sweet potato recipes the system had mentioned: “I’ll make them for you.”
Jiang Mi said as she headed towards the kitchen.
None of the other members of the Jiang family stopped her from leaving.
After she left, those who remained looked at each other.
Finally, Jiang Cheng lit his pipe, took a puff, and exhaled white smoke: "What do you all think of what Honey said?"
Jiang Yan frowned: "I'm going to settle accounts with the Wang family! My sister can't be bullied like this."
As Jiang Yan spoke, she started to walk out the door.
But Jiang Cheng grabbed her arm: "Now that Wang Jie is dead, if you go to the Wang family to settle accounts, aren't you afraid they'll try to pin it on our Honey? They've already been saying that Wang Jie and our Honey had an ambiguous relationship and that they want our Honey to be buried with him."
Jiang Yan gritted his teeth: "Then what do we do? Are we just supposed to swallow this insult?"
“Yes, for Honey’s sake, we have to swallow this anger. As for everything Honey said about what our ancestors said, that remains to be verified. As for the sweet potatoes, I really have no idea. Do they really have such a large yield? And are those sweet potatoes really edible?” Jiang Cheng didn’t believe in the possibility of a free lunch.
“I think Honey has a point. Anyway, we won’t lose anything by giving it a try,” Second Sister-in-law said, stroking her chin.
While Jiang Cheng was discussing, Jiang Mi was already busy in the kitchen. By the time she finished cooking the sweet potatoes and brought them out, Jiang Cheng and the others had not reached a conclusion. When they heard Jiang Mi coming from the kitchen, they immediately shut up.
"The sweet potatoes are cooked, everyone come and eat." Jiang Mi placed the sweet potatoes on the wooden table in the yard.
Everyone looked at each other, then at the ten sweet potatoes on the table, and none of them dared to touch them.
[Please try to persuade your family to eat sweet potatoes and to grow sweet potatoes.]
[Reward: 50 high-yield sweet potatoes per mu; Good Woman Value +100]
[Punishment: 5 electric shocks, 5 minutes each; Good Woman Value -500.]
As soon as the system finished speaking, Jiang Mi mercilessly complained, "You haven't given me the reward for completing the task yet. Also, don't put the sweet potatoes so far away anymore. You're so powerful now, you can always put the sweet potatoes in the nearest place, or just store them somewhere for me."
[The reward has been issued. Please check your account.]
[Reward 1: Good Woman Value +150, Good Woman Value: -800]
[Reward 2: 15 large sweet potatoes with a yield of 1000 gold per mu. Note: The sweet potatoes have been placed in the system warehouse and can be used directly when needed.]
Ginger Honey: "..."
She was certain that the system's previous instruction to go to the back mountain was definitely a prank on her.
This system is truly awful!
Good women don't talk badly about others behind their backs! Electric shock punishment: 10 seconds.
Before Jiang Mi could react, a surge of electric current rushed up, causing her to twitch.
Seeing Jiang Mi like this, Jiang Cheng was even more reluctant to eat sweet potatoes.
After the electric shock, Jiang Mi resisted the urge to curse the system's ancestors for eighteen generations, and then looked at her family.
Seeing them looking at her with strange eyes made her feel like crying.
But there was nothing I could do but reach out and grab the sweet potato from the table.
Before her hand could even touch the sweet potato, Jiang's mother slapped it down: "Even if this was a gift from our ancestors, its origin is still unknown. Who knows if it's poisonous? You're not allowed to eat it. You can only eat it after the chickens in the house have eaten it and are alright."
Jiang Mi shook her head: "Mom, it's okay. You can eat it."
The man ate a roasted sweet potato in the cave before and nothing happened to him, so the sweet potato must not be poisonous.
Moreover, this dog system, which came from who-knows-where, is quite magical in itself. If it wanted to kill her, it wouldn't have needed to go through so much trouble.
Jiang Mi thought for a moment, then picked up a sweet potato and took a bite.
Her eyes lit up immediately after taking a bite.
These sweet potatoes have an excellent texture, with a sweet and glutinous consistency that leaves a lingering fragrance on the palate.
Seeing Jiang Mi freeze, the Jiang family assumed there was something wrong with the sweet potatoes. Jiang's mother anxiously rushed to her side: "Honey, are you alright? You…"
"Mom, these sweet potatoes are so sweet and delicious! You should try some!"
As Jiang Mi spoke, she handed the sweet potato to Jiang's mother.
Jiang's mother was somewhat resistant.
But since it was her daughter's good intention, what could she do but indulge her and take a bite?
This bite made Jiang's mother's eyes light up. She quickly chewed it twice and swallowed it, saying, "Old man, this sweet potato tastes good. You should try it too."
So Jiang's father also took a bite.
With just one bite, Father Jiang's eyes lit up, and he immediately started eating.
In that era, taxes were heavy and families were poor, so having enough to eat was a luxury. Their dinner was basically just a little watery porridge, more like rice soup than porridge.
This sweet potato whetted Father Jiang's appetite, and he reached out and picked up a sweet potato from the bowl to eat.
Seeing that Father Jiang was enjoying his food, the others couldn't help but swallow hard. In the end, they couldn't resist and also went forward to devour all the sweet potatoes in the bowl.
After finishing their meal, the group sat contentedly on the stools.
Seeing that the time was right, Jiang Mi couldn't help but say, "Dad, Mom, I want to plant these sweet potatoes. It just so happens to be planting season now. If we plant all our land with these sweet potatoes, won't we be able to have enough to eat in the future?"
Jiang Cheng frowned, becoming somewhat hesitant.
“Dad, I think what my younger sister said makes sense.” Jiang Mi’s second sister-in-law also began to persuade her. After eating the sweet potato, she was convinced that it had a promising future. She had only eaten one sweet potato and was already full.
“I think we can give it a try too,” said the third sister-in-law, stroking her belly as she spoke. “Dad, this way my baby can also be well-fed.”
Even the usually cautious eldest sister-in-law suddenly said in a low voice, "I agree with the youngest sister."
Her words drew surprised looks from her family.
Jiang's mother glanced at Liu He. This eldest daughter-in-law was usually so quiet, but she never expected her to side with her youngest sister today.
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