That scene in Chapter Sixteen must be quite interesting, right?
Just thinking about these things made Third Sister-in-law feel restless and wished she could immediately pull up all the rice seedlings in the field.
“No.” Jiang Cheng shook his head: “No one can say for sure whether the sweet potatoes will yield such a high yield. If they don’t, and we’ve already planted all the farmland, what will we do if we can’t make up for it? That’s too risky. Besides, the village chief will definitely disagree. You’ve all seen what happened today; the village chief clearly has some issues with us, so we can’t be so rash.”
As Jiang Cheng spoke, he completely rejected the decision.
“Father, it’s precisely because the village chief came to see us today that we need to clear out our fields to plant sweet potatoes.” Jiang Yan offered a different perspective: “You said it’s about breaking even, but the problem is that if these sweet potatoes can really be mass-produced as our ancestors said, then we can make a fortune, two thousand taels of silver! With our current capabilities, we simply can’t earn that much money. So for those two thousand taels, we can take a risk.”
Jiang Yan's eyes sparkled as she spoke.
Having gained more experience in the restaurant, he knew that the sweet potato in front of him was a golden opportunity not to be missed.
In all business, only the first mover makes the most money; those who come later only get the leftovers. So he felt that taking such a risk was worthwhile.
Putting everything else aside, once outsiders find out that their family can sell a pound of sweet potatoes for one tael of silver, the more people know, the more people will flock to plant sweet potatoes next season. With more people planting sweet potatoes, there will naturally be more sweet potatoes, and the price will drop. At that time, it will be impossible to make so much money.
So he had to persuade his father to grow sweet potatoes no matter what.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yan looked at Jiang Cheng and said, "Father, what my third sister-in-law said just now is true. We can plant sweet potatoes in the fields, and as for the grain tax, we can convert it into silver to buy grain to offset the tax."
Jiang Cheng took a puff of his pipe, his expression still hesitant.
In his heart, crops were the most important thing. Taking such a big risk to destroy the crops and then plant this vague sweet potato was simply not worth it.
He agreed to clear land for planting sweet potatoes, but the problem was that it was not worth the trouble and risk of uprooting crops to plant sweet potatoes.
"Let's do as they say!" While Mr. Jiang hesitated, Mrs. Jiang patted the dirt off her hands: "We can afford to lose that little bit of money."
Upon hearing this, Jiang's father was taken aback: "But..."
"But what? Just do as I say. Tomorrow, stop the irrigation for the crops, let the land dry out, and then plow the land again to plant sweet potatoes. That's settled." Mother Jiang waved her hand, thus finalizing the matter.
This made Jiang's father purse his lips, and in the end, he only received a soft sigh: "Alright, it's up to you."
Jiang's mother rolled her eyes at Jiang's father: "You! You're only focused on your own little plot of land and can't see the bigger picture. You can't even figure out such a lucrative deal. We can afford to lose money now."
After saying this, Jiang's mother ignored Jiang's father and took the family home.
The next morning, they cut off the water to their fields. A few days later, after the fields had dried up, the whole family went out again to plant sweet potato seedlings on their fields.
When they cut off the water supply to their fields, it attracted the attention of the villagers, who secretly wondered what they were up to.
When they started planting sweet potato leaves, the villagers couldn't hold back any longer and gathered around to ask Jiang Cheng why they were planting sweet potatoes.
Having been repeatedly warned by his mother, Jiang Cheng naturally wouldn't tell them that Huo Ran wanted to spend one tael of silver to buy a pound of sweet potatoes. So he laughed it off and said he would try planting sweet potatoes.
Mr. Jiang kindly handed a handful of sweet potato seedlings to the villagers who had gathered around, asking, "Would you like to try planting these sweet potatoes?"
After all, if Huo Ran felt that buying their sweet potatoes wasn't enough, he could also buy some from the villagers, allowing these fellow villagers to make some money as well.
The people who gathered around waved their hands and said to Jiang's father, "No, no. You can plant it yourself."
They didn't even know what these so-called sweet potatoes were, so they wouldn't dare to plant something they couldn't even see with the same ambition as Jiang Cheng.
While they continued planting sweet potato seedlings, the news that their family had caused the rice seedlings to die from drought and planted sweet potato seedlings spread throughout the village in an instant, and the villagers laughed at them behind their backs, saying they were foolish.
They became the laughingstock of the village overnight.
At this point, Yang Liu naturally couldn't sit still either. She had a feeling that the Jiang family was probably going to do something big. After all, no one would be so stupid as to waste the land to grow those so-called sweet potatoes. She even tried to persuade her family, but they wouldn't listen to her at all and even beat her up.
After being beaten, she hated the Jiang family even more.
So, she angrily went to Village Chief Yang: "Village Chief, you have to keep your promise! You clearly promised me before that you wouldn't let them plant sweet potatoes, so why are they killing all the rice seedlings in the fields and planting sweet potatoes instead?"
When Village Chief Yang saw Yang Liu approaching, he couldn't help but swallow hard at her graceful figure. Ever since Yang Liu promised him the benefits, he had been itching to pin this woman down and ravage her, making her call him "father."
The thought of this scene ignited his anger, and he wished he could immediately subdue these people.
"What's the rush?" Village Chief Yang pulled Yang Liu into his arms.
He was about to touch her, but Yang Liu pushed him away: "Don't touch me. Unless you can drive the Jiang family out of the village, I won't let you touch me. Besides, I'm going to sell myself to Lame Zhang in five days. If you don't make a move now, does that mean you don't want me?"
As Yang Liu finished speaking, she gave Village Chief Yang a flirtatious wink. That coquettish yet reproachful look reignited the fire in Village Chief Yang's heart, who was half-buried in the ground. Thinking of what he had done these past few days, he stood up and grabbed Yang Liu: "My dear Yang Liu, don't you trust your village chief to handle things? Do you think I've been running to town these past few days? It's all for you! Don't worry, this time I'll definitely make the Jiang family regret it. Just you wait and see. Go back and wash yourself clean and wait for me."
Village Chief Yang patted Yang Liu's shapely buttocks, laughed loudly, and walked out of the house.
Seeing Village Chief Yang leave, Yang Liu's eyes flashed with a venomous malice. She was willing to sacrifice her own innocence to make things difficult for the Jiang family. When the Jiang family was driven out of the village, she would personally tell Jiang Mi that it was because of her that the Jiang family was driven out of the village. She wanted to see if Jiang Mi would still be able to enjoy the love of her family at that time.
That scene must have been quite interesting!
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