Chapter 502 I'll protect everyone too! I hit really hard!
These days, Xiao Su Bao and the others have been staying indoors and not venturing out at all.
Little Su Bao's condition has finally improved a lot, and she has become much more lively.
Fu Manduo and Su Yun also came over to play with Xiao Su Bao, which made the little girl much happier.
Before we knew it, it was the Lantern Festival, and Xiao Su Bao and the others had been detained for quite some time.
"Today is the Lantern Festival... Sigh..." Tang Sanbao sighed, resting his chin on his hand, looking at these large characters, his head was about to explode.
Little Su Bao pursed her lips, her eyes filled with anticipation.
She really wants to go out and have fun too!
"Third brother, write your words. If you don't finish today, you're not going anywhere!"
Just then, Tang Dabao's voice came from the side.
Tang Sanbao glanced at his older brother with a wronged expression, and could only obediently sit up straight and continue writing.
The thought that others could play while he couldn't made the boy feel like all his energy had been drained.
Bai Yinjun glanced at everyone furtively, then coughed and said, "Actually, it's not that we can't go out..."
Everyone immediately turned to look at them, and even Tang Dabao seemed to perk up a bit.
"Can you convince my grandmother?"
Tang Sanbao immediately looked at Bai Yinjun and asked.
"Uh...no way!" Bai Yinjun scratched his head, realizing he really couldn't, otherwise he would have already convinced them.
Upon hearing Bai Yinjun's words, the children all looked away and continued writing.
Throughout the entire process, only Xiao Mobao remained quiet and did not utter a single word.
It seems that no matter what they say, they can't stop Xiao Mobao from writing.
"No, although we can't go out openly, we can sneak out to play!"
Bai Yinjun is very experienced in this regard.
However, everyone only glanced at him, then turned away and remained silent.
This is the General's Mansion, not Tangjia Village!
Moreover, everyone in Tangjia Village knows the children's nature, so they generally don't restrain them; they just stay around the village.
But things are different in the capital. There are many alleys and many people, and you could easily be kidnapped by a kidnapper if you're not careful.
Moreover, the people in the Underworld had been acting quite recklessly before, and they were genuinely worried that something unexpected might happen.
Haven't you noticed that the Second Prince and the Third Prince haven't been visiting lately?
When Bai Yinjun realized that no one agreed with his idea, he could only sit aside dejectedly and scribble something...
His handwriting is really quite ugly!
Just as they were talking, a voice came from outside: "Su Bao! Da Bao, I'm here!"
Fu Manduo brought Su Yun over, along with Ya Ying. These girls seem to get along quite well these days!
"Su Bao, let's go out and play today! I've already talked to Aunt Qian. We'll change our clothes and put on our masks later, and then we can go out!"
Su Yun has grown up quite a bit, and looks increasingly gentle and well-behaved.
In recent years, Sanpang has stopped being called Sanpang. He has lost a lot of weight and is now in Tang Bugui's military camp, where he is now a centurion.
He was young, but he was daring and fearless, and he trained exceptionally hard.
The Su family and Fatty Dong have now finalized the marriage between the two.
A smile immediately appeared on Xiao Su Bao's face.
At this moment, Madam Qian also came in. Looking at the smiles on the children's faces, she said, "Alright, although you can go out to play, you still need to finish your schoolwork first, especially you, Bai Yinjun, you have double the homework today!"
Qian walked over to Xiao Su Bao, patted the little girl's head, and took out a money pouch from her bosom.
"This is for your expenses when you're out. Pack it up!"
Madam Qian gave each of Tang Dabao and the others a money bag before saying, "Listen to your aunt, don't panic when something happens..."
The younger children were no longer listening, and Madam Qian knew that the children were holding back their emotions, so she softened a bit.
"Remember, be careful in everything you do, and always pay attention to safety!"
Ms. Qian gave one last piece of advice.
"Grandma, I will definitely protect Auntie!" Tang Dabao said solemnly.
Tang Erbao nodded in agreement: "Me too!"
Seeing that his eldest and second eldest brothers had interrupted him, Tang Sanbao immediately said, "Grandma, I'm good at kung fu, I'll protect my eldest and second eldest brothers and Auntie!"
Xiao Mo Bao didn't speak, but stood quietly behind Xiao Su Bao and the others, gripping the dagger in her arms tightly.
The little girls chattered excitedly, all shouting to protect Little Su Bao.
The little girl's big eyes blinked, her happiness overflowing; one could tell just by looking at the wide smile on her face.
Seeing the children's expressions, Qian's smile deepened.
"I...I will protect everyone too! I hit really hard..." Little Su Bao clenched her little fists and said to everyone very solemnly.
"Yes, yes, they are all good children!" Mrs. Qian said with a smile.
"By the way, it's cold today, it looks like it's going to snow. Make sure you wear warm clothes. Although it's said that it's not cold when it's snowing but it's cold when the snow melts, you should still be careful!"
After Ms. Qian finished speaking, the little ones all went to change their clothes.
Mrs. Qian shook her head with amusement. It wasn't that she didn't want them to go out; she was just worried about them.
These things naturally reached Tang Bugui's ears very quickly.
Tang Bugui did not refuse; the children had been holding back for quite some time.
Now that most of the people in the Yama Palace have been killed, all we need to do is be careful.
Once it was safer outside, Tang Bugui finally agreed to let the children come out to play.
Even so, the little ones were still accompanied by quite a few guards.
On the Lantern Festival, as I walked out of the General's Mansion, I saw the lanterns on the road.
Xiao Su Bao was protected by Tang Da Bao and the others, and Bai Yin Jun was also mixed in with them.
They were walking forward when Xiao Su Bao suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.
"It's...snowing!"
It's been dry and cold these past few days, and it hasn't snowed in a long time.
Snowflakes were seen falling gently from the sky, cascading down to the ground.
Little Su Bao reached out her hand, and a large, tangled snowflake landed in the little girl's palm.
It instantly melted into a patch of water, and the little girl's lips curled up, her smile gradually spreading.
Xiao Mo Bao couldn't help but glance at Xiao Su Bao again, feeling that the little girl seemed to be radiating a faint, gentle light.
Little Mo Bao was momentarily stunned.
Tang Sanbao's expression changed instantly, and he nudged Xiao Mobao with his shoulder.
"Kid, you don't actually want to be our uncle, do you?" Sanbao's voice was very low, and since the two of them were quite far back, no one could hear them.
Little Mo Bao was taken aback, and reluctantly withdrew her gaze.
The little guy blurted out instinctively, "No, I'm planning to be your grandpa, I want to be Su Bao's dad!"
The obsession of being a father made Xiao Su Bao suppress the strange emotion in her heart.
Three treasures...
"Don't go too far! I treat you like a brother, and you want to be my grandpa?" Tang Sanbao punched Xiao Mobao in annoyance.
"What master?" Little Su Bao came to her senses and turned to look at the two young men.
Xiao Mobao's cheeks suddenly turned red, but luckily he was usually a little ice cube, so even if he turned red, it was just a blush on an ice cube.
It's not conspicuous at all.
"Auntie, this kid not only wants to be your father, but he also wants to be my grandfather! I challenge him to a duel!"
The young boy shouted and yelled.
Little Su Bao was taken aback, then looked at the two of them seriously.
The little girl sighed and patted Tang Sanbao's shoulder with her small hand.
“You can’t beat Xiao Mo Bao, he’s very strong, but it’s okay. Once I become Mo Bao’s mother, he can be your older brother, so don’t be afraid!” Xiao Su Bao said very seriously.
The two boys standing nearby paused slightly.
The two turned to look at Xiao Su Bao, their expressions quite complicated.
Little Mo Bao: Su Bao trusts me so much and even said I'm amazing! ()
Tang Sanbao: My little aunt is so good to me, she wants to find me a little brother! (#^.^#)
Little Su Bao looked at the expressions on their faces and her little tuft of hair twitched twice.
Just then, Tang Dabao arrived. Seeing that the group was getting along well, a smile appeared on his lips.
My third brother has grown up!
Tang Dabao said to Tang Sanbao, "Third brother is gone, what are you dawdling for!"
After Tang Dabao finished speaking, he turned to look at Xiao Subao and said, "Auntie, what do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you. I see there's a lot of food in the capital!"
"Me too, me too, Auntie, I have money, I'll buy you delicious food too!" Sanbao shouted excitedly.
Tang Erbao glanced at the two of them. He wasn't very talkative to begin with. After a pause, the little guy stuffed all his New Year's money into Xiao Subao's arms.
"Second Brother, you... went too far!" Tang Sanbao stuffed the silver into Xiao Subao's hand and turned to playfully tease Tang Erbao.
Young people are so energetic.
As for Xiao Mobao...
He would give his New Year's money to Xiao Su Bao as soon as he received it, so he followed the little girl calmly.
Little Su Bao's lips curved up, her eyes slowly narrowed into crescents, revealing her white little teeth.
That radiant smile could warm even the winter snowflakes in an instant.
Boys and girls frolicked in the snowflakes, their smiles radiant.
Tang Bugui, who was hiding in the shadows not far away, glanced at them and couldn't help but laugh.
The capital city is indeed very lively at this moment.
One lantern after another illuminated the night, and the various styles of lanterns were so beautiful that it was hard to look away.
The little guy seems to blend into the night scene as well.
Just then, a simple, honest voice came from behind.
"Oh my goodness! There are so many people in the capital!"
Bai Yinjun, who was standing to the side, muttered something in response.
The boy's slightly rustic voice seemed to pull the beautiful scenery back to reality.
Tang Dabao looked at Bai Yinjun and laughed: "Of course, this is the capital of the Great Shang Kingdom, not the entrance of our village, so there are naturally more people here!"
Bai Yinjun scratched his head and chuckled.
He then added, "But I still prefer our village!"
Tang Dabao was taken aback, and nodded in agreement. After all, they were all children, and it was the first time they had been away for so long. They missed Tangjia Village to some extent.
Just then, they heard a series of loud hawking calls.
"Candied hawthorn, delicious candied hawthorn!"
"Old Yang's cheese is rich in milk flavor, fragrant and delicious!"
"Lamb stew with bread, delicious lamb stew with bread..."
Perhaps because it's the Lantern Festival today and there's no curfew, the capital city is even more lively at night than during the day.
The children's eyes are already getting tired of seeing so much.
Little Su Bao kept swallowing her saliva. She had only heard of these things before, but had never tasted them.
"I want to eat su luo!" Tang Sanbao looked pitifully at Xiao Su Bao from the side.
With a wave of his hand, Xiao Su Bao gave everyone a serving.
Actually, the general's mansion also makes cheese, but the little guy inexplicably thinks that the cheese outside tastes better.
The little girl even bought her father-in-law's straw sticks along with the candied hawthorns.
When she was little, she envied Lan Xin'er the most because Lan Xin'er wanted to eat candied hawthorns, and the Lan family would always buy her a lot.
Little Su Bao could only watch as Lan Xin'er ate one and then threw away a skewer.
Even though she was asked to throw it away, she still couldn't bear to.
The children gathered together, eating as they walked.
Just then, another voice rang in their ears: "Roasted sweet potatoes, fragrant roasted sweet potatoes, roasted potatoes!"
The children's eyes lit up instantly.
"Let's go take a look!" Xiao Su Bao glanced at the crowd gathered not far away and said to a few people.
"Yes, yes, I also want to see how the sweet potatoes and potatoes here are different from those in our village!" Tang Sanbao immediately shouted excitedly.
Tang Sanbao is the one in my family who loves eating these things the most and even researches new ways to cook potatoes.
Surprisingly, Tang Sanbao's cooking was quite delicious, a complete contrast to his mother Wang Xiuer.
Little Su Bao also wanted to eat sweet potatoes, especially since they could smell the incredibly rich aroma of roasted sweet potatoes.
"Boss, how much are these sweet potatoes?" Tang Sanbao couldn't help but ask the old man.
When the old man saw the young men and women squeezing in, accompanied by guards, his smile widened even more.
"This is fresh food we brought back from outside. It's not very expensive, only twenty coins per pound!"
Tang Sanbao's eyes widened immediately.
Twenty coins!
So expensive!
"Young master, don't think ours is expensive. This is a new variety, it tastes sweet, even better than candy, and it'll fill you up. Or you can eat the local variety, it tastes a little worse, but it's cheaper, only ten coins..."
Many people around were just looking but not selling, which made the owner anxious but helpless.
These sweet potatoes were planted from seeds they bought from someone last year, and they have harvested quite a lot this year.
He was out of money, so he thought about starting a small business.
"This price isn't low either! It's only eighteen coins a pound of meat!" A woman shook her head, grabbed her child, and left.
"Son, let's not eat this. Mom will buy you meat when we get home!"
The children, smelling the delicious aroma, immediately burst into tears.
The crowd surrounding the boss dispersed somewhat.
The boss looked a little unhappy; they had actually harvested quite a few sweet potatoes this year…
If this stuff can't be used to buy silver, I can eat it myself!
He looked at the sweet potatoes with a bit of a worry.
"Boss, you're being a bit dishonest!" Bai Yinjun looked at his boss with a nonchalant attitude, but his mind was already racing.
"Boss, these sweet potatoes weigh at least two thousand catties per mu (unit of land area). You're charging twenty coins per catty, so how much would two thousand catties cost?"
Bai Yinjun's voice was low-key. Luckily, there wasn't anyone around, otherwise the boss might have gotten beaten up!
The boss was already in a bad mood, and when he heard Bai Yinjun say that, he immediately became unhappy.
The shopkeeper couldn't help but say, "Young master, you've never grown grains before, so you don't understand. I don't know where you heard those rumors from. Our sweet potatoes do have a relatively high yield, but only a little bit!"
"Don't even mention two thousand catties, we don't even have a thousand catties. To be honest, my family's sweet potatoes are the best. This year, we harvested eight hundred catties of grain."
Those that weren't planted well only yielded four or five hundred catties of sweet potatoes, which is only slightly better than planting other grains!
His asking price is a bit high, but how could it be 2,000 jin? He's the best farmer in the village, and he only managed to get 800 jin of grain.
Others might only get around 500 jin (250 catties), but that's still much better than growing other grains.
After all, other grains only yield two or three hundred catties per mu.
Many villagers are thinking of continuing to grow sweet potatoes next year. Even if they don't make much money, they'll be happy if they can at least have enough to eat.
Bai Yinjun frowned slightly. At this moment, Tang Dabao stepped forward, placed his hand on Bai Yinjun's shoulder, and smiled.
These sweet potatoes and potatoes all come from their village, so they know exactly how much they produce.
However, the saying "adapt to local conditions" can also be applied to grain cultivation.
"Uncle, please don't be angry. We don't really understand, but I've heard people say that the yield of sweet potatoes per mu is indeed very high, and it's true that two thousand jin can be achieved!"
Tang Dabao looked very composed, especially when he spoke, which made the boss feel much more comfortable.
The boss glanced at Tang Dabao, then at Bai Yinjun, before rubbing his hands together and saying, "Is what you say true, young master? I'm the best craftsman in our village. We take better care of the crops than we do of women... cough cough, more than we do of children!"
Many people in the capital also planted sweet potatoes last year, but compared with the villages, the grain yield in the capital, even in the imperial estates, was only 900 to 1,000 catties per mu at most.
Fu Manduo stood in front of Tang Dabao, his big eyes darting around as he asked, "Uncle, how do you grow sweet potatoes?"
The little girl is pretty and very charming.
The shop owner didn't hide anything, saying, "You just throw the smaller sweet potatoes into the soil!"
After he finished speaking, Tang Dabao paused for a moment.
Besides studying, he spent most of his time going up and down the mountain to the village with his father.
He knew perfectly well the output of each household.
"This isn't how you grow sweet potatoes. You have to cultivate seedlings first, and then plant them. This way, the survival rate is higher, and the yield will be even higher!" Tang Dabao said solemnly.
The old man was slightly taken aback, but he scratched his head. He didn't know how to grow seedlings!
Tang Dabao and his group only started cultivating seedlings this year. The boy frowned and began to think.
The boss looked at Tang Dabao, waiting for him to continue speaking.
Tang Dabao paused for a moment, then remained silent, for the matter of grain was of utmost importance!
Never mind, he'll go back and ask his uncle about it first!
When the boss saw that Tang Dabao was silent, he felt like he was being scratched by a cat. How exactly was the seedling cultivation going to work?
Eight hundred catties of grain is enough to keep a family from starving and to make them live well. If it were a thousand or two thousand catties...
Just thinking about it made the boss excited.
No matter how agitated the boss was, Tang Dabao clasped his hands and said to the boss, "These are all things we made ourselves, and they haven't been verified yet, so it's not appropriate to tell you, Uncle. But you can wait a bit!"
The boss paused, then gave Tang Dabao a somewhat resentful look.
What's this?
This isn't like going to a brothel where you're already undressed. You'd just tell the courtesan she's menstruating!
Right now, I feel incredibly anxious and uncomfortable.
He glanced at the boys, gritted his teeth, and said, "Young master, young lady, our sweet potatoes are really delicious. I don't need any money for them. Please tell me more about the seedling cultivation."
He scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and said, "I'm not good at anything else, but I love farming. Grain is our lifeblood! If you hadn't told me, I probably wouldn't have been able to sleep, and I'd have gotten lovesick!"
The owner was very generous and handed over the perfectly roasted sweet potato.
He gave it to none other than Little Su Bao.
The little girl subconsciously looked at Tang Dabao.
Tang Dabao was helpless. He didn't want to keep them in suspense, but they hadn't tried this method many times and couldn't guarantee its stability.
After a pause, Tang Dabao said, "Boss, we've only just started experimenting, and the yields vary from region to region, so we can't generalize about the same thing, therefore..."
"Don't worry, young master, whether it works out or not, this old man won't say anything!" At worst, I'll just take less of it myself!
Tang Dabao then said, "Actually, when planting sweet potatoes, you don't need to put the whole tuber in, but rather..."
Tang Dabao didn't speak very fast, probably because he had talked about it a lot with everyone in the village, so the boss could easily understand what he was saying.
Not only the boss, but many people around also heard what they were saying, their eyes filled with curiosity.
Tang Dabao's mouth was dry from talking, and the shopkeeper, seeing this, immediately took out the kettle he had kept warm and poured Tang Dabao a cup of hot tea.
It was all coarse tea, but Tang Dabao didn't mind. He took a sip and then enthusiastically started talking to everyone about farming.
Fu Manduo stood behind him, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.
My nephew Tang is amazing!
As Fu Manduo was thinking this, he heard a girl's clear, crisp voice.
"You're too young to talk nonsense!" The girl, wearing a veil, looked a head shorter than Tang Dabao.
However, her words carried a hint of arrogance.
Xiao Su Bao frowned slightly and immediately defended her nephew, saying, "My nephew isn't talking nonsense!"
"That's right, those things were all researched and developed by my nephew Da Bao and the best people in the village. They're definitely not nonsense!"
Fu Manduo echoed, having personally witnessed Tang Dabao working tirelessly every day, his entire body becoming noticeably darker.
The girl glanced at Fu Manduo, Xiao Subao, and Su Yun, and seeing that they were all unfamiliar faces, she figured that these people were probably from the countryside and not herself.
“My father is Shi Sinong. How could you know something that even my father doesn’t know? I’ve eaten sweet potatoes before and my father has mentioned them. All you need to do is select some small pieces and put them in the soil. As for raising seedlings or anything like that, my father has never mentioned it!”
Miss Shi also had some knowledge of farming, and naturally she didn't want the farmers to suffer a great loss by listening to Tang Dabao's words.
After all, how many people in their Great Shang Kingdom are starving? Do these people even know that?
The boss, who was initially excited, was immediately met with a cold shower.
Although he felt that Tang Dabao was right, Miss Shi's father was the Minister of Agriculture, and that was the one who was in charge of agriculture!
Tang Dabao frowned slightly. He was a man and it wasn't appropriate for him to engage in a verbal battle with a young girl.
But if he didn't explain, he didn't want to bear the guilt of deception.
After a brief discussion, Tang Dabao straightened up and said very seriously, "I..."
"Even if you want to attract attention and gain my father's favor, you can't harm the people like this. If the people plant crops according to your instructions and there's a complete crop failure, will you take responsibility?"
"You just said it casually, but for the people, it's a matter of utmost importance! There are no trivial matters when it comes to food!"
"You can't talk nonsense!" Miss Shi was probably genuinely angry, as her tone became stern as she spoke.
Little Su Bao was very angry and was about to speak when a series of crisp sounds came to her ears.
"Miss Shi, have you ever worked in the fields?"
Fu Manduo stood in front of Xiao Su Bao and Tang Da Bao. The little girl had grown taller and thinner, and her face looked very pretty.
Miss Shi glanced at Fu Manduo and nodded proudly: "Of course!"
Her father was the Minister of Agriculture, so she naturally couldn't embarrass him.
Moreover, she doesn't think farming is a shameful thing.
Fu Manduo paused for a moment, and then he didn't dislike this girl Shi as much anymore.
"Since you've farmed before, do you know how much food is wasted if you plant sweet potato tubers directly without raising seedlings?"
"Putting that aside, have you ever used those sweet potato seedlings for seedling cultivation?"
"If you haven't used it, what gives you the right to criticize others?"
Fuman spoke slowly, but every word was forceful and clear.
Miss Shi's face turned slightly pale from what she was being told.
But soon, Miss Shi retorted, "What you've said is just what you've said; it hasn't been certified by the imperial court. Besides, although the current planting method wastes some seeds, the yield per mu can still reach seven or eight hundred jin!"
Little Su Bao opened his Heavenly Eye and glanced at the stone girl. The girl had no karmic obstacles on her body; on the contrary, she had the glow of merit.
Xiao Su Bao pulled Fu Man Duo back, who was about to continue arguing, and said in a soft voice, "What Miss Shi said isn't wrong... but..."
"We've been growing these sweet potatoes for two years now, and we've tried several methods. The method with the highest yield per acre so far is the seedling raising method..."
As soon as Xiao Su Bao finished speaking, the stone maiden's expression changed slightly, and she stared blankly at Xiao Su Bao.
What? It's been two years!
They've only been growing sweet potatoes in the capital for a year, and Father hasn't even started planting them in his experimental fields yet!
"You...you...how is this possible!" Miss Shi's eyes widened, and then she suddenly realized something.
These people must be the ones who discovered the sweet potato; only then can we explain why they could say such a thing.
Actually, if we start counting from the first year, Xiao Su Bao only planted a small number of sweet potatoes.
So, in the real sense, it's probably been three years already.
"Miss Shi probably doesn't know that we were the ones who discovered those sweet potatoes!"
Bai Yinjun, standing to the side, spoke up smugly.
Although Tang Dabao often bullies him for being stupid, he's still his brother, and he can't let some young girl from outside bully him.
Miss Shi was stunned, her eyes wide with disbelief.
"How...how is this possible!"
Her voice trembled as she instinctively lifted the veil in front of her, trying to see their faces clearly.
Bai Yinjun pursed his lips and took another step back.
He only likes Xiao Su Bao...
"Crack!" A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, so fast it seemed unreal.
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