Chapter 35 Everyone Likes
After eating steamed sweet potatoes and steamed potatoes, everyone quickly started making konjac tofu.
Thinking about what delicious food I could make with these sweet potatoes and potatoes in the future, I suddenly felt more motivated.
In the evening, when everyone came to sell agar-agar seeds one after another, they all knew that Xu Zhichun had bought thirty acres of land.
Xu Zhichun was bewildered: "Everyone has a phone and WeChat, so why did they keep it from her? How did the news spread so quickly?"
When the villagers asked about it, Xu Zhichun could no longer hide it and just told them openly.
"That's great, even though it's dry land, it's better than nothing."
"Who says it's not? It's good to harvest more beans, peanuts, and taro. If you can't eat all of them, you can sell them and make some money. At worst, you can feed them to pigs. Pigs grow faster."
"yes."
"There are only two of us in their family, my uncle and his wife. They have so much land, but they can't eat much of it after harvesting. They can sell a lot of it."
“The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer.”
"I think it's a shame to sell the recipe for that snack. Wouldn't it be better to keep it and pass it on to future generations?"
"Didn't you hear what Zhichun said? That snack requires a lot of sugar, and we don't know when our descendants will be able to make it."
"That's right, it's better to sell it for money, it's more economical."
"Zhichun, Zhichun, why didn't you think of my family when you hired people to open up the wasteland? Your uncle Liang and his father are both good at farm work and are very efficient."
"And my child's father too, Zhichun, please hire us next time."
"And us, and us."
Everyone started talking and changed the topic, greeting her one after another.
Xu Zhichun wiped his sweat silently, he was sweating profusely.
Why would she need to hire so many people? She couldn't make such a promise without thinking, or else someone would come and question her, which would be embarrassing.
When it comes to making money, everything is just a passing cloud, and some people will really block it.
She had no choice but to resort to the "Heng Ha" method, humming and laughing to pass it off vaguely.
After all this busy work, dusk fell and it was time to make dinner.
After everyone left, Xu Zhichun mysteriously handed the steamed sweet potatoes and potatoes hidden in the cupboard to Liang Mingxuan: "Mingxuan, come and try them. These are the sweet potatoes and potatoes that my sister-in-law got today."
Liang Mingxuan was a little confused about what sweet potatoes and potatoes were, but seeing his sister-in-law's mysterious and expectant expression, he knew they must be good things.
Although potatoes are more plastic, sweet potatoes are definitely better when it comes to steaming.
Liang Mingxuan was instantly surprised when he took a bite of the soft sweet potato. It was soft, delicate, cool and sweet.
“Is it delicious?”
"It's delicious. Did sister-in-law buy it from the city? Is it expensive?"
There really is everything in the city. Something this sweet must be expensive. My sister-in-law is so kind to him, she buys him all kinds of delicious food.
Liang Mingxuan was very touched and promised to be filial to his sister-in-law when he grew up.
Well, he must study hard now so that he can be more filial to his sister-in-law when he has a promising future.
Xu Zhichun smiled and briefly explained the origins of the crops. He then added, "I plan to clear the wasteland we bought and plant these two crops on it. This way, we'll have more sweet potatoes and potatoes than we can eat anymore. They're also fresh and will definitely sell for money. I don't know how they taste when cooked, but let's try it tonight."
Liang Mingxuan was even more surprised. His sister-in-law was really bold! She actually bought so many sweet potatoes and potatoes at once.
So this is something no other family in the village has? Only their family has it?
Liang Mingxuan also began to look forward to it. If the steamed food was so delicious, then the cooking must be good too. "I'll help my sister-in-law!"
Xu Zhichun smiled and agreed, assigned him the task of peeling potatoes, and started to process the fish himself.
The grass carp she bought today was quite big. She planned to peel off the fish skin and make some cold fish skin salad to satisfy her craving, fry the fish head until both sides were golden brown for making soup, and chop the fish body into pieces and braise it.
Add some hot and sour potato shreds.
Two stoves were burning at the same time, one side was boiling water to prepare the fish skin, and the other side was frying the fish head to prepare the soup.
After cleaning the blood from the fish body, it is marinated with rice wine, salt, soy sauce, shredded ginger and dried chili segments.
Tonight we not only have spicy and sour potato shreds, but also cold fish skin, which are things we have never had before. The children will be amazed by her cooking skills again tonight!
Three dishes and a soup were served on the table, along with a large bowl of snow-white, crystal-clear, steaming rice. The uncle and his sister-in-law began to eat.
Xu Zhichun suppressed his joy and pretended to be reserved as he tried the hot and sour potato shreds first. His eyes lit up and he nodded, recommending it to his brother-in-law. It was a natural progression for him to devour the dish.
Liang Mingxuan tasted it and his expression instantly became lively. No one can resist the sour, spicy, crispy and refreshing taste of hot and sour potato shreds.
"It's really delicious! These potatoes can be steamed and cooked, they're even better than taro. My sister-in-law has good taste."
Xu Zhichun couldn't suppress the smile on his face, "We deserve to be rich."
Liang Mingxuan amused her, "Sister-in-law is right."
What my sister-in-law said is right.
The next morning, the three women and Liang Mingliang got together to talk about the sweet potatoes and potatoes they had for last night's meal, and they were all excited.
Good stuff!
Zeng Xiaoyan said with a smile, "My parents said they wanted to plant more potatoes, and asked me to ask Sister Zhichun if she has any. If she has any, please leave them for us. Sweet potatoes can be grown using vines, so we don't need so many."
Aunt Zhu'er immediately said, "Me too, Zhichun, don't forget me. Is it really okay to grow sweet potatoes with vines? Will it affect the results? Will the merchant be deceiving us?"
Her thoughtful concern made Zeng Xiaoyan and her husband worried too. "Oh, right? That merchant... shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Xu Zhichun: “.”
I experienced firsthand the pain of having to use countless lies to cover up one lie.
You have to rack your brains to cover up the lies you told.
There's no way, this is just the beginning, there may be many more times like this in the future.
She could only comfort herself by thinking that practice makes perfect, and maybe she would get used to it after doing it over and over again.
"I don't think so. I think those two are quite sincere. We don't know anything. If they want to deceive us, they might as well just say nothing. Why bother?"
The three of them thought about it and realized that it was true.
If they don't say anything, it won't have any impact on them, so why bother?
"Well, anyway, the more you plant, the safer it is. If there are any extras, I'll give you more."
Zeng Xiaoyan and Aunt Zhuer finally felt relieved.
Xu Zhichun wanted to say casually that the tender shoots of sweet potato vines are delicious when stir-fried, but thought better of it.
Rural people are very smart when it comes to edible vegetables. When they see such tender sprouts that can be eaten by the pigs, chickens and ducks at home, they will naturally think that humans can also eat them.
After trying it, she knew what it tasted like, so there was no need for her to do anything extra.
The ice jelly was ready, and when it was time to load it onto the truck, the six people Xu Zhichun had hired to do the pioneering work also arrived.
(End of this chapter)
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