Chapter 463 Sweet Potato Planting Book
Shen Qing was really shocked!
She never thought of this as the reason.
No wonder Mr. Jiang spoke to her so seriously.
These young kids...they...
There are more than twenty couples. Even if they hold one wedding every day, it will take more than twenty days. Even if they are not particular and do not need to ask a fortune teller to calculate an auspicious day, they must at least choose an even day, right?
This will take at least forty to fifty days.
In 40 or 50 days, the Chinese New Year is coming, and the shop will basically be closed for the New Year holiday...
Others also thought of this problem, and Wang Cui asked tentatively: "How about changing it to the period between the first day of the Lunar New Year and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month?"
The shops are basically closed these days, so Shen Qing should be able to go to the village.
Zhao Mingyue said carelessly, "But it's too late. Besides, it would be a waste to eat all the delicious dishes."
Holding a wedding banquet is a huge expense, and it is a burden for every family in the village. If the food is finished, it’s fine. But if there is a lot of leftovers, although you can eat it at home, you will have to eat at other people’s houses afterwards. Isn’t the leftovers a waste?
Who wouldn’t feel sad?
Especially this time, basically half of the families in the village were involved, and no one wanted to waste food.
Shen Qing thought that there were only about ten households in the village, and there were more than twenty couples at once, so there must be some duplicates. She asked, "Which families are holding weddings?
If there are several in one family, why not combine them together?"
The standard of wedding banquets in their village is not low. The gifts given cannot be taken back. Too many wedding banquets are definitely a huge burden for the families holding the wedding!
When they heard that they were going to do it together, everyone was stunned.
Someone suggested, "Why not hold it all together? After all, the whole village can have a feast together, and then the families can pool their ingredients for the wedding banquet, and the gifts can just be token gifts. Wouldn't that save everyone money?"
The organizers don't need to be extravagant, and the gift givers don't need to be too particular or grand - it is indeed not easy to give out more than 20 gifts at once.
The eyes of the people present lit up, and their minds were frantically wondering whether it was feasible!
Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. She had always been afraid of a big event. If she could attend the event together, with so many newcomers, not many people would pay attention to her. It would be perfect for her.
She looked at her sister-in-law hopefully.
Shen Qing: ...Isn’t this a group wedding?
She saw the look Xiaoyu gave her, and it seemed like she was very willing, but there must be some who were unwilling, right?
After all, it’s just once, and many people want to be unique, and some want to be different…
Mr. Jiang said, "That's great. You can go back and discuss it on your own. If you're willing, come together and we'll discuss the details. If you're not willing, we won't force you. We can do it another day."
Everyone, go back and ask your own children."
The crowd dispersed and after saying hello to Shen Qing, they rushed out the door.
Mr. Jiang's family didn't have any this time. He sat steadily on the chair, and after most of the people had left, he reminded them, "There are quite a few unmarried people among your servants. Why don't you ask them?"
Shen Qing understood what Mr. Jiang meant.
Indeed, the servants are somewhat different from those in the village.
Although they were paid, they had no land, so they had no income from food and medicine, making it even more difficult to hold a wedding banquet.
If you find someone you like, you can just propose it and take this opportunity to hold a wedding banquet in a grand and lively manner. Otherwise, if you miss this opportunity, you don’t know when the next time will be, and it won’t be so grand either.
She said gratefully, "Okay, Second Uncle, I'll go ask them later and see what they think."
Mr. Jiang nodded, stood up, and walked out.
Shen Qing escorted the people out of the door, turned around and asked the boss to notify all the servants to arrive. After work, she went to the main hall of the house and asked something.
"mother."
After the room was quiet, Shen Qing heard a clear shout.
She looked up and saw Lao Liu holding a booklet and looking at her expectantly.
She said gently, "What did you take? For me?"
Jiang Xiangzhong nodded eagerly and handed over the booklet respectfully with both hands.
Shen Qing took it and was stunned when he saw the first page.
'Sweet potato cultivation'
This is actually a book about crop cultivation!
She quickly flipped through the pages again, and it was surprisingly comprehensive, ranging from the morphological characteristics of sweet potatoes to seedling selection, field management, weed species, removal, and prevention, etc.!
It was more comprehensive than she expected.
Jiang Xiangzhong said nervously, "Mom, I think sweet potatoes have a large yield and are delicious. They will definitely be promoted nationwide in the future and benefit the people.
However, the territory is vast, and it would take forever to go from south to north and rely on people to provide guidance. So in the past few months, I have been asking the planting experts in each household in the village to record the information. It is not very good or comprehensive, so I will add to it later.
After the sweet potato harvest in Blackwater City, we plan to plant it elsewhere, or even promote it nationwide. This book might come in handy."
Mother is now a person who has seen the world, not the peasant woman she was at the beginning. I wonder what she thinks of this rough and messy book of his. Will she think it is too childish?
"Okay, your idea is very good! There are literate people everywhere. We can bring books and sweet potatoes over and let them go to school with the books. Or we can ask the village chief to bring them back and have literate people read to them!" Shen Qing said in surprise.
This child really gave her a big surprise.
I never thought that the person who only thought about himself and didn't even care about his family when he first came here would think about all living beings - of course, he might also find another way and rely on sweet potatoes to seek fame and fortune.
But a gentleman judges by deeds, not by the heart. There are few perfect people in the world. In other words, whether a person is good or bad depends on what he does, not what he thinks in his heart. If even having bad thoughts in his heart is not acceptable, then everyone is a bad person.
She thought for a moment and quickly added, "Most farmers are illiterate and cannot understand flowery language. Try to write in colloquial language so they can understand.
In addition, find someone in the village who is good at drawing and ask them to draw the picture, so that even if they cannot read, they can roughly match it just by looking at the picture;
It doesn't matter if it's not very detailed. What village doesn't have a few capable people and good farmers? They can figure it out after discussing it with each other a few times!"
Jiang Xiangzhong didn't expect that his mother didn't laugh at him, but instead highly recognized him and gave him so many practical suggestions.
"Okay, I'll change it later."
"By the way, in addition to storage, there are also various disguised preservation methods. These two things are very practical and critical." Shen Qing said again.
Jiang Xiangzhong's eyes widened in surprise.
Mom and he think the same thing!
He agrees that these two things are crucial, but: "You can't know how long it can be stored until it's fully developed. There are currently two disguised preservation methods, which I think are a bit insufficient."
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