"The Guo family?" Shen Nian pondered for a moment, "Is it the Guo family that runs the grain business?"
"It seems so." Xia Tian was not too sure. "I heard that the Guo family's eldest daughter has a biological mother who passed away when she was young. Recently, her father has been arranging a marriage for her."
When she asked just now, she only knew that the girl was from the Guo family, but she didn't ask what specific business the Guo family was engaged in.
"Why did Xia Xia think of asking this?" Shen Nian asked in a low voice.
Why do you think of the girl from the Guo family?
"That's right!" Xia Tian didn't hide it. "I eavesdropped today. Miss Guo said her father wanted to marry her off to a man in his forties as a concubine. I thought the old man might be an official. Does Brother Shen have any candidates?"
An official in his forties?
Shen Nian thought about it, the Guo family is in the grain business, so the only person who can be linked to grain is probably the Tongzhi.
Thinking of this, Shen Nian's eyes darkened!
If there really is collusion between officials and businessmen to harm the interests of the court, he will not be polite!
"Mr. Chen, the Tongzhi, is in charge of the grain. I wonder if he is the one you are talking about?"
"Master Chen is over forty years old?"
"Um!"
Xia Tian thought that was probably it!
But she was just curious and didn't want to get to the bottom of it.
After all, what happens to Miss Guo has nothing to do with her.
As long as she doesn’t want to marry her family’s Shen Nian!
Thinking of this, he stopped talking about this topic. "Brother Shen, how are the potatoes in Ma'an Village growing? Are they ready to be harvested?"
She hasn't been to Ma'an Village for a long time, and she doesn't know what's happening with the land used for experiments.
She remembered that the potatoes she planted were harvested in April and May.
"It should be harvested soon. Xia Xia, do you want to go with me to check it out?" Chen Nian would send people to check on the field every few days. He had been there four or five times. The head of Ma'an Village said that it should be harvested by the end of April.
"Then we must go and see." Xia Tian became excited when he heard that the harvest was almost over. It had been three months since they had planted the crops, so it was time to harvest.
“But your body…” Shen Nian glanced at Xia Tian’s belly with some worry.
The pregnancy is not even three months complete and I'm already running around. I wonder if it will be bad for the baby?
"It's okay, I'm in good health." Xia Tian quickly assured him, "We might have to stay for two days. I have to see it with my own eyes to get a good idea of what we've gained."
"Okay, I'll make arrangements here in a few days, then we can go together!" Shen Nian nodded.
I just thought I'd protect him more when the time comes.
Besides, these were planted under Xia Tian’s personal guidance, so the harvest will definitely be better with her watching over it.
At the end of April, Shen Nian took Xia Tian to Ma'an Village.
"Village Chief Ma, can we harvest the potatoes now?" Shen Nian asked after taking a look at the field.
"It's time to harvest. Some villagers have already finished harvesting." Village Chief Ma replied respectfully.
In fact, they had started harvesting a few days ago, but these plots of land were rented for the summer, and they didn't dare to harvest them without her permission.
In the summer, I walked around the field and compared it with the fields next to it, but I couldn't see anything from the surface.
Especially now that the stems and leaves are all withered and yellow, it is even harder to tell the difference.
The only way to know the yield of these potatoes is to dig them out.
"Brother Shen, I think it's almost done, let's start digging now!"
"Well, let's get started!" Shen Nian turned around and instructed the original owner of the land, "Dig!"
Each piece of land is one acre, so it is easy to calculate after digging it out.
In the summer, potatoes were dug in these three plots of land. Many villagers in Ma'an Village came over to watch the fun after hearing the news.
Village chief Ma saw that there were many villagers gathered around, and the land was so big that it would be too slow for that family to dig alone, so he simply asked the surrounding villagers to dig together.
"Everyone, please help dig together. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can know the results."
The villagers were very honest. When they heard what the village chief said, they picked up their tools and went straight to the fields to help.
When the original owner of the land dug up the first plant, he pulled out a pile of round potatoes, and the onlookers were immediately excited.
"Wow! That's a lot of potatoes."
"Yes, yes, it seems to be bigger than the ones we planted."
"Dig deeper, there seems to be more underneath."
The villagers were talking at once, and some of them couldn't wait and went straight into the ground to start digging.
"I have a lot here too!" A villager dug up potatoes with a hoe.
He was clearly digging from a distance.
Unexpectedly, the potatoes were still rotten.
"Stay away when digging. It seems to be all over the place."
Some villagers began to summarize their experiences, and more villagers joined in and started digging.
Standing at the edge of the field in the summer, I was feeling a little nervous, but I felt at ease when the first potato vine was pulled up.
Those nests of potatoes are really pleasing to the eye.
Seeing Xia Tian’s smiling face, Shen Nian knew that the yield should be good.
Each of the potatoes dug out was of fairly even size, with none being particularly small.
Shen Nianrang set aside a piece of land and transferred all the dug potatoes to this land.
It will be easier to weigh yourself then!
Because there were many villagers helping out, the land was dug up very quickly.
Whether it was the villagers who came to help or the villagers who were watching, their eyes were filled with unconcealable joy when they saw the mountain of potatoes.
"Isn't this more than two thousand pounds?"
"It looks like it's quite a lot, definitely over a thousand pounds."
"I think so too. This method is really useful."
"You'll know after the adults weigh it."
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