Although it was dark in the room, there was nothing that could be done. Under the dim light, Chen Xuanxuan led them to grind soybeans and make tofu.

As for pumpkin... Chen Xuanxuan initially thought that there should be a lot of seeds in it.

She thought that pumpkin seeds were good things. Raw ones could be sold for money and used as Chinese medicine. After all, they can repel parasites and cure dysentery. Cooked ones could be fried and sold as New Year goods. When guests came, they could also be satisfied.

Chen Xuanxuan thought that these seemingly worthless things could be accumulated to make a lot of money and make some money for the family.

But she never expected that the vegetable seeds she bought on the Qiongheihei app were all genetically modified.

They are all extinct in one generation.

In other words, these vegetable seeds have no ability to reproduce. Because after they grow up and mature, there is no seed in their body.

Although there are a hundred pumpkins at home. But these big pumpkins are all grown from the hundred pumpkin seeds that Chen Xuanxuan bought.

I don’t know what kind of breeding experiments these vegetable seed companies have done. These vegetables have become like this.

Thinking that if she wants to eat vegetables in the spring of next year, she can only spend money to buy various vegetable seeds on the Qionghehe app. Chen Xuanxuan couldn’t help but admire the means of the seed company.

...

It was also because there were no pumpkin seeds, so Chen Xuanxuan boldly asked Gu Yanzhang and others to sell those large pumpkins weighing dozens of kilograms to the rich families in the town.

Logically speaking, those rich people have money, farms, and fields, so they don't need to buy vegetables from outside. But good things like pumpkins are not available on their farms. Some people in this area have never even seen one. Therefore, three cents per pound of pumpkin is really a high price...

Thinking that pumpkin can be further processed, Chen Xuanxuan discussed with her mother-in-law, "We still owe a debt! Two taels of silver is not too much, but not too little. I think we should do some small business selling food."

"This way, we can earn more money for the family. Secondly, over time, this may really be a good business to support the family..."

Her mother-in-law Yu listened, nodded, and asked curiously, "Daughter-in-law, what are you going to sell?"

"I see that our family's vegetable business is doing pretty well now. Every time the men in our family go out for a few days, they sell all the vegetables they picked out. I guess they can make a few dozen coins every time..."

Chen Xuanxuan felt helpless after hearing this.

These few dozen coins sounded like a lot...

At present, she wanted to eat and drink better, how could this little money be enough?

Thinking of this, Chen Xuanxuan said seriously, "Mother-in-law, just leave the business of selling vegetables to my father-in-law. The four capable men in the family should not all do this."

"I just made dozens of pumpkin pancakes with pumpkin mixed grains. They are large in quantity and very delicious. If they are two or three cents each, and sold in Tongzhen and the county seat, we should be able to make a lot of money."

When Chen Xuanxuan's mother-in-law, Yu, heard this, she patted her thigh excitedly, "Then what are we waiting for?! As soon as the men come back, you should make arrangements for them."

...

Gu Yanzhang's trip out this time was particularly smooth. Although they were also in Tongzhen and the county town, and saw some familiar faces from Gujiagang Chenjia Village, where they were also selling vegetables. But Gu Yanzhang felt that his own pickled vegetables and kimchi were easier to sell. Especially those pumpkins, they didn't have...

After selling the vegetables and earning a few hundred coins, Gu Yanzhang took his father and his eldest and second sons and rushed back home overnight.

As soon as he got home, Gu Yanzhang saw his wife, who had made a lot of buns today.

"Wife, have we ground all the sorghum in our house?"

Chen Xuanxuan was too lazy to scold when she heard such a silly question. "Can't you use your brain before you speak? We haven't sold any of our sorghum this year! There are more than 2,000 kilograms of it. How can we grind it all?"

"These five kilograms of sorghum flour for making buns were ground slowly by your son and your daughter over several days. I used the sorghum flour to make buns. The buns are steamed now, come and try them."

"If you think what I made is delicious, then our family can go sell buns!"

After saying that, Chen Xuanxuan handed them several sorghum buns with different fillings.

Sorghum seeds are red.

After being ground into flour, they have become a color with black in red.

Logically speaking, buns made from flour of this color should not look very good. But who told Chen Xuanxuan to be so good at matching colors?

The red buns are filled with shiny yellow pumpkin puree, and the sweet smell it exudes... Gu Yanzhang liked it as soon as he started eating it.

"Wife, this pumpkin-filled bun is fragrant and delicious."

The bun skin is fluffy and soft, yet has a chewy texture. The pumpkin puree inside is soft and sweet.

To Gu Yanzhang, this thing is like a snack. It looks good and tastes good. If it can really be sold, it should be quite profitable.

Because the pumpkins his family sells are three cents a pound. ... There is profit here.

After finishing a pumpkin-filled bun, Gu Yanzhang ate another one.

He was shocked to find that the food he ate this time tasted completely different.

Seeing him in a daze, Chen Xuanxuan explained with a smile, "The one in your hand is the sauerkraut bun I made. Let me tell you, I made six kinds of buns by myself today. There are sour cucumbers, sour beans, and your favorite meat buns..."

Hearing this, Gu Yanzhang hurriedly reminded her, "Wife, our family

should not sell meat buns." "If we dare to sell meat buns in the county town or Tongzhen, the ruffians there will come to eat and drink here. A meat bun the size of a fist costs at least two cents. Those idle guys who have no money and no food to eat, dozens of them swarmed around me, and our family would lose dozens or even hundreds of cents a day!"

"What's more, if we really dare to sell meat buns, others will definitely think that we are rich. We will definitely make a lot of money. Yesterday, I went to the county to sell vegetables, and I saw some people from our clan and Chenjia Village, all of them went out with their families. They carried a few baskets and hawked along the street. They were all selling vegetables."

"I've looked carefully. They are just like us. They earn their money through hard work. Money is not easy to make. Once they find out that we are rich, not only can we build a new house, but we can also sell meat buns. Then we can forget about living a peaceful life in the future..."

Hearing this, Chen Xuanxuan also thought of those people from Gujiagang who came to visit her house some time ago. Moreover, he was trying to understand how much money her family made from selling vegetables, and how she made pickled vegetables and salted vegetables...