When everyone saw the steaming sweet potatoes still emitting a fragrant aroma, they were all very curious.
"Sister-in-law, what is this? It looks a bit like kudzu root... but not quite..."
"Is this... edible?"
Liu Yingying explained with a smile, "This is called a sweet potato. I saw it in the books that the scholar collected before. I happened to find it on Xijiu Mountain last time, so I transplanted a few plants here. You should all try some..."
"I feel so bad always eating the food you give me..."
Shi Sanmei said she was embarrassed, but her hands moved quickly. She grabbed a soft and delicious sweet potato and stuffed it into her mouth.
Others also started to try it out...
"Mmm...delicious...so delicious!"
These women were basically out of food and supplies, and could only manage to eat a little bit every two or three days. When they saw the sweet potato, they didn't even bother to taste it and just swallowed the whole thing.
"Eat slowly... Zhao Di, go and pour some water for these elders..."
Sweet potatoes are high in starch, so even though they had been hungry for a long time, they were already half full after eating only two pieces each.
After drinking some water, I felt incredibly satisfied and full!
Lu Sufeng wiped her mouth and then grabbed Liu Yingying's hand, starting to get emotional: "Sister-in-law, we've been so grateful to you these past few days. If it weren't for you taking care of Jiabao and Jiahui, those two children would have starved to death long ago!"
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I, Lü Sufeng, will remember your kindness. From now on, if you tell me to go east, I will never go west!"
Liu Yingying slightly curved the corners of her lips; "Let bygones be bygones. It's been so kind of you to go to all this trouble for me..."
"Hehe... Of course! It's all the right thing to do. I can't just stand by and watch that bitch Ma Qiumei frame you like this!"
Seeing that Lü Sufeng mentioned Ma Qiumei several times.
The others were also quite perceptive and joined in cursing Ma Qiumei and Zhang Qiaonv, the mother and daughter.
As she was cursing, Wang Yulan suddenly thought of something.
"Sister Liu, did we forget someone yesterday?"
Shi Sanmei quickly said, "Yes! It was that Doctor Ma who first poisoned Yingying!"
But Dr. Ma did not show up yesterday.
Because no one expected Deng Jinkui to be struck by lightning and die by chance, everyone's attention was focused on the people present, and they overlooked Doctor Ma!
Liu Yingying's eyes flickered slightly; "Doctor Ma is cunning, I'm afraid he's already run away by now."
Everyone felt indignant; "Oh! He got off too easy!"
Liu Yingying just lowered her head and chuckled softly without saying a word.
Dr. Ma is just a minor character. Now that the real masterminds have been imprisoned, Dr. Ma would better never appear in front of her again!
Otherwise, she'll definitely hold a grudge!
The group sat and chatted for a while longer, their conversation consisting entirely of flattery and ingratiation.
Liu Yingying did not show the slightest impatience on her face, but simply agreed calmly.
Finally, as everyone was leaving, Zhao Di gave each of them a sweet potato the size of a small pumpkin to take home.
This food was delicious and filling, and everyone thanked them profusely before leaving.
In the afternoon, Liu Yingying continued to take the children to the fields to clear wasteland.
But the land left by Scholar Zhu is at least ten acres. If she, an adult, were to work with three children all by herself, who knows how long it would take...
More importantly, she had no experience in farming in her previous life. Call it being spoiled or lazy, whatever...
Anyway, Liu Yingying herself didn't want to suffer like that anymore.
That evening, she took seven or eight eggs and went to Shi Sanmei's house to knock on the door.
"Sister-in-law Shi, is Brother Lin home?"
"I'm here..."
Because of the rain these past two days, the villagers have been working hard in the fields from dawn till dusk, afraid of delaying the growth of the crops.
Lin Desheng had just returned home.
Although Shi Sanmei was puzzled by Liu Yingying's sudden visit and the fact that she was looking for her man, she still warmly invited her in.
"Yingying, is there something you need that you came over so late at night?"
Liu Yingying got straight to the point: "It's like this, everyone knows that my scholar left behind a lot of land before he passed away, but I am, after all, a woman, and my children are still young, so I really can't do much work in the fields... I just wanted to ask if you and Brother Lin have any free time?"
"If you have time, could you help me cultivate those fields so I can grow some things?"
"As for the wages... how about ten coins a day?"
Shi Sanmei was shocked when she heard this; she thought she had misheard.
What kind of rural people hire others to farm?
And she's paying way too much!
"He's free...my husband is free!"
Shi Sanmei didn't have time to think too much and immediately agreed, afraid that this piece of fat meat would fly away...
Liu Yingying left one string of copper coins as an advance payment, and the rest would be settled daily.
After exchanging a few more polite words with Shi Sanmei, he left.
After she left, Shi Sanmei stroked the copper coin again and again, feeling as if she were in a dream.
At this moment, Lin Desheng came out of the house and was very surprised to see that she was holding a whole string of copper coins in her hand.
"Where did you get this money... Wait, who was just here?"
“It’s Yingying…” Shi Sanmei told him everything.
Lin Desheng also felt a sense of unreality; he never expected to have gotten such a great deal...
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