Chapter 107 What I Forgot
Ye Mingzhu looked at the sweet potatoes in the car and felt particularly satisfied.
There is still so much vacant land on the farm, enough to grow sweet potatoes. She remembered that sweet potatoes are not picky about the land, so even if the land on the farm is not very good, she can definitely grow sweet potatoes.
The old man felt the same as Ye Mingzhu. When he thought about how much money the "lumps of earth" at home could be sold for, he wished the ox cart could go faster.
Jiang Hongyu was driving and chatting with the old man, and soon realized what the old man meant. He glanced at Ye Mingzhu, and Ye Mingzhu held on to the wooden board under her.
He began to accelerate slowly. Fortunately, the road conditions outside the county town were better. Although Ye Mingzhu was holding on to the wooden board under him, he did not feel any shaking.
The old man was quite cheerful: "Oh, I can ride the ox cart for free today. I must tell my wife when I get home."
Although there was not much dirt on this road, Ye Mingzhu focused on balancing her body and did not say much.
The old man’s house is not far from the county town. It is the closest village to the county town. It is called Xinzhuang, and his house is at the entrance of the village.
Jiang Hongyu followed the old man's instructions and parked the ox cart outside his house. The old man first took the cart off the ox cart, then pushed the cart into the yard, shouting as he walked: "Old woman, someone is coming home."
Following the shout, a neatly dressed old lady came out of the house. She looked at the old man with disdain and said, "Why are you covered in so much dirt? Shake it off before you come in."
The old man was stunned for a moment. He had forgotten his wife's habit. He patted her body a few times quickly and asked, "Where is our son?"
The old lady couldn't stand his perfunctory actions, so she picked up a short broom from the side and hit the old man: "You are fooling me again, it's not clean at all, clean it up first and then talk."
The old man began to sweep the floor helplessly, and the old woman curled her lips and said, "My son just said he had something to do and ran out. What are you looking for him for?"
The old man pulled the old lady and whispered something in her ear. The old lady looked at Ye Mingzhu and Jiang Hongyu in disbelief and asked in a low voice, "Really?"
Before the old man could say anything, the old woman came over and asked, "Are you here to buy 'lumps of earth'?"
It turns out that sweet potatoes are called "tu ge da" here?
Ye Mingzhu was a little amused, but nodded: "Yes, we will take whatever you have at home."
The old lady rolled her eyes and asked, "Do you want as much as you want?"
Ye Mingzhu found it a little funny. It is said that two people can sleep in the same bed together. The old lady and the old man were almost as cunning.
"Yes, not only do you have some at home, but if there's any that hasn't been dug out from the ground, we want them too."
On the way here, Ye Mingzhu had already thought about it. No matter how many sweet potatoes the old man had at home, she would collect them all. The good varieties would be used as seeds, and the broken or bad ones would be eaten as food. In any case, nothing would be wasted.
Seeing Ye Mingzhu's words were so clear, the old lady simply spread out her hands and said, "We have another basket at home, but I know where to find it. When do you want it?"
Ye Mingzhu and Jiang Hongyu looked at each other, then looked at the sky. Jiang Hongyu wanted to get the sweet potatoes as soon as possible and return to the farm as soon as possible. They had been out for two days and had to go home early.
He walked up to Ye Mingzhu and said, "It's still early today, why don't we take all the sweet potatoes away."
Ye Mingzhu nodded and looked at the old lady: "How many of these 'lumps of earth' are there?"
Although they only said a few words, she could already see that the old lady had the final say in this family. The old man had already given her a few glances, but the old lady pretended not to see anything.
"I'll go get my son back. Now I'll take you guys out to dig. Take whatever you can."
The old lady gave the old man a light kick after she finished speaking and said, "Go over there and call your son to come back to work."
The old man bent his legs according to the old woman's strength, and there was not even a mark on his pants. The old man had already run out of the yard.
It was obvious that he was very experienced, which made Ye Mingzhu and Jiang Hongyu couldn't help but smile.
The old man's son ran back quickly. He was not tall, but he was very sturdy, just a little dark. When he smiled, one could see his white teeth.
"You bought the 'lumps of earth'? Let me tell you, it's better to eat less of this stuff. Eating too much will make you feel uncomfortable." This man was different from his parents. He spoke with a simple and honest tone.
"We know. Let's go dig now." Ye Mingzhu knew that this was well-intentioned and nodded.
Seeing this, the old man’s son went straight into the house and took out two hoes, handed them to the old man, and the two of them walked towards the backyard.
Ye Mingzhu felt a little strange. Could it be that the sweet potatoes were grown by their family?
The old lady asked Jiang Hongyu to drive the ox cart into the yard, close the gate, carry the bamboo basket on her back, and call two people to follow her.
Jiang Hongyu and Ye Mingzhu followed immediately.
The old man and his son had already left through the back door and casually said, "Why are you so slow?"
The old lady gave the old man a glare and he immediately shut up, turned his head to look at the sky and the ground, but didn't look at them.
Ye Mingzhu couldn't help laughing. The old lady was very kind to her: "Girl, this 'lump of earth' is not far from our backyard. Come with us to dig it up."
The old man wanted to say something, but he shut up obediently under the old woman's glare.
A few people came out from the back door and walked along a small path for a while. The old lady stopped beside a patch of weeds. The old man and his son had already gone forward to dig the soil. The old lady stood here and chatted with Jiang Hongyu and Ye Mingzhu.
Jiang Hongyu naturally showed his eloquence, and Ye Mingzhu was just responsible for nodding.
Of course, she was still observing the surrounding environment. She even walked to the side on the pretext of going to the bathroom. The old lady reminded her to go inside, because there was a small path about a dozen steps outside, which would be very easy to be discovered.
Ye Mingzhu walked over to take a look, and sure enough, she understood why the old lady was willing to bring them here. When she saw the sweet potatoes dug out by the old man and his son, she was even more certain.
Someone must have been passing by here with sweet potato seeds, and they accidentally dropped them and were later discovered by their family.
When they learned that this thing could be eaten as food, they immediately dug up a lot and took it home, so there was so much stock at home.
This time, only half a basket of sweet potatoes were dug out, and this was the result of the eldest and the grandfather searching all the soil nearby.
The old man habitually rubbed the dirt off the sweet potatoes, and the old woman slapped his hand and said, "What are you doing?"
Seeing that all the sweet potatoes had been dug out and that there was a high possibility that someone might pass by, Ye Mingzhu suggested going back to the old man and talking.
The group hurried back and learned that the cleaned sweet potatoes could be sold for four cents per pound. The old lady was even more enthusiastic than the eldest brother.
Jiang Hongyu didn't ask Ye Mingzhu to do it. He watched the old man weigh the potatoes, then directly carried the basket of sweet potatoes to the car and gave the old lady the money. The deal was completed.
After leaving the old man's house, Jiang Hongyu went straight to the farm. There were nearly two hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes. Although some of them were bumped, Ye Mingzhu had already exchanged these sweet potatoes for delicacies.
She was thinking that when she got to the farm, she would take out the cracked sweet potatoes and make some roasted sweet potatoes.
I seemed to have forgotten something in a trance, but since I forgot it, it must be something unimportant.
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