Even though Youyou has the means to eat French fries often, this time she acted as if she had never eaten them before, swallowing her saliva along with Zhao Xiaoxiu, eagerly anticipating the arrival of this delicious food.
Needless to say, Sister Monkey, although she had never eaten French fries before, almost drooled after hearing Youyou's description.
The three stood at the door, gazing longingly, until the adults finally returned, dragging their harvest of evolved potatoes.
After all, it was just a potato field of a little over 100 square meters, and five adults finished it in less than half an hour.
Last year, I planted eighty seedlings, and they steadily produced eighty potatoes, not a single one of which was wasted.
Each potato weighs about 20 jin (10 kg), and they are all roughly the same size, with some being rounder. The total yield is 1650 jin (822.5 catties).
Even after removing the three that Zhao Xiaoxiu cut off, there are still 1600 jin left.
Because he had no prior experience in agricultural planting, Zhao Gang wasn't sure about the specific market price. But this didn't diminish its value as food.
All the Evolution Potatoes were transported home. Zhao Gang specially cleared out a space in the storage room, poured the potatoes directly onto the ground, and stored them in a cool place.
When he finished his work and turned around, he saw Zhao Xiaoxiu, Youyou, and Sister Hou staring at him expectantly from the doorway.
"French fries!" Zhao Xiaoxiu and Youyou said in unison.
Zhao Gang had no reason to refuse such a simple request, but not immediately. He had something else to do, so he patted the two children's heads, signaling them to wait a moment.
"Do it tonight," Zhao Gang gave the exact time.
The two little ones immediately looked up at the sky; the sun was already setting in the west, so it must be very soon.
“Dad, let’s go catch fish,” Zhao Xiaoxiu said.
Zhao Gang nodded, "We can also grill fish tonight. I've already made chili powder from the chilies Hao Ran sent."
Zhao Xiaoxiu exclaimed in surprise, "I like spicy food!"
Youyou chimed in, "I like spicy food too!"
The two children and the monkey couldn't wait to grab the empty bucket and run to the pond, eagerly anticipating tonight's feast.
After watching them leave, Zhao Gang summoned the Meng family mother and her two children to carry out the final distribution of the fruits of their labor.
There's an old saying: if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it grass.
Since the Meng family mother and her two children are now his hired laborers and actively participate in labor production, he should pay them a wage.
Zhao Gang selected five "evolved potatoes," weighing exactly one hundred jin (approximately 50 kg), placed them in a basket, and handed them to Granny Meng.
"Gangzi, this?" Granny Meng was quite surprised. Meng Da and Meng Er also didn't expect to get a share.
After all, they weren't there when the evolved potatoes were planted; at most, they only helped harvest the potatoes today and deserve a little credit.
As for casually pulling out mutated weeds on a regular basis, that doesn't even count as work. In fact, Xiaoxiu and Sister Monkey have pulled out more than they have.
Zhao Gang could tell from the expressions on the mother and her two children that they had misunderstood him.
He led the three of them outside the courtyard and pointed to a clearing that had been roughly cleared at the foot of the southern hillside.
This was a piece of wasteland that Granny Meng had roughly cleared before she discussed with Zhao Xiaoxiu about setting up her own mutant fruit and vegetable plantation and ranch. It totaled less than two acres.
Now Zhao Gang directly allocated twenty mu of land, including those two mu, and said to the three members of the Meng family:
“From now on, you can keep this land for yourselves. I will give you seeds for all kinds of crops this year. Starting next year, you will be self-sufficient, and the land rent, house rent, and seeds will be offset by your labor.”
The three members of the Meng family were overjoyed and flattered.
Granny Meng was the first to react, and hurriedly said, "Gangzi, you're at a huge disadvantage like this. We haven't even settled the matter of the evolution potion yet."
The fact that you receive far more than you give is unsettling.
Zhao Gang understood what the three members of the Meng family were thinking; he didn't feel they hadn't done enough. He simply regarded them as guards helping to look after the cubs.
"That's settled then." Zhao Gang made the final decision. He still needed to fry French fries for the cub and her friends, and didn't want to waste too much energy on trivial matters.
Before returning, Zhao Gang instructed the Meng brothers to save the evolved potato seeds so that they could learn how to plant them together when he planted them a second time.
Growing evolved potatoes seems simple, but it's actually not that simple. Now that seeds are scarce, you have to be extra careful with each one.
The two brothers readily agreed; they would study hard. This isn't just potatoes; it's clearly a bright future!
Remembering that Zhao Xiaoxiu had just said they would have grilled fish and French fries for dinner, the mother and her two children exchanged glances; they were also getting hungry.
But these five potatoes are for saving as seeds.
"Hey! Brother Gang, let us help you!" Meng Er grabbed his brother and hurriedly caught up with Zhao Gang.
The two followed him into the hall, and Zhao Gang didn't say anything.
But just when the two brothers thought he had tacitly agreed to their participation, Zhao Gang suddenly told them to stay put, turned a corner, went into the storage room, took out a small cloth bag, and handed it to the two of them.
Zhao Gang pointed with his long, strong finger to the newly cultivated vegetable garden outside and said expressionlessly:
"Once the mutated pumpkin seeds are planted, we can save some of our food for tonight."
“This…” Meng Er frowned, not because he wanted to refuse, but because “Brother, I really don’t know how.”
Zhao Gang: "Dig a hole, put a seed in it, pour half a ladle of water on it, cover it with soil, to a depth of ten to fifteen centimeters, and go."
Fearing the two might be unsure, Zhao Gang considerately took a ruler from the tool shed and handed it to Meng Da.
The two brothers' eyes darted left and right, completely bewildered.
But for that dinner, I had to go even if I was confused.
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