bestfiction Chapter 216 Sweet Potato Harvest
Chapter 216 Sweet Potato Harvest
After hearing what Aunt Zhang said, Er Yue slowly raised his head, and even his expression looked a little unnatural.
"No, I, I was worried that if I walked too fast, I would accidentally fall and break it."
As she spoke, she carefully raised the hairpin that she had been holding in her hand in front of Aunt Zhang. Only then did Aunt Zhang see that Er Yue's hands were covered in sweat.
"Hey, kid, how about your mother hold it for you..."
"Okay, Mom, you take care of that. I'll support you as you walk!"
Seeing how nervous Eryue was, Aunt Zhang became nervous too. So the journey back, which should have taken only an incense stick of time, ended up taking the two of them half an hour.
The next day, everyone heard that Han Yiyi was going to harvest sweet potatoes, so they all rushed over early in the morning. They wanted to see what this thing that everyone was longing for looked like and whether it was edible.
In fact, Han Yiyi had told everyone before that in addition to the sweet potatoes below, the leaves and sweet potato stems above are also edible.
During this period, the wild vegetables on the mountain did not grow as fast as everyone could eat them, and now they are bare, so everyone set their sights on these sweet potato leaves. Now think about it, only Han Yi's family's sweet potato leaves are still intact.
Because Han Yi's family's sweet potatoes were planted in the ground, she went to Kyoto and hardly took care of them in the meantime. Now its roots are not very thick, and she thought the sweet potatoes below should not be very big. But when the first one was dug out, not to mention everyone, even Han Yi was stunned.
There are five or six sweet potatoes on one rhizome, and each one is big and long. It looks like each one weighs about three or four pounds. In total, one rhizome can produce almost twenty pounds of sweet potatoes.
Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned with shock. Someone actually swallowed his saliva, and then everyone came to their senses.
Because everyone was worried that digging out the sweet potatoes too early would spoil them, so during this period, even if everyone was very hungry, they didn't dare to dig them up, and only ate the leaves and sweet potato stems. So now that the big frame is here, it can be said that it is the first time for everyone to see sweet potatoes.
"Girl Yi Yi, this, this is the sweet potato you mentioned. One potato can produce so many. Then, how many kilograms will this acre of land produce..."
Looking at the sweet potato in Han Yiyi's hand, the village chief's voice trembled a little.
After hearing what the village chief said, Han Yiyi thought about it. When they asked everyone to plant, they planted 3,000 plants per acre. If one plant can produce 20 kilograms of sweet potatoes, then there will be 60,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes per acre.
Han Yiyi was shocked by the number she calculated. She knew that in modern times, the yield of sweet potatoes in places with higher yields was only about 7,000 to 10,000 kilograms.
The yield here is so high, could it be because the sweet potato seedlings are produced by the system? Thinking that maybe not every one will produce so many fruits, Han Yiyi dug out another one.
Sure enough, this time there were obviously fewer fruits than the previous one. There were only two larger ones on it, which looked to weigh only about four or five pounds.
Seeing this, Han Yiyi dug two more in succession. Sure enough, some were big, some were small, some were more, and some were less. Han Yiyi made a rough estimate and then spoke.
"There are big and small ones like this. It seems that one acre of land should be able to produce about 6,000 kilograms, but we have to dig them all out to see the details."
As soon as Han Yiyi finished speaking, she heard the sounds of people around her gasping and swallowing.
When Han Yiyi said that one acre of land could produce 5,000 kilograms, everyone was already a little bit unbelievable. They didn't expect that now it would be more than 5,000 kilograms.
"As expected, it's worthy of being a gift from the gods. With this sweet potato, we will never have to go hungry again." After hearing Han Yiyi's words, someone sighed, and then he knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and muttered to himself.
"Thank you, gods. Thank you, gods..."
Seeing one person do this, the others immediately followed suit and kowtowed.
At this moment, Han Yiyi remembered that in order not to expose his system, he had said that the sweet potato seedlings were given by the gods.
Then a trace of unnaturalness flashed across his face. He was wondering whether he should kneel or not.
But thinking about it, in order to promote the sweet potatoes, Han Yiyi had made a statement before, saying that each family should save some sweet potatoes and promote them as seeds, so he spoke.
"Everyone, get up quickly. I think the gods have already felt your sincerity. But don't forget what we promised the gods before. Every family must hand over some sweet potatoes as seeds and promote them throughout Beichen. In this way, the people of Beichen will not go hungry..."
"Yes, yes, yes, we will pay, we will pay..."
"Yes, Han girl, we will pay whatever amount you say..."
After hearing what everyone said, Han Yiyi thought that this promotion could not be achieved overnight, so he spoke.
"Then each family will get 100 kilograms. But there's no rush. After everyone has dug out all the sweet potatoes, we'll hand over the 100 kilograms for seeds to the village chief, who will then hand them over to the town supervisor for promotion."
After hearing Han Yiyi's words, everyone nodded repeatedly, no one disagreed, but someone still asked.
"Girl Han, it's not even October yet. Even if we want to plant rice, we have to wait until next year. So, is it possible to just let the sweet potatoes in the field grow like this? We can dig them up when we want to eat them. Let them grow for a few more days. Will they grow bigger?"
When the others heard this, they all looked at Han Yiyi, because they wanted to ask the same question. Eating and digging at the same time, with endless food in the ground, was a wonderful thought.
"If you don't want to dig it now, you can wait a little longer, but it's best to dig it all out before the end of October. Otherwise, if you leave it in the ground, it will freeze when the weather gets cold..."
"Ah? They're frozen. If we dig them all out, where should we put them?"
When everyone heard Han Yiyi say that the food would be frozen, they were shocked. If so much food was frozen, wouldn't it be a waste? Even the village chief asked anxiously.
"Yes, Han girl, if we dig out all of this, what should we do with it when it snows? Is there any good way to store it..."
At this time, everyone was worried about the excessive production.
Seeing everyone's faces full of anxiety, Han Yiyi hurriedly spoke.
"Don't worry, just dig a cellar and put the sweet potatoes in there. Of course, you can also cut the sweet potatoes into slices and dry them for storage, or you can make some sweet potato flour and keep it. This way, they can be stored for a long time."