Yi Xin as a concubine

Chapter 177 Potatoes, Corn, and Sweet Potatoes

The oilcloth was lifted, revealing a bamboo basket inside. The basket was filled with round, yellowish-brown eggs. They were not big, with the big ones being as big as an adult's fist and the small ones being about the size of a chicken egg.

"What is this lump of earth? Did Dad make a mistake?" Xin Chengzhi picked up a medium-sized round egg with disdain and studied it over and over again.

"Is this a potato?" Chu Xingchen was very excited when he saw the things in the car. He grabbed one with each hand, turned around and asked Xin Baoer uncertainly.

"You actually know this?" Xin Baoer thought that apart from her, an outsider, no one else knew about this thing, so she asked back in surprise.

"I seem to have seen it in a book. Potatoes are also called yam eggs. They are mostly oval in shape, but there are also irregular ones. They look simple and simple, like small mounds of earth. The color of the outer skin varies, including white, red, yellow, purple, etc. There are buds of different shades on it, which is one of the important signs of potatoes. When potatoes bloom, the vines grow rapidly, covering the earth ridges. The flowers are purple and bright, growing in clusters, with more than ten flowers on each flower stem. The purple petals are like small trumpets, and the bright yellow stamens emit a faint fragrance."

"Tsk, it shows that you have read a lot. If you are so amazing, take a look at what this is."

Xin Chengzhi saw his silly sister looking at another man with sparkling eyes, and felt extremely unhappy. He rolled his eyes and ran to the car behind to take out something with a red skin, which was bigger than a potato, fat in the middle and thin at both ends, and handed it to Chu Xingchen provocatively.

Xin Baoer also looked at Chu Xingchen, wanting to know if he knew him too, but Chu Xingchen took it, looked at it, and shook his head, "I don't know."

Xin Chengzhi was satisfied. Xin Baoer felt heartwarming and funny when she saw her second brother's childish behavior. She took it from Chu Xingchen and looked at it.

"This is sweet potato, also called yam. It can be steamed, boiled, or roasted over a fire. It has a soft, sweet, and filling texture. An adult can feel full by eating two or three of this size."

"Mrs. Xin, what is this?" After Xin Baoer finished speaking, Wangchuan and Wei Yu had already opened the tarpaulin of the last car, and ran over with the yellow thing in the car, asking anxiously.

"This is corn, also known as maize. Remove the rice grains from it and grind it into powder. It can be used to make porridge or iron pancakes. What we see now is fully mature. Before it is fully mature and hard, it can be directly cooked or roasted for a period of time. Both are very delicious."

Xin Baoer said that she missed the taste of roasted corn. Looking at the hard, not-quite-full corn in her hand, she swallowed with some regret.

"Can these replace food?" Chu Xingchen was completely excited. The gentle and graceful young man grabbed Xin Baoer's shoulders excitedly and asked very quickly, as if he was afraid that if he spoke too slowly, the result would be different.

Xin Baoer was also happy and nodded very solemnly to show her affirmation.

Then the whole person flew up. He was startled and almost screamed. Chu Xingchen held Xin Baoer and turned around several times before stopping.

"That's exciting. Let me tell you that these kinds of food have a short planting cycle and high yield. Will you be so excited that you go crazy?"

Xin Baoer was a little dizzy from being spun around, and she rolled her eyes in an ungraceful way, and continued with evil intentions.

"Really? That's great, that's great, the people are saved."

Wangchuan jumped up, hugged Wei Yu excitedly and patted him hard. Wei Yu was also unusually excited, and did not push him away at the first time, but patted him back rudely.

Instead, Chu Xingchen calmed down, holding Xin Baoer's hand, looking so moved that he didn't know what to say. Xin Baoer got goose bumps when she saw this.

"Okay, don't get excited. I know these are just theories. I don't know how to farm. I need to find someone to grow it."

Xin Baoer was really afraid that some of them would get too excited and do something irrational, so she poured cold water on them in time.

"What should we do? Few people know about these things, how can we grow them?" Wei Yu asked with a frown.

"One thing leads to another. They are all food. There are records in books on how to grow them, but there is a lack of practical experience. Find some experienced farmers to go to the greenhouse. With the greenhouse, we can study it in winter."

Xin Baoer had already figured out what to do. She felt that growing it should not be difficult, the only issue was the yield.

"But how can I make them sprout as soon as possible?" Xin Baoer said to herself.

"Sprout? Little Eighth Sister, are you talking about this?" Xin Chengzhi walked behind Xin Baoer with two yam eggs in his hand. He just heard what Xin Baoer said and asked hesitantly.

Xin Baoer turned her head and saw that tiny buds had grown from the eyes of the potatoes in her second brother's hand.

Xin Baoer smiled. This was really like someone sending a pillow just when you were sleepy. "Are there many like this?"

After hearing what she said, several people went to check in one car each, and then each came back with a few.

"Did you not take down the oilcloth along the way?" Xin Baoer asked Xin Chengzhi.

"It seems so. Dad said that he didn't cover it so tightly before. But it always rains in the south, so it was troublesome to cover and uncover it. Later, he never opened it again."

Seeing Xin Baoer's thoughtful expression, Chu Xingchen frowned and asked, "But it can't be used?"

Xin Baoer noticed his nervousness when he asked this question, and shook her head and said, "They can be used. We don't have to think about how to make them germinate. Go back and pick out the ones that have germinated. When the spores grow bigger, we can start growing seedlings."

Hearing her say this, several people breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is there anything else?" Xin Baoer asked Xin Chengzhi again.

"Yes, there is also a cloth bag. I don't know what's inside." It was Wei Yu who answered her, and handed her a cloth bag that was neither too big nor too small.

Xin Baoer couldn't wait to open the bag and reached in. There were bags and oil paper packages of various sizes inside. Some of them had labels, but most of them didn't.

Xin Baoer hesitantly opened a few, then twitched her mouth, "Well, good, I don't know her, are you asking her to open the blind box?"

Chu Xingchen had been staring at her fiddling with the things in her hands. Seeing her embarrassed expression, his heart sank and he asked, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Xin Baoer put down the things in her hand, shook her head and replied, "Nothing, I asked my father and his men to collect various seeds for me. They did exceed the target, but there were too many. I don't even know what kind of food they were."

Chu Xingchen smiled relaxedly after hearing this, "It's okay, we'll study it slowly, maybe we'll know after we grow it."

"This is the only way." Xin Baoer spread her hands, looking helpless.

"How do we deal with these things?" Xin Chengzhi couldn't stand seeing the two of them being so affectionate in front of him, as if they were very close, so he pushed Chu Xingchen away and asked while pulling Xin Baoer.

Xin Baoer thought for a while and said, "Wangchuan, Ayu, pick out some potatoes and sweet potatoes that haven't sprouted yet. You don't need too many, just enough for one or two meals. Oh, pick some for my second brother as well."

The two of them responded and started to work.

"Second brother, take it back first. I'll ask Lancao to cook it for you guys later. You can all try it."

"By the way, Ayu, take more corn. It will become less if the kernels are shredded."

"I'll have to trouble my second brother to help me deliver the rest to the greenhouse." Xin Baoer gave her brother an order with a sweet smile.

"Don't be polite with Second Brother. Leave it to me. I will ensure safe delivery." Xin Chengzhi patted his chest and promised.

Some of the four people returned empty-handed, while others returned with bags full of large and small items.

"Wow! What are these? Can you eat them?"

As soon as the things were put in the kitchen, Lancao immediately came over, grabbed one with each hand, looked at it and asked excitedly.

"Of course, and it's super delicious!" Xin Baoer replied.

After all, people who can cook and love to cook have more or less some potential to be a foodie. Xin Baoer was eager to try these things that she often ate in her previous life but hadn't eaten for a long time since she came here.

He looked around and said, "Cao'er, are you going to stew the meat?"

Lancao nodded, and Xin Baoer immediately picked out a few potatoes from the bamboo basket and handed them over, "These are potatoes. Peel them, cut them into pieces, and stew them with the meat."

"Oh, okay!" Lancao was overjoyed and took it and started to deal with it quickly.