farming female castellan

Chapter 126 High Yield of Sweet Potatoes

Many villagers in the field recognized Zhang Ci and saw the group of children.

"Who are they?"

"Is it Mr. Zhang's family?"

"Are there so many children in Mr. Zhang's family?"

"I heard that Ms. Chen has adopted several younger siblings."

The villagers communicated one after another.

Zhang Ci took the children down the mountain, and Chen Fan and the others had already prepared lunch.A big pot of tomato noodles, reheated meat buns, fried sliced ​​meat with seasonal vegetables, if not enough, scallion pancakes can be eaten cold.

Children love the taste of tomato, sour and appetizing.When Zhang Ci came back from outside, what Chen Fan moved out of his carriage was actually taken out from her space.

The two tomato trees were planted in the garden, and the children liked the bright red fruits very much.

"What is this?" Chen Zhongliang asked.

"I don't know either. I just thought it was red and festive, so I brought it back." Zhang Ci said.

"The red fruit, let's call it Hongguo." Chen Xiu gave it a name.

"It is quite similar to a persimmon, both in shape and color." Chen Ying said.

"How about calling it Tomato?" Chen Xiu thought of another name.

Everyone reacted badly together, saying several names in a hurry.Finally, Chen Fan made a final decision: "Like a watermelon and a pumpkin, let's call it a tomato."

"Why not call it Dong Tomato, South Tomato, and North Tomato?" Chen Ya had a question.

"The tomato rhythm sounds better." Chen Yue said.

Chen Fan didn't tell them the name "Tomato". Its shape is very different from that of an eggplant, so they can't be related.

Then, the genes engraved in the bones of Chinese people began to think: "Can I eat it? Is it delicious?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Zhang Ci, and he shook his head: "Don't look at me, I don't know, I just think it's bright red, which symbolizes prosperity, and it feels auspicious and festive to put it at home."

"Do you want to try?" Chen Zhongzhu weakly suggested.Everyone immediately opposed it, fearing that something would happen to him.

Chen Fan picked the ripest and reddest fruit, went to the kitchen to wash it, cut it into slices, brought it out, and took a bite first.Everyone was so frightened that they stood up and stretched out their hands, as if they wanted to pick but dared not.

"I've eaten it, it's delicious." Chen Fan said.

Everyone still couldn't believe it.

"I've seen a lot, trust me."

Chen Zhongyan took a slice first: "I believe in Eldest Sister."

Zhangci was the second one, and the other children also ate a piece of it.

Just one tomato, for eleven people to eat, only a small slice for each person.

"Sour!" This is the unanimous feeling of everyone.

"Fresh!" Several people shared their new experiences.

"I still want to eat." Chen Ya said.Chen Fan cut another one.

Chen Fan picked two more tomatoes and made them a tomato and egg soup. A group of children drank the soup like piglets.Chen Zhongyan looked at everyone with distaste, and finished the soup in one gulp with a bowl.

In the next few days, tomato scrambled eggs and tomato noodles once again conquered the children's stomachs.

After lunch, the children rested for a while and started digging sweet potatoes.

Many villagers gathered around, and the four Lizhengs also came.

"We haven't dug this sweet potato, so we're not sure if it's grown well," said Du Lizheng from Shangma Village.

"You guys can really hold your breath." Chen Fan smiled, "Is the sweet potato vine delicious?"

Some people said it was delicious, and some said it was not delicious, and they were told: "It's because you didn't cook it well."

Chen Fan first cut off a piece of sweet potato vine, leaving only a few centimeters of stubble, and gently dug the soil with a hoe, and soon some red things were exposed, and the eyes of the villagers were shining.

Then dig off the soil bit by bit along the sweet potato, and a huge sweet potato is displayed in front of everyone!
Everyone took a breath and let out a burst of exclamation.

"Wow! So big!"

“What a big sweet potato!”

"Bigger than a little doll's head!"

Someone rushed up impatiently, picked up the big sweet potato, laughed hahaha, and held it up for everyone to see.

Two more people squatted down and eagerly scraped the soil, revealing more sweet potatoes.Some were anxious, grabbed the vine and pulled it out, and the sweet potatoes were hung on the vine one by one, and they were lifted up.The exclamation on the field grew louder.

"One sweet potato vine has so many fruits? I planted a hundred vines." Someone yelled.

Everyone remembered that they could harvest hundreds of catties of sweet potatoes.The more lively ones jumped up on the spot, and the quieter ones clapped their hands and thighs, all laughing.

Many people cried excitedly: "There is no need to go hungry in winter. With so many sweet potatoes, the whole family can be full."

Chen Fan looked at it, pinched it, and said, "We take advantage of the fact that it doesn't rain these two days, so we hurry up and harvest the sweet potatoes. If it rains and the temperature cools down, the sweet potatoes are easy to rot. Cut off the vines today and let the water disperse them a bit." Dig it up tomorrow. Remember to dig it out and put it away gently, so as not to break it."

Jiang Li was thinking a lot: "There are so many sweet potatoes, I can't finish them in a day or two, is there any way to preserve them?"

Chen Fan smiled: "Do you dig a cellar? Dig a cellar to store some, and store the rest in a dry and ventilated place." As for the shade or the sunny place, it's up to the villagers to think about it.

Jiang Li was looking at the terraced fields and said, "Girl, this rice is different from anything we have seen. I have been planting for decades, and I have never seen such a short rice. I was a little worried at first, but there was a strong wind for two days. , The rice we planted before fell a lot, but the rice on this terrace is still good."

Chen Fan smiled: "The rice is shorter and not easy to fall." She didn't say terms such as lodging resistance.

"The ears of rice are also very full. Today's output must be very high." Jiang Lizheng was very happy.

Chen Fan nodded, but didn't say how much he produced.Time to surprise them again.

The villagers dispersed one after another and went home to work.

The children couldn't wait to pick up the hoe and start working.

"Ah!" Someone screamed distressedly, a big sweet potato was hoeed off.

While hoeing, the children looked at other people's sweet potatoes, wanting to see who had more and bigger sweet potatoes.

After working for an hour, everyone dug out a lot of sweet potatoes, and they were all panting from exhaustion, their faces were flushed.

"This mu of land must be several thousand catties?" Zhang Ci looked at the sweet potatoes dug out.

"Yes, if it is planted well, it can yield four to five thousand catties, and if it is almost two to three thousand catties, it is possible to have a higher yield." Chen Fan said.

"The food problem can be solved. The villagers of Yema Mountain and Qijiadu can live a good life for two years, and the rice production there will be astonishing. Someone from the county government will come here soon." Zhang Ci looked at it. she.

"What will they do?"

(End of this chapter)