farm lady

Chapter 19 Sweet Potato Project
Chapter 20 discusses planting sweet potatoes

"Big Ya, do you still have sweet potatoes? Do you want to dig some on the mountain?" Zhang asked nervously.She never thought that sweet potatoes would be so valuable, and she regarded the ten ones left at home as treasures, and those were worth more than ten taels of silver.

"Mother, we have finished digging, and there may be more next year. If it doesn't work, let's plant some." Yi Xue said with a smile, she hoped to be able to plant openly instead of digging secretly.

"How do I grow this thing?" Mrs. Zhang looked at the sweet potatoes with some difficulty.

Yi Xue didn't say a word, this thing can't be said yet.

"Mother, I plan to use this money to buy a few acres of land, what do you think?" Yi Xue looked at Mrs. Zhang, and she knew that the farm is the foundation of a farmer.

Hearing that Yi Xue wanted to buy land, Zhang was even more excited. She had never expected to buy land, and she was already good enough to live on.

"It's good to buy land, it's good to buy land," Zhang muttered, tears streaming down again.

"Mother, is the land here cheap?" Yi Xue didn't know the land price, so she casually asked Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang nodded, "There are three types of land here, irrigated land, dry land and sandy land. Irrigated land is the best. It is estimated that it costs 18 taels of silver per mu, dry land costs [-] taels of silver, and sandy land costs about [-] taels of silver."

After estimating the price, Yi Xue nodded, "Mother, although we have money now, we don't have much money, so why don't we buy sandy land and dry land first?"

Yixue has her own plans, dry land is not convenient for watering, but she has space for spring water, don't be afraid, the sandy land is just for growing sweet potatoes.

Mrs. Zhang was a little puzzled, "Although the dry land and sandy land are cheap, the harvest is not good."

Mrs. Zhang didn't refuse, for some reason, when Da Ya spoke, she felt convinced, that kind of feeling of trust.

"Mother, let me tell you the truth, sweet potatoes are best grown in sandy land, so I bought sandy land." Yi Xue must reveal a little secret, otherwise she will be discovered sooner or later.

"Big girl, are you serious? How did you know that?" Mrs. Zhang asked in doubt.

"Mother, some things are secrets and cannot be said. I will tell you later," Yi Xue said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhang nodded, as long as she can grow sweet potatoes, she can say anything.

"Mother, how did you buy the land?" Yi Xue knew nothing about buying land.

"The purchase of land must be approved by the village chief and the district chief, and the formalities must be completed in the yamen." Zhang was a little embarrassed, "but the village chief and the district chief are not close to us."

Yi Xue sighed, and then said, "Mother, don't worry about it, you can invite the village chief to come home."

Mrs. Zhang hummed, "The head of the village is not from the village, but he is also a kind-hearted man. Da Ya, it will be much easier to deal with the head of the village."

Yi Xue nodded, "Mother, if that's the case, it's better for us to go to the Li Chang's house tomorrow, and be more polite."

Mrs. Zhang asked, "Brother, let's go tomorrow, what should we bring, we can't go empty-handed."

Yi Xue nodded, and then said, "Tomorrow morning, let Xiaojun beat two catties of pork and prepare it for the village chief and the village chief's house. Then my mother and I will go to the village chief's house first."

"Mother," without waiting for Mrs. Zhang to speak, Yi Xue said to her younger brothers and sisters, "We can't talk about our sweet potato planting, or it will be a lot of trouble. The money means that we accidentally dug a ten-year-old ginseng on the mountain." , I sold it for a little money, so I thought about buying land.”

Mrs. Zhang understood, Xiaojun and Erya also understood. Although Sanya didn't understand why she lied, she knew it was for everyone's benefit. Besides, she hoped that only she knew the secret of sweet potatoes. This is the nature of a child.

"It's still thoughtful, okay, we'll do it tomorrow." Mrs. Zhang went to prepare happily.

When she was free in the afternoon, Yi Xue asked Xiaojun to teach herself calligraphy, and she took Erya and Sanya to learn together.Sanya didn't have much patience, she lost her mind when she watched.Fortunately, Yi Xue was not threatened by eating sweet potatoes, so she followed suit honestly.

Yi Xue graduated from university, so she was quicker in herringbone. Whenever Xiao Jun finished writing a word on the ground, Yi Xue asked him to write another one, which surprised Xiao Jun.

(End of this chapter)