The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 233: Only Managed to Hold in a Fart (6)_1

Chapter 233: Chapter 233: Only Managed to Hold in a Fart (6)_1

"Don’t worry! You just go ahead and sow!" Pei Qin had prepared plenty of bean seeds, and she knew the small seeder wouldn’t really plant that many beans. If there ended up being areas that were too dense, they could thin the seedlings, and the bean sprouts could be used for stir-fry, which were much tastier than yellow bean sprouts.

Sun Quanliang and the others felt that the young lady didn’t understand and tried to persuade her, "This is several tens of acres of land! It’s not a small matter. If you really go ahead and sow like this, how much seed will you waste!"

"Yes! It would be better to place them by hand! We don’t mind the hard work, and we won’t ask for more pay!"

Pei Qin smiled and said, "You just go ahead and sow!" She didn’t listen to them.

Sun Quanliang and the others, full of worry, got busy with the seed distribution.

By the end of the morning, they realized that the amount of seed used was only a bit more than what they needed when placing by hand, yet it was much easier, and they were able to finish sowing an acre of land very quickly.

There were still some beans left to plant when it began to rain.

Seeing that the rain was not light, Sun Quanliang, fearing that a heavier downpour would soak the ground and make it impossible to walk, braved the rain to finish sowing the remaining two acres plus of land.

Pei Qin brought over two jin of wine and a package of sugar-coated peanuts to offer them.

Sitting under the eaves practicing her writing and watching the rain pour down in the courtyard, where the sweet potato leaves were verdant and lush, Pei Qin suddenly said, "Sweet potato leaves can be mixed with flour and steamed, then drizzled with garlic sauce or chili oil to eat! The vines of the sweet potato leaves, after peeling, can be stir-fried!"

Not only did Pei Qian disapprove, but Pei Yuan and Pei Wendong also disagreed, "Elder sister! We don’t even know how much of these seedlings will take root. If you want to eat them, wait until next year when we have more, and then you can have your fill!"

"I was just saying," Pei Qin put away her brush; the words she had been writing on the paper were all about ways to eat sweet potatoes.

However, her casual remarks were likely to be acted upon very soon. All three of them decided to keep an eye on her in the following days until the sweet potato seedlings were firmly in the ground.

After the rain, the sweet potato seedlings grew even faster. In just a few days, they had spread so much that there was scarcely any room to walk in the courtyard.

Lady Yu came over to deliver vegetables and was amazed at the lush greenery filling the courtyard, "Is this the sweet potato you are going to plant!? How has it grown so much everywhere!?"

"It just shot up like crazy after the rain!" Pei Qin guessed that in the inland areas of the Foreign country, where there was less rain, this type of soil was not as conducive to sweet potato growth, which is why here, having absorbed enough nutrients and water, they had exploded in growth.

"With such long vines, how are you going to plant them in the field?" Her family members were quite worried when they heard that she and others were helping to plant sweet potatoes.

"Just cut them into sections and stick them on top of the ridges," said Pei Qin, accepting the vegetables and inviting her inside.

"So convenient and easy to plant!?" Lady Yu wondered why the person who asked them to plant sweet potatoes didn’t do it themselves. Since it was so easy, why go to such lengths to ask Qinqin and her brothers to plant this crop?

After Lady Yu mentioned it at home, Old Scholar Fang also felt it was unusual and came over to take a closer look at the sweet potatoes. They didn’t seem like any kind of poisonous plant, but sweet potatoes... he asked Pei Qin, "Is it from the Foreign country!?" The Foreign country was the most likely place for toxic plants.

Pei Qin did not conceal the truth from him, "It is a kind of grain from the Foreign country. The Jinan Magistrate’s youngest son bought it from a Businessman. I drew some blueprints for him, and in exchange, he let us plant these sweet potatoes. He said they are easy to cultivate and yield a lot. Right now, no one outside knows about it; we tell others it’s a medicinal herb."

Old Scholar Fang took a deep breath, steadied himself, and looked carefully at the thriving sweet potato vines, "The Jinan Magistrate’s youngest son..." Could this be reliable? Or was it true that Qinqin and the other kids had encountered a consort?

Pei Qin couldn’t explain Shen Songming’s story to him, "Let’s just try it! These sweet potatoes taste pretty good, and anyway, it’s not like we have to invest our own money in it!"

"You’ve eaten them already? When did you eat them?" Old Scholar Fang’s expression suddenly turned grave.

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