Luohuazhishui

In a blink of an eye, it was July again.The weather this summer is really hot.The men worked in the fields with their shirts off, wishing they could be naked.

The sweet potatoes in Chen Zhishui's field were ripe.

Today, she pulled an ox cart to the field to harvest sweet potatoes. When the villagers heard that the Chen family's land was about to be harvested, they all put down their work and rushed over to watch.

"Hey, Sanshun, do we still count on the bet we made last time?"

Villager A asked.

Jiang Sanshun knew it very well, last time he followed Chen Zhishui up the mountain.He can't know what can be dug out in his family's field.

Isn't it just a few dark things, Chen Zhishui didn't dig out a few after digging for so long last time.

Even if this stuff is delicious, it won't produce much, and it will lose money if it is planted.What's more, how could this dark and dark food be delicious.It doesn't look like it looks good.

"Nonsense, Lao Jia, when did we talk without counting! Isn't it just a catty of flour. It's not certain who wins. I've decided today that his Chen Zhishui's land can't produce six hundred catties in total. "

Lao Jia laughed, anyway, he was here to gamble.A catty of flour is not too much, it doesn't matter if you win or lose.

What Chen Zhishui thought in his heart was just to watch the show, it doesn't matter anyway.Today she hired two people to help her harvest sweet potatoes.The two should be here by now.

Think what comes.

"Haha, Chen Liehu, congratulations on building a new house. Last year, your wheat was confiscated for the second crop. My brother and I went to inquire about it. Others said that you went to work as a supervisor for the new house built by yourself. Hahaha."

Chen Zhishui usually hires people to harvest wheat from the brothers of this family.There are many brothers in his family, and even if his own land is harvested early, he can't use so many people. Except for the four brothers who work at home, there are three more who are looking for odd jobs outside.

Usually Chen Zhishui hired these three brothers.

The boss didn't come this time, it is said that he is planning to marry a wife.The fifth and sixth came.

"Hehe, that's right. When we build a new house at home, we need to keep an eye on it. The land has been idle for more than half a year. By the way, it's not wheat that's being recycled. I'll teach you how to harvest it later."

The fifth child scratched his head. "Chen Liehu, what is the green plant in your field? I've never seen it before."

The sixth child was also wondering, looking at the cabbage and not thinking that cabbage and spinach are not like spinach.What is it.

"I call it sweet potato. Its stems are placed in the ground, and when they come out, they are black and red. It is delicious to eat. The seedlings pulled from the North Mountain are planted for fun. I don't know if they can produce. How many."

The fifth child was even more confused after hearing this, is there still something to play with here?

"It's fine to dig out the sweet potatoes like me, but remember to handle them gently so as not to damage the skin of the sweet potatoes."

The old five and the six will be able to see it after a while.The three of them became more and more proficient at harvesting, and put the sweet potatoes aside, which looked like a bunch from a distance.

The sweet potatoes that came out this time were big and red.It is bigger than the one on the mountain.

The villagers came here from time to time to see how the Chen family's land was doing.As for Jiang Sanshun, every time I come to see it, my heart feels cold.

How can this thing produce so many?It's okay, even if you produce a lot, this stuff won't taste good!Definitely not making money.

"Hahaha, this is half an acre, and I think it will cost more than [-] catties. Shunzi, I am willing to accept the bet. Hahaha"

"Cut! If you lose, you lose! Lao Jia, we are not dishonest people, we will do what we say, and I will give you a catty when the wheat is finished grinding!"

It took a total of five days to harvest, plan and bag the sweet potatoes on this acre of land.Not counting the damage, there could be a total of more than 700 catties.

Now the whole village exploded.

Everyone knew that the output of the things the Chen family had grown had surpassed the five or six crops of wheat they had grown.

But they still didn't dare to ask Chen Zhishui, after all, she was still the evil star who killed her parents.The villagers were afraid that if they walked too close, bad luck would be passed on to them.

Usually, the Cheng family and Chen Zhishui communicated so frequently that the villagers avoided seeing the Cheng family now.If you accidentally touch it, you have to burn a stick of incense to ask your ancestors to bless you when you go home.

But Jiang Sanshun didn't believe in those evils. Ever since he knew that the Chen family produced more than 4000 catties of grain.His mind started to live, and after observing for a while, if this thing is really popular, then he will plant it in the second crop of land.

When Chen Zhishui got home, he moved the stove and charcoal that had been ordered a month ago to the cart, and tried to bake it himself first.

It's easy to get started, first preheat the stove, then put the big sweet potatoes in the middle of the stove near the charcoal fire, put the small ones aside, and bake them for half an hour before they come out of the oven.

The outer skin of the sweet potato is blackened by charcoal, and the sugar juice oozes from the meat. After breaking open, the inner flesh is golden in color, forming a perfect color contrast with the black skin.There is heat in the sweet potatoes that are broken open after they are just out of the oven, but it is not obvious in this hot summer.

Chen Zhishui's dinner today is them, sweet potatoes and easy to fill up.She was full after eating two large ones.There are four big ones and two small ones left.

The Cheng family next door started to make noise again.It is impossible for the Cheng family and his wife to be aggressive towards Cheng Jinbao, so Cheng Luohua was the only one being scolded at this time.

Although she didn't know the reason, Chen Zhishui reckoned that Cheng Luohua wouldn't be able to eat dinner again today.

It was the time to harvest the wheat, and there was still a lot of physical work to be done. If she didn't eat, Cheng Luohua would have a hard time like last time.

Anyway, I can't finish it.It's better to take these to Cheng's house.Chen Zhishui didn't expect the Cheng family to accept her favor.Besides, she didn't take it for the three white-eyed wolves.

"Dong dong..." Chen Zhishui knocked on the open door of Cheng's house.

Qin Shulan was training Cheng Luohua.He didn't see her, but Cheng Jinbao had sharp eyes.He saw what Chen Zhishui was holding.

"Hey, Chen Zhishui, what are you holding in your hand? For me? Hahaha, then I'll be rude."

Cheng Jinbao pulled, but he didn't come over.Anxious.

"Chen Zhishui, what do you mean? You still regret it after giving it to me?"

Seeing Chen Zhishui coming with something in his hand, Qin Shulan stopped talking and scolded Cheng Luohua.

Chen Zhishui cast a glance at Cheng Jinbao.

"It's not for you alone"

Cheng Jinbao glared at her, thinking that anyway, I can eat anyone you give.

Chen Zhishui picked a big one for Cheng Luohua.The rest was even given to Qin Shulan.

Cheng Jinbao's eyes were about to pop out.He had stared at the biggest one a long time ago. Although he didn't know if it was good or not, it was really delicious.

Reaching out her hand, she took out the second-largest sweet potato from the basin in Qin Shulan's hand, and broke it hard with both hands, and the fragrance was instantly tangy.Take a bite of sweetness, the taste is soft, and the skin tendons are chewy.After swallowing, the lips and teeth will be fragrant.

After wolfing down one big sweet potato, Cheng Jinbao stared at the remaining four in the pot with green eyes.

Chen Zhishui knew that Cheng Jinbao would definitely snatch Cheng Luohua's sweet potatoes as soon as he left.

"Actually, to be honest, this sweet potato is not given to you for free. I came here to ask Cheng Luohua to help me embroider a flower. I was a little anxious. I will take her there and let her come back in an hour."

Cheng Jinbao didn't care much about eating sweet potatoes.Isn't it just embroidering flowers? Embroider a few more and exchange a few sweet potatoes for eating.

"Go, go, you can embroider as much as you want, and you can let her embroider in the future, as long as you send sweet potatoes over."

Qin Shulan also has no objection.My son loves to eat, just embroider a flower.You can substitute sweet potatoes.

Chen Zhishui brought Cheng Luohua back to the courtyard.

"Luo'er, sit on the stool, eat this and rest for a while before going back."

How could Luohua not understand this return trip.

"Then, I don't need to embroider for you."

"Hahaha, dare not, dare not."

……

The next day.

Chen Zhishui stuffed the sweet potatoes into the stove to roast early, and now a batch has been cooked, and it is being placed on the stove and covered with a sackcloth.

Chen Zhishui found a place with a lot of people to set up a stall.The aroma of roasted sweet potatoes attracts many people.But no one came to buy it, because they were shocked by the astonishing price.

30 Wen a catty.

Where can ordinary people afford to eat.

At the moment, there are quite a few people watching, and they are all fresh with ingredients that they have never seen before.Chen Zhishui was not in a hurry to sell, and put a batch on the stove after baking.Anyway, there will definitely be foodies who can't bear the smell, and there may be people who are a little richer and not short of the money to buy it.

"Give me a little taste"

Finally some foodie can't stand it anymore.

Chen Zhishui picked the smallest one and weighed it.

"Half a catty is more than two taels. I will charge you 15 Wen."

The foodie gave the money and just stood in front of the stall and ate.

The onlookers saw him take a bite and taste it.After that, I ate all the sweet potatoes in a few bites, and there was nothing left.

"Give me another big one!"

Now the group of onlookers became even more curious, clamoring for one.The small ones were sold out, and some people began to split the sweet potatoes and divide them equally.Until the baked sweet potatoes are gone.The new sweet potatoes are still roasting in the oven.There are no fewer people, and everyone is queuing up to wait for the new batch to come out.

At the end of the day, the two bags of sweet potatoes brought by Chen Zhishui were finished roasting, and the copper coins and silver were earned enough to have half a sack of sacks.Roughly speaking, there can be a little more than four taels of silver.

Come back fully loaded.

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Four taels of silver is equivalent to RMB 1200.

Preview of the next chapter: Jealousy of the Chen family's bounty