Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 323 Start Trial Planting

Seeing Gu Yunji's return, Qiu Xiao's eyes widened in surprise: "My lord, why are you back now?"

Gu Yunji has always been very strict in his duties. He clocks in on time every day, and never arrives late or leaves early. It is the first time that he returned home after noon today.

"I have something very important."

Gu Yunji was in an urgent mood, and before he had time to explain too much to her, he called someone to bring in the potatoes brought by the yamen servants, then walked non-stop to the back garden, and asked Qiu Xiao in the midst of his hectic: "Where's Madam?"

He walked fast, walking like the wind, and Qiu Xiao almost didn't keep up: "Madam is taking a nap, what happened? Do you want to wake her up?"

"No, let Shuhua sleep, I can handle it myself."

Gu Yunji answered casually, looked around in the back garden, and finally chose a square piece of land next to the wall.It is best to apply farmyard manure before planting potatoes, but it is not easy to find farmyard manure at this time. Fortunately, this land is planted with ornamental flowers and plants all year round, and it is still fertile after retting a lot of dead branches and leaves.

Gu Yunji was very satisfied with this piece of land, so he turned around and ordered his servants: "Bring a hoe, remove all the flowers and plants on it, and turn the land over."

The flowers and plants were planted well, the servants didn't understand why they had to remove them, they looked at each other in blank disbelief, but they still didn't dare to disobey Gu Yunji's order, they got rid of the flowers and plants on it as promised, and even carefully turned over the ground.

"Level the clods of soil, and then dig out a few ditches, shallow ones are fine, I want to plant potatoes. That's not the case... Yours is too wide, narrow it... Oh, it's not right, forget it, I will do it myself. "

Gu Yunji was directing for a long time, but the servant was always clumsy and lost the point. He really couldn't see it, so he simply took the hoe and started to do it himself.

In the eyes of the servants, Gu Yunji is a pampered and spoiled young master of an aristocratic family, and now he is a high-ranking official in the government office. How can he condescend to do such a low-level job? Gu Yunji blocked the hands before him, and was in a hurry:

"My lord, my lord, let the little ones do this kind of thing. How can you do such rough work with your golden branches and jade leaves?"

Gu Yunji used to help his family grow potatoes in his previous life. He was used to this kind of thing, and he didn’t think it was a big deal. Still can’t do the job? Oh, you get up and drive, blocking my way.”

The servant hurriedly moved away from him, but he was very uncomfortable with his master working while he was watching from the sidelines, he felt restless, so he could only ask: "Sir, is there anything else that can be done in a small way?" Is it right? The little one will help you."

"Hmm... bring two buckets of clear water for pouring the ground, half a basket of plant ash, and a knife, that's all, go." Gu Yunji raised his head and ordered a few words, then bent down and continued digging.

The servant didn't respond: "Huh?"

He understands that the clear water is used to irrigate the ground, but what is the plant ash for?Is it fertile?But he thinks the soil is fertile enough, so there is no need to fertilize the field, right?And the knife, what is this for?

Seeing him standing still, Gu Yunji stopped the hoe and urged: "What are you doing here, why don't you go get ready?"

"Oh, I'll go right away." Jia Ding came back to his senses and trotted away.

As soon as Gu Yunji entered the door, he went straight to the back garden. Without saying a word, he asked people to remove the flowers and plants, and even turned up the ground with a hoe himself.And he turned over the ground happily, looking in a good mood, and muttering about "high-yield potatoes", "getting rid of poverty and becoming rich", and "realizing food and clothing", which made everyone confused.

Qiu Xiao felt that his behavior today was a bit strange, and didn't dare to go up to disturb him, so she asked Xu Dong, "What's the matter today, my lord?"

Xu Dong said uncertainly: "I don't know either. What do these two boxes seem to be called... Potatoes were brought from America by Frangji. Your Excellency may want to grow one at home. As for Why is he like this, maybe...too excited?"

Qiu Xiao said incredulously: "If your lord wants to see something strange, you can just ask the servants to do it, but you actually dig the ground and dig the soil by yourself. Why are you so excited?"

Xudong shook his head, also expressing his incomprehension.

Xu Shuhua woke up after taking a nap, but Qiu Xiao was nowhere to be found in the house, and he called her over after several times: "Where have you been?"

Qiu Xiao said: "Madam, I was in the back garden with your lord just now."

Xu Shuhua said unexpectedly: "Yun Ji is back? What is he doing?"

Qiu Xiao's expression was indescribable. After hesitating for a while, he said seriously: "Madam, go and have a look. I think my lord...may be in a daze."

As soon as he arrived in the back garden, Xu Shuhua saw his gentle and elegant husband in the past, rolling up his sleeves and bending over, digging the ground with a proficiency, no different from that of an old farmer in the field.

Xu Shuhua was stunned for a moment: "...Yun Ji, what are you doing?"

"Shuhua, are you awake?" Seeing Xu Shuhua, Gu Yunji's eyes lit up, and he walked over excitedly and pulled her to Tudou, "I'll show you something nice."

Looking at the two baskets of khaki-yellow unknown objects in front of him, Xu Shuhua wondered, "What is this?"

Gu Yunji introduced: "This is potatoes, which can also be called yams, and they are from the Americas... Ah no, I asked someone to bring the crops in America from the Francine merchants along the coast. Let's plant some in our garden."

Xu Shuhua picked up a potato and looked at it carefully: "The name potato is a bit weird. Although it grows in the soil, it has nothing to do with beans. On the contrary, 'Potato' is very appropriate. It has traveled across the ocean, and it looks really good. Kind of like a taro."

Gu Yunji smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whether it's potatoes or yams. It's all about it. If you like it, you can call it yams. Anyway, we should be the first family to grow yams in the entire Xuzhou Prefecture. Wait until the planting is successful." , I will find a way to promote it in the Syrian state capital."

Xu Shuhua looked at this potato from Yuanbu Longdong for a long time, but he couldn't see its use: "You want to promote planting in the entire Xuzhou Prefecture? Why? What's the use of this potato?"

"Of course I eat!"

"how to eat?"

"You can eat whatever you want, there are so many ways to eat!" When talking about how to eat potatoes, Gu Yunji knows all about them, "Fried, fried, boiled, fried, you can do it! You can fry shredded potatoes, make potato cakes, or even boil or bake them directly. All taste good."

Seeing that Xu Shuhua didn't have an intuitive understanding, Gu Yunji simply picked up two yams and handed them to Qiu Xiao: "Well, let Qiu Xiao cook two now, and you'll know after a taste."

Qiu Xiao was confused: "Sir, how do you cook this?"

Gu Yunji said: "Wash it, then add water and put it in a pot to cook."

Qiu Xiao asked again: "Then how long will it be cooked?"

The temperature of the fire varies, so Gu Yunji couldn't tell her the exact time, so he simply said: "When the time comes, poke it with a chopstick and if it breaks, it means it's cooked."

Qiu Xiao nodded and went to the kitchen with two yams.

(End of this chapter)