Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 199 Reasonable Source

She didn't have much savings in her previous life, so she saved wherever she could.

And do they know that we are spending money on so many people in the production team?

Will they be grateful to her?
not necessarily!

The captain nodded and said, "Let's harvest first, and then we can talk about these things after we're done. And you have to tell us which ones are suitable for seeds!"

Xia Chan nodded, "Okay, I'll follow the team's instructions at any time."

Afterwards, the team leader went to the team headquarters and rang the gong to signal the start of a meeting. Soon all the villagers, including the educated youth, came over, and everyone looked at the team leader with confusion.

After all, they had just distributed food and money, it was not yet time for winter hunting, there was no water in the river, and they could not fish, so they could not guess what the topic of today's meeting was.

Could it be that he was giving out rabbits to everyone?

When some people thought of this, they couldn't help but look forward to it.

"Everyone, be quiet. I called you here in a hurry today because I have something to tell you, and it's a good thing." The team leader raised his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet. After everyone was quiet, he raised the cassava in his hand high. After everyone saw it, he peeled the cassava in front of everyone, and then began to eat it with a crunch.

No one knew what the captain was eating, but seeing him eating so deliciously, everyone couldn't help but drool.

"What I just ate is called cassava. It can be eaten raw like sweet potato. It is crispy and sweet when eaten raw. It tastes similar to sweet potato when steamed, which is soft and sticky. This cassava was not originally available in our production team. It was sold by an outsider at a stall when the summer cicadas went to the market. She asked about the planting method and told me about it after she came back. After discussion, we decided to find a place to do an experiment. Unexpectedly, it actually survived."

“We didn’t tell everyone before because we were afraid that everyone would hope with us and then be disappointed, so we agreed to tell everyone when there are results. We are telling everyone today because there are results. The cassava can be eaten and dug.”

"Everyone take a good rest today. Tomorrow, each family will send a strong laborer to dig cassava. After the cassava is dug, leave the seeds and give each family 100 kilograms of them first, so that everyone can taste them. Then we will report it to the leaders to see what they think."

Xia Chan didn't expect that the team leader would find a reasonable source for her cassava, so she didn't have to think of excuses. Besides, every time there was a big market, so many people came to set up stalls, who would remember what each stall was selling?

Everyone was very happy to hear this. Now they had one more thing to eat. From now on, they could eat to their heart's content without having to control their food intake.

After the meeting, everyone went home. Have a good rest today because you will be back to work tomorrow.

Xiao Tiantian came over and took Xia Chan's arm, and said with admiration, "Xia Chan, you are so patient, aren't you? You were able to keep such a big thing a secret from the captain for such a long time."

"We have to keep it a secret. What if some people who hate to see us live a good life find out and secretly sabotage us or trample our cassava plants to death?" Xia Chan spread his hands, looking helpless. There are all kinds of people in the production team, and this is indeed possible!

"Xia Chan, how do we dry the sweet potatoes and potatoes? I want to dry half and send them back home." Xiao Tiantian said.

"You don't need to dry it. You only got a little bit. Keep it for yourself. You have been exchanging supplies with me all the time. After I dry them, I will give you a hundred kilograms each. How about it? A hundred kilograms is really a lot, and it is dried. After all, it takes hundreds of kilograms to dry a hundred kilograms. There is no point in drying such a small amount. Just eat it yourself!" Xia Chan was short of things from Xiao Tiantian, so it would be fine to just give her dried sweet potatoes or potato chips.

Xiao Tiantian agreed with a smile, "Okay, thank you for your help then."

"What's the trouble? You exchanged something with me for this, it's not given to you for free." Xia Chan said with a smile.

If it was a gift, Xia Chan would not give so much. After all, it is really troublesome to dry sweet potatoes and potato chips. They have to be washed and sliced ​​one by one. They cannot be dried in one day, so they have to be taken to the yard every day to dry. It takes several days to dry before they can be packaged.

Xia Chan had classes in the afternoon, so she didn't chat with Xiao Tiantian and the others for long. Instead, she parted ways with them near the educated youth site, went home to cook, eat, and clean up before going to school.

The team leader was afraid of causing trouble, so he quickly asked people to dig up 100 to 180 kilograms of cassava, washed some of it, and asked Aunt Lin to cook some. He packed some raw and cooked cassava, and then rode his bicycle to the commune to find Secretary Mo.

He thought it would be better to report it as soon as possible, before it was dug out, to avoid any trouble.

The team leader went to the commune office building and went straight to Secretary Mo's office. He excitedly placed two portions of cassava in front of Secretary Mo and handed the chopsticks to Secretary Mo. Secretary Mo looked at the team leader with expectant eyes and was very surprised.

"Secretary Mo, this is cassava. It's the cassava grown by our production team. I brought some here today just to let Secretary Mo taste it." The team leader handed over the chopsticks.

Secretary Mo raised his eyebrows, "Cassava? I heard that it was a life-saving food for farmers in the past. We don't have it here!"

"Secretary Mo, you eat first. After you finish eating, I will tell Secretary Mo in detail about the situation of cassava." The team leader said with a smile.

Secretary Mo took the chopsticks, picked up a piece of cooked cassava, and took a bite. "It tastes powdery and a little dry, but it's not as bad as I heard. However, this thing has a high yield and can really be a life-saving food when there is no food to eat."

"Xia Chan came across this cassava when she was at the market. I guess it was sent by a relative from another place, or brought here. She thought that people here have never eaten cassava, and cassava is a rare thing for us, so she took it to the market to sell it. Xia Chan happened to see it. Didn't she graduate from high school? She has read a lot, so she must know that cassava is edible and has a high yield. If we have this thing, we won't be hungry anymore, so she bought the cassava and told me."

"After we discussed it, we looked for an open space on the mountain to conduct experiments. We didn't expect that we could actually grow it. We only planted a little last year, so we didn't report to Secretary Mo. This year we planted on a large scale, covering several hills, almost ten acres. There are five or six big cassavas hanging under one cassava tree. This year we conservatively estimate that we can harvest 30,000 kilograms of cassava." The team leader said while gesturing with his fingers.

Secretary Mo stood up excitedly when he heard this. "It has been dry and rainless all year. There have been a few drizzles in between, but it didn't have much effect on the crops. The damage is quite serious. What are your plans?"