Traveling through time with spatial abilities, the scientific research genius is a little sweet.

Chapter 29 Dried Sweet Potatoes

Su Jianjun is an old farmer who has been farming for half his life, how could he not realize the peculiarity of these sweet potatoes?

It was only after he realized this that he had some other thoughts in his mind.

With such a high yield of sweet potatoes, if we use them to grow seedlings, won't we be able to eat even more sweet potatoes next year?

However, Su Jianjun wasn't the only one with this idea. But compared to Su Jianjun, they cared more about their current basic needs for food and clothing.

Therefore, when they learned about the sweet potato yield, most people in the village did not immediately hand it over, but instead quickly distributed it.

"Captain, the sweet potatoes have all been weighed. Hurry up and distribute the grain."

Wang Mazi was in the worst mood. He could have easily kept all that grain for himself, but now he had to share it with everyone in the village. How could he be happy?

"Yes, Captain, hurry up and distribute the grain."

"Yes, with this grain, we won't have to worry about the New Year this year."

"I'm so grateful to the kind person who planted the sweet potatoes."

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Seeing his emaciated fellow villagers looking at him expectantly, Su Jianjun immediately suppressed the inappropriate thoughts in his mind.

Looking at the mountain of sweet potatoes piled on the ground, Su Jianjun finally gritted his teeth and divided them all up.

Su Jianjun didn't know if these sweet potato seedlings would yield a high yield. However, if the people of Hongqi Village ran out of food, they wouldn't be able to survive.

Therefore, compared to the uncertainty of the future, the villagers' current basic needs for food and clothing are more important.

A total of 7000 jin of sweet potatoes were harvested. There are about 300 people in the village, so each person receives an average of 23 jin of sweet potatoes as a ration.

After calculating how many sweet potatoes each person should receive, Su Jianjun began to count the population of each family and then distribute the grain.

At this time, families with more members have an advantage. For example, Su Nuannuan's family can get 138 jin of sweet potatoes.

Chen Xiuting was very happy, with a smile on her face.

Ever since Nuannuan's mind improved, the family's financial situation has really improved.

My little girl got into a good university and even earned over 300 yuan for the family. Now, with all those free sweet potatoes, life feels even better.

The pile of sweet potatoes was quickly divided up by the villagers. Because Wang Mazi and Niu Da had discovered the sweet potatoes, Su Jianjun decided to give them an extra 20 jin (10 catties).

Wang Mazi still looked unhappy. Niu Da, on the other hand, seemed to have gotten a great deal and happily handed the sweet potato to Aunt Niu.

As darkness fell, after a busy day, we finally finished distributing the sweet potatoes.

After seeing off the last person, the Su family also took their sweet potatoes home.

Su Jianjun still hasn't given up on the idea of ​​keeping his offspring.

He took out five sweet potatoes from the bag and pulled up all the vegetables that Chen Xiuting had planted in the yard.

Seeing this, Chen Xiuting panicked and ran up to Su Jianjun, punching him hard.

"What are you doing? These vegetables were perfectly fine, why did you pull them up?"

Looking at the sweet potato next to Su Jianjun's feet, Su Nuannuan had some guesses in her mind.

Sure enough, Su Jianjun's next sentence confirmed her guess.

"With such a large yield of sweet potatoes, I want to see if they can grow just as many sweet potatoes again."

Chen Xiuting carefully gathered up the vegetables that Su Jianjun had pulled out, and gave him a disapproving look.

However, she ultimately did not stop Su Jianjun from doing so.

Who wouldn't want high-yield grain seeds?
Su Nuannuan knew that her father's expectations were going to be dashed.

The reason these sweet potatoes are so high-yielding is mainly because they have been soaked in Lingquan water.

Although she knew that this batch of sweet potatoes was of better quality than ordinary sweet potatoes, she was certain that it would not achieve the same effect as soaking them in spiritual spring water.

The yield of sweet potatoes grown there will be higher, but it will definitely not be as good as the sweet potatoes grown on the back mountain, much less as good as the sweet potatoes in her space.

However, Su Nuannuan did not say it explicitly.

He would only believe it if Su Jianjun tried it himself.

However, Su Jianjun wasn't alone in thinking this way. Instead of planting them in their own yards, they secretly went to the back hills to grow sweet potatoes.

Wang Mazi was one of them.

He believes that the reason so many sweet potatoes are produced is because of the good soil quality on the back mountain.

Otherwise, why do ginseng and lingzhi grow in the mountains instead of in the ground?
Therefore, Wang Mazi firmly believed in his guess.

A few kilometers away from him, Aunt Niu was secretly digging in the ground with her two sons.

"Mom, isn't this a bad thing for us?"

"Shut up, you idiot. What kind of year is this? We're starving, who cares about this? Stop dawdling and start digging."

After being scolded by Aunt Niu, the two sons started digging again.

Su family.

Today I made steamed sweet potatoes.

The sweet potatoes were quite large; Su Nuannuan only needed to eat half of one to feel full.

Break the sweet potato open to reveal golden flesh inside. Take a bite, and your mouth will be filled with its soft, sweet, and glutinous texture.

Su Nuannuan ate with her eyes narrowed, and her brothers were not to be outdone.

Looking at her four children's happy and contented faces, Chen Xiuting suddenly thought of her two daughters who had married far away.

I wonder how they are doing?

Thinking about how many children Jinjin and Mianmian have, Chen Xiuting guessed that their lives couldn't be too easy.

Heilongjiang Province is a major grain-producing province in the country, yet they still struggle to get enough to eat every day. Although her two daughters married and moved to an island, she had heard that there was nothing there, and water had to be used sparingly, making things much more difficult than here.

Although they were in the army, the whole country was short of food. Could she really have enough to eat? Moreover, they had so many children.

The more Chen Xiuting thought about it, the uglier her face became.

Su Jianjun noticed it.

"Xiuting, what's wrong?"

Su Nuannuan and the three Su brothers also looked at Chen Xiuting, their eyes filled with worry.

Chen Xiuting shook her head, her eyes still filled with sadness.

"I just miss Jinjin and Mianmian. I wonder how they are doing on the island? Are they having enough to eat?"

When Chen Xiuting mentioned Su Jinjin and Su Mianmian, the whole family's expressions turned sour.

Su Nuannuan also thought of her two older sisters who had been so kind to her. Before they got married, they had always taken care of her. When Su Nuannuan suffered a brain injury, they felt the most guilty, feeling they hadn't taken good care of their little sister. Even after they got married, they never forgot to send Su Nuannuan good things.

However, they have been writing less to their family in the past two years, presumably because they are having a hard time and don't want to worry their parents.

"Mom, how about we send a letter to my two older sisters tomorrow and ask them how things are going?"

Su Nuannuan suggested.

The three Su brothers echoed this sentiment.

"Nuannuan is right. You can also send them some sweet potatoes from home while you're at it."

Su Jianjun also made the suggestion.

Upon hearing Su Jianjun's words, Su Nuannuan's eyes lit up.

"Mom, it's hot now, the sweet potatoes will definitely spoil if we send them over. Let's dry the sweet potatoes into sweet potato chips first, and then send them to the sisters."

The sun is very strong in Heilongjiang Province during the day, and these days are perfect for drying sweet potatoes.

Su Nuannuan had this idea not only to prevent the sweet potatoes from spoiling on the way, but also because she wanted to send more to her two older sisters.

There are only so many sweet potatoes at home. Even if we share some with them and send them over, it won't be enough for the two of them.

So, Su Nuannuan came up with a solution.

Once the sweet potatoes are dried, who knows their exact weight? So she can add some more dried sweet potatoes.

(End of this chapter)