blenderwars Chapter 259 When the potatoes are ripe
Chapter 259 When the potatoes are ripe
Chapter 259 When the potatoes are ripe
When Lin Xuan returned home, Lin Ping told him that Xu Guangfu was waiting for him in the side hall.
Xu Guangfu was sitting in the side hall, looking out from time to time, seeing Lin Xuan approaching, he quickly got up to meet him.
"I've seen Lord Hou!"
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "Sit down!"
After the servant girl brought the tea, Lin Xuan smiled and said, "How is it, do you have a habit of drinking tea?"
"Habit, it's much better than boiling tea."
Xu Guangfu was moved a little. He thought that Lin Xuan would ask about building the school first, but he didn't expect Lin Xuan to chat with him about homework.
Lin Xuan nodded, and said, "It's good if you like it, and I'll take some back when I leave later."
"Thank you, Lord Hou!" Xu Guangfu said excitedly.
This tea was named Lin's Longjing by Lin Xuan, and it is very famous in Chang'an.
After Lin Xuan got the tea, except for the palace, there were only a few princes' mansions, and many people couldn't buy it after spending a lot of money.
Xu Guangfu didn't want to sell the tea, he died for his confidant, Lin Xuan treated him so courteously, why didn't he dare to move.
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "It's nothing more than some tea leaves. I was a little busy when I came back, and I haven't had time to ask how the school is doing."
Yao Yuanwen said: "Going back to Lord Hou, the younger one is here to talk about this matter. The school was completed half a month ago. Because Lord Hou was not there, the younger one made the decision to level the land and prepare to build a hospital."
Lin Xuan nodded in satisfaction, and said, "That's right, let's build the hospital first. I still have something to do today, and I'll go to the school tomorrow to have a look."
"Yes, the young one will leave first." Xu Guangfu said.
"Xiaoxia, bring a box of tea." Lin Xuan said to the maid serving beside her.
Xiaoxia has three other maids, who are also maids in Lin Xuan's courtyard, but they are in charge of the periphery, like Lin Xuan's bedroom and study, they are not allowed to enter.
"Yes!" Xiaoxia replied, holding a box and putting it on the coffee table next to Xu Guangfu.
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Bring the tea."
"Thank you Hou Ye!"
After sending Xu Guangfu away, Lin Xuan came to the courtyard and looked at the two large tanks in the courtyard.
The leaves of the potatoes were already turning yellow, Lin Xuan wondered whether to dig them up or not.
Lin Xuan had never planted potatoes in his previous life, and the planting method was attached when the system rewarded potatoes.
But the accompanying information only said that the maturity period will be about three months.
Calculate the time, it has been planted for more than three months now, and it should be ripe.
After Lin Xuan Gaochang returned, he wanted to dig out the potatoes, but the leaves were just turning yellow, so he didn't dig them up.
He wasn't sure if it was mature until it was all yellow.
If you are not familiar with it, you can dig it yourself, and you will have a lot of fun.
But he was also worried that it would be troublesome when the leaves turned yellow and the potatoes were broken, and he didn't do anything because he was a little busy when he came back.
Now Lin Xuan finally made up his mind to dig out the potatoes to have a look.
Even if something happened, there was still Zhouzhuang. According to Lin Ping, there was no problem with the potatoes grown by Zhou Aniu's family.
Even if there are problems with these, Zhouzhuang still has it.
Lin Xuan didn't call for help, he did it himself, picked up the potato vine, and pulled it out with a little effort.
"It seems a little small, maybe it's not mature yet?"
Lin Xuan frowned deeply as he looked at the dirt head that had just been pulled out.
This potato is only two-thirds of the normal size of future potatoes, which inevitably makes Lin Xuan a little suspicious.
"And only two knots, it seems a bit small."
Lin Xuan didn't know how many seedlings could grow normally, but two were too few.
In this way, it would be good to have a production capacity of about one thousand catties per mu.
From the perspective of Datang, about one thousand catties is a high yield, but Lin Xuan is not satisfied.
Lin Xuan was a little unwilling to pick up the hole just pulled out.
"Sure enough." Lin Xuan looked at two more potatoes and smiled.
It looks like the potatoes should be overripe, so they will fall off when you pull them out.
According to this yield, one mu can also produce about two thousand catties. Although it is not as good as the three to five thousand catties of later generations, it is enough for Datang.
As for being much younger than later generations, Lin Xuan has now figured it out.
There are chemical fertilizers in later generations, but there is no such thing now, and it is normal to be smaller.
Without hesitation, Lin Xuan dug out both pots of potatoes.
After finishing these tasks, Lin Xuan brought Lin Ping, Liu Da and others to Zhou A Niu's house.
Zhou A Niu was feeding the chickens in the yard, when he saw Lin Xuan, he quickly turned his wheelchair to meet him, and said excitedly, "I have seen Lord Hou."
He is really grateful to Lin Xuan, not only giving him a wheelchair, but also making him useful.
It also reduced or exempted his family's rent, which improved his family's life.
The wheat was harvested, and his family bought some chickens because they didn't have to pay rent.
You must know that they couldn't eat enough themselves before, so how could they have the kung fu to look like a chicken.
All this was brought to them by Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Uncle Zhou, you don't need to be too polite, what about Aunt Shen?"
Zhou Aniu's face changed, and he said unnaturally: "Master Hou, she is taking the child to take care of Tudou."
Seeing Zhou Aniu's expression, Lin Xuan hurriedly asked, "Is there something wrong with Tudou?"
Zhou A Niu said with some shame: "Back to Lord Hou, the leaves of the potatoes have started to turn yellow for some reason."
He felt very ashamed of Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan entrusted such an important matter to his family, but they didn't take good care of it. The problem was that they couldn't find the reason.
Lin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Uncle Zhou, this is a normal phenomenon, which means the potatoes are ripe."
Zhou Aniu was taken aback, and said, "Raked...is it ripe? But...but...that potato didn't grow anything."
Lin Xuan patted his forehead and said, "This potato doesn't grow outside, it grows in the ground."
He forgot not to tell them that potatoes grow in the ground.
Only then did Zhou Aniu suddenly understand, and said with a simple smile, "As long as you don't delay Master Hou's affairs, that's fine."
Lin Xuan smiled and said, "Uncle Zhou, please do your work first, I'll go to the field to have a look."
Shen Yuee looked at those yellowed leaves with a sad face.
She thought it was a worm at first, and took Goudan and Erya to check it carefully for a long time, but found no problem.
If something happened to this potato, she didn't know how to explain it to Lin Xuan.
"Mother, it seems that Master Hou is here." Goudan saw a group of people approaching from a distance, looked carefully, and it turned out to be Lin Xuan, and quickly shouted.
Shen Yue'e came back to her senses, and hurried out of the field.
"The women have seen Lord Hou!" Shen Yue'e hurriedly brought Goudan and Erya to salute Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan got off the horse, threw the horse to Liu Da, and said with a little support: "Aunt Shen, don't be too polite."
Shen Yue'e glanced at the yellowing potato leaves in the field, knelt on the ground with a plop, and said, "Master Hou, the women have failed Master Hou's trust. If Master Hou wants to blame you, just blame me."
Now that Lin Xuan is here, she can't hide the accident about Tudou. She just hopes that the child will not be involved.
Lin Xuan wanted to step forward to help, but felt that it was inappropriate, so he hurriedly said: "Aunt Shen, the yellow leaves are because the potatoes are ripe, it has nothing to do with you, get up quickly."
Shen Yuee stared blankly at Lin Xuan, and said, "Is what Hou Ye said true?"
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "It's true, I'm here this time to collect potatoes, get up quickly."
Only then did Shen Yue'e stand up in relief, with a smile on her face.
"Master Hou, this potato should be a medicinal material, right?" Shen Yue'e asked suspiciously.
Lin Xuan only asked them to plant something, but never said what it was.
Now nothing has grown, but Lin Xuan said it was familiar, and Shen Yue'e thought it was a medicinal material.
Lin Xuan shook his head and didn't explain. Now potatoes can only be used as seeds, so it's useless to tell them.
"Liu Da, you all come to help." Lin Xuan shouted.
Shen Yue'e said hastily: "Master Hou, these things can be done by civilian women, how can you bother these military masters."
Lin Xuan waved his hands and said, "It's nothing, not much."
Seeing what Lin Xuan said, Shen Yue'e didn't say anything more.
Lin Xuan took Liu Dahe and a group of soldiers into the field, and personally showed them a demonstration to let them start harvesting potatoes.
A total of less than half an mu of land, plus a large number of hands, was collected in less than half an hour.
Lin Xuan asked them to check carefully and found that there was nothing missing, so they gave up.
Looking at the piled potatoes, Lin Xuan's face was full of smiles.
Only then did Shen Yue'e know that the fruit of the potato was originally grown in the ground.
She was a little curious, wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.
Goudan didn't have so many scruples anymore, and asked curiously: "Master Hou, what is this?"
Shen Yue'e quickly reprimanded: "You son of a bitch asking for nothing."
Lin Xuan waved his hand to stop Shen Yue'e, and said with a smile to Goudan: "This is a good thing, a good thing that can make everyone in the world have enough to eat, and you will know it in the future."
Goudan nodded half understanding.
Lin Xuan patted Goudan on the head, and ordered Liu Da and the others to transport the potatoes back.
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(End of this chapter)