Chapter 207: Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes

Chapter 207: Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes

Especially Clan Head Zhou, after seeing those game animals, he had already roughly calculated the price.

Just talking about that wild goat, if sent to an inn in the city, it would fetch at least a tael of silver.

With such a harvest in a day, it was enough for these people to eat their fill, and there would still be leftovers.

Xie Tianhai and Fang Chuanzhou also listened enviously.

Now they had thoroughly accepted the fact of becoming ordinary citizens. The Mo family's male population was growing, and each one was highly skilled.

In the future, supporting a family by hunting would not be a problem.

Thinking about their own situation, they were all scholars by birth. Even though they had a considerable number of males, none of them could go up the mountain to hunt.

It seemed that when they returned home, they would have to gather the whole family together and have a good discussion about their future livelihood.

Hearing the words of those men, He Zhiran did not refute them. She would do what she needed to do in the future.

Seeing that everyone had eaten enough meat, she put the sliced potato and sweet potato slices into the pot.

These two things were the first time any of the people present had seen them.

They had wanted to ask what they were earlier, but faced with so many delicacies, they were reluctant to stop eating to speak.

Now, seeing He Zhiran put these two foods into the copper pot, they were once again eager to ask.

When it came to asking this kind of question, Eighth Sister-in-Law, the foodie, was the most adept.

"Ninth Sister-in-Law, we didn't know what these were even after cutting them in the kitchen for half a day."

He Zhiran explained with a smile, "I bought these from the foreigners. One is called potato, and the other is called sweet potato.

I've also heard that not only is the taste good, but the yield is also very high. I kept some seeds, and next year we can try planting some."

Hearing He Zhiran say that the yield of these two ingredients was high, the two clan heads were the first to become restless.

They had spent their entire lives farming, and no news was more exciting than the topic of high yields.

Clan Head Zhou asked with a smile, "Ninth Sister-in-Law, you said that the yield of this thing is high, how high exactly?"

He Zhiran thought about the sweet potatoes and potatoes she had grown in her space. She wasn't sure if it was due to cheating, but the yield per mu of sweet potatoes could reach around two thousand catties, and the yield per mu of potatoes was even higher, about five thousand catties.

To be on the safe side, she didn't report such a high yield.

"Clan Head Zhou, according to the foreigners, the yield per mu of potatoes can reach around a thousand catties, and sweet potatoes are more, at least two thousand catties per mu."

As soon as she finished speaking, the two clan heads stood up agitatedly.

"Ninth Sister-in-Law, are you telling the truth?"

Clan Head Zhao was so excited that his old face turned red. After all, he had been farming all his life, but he had never heard of any crop with such a high yield. Could Ninth Sister-in-Law have been deceived by those foreigners?

He Zhiran couldn't exaggerate too much about this matter.

"Hehe... Clan Head Zhao, whether or not it can really reach such a high yield, we'll only know after we plant it."

Clan Head Zhao nodded and sat back down.

Seeing how calm Ninth Sister-in-Law looked, it was clear that she didn't care whether she was deceived or not. Why should he worry so much?

At the same time, the two clan heads' original intention to ask for some seeds was extinguished.

This unknown thing, they indeed dared not try it. If the yield wasn't that high, wouldn't they have wasted a year's worth of effort?

Their attitude did not affect He Zhiran in the slightest.

Seeing that the potatoes and sweet potatoes in the copper pot were cooked, she called everyone over to taste them.

This caused another round of exclamations.

"Ninth Sister-in-Law, this sweet potato is starchy, sweet, and delicious." Eighth Sister-in-Law praised with a smile while eating.

Even Sixth Sister-in-Law, who was usually composed, couldn't help but praise, "Indeed, these two new foods seem to be quite filling."

The men's table was the same, praising the unique taste of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

All the guests present feasted on the delicious food, feeling that they had never tasted such delicacies in their entire lives.

Mo Jiuye saw that everyone had eaten enough before asking Clan Heads Zhao and Zhou.

"Clan Heads, do you happen to have any idle land for sale?"

Clan Head Zhou raised his eyebrows. "Ninth, are you planning to buy land?"

Clan Head Zhao also chimed in, "Indeed, as country folk, farming is the foundation."

Mo Jiuye nodded. "We will be living in the village in the future, so farming is inevitable."

Clan Head Zhou pondered for a moment.

"In our Xiling Village, if we're talking about good land, it's all in the hands of the Cui family. But fortunately, after several years of cultivation, although our family's land isn't as fertile as the Cui family's, it has improved significantly."

Mo Jiuye knew that the seeds produced in his wife's space weren't picky about the land or climate, so he didn't care at all whether the land was fertile.

"The condition of the land doesn't matter. Good land is cultivated over time; we can take it slowly."

Meanwhile, Xie Tianhai and Fang Chuanzhou were also staring at the two clan heads.

They shared Mo Jiuye's thoughts that living in the countryside meant doing what country folk should do.

After exchanging glances, Chief Zhao spoke up:

"The amount of arable land our two families own isn't much, and only the plots near the foot of the mountain are idle. They've been neglected for years, and such land would take at least three to five years in your hands to become fertile."

The villagers born and raised in Xiling knew well that even if they cultivated such land, the yield wouldn't be substantial, and there was a risk of laboring in vain.

Chief Zhao suddenly thought of the Cui family.

"Jiu-er, the Cui family has the most land, so much that their clansmen can't cultivate it all.

In the past, they relied on Cui Wen's influence to force our two families to provide free labor for them.

Now, with the new magistrate's wise rule and the punishment of the Cui family, we won't have to work for them for free anymore. Their land will surely go to waste.

When that happens, the Cuis will likely want to sell their farmland. You could buy fertile fields from them."

It was indeed a good idea, but Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran wanted more land, regardless of its quality, preferably in contiguous plots.

Whether it was good land or land long abandoned, they wanted it all.

"Chiefs, we want to buy any kind of land."

In truth, the chiefs suggested that Mo Jiuye buy the Cui family's farmland without ulterior motives, not wanting to do anything that would invite criticism in the future when they lived in the same village.

What they didn't expect was that despite their clear warning, Mo Jiuye's resolve remained firm.

Well, they couldn't blame him then. No one would refuse silver once it was in their hands.

Chief Zhou said, "Our Zhou family has about twenty acres of idle farmland at the foot of the mountain. Our clansmen bought and reclaimed this wasteland, and it's already registered with the government.

We have the deeds now. If you want to buy it, we'll sell it to you at the price we paid for the wasteland, one tael of silver per acre."