There was a lot of discussion below.

"Really or not?!"

"Are winter sweet potatoes meant to be planted after the autumn harvest? Is there such a good thing in this world?"

"When did Aunt Zhu become so generous? Why do I feel like I'm dreaming?"

"Pie in the sky?"

…

Some were surprised, some were happy, some believed, and some doubted.

Of course Ye Yuran knew that not everyone would believe her, and she was not in a hurry and let them talk.

When they finished talking, it was her turn.

Zhu Jia had no doubts. Based on his contact with this person, he felt that he did not seem like the kind of person who could talk nonsense.

He asked: "How much worse is the winter sweet potato harvest than the spring sweet potato harvest?"

Ye Yuran was not surprised that he would ask, and said: "This is not necessarily true. If it is grown in my family, it will be reduced by about 30%, but I don't dare to estimate others."

As soon as she spoke, the discussion gradually became quieter, and everyone began to listen to her.

Zhu Si, Zhu Wu, Liu, Liu and others who were working were not surprised at all when they saw them.

Deep down in their hearts, they even feel a little proud - look, this is our mother, so awesome!

"Reduced by 30%?" Zhu Jia looked back at the Zhu family's harvest. There were five or six trees with fewer trees, and nine0 trees with more trees. Even if the harvest was reduced by 30%, there would still be five or six trees on average, right?

Such a harvest is much more cost-effective than growing a millet tree.

Without any hesitation, he said: "Okay, I'll plant it with you."

"Okay, Uncle Zhu Jia will go to Li Zheng's place later to sign up. Later, Li Zheng will compile the list and let me know. My family will prepare sweet potato seedlings by then."

After hearing this, the others quickly said: "Aunt Zhu, I want to plant it too."

"Aunt Zhu, can I plant with you?"

"Yes, Aunt Zhu, we want to plant it too."

…

Ye Yuran agreed to them all and asked them to sign up with Li Zheng. Li Zheng would inform them of how to plant and arrange the crops, but she had to say some ugly things first.

For example, it was their first time to try growing sweet potatoes. Although there was already a successful case in front of them, no one could explain the matter of planting the land clearly.

Everyone depends on God for their livelihood. Sometimes God doesn't show favor, and she can't do anything about it.

So, she doesn’t plan to show you a variety of varieties this time. One is because she has no experience, and the other is because she is afraid that there won’t be enough sweet potatoes.

"The registration process mainly depends on how many people there are, and how many sweet potato seedlings can be prepared at that time, so that everyone can plant them evenly."

"Not much in the first year, mainly to prepare for the beginning of spring in the second year and planting spring sweet potatoes."

"Everyone practiced once and saved a lot of sweet potato seeds. If you want to plant as many as you want, just say hello to Li Zheng."

Ye Yuran didn't dare to let go completely, saying that with experience and having saved enough sweet potato seeds, he could start planting.

Are you kidding me? Sweet potatoes have been classified as "miscellaneous grains" since ancient times and are a supplement to the staple food. If the people in Zhujiacun saw that the sweet potato harvest was good, they would stop planting millet and instead plant all sweet potatoes instead, wouldn't there be trouble?

On this point, she also said hello to Li Zheng, the clan leader: "Sweet potatoes are a supplement to rice. You can grow sweet potatoes, but you can't take away the main position of rice, otherwise I'm afraid something will happen."

Within a few days, news of the sweet potato harvest at Old Man Zhu’s family spread throughout the villages and towns at the foot of Taidang Mountain.

Visiting relatives and friends, people who heard the news asked everywhere.

"What the hell is this sweet potato? Can it really fill your stomach?"

"Really? It can't be a lie, right?"

"If you don't believe it, I don't believe it. It must be a bluff."

…

Some people believe it, some people don't believe it.

But this is not the point, and Ye Yuran doesn't care.

She has been busy instructing her sons to dig the cellar these days. Although this thing will not be used until autumn, the autumn harvest will be then, and she is afraid that they will be too busy, so she prepares in advance.

As for the newly dug sweet potatoes, she let them dry in the new house.

Anyway, the new house has been ventilated for a while. After tidying it up, she can live in it.

It was not safe for an old woman to live with her children, so she specially vacated two rooms and asked Old Man Zhu and his sons to take turns living here.

Originally, it would be more convenient to use a ready-made house as a storage room, but there are many people in the house. When the weather gets cold, people will definitely need to live there, so the only option is to dig a cellar.

There are certain things to pay attention to when digging a cellar. You have to choose a place with higher ground and solid soil. Dig down about 5-6 meters and have a diameter of about 1 meter.

After the beginning of winter in early November and the humidity drops to 14-15 degrees, the sweet potatoes can be put into the cellar. Before entering the cellar, you need to apply lime to the cellar wall, sprinkle with lime, and suffocate the sulfur for two days.

Moreover, it is impossible to dig such a big cellar and fill it completely. Filling it to 70% is enough, and keep it ventilated.

Now that the temperature is high, sweet potatoes tend to germinate when they get wet. As soon as they were picked back, Ye Yuran asked them to put them outside and dry them in the sun for most of the day.

After taking turns to dry them, they were brought inside.

The room specially used to store sweet potatoes was tidied up a little, and dry straw was brought back and placed under the walls, and then covered with wooden boards.

Handle the sweet potatoes with care, don't break them, and pile them one by one on the wooden board.

After it's done, cover it with something to prevent it from getting wet.

If the sweet potatoes are damaged, do not bring them in and continue to dry them outside.

Especially the kind of sweet potatoes that were dug by hoes when harvesting. Except for eating them now or giving them away, the rest should be washed, cut into slices and dried in the sun.

Sun-drying sweet potato chips is already familiar to the Liu family, Liu family, Li family, Lin family and others, and there is no need for Ye Yuran to keep an eye on them.

Seeing how actively they were working, Ye Yuran simply said: "When the work at home is finished, each of you will carry a basket of sweet potatoes and go back to your parents' house to have a look, and also ask your parents if they want to go there.

Winter sweet potatoes. If you want them, ask the chief of their village to talk to the chief of our village and decide the matter in advance."

"They are said to be winter sweet potatoes, but they should actually be autumn potatoes or early winter potatoes. The seedlings start growing in August."

"When the autumn harvest is over, we will have to plow the ground again. I just finished a lot of work, and then I will plant winter sweet potatoes."

"We agreed in advance that the quantity will not be large, and we only have a little bit for each family, but once we have planted it, we will be able to harvest our own seeds next year."

…

Lin's mother has passed away, and Lin's father is still in prison. Only Mrs. Lin and her family are left in her natal family.

Ms. Lin still remembered that Mrs. Lin wanted to sell her two girls. When she heard about this, she directly said: "Mom, I don't need it here, I don't have a natal family."

"You really don't plan to leave?" Ye Yuran also tried to persuade him, "It's easy to make enemies but not easy to break up. No matter what, it's your uncle who is your uncle. This blood relationship cannot be broken off easily."

"Mom..." Mrs. Lin said, "You usually talk about me, saying that I'm soft-hearted and like to help my eldest sister. I don't think there's anything good about my mother. You don't know who I am? Now you actually let me

I treat her as a relative, am I stupid?"

When she thought about what happened back then, she felt unwilling to do so.

If she hadn't gone too far and forced her father and mother to have a son, how could her father have been so harsh to her mother?

Although her father regretted it later, confessed his crime, went to jail, and begged Mrs. Lin not to expose the matter, thus leaving a way out for her and her two sisters, she could never forgive her father for what he had done in her life.
Chapter completed!