When Pei Yan couldn't get an answer, he felt heartbroken, but Ning Pengpeng was so far away from him, so no matter how many questions he had, he had to hold them back.
Therefore, for Qing Niang to do this, she could only nod her head and agree.
Among the three crops, potatoes are the earliest that can be dug.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
In mid-May, Pei Yan squatted down on the ground in great excitement and slowly pulled out the first batch of potatoes with a small hoe.
Soon, potatoes as big as eggs were pulled out.
A lot of potatoes can be dug out from under one potato seedling.
The largest ones are larger than chicken eggs, and the smaller ones are almost the size of quail eggs.
Because Qingniang didn't bring many potato seeds, after cutting them into stems and planting them, only about half of the land was planted.
But after digging out all the potatoes in this half of the land and weighing them, Pei Yan took a deep breath.
A little more than a hundred pounds, what is the concept?
This is only half of the land. If it is one acre of land, it must be more than two thousand kilograms?
You know, now that the maximum yield of rice per acre is more than 200 kilograms, more than 2,000 kilograms of grain has increased tenfold!
With this food, why worry about the great cause not being successful?
At this moment, Pei Yan's eyes were bright.
His eyes moved to the corn and sweet potatoes that were still in the ground. These two varieties were about a month later than potatoes, probably in June, and should be ready for harvest.
Although it was unclear how many sweet potatoes there were underground, Pei Yan could imagine that such a large bunch of potatoes could grow from such a piece of potato root. The same should be true for sweet potatoes.
As for the corn, there is no need to guess. After all, there are about 1-2 corns growing on each corn stalk.
Moreover, because corn only needs corn kernels for breeding, although the corn cobs Qingniang brought are not more than potatoes, after breaking off the corn kernels, they are definitely more numerous than potatoes.
There are more sweet potatoes, and as long as they grow seedlings, they can be planted.
When it was time to break corn and dig sweet potatoes, Ning Laosan also took Liu Hu to the northern border.
This time, without Qing Niang to protect him, everyone felt very uneasy.
However, Ning Laosan knew that there was actually a group of people secretly guarding their caravan.
Therefore, Ning Laosan is much calmer than everyone else.
Of course, he didn't know the specific situation of Qingfengwei, so he felt a little unsure.
Fortunately, the journey was relatively safe.
The white sugar brought out and the sugar made in Dahuaishu Village were basically sold on the road, and a lot of local specialties along the way were exchanged.
When it is shipped to the north and sold again, the price can be doubled several times.
Some potato flour and sweet potato flour were also sold on the way, and most of them were kept by Ning Laosan and transported to the northern border.
Although there are many poor people here, they can't stand the sourness of a bowl of hot and sour noodles in this freezing and snowy environment.
It can be said that these potato flour and sweet potato flour were robbed as soon as they arrived in the north.
Several big families in the north, relying on Ning Laosan's desire to be friends with them, left some for each of them.
Before leaving, they kept trying to get in touch with Ning Laosan, asking him to bring more luck next year.
Ning Laosan just smiled and said nothing. After all, if Qing Niang had arrived here years ago, she would have planted all the seeds she brought with Pei Dong's family after spring started.
If planted early, all harvested in the first half of the year can be used as seeds, and then another crop can be planted in the second half of the year.
In this case, there should be no shortage of sweet potatoes and potatoes here in the north next year.
At that time, they would not have to transport them all the way to the northern border to sell them, but could just make them into fans and sell them directly in the northern border.
The goods in Ning Laosan's hand were almost shipped, leaving some vermicelli and chili powder, which he planned to take to Boss Pei's house.
The only thing left was to receive the goods in the north. Ning Laosan left this matter to Wang Deyin, Ning Yongping and Liu Hu to do together.
Then, he went to Pei Dong's house alone with the gifts.
However, when he walked near the yard where Pei Yan lived, he saw a girl wearing a fan dress, knocking on Pei Yan's door.
Ning Laosan was surprised, and for fear of causing trouble, he stood not far away and waited.
It stands to reason that if someone knocks on the door like this, if there is someone in the house, they will have already come and opened the door.
But the girl kept knocking for a long time, but there was still no movement.
Pei Yunxia didn't expect that Pei Yan would be so cruel and not see him at all.
His hands were red from the slap, but he didn't even say a word.
There was really no choice but to turn around and leave angrily.
When passing by Ning Laosan, Pei Yunxia saw the sack in Ning Laosan's hand, and the fact that Ning Laosan was only wearing fine cotton.
Although it's not the kind of coarse grass cloth, it doesn't look like it comes from a wealthy family.
Rather, he was a bit like those servants from wealthy families. Pei Yunxia had never had much patience with such servants.
Thinking of the way he knocked on the door just now, this vulgar servant must have seen it.
Therefore, Pei Yunxia glared at Ning Laosan fiercely, with a look of contempt in his eyes.
What she did made Ning Laosan look confused. He didn't know where he had offended this girl.
Waiting until the girl's back was no longer visible, Ning Laosan stepped forward and looked at the door hesitantly.
After all, since the girl just knocked for so long, it is very possible that Pei Dong's family is not at home.
However, he didn't expect that the courtyard door would be opened after he knocked twice.
The person who opened the door was Baizhu, who was an old acquaintance with Ning Laosan.
"Master and Qingniang are harvesting sweet potatoes and corn in the fields. Mr. Ning will wait for a moment."
Hearing this, Ning Laosan immediately laughed and put the sack in Bai Zhu's hand.
"When it comes to working in the fields, how can I be left out?
After all, I’m pretty old at it!”
There are two crops of food grown at home, whether it is coarse grains or rice. Every time Ning Lao San sows the first crop and harvests the second crop.
Who told him to finish sowing and set off with his caravan after the beginning of spring.
By the time they return, autumn has almost arrived, and the second season of coarse grains and rice can be harvested.
Therefore, Ning Laosan still knows how to break corn and dig sweet potatoes.
Bai Zhu looked at the sack that was stuffed into his hand. Unexpectedly, the sack was quite big but didn't weigh much. He could carry it with one hand.
Seeing Mr. Ning entering the courtyard on his own, he held Ma Dan alone and closed the courtyard door with his other hand.
Lest Pei Yunxia come back again, see the door and watch, and come in regardless.
In fact, Baizhu didn't understand that the eldest lady was raised by the eldest girl Nainunai and Mrs. Shen.
Logically speaking, you know the rules and etiquette better than anyone else.
But today's eldest lady is shameless and has an indescribable taste.