Looking at the lumps of dirt in front of him, Xie Liancheng's beautiful eyebrows slightly twisted.
"What is this?"
A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes. Although he was from a noble family, he was not the kind of playboy who didn't understand farming.
But he searched through all the impressions in his mind and couldn't find anything similar to the thing in front of him.
Shi Jiang tapped his finger on the lump of soil.
"This is something that can feed everyone in the world."
Hearing this, Xie Liancheng was suddenly shocked.
"This thing can feed everyone in the world?"
Shi Jiang nodded and said to Xie Liancheng: "This is a new grain I discovered not long ago. I call it sweet potato. It has a glutinous and sweet texture and tastes good when eaten raw or cooked. It contains a lot of starch and can be cooked.
Other food.”
After saying that, Shi Jiang clapped his hands again, and soon the servant came in with another pot of cooked sweet potatoes. This time, it was placed on the table next to Xie Liancheng's chair.
"You can try the taste and see how you like it!"
The sweet potatoes that have just been cooked and taken out of the pot have a sweet smell.
Xie Liancheng couldn't help but reach out and take one, looking around.
I saw that this thing called sweet potato looked gray-brown in appearance, which was far different from the appearance of the earthy lumps.
And it feels a bit soft when you pinch it, as if you can crush it with just a little force.
Put it tentatively into your mouth and take a bite.
It was sweet, soft and glutinous, and there was no need to chew it much. Xie Liancheng swallowed it into his stomach with a gulp.
The sweet potato in his hand weighed about half a catty and was quickly eaten in three or two mouthfuls. After eating, Xie Liancheng clearly felt full in his stomach.
"This...how is the yield of sweet potatoes?"
Xie Liancheng stared at Shi Jiang with bright eyes. She just said that she could feed everyone in the world.
"The yield per acre is about two to three thousand catties. It can be planted in wasteland."
Upon hearing this, Xie Liancheng jumped up from his chair.
"Two...three...three thousand catties? Are you sure?"
This is simply ten times the harvest of ordinary grains. If it is true, then it will be like what Shi Jiang said, and it can feed the people all over the world.
"It's absolutely true. Mr. Xie can definitely find a close confidant to follow me and wait for the sweet potatoes I planted this time to be dug out and weighed when they mature."
Shi Jiang said with a slight smile.
"No need, I'll stay here and wait for the good news."
Xie Liancheng directly rejected Shi Jiang's proposal and made a simple and crude decision.
Hearing this, Shi Jiang couldn't help but choked.
After a long while, he said helplessly: "Xie Dongjia, I'm afraid I can't entertain you in my house. Although my son is not much different from yours in age, I am still a widow."
Only then did Xie Liancheng realize that Ruyu's face was usually quite thick-skinned, so she couldn't help but blush.
"I made a mistake. What I said about staying is to buy a piece of land next door to my wife and build a house to live in."
After saying that, he directly called shopkeeper Li over and ordered him to buy the wasteland next door to Shi Jiang. At the same time, he called for people to come over and build the house as quickly as possible.
The village chief feels that the feng shui of their village has improved during this period. Otherwise, the big men in the city would also come to buy wasteland in their village?
Is it possible that there is a treasure under the wasteland in their village?
In a daze, he took Shopkeeper Li to the county government office and sold another hundred acres of land next to the wasteland that Shi Jiang bought in the village.
Seeing shopkeeper Li buying a hundred acres without blinking an eye, the mayor couldn't help but touch his pocket, and by some strange coincidence he also bought an acre of wasteland.
Only when he got home did he realize what he was doing buying wasteland.
Obviously you can go directly to open up wasteland, and you don’t need to pay taxes for the first three years anyway.
The manager's heart was filled with regret. Although the money was not much, he couldn't waste it like this!
But you bought everything, and the county government doesn’t care if you regret it later!
Even though we bought the wasteland and found people to build the house, it was very fast.
But no matter how fast it is, it is impossible to build the house in one day.
Therefore, after Xie Liancheng negotiated the instant noodles shareholding contract with Shi Jiang, he took a carriage and went to live in a villa near the county government office.
Even if Xie Liancheng only appeared at the door of Shi Jiang's house, he could not stop the sharp eyesight of the women in the village.
The news that the noble young master came to see Shi Jiang spread quickly throughout the village.
Someone even spread the word that a noble man in the city had taken a liking to Shi Jiang.
Although Shi Jiang is already the mother of three children and is now in her thirties, she can’t help but think that when Shi Jiang married her, she was also a beauty!
What's more, even at Shi Jiang's current age, a middle-aged lady has a different taste, doesn't she?
As soon as the news came out, the Yang brothers, who had been hiding in their house and were unwilling to come out, immediately went crazy.
They are already married. If their mother remarries, do they still have to be shameless and live in this village?
Not only were they shocked when they heard the news, Yang Liu'er couldn't help but feel dizzy when she heard the news.
During this time, she was with her husband's family, because her mother was unreliable, which made her very embarrassed.
Although her husband comforted her secretly, she couldn't stand her mother-in-law's cynicism.
In a short period of time, she changed from the delicate girl she was originally to a woman who had to do all kinds of housework.
The delicate hands began to become rough.
Her mother-in-law would not pamper her like a mother. Once she did something bad at work, her words would be like a knife scraping her body.
Yang Liu'er, who had been trained not to dare to resist, heard this rumor from her mother. It was her sister-in-law who whispered it, and she overheard it.
Yang Liu'er ignored her mother-in-law's call to cook for her at night and ran towards Shi Jiang's house.
However, this time Yang Liu'er came, just like the previous times, she was stopped at the gate. The servant directly replied to her that the lady did not want to see her.
These words made her even more determined. The rumors must be true. Otherwise, why would her mother hide in such a guilty conscience?
Jiang originally thought that Yang Liu'er must have been angry and ran away when the servant refused to come in. Unexpectedly, this time was different from the previous times. She stayed at the door and refused to leave.
Not only Yang Liuer, but also the Yang brothers also came together. The three of them blocked the gate, as if they would not give up until they saw someone.
Shi Jiang was very curious, who gave them the courage to think that he would be threatened by them?
However, she ignored her, but others became interested.
Yang Litian's mother, supported by her two other sons, also ran to the door of Shi Jiang's house.
Especially Yang Mu, with her slender eyes, aquiline nose, sunken cheeks, and a truly fleshless face.
At this moment, he was pointing at the door of Shi Jiang's house with an angry look on his face, calling his two sons to come forward and prepare to break down the door.