The Chief Minister’s Ferocious Wife - Chapter 212
212 You Will Get Paid
They said nothing overnight.
The following day, Zhao Chuchu got up early. After washing, she took out bread and milk from the carry-on space so that Xie Heng did not have to cook breakfast.
After eating bread, Xie Heng asked Zhao Chuchu, “How can I make this?”
Zhao Chuchu said, “I’m afraid it’s not easy. There are no tools. If you like it, just tell me. Is it better than steamed buns?”
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“The outside is crisp, and the inside is fragrant and soft. It is quite usual. It should be baked, right?”
“Yes. But it is difficult for you to make this in present circumstances.”
Zhao Chuchu prepared a lot of bread. In addition, she also prepared all kinds of pastries.
Since Zhao Chuchu and Xie Heng knew their feelings for each other, she was willing to pamper the man she liked.
“Tell me how to make it later. Maybe I can do it.”
“Da Lang, you should prepare for the Imperial Examination. You don’t have to spend much time on this.”
Zhao Chuchu didn’t want Xie Heng to spend too much time studying food.
“This is equally important to me.”
After all, if he was able to keep Zhao Chuchu stay with him with food, he was totally willing to spend some time on this.
“There isn’t much time for this. I’m afraid I will be busy with something else in two years.”
Zhao Chuchu thought so.
After becoming an official, Xie Heng wouldn’t always be available like now. In this era, office efficiency was not high, and people had to spend a lot of time on official duties.
Zhao Chuchu left five pineapple buns in the pot and then went to Niu Tongsheng’s house with Xie Heng.
Niu Tongsheng smiled when he saw them. He then said, “I was just going to look for you guys. I didn’t expect you to be so early. Have you had breakfast? There are porridge and side dishes. Would you like some?”
Xie Heng shook his head and said, “There is no need, Chief. We have eaten our breakfast. Can we go to Tripe Mountain now?”
Niu Tongsheng shouldered the iron hoe and walked forward. “Yes, We should call on Dashan and his brother on the way. I went to see the potatoes in Tripe Mountain two days ago. The potatoes below were huge. There must be a lot of harvests. Chuchu, can you sell some of these potatoes to me next year so I can grow them?”
“You don’t need to wait for the next year. You can plant it in September. You can come to me and ask for it then.”
“Can I plant potatoes in September?”
“Well, in fact, December is also OK.”
“Three times a year?”
“Yes, potatoes are not difficult to grow, and there are many ways to eat them. They could be the staple food when there is not much other food.”
“Can we all plant this potato after we gather in the soybeans? In that case, we won’t have to starve all the time next year when there is not much other food!” Niu Tongsheng got excited.
Zhao Chuchu smiled and said, “Yes, if you plant all my rice seeds, you won’t be hungry anymore. But it doesn’t matter if you plant some other grains. You don’t need to worry about food if there is a natural disaster.”
“What we want is simply to have enough food and enough clothes.”
It seemed easy to have enough food and enough clothes, but sometimes it was totally out of reach.
Such as the end of the world.
Anyway, Zhao Chuchu was very satisfied with the current environment.
At least she did not have to struggle to survive.
While talking, they arrived at the Chen clan. Chen Dashan and his brother were carrying iron hoes and preparing to go to Niu Tongsheng’s house. When they saw Niu Tongsheng, Zhao Chuchu, and Xie Heng coming, they went directly to Tripe Mountain.
The potato had been genetically modified. It did not require a high living environment. The harvest was better than Zhao Chuchu expected.
“Be careful when digging potatoes. Just don’t hurt the soybean seedlings. We can ask more people to gather in the potatoes here in a day.” Zhao Chuchu was really happy when she saw her well-grown potatoes.
In the afternoon, Zhao Chuchu invited the villagers to gather in potatoes before she left for Mingan Province. Roughly speaking, they gathered in about 6500 kilograms of potatoes.
The villagers took loads and loads back without stopping.
The utility room of Xie Heng’s house was packed.
The villagers refused wages, and Zhao Chuchu gave 25 kilograms of potatoes to each clan as a gift of thanks, which meant that they also got the seeds.
When Zhao Chuchu was planting potatoes, many villagers were helping, so they also knew how to grow these potatoes. They were very grateful to Zhao Chuchu.
Since Zhao Chuchu got new crops, she asked Niu An to send a large basket of potatoes to Manager Lin of Visitor’s Aroma when sending tofu skins to him.
At noon that day, Manager Lin asked the chef to make the simplest homemade food with potatoes. It got very popular. Manager Lin came to Lengshui Village in person to buy some potatoes to send to the main store in the capital.
“Manager Lin, I will be away for a few days. Why don’t you buy more? Tomorrow, I will let Uncle Niu send them to you. Otherwise, you may not be able to buy such potatoes when you need them. Besides, they are easy to keep and will not go bad in a long time.”
Manager Lin immediately ordered one thousand kilograms after hearing Zhao Chuchu’s words. He wanted to send half of the potatoes to the capital and kept the other half for himself.
As there were many new dishes in Visitor’s Aroma, Manager Lin’s business was improving. Many customers came from other places to try the dishes.
Manager Lin smiled and said, “Well, Chuchu, you should send anything new to Visitor’s Aroma. I believe in you.”
“OK!” Zhao Chuchu immediately agreed.
Manager Lin was satisfied and stayed in Lengshui Village overnight until he left the next day.
Seeing such a good harvest of potatoes, Madam Yang limped to Zhao Chuchu with silver and wanted to buy potatoes to grow by herself.
Madam Yang said, “Chuchu, I heard you have something named potato, right? Can you sell some to me? Don’t worry. I came with silver. You will get paid.”
Zhao Chuchu squinted at her.
“I really know that I was wrong. I will never bother you again. I am begging you, OK?” Madam Yang did not want to mess with Zhao Chuchu.
Zhao Chuchu did not even look at Madam Yang’s broken leg. Madam Yang would never offend Zhao Chuchu again.
Zhao Chuchu said calmly, “How much silver do you have?”
Madam Yang hurriedly said, “At what price did you sell the potatoes to Visitor’s Aroma? I could pay at that price.”
She actually wanted it to be cheaper.
But she dared not say so.
Zhao Chuchu sold the potatoes to Manager Lin for 30 cents half a kilogram.
Hearing the price, Madam Yang was shocked.
Wasn’t that more expensive than rice?
“Is this potato more expensive than rice?”
“You can leave whenever you want. I will not force you to buy my potatoes.”
Madam Yang thought for a long time. She wanted to try planting this potato. If the harvest were so good, it would be more cost-effective than planting rice.
“Can you sell me some rice seeds?”
“No!”
Zhao Chuchu sneered.
Madam Yang still wanted the potatoes. “Then I want one kilogram of potatoes.”
Sixty cents were too much for her, but she gritted her teeth and made up her mind at the thought that 60 cents might become 600 cents.
Zhao Chuchu asked Xie Jun to prepare one kilogram of potatoes for Madam Yang.
Madam Yang paid, took the potatoes, and left quickly.
She wanted to keep these potatoes as seeds, but she didn’t expect them to be cooked by Madam Ma.
On this day, Old Man Zhao’s house was boisterous.
Madam Yang ran after Madam Ma everywhere in the yard. Madam Yang scolded Madam Ma as severely as how Madam Yang used to scold Zhao Chuchu. Finally, Niu Tongsheng came to stop the farce.
In a rage, Madam Ma went back to her mother’s house.
