RPAGF Chapter 126: Potatoes
Chapter 126: Potatoes
The next morning, after breakfast, Su Panpan took the children to the potato field.
Su Pan was looking forward to digging these pieces of land. How long would it take to finish digging them?
Just as she was thinking to herself, bursts of laughter came from afar.
"Oh, Panpan, we will definitely have a bumper potato harvest this year!" Shen Ru's voice came from afar.
"Yes, let's come and help." Qin Youwen agreed.
I saw Shen Ru, Qin Youwen, Sisi, Linlin and others walking towards this side, talking and laughing, and each of them was holding tools to help in their hands.
"Third Aunt, we are here!" Linlin and Sisi called sweetly.
"Panpan, we are here too!" After a while, Erniu, Lin Xiu'e, Wang Hexiang, Baoer, Lan'er and Maitian also arrived. Some of them carried shovels and some carried spades.
"Panpan, we know you planted a lot of potatoes, so you must be short of manpower right now. That's why we all came here!" Wang Hexiang said loudly.
"Oh, thank you all so much." Su Panpan appeared calm on the surface, but was actually very touched.
"Let's get to work quickly and try to help Panpan finish digging all the potatoes as soon as possible." Erniu said enthusiastically.
"Okay, let's get started!" Everyone responded.
After everyone greeted Su Panpan, they immediately took action without any delay.
"Wow, Panpan, you've grown potatoes so well!" Shen Ru exclaimed as she dug potatoes with a shovel. "Look at these potatoes, so big and round! I felt so excited digging them!"
Qin Youwen smiled and took over the conversation: "Yes, Panpan, you are really capable. It must have taken you a lot of effort to grow these potatoes!"
Shen Ru and Qin Youwen work together in a tacit and efficient manner.
Shen Ru dug gently with a shovel, and Qin Youwen quickly picked up the potatoes. The two worked together perfectly.
Sisi and Linlin helped on the side. Although they were not very strong, they did their work very diligently. They picked potatoes seriously and competed with each other from time to time to see who picked up more.
Wang Hexiang straightened up, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and praised him, "Yes, your potatoes are really an eye-opener. If we took them to the market, they would be snapped up like crazy!"
Lin Xiu'e also smiled and said, "That's right. Every time I dig a shovel, I hope to dig up a big potato, and I'm never disappointed. Panpan, you must have some secret to growing potatoes. Tell us now."
Wang Hexiang and Lin Xiu'e were also full of energy. Lin Xiu'e waved a shovel and dug one shovel at a time, while Wang Hexiang followed closely behind, picking up potatoes one by one. Both of them had satisfied smiles on their faces.
"Haha, there's no trick. I just apply more fertilizer. I just planted the seeds randomly. I'm lucky and God has given me the crops." Su Panpan smiled to hide her guilty conscience.
Erniu, Baoer, Laner, and Zhang Maitian are together, their movements are agile and quick.
While digging potatoes, Erniu also taught the children how to dig them correctly to avoid damaging the potatoes.
Baoer and Laner listened attentively, imitating the adults' actions and joking with each other, filling the entire working scene with laughter.
Potatoes were dug everywhere, and the big cloth bags, buckets and baskets that Su Panpan brought were already full.
"It's almost noon, Erniu, go to the village entrance to pick up the housekeeper of the palace. By the way, buy me a few more shovels from Chen Tie's shop at the village entrance." Su Panpan shouted to Erniu.
Erniu stopped what he was doing, stood up and said, "Okay, Panpan. I'll go right away."
Su Panpan nodded: "Okay, be careful on the road, go quickly, don't delay."
Not long after, Erniu brought the palace steward back.
A carriage slowly stopped and the palace steward got out. He was wearing a dark robe and a round hat, his face calm with a hint of curiosity.
Su Panpan hurried forward, bowed slightly and said, "Master Butler, you have worked hard on the way. Please come here and take a look at our potatoes this year." As she said that, she led the butler to the field.
When he arrived at the potato field, the housekeeper's eyes were instantly attracted by the potatoes in front of him.
I saw that the potatoes were all round and plump, with smooth skin, and seemed to emit a unique luster under the sunlight.
The housekeeper couldn't help but exclaimed, "I've never seen potatoes this plump! They're very different from the potatoes I've bought before. Not bad, not bad."
Su Panpan had bought potatoes from this era, and many of them were shriveled. The round and plump ones had to be picked out and sold at a higher price.
Su Panpan smiled secretly in her heart, thinking that these were potatoes that had been bred in the 21st century, of course they were different.
But she just said modestly, "We also took good care of them this year. Maybe we were lucky, so the potatoes grew especially well."
"These potato fields are all planted by me." Su Panpan took the housekeeper for another walk.
"Very good, very good." The butler couldn't help but smile.
Seeing this, Su Panpan knew something was going to happen, so she quickly invited the housekeeper to sit in the yard.
At this moment, Erniu's ox cart slowly approached from a distance.
The wheels creaked, as if telling the joy of the harvest.
There were some farm tools on the ox cart. Erniu jumped off the cart and said to Su Panpan and the housekeeper with a smile, "I brought all the things here."
"Then take the shovel to the field first. I'll let the housekeeper sit in the house for a while."
Erniu nodded and walked towards the potato field with a shovel.
Su Panpan casually bought a box of Longjing tea in the space and made a cup of tea for the housekeeper.
Su Panpan brought the palace's housekeeper to the yard and sat down. The housekeeper picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of Longjing tea, and showed admiration in his eyes.
"Miss Su, your tea is very fragrant." said the housekeeper.
Su Panpan smiled and replied: "As long as the housekeeper likes it. Look at these potatoes..."
The butler nodded slightly. "Don't mention your surname, Fang. Just call me Butler Fang. Your potatoes are indeed of high quality. My palace will definitely buy them all. However, as for the price..."
Su Panpan was delighted and said quickly, "Master Butler, don't worry about the price, it will definitely be fair."
The steward thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll buy your potatoes at double the market price. But there's one condition: if you have potatoes this good in the future, you must sell them to the palace first."
Su Panpan was overjoyed and quickly responded, "Of course, thank you, Butler Fang."
"Mrs. Su, can you deliver the goods in three days?"
"Okay, no problem." In fact, Su Panpan thought that it would definitely not be enough time for the current people to work alone, but she thought that if she asked more people to help later, there should be enough time.
Before, the women in the village always begged Su Panpan to arrange work for them. This time it’s just right. She will give them 35 cents a day and provide them with a meal at noon. Many women will probably rush to do it. After all, the job of a grown man in the village is only 30 cents a day without providing food.