Soon Bai Dazhuang opened the large mahogany box containing sweet potatoes.
"Sister, look, are these the sweet potatoes you want?" Bai Sanzhuang carefully uncovered the oil paper and took out two fruits with dark red, round skins and soil.
Xiao Fuyuan held it in her hand and her eyes lit up.
Yes, it is indeed a sweet potato.
Third brother is so awesome that he can actually bring sweet potatoes across the ocean.
"It's a sweet potato." Xiao Fuyuan turned the sweet potato over and looked around. The big fresh sweet potato was not spoiled or moldy.
"This is sweet potato? Little aunt, can this thing be eaten?" Dalang asked very curiously.
Without waiting for Xiao Fuyuan to answer, Bai Sanzhuang said with a smile: "You can eat it, it's quite delicious."
Bai Sanzhuang has eaten it several times. It is fragrant and sweet, and it is very good at resisting hunger.
He thought that his sister must have seen the taste described in A Zhen's book and wanted to eat it, so she asked him to find it.
"Xiao Yuanbao, how do you know about this Nanyang thing?" Bai Banban was a little doubtful, not because he doubted his best friend's intelligence, but whether it was poisonous.
"I read it in Brother Azhen's book, saying that this thing is called sweet potato and can be eaten as a meal." Xiao Fuyuan said with a smile. She really wanted to eat roasted sweet potato at this time. She held the roasted sweet potato in her hand. Take a bite in the cold winter, not to mention how beautiful it is.
But the third brother only brought one box. If she ate it, how could she let the eldest brother cultivate it?
"My daughter is very attentive, and she can remember these things even when reading a book." Bai Banban said, "But this is our first time seeing this thing, so we'd better be careful when eating it."
Although Bai Sanzhuang has eaten it and thinks it tastes pretty good.
But Baiban was still a little worried. He decided that if his daughter must try it, the rest of the family would try it first, and then let her eat if there was no problem.
"Lao San has eaten it, what does it taste like?"
Old lady Bai looked suspicious. This thing looks like a melon. How can it be used as food?
The grains are not all wheat, rice, and sorghum. They contain grains and can be harvested in a pinch.
How can this round thing be used as food?
Just like pumpkin, it can also be cooked and eaten. I don’t see anyone using pumpkin as food.
"It needs to be cooked and eaten. It's a little sweet and a little floury." Bai Sanzhuang said.
"Does this thing grow on trees or underground?" Xie Chuntao asked.
"It grows underground, like a peanut, with vines on it. When ripe, it looks like a peanut and has many knots on one vine." Bai Sanzhuang said with gestures.
The family members expressed doubts that such a big fruit could bear as many as peanuts in one nest?
Bai Dazhuang's eyes lit up after hearing this.
They were really like peanuts, with a dozen or so big things growing on one vine. He had never seen such a crop before.
In addition, the talented sister said that it can be used as food, so if it is really planted, how many people will be supported by one acre of land?
So when there is a drought, this kind of food can save many people's lives.
"Is it true that one vine can bear many fruits?" Bai Dazhuang asked excitedly. There is no way. Bai Dazhuang likes to serve crops the most, and gets excited whenever he encounters topics related to crops.
"It's the real big brother." Xiao Fuyuan nodded.
Bai Dazhuang's eyes widened and he asked again: "Then...are these sweet potatoes planted with seeds or how are they planted?"
His intuition told him that such a big thing didn't look like a seed sower.
But that’s not necessarily the case. If a watermelon is as big as a watermelon, it won’t be able to spread its seeds.
"I don't know about this. When I went to Nalu Island, I only saw people growing it in their fields. I didn't ask how it was grown."
This is not to blame Bai Sanzhuang. At that time, his sister only asked him to find sweet potatoes, but did not ask him to ask about planting methods.
He also doesn't have an unusual love for growing crops like his elder brother.
Bai Dazhuang was a little disappointed.
"Brother, I know how to plant it." Xiao Fuyuan said, "Brother Azhen has written in the book that sweet potatoes are seeds, but they cannot be planted directly in the ground. They need to be allowed to germinate, and then evenly planted in the ground. The book also says They said they should be planted in spring."
Xiao Fuyuan patted the sweet potato.
These are naturally not written in A Zhen's book.
It was something she saw when she followed her mother to her grandmother's house in the countryside to "experience rural life." When she was young, she was led by her grandmother to put the seedlings in the ground herself.
As for Yun Miao, it is naturally the term for growing vegetables that she learned from her eldest brother and grandma.
Bai Dazhuang is indeed a master of crops. As soon as he heard his sister's description, he got the essence and knew what was going on.
"Didn't my daughter say that she wants to eat these sweet potatoes? We are discussing how to plant them." Bai Banban looked at his eldest son with a wary expression, trying to trick the "seeds" out of his daughter's hands.
"I only brought one box this time. If brother wants to plant it, I will bring it to you next time. This box is for my sister." Bai Sanzhuang said.
Xiao Fuyuan shook her head. She really wanted to eat sweet potatoes.
Roasted sweet potatoes, sweet potato porridge, honey sweet potato chips...just thinking about it makes my mouth water.
But sweet potatoes are more important to save lives.
"Dad, third brother, I think it would be better for my eldest brother to use these sweet potatoes as seeds for breeding and planting. It is written in the book that sweet potatoes can be used as food, and a vine can produce many, many, many lives. If there is another drought, how many lives can be saved? "Xiao Fuyuan looked at Bai Dazhuang and said.
Bai Dazhuang was deeply moved. After all, his sister was considerate and thought of being together with him.
He even felt that it was a lie that his sister wanted to eat sweet potatoes, but it was true that she asked him for seeds.
These words moved everyone in the Bai family.
"After all, it's Xiao Yuanbao who thinks so far ahead at such a young age." Mrs. Zhen sighed.
"If it's true what my granddaughter said, these sweet potatoes can save many lives, then it's really a great achievement." Old Mrs. Bai thought of how many lives were saved by the millet last year.
If this sweet potato is really successfully cultivated, it will be considered a blessing for my granddaughter.
"Brother, I'll give you these sweet potatoes. You can plant them." Xiao Fuyuan said.
She just couldn't eat it this time. When her big brother successfully cultivates it, she can eat it every day in the future.
"No, isn't there a big box here? I only need two." Bai Dazhuang said with a moved face.
"No, big brother, take it all and plant it." Xiao Fuyuan insisted.
Seeing the brothers and sisters pushing back, Bai Banban thought for a moment and said, "Well, since this thing can save people's lives, let's grow it. But after all, my daughter asked the third child to bring it, so I will leave two for my daughter to taste, and the rest will Leave the rest to Da Zhuang Breeding."
The whiteboard was the final word and passed unanimously.
Bai Sanzhuang took out all the sweet potatoes in the box and checked them carefully. There were no bad ones, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he picked the two biggest ones and left them for his sister to eat, and gave all the rest to Bai Dazhuang.
"Third brother, how do you make this?" Xie Chuntao was carrying the sweet potatoes. She planned to cook them for her sister-in-law to try immediately.
"Sister-in-law, peel and cut into pieces and make porridge with rice. Let's all have a try." Xiao Fuyuan said.
The elder men cheered for a while, they also wanted to taste the sweet potatoes.
Xie Chuntao went to the kitchen, washed, peeled and cut into pieces.
For the first time, the Bai family gathered around curiously. Mrs. Bai breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it was not filled with water like a watermelon when cut open.
Xie Chuntao followed Xiao Fuyuan's request and cooked porridge with Mi.
Soon, the sweet smell filled the kitchen and spread to the yard.
After the porridge was cooked, everyone shared a bowl. Of course, Xie Chuntao served the most sweet potatoes to Xiao Fuyuan.
Everyone held the bowls and took a bite out of curiosity.
It is indeed very sweet and delicious, much better than Yansui.
"Third brother, your process of bringing sweet potatoes was not that smooth, was it?" Xiao Fuyuan took small bites of the sweet potatoes and asked Bai Sanzhuang seriously.
