Quick Travel: Is it OK to recycle yourself?

Chapter 134 Ancient Version of Poor Little One 19

"Okay, this is something we're taking advantage of, why bother? Go and take a rest, and someone will call you when the meal is ready."

"Okay," Qu Nannan went to the village chief's house carrying a bamboo basket.

"Grandpa Village Chief, are you at home? Have you dug all those out?"

The village chief was weaving baskets in the yard. He looked up and saw Qu Nannan coming in. "You're back, girl. We've dug everything out. We were just waiting for you to tell us how to plant it."

"I just happened to bring a kind of food with me, which is similar to potatoes. Look, this is it," Qu Nannan took out a sweet potato and showed it to the village chief.

The sweet potatoes grown in the mountains are not big, and don’t look much bigger than potatoes, and they look similar.

The village chief took it and looked at it: "I have seen this before. Wild boars in the mountains love to eat this. Could this also be a ground egg?"

"No, this is called sweet potato. It is cooked in the same way as potatoes. It can be eaten directly after being boiled or roasted. It is sweeter than potatoes and can be eaten directly as food. The seedlings on it can be directly fed to pigs."

Qu Nannan took out a few sweet potatoes, cleaned them, and put them directly into the pot to cook. Not long after, a sweet smell wafted from the kitchen. At this time, the farmers' lives were hard, and they had to save on sugar and even salt. When Wen smelled the sweet smell, he couldn't stop drooling.

The village chief swallowed his saliva and said, "It smells delicious, but I don't know how it tastes. I'll give some to our chickens to try later."

"There's really no need to try this. If it were poisonous, how could wild boars love to eat it so much? I found this sweet potato at the place where I killed a wild boar. My master told me that it's edible. If it hadn't been dug out by a wild boar, I wouldn't have known that this thing grew underground."

"I'm thinking of bringing people to dig up the rest tomorrow and try planting them together with potatoes. This thing grows underground like potatoes, so I think the planting method should be similar."

The time was almost up, so Qu Nannan went straight to the kitchen and poked the sweet potatoes in the pot with chopsticks. The chopsticks went in easily, proving that the sweet potatoes were cooked. Qu Nannan took out two and handed one to the village chief. She took a bite of the sweet potato in her hand and was so hot that she exhaled.

The village chief took the sweet potato and looked at Qu Nannan, who was so hot that he was reluctant to spit it out: "Girl, eat it slowly. No one is going to snatch it from you. You will get burned if you eat it again."

"It's really hot, Grandpa Village Chief. This is quite sweet. Please eat it quickly."

Is it really that delicious?

The village chief hesitated for a moment before putting it in his mouth. It was soft and slightly sweet, and tasted better than boiled potatoes. The old village chief, who had only eaten candy once in his life, also quickened his eating speed.

Qu Nannan smacked her lips after eating. This sweet potato was not as sweet as the ones in the previous two worlds, but it was still better than boiled potatoes.

"How is it? I'm not kidding you, this is even better than potatoes."

The village chief had food in his mouth and couldn't speak. He could only nod his head and finally swallowed the food in his mouth.

"It's delicious. You can eat it plain. Potatoes are better cooked as a dish. No, I just heard you mention wild boars. Did you encounter wild boars? Are you okay?"

If Qu Nannan wasn't a girl, the village chief would have been able to check Qu Nannan right now.

"No, I'm fine. We're all eating meat in the village today. My uncles and aunts are busy working together."

"You are so brave, girl. You should be more careful when you go out next time. It is best to take a detour when you encounter these big guys. Are wild boars so easy to deal with?"

"Okay, I understand." They all showed their concern for her, so Qu Nannan readily agreed.

"Tell me, how do you grow potatoes and sweet potatoes?"

"This needs to be placed in a humid place so that it can sprout."

"Didn't you say that potatoes with sprouts are poisonous?"

"I'm not telling you to eat potatoes that have sprouts. When they do sprout, cut them into small pieces along the sprouts. It's best if each piece has at least two or three sprouts. Stick some wood ash on the pieces to prevent them from rotting. Then plow the land deeply. Think about it, its fruits grow underground, so it won't work if the soil is too solid."

"Then plant the cut seeds in the soil and compact them. Just take care of them diligently at the beginning. As long as they grow roots, there will be no problem. My master said that this thing is easy to take care of and you don't need to be too careful. It is very easy to keep alive."

"It usually takes three to four months for them to mature. When you see the plants wither and turn yellow, they are basically ready for harvest. Do you plan to plant more at a time or try a small amount first?"

"Let's plant a small amount first to see how it grows. If the yield is really high, we'll plant more next spring. There are quite a lot of these things in the mountains. I'll lead some people out to dig some more. I don't know if they can last long."

The village chief, who had never grown potatoes and sweet potatoes, was very unsure. Fortunately, the newly opened land in the village did not have to pay taxes, so even if he failed to grow crops, there would be no loss and it would just be a waste of effort.

Qu Nannan nodded and agreed with the village chief's caution: "As long as this thing is stored properly, it won't be a problem to survive the winter. When the time comes, tell everyone not to eat potatoes that have sprouted or turned green. What if you get sick from eating them?"

"Okay, I'll tell everyone. Why did you bring back these stones? Don't we have plenty of these stones in our village? Look at these stones. They have white hairs on them. Such stones are not strong."

Qu Nannan came over and whispered, "You don't understand. This is not an ordinary stone. Look at what the white thing on it looks like."

The village chief squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully. How could this white hair look so familiar? He couldn't remember what it looked like. It was not the village chief's fault. He seldom left the village and rarely went into the kitchen at home. He was still unfamiliar with salt.

"What is it? You, girl, got admitted to me? Tell me now."

"Hey, this is salt! I went out today and found a salt cave, which is full of white salt. As long as our village keeps it a secret, we won't have to go out and spend money to buy salt anymore."

The village chief's eyes widened: "Are you serious? Is this how the salt we eat comes from?"

Qu Nannan shook her head: "That's impossible. These need to be processed before they can be eaten. Eating them directly can easily cause poisoning. I'll go back and try to see if I can extract them."

"You are just fooling around, girl. You can't make salt yourself. If you do it wrong, you will be beheaded. I heard that salt can only be sold by the government."

"We can't sell it. That would give us a chance to be caught. Let's keep it for ourselves. Salt is too expensive, but it's a big part of our expenses."

Looking at the village chief's thoughtful face, he asked, "Are you thinking of donating the salt mine?"

"No, we ordinary people cannot deal with the government. If we are not careful, we will be silenced. I think this matter should not be known to everyone in the village. It would be best if only a few people who can keep their mouths shut know about it."