kingnovel Chapter 1068 Digging Sweet Potato Seedlings
Chapter 1068 Digging Sweet Potato Seedlings
After leaving the training ground, Shen Zheng went directly to Jiahepu.
She selected about 4,000 planting plants and transplanted them back to Tongan County along with the soil.
Four thousand plantings may sound like a lot, but in fact, it took less than forty kilograms of potato seeds to cultivate these plantings.
This is the case with high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes.
At this time, the potato seedlings have long shed their thinness when they were first seen. The purple-brown stems are like thin chopsticks, and the stretched leaves are like baby palms, looking lush at a glance.
"Master Shen, why don't you... take some more away?" Looking at the endless seedling fields in front of him, Old Farmer Qu reluctantly said something against his will.
"If you don't want to talk about it, then don't bother." Shen Zheng squatted down, touched the fluffy potato leaves, and said with a smile: "You also know that I have to travel all the way back to Tongan County by boat, and these little guys may not be able to withstand it. Just talking about the damage on the way, don't you feel sorry for them?"
Teacher Qu Laonong's heart twitched.
Distressed.
How can I not feel sad?
Just thinking about the 4,000 planting plants that Lord Shen was going to take away made him feel sad.
Can......
"The Minister said that as long as you don't pull out all the seedlings in the field, anything will be fine..."
Shen Zheng pursed her lips and smiled.
Ji Benchang doesn’t even know the benefits of sweet potatoes.
Let’s wait and see if he can still say such heroic words on the day of harvest.
"That's all, that's enough," she said. "I brought these back to show the people something new, and to save some good seeds for next year."
Old Farmer Qu breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Master Shen, are you leaving tomorrow? I've been needing help in the fields lately, so I... may not be able to see you off."
"I have some things to do tomorrow, so I can't leave until the day after tomorrow." Shen Zheng walked towards the gate of Jiahe Garden. "Leaving Beijing is not a big deal. You can go ahead with your work. There's no need to see me off. I'll come back to discuss agricultural techniques with you next time I return to Beijing."
Upon hearing this, Old Farmer Qu was slightly stunned.
Lord Shen is now a fourth-rank assistant manager, but he is still willing to discuss with these agricultural teachers...
Such a broad mind is truly admirable.
He bowed deeply and said, "In that case, I wish Master Shen smooth sailing and success in everything."
Looking at the lush potato seedlings in the field, Shen Zheng smiled and replied, "Then I wish that the seedlings you grow next year will be stronger than this year's, and that the seeds you plant next year will be more abundant than in previous years."
A breeze blew, and the potato leaves swayed, as if saying goodbye.
When the carriage left Jiahepu, Manager Shen drove out in his carriage to catch up.
"Master Shen, please wait a moment!"
He jumped off the carriage and pointed at the pottery jar on the carriage, his expression slightly nervous: "Master Shen, these are all new varieties of May yellow this year. They are a little gift from the garden. I hope you can accept them and don't despise them..."
"May yellow?" Looking at those pottery jars, Shen Zheng was a little surprised.
"It's May yellow!" Manager Shen picked up a ceramic jar and said with gratitude, "If you hadn't taught us a new method of pest control, we wouldn't have had so many bean seeds left from this year's May yellow harvest. I wanted to thank you and asked the adults for permission, but I just couldn't find the opportunity. I heard you were going back to Tong'an County, so I hope you'll accept these bean seeds."
May yellow is a good bean.
It can be said that there is no bad crop that can be grown on the public land of the Ministry of Revenue.
Looking at those pottery jars, Shen Zheng remembered the smiling faces of the people of Tongan.
Bringing back some more little gadgets can make them happy, which is a nice thought.
"In that case, thank you very much, Manager Shen." She raised her hand and asked the driver to move the pottery jar.
Manager Shen's smile was no longer nervous, and he quickly stepped forward to help, "Let me move it!"
After leaving Jiahepu, Shen Zheng went to the printing house again.
The printing of the Ministry of Justice's books has reached the final stage, but no one in the office dares to slack off.
This is a tough battle, which not only concerns the ability of the printing house, but also Shen Zheng's reputation, so everyone is on high alert.
Shen Zheng did not make any noise to disturb them. She just stood at the door for a while and then left quietly.
Before leaving, she asked the driver to go to a nearby food stall.
She paid for "afternoon tea" for everyone in the printing house out of her own pocket - a bowl of tofu pudding and a meat pancake. Although it was not delicious, it at least filled their stomachs.
After returning to the Shen Mansion, she packed her luggage.
At sunset, Pei Yu and others came back one after another and reported to her about their recent business situation.
......
The day before leaving Beijing, at noon.
As soon as Shen Zheng stepped out of the room, she was "held down" by Yu Nanshu and Cui Jinyin.
Looking at Shen Zheng's plain casual clothes, Yu Nanshu's face was filled with the words "I knew it".
She circled around Shen Zheng, touched her chin and said, "Sister Shen, today is a big day for our Shen family. You can't dress like this."
"no?"
Shen Zheng glanced down.
Clean, tidy and upright.
"Why not?" she asked in the morning light.
"You're dressed too simply!" Yu Nanshu brought over several sets of ready-made clothes as if by magic, looking at her with bright eyes. "Sister Shen, these are the clothes I made for you recently. Would you mind choosing one to change into?"
The morning light slanted across the corridor, dust danced in the light and shadow, and the clothes in her arms glowed softly in the sunlight.
Silver-gray, moon-white, dark green, hazy, ink-woven silver...
There are five sets of ready-made clothes in total, all in Shen Zheng’s favorite colors.
"This is too much." Shen Zheng brushed her fingers over the fabric, feeling the soft touch. She said seriously, "Thank you, Nan Shu. Almost all the clothes in my closet were made by you."
Yu Nanshu chuckled and stuffed the ready-made clothes into her arms. "I'm happy to make clothes for you! Sister Shen, please go in quickly, choose a set to change into, and then we'll set off! Picking fruit and eating roasted lamb... Fang Ziyan has been talking about it for days!"
Cui Jinyin was particularly considerate today. She turned around and helped Shen Zheng open the door.
When closing the door, he quietly added: "Teacher, I think Mo Zhiyin's suit looks good. She looks like a female knight traveling around the world!"
Coincidentally, Shen Zheng was also thinking of trying on this dress.
After changing and leaving the room, Yu Nanshu's praises flowed endlessly like the water flowing upstream.
Sometimes he praised Shen Zheng as a clothes hanger, and sometimes he praised himself for being clever and dexterous. When he was praising her to the extreme, even Cui Jinyin got a word of praise.
At four quarters past noon, Shen Zheng, Yu Nanshu and others boarded the carriage and headed for the farm.
The manor given by the emperor as a reward was located in the northern suburbs. Because there was a stream running through the manor and there were many willow trees in the manor, the manor was named "Xi Liu Manor".
It takes about half an hour to get there by car from the Shen Mansion.
This trip to Zhuangzi can also be considered a "team building" activity.
In addition to the people from the Shen family, those who participated in this "team building" included soldiers from Tongan County who were waiting at the village to return to the county.
Yu Shizhang was busy handing over the printing house work with Diwu Nazheng and really had no time to come, but Shen Xingjian and Liang Fu were able to go.
The content of this "team building" activity is actually very simple - picking fruits and roasting whole lamb.
As long as everyone has fun and eats well, today will be a successful "team building" event.
……
Xiliu Village.
Before daybreak, the village was already in turmoil.