hsntnovel Chapter 228 Digging and digging to find treasure
Chapter 228 Digging and digging to find treasure
Butcher Xu parked his wheelbarrow, took the sweet potato and asked, "Chao'er, how do you eat this sweet potato?"
Huo Yunchao pointed to the small river at the foot of the mountain and said, "Wash it, peel it, and eat it raw. Dad Xu, I'll wash it and let us taste it together."
Butcher Xu looked at the dirty sweet potatoes and nodded.
Huo Yunchao hurried away and returned. The washed sweet potatoes were spread out on his white, tender and smooth palms.
Butcher Xu's frown relaxed. His son-in-law was not born to do farm work, so his clean and delicate hands were better used to hold pens.
Huo Yun stretched out his other hand toward him: "Dad Xu, let me borrow your knife."
"Let me do it."
Butcher Xu was afraid that Huo Yunchao was not used to using the knife and would scratch his hand, so he took the sweet potato, peeled it and cut it into two pieces: "Here."
"Crack and crisp - these sweet potatoes may be too small, not as sweet as mentioned in the book, rusty, and not very moist..."
Huo Yunchao finished the half of the sweet potato in two mouthfuls and made a comment.
Butcher Xu said: "It's a good snack, and the greedy kids will love it."
"Huh? Dad Xu, you reminded me, could someone grow such a large sweet potato field specifically for children to eat?" Huo Yunchao looked around.
Butcher Xu shook his head: "Probably not. There are said to be man-eating beasts in the nearby mountains and forests, and ordinary people would not allow children to come here."
Huo Yunchao patted his chest exaggeratedly: "That's fine, that's fine. If it's an owner's land, we're committing theft."
"This sweet potato doesn't taste good when eaten raw." Butcher Xu doesn't like eating raw sweet potatoes because it has no taste.
Huo Yunchao counted the numbers on his fingers to Butcher Xu: "Dad Xu, in addition to eating them raw, sweet potatoes can be eaten roasted or boiled."
Eat them, slice them, coat them in flour and fry them, boil them and then dry them to become dried sweet potatoes that can be stored for one or two months. Sweet potato peels and sweet potato vines can be used to feed pigs, with many benefits. "
Butcher Xu was moved by what Huo Yunchao said: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's dig quickly!"
Huo Yunchao: "Let's look for the ones that are cracked and expose the sweet potatoes. They are big and easy to dig."
Butcher Xu always did whatever Huo Yunchao said. He turned back to the wheelbarrow, took the knife he had brought, and gave it to Huo Yunchao: "Chao'er, your hands are for big things, so don't get hurt. Here, use them. .”
Huo Yunchao was stunned for a moment, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Dad Xu, isn't this your precious knife? Is it really for me to dig sweet potatoes? What if I accidentally break the blade?"
"I have wanted to get a new knife for a long time. If you wear it out, I will ask Ning Niang to buy me a new one. Ning Niang is too careful and is not willing to give me a new knife."
Butcher Xu's words were simple and beautiful, but the distress in his eyes was not well hidden.
Iron is a product controlled by the government, and only a small amount of iron is allowed to circulate among the people. Therefore, private iron knives and farm tools are rare and expensive.
For example, Butcher Xu's knife was his professional need, and his close friends helped him get in touch. He saved up money for three to five years before buying the knife he already had at home.
Therefore, every knife Xu Butcher had was very precious. He was willing to use it to dig sweet potatoes for Huo Yunchao because he really felt sorry for Huo Yunchao.
Huo Yunchao grinned: "Dad Xu, don't worry. We found so many sweet potatoes. It shouldn't be difficult for me to ask the county magistrate for some good knives and hoes."
He knew that Butcher Xu was really distressed
That knife, but Butcher Xu felt more sorry for his son-in-law of the Xu family.
Butcher Xu quickly dissuaded him: "Chao'er, you can't do this! You absolutely can't do it! Our family has some savings, so I'll just tell Ning Niang later. Don't make any demands to the county magistrate. In case the county magistrate What should I do if I think you are greedy? It’s impossible, it’s impossible.”
Huo Yunchao promised well, but he thought in his heart: If the sweet potato can be successfully promoted, the county magistrate will get a wealth that will last forever. Just give me a few knives and iron farm tools for a dime in price, no, a drop in the dollar!
Weng and son-in-law chatted for a while about knives, and Huo Yunchao suggested: "Dad Xu, I don't need a knife to dig. The soil here is loose, and I can dig with sharpened branches."
Butcher Xu's eyes fell on Huo Yunchao's dirty palm, and he asked Huo Yunchao to find the target first, and then he went to chop some branches and came back.
Then they divided into two groups. Huo Yunzhao dug out the cracked potatoes and dug out the potato pieces. Butcher Xu went to the bushes to find hard wooden branches, chopped them, dragged them back, peeled off the hard skin and raised nodules, and finally cut off the branches. One end is sharpened, and it is smooth and does not hurt the hand.
"Chao'er, don't use this branch if it hurts your hands. Bring it back to me and cut it for you. Otherwise, when we go home, Ning Niang will see that your hands are all scratched and she will blame me for not taking good care of them. you."
Huo Yunchao chuckled and said, "Dad Xu, I turned twenty two years ago. I am not a two-year-old baby."
Butcher Xu glanced at him and said calmly: "You are eighty or ninety years old, and Ning Niang still protects you like a two-year-old baby."
"Hey~Dad Xu, don't say it so shamelessly
If you are afraid, I am an upright man! "
Huo Yunchao was a little embarrassed by these remarks. He liked to pretend to be cute in front of Xu Ning, but it didn't mean that he wanted to be treated like a baby by his own woman!
He, Huo Yunchao, is an adult man who can have a baby with the woman he loves!
Butcher Xu paused and then said: "Chao'er, don't think wrongly. I just want to say that Ning Niang cherishes you very much and doesn't want to see you get hurt."
"hey-hey."
Huo Yunchao refused to discuss this embarrassing issue anymore and dug sweet potatoes. The soil in this wasteland was soft and close to the water source. The sunshine could also meet the needs of sweet potato growth. The only problem was that the fertility of the wasteland was not enough. Otherwise, The sweet potatoes can be even bigger.
Soon there were more than ten sweet potatoes the size of an adult man's fist in the basket. Huo Yunchao stopped and ran to look at the sweet potatoes in Butcher Xu's basket. There were more than thirty sweet potatoes in total.
"Dad Xu, we can just dig this much. When we get home, I will make all the sweet potato recipes in the book and set out early tomorrow morning to go to the county government office to ask for an audience with the county magistrate. If nothing else, we will spend the whole day tomorrow I have to stay here, and I don’t know when I can go home.”
Butcher Xu said: "Do you want to go back and call someone to guard you? Chao'er, you have been in the limelight recently, and I'm worried that someone will be jealous and sabotage you."
"Dad Xu, you better think carefully. Otherwise, Dad Xu, you can transport the sweet potatoes home first, and then call Brother Rong and the others to come and guard them. I will take a closer look at this sweet potato field, and when Brother Rong comes, I will go home."
Butcher Xu nodded, took water from the wheelbarrow, and took out a few pieces of candy from his trouser pocket: "Here, take it."
Huo Yun looked at
Holding a few pieces of candy in the palm of his hand, he said at a loss of whether to laugh or cry: "Dad Xu, do you really treat me like a little baby who loves sweets?"
"You can take it here."
Butcher Xu replied stiffly.
He doesn't like to say those cheesy and pretentious words. He just shoves things in and turns around and leaves.